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U.S. braces for retaliation

After air strike on Iranian nuke sites

The U.S. Air Force dropped several 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s uranium enrichment site early yesterday — and now the U.S. and Israel are bracing for retaliation.

Iran lashed out at the U.S. for crossing “a very big red line” with its strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites with Tomahawk missiles and bunker-buster bombs.

“The U.S. has attacked us; what would you do in such a situation? Naturally, they must receive a response to their aggression,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a call with France’s leader, according to the president’s website.

Amid fears of a wider regional con-

SMOKE IN THE AIR: Forest fires in western Canada and in Alaska have created the smoke that people are smelling in the Bay Area. People can reduce their exposure to smoke by setting their car vent systems to recirculate to prevent outside air from moving inside.

PELOSI CASHES IN: Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her husband raked in between $7.8 and $42.5 million in 2024 in their stock portfolio, new financial disclosures show. Legislation to prohibit members of congress from trading on infomation they learn on Capitol Hill in private meetings

[See THE UPDATE, page 4]

flict, the Trump administration sent a clear message that it wanted to restart diplomatic talks with Iran, which they had rejected before the U.S. strikes.

“Let’s meet directly,” Secretary of State

Marco Rubio said. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters that the U.S. “does not seek war.”

But the Iranian government, which

[See U.S., page 18]

Local lawmakers say Trump should have consulted

Congress

Congressional representatives in the Bay Area say President Trump should have consulted with Congress before bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“While Israel, the United States, and the world are safer without Iran having nuclear capabilities, President Trump has impulsively acted without a Congressional Declaration of War,” said Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-San Mateo. “This administration neglected to even brief Democrats on congressional intelligence committees about the strike. This is consistent with Trump’s total disregard for the Article 1 powers of the Congress. We must avoid another

[See CONGRESS, page 12]

Jail trainee’s inmate died

ADRIANA HERNANDEZ

A San Mateo County trainee, who had only been on the job for a month and was working overtime, discovered an inmate — convicted in the drag-racing deaths of a San Carlos couple — dead in his cell, according to a report.

Deputy Sheriff Trainee Maxwell

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

A man who allegedly tried to meet up with a 13-year-old girl is looking to discredit the former Mountain View police detective who arrested him, court records show.

An attorney for Jarit Bates, 40, of

office stretched thin

Rauenbuehler, who had not received training on handling deaths, was working overtime when another inmate asked him to check on Kyle Harrison. Harrison, who had been

prescribed three medications, died from a combination of them, according to an investigative report by the District Attorney’s Office.

Rauenbuehler was hired by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 3. He is a non-sworn employee awaiting placement in a law enforcement academy. According to

[See INMATE, page 19]

Pacifica, filed a motion seeking to review Officer Jacob Cesena’s personnel records for any complaints, discipline or misconduct.

“These issues may be relevant to Mr. Bates’ plausible claims about evidence, shoddy investigation, entrapment or problems with the integrity of this in-

vestigation,” attorney Matt Sullivan said in the motion filed on June 9.

Sullivan said Cesena was “apparently terminated” from the Mountain View Police Department in November 2023. But Cesena said in an interview with the Daily Post that he resigned, and

[See STING, page 19]

A B-2 STEALTH bomber takes off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where the planes that hit Iran originated. File photo from U.S. Air Force.

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6 dead on Lake Tahoe

Six people were confirmed dead and two others were missing after a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe in California during a powerful weekend thunderstorm that whipped up high waves, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday afternoon to D.L. Bliss State Park following reports of 10 people in the water, officials said. Two people were rescued and taken to a hospital.

Winds of about 30 knots and

swells of up to 8 feet were reported around the time the 27-foot gold Chris-Craft vessel flipped over near the lake’s southwest edge, Coast Guard officials said.

Rescue workers and divers searched the area Saturday evening and resumed their search yesterday morning.

Video obtained by KCRA-TV showed moored boats at a nearby marina crashing into one another amid strong gusts. The extent of the damage wasn’t immediately known yesterday.

DEADLY MISHAP

— In the photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a floating capsized vessel is seen near D.L. Bliss State Park at Lake Tahoe.

appears to be going nowhere. The Pelosis investment portfolio pulled in an estimated 54% return in 2024, more than double the S&P 500’s 25% gain — and beating every large hedge fund, according to numbers in Bloomberg’s end-of-year tally of hedge funds’ returns.

HOSTAGE REMAINS RECOVERED: The Israeli military said Sunday that it has recovered the remains of three hostages held in the Gaza Strip. All three were killed during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel that ignited the ongoing war. The militant group is still holding 50 hostages, less than half of them believed to be alive.

DURANT TO THE SUNS: The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday. The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six future picks.

TOP COP ARRESTED: The chief of staff of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, Richard Jue, was arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run collision and providing false information to police.

DRAGON MOVIE LEADS PACK: “How to Train Your Dragon” is maintaining its top ranking in movie theaters. The Universal Pictures live-action remake maintained its No. 1 spot at the North American box office despite two sizeable new releases this weekend. Studio estimates show neither Pixar’s “Elio” nor the zombies of “28 Years Later” could topple “How to Train Your Dragon’s” $37 million in ticket sales in its second weekend. The film has rapidly amassed $358.2 million worldwide. “Elio” took in just $21 million, the lowest opening ever for Pixar. The zombie sequel “28 Years Later” debuted with $30 million.

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Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office:

May 27

Sue O’Donnell, 80, of Palo Alto

May 25

Ravi Kumar, 35, of Sunnyvale

May 23

Gladys Vanalstyne, 88, of Sunnyvale

Eusebia Velazquez-Martinez, 73, of East Palo Alto

May 20

Michelle Dixon, 68, of Daly City

May 14

David Evans, 90, of Sunnyvale

May 13

Samuela Fua, 52, of Palo Alto

Nan Wong, 86, of Los Altos

May 11

Juan Montes, 50, died in Mountain View

May 10

John Tietjen, 98, of Sunnyvale

May 9

Lidia Garcia, 94, of Sunnyvale

Surya Jayasenan, 84, of Sunnyvale

Janet Jensen, 90, of Los Altos

Judith Jones, 75, of Mountain View

May 8

Margaret Vear, 89, of Redwood City

San Mateo County Coroner’s Office:

June 20

Georgios Markolakis, 86, Hillsborough

June 19

Fernando Santos Robles IV, 42, San Bruno

David Chiadez, 54, of Daly City

Frank Tai-Yung Sor, 87, of Millbrae

Gong Wei Hu, 43, of Belmont

June 18

Xinmin Guan, 91, of Burlingame

Melvin Johnson, 97, of San Bruno

Rosa E. Vargas, 56, of South San Francisco

Births

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto:

Dec. 15

Emiliano Manuel Cruz Guerrero, a boy

Carina Alessandra Mercedes Gorgazzi, a girl

Rena Kung, a girl

Aleyza Ramirez Sandoval, a girl

Advanced diploma

Dear Editor: Based on my own high school experience, I believe Palo Alto school Superintendent Don Austin’s reported proposal for an “advanced diploma” is not only misguided but potentially harmful.

When I graduated from high school in 1965, the Los Angeles Unified School District issued three types of diplomas: basic, general and academic. Because my grades were poor until senior year, I received a general diploma. It was deeply disheartening. I remember hiding it during the graduation ceremony and later shoving it into a drawer, never to look at it again. I felt branded — not as someone with potential, but as someone who had failed to measure up.

Ironically, I had turned things around by then. After years of Cs, Ds and even Fs, I persuaded my counselor to let me take advanced classes my senior year. Competing with high-achieving stu dents brought out the best in me, and I earned mostly As. My overall GPA still wasn’t high enough for UC admission, but thanks to a now-closed SAT-based admissions path, I got into UCLA. I later transferred to UC Berkeley and eventually earned a doctorate in educa tion from the University of Massachu setts.

The lesson I learned is that students grow at different paces. Some, like me,

catch fire late. Branding students with different diplomas can do lasting damage, especially to those who need encouragement, not categorization.

I agree that we should reward excellence in academics, the arts, sports, community service and character, but not by putting a brand on a student’s diploma.

Larry Magid

Palo Alto

City Hall consultants

Dear Editor: To the Palo Alto City Council — the definition of a consultant is a person who borrows your watch, then tells you what time it is.

Roger Smith Palo Alto

Expensive PR

Dear Editor: As a locally, nationally and internationally awarded public

Foreign students

Dear Editor: As Trump’s State Department now will require student visa applicants to set their social media accounts to public to catch “radicals,” how long until they expand the program to other visa applicants?

And how long until other countries start retaliating to American students and tourists?

Janice Hough

Palo Alto

How to end riots

Dear Editor: Here’s a suggestion on how to quell the LA riots: Let’s move the “peace-loving protestors” in the LA streets to the neighborhoods of Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and Kamala Harris. I wonder in how many nano seconds these “freedom fighters” would be arrested and jailed?

Scott Abramson

FOOD TRUCKS FOOD TRUCKS

rations or industry groups that have a direct stake in the legislation they influence. Even more troubling, some receive lucrative stock options or consulting fees from entities that stand to benefit — or lose — from the policies these officials help craft.

This is not just poor ethics — it’s a direct threat to the integrity of our democracy.

If a legislator sits on an environmental regulation committee, for example, they should be absolutely barred from any financial ties to companies in the environmental sector.

The same goes for health care, technology, real estate and any other area where legislative action has a financial impact.

The temptation is simply too great. Allowing these side arrangements opens the door to self-dealing and cor-

Case thrown out, man sues sheriff

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

A Mountain View man who was arrested for allegedly exposing himself and making threats is suing the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

Bruce McHenry was arrested on Oct. 9, 2024, for being naked and threatening residents on Martin Lane.

McHenry, a registered sex offender, was booked into the San Mateo County jail on suspicion of indecent exposure and criminal threats, according to the police statement.

Evidence lacking McHenry was released and not charged after the District Attorney’s office was unable to find enough evidence to confirm that he was trying to draw attention to himself when he was

naked, according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

McHenry submitted a lawsuit on May 16 in the San Mateo County Superior Court, representing himself. In his lawsuit, he says that the Sheriff’s Office “maliciously and falsely published” the statements on its website and social media about him.

Before filing his lawsuit, McHenry said he emailed the Sheriff’s Office asking to remove the posts because it states that he attempted to shoot a resident when he doesn’t own a gun.

Sheriff’s spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker responded to his email, saying they have no legal obligation to remove it.

In the police report, it was stated that McHenry told officers he had a gun, according to DA Wagstaffe.

Homicide suspect arrested

A man suspected of a May homicide in Sunnyvale has been arrested, authorities said. Officers went to the 900 block of S. Wolfe Road on May 29, where they discovered a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.

The suspect in this case was identified as Jesus Aguilera, 44, of Sunnyvale. Aguilera fled the scene before police arrived.

On Friday, police found Aguilera in Oakland and booked him into the Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of murder.

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Checking tickets will take longer Caltrain switching to

new scanners

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

Caltrain’s new ticketing technology will make the already difficult job of fare enforcement even more challenging, according to the company that runs the trains.

Tickets will be checked with new cloud-based scanners that take at least 10 seconds to load, compared to two seconds for the scanners used today, said Jeff Allen, deputy general manager of operations for TransitAmerica Services Inc.

It doesn’t work in tunnels

The new scanners run out of batteries more quickly and don’t work in tunnels because they rely on cell service, Allen told Caltrain’s Citizens Advisory Committee on Thursday.

“It just takes a lot longer to get through everything,” Allen told the committee.

The lag time will add up to more than two hours for a train with 1,000 riders, committee member Rohit Sarathy said.

The new ticketing system was spearheaded by the Metropolitan Transpor-

tation Commission, an agency made up of elected officials from around the Bay Area.

The MTC signed a $394 million contract with Cubic Transportation Systems in September 2018 to upgrade the region’s Clipper cards, which are used by 22 public transit agencies.

It’s the ‘next generation’

The MTC on June 2 added $5.1 million to contracts with five companies to help manage the contract, provide technical support and advertise the “next generation” Clipper system.

The new Clipper system is supposed to make loading money onto cards easier and faster. The technology allows agencies to offer discounted fares for transfers from BART to Caltrain, for example.

Agencies are currently testing the new system and planning to transition customers starting in late July, according to an MTC report.

The MTC is also working to place a sales tax on the November 2026 ballot to fund struggling transit agencies.

Committee member Adrian Brandt on Thursday said the cloud-based design of the new Clipper system is “mind-blowing” and “unacceptable.”

“We’ve spent a lot of money regionally, and it’s late,” Brandt said about the rollout. He encouraged Caltrain to

work with Cubic Transportation Systems to find a solution.

Mountain View resident Doug DeLong agreed.

“It’s kind of inconceivable that this ‘Clipper 2’ debate got as far as it did, and we’ve got hardware that won’t last a shift. It’s just really incompetent procurement,” DeLong said about the battery life of the scanners.

Fare enforcement

The issue of fare enforcement gained attention in January 2024 when San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller committed to taking public transportation for three weeks.

Mueller said he quickly realized very few people are paying to ride Caltrain.

“I didn’t (pay) for a long period of time and was never checked, never asked a question,” Mueller said at a Caltrain board meeting.

Executive Director Michelle Bouchard said she had “hard discussions” with the contractor that employs the conductors, TASI, after she met with Mueller.

“They understand the seriousness of the situation,” Bouchard said.

Caltrain riders were issued an average of 87 tickets a month throughout 2023, and then 289 tickets a month after Mueller said something, according to monthly reports by TASI.

The ticketing rate has continued to climb to 630 citations issued in April.

No ID, no citation

Still, conductors lost out on 2,217 citations in April because the rider wouldn’t provide ID, the report said.

Brandt said conductors don’t like citing people.

“I see it all the time. They say, ‘Whatever, do it right next time,’” Brandt said.

Allen said Caltrain suspends ticket checks for Giants games, concerts and other large events like Bay to Breakers. Conductors also don’t cite minors or disabled people for not having a ticket, he told the committee.

“We don’t want to kick a 14-year-old off on a platform in Redwood City and then say, ‘Well, you should’ve paid that dollar,’” Allen said.

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Times shown are when a report was made to police. Information is from police department logs. All of the people named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.

PALO ALTO

TUESDAY

12:18 a.m. — Adrian Joseph Garcia, 26, of Mountain View, arrested for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Leghorn St. and San Antonio Road.

4:03 a.m. — Jason Michael Hyatt, 46, of San Jose, arrested on a warrant, 500 block of Webster St.

7:45 a.m. — Theft from a vehicle, 1100 block of College Ave.

1:20 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, E. Meadow Drive and Fabian Way.

2 p.m. — Battery, Alma St. and Palo Alto Ave.

WEDNESDAY

1:14 a.m. — Yuhan Miao, 25, of Palo Alto, arrested for DUI, 3400 block of Alma St.

THURSDAY

7:43 a.m. — Auto burglary, 4200 block of Wilkie Way.

MENLO PARK

FRIDAY

12:42 a.m. — Robert Ferrer, 59, cited on a warrant, 500 block of El Camino.

10:38 a.m. — Assault, Laurel St. and Encinal Ave.

9:57 p.m. — Burglary, 700 block of Cotton St.

SATURDAY

12:14 a.m. — Princess Johnson, 37, of South San Francisco, arrested for DUI, Willow Road and Durham St.

12:29 a.m. — Burglary, 1-99 block of Yale Road.

1:11 a.m. — Cristhian Solano Vazquez, 31, of Mountain View, arrested for violation of a court order, 500 block of El Camino.

STANFORD

JUNE 10

11:05 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 200 block of Ayrshire Farm Lane.

JUNE 11

10:42 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 200 block of Sam McDonald Mall.

10:42 a.m. — Auto burglary, 300 block of Santa Teresa St.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

JUNE 2

9:06 a.m. — Jacob Webster, 26, of San Jose, cited on warrants, Mayfield Ave. and Central Expressway.

JUNE 4

12:55 a.m. — Paul Mathis, 57, of San Jose, cited on a warrant at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road.

JUNE 8

12:01 a.m. — Battery, Shoreline Amphitheater.

1:35 a.m. — Erick Agustin Lopez, 27, of Santa Clara, cited for DUI, Villa St. and Shoreline Blvd.

3:52 a.m. — Arvin Uriel Estrada Beltran, 26, of Hayward, cited for DUI, Villa and Franklin streets.

8:12 a.m. — Fernando Banderas, 28, of Mountain View, arrested for violation of a protective order, 1300 block of Montecito Ave.

1:14 p.m. — Burglary at LensCrafters, 1898 W. El Camino.

1:57 p.m. — Battery at Safeway, 570 N. Shoreline Blvd.

7:17 p.m. — Michael Running, 46, of San Jose, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and possessing prescription sedatives without a prescription at Walmart, 600 Showers Drive.

8:30 p.m. — Kalvin Phan, 20, of San Jose, cited on a warrant, 400 block of Chetwood Drive.

10:30 p.m. — Irie Laakea Leon Jardine, 27, arrested for theft and conspiracy to commit a crime at CVS, 1041 El Monte Ave. Derrick Levone Miller, 55, arrested for theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant.

10:55 p.m. — Theft at Safeway, 580 N. Rengstorff Ave.

JUNE 9

2:14 a.m. — Brian Caicedo Playonero, 24, arrested on a warrant, 500 block of Sylvan Ave.

8:34 a.m. — Vandalism at 7-Eleven, 615 S. Rengstorff Ave.

9:05 a.m. — Mario Hernandez, 41, of Mountain View, arrested for trespassing, being under the influence of drugs and drug possession, 1900 block of W. El Camino.

11:24 a.m. — Jose Balmoris Gonzalez, 36, of Mountain View, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Fay Way and Jewell Place.

12:43 p.m. — Indecent exposure reported at the library, 585 Franklin St. Raymond Richard, 23, of East Palo Alto, arrested for public drunkenness.

1:30 p.m. — Battery at Monte Carlo Club, 228 Castro St.

4:31 p.m. — John Clark, 69, transient, cited for warrants, Stevens Creek Trail.

5:30 p.m. — Tommy Garrett Jr., 33, of Mountain View, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, 900 block of Wright Ave.

11:40 p.m. — Edgar Pixcarsut, 27, of Mountain View, cited for drinking alcohol in a public place, Mariposa Park.

JUNE 10

2:05 a.m. — Mario Hernandez, 41, of Mountain View, arrested for being under the influence of drugs, 300 block of Escuela Ave.

3:31 a.m. — Victor Artiaga, 49, transient, arrested on warrants, 2200 block of Latham St.

8:30 a.m. — Jana Lynn Hunt, 46, of Palo Alto, arrested for trespassing and resisting police, 900 block of E. El Camino.

11:29 a.m. — Angel Hernandez, 34, arrested on warrants, Villa and Oak streets.

11:58 a.m. — Sean-Michael David Scott, 39, arrested on a warrant and for resisting police, Showers Drive and Pacchetti Way.

1:18 p.m. — Grand theft, 300 block of Fairchild Drive.

6:25 p.m. — Theft at Office Depot, 910 El Monte Ave.

6:25 p.m. — Theft at Target, 555 Showers Drive.

7:03 p.m. — Danthony Brown, 29, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic violence, battery and

possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, Old Middlefield Way and Highway 101.

LOS ALTOS

FRIDAY

8:58 a.m. — Theft, 1-99 block of Chester Circle.

7:52 p.m. — Theft, 1500 block of Oak Ave.

ATHERTON

THURSDAY

12:05 p.m. — Juan Cerna Alejo, 34, of Hayward, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Selby Lane and Serrano Drive.

1:36 p.m. — Ramiro Chavez, 49, of Menlo Park, cited on a warrant, Heritage Court and Middlefield Road.

3:43 p.m. — Hector Avila Penaloza, 26, of South San Francisco, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Atherton Ave. and Odell Place.

FRIDAY

11:33 a.m. — Elvis Navarro Rodriguez, 39, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, El Camino and Fifth Ave.

NORTH FAIR OAKS

JUNE 16

7:37 a.m. — Miguel Martinez, 38, arrested for domestic violence, 2800 block of El Camino.

9:08 p.m. — Frank Quintana, 27, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, 3100 block of El Camino. Citation given by Atherton police.

TUESDAY

10:20 a.m. — Juan Carlos Uspirir, 22, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Middlefield Road and Dumbarton Ave.

1:49 p.m. — Rodrigo Gallardo Gonzalez, 43, cited on a warrant, 3500 block of Middlefield Road.

WEDNESDAY

3:10 p.m. — Miguel Garcia Ayala, 57, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, Middlefield Road and Ninth Ave. Arrest made by Atherton police.

10:01 p.m. — Santiago

Andres Cortez Lopez, 37, of Menlo Park, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Middlefield Road and Fifth Ave. Arrest made by Atherton police.

REDWOOD CITY

TUESDAY

11:30 a.m. — Rafael Prado Caballero, 27, of Redwood City, arrested for sexual acts with a minor, 200 block of Redwood Shores Parkway.

4:35 p.m. — Jose Jairo Gutierrez, 43, of Redwood City, arrested for violation of a court order and resisting police, Fifth Ave. and Rolison Road. James Andre Sheldon, 46, of Redwood City, cited for resisting police.

8 p.m. — Lorenzo Cobbs, 63, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and destroying or concealing evidence, Redwood City Caltrain Station. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

11:14 p.m. — Carlo Valderrama, 34, of Morgan Hill, arrested for DUI, Woodside Road and Alameda de las Pulgas.

WEDNESDAY

2:12 a.m. — Miguel Hernandez Rodriguez, 41, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, 2500 block of El Camino.

9:05 a.m. — Jennifer Rodriguez Torres, 29, of Redwood City, arrested for

domestic violence, child endangerment and threats, 400 block of Madison Ave.

11:54 a.m. — Gary Dekker Edward, 49, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, Redwood City Caltrain Station. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

2:01 p.m. — Gabor Kovacs, 53, of Redwood City, arrested for being under the influence of drugs, 800 block of Veterans Blvd.

4:36 p.m. — Ryan Aaron Jacobs, 53, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Redwood City Caltrain Station. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

4:54 p.m. — Jimmy Aaron Ponciano, 34, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Redwood City Caltrain Station. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

6:41 p.m. — Jacob Savage, 39, and Taylor Hartsock, 29, both cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Redwood City Caltrain Station. Citations given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

7:39 p.m. — Eduardo Lazo Flores, 46, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, Spruce and Chew streets.

THURSDAY

9:31 a.m. — Isaac Anthony Perea, 34, of Lathrop, cited for possession of narcotics, other drugs and drug paraphernalia, Redwood City Caltrain Station.

SAN CARLOS

WEDNESDAY

11:51 a.m. — Kevin Allen Christian, 41, arrested for public drunkenness, 500 block of Old County Road.

BELMONT

FRIDAY

1:07 a.m. — Vehicle crash causes minor injuries, El Camino and Ralston Ave.

1:03 p.m. — Money fraudulently taken out of a victim’s bank account, Old County Road.

6:38 p.m. — Bike and helmet stolen out of a carport area, Middle Ave. Additional items stolen out of other carports.

9:59 p.m. — Harold Keith Brown, 73, arrested for possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, 600 block of Ralston Ave.

SATURDAY

10:32 a.m. — Woman says a relative came here from another state while she was in the hospital, accessed her accounts and stole $16,000 from a credit union account, Talbryn Drive.

6:36 p.m. — Oscar Rafael Ceballos Rivera, 30, arrested for domestic battery, drug possession, possession of prescription meds without a prescription and on warrants, 1100 block of El Camino.

CONGRESS

war in the Middle East that threatens the security of U.S. military personnel in the region. The U.S. House of Representatives must receive a classified briefing on the matter as soon as practicable.”

Rep. Sam Liccardo, the Democrat who represents northern Santa Clara County including Palo Alto, urged negotiations with Iran — even though Iran had previously rejected invitations to negotiate for 60 days before Saturday’s air strikes.

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the football,” Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, said on X. “Iran will retaliate through terrorist proxies. For our 40,000 U.S. troops in the region, we must deescalate, communicate soberly, and allow Iran a face-saving path to negotiation.”

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-San Jose, said President Trump should have sought Congressional approval.

“It’s blatantly unconstitutional,” Khanna said.

The White House said it didn’t talk to Congress because it was afraid the information would leak to the Iranians, eliminating the element of surprise necessary for a successful mission.

Still, Khanna called for the immediate return of members of Congress to Washington D.C. to vote on his war powers resolution he coauthored with U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to “stop the endless war in Iran.”

While he’s not in Congress, state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, nonetheless also spoke out against the air strikes. “This type of unilateral, violent action from our federal administration is deeply alarming, but not surprising, and it risks triggering global instability as well as retaliatory attacks against America,” Cortese said.

FedEx founder, pushed overnight delivery, dies

Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80.

Smith, a 1966 graduate of Yale University, used a business theory he came up with in college to create a delivery system based on coordinated air cargo flights centered on a main hub, a “hub and spokes” system, as it became known. Flights arrived at the company’s airport in Memphis, Tenn., every night, unloaded their cargo, where it was sorted and put on planes headed to other cities.

The company played a major role in the shift by American business to a greater use of just-in-time deliveries

and less dependence on large inventories and warehouses.

FedEx started operating in 1973, delivering small parcels and documents more quickly than the postal service. Smith said he came up with the name Federal Express because he wanted the company to sound big and important when in fact it was a start-up operation.

Over the next half-century, FedEx became a global transportation and logistics company that averages 17 million shipments per business day. Smith stepped down as CEO in 2022 but remained executive chairman.

He kept a low profile with one exception — Smith made a cameo appearance in the 2000 movie “Castaway” starring Tom Hanks. The movie was about a FedEx employee stranded on an island.

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PALO ALTO

1449 University Ave., 94301, 5 bedrooms, 3851 square feet, built in 1925, Shawna and Scott Doughman to Jue and Guodong Zhang for $6,400,000, closed May 20 (last sale: $2,785,000, 06-05-14)

101 Emerson St., 94301, 3 bedrooms, 1656 square feet, built in 1980, Klainer 1989 Trust to Tracy and Alex Pentland for $6,450,000, closed May 22 (last sale: $1,099,000, 03-24-11)

1308 Harker Ave., 94301, 6 bedrooms, 5903 square feet, built in 2011, Hanping Hou to Di and Dezhi Zhang for $9,360,000, closed May 22 (last sale: $4,908,000, 04-27-11)

1975 Webster St., 94301, 7 bedrooms, 5792 square feet, built in 2021, 1975 Webster Street LLC to Cactus Properties LLC for $12,750,000, closed May 23 (last sale: $6,600,000, 06-26-15)

MENLO PARK

1781 Santa Cruz Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1380 square feet, built in 1952, Xiaoyan Liu to Devaux Trust for $3,350,000, closed May 1 (last sale: $2,600,000, 02-07-24)

303 Robin Way, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1376 square feet, built in 1949, Evan McCulloch to Shivanjali and Pratap Ganapathy for $3,400,000, closed May 2 (last sale: $2,200,000, 04-01-21)

522 Palmer Lane, 94025, 7 bedrooms, 4000 square feet, built in 1924, Paldus Living Trust to Lidia and Daniil Patashvili for $5,500,000, closed April 28 (last sale: $4,100,000, 02-05-19)

MOUNTAIN VIEW

1158 Cuesta Drive, 94040, 3 bedrooms, 1280 square feet, built in 1955, Pogozelski Family Trust to Aro Properties Norcal 1 LLC for $2,528,000, closed May 21

68 Gladys Ave., 94043, 3 bedrooms, 2208 square feet, built in 2014, Megan Schoendorf to Jinghong and Li Fang for $2,600,000, closed May 23 (last sale: $2,230,000, 08-31-18)

1592 Ernestine Lane, 94040, 3 bedrooms, 1578 square feet, built in 1954, Burcell Family Trust to Myonghwa and Richard Shum for $3,300,000, closed May 23 (last sale: $785,000, 09-01-04)

LOS ALTOS

11525 Old Ranch Lane, 94024, 4 bedrooms, 3306 square feet, built in 1957, Hirschman-Rosales Family Trust to Divya and Srikanth Balasubramanian for $6,154,000, closed May 21 (last sale: $3,700,000, 01-29-15)

230 Yerba Buena Ave., 94022, 3 bedrooms, 2019 square feet, built in 1961, Davis Trust to Hiremagalur-Satis Family Trust for $6,200,000, closed May 23

1417 Country Club Drive, 94024, 6 bedrooms, 3706

square feet, built in 1953, Michal and Yair Gottdenker to Hyejin and Dong Kim for $6,400,000, closed May 19 (last sale: $3,425,000, 04-25-16)

REDWOOD CITY

1751 Hull Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1320 square feet, built in 1955, Jennifer Newberry to Nima Sadghiani for $2,300,000, closed April 23 (last sale, $970,000, 02-04-14)

16 Spinnaker Place, 94065, 2 bedrooms, 1950 square feet, built in 1977, James and Richard Serrano to Wang-Lin Trust for $2,426,000, closed April 25 (last sale, $385,000, 02-01-90)

140 Atherwood Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1480 square feet, built in 1950, Uplift Rei LLC to Gina Smith for $2,430,000, closed April 25 (last sale, $1,655,500, 07-05-24)

727 Crompton Road, 94061, 4 bedrooms, 1800 square feet, built in 1951, Calwide Investment Group LLC to Boning and Shuzhi Yu for $2,750,000, closed April 24 (last sale, $2,050,000, 11-25-24)

191 Nottingham Ave., 94063, 5 bedrooms, 1210 square feet, built in 1948, Lopez Trust to Richardson Estate LLC for $650,000, closed April 30

147 Santiago Ave., 94061, 2 bedrooms, 1060 square feet, built in 1920, Langley Family Trust to Laverne Living Trust for $1,475,000, closed April 29

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had earlier rejected diplomacy, said yesterday the time for diplomacy has passed and that it has the right to defend itself. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he would immediately fly to Moscow to coordinate with close ally Russia.

Peace or ‘tragedy’

President Trump earlier warned there would be additional strikes if Tehran retaliated against U.S. forces. About 40,000 American troops are based in the Middle East. “There will either be peace or there will be tragedy for Iran,” said Trump.

Any response from Iran, however, would likely force the administration to commit further to a conflict that Trump had hoped to disengage from after the Saturday night strikes.

Preparations for a possible Iranian attack began earlier this month, when the State Department ordered all nonessential personnel to leave its embassy in Baghdad.

Sleeper cells

The administration is keeping an eye on other potential Iranian efforts to strike back in the United States. Officials are concerned that with earlier immigration in the past few years, Iranians may have entered the country and formed sleeper cells that could be activated at any time.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran confirmed that attacks took place on the Fordo and Natanz enrichment facilities, as well as the Isfahan nuclear site. Both Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog said there were no immedi-

ate signs of radioactive contamination around the sites.

Where’s the uranium?

The strike on Fordo, which is dug deep into a mountain, raised an urgent question: What has happened to Iran’s stockpile of uranium and centrifuges?

Satellite images taken by Planet Labs PBC after the U.S. strikes, analyzed by The Associated Press, show damage to the facility.

The images suggest Iran packed the entrance tunnels to Fordo with dirt and had trucks at the facility ahead of the strikes. Several Iranian officials, including Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvan-

di, have claimed Iran removed nuclear material from targeted sites.

Before the Israeli military campaign began, Iran said it had declared a third, unknown site as a new enrichment facility.

“Questions remain as to where Iran may be storing its already enriched stocks … as these will have almost certainly been moved to hardened and undisclosed locations, out of the way of potential Israeli or U.S. strikes,” said Darya Dolzikova, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute focused on nonproliferation issues.

“It is also unclear what secret facilities may exist inside Iran that Tehran could use” for weapons-related activities.

Trump kept promise from 2016

The decision to attack was a risky one for Trump, who won the White House partly on the promise of keeping America out of costly foreign conflicts.

But Trump also vowed that he would not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, a promise he originally made in 2016 and has continued to make over the years. He initially hoped that the threat of force would bring the country’s leaders to give up its nuclear program.

For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the strikes were the culmination of a decades-long campaign to get the U.S. to strike Israel’s chief regional rival and its disputed nuclear program. Netanyahu praised Trump, saying his decision “will change history.”

‘Turning point’

Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Eyal Amir, called the U.S. attack a key “turning point” but added: “We still have targets to strike and objectives to complete.”

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched a barrage of 40 missiles at Israel, including its Khorramshahr-4, which can carry multiple warheads. Israeli authorities reported that more than 80 people suffered mostly minor injuries.

Last night, the Israeli military said it again struck military infrastructure sites in Tehran and western Iran.

Privacy

Explosions boomed in the afternoon in the port city of Bushehr, home to Iran’s only nuclear power plant. Israel’s military said it struck missile launchers in three cities and a missile command center in the Yazd area where it said Khorramshahr missiles were stored.

for an appointment.

AIR ATTACK — This is a map the Pentagon furnished yesterday showing the path of the B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles in the U.S. air strike.

INMATE –––

a report by Inspector Ken Cochran, he is currently undergoing training in the Jail Training and Orientation program.

Rauenbuehler had no prior experience in law enforcement, corrections, or the military, according to the report. His training included two weeks of orientation, half a day at a firing range, and another half day focused on defensive tactics. Additionally, he spent two days at the Maguire Correctional Center and 11 days at the Maple Street Correctional Center.

Training shorter than normal

During the 11 days, Rauenbuehler was trained for four days in monitoring and controlling various security, communication and emergency systems. Another four days were spent in training in the housing units and three days of training in the “rover” unit, which secures the perimeters of the jails and checks security and fire systems.

Deputy sheriff trainees typically undergo a year of training, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker. The total training period is approximately seven to eight months, Spiker said in an email.

Trainees are paired with training officers to learn the ropes and are guided until they have passed their jail training program, sheriff’s spokeswoman Heather Enders said.

Rauenbuehler was interviewed by Cochran and told him that, due to staffing being low, he was assigned to the housing unit where Harrison was, according to his report.

Rauenbuehler had only been at that housing unit once before his shift during his rover training, the report states.

The day of Harrison’s death

On March 15, Rauenbuehler was reading a required training packet

when he received a ping on the intercom from an inmate asking him to come, the report stated.

When Rauenbuehler opened the door, inmates told him Harrison wasn’t breathing, the report said. Harrison was covered with a blanket, and when Rauenbuehler removed it, he saw his lips were purple, the report stated.

Rauenbuehler ran downstairs to get Narcan, the drug that reverses an opioid overdose.

As he ran downstairs, he put out a “Code Blue” alert on the radio and came back with two doses of Narcan, but Harrison did not react, according to the report.

Rauenbuehler told Cochran that he wasn’t sure if the code he sent out had been transmitted over the radio and had received help from the inmates to move Harrison from his top bunk to the floor, the report stated.

Rauenbuehler then went to a telephone to tell other correctional staff there was a dead inmate, the report stated. Only then did additional staff and medical nurses arrive, Cochran’s report said.

Wasn’t trained in CPR

Rauenbuehler was asked whether he attempted CPR, to which he responded that he hadn’t been trained to do so, according to the report. He also stated that he had not been trained in administering Narcan.

Rauenbuehler was the only officer in the housing unit that day, according to the report.

The Sheriff’s Office did not respond to further questions on Rauenbuehler’s shift because it relates to an ongoing investigation.

Understaffed

On June 17, the Sheriff’s Office issued a statement stating that the investigation was complete.

San Mateo County Undersheriff Dan

Perea stated that the jail is understaffed and officers are working overtime during a Sheriff’s Office Civilian Advisory Commission meeting.

Six inmates have died in the jail since Sheriff Christina Corpus took office in January 2023. Of the six inmates who died, two committed suicide, three died from drug overdoses and one died of cancer.

In May, Corpus announced that she was implementing a hiring freeze after receiving so many applicants for trainee positions. She stopped hiring new correctional officers and deputy trainees, Spiker said at the time.

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Sullivan won’t find anything interesting in his file.

“It’s not uncommon to see a defense attorney try and discredit the investigator,” Cesena said. “But that’s even more reason to be the best detective and the ideal police officer in the sense of right and wrong, and doing your job the way it’s expected to be done.”

Job was taking a toll on detective

Cesena said he left law enforcement because the job was taking a toll on his mental well-being, and he recently became a dad.

“If I want my daughter to have the best life that she can, I need to make sure that I’m the best person I can be. And I didn’t think I could do that while working in law enforcement,” Cesena said.

Cesena worked for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office for eight years before he was hired in Mountain View in December 2018 to investigate fraud and internet crimes against children, which spiked during the pandemic.

Cesena said he didn’t want to discuss his investigation of Bates while the prosecution is underway.

Bates allegedly posted an ad online

looking for an underaged girl in early 2022. Cesena responded by pretending to be a 13-year-old girl, and they exchanged 235 messages over the course of nine days, Cesena said in his police report.

Explicit videos

Bates sent videos of himself having sex with women and made suggestive and explicit comments, Cesena said.

“I feel guilty because of your age but you’re just so sexy,” Bates allegedly said in a message on April 6, 2022.

Bates allegedly tried to meet up with the girl on April 19, 2022. He was arrested on suspicion of three felonies in San Jose.

Bates is out on supervised release with bail set at $40,000.

Defense attorneys can file a “Pitchess” motion to review personnel records of police officers who are suspected of misconduct.

The motion is named after a 1974 California Supreme Court Case involving former Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter Pitchess, who tried unsuccessfully to stop a subpoena for a deputy’s records.

Girl’s age called ‘ambiguous’

Sullivan alleged that Cesena used pictures of a girl of an “ambiguous age” and a “nonstandard” bait photo of a wet towel on the ground to catch Bates.

Sullivan also said that Cesena didn’t preserve the online ad that he responded to.

A hearing on the Pitchess motion is scheduled on July 16 with Judge Griffin Bonini.

Deputy District Attorney Monroe Tyler hasn’t filed a response to the motion.

Cesena said he is prepared to testify if the case goes to trial.

“I owe it to the community, I owe it to the DA’s Office to follow through with what I started,” Cesena said.

County’s homeless total up

Santa Clara County has 10,711 homeless people, up 8.2% from two years ago, according to a count commissioned by the county government. A breakout by city hasn’t been released.

The homeless have increased despite the government spending millions on housing, resulting in 1,300 new rent-subsidized apartments over the past two years. The money was from Measure A, a $950 million bond measure approved by voters in 2016 that’s part of the property tax.

Even though the approach hasn’t reduced housing, the county isn’t changing its strategy.

“Effectively addressing poverty, inequality, and homelessness requires a systemic, comprehensive approach — one that necessitates deep collaboration and responsiveness at all levels of government,” County Manager James Williams said in a statement.

Addressing root causes

“Our community must address the root cause of homelessness: a lack of affordable housing supply at all levels,” Williams said.

Every two years, Santa Clara County participates in a two-day, federally mandated point-in-time count to gather information on

the number of homeless people on streets and in shelters. The count helps the county, state and federal governments allocate money for homeless programs and advocacy groups.

More beds, more homeless

Santa Clara County had 9,903 homeless residents in 2023, slightly less than the year prior. Since then, the county has added 235 new shelter beds, bringing the total number of available temporary housing beds to 3,697.

The number of homeless residents in shelters has risen 30% since 2023, the county said.