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Undersheriff couldn’t recall if he tried to meet with witness
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Undersheriff Dan Perea yesterday admitted yesterday to attempting to meet with former Assistant Sheriff Matthew Fox to work on their testimonies before they were both called as witnesses at the removal hearing for San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus.
Franco Muzzio, the county’s attorney, asked Perea if he had tried to meet up with Fox with his attorney to protect each other’s interests before the hearing.
Perea said he didn’t remember. Muzzio asked Perea again if he had offered to meet in person with Fox and fly from California to Tennessee, where Fox now lives.
After being questioned a few times and shown messages about the proposed meet-up, Perea confessed he had asked Fox to meet before the hearing, but Fox declined to meet. Muzzio said he noticed Perea has been waiting for Corpus outside the courtroom these past few days and asked if he coordinated his testimony with her. Perea said he hasn’t coordinated his testimony with anyone, other than with his attorneys.
Perea, out of uniform, was called to the witness stand by Corpus’ legal team on day eight of the 10-day hearing that could result in the removal of the sheriff.
Former DNC chair and attorney
[See REFUTE, page 22]
Bike lanes causing headaches
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Shelby’s Garden and JoeRae Boutique in San Carlos are open for business. A story yesterday suggested otherwise.
LOS ALTOS HOUSING: The first affordable housing project in Los Altos will break ground today at 330 Distel Circle. The 90-unit development is expected to open in January 2027 for residents making between 30% and 80% of the area’s median income — between $60,250 and $159,550 for a family of four.
STATION STABBING: A man was stabbed at the train station behind Sequoia Station in Redwood City [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
Palo Alto business owners say the new bike lanes on El Camino Real are creating a headache for their operations.
Transportation Planning Manager
Nate Baird said he is trying to help businesses find parking just off El
Camino, but it’s impossible to replace the 500 parking spaces that were there before.
“The changes we’re making really are balancing a lot of competing interests for limited curb space, so where we’ve been able to help we’ve tried to do so,” Baird said. “But many folks wish that they had the previous supply
still available.” Dan Pokarney, service and parts director for McLaren at 4192 El Camino Real, said his shop no longer has a place for transporters to park and unload cars, which can take up to 30 minutes.
The other day, a driver from Baltimore had to risk a ticket while he un-
[See HEADACHES, page 22]
Longtime city volunteer faces prison
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
A longtime volunteer with the city of Palo Alto has admitted to possessing child pornography and trying to meet up with a minor for sex, court records
show. Bob Wenzlau, 68, of Palo Alto, faces a sentence ranging from probation to 18 months in state prison.
Wenzlau was arrested at his home in the Crescent Park neighborhood on April 11, 2024, for sending sexually ex-
plicit messages to two undercover police officers who posed as young girls.
Wenzlau talked about meeting up with the girls and made sexual comments about his dog and nieces, police
[See VOLUNTEER, page 23]
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UNDERSHERIFF Dan Perea, former DNC head Tom Perez, Sheriff Christina Corpus and attorney Wilson Leung at the Redwood City Courthouse yesterday. Post photo by Adriana Hernandez.
Corpus and Aenlle went on more trips
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Hawaii isn’t the only trip San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and former chief of staff Victor Aenlle took together. They also went to Lake Tahoe together, County Manager Mike Callagy testified during day eight of a hearing in which Corpus is appealing her firing as sheriff.
Callagy revealed a Tahoe trip Corpus took with Aenlle when Corpus’ legal team was refuting the evidence against her – not adding evidence.
Callagy said learned about the trip when he asked Corpus about her trip with Aenlle to Hawaii. Corpus told Callagy during that meeting that it wasn’t the first time they had travelled together and she and Aenlle are good friends, Callagy said. He didn’t provide
County Executive revealed trip to Tahoe
any further details about the Tahoe trip yesterday.
Callagy canceled Aenlle’s contract to serve on Corpus’ transition team after she was elected in June 2022, after learning that the two had gone to Hawaii together.
Aenlle has testified previously in an interview with retired Judge LaDoris Cordell that it was a coincidence that they were both in Hawaii.
Conflicting stories
On Tuesday, he testified that when Corpus asked him for help during her trip to Hawaii, he didn’t hesitate to say yes.
Corpus previously told County Attorney John Nibbelin that she went to
Hawaii with her then-husband, according to the Cordell report.
James Lassart, attorney for Corpus, asked Callagy various questions regarding the rumors he heard about Corpus.
Callagy said several people contacted him about the “widespread” rumor that Corpus went to Hawaii with Aenlle. “I was shocked, quite frankly,” Callagy said.
Callagy said he heard rumors of Corpus and Aenlle previously. During a conference in Texas, he heard from Lt. Dan Guiney that something was going on between them and they may have shared a room, Callagy said.
Callagy said that ending Aenlle’s contract was beneficial to Corpus. Lassart asked Callagy why Aenlle wasn’t
given a 30-day notice of termination, as required under his contract. Callagy said it was the best thing to do at the moment.
Aenlle returned to the sheriff’s office in early 2023 after Corpus was sworn in. The Board of Supervisors eliminated Aenlle’s position, effectively firing him, after Cordell’s report was released on Nov. 13, 2024.
Accused of interference
Corpus has accused Callagy of interfering in the sheriff’s office, but he was cleared in an independent report commissioned by the Board of Supervisors. Callagy has also filed a $10.5 million claim against Corpus and Aenlle for defamation. The claim also names the county, which Callagy heads, since
[See TRIPS, page 27]
yesterday, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The stabbing occurred just before 5 p.m. and deputies are looking for the suspect who left the victim with serious injuries. Police believe the stabbing was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community.
CDC HEAD OUT: The director of the nation’s top public health agency, Susan Monarez, is out after less than one month in the job. HHS officials did not explain why Monarez is no longer with the agency.
MINN. SHOOTING: A shooter opened fire yesterday with a rifle through the windows of a Minneapolis Catholic church and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara says two children, ages 8 and 10 were killed and 17 people were wounded in the shooting yesterday at Annunciation Catholic School.
NEW COVID VAX RULES: The FDA has approved updated Covid vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season. The new shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax target a newer version of the coronavirus. They are approved for all seniors but only for younger adults and children with at least one underlying health problem, like obesity. Additionally, U.S. officials revoked use of Pfizer’s vaccine in young children. That leaves Moderna’s vaccines for children as young as six months.
INTERFERENCE IN GREENLAND: The top U.S. diplomat in Denmark has been summoned by the government after a report that people connected to President Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
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Deaths
Santa Clara County Medical Examin-
Aug. 19
John Carreon, 82, of Sunnyvale
Aug. 17
Kurt Enterline, 76, of Sunnyvale
Births
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View: Feb. 5
Victor Abuhab Lagrange, a boy
Felix Duan, a boy
Enzo Matthew Espinoza, a boy
Arthur Feistel Kunzler, a boy
Celeste Katherine Anne Lightbourn, a girl
Enarah Kazi Mir, a girl
Sylvia Rose Morgenswills, a girl
Isabella Pearl Gabaldon Suarez, a girl
Geet Suhani, a girl
Robert Sunchaleev, a boy
Feb. 4
Alisha Bisaria, a girl
Oliver Nabeel Tarquin Ellison, a boy
Athena Virginia Galindo, a girl
Nirvi Gupta, a girl
Charles Robert Haggberg, a boy
Hailey Ma, a girl
Isaac Ma, a boy
Sarang Krishna Nimmalar, a boy
Towano Lily Okabe, a girl
Raya Sood, a girl
Brady Zachary Tran, a boy
Feb. 3
Satvik Buggana, a boy
Charles Liang Carson, a boy
Arjun Mangesh Dahale, a boy
Ruhi Suril Dhruv, a girl
Adaline Mae Ding, a girl
Xiomara Deilani Guitarrero, a girl
Esa Bui Lakhani, a boy
Siddhan Lakshmanan, a boy
Dylan Jingchuan Li, a boy
Aria Ma, a girl
Elissa Madueno, a girl
Emily Madueno, a girl
Shubham Jain Manchiraju, a boy
Ayla Violet Mcalahney, a girl
Zuri Afreen Qureshi, a girl
Santiago Valdivia Pachur, a boy
Jatziri Betsabe Zuniga Garcia, a girl
Feb. 2
Joud Abdullah Amgad Abdulaziz Abdulslam, a girl
Arielle Yaara Alon, a girl
Logan James Cantu, a boy
Camila Hernandezaragon, a girl
Shreyas Krishnan, a boy
Kaia Alina Morris, a girl
Siya Oka Gaur, a girl
Durva Patel, a girl
Luca Song Shen, a boy
Jasmine Wang, a girl
Benaiah Livingstone Yang, a boy
Feb. 1
Alma Hannah Ben Ami, a girl
Zoie Grace Chan, a girl
Joseph Richard Massis, a boy
Harley Elise Nguyen, a girl
Shivaansh Ronak Patel, a boy
Zaylah Nila Sanwald, a girl
Hriday Sriram, a boy
Lucas Alexander Tian, a boy
Liam Frederick Tracey, a boy
Kai Valdes Rojo, a boy
Jan. 31
Arjun Ajgaonkar, a boy
Kian Alia Ankit, a boy
Chloe Yuqi Bo, a girl
Eliza Esquivelgonzalez, a girl
Karely Lyzette Gutierrez, a girl
Otoha Thomas Imamura, a boy
Emiliano Andres Lopezgarduza, a boy
Calvin Cole Rivas Gomez, a boy
Seera Dhana Senthooran, a girl
Valerie Sue Spagnoletti, a girl
Zoe Maria Vandever, a girl
Library to keep bathrooms separate
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The latest design for a renovated Los Altos Library has separate men’s and women’s restrooms after architects received pushback from residents about grouping genders together.
“We are looking at maintaining a men’s room and a women’s room as well as adding a single restroom for those who might feel more comfortable using a single restroom,” interior designer Amy Crawford told Los Altos City Council on Tuesday. “We’ve also been able to add two family restrooms off of the children’s area.”
Architects from ABA Studios presented draft plans to the city’s Library Commission on May 22 that showed one restroom with seven stalls for any gender and a common area for the
sinks. The two family restrooms could be locked.
Reconfiguring the bathrooms would’ve allowed for more space in the children’s area and a room for the nonprofit Friends of Los Altos Library, architects said.
Resident petition
Resident Melissa White said many girls feel uncomfortable sharing restroom spaces with men, and the family restrooms would become overcrowded.
“Shared stalls could result in less hygienic conditions than women typically experience in gender-specific restrooms, especially because men are used to using urinals rather than toilets,” White said in a petition, which received 324 signatures.
The petition mentioned a similar
situation at Palo Alto’s Hoover Elementary School, where the district had non-gendered restrooms but separated them after parents and students complained.
Petitioners had an ally in Commissioner Michelle Morris at the May 22 meeting.
“The all-gender bathroom only works if you already have gender-specific bathrooms,” Morris said. “I just don’t feel comfortable, and I don’t think it’s safe for kids.”
Second draft
The plans presented to council on Tuesday showed separate restrooms at 13 S. San Antonio Road.
Councilman Larry Lang thanked architects on Tuesday for taking the feedback from residents.
The architects “clearly responded well, and I felt like the process worked,” Lang said.
Council hired ABA Studios in December for $132,628 to design improvements to the library.
Project goals
Some of the goals of the project are to create quiet areas, small group meeting rooms and an extended hours space, to make charging devices easier, to enlarge the lobby and to improve efficiency for employees and Friends of Los Altos Library.
The North County Library Authority will discuss the renovation on Sept. 15.
Construction is expected to begin in September 2026 and finish in November 2027 for $8.1 million.
County says state withholding $38M in funds
San Mateo County has filed a lawsuit against the state of California for allegedly withholding nearly $38 million in funding the county says it should have received from a decades-old budget deal.
The county asserted that the state violated a 2004 budget deal in which counties and cities agreed to give up a portion of vehicle licensing fees and local property taxes to help close the state budget deficit. To repay counties, the state Legislature guaranteed fund-
ing for school districts where property taxes alone do not cover school budget needs, according to the county.
However, due to having a high number of districts where property taxes cover school funding needs, San Mateo County has experienced a gap between revenue lost and compensation provided since 2012, the county said. To fill the gap, the state has provided additional supplemental funding to the county each year.
The lawsuit filed Monday alleges
that for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the state owed $114.3 million in additional supplemental funding, but only paid $76.5 million, shorting the county government and the 20 cities within the county of about $37.75 million in total.
Services at risk
The funding shortfall will threaten core local services, including health care, public safety, and affordable housing, local leaders said. “These dollars pay for the things in
our local budgets that residents rely on every day — from emergency response and health care to housing and public safety,” San Mateo County Supervisor Jackie Speier said in a statement yesterday. “The state made a promise, and breaking it doesn’t just hurt local government budgets, it hurts our residents.”
The state paid the full amount it owed under the budget deal to local jurisdictions in 55 other counties, according to the county.
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Older Chinese adults are one of the fastest growing populations in the US, but whether their background influences how they age is unknown. Purpose of this study is to research of how the brain ages in older Chinese Adults.
DA won’t charge smoke shop owners with crime
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Your participation will help us improve future early detection of aging related brain diseases.
The study may be a good fit for you if you are:
❏ 55-95 years old
❏ Must be able to speak, listen, read, and write Chinese (Mandarin);
❏ Can be bilingual (No requirement for English proficiency; all study visits can be conducted in Mandarin)
❏ Must be willing to have brain MRI
Volunteers will be asked to (all tests are free):
❏ Complete basic questionnaire about your age, race, health, and family history
❏ Visit Locus Center at 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 for brain MRI (1hr)
❏ Visit CogT Lab at 1070 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304 for memory and thinking test (1.5 hr) and blood draw (20 CC) (30 min)
A $50 check will be awarded for completion of the test, thanking you for your participation
To learn more, please contact the CogT Lab at: Call: (650) 736-6731 or Email: oceanna@stanford.edu
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Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen won’t be filing charges against the owners of two Mountain View smoke shops that were allegedly selling psychedelic mushrooms, cannabis products and flavored tobacco to minors.
2024 raid, seizures
The smoke shops were raided on June 12, 2024, by Mountain View detectives and state tax agents.
Officers seized 338 products containing psilocybin and about 1,200 products containing THC
and flavored tobacco from Great Vape at 359 W. El Camino Real, police said.
Officers seized another 138 products containing psilocybin and about 12,000 products containing THC and flavored tobacco from B&Y Smoke Shop at 361 Castro Street, police said.
Citations, fines
Employee Yousef Aldhaheri, 42, of Alameda, was cited for selling untaxed tobacco products, police said.
Detectives also noticed signs of a recent fire at B&Y Smoke Shop. The building was red-tagged on
July 2, 2024, and has been closed ever since.
B&Y Smoke Shop is owned by San Carlos resident Basserty Alriashi, according to city records.
Alriashi agreed in March to pay $250,000 in civil penalties to settle a lawsuit from the city of San Francisco for violating laws against selling flavored tobacco.
Neither Adhaheri nor Alriashi were charged in Santa Clara County, court records show.
“We do not believe there is sufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Rosen’s spokeswoman Cynthia Sumida said in an email yesterday.
Police: Man ransacks garage
A Palo Alto man in his 70s returned home from vacation to find his garage had been ransacked and a guy in his backyard who was jumping over a fence into a neighboring yard, police said.
Police booked and jailed Dwight Tucker Jr., 34, of Clearlake Oaks (Lake County).
At 5:32 p.m. on Monday, police
received a call about a home burglary that was in progress in the 1400 block of Hamilton Avenue. Officers arrived and were told that the suspect had jumped a fence.
A search of neighboring yards turned up Tucker, police said.
The victim had been away on vacation. When he returned home,
he found that his garage had been ransacked and items were missing, police said. When he went to check the backyard, he saw the suspect exit an accessory dwelling unit and jump a fence, police said.
Tucker was booked on charges of home burglary and violating probation, both felonies, and a misdemeanor of providing a fake name to police.
Home Depot theft ring uncovered
Southern California authorities say they uncovered a criminal ring that stole $10 million in merchandise from Home Depot over several years, including 600 thefts this year alone.
Prosecutors say the thieves
nabbed high-end electrical merchandise such as circuit breakers and outlets, which the group’s leader resold through his electronics business in the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Ventura County dis-
trict attorney’s office announced the filing of a 48-count criminal complaint against nine people, the newspaper reported.
The operation’s alleged leader, 59-year-old David Ahl, faces up to 32 years in prison if convicted.
TUCKER
Times shown are when a report was made to police. Information is from police logs. All of those named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.
PALO ALTO
AUG. 20
2:49 p.m. — Monika Kumari Bhushan, 54, of Palo Alto, arrested for public drunkenness, Cowper St. and E. Meadow Drive.
FRIDAY
1:07 p.m. — Shoplifting at Mac’s Smoke Shop, 534 Emerson St.
2:43 p.m. — Grand theft at Grocery Outlet, 3445 Alma St.
3:38 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, 300 block of Hamilton Ave.
8:11 p.m. — Grand theft, Greer Park.
SATURDAY
11:43 a.m. — Vehicle accident involving a cyclist, 900 block of Oregon Ave.
SUNDAY
4:26 p.m. — Grand theft, 1000 block of Emerson St.
MONDAY
9:05 a.m. — Yeison Adany Funes Castro, 23, of Redwood City, arrested for violation of a restraining order and on a warrant, Embarcadero Road and Embarcadero Way.
3:13 p.m. — Theft from a vehicle, 2900 block of Kipling St.
5:32 p.m. — Resident comes home to find his home ransacked and then sees a man jump over his backyard fence and into a neighboring yard, 1400 block of Hamilton Ave. After searching yards, police arrest Dwight Tucker Jr., 34, of Clearlake Oaks for residential burglary, falsely identifying himself to police and probation violation.
MENLO PARK
FRIDAY
9:20 a.m. — Hank Cleveland Sedam, 60, arrested for public drunkenness, 1100 block of Merrill St. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
11:25 a.m. — Petty theft, 700 block of Hamilton Ave.
PORTOLA VALLEY
FRIDAY
Time not given — An email account of a business is compromised, leading to about $200 worth of fraudulent charges being made to the account as well as numerous deceptive requests for wire and ACH transactions being sent to the company’s clients, 300 block of Ramona Road. The known losses to the clients total $141,108.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
JUNE 19
9:25 p.m. — Diana Gutierrez, 35, of Mountain View, cited for battery, 700 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.
JULY 14
8:20 a.m. — Heyner Carballo Arauz, 23, of San Bruno, cited for display of false vehicle registration, El Camino and Bernardo Ave.
AUG. 10
9:21 p.m. — Beth Dietrich, 46, of Mountain View, cited on a warrant, Inigo Way and Pear Ave.
AUG. 17
1:59 a.m. — Wilmar Gonzalez
Police Blotter
Cubillos, 40, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic violence and damaging a phone, 1-99 block of E. Evelyn Ave.
2:02 a.m. — Daniel Armenta, 44, transient, arrested for elder abuse and threats, Crisanto and Rengstorff avenues.
3:18 a.m. — James Acosta, 47, arrested for DUI, Central Expressway and Rengstorff Ave.
10:45 a.m. — Daija Trujillo, 22, of Stockton, arrested for arson at an inhabited structure, 900 block of E. El Camino.
2:04 p.m. — Theft, 2500 block of California St.
2:43 p.m. — Vandalism at Oasis Laundry, 1040 Grant Road. Karen Inman, 43, of Kentfield, arrested for vandalism.
11:20 p.m. — Ascencion Martinez, 35, transient, arrested on a warrant, Ortega Ave. and California St.
AUG. 18
2:14 a.m. — Efrain Hernandez Cotuc, 35, of Mountain View, arrested for DUI and driving with a suspended or revoked license, 400 block of Mariposa St.
2:41 a.m. — Ivan Hernandez, 19, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic battery, 1900 block of Gamel Way.
8:29 a.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of Hacienda Lane.
10:41 a.m. — Eric Rojas, 29, transient, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and threats at Chili’s, 2560 W. El Camino.
1:13 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, 400 block of Victory Ave.
3:49 p.m. — Theft at Walgreens, 1905 W. El Camino.
4:37 p.m. — Michael Rempfer, 51, transient, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, 2600 block of California St.
6:55 p.m. — Robbery, 1600 block of W. El Camino.
7:21 p.m. — Auto burglary, 2900 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.
8:51 p.m. — Theft at Walgreens, 1905 W. El Camino.
11:19 p.m. — Aroldo Agustin Zecena, 34, of Redwood City, arrested for prowling, 900 block of High School Way.
ATHERTON
TUESDAY
12:41 p.m. — Home burglary, 100 block of El Camino.
3:09 p.m. — Identity theft, 1-99 block of Heather Drive.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
FRIDAY
1:16 a.m. — Ever Alexander Galdamez Guzman, 42, of unincorporated San Mateo County, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, theft of someone else’s lost property and on a warrant, Bay Road and Charter St.
3:30 a.m. — Sheriff’s deputies see two vehicles racing and are able to stop one of them, El Camino and Fifth Ave. Victor Manuel Toj Cutillo, 26, of Redwood City, arrested for street racing, driving with a suspended or revoked license and on a warrant.
8:17 a.m. — Jose Antonio Melgarejo Cruz, 26, of Redwood City, cited for possession of
drug paraphernalia, 100 block of Dumbarton Ave.
WOODSIDE
FRIDAY
9:13 p.m. — Harinath Challa, 25, of Plano, cited on a warrant, Woodside and Whiskey Hill roads.
REDWOOD CITY
JUNE 10
Jose de Jesus Armenta Lopez, 24, of San Mateo, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended or revoked license, Regent St. and Redwood Ave.
Josue Raul Guillen Sanchez, 34, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Regent St. and Redwood Ave.
Rodrigo Gallardo Gonzalez, 43, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, 300 block of Woodside Road.
Christina Marie Johnson, 28, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 1000 block of El Camino.
Jose Rojas Avila, 23, of Redwood City, arrested for threats, vandalism and brandishing a weapon, 500 block of Woodside Road.
Vincent Trujillo, 37, cited on a warrant, 300 block of Gellert Blvd. in Daly City.
FRIDAY
2:10 a.m. — Jose Cruz Paredones Guevara, 35, of San Pablo, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Cedar St. and Pennsylvania Ave. Incident handled by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
2:58 a.m. — Jose Orlandini Chumbes, 44, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Middlefield Road and Charter St. Incident handled by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
7:02 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, Madison Ave.
8:45 p.m. — Purse stolen, Middlefield Road.
9:11 p.m. — Jose Refugio Landa Cuevas, 48, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic battery, 3700 block of Rolison Road.
9:42 p.m. — Resident’s camera footage shows three men breaking into the home, E. Oakwood Blvd.
10:52 p.m. — Two shirtless men reported to be hitting each other, 300 block of Poplar Ave. Jesus Coeto Martinez, 25, of Redwood City, arrested for public drunkenness.
SATURDAY
12:29 a.m. — Electric bike stolen, Bradford St.
3:47 a.m. — Juan Carlos Madero, 43, of Redwood City, arrested for DUI, 1400 block of Marshall St.
9:19 a.m. — Christopher Childress, 58, of Redwood City, arrested for stalking, 3100 block of Jefferson Ave.
10:21 a.m. — Two men attack a victim, Broadway. About 40 minutes later, Gary Reid, 25, of Redwood City, is arrested for assault and aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit a crime, Stafford St. and Whipple Ave.
11:30 a.m. — Jose Rosete Flores, 34, of Redwood City, arrested for brandishing a weapon and threats, 400 block of Vera Ave.
3:15 p.m. — Rodolfo Ramirez Castaneda, 42, of Redwood City,
arrested for domestic battery, 400 block of Madison Ave.
4:29 p.m. — Man says his 70-something neighbor whacked him in the arm with his cane, bruising the man’s arm, Twin Dolphin Drive.
5:27 p.m. — Yaru Sun, 62, of San Mateo, cited for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.
5:52 p.m. — Woman says that on the previous day when she stopped her vehicle at a red light, a male driver waved to get her attention and then exposed his genitals to her and her 20-year-old daughter, Brewster Ave. 10:59 p.m. — Man tries to hurt an employee of a business with a screwdriver, Woodside Road.
SAN CARLOS
AUG. 21
9:28 p.m. — Two people steal merchandise worth more than $500 from CVS, 1324 San Carlos Ave. Delvonna Shanese Cooper, 53, of Redwood City, arrested for shoplifting and on two warrants. Tawana Shanae Ward, 51, of East Palo Alto, is arrested for shoplifting and falsely identifying herself to police. The driver of the women’s vehicle, 34-year-old Christopher Dejohn Gilbert of Oakland, is arrested on a warrant.
BELMONT
TUESDAY
4:16 p.m. — Complaint of a homeless woman lying on the sidewalk in such a way that it forces schoolchildren to walk in the street, Ralston Ave. and Hiller St. Warning given.
10:56 p.m. — Man steals wine and liquor from a store, El Camino. Victor Vasquez, 50, arrested for shoplifting and falsely identifying himself to police, 900 block of El Camino.
CHP
From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula.
MAY 18
Pelesala Tauloa, 31, arrested for grand theft.
MAY 22
Chirathma K. Kodikara, 30, arrested for DUI.
Seanna G. Nance, 18, arrested for DUI.
MAY 24
Liyun Chen, 51, arrested for DUI. Juan Gonzalez Guerrero, 25, arrested for DUI.
MAY 25
Celestino L. Alvarez, 20, arrested for DUI.
Efren Padilla Padilla, 49, arrested for DUI.
Jeannette L. Rivas, 32, arrested for DUI.
MAY 26
Lynne V. Eberle, 74, arrested for DUI.
Nowara Mohameh, 24, arrested for DUI that causes injuries.
Luis F. Sajquiy Saban, 38, arrested for DUI and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
MAY 27
Michael Carmona, 26, arrested for hit-and-run and driving under the influence of both alcohol and drugs.
MAY 28
Rodrigo Santiago Merida Ramirez, 31, arrested for DUI.
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729 La Para Ave., 94306, 5 bedrooms, 2351 square feet, built in 1948, Wei Zhao to Muppala Trust for $3,635,000, closed July 31 (last sale: $1,757,000, 05-24-12)
EAST PALO ALTO
319 Azalia Drive, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1110 square feet, built in 1951, Kaamna and Rohit Dhawan to Yaojun and Qiushi Chen for $905,000, closed July 11 (last sale: $250,000, 0901-09)
MENLO PARK
1330 University Drive #25, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1954 square feet, built in 1973, Demeters Jams LLC to Messmer Family Trust for $2,000,000, closed July 8 (last sale: $1,800,000, 06-05-17)
988 Menlo Ave. #7, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1570 square feet, built in 1988, John Moynihan to 988 Menlo LLC for $2,250,000, closed July 7 (last sale: $2,195,000, 04-29-19)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
square feet, built in 1981, Odriscoll Trust to Jennifer and Benjamin Albrecht for $1,435,000, closed July 31 (last sale: $1,650,000, 04-05-18)
419 Saint Emilion Court, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1407 square feet, built in 1988, Storm and Pagel Family Trust to Shan Gao for $1,500,000, closed July 28
407 Mountain Laurel Court, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1417 square feet, built in 1988, Ruppel Living Trust to Poopak and Mohammadali Zand for $1,520,000, closed July 28 (last sale: $215,500, 10-01-88)
LOS ALTOS
60 View St., 94022, 5 bedrooms, 2974 square feet, built in 1968, Sc Survivors Trust to Xiao and Ming Zhang for $4,300,000, closed Aug. 1 1455 Redwood Drive, 94024, 5 bedrooms, 3290 square feet, built in 1973, Herrero-Duvaras Trust to Brandenburg Trust for $4,586,000, closed July 28
LOS ALTOS HILLS
12252 Menalto Drive, 94022, 4 bedrooms, 5491 square feet, built in 2012, Effat and Jamshid Parivash to Ketki and Viraj Chavan for $10,550,000, closed July 31 (last sale: $2,667,500, 06-09-00)
WOODSIDE
Jeffrey Calcagno to Viswanathan and Suguna Subramaniam for $2,950,000, closed July 9 (last sale: $1,865,625, 03-12-07)
REDWOOD CITY
530 Shorebird Circle #7104, 94065, 2 bedrooms, 1300 square feet, built in 1980, Kristine Chiba to Jessica Avanzino for $1,125,000, closed July 7 (last sale: $1,140,000, 10-09-23)
636 Bair Island Road #301, 94063, 2 bedrooms, 1447 square feet, built in 2012, Uyen-Nhi LeTran to Sarah Hassan for $1,250,000, closed July 8
600 Baltic Circle #620, 94065, 3 bedrooms, 1625 square feet, built in 1997, Ellen Hogan to Kelly and Eric Brown for $1,335,000, closed July 7 (last sale: $365,000, 06-15-98)
SAN CARLOS
1048 Inverness Drive, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1660 square feet, built in 1948, Robinson Trust to Jay and Chinnu Pittapally for $1,871,000, closed July 10
2012 Howard Ave., 94070, 2 bedrooms, 1590 square feet, built in 1955, Undorte Trust to Alanna and Nolan Milord for $2,653,000, closed July 8
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181 Centre St. #25, 94041, 3 bedrooms, 1488
33 Bear Glen Drive, 94062, 3 bedrooms, 2820 square feet, built in 1991,
1920 Oak Knoll Drive, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 2000 square feet, built in 1936, William Markle to Ja Trust for $2,250,000, closed July 10
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BIRDER’S GARDEN HAS BEEN ONE OF Peninsula bird lovers’ favorite places for over 30 years. The store offers everything needed for successful bird feeding, including highquality Americanmade feeders, bird seed mixes, nesting boxes, bird baths and more. Stop by 926 El Camino
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‘Caught Stealing’ a terrific crime caper
BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press Writer
Darren Aronofsky has already made several indelibly New York movies. But loveable as was the subterranean monochrome paranoia of “Pi” and charming as we all consider the pupil-dilating tragedy of his bleak Brighton Beach-set “Requiem for a Dream,” Aronofsky’s latest, “Caught Stealing,” is easily the director’s most affectionate portrait of his hometown.
That, too, may be a funny way to describe a movie where bodies get brutalized, corpses accumulate and even the cat comes away with a limp. But “Caught Stealing,” a terrific caper starring Austin Butler as a Lower East Side man inadvertently drawn into a nightmarish crime world, is a period movie. It’s set in 1998. And no amount of blood can detract from the overwhelming endearment Aronofsky has for ’90s New York.
Cast of characters
Butler plays Hank Thompson: a former baseball player who can’t play anymore; a bartender who, after some of the early events of the movie, can’t drink anymore; and a devoted San Francisco Giants fan surrounded by Mets fans. As his not-quite girlfriend Yvonne (Zoe Kravitz) says, he’s “a good country boy” who calls his mom
in California every day. They end every call with “Go Giants!”
Hank is far from the first regular guy to be ensnared in underground crime syndicates, but there are a number of things that distinguish “Caught Stealing.” First, his troubles stem, like they do for so many New Yorkers, from his neighbor. Russ (Matt Smith), the mohawked Brit punk who lives next door, rushes out to fly to London, and he leaves Hank his cat to take care of.
Soon, though, a pair of Russian gang skinheads (Yuri Kolokolnikov, Nikita Kukushkin) are banging on
Russ’ door and quickly after, pummeling Hank, too. Their beating of Hank is unexpectedly brutal, and the first sign that “Caught Stealing” is going for something a little different. When Hank wakes up in the hospital, he’s down a kidney and told he can’t drink alcohol ever again.
Criminal underworld
The Russian mob interest continues to spiral, drawing in a police detective (Regina King, always good), the skinheads’ boss, Colorado (Bad Bunny), and a pair of Orthodox Jewish brothers (Liev Schreiber and Vincent
D’Onofrio). The question that keeps coming up is whether Hank can hack it in this world. Is he a killer? He doesn’t think so, even though he has killed. As King’s detective says, “I thought maybe you played real ball.”
For Butler, the role flashes his talent better than “Elvis” ever did. Aronofsky captures the sweet kid in him, with the hint of something a little more. If it once appeared that Butler might be trapped in his breakthrough role, “Caught Stealing” shows how he can carry a movie in a much less adorned performance.
Late summer is always a funny time in movie theaters, but that goes especially for this year. We’ve somehow had not one but two excellent New York movies, both rich in baseball fandom, in “Caught Stealing” and Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest.” Hollywood seemingly has little idea what to do with genre movies from auteur filmmakers that aren’t obvious awards fodder. These are movies that might not be home runs, but their directors most definitely stretch them for extra bases.
Release info
“Caught Stealing,” a Columbia Pictures release in theaters tomorrow, is rated R for strong violent content, pervasive language, some sexuality/ nudity and brief drug use. Running time: 107 minutes.
Company Artists Ricardo Dyer, Tessa Barbour, and Yuri Rogers.
Photo by Keith Sutter.
ODD PAIRING — Matt Smith, left, and Austin Butler in “Caught Stealing.” Sony Pictures via AP.
New Springsteen biopic took ‘faith’
Jeremy Allen White grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen. He doesn’t even remember a time in his life when he wasn’t aware of his music. But sing his songs? It wasn’t until White began preparing to play the rock ’n’ roll legend for “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” that he even tried.
“I had never really sang anything, never mind Bruce,” White says. “There was a leap of faith that we were all taking.”
Moment in time
There’s an established playbook for music biopics. “Deliver Me From Nowhere” ignored all of it. The film, written and directed by Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart,” “Black Mass”), eschews the standard life-spanning, play-the-hits approach and instead focuses on a small portion of Springsteen’s life: the making of his 1982 album, “Nebraska.”
The album, a minimalist masterpiece recorded on a four track in Springsteen’s bedroom in Colts Neck, New Jersey, doesn’t lend itself to anything like a glossy big-screen jukebox. “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” instead, is aimed more at the soul of Springsteen. For the role, Cooper turned to who he considers one of the best actors of his generation — even though he had no singing experience.
“I remember early on speaking to Scott about the project and being really excited to do it with him but also telling him, ‘Hey, I don’t know how to play the guitar and I’ve never really sang before. Are we going to be able to figure
out this together?’” White recalls. “But Scott had faith. And Bruce had faith. And we trusted each other.”
“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” which 20th Century Studios will release Oct. 24 in theaters, is the first movie based on Springsteen’s life. It was made with Springsteen’s involvement; he gave input to on the script, on casting and attended several days on set. It’s also the first leading movie role for White, the 34-year-old Emmy-winning star of “The Bear,” who sings all the songs in the film.
“I knew that he had the two qualities that really embody Bruce: humility and swagger,” Scott says. “And they don’t teach swagger at Julliard. You either have it or you don’t. I was never concerned. He’s sensational.”
“Deliver Me From Nowhere,” based on Warren Zanes’ 2023 book, co-stars Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau, Springsteen’s longtime manager and record producer.
From the source
For White, Springsteen was a great resource in a movie that aspired to authentic interiority. White first spent time with Springsteen in London, where he also attended a concert. The actor later spoke to Patti Scialfa, Springsteen’s bandmate and wife of 34 years, and friends of the rock legend. After peppering Springsteen with questions during preproduction in New Jersey, White says he mostly kept his head down during the shoot.
“Bruce is very gracious,” White says. “He was trying to make himself as small as possible on set, but that’s very difficult for Bruce Springsteen.”
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for Corpus, Tom Perez, asked Perea about conversations he had regarding the investigation into deputies' union president Carlos Tapia’s time cards.
Evidence ‘overwhelming’ Tapia was arrested for alleged time card fraud hours before retired Judge Ladoris Cordell’s report was released. The DA’s office threw out the case. Perea said Fox would repeatedly call the evidence “overwhelming.”
Perea said Fox would say he has expertise in investigating. When Perea asked Fox about the investigation, Fox would tell him to ask about any day and Fox would not find Tapia on the schedule, Perea said.
Fox was the one who made the suggestion to arrest Tapia at the airport the day they decided to arrest him, Perea said. Tapia was flying back from a family vacation that day.
“We are not going to do that,” Perea said he told Fox. Perea said Corpus told Fox to go to the District Attorney’s office.
Fox testified on Friday that he was ordered by both Perea and Corpus to investigate Tapia, but he suggested to have the District Attorney’s Office conduct the investigation instead but was directed not to turn it over.
Asked about gun memo
Perez asked Perea about former Capt. Brian Philip’s transfer. Perea said it was done to give him the opportunity to patrol. Philip testified last week that he was transferred after he refused to approve the beginning of an internal affairs investigation into Sgt. Javier Acosta, because Philip thought there wasn’t enough information to OK the investigation.
Perez asked Perea about Jennifer Valdez, who worked as an executive assistant in the sheriff’s office for 18 years. Valdez testified last week that she had found a memo in the printer.
Valdez found the memo Perea wrote to Corpus regarding the codes to open the gun safe in Corpus’ office at 330 Bradford St. in Redwood City and brought
it to the attention of other deputies. Perea said he was shocked to hear she had taken it and it was the first time in his career that someone had taken a memo he’s written.
The memo was about a message Perea had received from Aenlle after he was fired by the Board of Supervisors. Aenlle asked Perea to change the code for the gun safe where three rifles with silencers were stored. Aenlle testified yesterday that he was worried that a deputy who he felt had retaliated against him had access to the safe and if one of the rifles went missing, Corpus would be blamed.
“It was shady to me,” Valdez said in the courtroom last week. “I didn’t think it was right.”
Perea said he got a text from Valdez saying she was feeling sick that day. A few days later, Valdez sent him another text saying she got a new assignment and wasn’t going to work under him anymore, Perea said.
Accused of being drunk
Perea started talking about the time he was accused of being drunk by other deputies, but Emerson asked Perez to move on from the topic of culture in the sheriff’s office, as it didn’t have anything to do with Corpus’s behavior or the allegations against her.
During cross-examination, Muzzio asked Perea about the investigations that were waiting for his signature to move forward.
Perea said he didn’t remember the investigations, so Muzzio brought out email exchanges where Perea had a delayed response.
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loaded cars and had them inspected, Pokarney said in an interview yesterday.
Delivery trucks with heavy car parts also don’t have a space to legally park, so they’re stopping along red curbs.
Restricted business
Pokarney said he wants kids to have a safe way to get to school, but the new bike lanes have restricted his business.
“They’re kind of choking us out,” he said.
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Tony Lee, owner of Stanford Coin Wash at 2045 El Camino Real, told the city that the lack of convenient parking has led to a decline in customers, impacting his revenue and threatening his viability.
“A laundromat’s business model relies heavily on customers’ ability to load and unload bulky and heavy items,” Lee said. “Customers often arrive with multiple large bags or baskets of laundry, and the ‘No Parking’ restriction makes it extremely difficult, and in some cases impossible, for them to access my business.”
Lee said the parking restrictions are particularly difficult for customers who are elderly or disabled.
Council on Aug. 11 approved changes to parking permits in the Evergreen Park-Mayfield neighborhood, hoping to help businesses on El Camino without upsetting residents.
The city increased the number of employee permits from 50 to 65, adjusted the zone boundaries and added two-hour limits just off of El Camino on Park, Leland, Stanford and Oxford avenues.
The new rules should also help Sundance The Steakhouse and Cardinal Bike Shop, Baird said.
Both of those business owners opposed the bike lanes when they were approved by Palo Alto City Council.
Asking for help
Baird said the stretch between Cambridge and Park avenues has been the most impacted, along with Portage Avenue by the Ventura neighborhood.
Further south, the owner of Celia’s Mexican
Restaurant at 3740 El Camino Real asked for help from the city.
Baird said he met with the owner to discuss her parking needs. But her restaurant is in the middle of a long block, so the city has no easy solution.
“We’ve done what we can thus far,” Baird said.
The bike lanes were added as part of a Caltrans repaving project throughout Mountain View, Los Altos and Palo Alto.
Installed due to safety concerns
Caltrans pushed Palo Alto City Council to approve the project on June 18, 2024, citing safety concerns.
One bicyclist was killed and 32 bicyclists were injured in Palo Alto on El Camino from 2016 to 2020, and a bike lane will help drivers anticipate and notice them, Caltrans Office Chief Sergio Ruiz told council.
“Whether we like it or not, Caltrans is doing this,” Councilman Greer Stone said at the meeting. Palo Alto lost an estimated 500 parking spaces during the repaving.
Mayor Ed Lauing said the city would go “block by block, business by business” to find parking solutions.
“The access for local-serving retailers and restaurants and other businesses is serious … We’re going to get that done. We have to get that done,” Lauing said.
The new bike lanes have also led to an increase in complaints about RVs parking near businesses, according to a report by City Manager Ed Shikada. The city estimated that 40 people were living in RVs along El Camino before the repaving.
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said. “Wenzlau appears to be highly motivated to take action on his sexual desires toward children,” Officer Yolanda Franco-Clausen wrote in her police report.
Wenzlau led the nonprofit Neighbors Abroad for eight years, overseeing Palo Alto’s relationships with its sister cities.
He took international trips with former mayors and city employees, according to his newsletters.
Wenzlau also worked with the city on environmental issues for decades and lobbied for suc-
cessful ballot measures in 2011, 2017 and 2022.
Wenzlau founded a company, Terradex, that helps clean up contaminated or environmentally sensitive properties.
After his arrest, Wenzlau left the boards for Terradex and Neighbors Abroad, and Palo Alto City Council removed him from the city’s Stormwater Oversight Committee that he helped create.
The investigation into Wenzlau started in January 2024 after he contacted a police officer pretending to be a 12-year-old girl, set up by the Burke County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia.
Wanted ‘a good time’
Wenzlau said he would go to Georgia “to have a good time in a hotel room,” police said.
During the investigation, Franco-Clausen set up her own undercover account on the same messaging app, this time posing as a 13-year-old girl in San Jose.
Wenzlau found the account and reached out on March 25, 2024, and tried to arrange a meeting at the Stanford Shopping Center, Franco-Clausen said in her police report.
After his arrest, Wenzlau was held at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View because doctors determined he was a danger to himself.
He spent time at a psychiatric facility in Malta, Idaho, before making his first appearance at the Palo Alto Courthouse on June 12, 2024, with his family in the audience.
Took a plea deal
Wenzlau signed a plea deal on Aug. 20 after Judge Thomas Kuhnle offered him a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison. He faced up to five years in prison, court records show.
Deputy District Attorney Philip Dodgen wasn’t willing to do a recorded interview about prosecuting the case yesterday.
Wenzlau admitted to one misdemeanor for arranging a meeting with a minor and three felonies: possession of child pornography, communicating with a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, and sending harmful materials to a minor. He will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
Probation officers will give a recommendation for sentencing to Kuhnle on Oct. 16. In the meantime, Wenzlau is free on bail.
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To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate in this meeting remotely or attend the meeting in person. Written public comments can be submitted to Planning.Commission@PaloAlto.gov. Instructions for the Zoom meeting, agenda, and staff reports are viewable at bit.ly/PaloAltoPTC.
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Corpus and Aenlle were employed by the county when he claims they made the defamatory statements.
Lassart asked Callagy about his relationship with former Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan. Callagy said he has known him for 25 years.
Both worked at the San Mateo Police Department before Callagy started working for the county and Monaghan became police chief in Tiburon. Callagy said he suggested Corpus to look into Monaghan when she was forming her executive team.
Monaghan called Callagy after he was fired, and Callagy asked him why he was fired. Monaghan said it was because Corpus said she couldn’t trust him anymore, Callagy said.
Monaghan was fired shortly after Aenlle asked him if he had spoken to Cordell for her investigation.
Lassart asked Callagy about the decision to keep Monaghan on payroll. Callagy said the decision was made on behalf of taxpayers to prevent a lawsuit. Firing Monaghan was a violation of the law, Callagy
said. Monaghan has filed a $5 million claim against the county alleging retaliation by Corpus.
Needed a unique solution
Callagy said he had conversations with County Attorney John Nibbelin and supervisors and decided not to accept Monaghan’s firing. This was a very unique situation and it called for a unique solution, Callagy said.
Lassart asked Callagy if he had any conversations about replacing Corpus.
Callagy said he had breakfast with former Undersherriff Chris Hsiung, who told him there was a disarray in the sheriff’s office. Hsiung said he had a theory that Corpus would leave by the summer and Callagy asked if he would come back to the sheriff’s office if that was true.
Callagy said Hsiung brought stability to the sheriff’s office.
How he voted
Jan Little, attorney for the county, asked Callagy who he voted for during the 2022 election. With hesitation and slight glances toward Corpus, Callagy asked to explain his answer beforehand.
Callagy said he thought there was an opportunity for the first Latina sheriff and voted for Corpus. Callagy also said he voted yes for Measure A, the county charter amendment that enables the Board of Supervisors to remove Corpus in light of the allegations of corruption against her.
SAN MATEO COUNTY Executive Mike Callagy and Deputy County Executive Adam Ely. Post photo by Adriana Hernandez.
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