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CHAVARRIA-DIAZ
A judge has convicted a man of sexually assaulting a 14— year-old girl who was jogging on a path in Palo Alto, court records show. Eduardo Antonio Chavarria-Diaz, 29, was also found guilty on Tuesday of assaulting a 32-year-old woman at a park
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in Oakland, more than eight years ago. The girl from Palo Alto, now 22, was a freshman running with her track team along Arastradero Road in the Stanford Research Park on March 28, 2018. The girl lagged behind her
teammates, and Chavarria-Diaz grabbed her by the arm, picked her up and pulled her into a wooded area, police said. Chavarria-Diaz told the girl that he would shoot her if she made noise and bound her with duct tape around her hands and face, police
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said. Chavarria-Diaz took off the girl’s clothes, digitally penetrated her and left, police said. The girl flagged down a bystander who called 911. Officers found Chavarria-Diaz’s sunglasses and duct tape along the path, and the girl had his DNA on her body, police said. Three weeks earlier, Chavar[See ASSAULT, page 30]
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A teacher’s aide is leading two advanced math advocates in fundraising for the Palo Alto school board. Linda Henigin raised $17,620 from 49 donors through June 30, campaign finance forms show. Henigin is followed by parent Avery Wang with $14,322 from 43 donors and John Craig with $9,917 from 32 donors. Wang and Craig are running against Henigin for two open seats. They’ve donated $1,000 to each other’s campaign and both received $100 from board member Rowena Chiu, who has often voted in the minority since she was elected in November 2024. Wang and Craig reported donations from several critics of the district’s direction — Edith Cohen ($500), who is suing the district for paying Superintendent Don Austin $596,802 to re[See CASH, page 30]
Ex-chancellor to be sentenced today BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
The former chancellor of the San Mateo County Community College District is set to be sentenced today. Galatolo was found guilty on Jan. 20 for eight felonies, including four counts each of perjury and tax evasion. He will
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