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BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Redwood City Council may vote to remove a lane along each side of a stretch of Jefferson Avenue because residents are having a hard time getting out of their driveways, a transportation planner said. Jefferson Avenue is a busy street where accidents are common and traffic can back up, also affecting the fire
Residents trapped in driveways department, according to Principal Transportation Planner Malahat Owrang’s report. Council will look at two options to address some of Jefferson Avenue’s issues on Monday. • The first option primarily includes adding more signs for bicyclists and
pedestrians at intersections along Jefferson. • The second option, which is recommended by Owrang, is for flashing signs at intersections, to remove one lane in each direction between Farm Hill Boulevard and Iris Street, add middle turn lanes and a protected bike lane.
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FUGITIVE OLYMPIAN JAILED: Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive accused of moving some 60 tons of cocaine from Latin America into the United States annually and orchestrating several killings, has surrendered at the U.S. embassy in Mexico and now is in a jail in Southern California, officials said yesterday.
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SALEH LEAVES 49ERS: The Tennessee Titans have signed 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh to a five-year contract as head coach. Tennessee is coming off back-to-back 3-14 seasons.
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Both options also include a two-way bicycle lane on the north side of Jefferson Street between Avenue de Ora and Myrtle Street near Orion Alternative School and a new sign at Valota Street, according to Owrang. Not only are residents having issues leaving their driveways, but the Redwood City Fire Department uses Jefferson Avenue as its primary route [See ROAD, page 19]
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WANTS OUT: Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has filed a request asking President Trump to commute her federal prison sentence, which ends in 2031, according to the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.
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John Brodie, who broke records while on the Cardinal and the 49ers, died yesterday at 90. See PAGE 19. AP photo.
An East Palo Alto woman who ripped hair out of a toddler’s head after the child spilled some soda on her will receive five years in prison after taking a plea deal yesterday, a prosecutor said. Folauhola Fiefia, 35, pleaded no contest to child abuse and assault, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Fiefia’s previous elder abuse conviction will be taken into consideration when she is sentenced on March 10. Fiefia went to her mother’s home in East Palo Alto on June 30, 2024, despite a restraining order barring her from doing so, according to Wagstaffe. Fiefia’s mother was having lunch with a woman [See HAIR, page 18]
Activist history at Stanford invoked BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
Defense attorneys yesterday argued Stanford students have a well-known history of protesting, and the actions of the Pro-Palestinian Stanford protesters who broke into the president’s office on 918 Pomona Avenue, Albany
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