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49ers knock off reigning champs
Brock Purdy threw a go-ahead Super Bowl champion Philadelphia THUMBS UP — 6-yard touchdown pass to Christian Eagles with a 23-19 wild-card victory Christian McCafMcCaffrey late in the fourth quarter, yesterday. frey leaves the San Francisco used a trick play on a TD The 49ers head to top-seeded Seat- field in Philadeltoss from wide receiver Jauan Jennings, tle next weekend for an NFC divisional phia to celebrate. and the 49ers eliminated the defending [See 49ERS, page 18] AP photo.
Give it back, court tells water official
THE UPDATE In the past five sessions
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MORE DEAD IN IRAN: Activists say the death toll in the crackdown on protests in Iran over soaring inflation has spiked to at least 538 people. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency also said over 10,600 people have been detained. CUBA WARNED: President Trump yesterday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba to make a deal with him. Cuba, a close ally of Venezuela, is bracing for potential widespread unrest after Nicolas Maduro was deposed as Venezuela’s leader. HAMAS SAY IT’LL LEAVE: Hamas said yesterday it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the U.S.-brokered peace plan. But Hamas gave no specifics on when the change will occur. FROZEN AIRPORT: Thousands of tourists were stranded in northern [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
PALY DEFEATS GUNN Paly High School Aadi Tripathi (24) celebrates after he scored the winning points to defeat Gunn High School after their annual cross town rivalry basketball game Saturday at Gunn. Paly’s Tripathi scored two points in the last eight seconds to win 5452. Behind him is Jaylen Wong of Gunn. Photo by Paul Sakuma of PaulSakuma.com Photography.
Dispatcher sues county for retaliation
Kelcey Nuqui filed a lawsuit on Dec. but she suffered a miscarriage, the suit 29, claiming her HR report against her said. Nuqui was hired as a dispatcher on A San Mateo County dispatcher is supervisor was mishandled, and he Feb. 20, 2024, at the Redwood City continued to harass her. suing the county for alleged retaliation, county dispatch operation center and She was bullied by other employees claiming she suffered stress and a miswas supervised by Matt Delfin. Delfin for filing a report to HR, which caused carriage after she reported her supervi[See DISPATCHER, page 18] her stress and led her to go on leave, sor’s actions. BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ
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The Santa Clara Valley Water District might finally get back from board member Rebecca Eisenberg thousands of pages of investigation reports, following an appellate court ruling in the case. The California Sixth District Court of Appeal on Dec. 31 upheld a lower court decision that ordered Eisenberg to hand over the documents. According to the water district, Eisenberg took the documents without permission from a room EISENBERG at district offices. The district, also known as Valley Water, sued Eisenberg in April 2024 over the documents. The appellate court decision applies to a prelimi[See WATER, page 18]
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