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California election officials said yesterday that they are investigating whether signature collectors in San Francisco illegally offered to pay peo- and address to use to fill out the petiple to sign ballot petitions using false tion. When the person recording asked what the petitions were for, the woman names. A video posted Monday on X shows said, “Just sign it.” The California secretary of state’s a sign that says “Sign petition for $5” and a line of people waiting along the office said in a statement that it was sidewalk. A woman sitting at a folding “aware of, and investigating, the matter.” In California, people can place meatable appears to be instructing the name
lot measure to fight a proposed tax on billionaires. It’s funded by Building a Better California, a committee started sures on the ballot for voter approval by wealthy business leaders including by gathering hundreds of thousands of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who signatures. Campaigns can pay people gave $20 million. per signature they gather, providing an The signature collectors were not diincentive for workers to get as many as rectly working for the campaign, said possible. Molly Weedn, a spokesperson for the At least one of the petitions seen in effort. The campaign was cooperating the video was for a tech-backed bal[See PROBE, page 23]
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TEHRAN BOMBED: A large explosion rocked Tehran where thousands were gathered for a rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel’s demise. No word on casualties but Israel said it would be bombing the area. EARLY RELEASE: A man who opened fire at Virginia’s Old Dominion University got an early release from prison in 2024 after completing a drug treatment program. Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was serving an 11-year sentence for helping ISIS. SYNAGOGUE ATTACK: An official in Lebanon says Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, who attacked a Michigan synagogue, learned a week ago that four relatives in Lebanon were killed by an Israeli airstrike.
BOB WENZLAU leaves the Palo Alto courthouse in this file photo from June 2024. Post photo by Braden Cartwright.
CUBAN EMBARGO: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says his government has held recent talks with the Trump administration about ending an oil embargo. GOODBYE CHURCHILL: The Bank of England is dropping Winston Churchill on the five pound note, the [See THE UPDATE, page 23]
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A longtime Palo Alto volunteer was sentenced to 364 days in jail for trying to meet up with a minor for sex, according to court records. Robert “Bob” Wenzlau, 67, was sentenced on Thursday after signing a plea deal on Aug. 20. After he is released from jail, Wenzlau will have two years of probation and has to register as a sex offender for life, according to court records. Wenzlau faced a maximum of five years and a tentative sentence of up to 18 months in prison. He 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 [See VOLUNTEER, page 23]
Lawsuit after home found not historic
The residents — Jon Baer, Maria Bautista and Thomas Chapman — have Three residents are suing Los Altos fought to preserve 81 Pepper Drive at a City Council for removing a 97-year- meeting with the Historical Commisold house from the city’s historic in- sion on Oct. 27 and council on Jan. 27, ventory, giving the property owners an and now they’re taking their battle to Santa Clara County Superior Court. easier path to rebuilding. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
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Baer told council that the house is a good example of the Colonial Revival architectural style, and he brought letters from historians who said the house is important. Historian April Halberstadt said car[See HISTORIC, page 23]
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