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after they’ve experienced a suicide cluster, including a conference at Stanford in March 2015. His message is the An expert in suicide prevention said yesterday that Palo Alto students where,” said Dr. Scott Poland, director tracks in an effort to prevent copycat same: It takes a village. School leaders, city officials, parshould be taught how to recognize of the Suicide and Violence Prevention suicides. The school district sends out warning signs in their friends as a way Office at Nova Southeastern University a statement announcing a student death ents, survivor groups, medical and to prevent more suicides. in Florida. and offering phone numbers and coun- mental health professionals and law “If it was up to me, everybody in Palo Official communication about sui- seling. Palo Alto City Council mem- enforcement all need to come together Alto would be talking about prevention cides is inconsistent in Palo Alto. Start- bers sometimes acknowledge a suicide to raise awareness. “More resources, more discussion everywhere — schools, communi- ing in April last year, Caltrain stopped at a council meeting. [See EXPERT, page 22] ty centers, doctor’s offices — every- telling the public about deaths on the Poland has visited 17 communities
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IRANIAN WARSHIP SUNK: A torpedo from a U.S. submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, clearing the way for tankers to leave the Middle East with oil. The U.S.-Israeli attack has resulted in the sinking of 20 Iranian naval vessels in addition to the submarine.
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
WAR POWERS VOTE: The Senate yesterday rejected a resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran. AUTOPEN PROBE ENDS: The Justice Department shelved an investigation into former President Biden’s use of an autopen, the New York Times reports.
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TEXAS SENATE SEAT: Democrat James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, has beaten outspoken Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas. On the Republican side, incumbent John Cornyn will face challenger Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, in a runoff. WYOMING NUKE: A state known [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
A group of men inspect the ruins of a Tehran police station that was hit by missiles in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. AP photo by Vahid Salemi.
Two eye open school board seats BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Two advocates for advanced math are planning to run for Palo Alto school board in November. There will be two open seats on the board this year as Shounak Dharap is
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East Palo Alto Councilman Carlos Romero is refusing to step down after other council members asked him to step aside because he wrote a reference letter for a former city employee who allegedly molested a child. Mayor Webster Lincoln asked Romero to resign on Tuesday ROMERO for writing a character reference in support of Rafael Prado, who is charged with five felonies for lewd acts with a child and a felony for possessing child pornogra[See RESIGN, page 22]
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termed out and Shana Segal is not seeking re-election. Both candidates so far — Leor Cecile Melamedov and Avery Lichen Wang — are supporters of board member Rowena Chiu. Wang, 60, sued the district in June
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