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Six leading candidates for California governor jostled in a televised debate yesterday as they sought advantage in a chaotic race with no clear leader. It’s the first time in a generation that California has a wide-open contest for the heavily Democratic state’s highest office. Mail ballots are scheduled to go to voters early next month in advance of the June 2 primary election. The debate brought together the two
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lions of dollars with little evidence of progress. “Everything has taken us in the Early questions about homelessness wrong direction,” Hilton said. leading Republicans — conservative There also were some sharp excommentator Steve Hilton and Riv- saw a clear break between candidates. Democrats generally credited outgo- changes, and candidates sought to diserside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — and four Democrats: former U.S. Rep. ing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom tinguish themselves from rivals. Mahan said “The only housing Tom Katie Porter, billionaire Tom Steyer, for dealing with the long-running crisis former Biden administration health — California has more people living on Steyer’s built has been private prisons secretary Xavier Becerra and San Jose the street than any other state. But Re- and ICE detention centers,” echoing publicans said the state has spent bilMayor Matt Mahan. [See DEBATE, page 26]
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CORRECTION: A headline in yesterday’s paper gave the incorrect date on a hearing to remove four redwoods behind St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto. The hearing is today at 3 p.m.
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IRAN FIRES ON SHIPS: Iran has fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them. The intensification of Iran’s assault on shipping in a waterway crucial to global energy supplies comes a day after U.S. President Trump extended a ceasefire but pressed on with an American blockade of Iranian ports. D4VD KILLING: Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl singer D4vd is charged with killing, died from significant wounds to her torso, likely caused by a sharp object, according to an autopsy report released yesterday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office. NAVY SECRETARY OUT: The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job. No reason was given for the unexpected departure of the Navy’s top civilian official. Another Trump [See THE UPDATE, page 27] 253 FREMONT AVE
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Two Redwood City officials are worried the city will look like Miami or Beverly Hills if a proposed 21-story senior housing project moves forward. The Planning Commission and Architectural Advisory Committee on Tuesday had mixed reviews for Stephen Reller of R&M Properties’ 222-apartment tower proposal at 910 Marshall St. Planning Commissioner Maggie Cornejo said she doesn’t think residents are that excited about a building that high. Cornejo said she hears from residents that they love how the city has evolved while still maintaining a homey feeling. “Just by looking at the building, it kind of reminds me of like Miami city, or something completely different from perhaps what we’re used to,” Cornejo said. Architectural Committee Vice Chair John Stew[See MIAMI, page 26]
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court records show. Judge Kelley Paul on Dec. 5, his campaign manager Leo on Monday granted a subpoena request Briones said in a court declaration. Rosen’s email said his father surA judge has ordered Santa Clara by protester German Gonzalez, who County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s asked for data on Rosen’s email blasts, vived three concentration camps and campaign to release records on his drafts of his campaign speeches and was a refugee in post-war Europe before immigrating to America, accordfundraising efforts related to prose- videos from his campaign events. Rosen sent a fundraising email to ing to Briones. “My parents taught my cuting pro-Palestinian protesters who allegedly vandalized a Stanford office, mostly Jewish affiliates in Los Angeles [See CAMPAIGN, page 26] BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
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