A judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the case of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024, when they barricaded themselves inside the university president and provost executive offices.
The trial was a rare instance of demonstrators facing felony charges from protests over the Israel-Hamas war that roiled campuses across the country. The two sides argued over free speech, lawful dissent and crime during
THE DAMAGE — These photos, included in court filings, show the damage done by Stanford protesters.
the three-week proceedings in the trial of German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Hunter Taylor-Black and Amy Zhai.
The jury voted 9 to 3 to convict on a felony charge of vandalism and 8 to 4 to convict on a felony charge of conspiracy to trespass. After deliberating for five days, jurors said they could not reach a verdict. The jury started deliberations on Feb. 2, but was out this week due to a juror being sick.
Judge Hanley Chew asked each one if more time deliberating would help break the impasse, and all answered, “No.”
“It appears that this jury is hopelessly deadlocked, and I’m now de-
[See MISTRIAL, page 19]
Board, teacher settle lawsuit
The Palo Alto school board has settled a lawsuit filed by teacher Peter Colombo, who claimed the school district mishandled an unsubstantiated rape allegation against him, court records show.
Those records don’t show whether the district paid Colombo. School board president Shounak Dharap said
the settlement agreement has not been finalized, and could not provide any details, such as how much the district will pay Colombo.
“The settlement agreement has been ratified by the board and all signatures have been obtained to finalize the agreement,” said a statement submitted to the court on Wednesday
by Eugene B. Elliot, an attorney with Bertrand, Fox, Elliot, Osman & Wenzel, the San Francisco law firm representing the school district.
Colombo and his attorney Evan Nelson also declined to say how much Colombo will be paid, saying they’d like the settlement to be finalized be-
[See SETTLE, page 18]
Lack of Flock info unnerves council
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Woodside City Council is considering hiring a third-party auditor to review which agencies have accessed its Flock data after Mountain View turned off its cameras due to federal agencies accessing its data.
Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to look for an auditor after only 10 of 117,723 requests from other agencies were reviewed by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies who patrol Woodside. Councilman Dick Brown voted no.
Councilwoman Jenn Wall said it was hard to feel confident that Woodside’s
images are not being accessed by federal agencies when only a small percentage of requests are being checked. A more robust audit is needed, and from a different source, because Flock doesn’t understand that transparency isn’t an attack, it’s an obligation, Wall
[See FLOCK, page 18]
Here’s what’s on the local agenda
Every Saturday, the Post prints items from the agendas of city councils and school boards so that you, the citizen, can stay informed about what your government is planning to do.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MONITORING COMMITTEE
10 a.m., Tuesday 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
Jail: The committeee will discuss reforms in the jail.
Tasers: The committe will discuss a pilot program where jail guards were armed with Tasers.
Population: The committee will hear about population trends in the jails.
MOUNTAIN VIEW ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION
7 p.m., Wednesday 500 Castro St.
Housing: Commissioners will discuss the city’s state-required housing plan.
San Leandro: Commissioners may recommend council approve plans for a 38-rowhouse development at 922 San Leandro Ave.
LOS ALTOS PARKS, ARTS, RECREATION & CULTURAL COMMISSION
6:30 p.m., Tuesday 97 Hillview Ave.
Playground: Commissioners will discuss playground replacements at Shoup and Grant parks.
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Closed: Behind closed doors, council will discuss an existing litigation.
Housing: Council may update its zoning to allow housing projects be allowed on any site if it is near public transit.
Disruption: Council will discuss developing a plan for when internet service or disruptions prevent the public from attending a meeting.
Remove: Council may remove Sophia Tang from the Environmental Programs Committee for three consecutive unexcused absences.
REDWOOD CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
6 p.m., Tuesday 1017 Middlefield Road
Housing: Commissioners will review a progress report on the implementation of the Housing Element, a state required document for cities to zone and plan for housing.
EAST PALO ALTO PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
5:30 p.m., Wednesday 2415 University Ave.
Dumbarton: The commission will hear from SamTrans about its plan to build a bus-only lane from University Avenue in East Palo Alto to El Camino Real in Redwood City.
Time: Commissioners may consider changing the start time of meetings.
MENLO PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
5:30 p.m., Tuesday 300 Middlefield Road
Labor: Behind closed doors, the board will discuss negotiations with the firefighters’ union.
Time: The board will set goals for emergency response times.
Station 1: The board will review the cost of the new fire station at 300 Middlefield Road.
Electric: The board will consider buying electric fire trucks.
Heat: The board will review a new HVAC system for the district’s mechanic shop at 1467 Chilco St.
Deaths
San Mateo County Coroner: Feb. 12
David Charles Crosby, 80, of Belmont
Maria Valdez, 97, no hometown listed
Timothy Patterson, 50, of Pacifica
Births
Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City: July 17
Ram Kulkarni, a boy
Sadie Jane Spectorfranson, a girl
Philip Lance Squires, a boy
Ellie Marie Ugulava, a girl
July 16
Caleb Bai, a boy
Murphy Daryl Burns, a boy
Ezra James Pineda, a boy
Yuney Yutong Qi, a girl
Robin Le Xuereb, a girl
July 15
Myles Benjamin Chavez Valdez, a boy
Brooklyn Noel Eagan, a girl
Kal Laylo Gomez, a boy
Tara Jain, a girl
Amara Mahajan, a girl
Rebeca Deni Martinez Rodriguez, a girl
Maximiliano Jeremias Monge Ortiz, a boy
Shloka Patel, a girl
July 14
Gael Leonardo Alvarez Abarca, a boy
Markus Antonio De Leon, a boy
Kiara Del Real Mendoza, a girl
Mikiah Lynne Teixeira, a girl
July 13
Allen J Brown Botero, a boy
Nicholas Renan Chu, a boy
Natalia Amparo Martinez, a girl
Kya Rani Nelessen, a girl
Meesha Ranjna Singhai, a girl
Robert Alexander Wismar, a boy
July 12
James Tam Courtin, a boy
Benjamin James Henry, a boy
Grace Juliette Ordenana, a girl
Gabriela Payeras Kempe, a girl
July 11
Bodhi James Fudenna, a boy
Niko Wai Chun Kwanglim, a boy
Alson Li, a boy
Damian Adler Lorenzo, a boy
Lilian Bang Nguyen, a girl
Governor Gavin Newsom has named a new judge to the bench in San Mateo County. Jennifer Frost, 42, of Redwood City, was appointed in 2024 as a court commissioner, a role that has her back up judges and preside over lower-level hearings.
Mountain lions get new protections New judge named
BY RACHEL BECKER CalMatters
Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations of the charismatic predators that prowl the coastal mountains between the Bay Area and the Mexican border.
Mountain lions are one of the last big predators keeping ecosystems in balance. They feed on deer and other animals, leave scavengers, raptors and other wildlife the remains, and help maintain equilibrium among plants, prey and predator.
But, caged by concrete, killed by cars and sickened by rat poison, the isolated mountain lions along California’s
Before joining the court, Frost was a deputy district attorney in San Mateo County from 2020 to 2024. She was an assistant district attorney in San Francisco from 2009 to 2016 and again from 2018 to 2020. She got her start as a prosecutor in the San Diego DA’s office in 2009.
She is filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Virgil R. Swope.
coast risk inbreeding themselves into extinction, scientists and state wildlife officials say.
Members of the California Fish and Game Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to list six groups of Central Coast and Southern California mountain lions as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. These mountain lions account for about one-third of the roughly 4,200 solitary, tawny cats thought to roam California.
Listing the mountain lions aligns with the state’s existing ban on hunting mountain lions for sport and prohibits harming, or “taking,” them except with a permit under certain conditions.
SAT, FEB 14TH
BARGAIN ROOM 9:30AM-4PM
CHILDREN’S ROOM 10AM-4PM
MAIN ROOM 11AM-4PM
SUN, FEB 15TH
BARGAIN ROOM
1PM-4PM
FROST
Petition to slow road after deadly crash gets OK’d
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Woodside council unanimously agreed to ask Caltrans to set a 25 mph speed limit at the four corners intersection, where a bicyclist died five months ago.
Council agreed on Tuesday to lower the speed limit from 40 to 20 at the intersection of Skyline and La Honda roads after Andy and Jamie Kerr, owners of Alice’s Restaurant, started a petition.
Councilman Dick Brown said the lowered speed limit will be an additional tool for the town to slow cars.
“I think this makes all the sense in the world. It’s a speedway up there,” Brown said. “It’s going to save lives.”
The Kerr brothers wanted more solutions than just Caltrans’s plans to install a stop sign after Eric Biron, 53, of Redwood City, was hit by a pickup truck on Aug. 29 at the intersection.
David Mittleman, who lives a mile away from
Alice’s Restaurant, said he remembers the accident. Cars frequently ignore stop signs and treat the current speed limit as a suggestion, Mittleman said.
Making it safer
The Kerr brothers’ petition was signed by 543 residents from Woodside and Portola Valley, according to Town Manager Jason Ledbetter. Lowering the speed limit will make it safer for bicyclists and pedestrians, according to the petition.
Council will now ask Caltrans to consider the request alongside their other plans to improve the intersection.
During a meeting in October, Acting Chief Safety Officer for Caltrans, Inder Preet Singh, said that plans are to add more stop and warning signs to help people better navigate and anticipate where and when cars are going. There are also plans to replace deteriorating signs, repaint streets and add a flashing beacon crosswalk.
Teens arrested for apartment shooting
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
A 19-year-old and two 16-year-olds from Redwood City have been arrested for allegedly shooting into an apartment, police said.
Isaac Almanzavillagomez, 19, of Redwood City, and two minors were arrested for shooting into an apartment in the 100 block of Adams Street on Thursday at 8:51 p.m., police said.
Police responded to multiple reports of gunshots fired and found a parked car in a complex driveway with a gunshot hole in the rear window and multiple bullet strikes to the exterior of a nearby apartment, police said.
Witnesses told police that several masked people walked up to the apartment and banged on the door. No one opened the door, and the suspects fled in a car after firing multiple rounds, police said.
Police asked police in other cities to be on the lookout for the car. A deputy
found the car on 5th Avenue and pulled it over, police said. In the car was Almanzavillagomez, the two minors and two females, according to police.
Previous arrest
Almanzavillagomez was previously arrested on May 27, 2025, after he shot himself in the leg with a gun he found at Sequoia Station parking lot on El Camino Real, according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Almanzavillagomez called 911 at 10 a.m. after he had been looking at the gun he had found and shot himself, Wagstaffe said. He waited for the police on his front porch for medical assistance and was arrested for having a gun without a serial number, the DA said. He was released on his own recognizance and will be in court on May 29.
The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact Redwood City police at (650) 780-7100.
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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
FEB. 5
9:12 p.m. — Zhiwen Luo, 28, of Fremont, arrested on a warrant, Embarcadero Road and Cowper St. FEB. 6
8:56 p.m. — Auto burglary, Stanford Shopping Center.
9:55 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Cambridge Ave.
SUNDAY
2:58 p.m. — Sexual battery, Welch Road.
MONDAY
9:16 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Ramona St.
10:06 p.m. — Maurice Lajuan Hicks, 53, of Palo Alto, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, Park Blvd. and Jacaranda Lane.
TUESDAY
12:19 a.m. — Ender Manfredo Galicia Lemus, 31, of East Palo Alto, arrested for narcotics possession, 3200 block of E. Bayshore Road.
8:58 p.m. — Auto burglary, 4100 block of El Camino.
9:02 p.m. — Auto burglary, 2100 block of W. Bayshore Road.
9:16 p.m. — Auto burglary, 4100 block of El Camino.
9:27 p.m. — Auto burglary, 4100 block of El Camino.
WEDNESDAY
7:04 a.m. — Ruben Romero, 47, cited on warrants, Palo Alto Ave. and Alma St.
2:15 p.m. — Alexander Polenok, 50, of Palo Alto, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a weapon and false imprisonment, 3400 block of Waverley St.
8:09 p.m. — Vehicle accident involving a pedestrian, Loma Verde Ave. and Greer Road.
9:13 p.m. — Auto burglary, Birch St. and California Ave.
9:32 p.m. — Auto burglary, 300 block of Hamilton Ave.
MENLO PARK
THURSDAY
12:51 a.m. — Nicanor Antonio Solórzano Valencia, 24, arrested on
two warrants, Willow Road and Nash Ave.
4:40 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, El Camino and Middle Ave.
5:09 p.m. — Raymond Haymon, 49, of Hayward, arrested for DUI, 400 block of Oak Grove Ave.
3:22 p.m. — Hazing reported, 1000 block of Campus Drive.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
JAN. 16
1:34 p.m. — John Thompson, 58, of Mountain View, cited for trespassing and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 1500 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.
2:08 p.m. — Genesis Olivares, 19, of Mountain View, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Rengstorff Ave. and El Camino.
JAN. 17
12:09 a.m. — Jose Lopez Hernandez, 24, of Mountain View, cited for driving without a license, driving without a valid vehicle registration and narcotics possession, Highway 237 and Middlefield Road.
2:54 a.m. — Miguel Santana Reyes, 21, of San Jose, cited for DUI and driving without a license, Shoreline Blvd. and Highway 101.
8:44 a.m. — Oscar Anguiano, 28, of Mountain View, cited for display of false vehicle registration, California St. and Ortega Ave.
FEB. 5
3:55 a.m. — Lewis Gault, 52, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, 100 block of E. El Camino.
8:46 a.m. — Sex crime, 2300 block of California St.
2:02 p.m. — Alejandro Zermeno, 30, of Mountain View, arrested for grand theft, conspiracy to commit a crime and probation violation, 2100 block of Stanford Ave. Miguel Ramirez, 18, of Mountain View, arrested for vandalism, conspiracy to commit a crime and probation violation.
6:46 p.m. — Theft at Walmart, 600 Showers Drive.
11:07 p.m. — Christopher Hughes, 35, transient, arrested on warrants at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road.
FEB. 6
2 a.m. — Home burglary, 300 block of Ortega Ave.
4:42 a.m. — Battery, 400 block of Moffett Blvd.
11:28 a.m. — Grand theft, 700 block of Continental Circle.
1:04 p.m. — Battery, 1800 block of Ednamary Way.
7:20 p.m. — Auto burglary, Terminal Blvd. and San Antonio Road.
7:36 p.m. — Vehicle tampering, 1000 block of Crestview Drive.
8:13 p.m. — Victoria Guevara, 37, arrested for shoplifting, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and conspiracy to commit a crime at O’Reilly Auto, 170 E. El Camino. David Vargas, 34, transient, arrested for shoplifting, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, conspiracy to commit a crime, resisting police and on a warrant.
11:26 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1500 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.
LOS ALTOS
TUESDAY
1:45 p.m. — Christine Nguyen, 60, of San Jose, cited for display of false vehicle registration, San Antonio Road and Foothill Expressway.
WEDNESDAY
5:34 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 400 block of Lassen St.
ATHERTON
THURSDAY
11:09 p.m. — Sefa Ozkan, 32, of Saratoga, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Wilburn Ave. and El Camino.
REDWOOD CITY
TUESDAY
1 a.m. — Juan Felipe Jaimes Garcia, 22, arrested for domestic battery and child endangerment, 1800 block of Woodside Road. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
8:33 a.m. — Vehicle hits a student on an electric bike and takes off, Woodside and Middlefield roads. The cyclist suffers minor injuries.
10:45 a.m. — Catalytic converter stolen from a pickup truck, Palm Ave. 11:31 a.m. — Man punches a victim in the mouth, Chestnut St. 6:01 p.m. — Male driver in a Honda Accord hits multiple parked vehicles and drives away, Union Ave. 9:47 p.m. — Eduardo Gonsalo Lopez, 34, arrested for violation of a court order, 1300 block of Arguello St. 11:08 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, E. Bayshore Road.
WEDNESDAY
4:52 a.m. — Resident reports seeing someone trying to get in the home via a bedroom window, Turnbuckle Drive.
6 a.m. — Darnell Joseph Earby Jr., 23, of East Palo Alto, arrested for carrying a concealed and loaded gun in a vehicle, having a gun in violation of a court order and having an open container of marijuana in a vehicle while driving, Whipple and Industrial avenues.
6:05 a.m. — Hit-and-run, Highway 101 off-ramp. No injuries reported.
8:23 a.m. — Honda Civic stolen, Avocet Drive.
10 a.m. — Case Lee Manalo, 60, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 400 County Center. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
1 p.m. — Complaint of a loud rooster in a neighbor’s yard, Oliver St.
1:28 p.m. — Auto burglary, Alameda de las Pulgas.
6:30 p.m. — Two-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Second Ave.
THURSDAY
5:06 a.m. — Complaint of a loud rooster, Oliver St.
SAN CARLOS
WEDNESDAY
11:26 p.m. — Brayan Xiquin Pirir, 22, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Brittan Ave. and El Camino.
BELMONT
WEDNESDAY
9:18 a.m. — Woman seen taking flowers and rocks from a business in the area, Ralston Ave.
8:29 p.m. — Man says a Tesla driver hit his truck, damaging a door, and drove away without stopping, Belmont Canyon Road.
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Saturday, February 21st
Real Estate
The Post prints the latest real estate transactions.
PALO ALTO
4250 El Camino Real
#C226, 94306, 1 bedroom, 727 square feet, built in 1983, Tara Badhwar to Jonathan Chow for $720,000, closed Jan. 15 (last sale: $749,000, 01-26-22)
2600 Columbia St. #101, 94304, Rosa Cao to Stanford for $1,113,000, closed Jan. 13 (last sale: $801,500, 07-23-18)
4014 Villa Vera, 94306, 3 bedrooms, 1764 square feet, built in 1977, Yu Lou to Budge Family Trust for $2,300,000, closed Jan. 16 (last sale: $2,000,000, 07-16-18)
410 Sheridan Ave. #227, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1135 square feet, built in 1977, Perry Living Trust to Garrel and Litt Living Trust for $1,378,000, closed Jan. 15 (last sale: $490,000, 0303-04)
MENLO PARK
145 Cornell Road, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2290 square feet, built in 1941, Kelso-Marlow Living Trust to Robin and Michael Cisco for $4,200,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $2,111,000, 04-23-13)
1720 Oakdell Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2055 square feet, built in 1950, Dangeti Family Trust to Saman and Mehran Jamali for $4,500,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $4,300,000, 11-04-21)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
505 Cypress Point Drive #137, 94043, 1 bedroom, 662 square feet, built in 1971, Sally Fox to Susan Dunn for $550,000, closed Jan. 16 (last sale: $130,000, 08-01-91)
938 Clark Ave. #47, 94040, 2 bedrooms, 1069 square feet, built in 1978, Jocelyn and William Saiki to Joyce and Ruthann Richert for $916,000, closed Jan. 14 (last sale: $960,000, 0517-21)
1542 Canna Court, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1533 square feet, built in 1968, Campbell Living Trust to Melissa and Bryan Anenberg for $1,650,000, closed Jan. 12
363 N. Rengstorff Ave. #5, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1560 square feet, built in 1987, Swamy Venkata to Zhongyan and Hao Sun for $1,480,000, closed Jan. 12 (last sale: $1,427,000, 11-01-18)
REDWOOD CITY
19 Acacia Lane, 94062, 2 bedrooms, 1480 square feet, built in 1956, Roloff Trust to Fitzsimons Trust for $1,450,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $709,000, 0723-04)
2766 Carolina Ave., 94061, 4 bedrooms, 1210 square feet, built in 1951, Visionary Development LLC to Khoa and Ana Duong for $2,500,000, closed Dec. 29
194 Alexander Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1310
square feet, built in 1953, Joseph Forrester to Austin and Crystal Woodworth for $1,850,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $1,525,000, 0118-18)
3654 Altamont Way, 94062, 2 bedrooms, 2550 square feet, built in 1959, Lisa Rying to Katie and Spencer Hunt for $3,100,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $3,050,000, 0407-22)
SAN CARLOS
11 Mayflower Lane #242, 94070, 2 bedrooms, 2200 square feet, built in 1986, Artem Khlobystin to Yifei and Hyun Park for $1,840,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $2,175,000, 04-20-22)
147 Leslie Drive, 94070, 5 bedrooms, 2660 square feet, built in 1977, 2Equals1 LLC to Peiying and Marvin Lin for $3,568,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $2,700,000, 05-10-17)
BELMONT
2926 Belmont Woods Way, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 2850 square feet, built in 1982, Koda Family Trust to Ninomiya Nursery Co for $2,800,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $1,080,000, 08-10-05)
2934 San Juan Blvd., 94002, 2 bedrooms, 900 square feet, built in 1927, Elizabeth and Kevin Gallagher to Chean and Yujen Lee for $1,350,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $1,250,000, 05-06-20)
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6 Bed | 3.5 Bath | 3,335 SF
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said. The majority of council was unsure about increasing how often audits are conducted, as police resources could be used elsewhere. Ultimately, council unanimously voted to have the police report directly to them for better communication of how Flock is being used.
Mountain View’s Flock camera was accessed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the inspector general’s office of the U.S. General Services Administration, the Air Force and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, according to the city. As a result of losing confidence in Flock, Mountain View Police Chief Mike Canfield shut off the cameras ahead of the Mountain View council’s vote on Feb. 24.
Happened during trial period
On Tuesday, Flock representative Lily Ho told the Woodside council that federal agencies accessed Mountain View’s data during a trial period from August to November 2024, apparently before the city set policies as to what agencies could access its data. After Mountain View became a customer, policies were put in place so it didn’t happen again, Ho said.
Town Manager Jason Ledbetter said Woodside has a robust policy and allows only the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, Redwood City Police and San Mateo Police to access its data. Council also has quarterly meetings to review how the cameras are being used in the community, Ledbetter said.
The town has to trust that the police are truthful when they request data, but if they weren’t, it would open an internal investigation, Assistant Sheriff Mark Myers said.
Not just good faith
“It can’t just be a matter of faith if it involves my personal privacy,” Nancy Goodban of the police watchdog group Fixin’ SMC said Tuesday.
Residents said their concerns about what danger
Flock could pose to the community outweigh the benefits and demanded that council turn off its 26 cameras. Flock cameras take hundreds of pictures of license plates every minute. The location of those license plates is put into a database, and a computer can use the data to determine where a person has been driving.
“Standing by our values means choosing community trust, privacy and immigrant safety over unconstitutional hyper-surveillance,” Kimberly Woo said.
In 2025, Woodside’s cameras scanned over 3.1 million license plates; however, it only helped recover two stolen cars, and four arrests were made, according to Ledbetter.
Redwood City issues statement
Redwood City officials said in a statement yesterday that its contract with Flock ends in September and is encouraging residents to give the Police Advisory Committee feedback on whether to pursue contracts with other vendors or technology options.
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fore talking about the case further. “I am grateful for the outcome, the settlement will provide the stability (my family) needs moving forward,” Colombo told the Post.
The amount Colombo will be paid, along with other agreements made between Colombo and the district, will become public record upon finalization of the settlement.
Won’t be teaching here
Colombo said he will not be teaching or coaching for the district anymore, and he and his wife plan to move.
How it began
The case began on Jan. 28, 2022, when the school district got an email alleging Colombo had raped a middle school student in the 2001-02 school year, according to a narrative by Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins. The school district reported the email to police and put Colombo on paid administrative leave.
On June 15, 2022, the District Attorney’s Office charged Colombo with felony aggravated sexual assault of a child. Then the school district put Colombo on unpaid leave and the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing suspended Colombo’s teaching credentials, preventing him from getting another job in the profession.
A year later, in June 2023, the DA dismissed the case against Colombo. The district returned Colombo to paid administrative leave, pending an outside investigation by a law firm hired by the district. For the 2024-25 school year, the district put Colombo in a special assignment position when he would run committee meetings or plan teacher training sessions, but he wasn’t in contact with students.
In February 2024, Colombo sued the school district, alleging they withheld documents showing that he worked at a different school at the time of the accusation.
In May 2024, the district’s investigation concluded and didn’t substantiate the allegations made against Colombo.
Return prompted protests
In August 2025, the district returned Colombo to a teaching position that put him in contact with students. Parents held a protest outside of Fletcher Middle School.
“I want peace. The thing that hurts the most is that I can’t teach or coach baseball at Paly anymore. Even with the payment it hurts. I will have to find somewhere else to coach,” Colombo said.
In January 2026, a trial was scheduled in Colombo’s suit against the district. But it was postponed due to settlement talks. On Tuesday, the school board unanimously approved the settlement, and the lawyers informed the judge of the approval on Wednesday. Colombo started teaching PE at the district in 1998. He coached freshman football and JV girl’s basketball at Palo Alto High School and was the head
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claring a mistrial in counts one and two,” Chew said. He then dismissed the jurors.
Demonstrators barricaded themselves inside the offices for several hours on June 5, 2024, the last day of spring classes at the university.
Prosecutors said the defendants intentionally spray-painted the building, broke windows and furniture, disabled security cameras and splattered a red liquid described as fake blood on items throughout the offices.
What the defense said Defense attorneys said the protest was protected speech and there was insufficient evidence of an intent to damage the property.
They also said the students wore protective gear and barricaded the offices out of fear of being injured by police and campus security.
Defense Attorney Avi Singh, who represents Gonzalez, insists the occupation was peaceful and only meant to raise awareness about the students’ desire to have Stanford sell its stock in companies that do business with Israel.
Protesters had been urging Stanford at the time to divest from defense companies that sell products to the Israel Defense Forces, such as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
If convicted, the defendants would have faced up to three years in prison and been obligated to pay restitution of over $300,000.
Will seek a new trial
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he would pursue a new trial.
“This case is about a group of people who destroyed someone else’s property and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage,” Rosen said in a statement. “That is against the law and that is why we will retry the case.”
The case will be back in court on Feb. 25 for the attorneys to discuss next steps in the case.
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As the mistrial was announced, the students, some wearing kaffiyehs, sat on a bench in the courtroom and did not show a visible reaction.
Defendant speaks
“The District Attorney’s Office had Stanford University supporting them and other multibillion-dollar institutions behind them, and even then the district attorney was unable to convict us,” Gonzalez, who was a sophomore at Stanford when he was arrested, told The Associated Press by phone later. “No matter what happens, we will continue to fight tooth and nail for as long as possible, because at the end of the day, this is for Palestine.”
Neither Gonzalez nor any of his co-defendants testified during the trial.
Authorities initially arrested and charged 12 people in the case, but one, John Richardson, pleaded no contest under an agreement that allows some young people to have their cases dismissed and records sealed if they successfully complete probation.
He testified for the prosecution, leading to a grand jury indictment of the others in October of the others. Six of those accepted pretrial plea deals or diversion programs, and the remaining five pleaded not guilty and sought a jury trial.
Rare prosecution
Protests sprung up on campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas conflict, with students setting up camps and demanding their universities stop doing business with Israel or companies that support its war efforts against Hamas.
About 3,200 people were arrested in 2024 nationwide. While some colleges ended demonstrations by striking deals with students or simply waited them out, others called in police. Most criminal charges were ultimately dismissed.
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TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Town of Los Altos Hills, State of California, will hold a public hearing at the hour of 6:00 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026, or as soon as thereafter practicable, in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California, as the time and place for consideration of the following:
Subject: Consideration of Recommendation on an Ordinance Making Amendments to Chapter 1 (Zoning) of Title 10 (Zoning and Site Development) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code to update regulations related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Senate Bill 9 (SB 9) for consistency with current State law. Review and adopt a resolution making a recommendation to the City Council on proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments.
CEQA Review: Exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) and 15282.1(h) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, and Government Code sections 65852.21(k), 66411.7(n).
A digital copy of the meeting agenda and staff report will be available on the Town’s website by the end of the day on February 27, 2026, at http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov. If you have any questions or need additional information about the foregoing actions for consideration, please contact Jay Bradford, Community Development Director at (650) 559-2244 or jbradford@losaltoshills.ca.gov.
All interested persons may appear and be heard at said time and place. Written communications should be filed at Town Hall prior to the date of the hearing. Court challenges to the action of the Planning Commission, or City Council may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence received at Town Hall at, or prior to, the time of the public hearing. Further details may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office at 650-947-2513.
To attend the meeting in person: City Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
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Members of the public wishing to speak are requested to complete a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk at the meeting.
To participate in the meeting via Zoom Video Conference, please follow the instructions below:
1. If you wish to submit a public comment on agenda items in advance of the meeting, email the Planner for the project. If you choose to email your comments, indicate in the subject line “FOR PUBLIC COMMENT” and specify the File #. Written comments will be posted on the City website at www.losaltoshills.ca.gov subject to Staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
2. If you wish to provide public comment during the meeting, follow this protocol: raise your hand in the Zoom application, before sharing your comment, identify yourself by name and where you reside.
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Public testimony will be taken at the direction of the Commission Chair and members of the public may only comment during times allotted for public comments. This meeting will be broadcast via live-stream service at http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov.
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NOTICE DATE: February 14, 2026
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HEAR KATHRYN OLIVARIUS PRESENT “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d: Lincoln’s Death and a Nation’s Grief” on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 11:30 a.m. at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City. Olivarius is an Associate Professor of History at Stanford University and the author of Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (2022). Her book has received numerous honors, including best first book prizes from the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association, as well as the Humanities Book of the Year Award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. She has taught the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction for a decade and resides in Palo Alto. For more information, please visit peninsulacivilwarroundtable.org.
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PhysioFit is hosting a Move Smart Pilates workshop designed to help you release stiffness, build strength, and move with confidence. This uplifting session is perfect for anyone curious about Pilates, managing pain, or wanting personalized guidance to stay active. Join them on Saturday, Feb. 28th, 2026, at 10 a.m. at 1000 Fremont Ave., Suite 108, Los Altos for a supportive, movement-focused experience led by experts in therapeutic pilates. Discover how mindful movement can improve how you feel every day. Call (650) 360-9373 to learn more. Shown in the photo is Exec. Dir. Kim Gladfelter, MPT, OCS, FAAOMPT.
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DINNER TABLE WITH a martini looking right at you. Sound about right? Alejandra and Olivia can seat you in one of the finest Prime Rib restaurants in the bay area. Palo Alto’s Sundance The Steakhouse is famous intimate atmosphere, delicious dinners, lunches and cocktails. People have been coming back to Sundance for more than 50 years. A big favorite for locals and visitors alike. This restaurant has gourmet appetizers, a world-class wine list and desserts that are not to be missed. Come by 1921 El Camino Real and see why Sundance The Steakhouse is such a special place. Call Alejandra or Olivia at (650) 321-6798 for a reservation and check the website for more info. Sundance the steakhouse is located near Stanford University at 1921 El Camino Real.
LOOKING FOR A FUN WAY to spend your Monday night? Red Rock Coffee’s open mic has become a hit with the community. The welcoming staff encourages people of all ages to perform an original or cover song, a comedy set, poetry, or anything you’d like to share.
In addition to hosting this lively weekly event, Red Rock Coffee offers delicious drinks and tasty treats. Stop by and join the community at 201 Castro Street in Mountain View.
HOSTS Erica Lyons on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. for a Hands-Only CPR Class. Join them for an informative session on how to perform handsonly/compression-only CPR, choking relief and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) usage. Erica is a CPR Instructor at Stanford Children’s Health, dedicated to teaching life-saving skills to individuals of all ages. Register at DonnaMarieBaldwin. com/Events. *This class does not offer CPR certification. Compass | DRE #00560346
