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his home at 4170 Manuela Ave. The case expanded to include 17 victims as young as 12 years old. Hodes was tims, who are glad Hodes will have to charged with 53 felonies. Parents hired Hodes to tutor students accept responsibility and register as a sex offender for life. King said he also from Castilleja School, Palo Alto High factored in Hodes’ age, health and will- School, Gunn High School and Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, police ingness to admit guilt. Hodes was arrested on Aug. 25, said. Victims testified against Hodes over 2020, after two girls told detectives that [See TUTOR, page 22] he had touched them inappropriately at
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A tutor has admitted to molesting 17 “We’re satisfied that we’re finally girls in Palo Alto but won’t go to prison. Mark Allan Hodes, 80, technically able to get closure for these victims — agreed to a sentence of 10 years and so many victims whose lives were affour months in prison. But he received fected by Mr. Hodes,” Deputy District double credit for spending over two Attorney Brian King said in an interyears in county jail and three years on view yesterday. King said he signed a plea deal with supervised release, so the sentence will Hodes after speaking with 16 of 17 vicbe considered complete on Oct. 1.
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LEAVING TOWN: New York City has surpassed the Bay Area as the largest hub of tech talent in the country. New York had 394,300 tech workers in 2025 – an increase of 30,640 jobs, or 8.4%, compared to three years ago, research by the real estate firm CBRE shows. Meanwhile, the Bay Area had 375,730 workers last year – a decrease of 23,900 jobs, or 6%. ACTBLUE PROBED: Three Republican-led House committees and the Justice Department are investigating whether ActBlue, the fundraising platform for many Democrats, illegally accepted foreign donations. Co-founder Matt DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment right against selfincrimination when he appeared at a Congressional hearing.
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SUPPORTERS of attempted Los Altos Council candidate Roger Heyder at city hall. Still from video released by the city.
NICK SHIRLEY: The legislature has passed a bill dubbed by critics as the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Proponents say it will provide privacy for workers at nonprofits that get government money to help undocumented immigrants, but critics say it will stop the media from investigating nonprofits that may be involved in fraud. [See THE UPDATE, page 4] 600 MOORE RD
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$29.1 million, according to the website and public records. The sale was at a loss. The Currys had purchased the seven-bed, eight-and-a-half bath home for $30 million in December 2020. This is the second stealth move the Currys have done. In 2022, it was re-
vealed that they had moved from another home in Atherton to the one on Selby Lane. It’s unclear if the Currys are still Atherton residents, but they have made news during their tenure. In January [See CURRYS, page 22]
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The city of Los Altos released a video yesterday that shows a potential candidate’s last minute attempt to get on the ballot for council. Roger Heyder and five supporters were trying to complete the required forms before a deadline at 5 p.m. on Aug. 7. “I need them, I need them, I need them, I need them,” City Clerk Melissa Thurman said as the seconds ticked down. City Manager Gabriel Engeland said Thurman was visibly shaking following the exchange. “She felt increasingly intimidated, pressured and threatened by the conduct [See VIDEO, page 22]
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