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Mar. 18, 2026

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Acting superintendent out

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT

Daily Post Staff Writer

The Palo Alto school board voted last night to part ways with its acting superintendent, less than a month after separating from its superintendent of eight years.

After 22 days at the helm

The district will pay one year’s salary to former acting Superintendent Trent Bahadursingh, who made about $330,000 according to pay records. “We know that transitions are hard, and two in quick succession are very hard,” Shounak Dharap said after the board’s twohour closed session yesterday.

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HOT OUT: Temperatures on the Mid-Peninsula yesterday reached the high 80s, with the National Weather Service predicting highs will reach the low 90s the rest of the week. Temperatures will get back to normal over the weekend.

ANOTHER ‘ELIMINATED’: The Israeli military says it has “eliminated” Iranian leader Ali Larijani, who took over when Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was seriously injured by a U.S. strike.

WAR OPPONENT QUITS: National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent resigned yesterday, saying he felt Iran posed no “imminent threat.”

NOT DEAD: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee posted a video on X showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still alive despite rumors on social media.

NO HELP: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he has spoken to President Trump about our European allies’ “unwillingness” to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding [See THE UPDATE, page 4]

Crowd members cheered and clapped when Dharap announced the separation.

“This is welcome progress to-

Board members Shana Segal and Rowena Chiu voted no on the separation agreement, Dharap announced. The payout to Bahadursingh is consistent with his contract and prevents him from suing the district, Dharap said.

NOT A BIRD OR A PLANE

This image made from surveillance video shows a suspected meteor falling through the sky in Olmsted Falls, Ohio, yesterday. The 7-ton meteor broke apart in a thunderous boom, startling residents in the area. AP photo.

ward the culture reset we desperately needed,” teacher’s union president Tom Culbertson said in a text message yesterday.

Later in the meeting, the board was scheduled to pick a search firm to help find a new superintendent.

The board will meet again in the next few days to pick another acting superintendent, Dharap

[See OUT, page 18]

Outrage over removal of theater leader

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

Palo Alto Unified School District students and parents are worried the removal of the Paly Theater program director will affect one of the few student spaces where they feel supported after recent student suicides.

Parents and students are asking the district to pause the removal of Paly Theater Program Director Sarah Thermond next year, as she is responsible for the program’s success. Palo Alto High Principal Brent Kline told families the change will strengthen the program and increase participation, according to parent Justin Kuykendall.

Students and parents spoke at last night’s district meeting against the change.

“Ms. Thermond has been a pillar in a community our

[See THEATER, page 18]

Approved housing projects lack funds

BY BEN CHRISTOPHER CalMatters

The apartment building planned on East Morris Avenue in Modesto is exactly the kind of thing that California’s political leaders want to see a whole lot more of: The project promises 44 units

of affordable housing — half reserved for people without homes. It’s received zoning approval, weathered public feedback, earned the support of local elected officials and sits beside a busy bus line. Once built, the project promises on-site mental health services, job

training and Zumba classes. What the project lacks is money.

Having quilted together a financial patchwork of local government and corporate grants, private debt, and a plot of land donated by a foundation, it

[See FUNDS, page 18]

The Palo Alto City Council has unanimously approved plans for the city’s first housing development east of Highway 101, over some concerns over how children at the 145 townhouses will get to and from school.

All seven council members on Monday said they want city transportation officials to look at ways school-aged children who will live at the development at 2100 Geng Road will be able to safely get around.

Future students will have to use the bike and pedestrian bridges that span over Highway 101 near Oregon Expressway and Newell Road, but they are not near the development, and East Bayshore Road isn’t the most bike-friendly road, Councilman Pat Burt said.

Councilman Keith Reckdahl also pointed out that as the crow flies, Edgewood Market is not terribly far from the new project, but likely would not be easy to walk or bike to without a new

Housing on east side of 101 OK’d Daily Post

pedestrian bridge connecting the new neighborhood with the shopping center.

“At some point…we should rethink what amenities and transportation options we can offer there so these residents are not on an island,” Councilman George Lu said.

Reckdahl and other council members said the city ought to prepare for when other developers begin to propose housing on the east side of 101, similar to Strada Investment Group’s project.

Project notes

This project will replace four office buildings and surface parking with 65 three-story buildings with three to four bedrooms in each of the 145 townhouses.

The project was proposed through the “Builder’s Remedy,” a provision in state law that allows developers to ignore local rules on height in densities in cities without a state-approved housing plan.

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that he’s “never heard (the president) so angry in my life.”

CUBAN BLACKOUT: Cuba plunged into an unprecedented blackout after its entire electrical grid suddenly suffered a total collapse, leaving roughly 10 million residents in total darkness.

CHAVEZ ALLEGATIONS: The United Farm Workers has canceled several celebrations of its late labor leader, Cesar Chavez. This follows new allegations that he had abused minors.

TUNING OUT OSCARS: The 2026 Oscars drew 17.9 million viewers on ABC and Hulu, marking a 9% decline from the 2025 ceremony.

PARADE TRAGEDY: A Kentucky woman is dead after she was dragged under a float and crushed in front of crowds of revelers during a Louisville St. Patrick’s Day parade.

TSA DELAYS: Democrats are holding fast to their demands for changes at ICE despite long TSA lines at airports that are delaying travelers. TSA agents are calling in sick or quitting.

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Deaths

San Mateo County Coroner:

March 13

Evaline Chuck, 96, of South San Francisco

Peter Anthony Murphy, 40, of Pacifica

Boyd W. Schauer, 85, no hometown listed

Betty Jo Weinberg, 91, of San Mateo

Wayne M. Rivas, 73, no hometown listed

March 14

Michael Rodrigues, 77, no hometown listed

Nancy Sweet, 84, of Pacifica

Mamie Lou Zimbelman, 90, of San Carlos

Robert D. Rush, 90, of San Carlos

Sisenando Maglilong Arroyo, 64, of Burlingame

James Tobin, 79, of South San Francisco

Brian Lee Kauke, 39, of Pacifica

March 15

Bradley Dale Akers, 45, of Tucson

Edwin Gaton Miranda, 63, of South San Francisco

Alquor David Arnick, 64, of San Mateo

Jose A. Segura, 56, of Redwood City

March 16

Jorge Alberto Murillo Perez, 39, of Redwood City

Faith Myungsin Oh, 77, of Menlo Park

Jose S. Pardo, 89, no hometown listed

Let’s Take a

Births

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto:

Aug. 7

Oliver Santana Alftin, a boy

Madison Grace Asilo, a girl

Taraf Mohammed A Bahwat, a girl

Verity Nyein Chen, a girl

Joziah Kahiku Han Leung, a boy

Aug. 6

Agastya Krishna Achutuni, a boy

Ava Willow Beal, a girl

Swara Amit Bhat, a girl

Emily Penelope Camara, a girl

Rudransh Gupta, a boy

Dream Lana Keller, a girl

Elias Ali Laiwala, a boy

Maraiah Trixie Asinjo Langaman, a girl

Luna Jade Mccalebgomez, a girl

Nick Noah Mohammadi, a boy

Dulce Maria Reina Riveros, a girl

Jasper Nicholas Sandoe, a boy

Zoey Eleanor Shadaram, a girl

Jayan Thamban Sreekumar, a boy

Ezra Paul Vargas, a boy

Liam Caleb Velasquez, a boy

Mateo Benjamin Velasquez, a boy

Sami Leroy Weil, a boy

Aug. 5

Ailani Villarreal Rios, a girl

Anya Chengyu Yao, a girl

BIRD WALK!

Andrea Jane Sprecher (Né, Cox)

May 17, 1952 - March 10, 2026

Andrea Jane (“AJ”) Sprecher, a resident of Clearwater, FL, passed away at age 73 from pancreatic cancer. She was born and raised in Palo Alto, CA, as the first child of Bonnar Cox and Barbara R. Cox (né, Stone), and moved to Clearwater in 1988. In her youth, she was an artist (studying art and music for 2 years at UC Santa Cruz) and a musician (playing piano, singing in church and school choirs, and playing flute in school orchestras). In later years, she worked on staff for the Church of Scientology in Florida. Andrea is survived by her husband, Stephan Sprecher, her daughter Katie Louise Feshbach Tisi, her stepdaughter Kannon Porter Feshbach, her sisters and brothers Patricia Cox, Mary Cox, Bill Cox, and Alan Cox, and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. At Andrea’s request, there will be no service, ceremony, or flowers.

Cedrik Von Briel

Hey everyone! My name is Cedrik von Briel, and I am a sales associate and bird walk guide for Birder’s Garden in San Carlos, California. I am a current Wildlife and Communications Junior at Cal Poly Humboldt in Eureka, California, but have over eight years of birding experience in the Bay Area. Over that time, I have picked up a fair share of bird movement trends down on the Peninsula, and have a breadth of knowledge to share. This monthly column is designed to give you information on what to look for this month in the bird world, in the hopes that you’ll get out there and explore!

By the time this comes out, spring will be in the air! Many of our notable summer breeders will be moving through our area the moment the equinox hits on the 20th, and the sunnier weather will already bring a chorus of new arrivals. Look for Western Flycatchers, Wilson’s Warblers, and Warbling Vireos singing at oak woodland and riparian areas. Wilson’s Warblers have actually already arrived in our area, and are best found by their burst of sweet accelerating notes and highlighter-yellow feathers alongside our local riparian streams. Additionally, birds like our resident Orange-Crowned Warblers and Hutton’s Vireos will start singing this month, and look out an increase in White-throated Swift, and Tree and Violet-green Swallows overhead

Another fun arrival this month are our local Hooded Orioles! These yellow-and-orange delights come up to our area every March to breed in local riparian areas and neighborhoods and depart around August. Hooded Orioles are actually a wonderful tale of range expansion as a result of residential development, having moved up from Southern California in the 40s with the rise of suburban ornamental palm and fruit tree plantings. Listen for their chattering calls and distinctive high-pitched “wheenk “ calls from the top of large palms this summer! They can also be fun to attract to your yard with orange halves and jelly feeders.

On both watersides of our county, we are fully entrenched in between Brown Pelican seasons, where most of our birds have left for Baja with their bright red throat pouches. It won’t be dry for long though, as nonbreeders should start arriving in late May and June, while the whole wintering population returns in the late summer. Red-throated Loons are starting to move up, as are most of our arctic-breeding gull species. What goes is usually replaced though, and by April we should see the first Pigeon Guillemots and Caspian Terns return to the coast with their bright red feet and red bills, respectively. Look out for bright wading birds too! These next two months are a great time to see the feather plumes and colorful bills of our local herons and egrets as they get ready to head to their favorite rookeries.

In local rarity news, a male Tufted Duck from Eurasia has returned with scaup to the “catamaran pond” on Oracle’s HQ campus just three miles from the store. Common Poorwill has been delighting locals on Gazos Creek road for the past few weeks (bring a flashlight!), and the Pacific Coast’s southernmost Barred Owl has returned to nearby Memorial Park. Also close by is a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker tapping at trees at Pescadero Creek and Bean Hollow Roads. Finally, visitors to San Francisco can check out a breeding-plumaged Blackburnian Warbler high in the pines at Sunset and Quintara Streets. If you have any more questions about our local bird life this month, feel free to email me at cedro.de.bryl@gmail.com or call the Birder’s Garden store at (650) 595-0300. Have a wonderful time this month, and bird on!

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Sheriff appoints new police chief

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

San Mateo County Sheriff Ken Binder has promoted Capt. Mike Tabak to be San Carlos’ police chief, city officials said. Tabak, who started Monday, is filling the vacancy left by Mark Myers, who was promoted to assistant sheriff on Jan. 16. San Carlos is one of the cities in the county that contracts with the sheriff’s office for police services.

Tabak and continuing to strengthen our partnership with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office,” Mayor Pranita Venkatesh said.

20 years in the making

Tabak has worked in the sheriff’s office for approximately 20 years, working his way up the ranks. That includes a previous stint in San Carlos as a deputy, according to an unsigned city statement.

“I am truly honored to serve as the Chief of Police Services for the city of San Carlos, a community I’ve had the pleasure of serving throughout my career,” Tabak said. “It’s a big job, but I’m confident that with the support of the city, the sheriff and the great people who work here, we’re going to make positive strides in policing that reflect local values.”

“I look forward to working with Capt.

Transparency sought

At a Jan. 26 council meeting, Venkatesh said she wanted to improve council’s communication with the sheriff’s office after not being informed of crimes and seeing them on social media.

Venkatesh didn’t talk about the recent incidents at that meeting, but on Dec. 23, Brian Weisl, 33, of South San Francisco, allegedly beat up a Good Samaritan who stood up for a stranger Weisl was harassing at the San Carlos Caltrain station.

The second incident was on Jan. 9, when a man with a gun forced himself into a home on the 1400 block of Greenwood Ave., demanded money and valuables and fled on a bicycle. The sheriff’s office announced an arrest in the case on March 3.

Tabak previously worked in the jail before working as a deputy in Millbrae, San Carlos and North Fair Oaks. Tabak then became a detective and was part of the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team in San Carlos, a program that handles mental health crises.

1 arrest in scuffle

A woman has been arrested for elder abuse after starting a fight with a woman in her 70s, Palo Alto police said yesterday.

Lisa Marie Sanchez, 51, of Palo Alto, threw coffee at a woman in her 70s on the 500 block of Ramona Street on Saturday around 8 a.m., said Lt. Craig Lee. Sanchez also cursed at the woman, who told police the attack was unprovoked, Lee said.

About an hour later, the woman was walking her bike down Ramona Street when Sanchez pushed her shopping

cart into the woman’s bike, Lee said. That led to the two women throwing their belongings at and hitting one another, Lee said.

The woman received minor injuries during the scuffle. Sanchez wasn’t hurt, Lee said.

Sanchez was booked into jail on suspicion of elder abuse and battery.

Sanchez has also gone by the name Lisa Madden, and was arrested on April 16 at Lytton Plaza for allegedly spitting on a man while yelling a racial epithet, police said at the time.

3 years in prison for tutor

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

A Redwood City tutor was sentenced to three years in prison for child molestation, a prosecutor said.

Aldo Ricardo Sepulveda Perez, 37, pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting two children whom he tutored, who were ages 11 and 12 at the time, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Sepulveda Perez was in court on Monday and gave an impassioned statement before his sentencing, Wagstaffe said. He

was facing up to eight years in prison, according to Wagstaffe.

Sepulveda Perez has to register as a sex offender and can’t contact with the victims for 10 years, the DA said.

Sepulveda Perez was hired as a tutor for a course of 15 months, when he allegedly hugged, touched and showed sex films and used sex toys with the two children, according to Wagstaffe.

One of the kids reported what Sepulveda Perez was doing to his mother, Wagstaffe said.

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Police could skip some alarm calls

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

Some Atherton residents are not paying their fines for false burglar alarms, which may mean police will stop going to their homes when security alarms go off.

Residents have not paid a total of $4,600 in false alarm fines in 2025, according to Police Chief Steven McCulley.

Council will decide tonight whether to send out reminders for unpaid fines 30 days past due. If they don’t pay within 60 days of the warning, the police won’t monitor their alarms anymore.

By the numbers

Atherton police monitor alarms for 1,534 residents, and there were 664 false alarms last year out of 1,246, according to McCulley. To help reduce false alarms, the town imposed a fine for repeat false alarm responses in 2018.

For every alarm, dispatchers tell officers to go to the scene. When it’s a false alarm, it adds to officers’ workload and affects service equity among residents, according to McCulley. Residents are charged $400 after the fourth false alarm. After that, the fine rises by $100 before capping at $600 after the sixth false alarm.

A total of $9,800 in fines was issued in 2025 to 26 residents, according to McCulley. Of those 26 residents, six who were fined for their sixth false alarm have not paid. Four residents with penalties of a fifth false alarm and 12 for their fourth false alarm haven’t paid as well.

Currently, there are no efforts to collect the money residents owe, McCulley said.

Atherton residents pay a $100 onetime fine to allow police to monitor their alarms and a $50 annual fee to monitor the alarms.

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police. Information is from police department logs. All of

PALO ALTO

MARCH 7

3:05 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, Alma St. and Oregon Ave.

MARCH 9

1:13 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Kipling St.

MARCH 11

11:17 a.m. — Credit or debit card fraud, Stanford Shopping Center.

THURSDAY

7:48 a.m. — Phillip Dontay Steward, 43, of East Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, 400 block of Bryant St.

8:06 a.m. — Theft from a vehicle, 3700 block of Redwood Circle.

8:51 a.m. — Parts and/or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 500 block of High St.

2:42 p.m. — Battery at Palo Alto Police Dept., 275 Forest Ave.

7:32 p.m. — Vandalism, 3800 block of Park Blvd.

FRIDAY

3:31 p.m. — Stolen vehicle recovered, 11700 block of Page Mill Road.

4:24 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, Stanford Ave. and El Camino.

5:15 p.m. — Eric Pinal, 41, of Lancaster, arrested for theft and on a warrant at Mollie Stone’s, 164 California Ave.

6:54 p.m. — Grand theft at Whole Foods, 774 Emerson St.

10:22 p.m. — Raeshawn Malcom Lee, 32, of Union City, arrested for battery and violation of a court order, Downtown Palo Alto Caltrain Station.

MENLO PARK

SUNDAY

9:50 a.m. — Chavaughn Lewis, 40, of San Francisco, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, falsely identifying herself to police and on a warrant, Mills St. and Glenwood Ave.

10:44 p.m. — Aryana Zamora, 36, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, O’Brien Drive and Willow Road.

MONDAY

2:06 p.m. — Aaron Edwards, 37, of Fremont, cited for forged vehicle registration, Willow Road at the railroad tracks.

7:24 p.m. — Laura Call, 62, of San Mateo, cited on two warrants, 500 block of El Camino.

10:11 p.m. — Wilson E. Salvador, 30, of East Palo Alto, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and transporting marijuana for sale, 1100 block of Merrill St. A charge for bringing drugs into a jail is added later.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

AUG. 4

12:30 p.m. — Edward Ochoa Alvarez, 45, cited for drug possession, Yuba Drive and Church St. AUG. 6

5:20 p.m. — Jorge Lopez, 38, of Sunnyvale, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 1200 block of Terra Bella Ave.

AUG. 10

1:42 a.m. — Victor Ibarra Montes, 40, transient, cited for drug possession, The Americana and El Camino.

FEB. 26

2:35 p.m. — Quoc Huynh, 41, of Mountain View, cited on a warrant at Mountain View Police Dept., 1000 Villa St.

MARCH 8

1:32 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1800 block of Ednamary Way.

1:44 p.m. — Theft at Target, 555 Showers Drive.

3:04 p.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of Del Medio Ave.

5:14 p.m. — Christina Johnson, 29, of Redwood City, arrested for theft at CVS, 2630 W. El Camino.

MARCH 9

7:53 a.m. — Battery, 700 block of Mercy St.

10:04 a.m. — Grand theft, 1000 block of Space Park Way.

11:06 a.m. — Sex crime, 1600 block of Miller Ave.

12:26 p.m. — Garik Leytman, 76, of Cupertino, arrested on a warrant, El Camino and El Monte Ave.

2:37 p.m. — Theft at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road.

3:47 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, 500 block of Tyrella Ave.

4:53 p.m. — Rachael Hsiao, 27, cited on a warrant, 500 block of Tyrella Ave.

11:55 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes major injuries, Central Expressway and Easy St.

LOS ALTOS

SUNDAY

9:50 a.m. — Lewis Gault, 52, of

Mountain View, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant at Whole Foods, 4800 El Camino. 11:41 p.m. — Maika Wilms, 42, arrested for DUI and child endangerment, Springer Road and Rosita Ave.

ATHERTON

SUNDAY

2:03 p.m. — Home burglary, 200 block of Oak Grove Ave.

REDWOOD CITY

FRIDAY

8:46 a.m. — Lexus stolen, Chew St.

9:01 a.m. — Woman says her expartner took both her phones from her as she was trying to call police about him violating a restraining order she has against him, Middlefield Road.

10:14 a.m. — Katherine Martinez de Castellanos, 27, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant at Redwood City Police Dept., 1301 Maple St.

10:49 a.m. — Woman steals a tip jar from a business, Broadway.

Noon Jeff Remolador, 41, cited for possession of metal knuckles, 600 block of Allerton St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

1:13 p.m. — Auto burglary, Blomquist St.

2:55 p.m. — Package stolen, Broadway.

3:15 p.m. — Auto burglary, Broadway.

4:44 p.m. — Two male neighbors fighting, Michael Drive.

5:34 p.m. — Brandon Lee Welsh, 38, of Redwood City, arrested for

violation of a protective order, Fulton Court.

6:01 p.m. — Home burglary, Alden St.

SAN CARLOS

THURSDAY

Time not given — Employee alleged to have stolen items worth about $1,800 from a hardware store over the course of a month and a half, 1100 block of Old County Road.

6:01 p.m. — Bryan Ismael Mendez, 32, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, as well as on seven warrants, 1200 block of Industrial Road.

BELMONT

SATURDAY

10:45 p.m. — Parts and/ or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 400 block of Old County Road.

SUNDAY

12:40 a.m. — John Erick Mendoza Lagdameo, 36, arrested for assault and battery on police, resisting police and having a forged vehicle registration, El Camino.

9:07 a.m. — Auto burglary, Old County Road.

1:45 p.m. — Alex Michael Wild, 31, arrested for shoplifting, 1000 block of El Camino.

CHP

From the Redwood City office of the CHP.

MARCH 6

Miguel Rueda-Campos, 50, arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and narcotics possession.

MARCH 7

Elijah B. Caliz, 23, arrested for having a concealed gun in a vehicle.

Christina B. Newson, 40, arrested for DUI.

Matthew Salgado, 20, arrested for DUI, and having a concealed and loaded gun in a vehicle.

Raw cheese eyed amid E. coli cases

At least seven people in three states, including young children, have been sickened by E. coli food poisoning linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk, federal health officials said.

California-based Raw Farm made the cheese that is the “likely source” of the outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Monday, though no Raw Farm products have tested positive for E. coli during the outbreak period, the FDA noted.

Illnesses were reported between September 2025 and mid-February, the agency said. Five cases were reported in California and one each in Florida and Texas. More than half of the illnesses were in children aged 3 or younger.

The FDA recommended that Raw Farm voluntarily remove its raw cheese products from sale, but the company has declined.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged consumers to “consider not eating” the products.

Company disputes findings

Mark McAfee, owner of Raw Farm, said he refused to recall the products because investigators have not definitively linked them to any illnesses.

“They have found no pathogens in any of our products,” McAfee said. He disputed the FDA’s findings that the cases were genetically linked and said the announcement was premature.

Stair-climbing buffs face access hurdles

Tom McGee began climbing stairs for exercise 20 years ago as part of an effort to stay off cigarettes. It hasn’t always been easy: His climbs in hotel stairwells sometimes draw the attention of security guards.

“I’ve gotten kicked out of about every hotel in the city,” said McGee, a 69-year-old market researcher who lives near Chicago.

Climbing stairs has become increasingly ingrained in exercise guidance, but many people who do it regularly say it can be challenging in an era where office tower managers commonly cut off access to stairwells.

Stair climbing is great exercise

Dr. Luis Rodriguez, a semi-retired pediatric pulmonologist, participates in stair-climbing events and lauds the benefits.

“You are working your legs. You are working your heart. You are working your lungs,” said Rodriguez, 66. “You can get a lot more benefit than just walking, because gravity is working against you.”

He’s backed up by research that

found climbing stairs for four minutes is roughly equivalent to about 10 minutes of brisk walking or 20 minutes of slower walking.

Buildings see liability concerns

Some law firms tell landlords and building owners that they can he held liable if someone trips or slips on a staircase. Poor lighting, liquid on steps and broken handrails are among the conditions that can be cited in lawsuits if someone falls and gets hurt.

Many building managers have taken such advice to heart, saying stairs can only be used in emergencies.

How to find a way to climb

Many people who like to climb have stories about trouble finding staircases they can use.

Lisa Bai, a New Yorker who works in real estate, said she’s not able to use the stairs in her office building.

Bai and others say they find other ways to step up. Fitness equipment such as StairMaster machines can approximate the physical work of stair climbing, if not as arduous.

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The Post prints the latest real estate transactions: PALO ALTO

200 Sheridan Ave. #307, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1342 square feet, built in 1997, Sheridan Plaza LLC to Peter Michelson for $1,240,000, closed Feb. 17

200 Sheridan Ave. #202, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1412 square feet, built in 1997, Sheridan Plaza LLC to Basak and Baran Atmanoglu for $1,355,000, closed Feb. 19

200 Sheridan Ave. #302, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1412 square feet, built in 1997, Sheridan Plaza LLC to Acec Family Trust for $1,432,500, closed Feb. 20

444 San Antonio Road #12B, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1556 square feet, built in 1988, Jaehyun Park to Lijia Liu for $1,651,000, closed Feb. 18 (last sale: $1,575,000, 09-03-20)

EAST PALO ALTO

801 Weeks St., 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1500 square feet, built in 1988, Donald Wortman to Dipendra Shrestha for $1,040,000, closed Feb. 4 (last sale: $260,000, 07-29-98)

MENLO PARK

1268 Carlton Ave., 94025, 2 bedrooms, 860 square feet, built in 1951, Michael and Ian Lyon to Christopher and Walid Nijem for $850,000, closed Feb. 5

Real Estate

224 Ivy Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1130 square feet, built in 1951, Green-Howard Trust to Aerion LLC for $1,100,000, closed Feb. 2

251 Ivy Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1600 square feet, built in 1930, L&L Capital Group LLC to Vaiman and Kinkoi Lo for $1,335,000, closed Feb. 3 (last sale: $1,170,000, 0614-21)

ATHERTON

90 Walnut Ave., 94027, 4 bedrooms, 2090 square feet, built in 1990, Susie and Michael Cich to Sanjana and Kaustubh Shinde for $3,410,000, closed Feb. 2 (last sale: $1,925,000, 04-29-15)

331 Stevick Drive, 94027, 5 bedrooms, 6161 square feet, built in 2021, Ho Family Trust to Pilot Trust for $16,000,000, closed Feb. 3 (last sale: $4,750,000, 08-29-17)

MOUNTAIN VIEW

90 Flynn Ave. #C, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 917 square feet, built in 1972, Yuyu Shen to Piracha Living Trust for $630,000, closed Feb. 20 (last sale: $747,000, 07-05-21)

457 Sierra Vista Ave. #10, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1113 square feet, built in 1985, Min Wu to Yutong Wang for $1,090,000, closed Feb. 20 (last sale: $1,185,000, 10-24-17)

366 Sierra Vista Ave. #14, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1478 square feet, built in 1986, Kimberly Toy to Allyson and Nicholas Comly for $1,351,000, closed Feb. 18 (last sale: $1,215,000, 04-12-17)

LOS ALTOS

4388 El Camino Real #348, 94022, 2 bedrooms, 1200 square feet, built in 2009, Dennis and Julie Kim to Traylor Trust for $1,410,000, closed Feb. 19 (last sale: $1,400,000, 05-03-24)

1541 Awalt Court, 94024, 3 bedrooms, 2183 square feet, built in 1967, Revive Norcal LLC to Lp Vandelay Industries LLC for $4,010,000, closed Feb. 19 (last sale: $3,281,000, 02-06-26)

915 Berry Ave., 94024, 3 bedrooms, 2159 square feet, built in 1952, Gazenbeek Family Trust to Dmvn Family Trust for $4,100,000, closed Feb. 18

PORTOLA VALLEY

65 Cheyenne Point, 94028, 6 bedrooms, 4520 square feet, built in 1972, SFCP Holdings LLC to Duraiswamy Living Trust for $7,998,000, closed Feb. 5 (last sale: $7,575,000, 03-19-25)

WOODSIDE

6 Cedar Lane, 94062, 4 bedrooms, 2530 square feet, built in 1951, Jamie and Patrick Gilson to

Trayer 1992 Family Trust for $23,500,000, closed Feb. 6 (last sale: $6,000,000, 10-21-22)

REDWOOD CITY

203 Shorebird Circle, 94065, 2 bedrooms, 1018 square feet, built in 1986, Bryan Trabanino to Yifan Yang for $775,000, closed Feb. 6 (last sale: $859,000, 09-24-20)

1605 Fernside St., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1220 square feet, built in 1955, Gobalet Living Trust to Andrew Freeman for $825,000, closed Feb. 2

61 Orchard Ave., 94061, 4 bedrooms, 2650 square feet, built in 1999, Horvath Family Trust to Hyun Cho for $2,250,000, closed Feb. 4

SAN CARLOS

80 Hilltop Drive, 94070, 2 bedrooms, 1220 square feet, built in 1948, Ali Family Trust to Giardi LLC for $1,600,000, closed Feb. 3 (last sale: $751,000, 08-18-11)

2276 Carmelita Drive, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1190 square feet, built in 1937, Hwang Trust to Andrew Ravella for $2,147,500, closed Feb. 2

BELMONT

3612 Reposo Way, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 1540 square feet, built in 1960, Harris Family Trust to Noelani and Maziar Arjomand for $2,710,000, closed Feb. 6

March Madness Watch Party at

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The Pro, a Palo Alto landmark since 1964, has been revitalized in its original location. The new establishment honors the bar’s rich legacy and the “Spirit of Stanford” while celebrating Bay Area sports. It has preserved the bar’s unique character and vibrant atmosphere, including the “Coach’s Corner” in memory of former co-owners Bill “Coach” Campbell and Mike Homer. This legacy is carried on by a new group of local leaders, including Guillaume Bienaime and founding partner Andrew Luck, the former Stanford and NFL star, who is helping restore the spirit of “The Old Pro.”

RUSTIC HOUSE OYSTER BAR & GRILL in Los Altos has become a destination for its outstanding wine program and special wine events. Join them for a special Vineyard 29 Winemaker Dinner on Wednesday, March 25 at 6:00 p.m. at The Rustic Room. Vineyard 29 has earned an outstanding

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JAZZ LOVERS ARE MARKING THEIR CALENDARS for Jazz Brunch at The Ameswell Hotel, held every fourth Sunday of the month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hosted at ROGER Bar &

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ATTENTION ALL ABBA FANS! Get ready for a night of amazing live music, irresistible melodies, glittering costumes and pure joy when theinternationally acclaimed ABBA tribute band “ABRA Cadabra” takes the stage at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City on Friday, April 10th at 7:30 p.m. This interactive, familyfriendly extravaganza features a captivating live band, powerful vocals, dazzling dancers, multimedia effects, and multiple costume changes. You will be singing along to all your favorite ABBA classics, including “Mamma Mia,” “Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo,” and more! For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit iLoveABBA.com or call the box office at (650) 369-7770.

COME ON OVER AND TREAT YOURSELF to a meal at the stunning MacArthur Park restaurant

and bar! Faz has really made a wonderful place here, a beloved spot in Palo Alto with a great menu and tasty specials every day. Faz and his team at MacArthur Park promise you’ll have a fantastic and delicious dinner in one of the most beautiful and historic restaurants in Palo Alto. They are offering a special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 5th from 10am to 4pm. You can find the full menu on www.macpark. com, or call them at 650-321-9990 to make a reservation. MacArthur Park is conveniently located in downtown Palo Alto, just a short walk from the Caltrain station at 27 University Ave.

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HAVING A PARTY OR A MEETING? The private banquet room you need for that family get together or business meeting is at the Dutch Goose in Menlo Park. Yes, the Dutch Goose offers the Maroney Room for special events and private parties. Greg is the owner and offers a large room with dining tables and a buffet table area. You can have it catered from a special menu that includes a variety of Dutch Goose dishes and drinks. The Maroney Room is presentation friendly and there is no fee to rent the room but you do need to make a reservation so check the website for the Maroney Room details. The Dutch Goose is at 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas in Menlo Park. Call 650 854 3245 for more info or check their website.

OUT ––––––

said. Bahadursingh, 60, of East Palo Alto, lasted 22 days after replacing former Superintendent Don Austin.

The board paid Austin $596,802 plus benefits in exchange for his resignation on Feb. 20.

Bahadursingh worked with Austin at his previous district in Southern California and is one of three employees at Austin’s leadership coaching business, called SimpleWins.

Bullying allegations

Days after Bahadursingh was appointed, the Post reported on a lawsuit alleging that he bullied Assistant to the Superintendent Victoria Maya.

Maya said she heard from a coworker that Bahadursingh called her “the ‘P’ word” because she went on medical leave, according to the suit.

Maya also said she frequently witnessed Bahadursingh refer to local female news reporters as “b*****” “stupid,” and similar derogatory terms, her suit said.

The district denied the allegations in a written statement.

Bahadursingh was also one of four administrators named in a lawsuit by teacher Peter Colombo, who said the district rushed to suspend him without investigating unsubstantiated rape allegations made by a former student.

The board agreed to pay Colombo $3.25 million on Feb. 10. Colombo agreed to resign from the district.

Started here in 2020

Bahadursingh grew up in Rio Linda, north of Sacramento, and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, according to his district profile.

He was hired from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District in December 2020 as deputy superintendent of human resources. “Trent knows this district, its people, and its priorities from the inside, and the board has full confidence in his ability to provide the continuity our community deserves during this transition,” Dharap said in a Feb. 23 statement, after the board promoted him to the acting role.

Chiu voted against promoting Bahadursingh because she said she wants to see the same cultural reset that the teacher’s union has asked for.

“There are sections of our community — parents, students and teachers — that do feel really disenfranchised, that have felt that their opinions have been written over, and that their voices have been ignored,” Chiu said at the Feb. 23 meeting.

THEATER ----

students turn to. Nothing can measure that support in a metric, but students will feel its absence the moment she’s gone,” a student who only identified himself as Jonathan said.

Talk to students

Jonathan was one of over 20 students who went to the board meeting last night to protest the change.

Board members should speak to

Softness in Full Bloom

students before making the change because the environment Thermond created is worth protecting, Jonathan said.

“The concern is centered on student welfare, program continuity and the loss of a trusted support space for students in a highly competitive school environment,” Kuykendall said in a statement before the meeting.

He said his daughter, who is part of the theater program, uses it as an outlet amid the high-pressure environment at PAUSD.

Students affected by deaths

Students have experienced losses, and for many of them, theater has been one of the places they can find stability after recent student suicides, Kuykendall said.

The Palo Alto Unified School District has seen four teen suicides in the last two years: Anriya Wang, 16 on Feb, 2024; Ash He, 15, on March 4, 2025; Emily Fiedel, 17, on Aug. 9; and Summer Devi Mehta, 17, on Feb. 3. Mehta acted in plays for the Paly Theatre, according to her profile on the casting website Backstage.

A student introduced as Ray said Mehta saw the theater program as a refuge and a second home to her because of Thermond.

District’s

response

Changing a teacher’s assignments is a normal process, district spokeswoman Lynette White said. The district will not comment on personnel matters, she said. Kline and Thermond did not respond to the Post’s request for comment.

Kuykendall said it is frustrating to hear administrators say they care about students but make this change at the wrong time.

“I have attended every performance for the past three years, and I have not personally seen Brent Kline at a production or speaking to support the theater community there,” Kuykendall said.

FUNDS ––––

remains just shy of the total needed to break ground. Six years and 13 funding applications after it was first proposed, the Morris Village project sits ready, but waiting.

across California are stuck in financial purgatory, according to a new report by Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit that funds, consults and advocates for affordable housing. That's 461 “shovel-ready developments” that, like the one on East Morris, are fully designed, legally green-lit and backed with a significant — but still insufficient — amount of money.

Many have “been sitting for a year or two waiting for funding,” said Justine Marcus, policy director for Enterprise's Northern California office and one of the report’s co-authors. “There's no exit route right now. It's a bottleneck.”

Developers frustrated

For many developers and affordable housing advocates, that bottleneck represents an especially frustrating inconsistency of California public policy. Lawmakers are desperate to see the state build more homes — of all kinds, but especially for people with the least ability to pay the state's exorbitant rents. State housing regulators have ordered local governments to plan for the construction of an additional 2.5 million units by the end of the decade. One million of those are supposed to be for people making less than 80% of each region’s median income.

As a general rule, that’s a population of hard-up renters that the private market has been unable to profitably serve at scale. To fill that gap, non-profit low-income housing developers typically turn to taxpayer-funded support. At the moment, according to the report, there isn’t enough of that to go around. Enterprise took publicly available but hard-to-parse applicant lists from seven subsidy programs administered by various wings of California's state government going back three years. With a combination of number crunching and a little inference, the report estimates that clearing the current backlog would require an extra $4.1 billion, split between state administered grants, low-cost loans and tax write-offs.

Once awarded, this final layer of state subsidy has to be spent in relatively short order. That means this list of 39,880 units comprise a group of affordable housing projects that are all but ready to go, said Marcus. Case in

point: Two-thirds of the projects on the list have already received support from at least one other state program. Those dollars aren’t awarded to just any developer, said Betsy McGovern-Garcia, vice president of Self-Help Enterprises, one of two non-profits behind Morris Village.

In February, McGovern-Garcia and her colleagues applied for a final round of financial support from the state “to close the gap” and finally start construction.

A moving bottleneck

California has seen gridlock in affordable housing production before, but the precise location of the traffic jam has changed over time.

When Nevada Merriman was leading a team of affordable developers in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties a decade ago, she said local approval was the major hold-up. Getting the legal okay to build low-income housing on a particular site in a particular town required developers to run a gauntlet of planning department and city council meetings, win over hostile neighbors with costly concessions, community meetings and design revisions and to fend off the ever-present possibility of litigation. Because relatively few projects survived that ordeal, the competition for funding on the other side wasn't especially stiff, said Merriman, who is now policy advocate for MidPen Housing, an affordable developer in San Mateo County.

That began to change earlier this decade. California lawmakers began passing laws overriding these local impediments — especially for affordable projects. All of a sudden more projects

were clearing those early regulatory hurdles and competing for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, the federal government's signature affordable housing construction subsidy. The bottleneck moved further up the road.

But then that too began to change late last year. Buried in President Donald Trump’s signature tax bill from 2025 was a significant boost to the tax credit program. (Specifically, the law increased the total supply of one type of credit while allowing another kind to be spread out over twice as many projects).

Which brings us to the latest bottleneck. Now projects can get through local approval. They can more easily acquire the final and most important layer of federal financing. But project sponsors typically can't apply for that until all other financial holes are plugged.

“We’re looking for state sources to fill that gap,” said Merriman. “We want to make sure we don’t leave those federal sources on the table.”

In limbo

MidPen currently has 1,198 units spread across seven developments waiting for that last bit of funding, she said.

California’s last major infusion of public affordable housing dollars came in the form of a voter-approved bond in 2018. That well has run dry. A hodgepodge of funding streams remain.

Adding together funding that has already been approved by legislators but not yet spent and a variety of other state and federal sources, California’s Housing and Community Development department says at least $1.8 billion should be available for affordable developer applicants this year.

Woman gets prison for ripping out kid’s hair

An East Palo Alto woman was sentenced to five years in prison for ripping hair out of a toddler’s head after the child spilled soda on her, a prosecutor said.

Folauhola Fiefia, 36, took a plea deal and pleaded no contest to child abuse and assault, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Fiefia was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison.

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 and her 3-year-old son when Fiefia arrived. During lunch, the

3-year-old accidentally spilled some soda on Fiefia, enraging her, Wagstaffe said. She swore at the child and pulled his hair so hard that a clump came out, the DA said. The child’s mother tried to intervene, but Fiefia punched her in the stomach and face multiple times before kicking both the mother and the child in the face, Wagstaffe said.

Fiefia allegedly told police that the mother and child deserved what happened to them.

Fiefia had been sentenced to three years of parole in April 2021 for attempting to slit the throat of a 65-yearold woman at a church on Bell Street in East Palo Alto on May 26, 2019.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the Menlo Park City School District (“District”) will receive, by electronic submission, bids for the following project, Bid No. MPCSD-2026-1002 (“Project” or “Contract”): Laurel School Upper Campus HVAC Electrification

The Project consists of:

This project consists of providing cooling and electrified heating to classrooms, breakout spaces, music room, and other common spaces throughout the school by replacing the existing gas heating equipment as well as the necessary electrical upgrades to support this project. Additionally, architectural and structural modifications required to support the HVAC upgrades are included.

To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California contractors’ license(s): B and/or C-20

The Bidder’s license(s) must remain active and in good standing throughout the term of the Contract.

To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to be registered as a public works contractor with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to the Labor Code.

Contract Documents will be available on or after March 11, 2026, for review at the District Office, and may be downloaded from the District’s website, https://district.mpcsd.org/ departments/mot/2024-bond-program-measure-u/bid-opportunities

The District will only receive bids submitted electronically through the PQ Bids website. Bids will be received until 3:00p.m., April 1, 2026, via the PQ Bids submission portal at https://go.pqbids.com/publishing/project/1021 after which time the bids will be opened and publicly posted on the District website at https://district.mpcsd.org/ departments/mot/2024-bond-program-measure-u/bid-opportunities. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be nonresponsive and returned to the bidder. Each bidder is solely responsible for timely submission of its bid; the District is not responsible for any technological issues in a bidder’s ability to timely submit its bid or portion thereof. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Prior to publicly reading aloud bids at the video conference, the District reserves the right to verify the genuineness of any bid security. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.5, only prequalified bidders will be eligible to submit a bid for this Project. Any bid submitted by a bidder who is not prequalified shall be non-responsive and returned by email to the bidder.

If you would like to be prequalified for this project, the contractor may do so on the PQ Bids website at https://pqbids.com/menloparkcity-sd/

For a list of MPCSD pre-qualified contractors, visit https://go.pqbids.com/agency/ approved_contractor_list/1508

The last day to submit a prequalification packet will be March 27, 2026. A mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. at Laurel School Upper Campus, 275 Elliott Dr., Menlo Park, CA 94025. All participants are required to sign in front of the Front Office Building, 275 Elliott Dr., Menlo Park, CA 94025. The site visit is expected to take approximately 1 hour. Failure to attend or tardiness will render bid ineligible.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

CITY COUNCIL

CITY OF LOS ALTOS

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Request for a Tentative Map to create nine condominium lots and one common lot at 901 Fremont Avenue. The project site is located on the north side of Fremont Avenue, between Manor Way and Dolores Avenue. The project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. Project Planner: Liu

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Los Altos, California, will hold a public hearing on April 14, 2026, to consider the above mentioned project. The City Council meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. Members of the public can access the Council Meeting via the link provided on the published agendas. The agendas may be found at this website at least 72 hours prior to each meeting date: https://www.losaltosca. gov/642/Agendas-and-Minutes

REVIEW OF INFORMATION: The staff reports and other supporting documents regarding the project are available for public review on the City’s website at wwww.losaltosca. gov or at City Hall between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Fridays. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (650)-941-2620 if you would like to schedule an appointment to review this document.

Response to this Notice may be made verbally at the Public Hearings and/or in writing before the hearings. Written comments may be made to the City Council by email at or letter (for mail or hand delivery) to:

Melissa Thurman, City Clerk City of Los Altos 1 North San Antonio Road Los Altos, CA 94022

Any challenge of the proposed project in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearings described in this Notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at, or prior, to the public hearing. An opportunity will be given at said hearings for all interested persons to be heard. Questions regarding this may be directed as follows:

Jia Liu, Associate Planner (650)-947-2600

Publication: Daily Post

Melissa Thurman, MMC City Clerk

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the Menlo Park City School District (“District”) will receive, by electronic submission, bids for the following project, Bid No. MPCSD-2026-1001 (“Project” or “Contract”):

Laurel School Lower Campus HVAC Electrification

The Project consists of:

This project consists of providing cooling and electrified heating to classroom, breakout spaces, and other common spaces in Buildings D, E, and F by replacing the existing gas heating equipment as well as the necessary electrical upgrades to support this project. Additionally, architectural and structural modifications required to support the HVAC upgrades are included.

To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California contractors’ license(s): B and/or C-20

The Bidder’s license(s) must remain active and in good standing throughout the term of the Contract.

To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to be registered as a public works contractor with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to the Labor Code.

Contract Documents will be available on or after March 11, 2026, for review at the District Office, and may be downloaded from the District’s website, https://district.mpcsd.org/ departments/mot/2024-bond-program-measure-u/bid-opportunities

The District will only receive bids submitted electronically through the PQ Bids website. Bids will be received until 2:00p.m., April 1, 2026, via the PQ Bids submission portal at https://go.pqbids.com/publishing/project/1020 after which time the bids will be opened and publicly posted on the District website at https://district.mpcsd.org/ departments/mot/2024-bond-program-measure-u/bid-opportunities. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be nonresponsive and returned to the bidder. Each bidder is solely responsible for timely submission of its bid; the District is not responsible for any technological issues in a bidder’s ability to timely submit its bid or portion thereof. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Prior to publicly reading aloud bids at the video conference, the District reserves the right to verify the genuineness of any bid security. Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.5, only prequalified bidders will be eligible to submit a bid for this Project. Any bid submitted by a bidder who is not prequalified shall be non-responsive and returned by email to the bidder.

If you would like to be prequalified for this project, the contractor may do so on the PQ Bids website at https://pqbids.com/menloparkcity-sd/

For a list of MPCSD pre-qualified contractors, visit https://go.pqbids.com/agency/ approved_contractor_list/1508

The last day to submit a prequalification packet will be March 27, 2026

A mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. at Laurel School Lower Campus, 95 Edge Rd, Atherton, CA 94027. All participants are required to sign in front of the Front Office Building, 95 Edge Rd, Atherton, CA 94027. The site visit is expected to take approximately 1 hour. Failure to attend or tardiness will render bid ineligible.