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Shanahan takes the blame
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Niners coach Kyle Shanahan took the blame yesterday for the car crash in Palo Alto that left him with a concussion and other injuries, saying he took his eyes off the road to reach for his fallen cell phone before hitting another vehicle. Shanahan crashed into a 21-year-old woman driving in the other direction on Alma Street on July 14 and was left with a concussion, broken ribs, a broken nose and broken left hand and stitches for a large cut above his right eye. SHANAHAN Shanahan was briefly hospitalized following the crash and hasn’t been able to coach the team at the start of training camp. The other driver suffered minor injuries and did not need to be hospitalized. Shanahan was driving south on Alma Street in his black 2023 Tesla Model S when he crossed into the path of the other vehicle, a blue 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 SUV, to head [See SHANAHAN, page 18] A DIAGRAM of a July 14 crash involving 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan at Alma St. and Hamilton Ave.
THE UPDATE
Council opposes rent control
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JAPAN QUAKE: A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island yesterday. Local authorities reported dozens of injuries and structural damage. DISCOUNT GROCERIES: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced plans to open five city-owned grocery stores that will sell food for 30% less than ordinary grocery stores. The plan has rankled owners of bodega corner stores, who worry they won’t be able to compete with discounted food prices at the cityrun shops.
Redwood City Council is opposing a new rent control citizen’s initative that they say will be too costly for the city to maintain, and deter future affordable housing projects. Council voted 6-1 on Monday to submit an argument against the citi-
pass. Councilman Chris Sturken abOn the Nov. ballot stained from the vote. Sturken said zen’s initative, which calls for applying rent control to multi-unit housing built before 1995 and capping rent increases at 60% of the consumer price index increase for a given year and no more than 5% of a tenant's current rent. The measure needs a majority vote to
he does not support the measure, but believes the council should remain neutral. If council takes a side, a campaign could use their stance to create potentially harmful ads, Sturken said. “We cannot be associated with that [See OPPOSES, page 19]
Controversial ex-mayor runs again
IRAN FIRES MISSILES: The U.S. [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
state conferences, has pulled papers to run for a seat on the council. Lynette Lee Eng, 64, is running A former Los Altos mayor who once accused a Black Lives to represent south Los Altos in Matter activist of threatening her the area around Grant Park. She and tried to get the city to fund will be up against Lucinda Lang$8,700 worth of trips to out-of- ley-Andrews and Anky van DeursBY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
LEE ENG
en. Councilman Pete Dailey, who lives in that neighborhood, isn’t running for reelection so he can run for the Valley Water board. Lee Eng did not return the Daily Post’s calls or text messages for [See EX-MAYOR, page 18]
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