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Police bust prostitution ring BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Mountain View detectives have busted a prostitution ring that used hotels and homes across the Peninsula. One man was arrested for pimping and two women were let go, and their boss hasn’t been identified, according to the police report. The investigation started on Dec. 15 when a neighbor told police that men were coming in and out of a newly sold
Men with nice cars went to home home on Morning Sun Court, near the Taco Bell on Shoreline Boulevard. The men usually drove nice cars, parked a block away and walked to the home while on their phones, the neighbor told police. The investigation was assigned to Officer Joseph Rivera, who parked facing the home in an unmarked car over
the course of two weeks. Rivera said he watched dozens of men come and go and took notes on their appearances and license plate numbers. A woman in a robe usually answered the front door, Rivera said. Rivera searched online for brothels in Mountain View and found an ad
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DUI CHECKPOINT: Belmont police will conduct a DUI checkpoint tonight from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The location has not been disclosed.
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Israel launched a barrage of strikes in central Beirut and elsewhere in the country yesterday as a shaky ceasefire took effect between the U.S. and Iran. Iranian officials have maintained that the deal was supposed to include Lebanon, while Israel and the U.S. have insisted that it does not. AP photo.
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tract after federal agencies accessed their data. “Our voices deserve to be heard,” Residents are outraged at the majority on East Palo Alto City Council community organizer Kimberly Wu for not discussing the city’s license told council on Tuesday night. Several residents said they believe plate-reading cameras and whether the vendor should be given a shorter con- ICE will access East Palo Alto’s camBY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
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