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Sequoia Union High School District’s board wants students to put down their phones and may ban phones during the entire school day. The majority of the board expressed interest on Wednesday in a bell-to-bell ban as it could help students socialize more, improve their mental health and
School day ban considered reduce screen addiction. A bell-to-bell ban means students would not be allowed use their phones all day during school hours across the district, instead of the varied rules each school currently has, some allowing students to use their phones in class.
But there are concerns about what the ban would look like and if there would be repercussions. Board member Maria Cruz said she has been going back and forth about whether to implement a bell-to-bell ban or just ban phones during class time,
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DUI CHECKPOINTS: The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a DUI checkpoint along El Camino Real in San Carlos tonight from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. On Saturday, Redwood City police will conduct their own checkpoint at Woodside Road and Carolina Avenue from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
MASSIVE FIRE: A fire has destroyed a medical equipment warehouse in Tracy, sending a thick black smoke pouring into the sky and prompting evacuations. INTELLIGENCE NOMINEE: President Trump is nominating Jay [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
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INSIDE: Outcry over district’s antisemitism settlement. See PAGE 6.
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STRIKE CALLED OFF: President Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war. Trump said at the Oval Office yesterday a deal to end the war is close, without giving details. Trump hours earlier had threatened major strikes on Iran and to seize control of its oil and gas industries as escalating attacks between the countries pushed the Middle East closer to full-scale war.
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WORLD CUP BEGINS
The World Cup, which will bring games to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, started yesterday in Mexico City, with the country’s home team winning 2-0. See PAGE 29 to learn where local watch parties will be held. AP photo.
Stanford allegedly demoted an oncologist because she stood up for a medical assistant who said coworkers used the n-word, mistreated Black patients and dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, according to a new lawsuit. “I have been at Stanford for nearly 30 years and I understand … I have also endured a great deal,” Dr. Iris Gibbs said in an email to patient testing technician Qiqiuia Young on Oct. 1, 2017. Both Gibbs and Young are African American. Young sued Stanford in September 2017 for discrimination and harassment and ended up winning $10 million after a jury trial. Gibbs filed her own lawsuit on March 2, alleging Stanford shunned her for [See DEMOTED, page 31]
Man who groped inmates gets jail signed a plea deal with Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky on Monday, A Santa Clara County truck driver avoiding the maximum sentence of five who smuggled meth to female inmates years in prison. Mejia had 35 notes in his locker in exchange for sexual favors will go to from female inmates discussing sex jail for a year, court records show. and encouraging him to bring in more Marcos Mejia, 36, of San Jose, BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
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