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Federal law enforcement agencies improperly accessed data generated by the Flock automated license plate reader system in Mountain View without the police department’s permission or knowledge, the city government said in a statement.
Flock cameras take hundreds of pictures a second of license plates. When a
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JUDGE WON’T STOP ICE: A federal judge says she won’t halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities as a lawsuit over it proceeds.
STAY OUT OF IT: President Trump says he has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to “under no circumstances” get involved with antiICE protests in Democratic-led cities unless they ask for federal help or federal property is threatened.
‘MELANIA’ DEBUT: The Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates yesterday, the best debut of a documentary in 14 years. The No. 1 movie of the weekend was “Send Help,” a survival thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien that had $20 million in ticket sales.
SHUTDOWN TIMELINE: House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the
[See THE UPDATE, page 4]
results.
computer stitches the pictures together, it is able to provide information on the daily travels of average citizens, including those not suspected of any crime.
When Mountain View City Council approved the installation of Flock
cameras in May 2024, police said the system would help them investigate car break-ins and home burglaries. Police promised they would follow strict protocols to protect privacy and prevent
[See FLOCK, page 18]
Batman told the Santa Clara City Council that the city, which is hosting the Super Bowl, needs to protect its residents from ICE. The Caped Crusader, who appeared angry and pounded the podium, did not divulge his real identity to the city clerk before speaking Tuesday.
BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
Palo Alto officials want to stall the expansion of San Francisco International Airport because they fear a larger airport will result in more noise and air pollution for locals.
Palo Alto will bring these concerns to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors tomorrow during an appeals hearing, according to Rick Jarvis, an attorney who is representing the city in the appeal process. San Francisco wants to move forward
[See AIRPORT, page 18]
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
San Mateo County is polling residents about a potential half-cent sales tax on the November ballot that would raise $114 million a year for childcare.
The tax would be used to lower costs for low- and middle-income families and to grow the childcare workforce, according to the poll by McGuire Research.
‘People who have children should take care of them and not expect others to pay their bills.’
An argument tested in poll
Supervisors Jackie Speier and Lisa Gauthier hosted four town halls throughout San Mateo County last
fall to hear from parents and providers about childcare.
The supervisors wouldn’t talk about the tax last week until the polling is done.
“Right now, there are several important needs facing our community, including housing, transportation and childcare, and it’s important we hear directly from residents about what mat-
[See TAX, page 18]
Camouflaged cameras have been found hidden outside homes in an apparent bid to monitor the residence in preparation for a burglary or other crime, San Jose police said.
The first of two cameras was found in the bushes outside a home about 2:45 a.m. Thursday in a neighborhood on the east side of San Jose, and the second was located nearby, police said Friday in a press release.
“SJPD has received several reports of deceptive tactics used to case unoccupied homes,” police said. “The suspects plant hidden surveillance devices, or pose as delivery service providers, or
landscapers to determine when homes are unoccupied before committing burglaries.”
The first camera was attached to a power bank and positioned facing the residence, police said. The second was believed to be Wi-Fi powered.
Keep an eye out
Police said residents should watch out for small or concealed cameras placed near homes to monitor activity; individuals ringing doorbells or posing as delivery drivers to see if anyone answers; packages left at doors to test whether a home is occupied, and unfamiliar vehicles or people repeatedly passing by a residence.
A Palo Alto group that buys land to prevent it from being developed has purchased 2,284 acres of Sargent Ranch south of Gilroy on the west side of Highway 101.
The land once belonged to the Amah Mutsun tribe, which calls the Sargent Ranch area “Juristac,” or the “Place of the Big Head.”
The Peninsula Open Space Trust, based in Palo Alto, paid $23 million for the land.
The trust will be working with the
Santa Clara County Parks Department, which will help provide public access to the property.
“Sargent Ranch is a rare ecological and cultural treasure. Its location right at the southern tip of the Santa Cruz Mountains makes it a vitally important landscape that connects the San Francisco Peninsula to the rest of California,” said Gordon Clark, president of the trust. “This connectivity is critical to the environmental health of our entire region.”
As drivers turn to electric vehicles, which don’t have to pay gas taxes, the state is exploring the idea of a tax based on miles driven.
The state Assembly has passed AB1421 that calls for a study to determine how to impose a per-mile tax. The bill was approved by the Assembly on Thursday in a 49-21 vote, with Menlo Park’s Marc Berman and San Mateo’s Diane Papan both voting yes.
Double taxation
Republicans are worried that the mileage tax would go into effect while people still have to pay the 59-centsper-gallon gasoline tax, resulting in
double taxation. Republicans offered amendments to prohibit local governments from charging drivers for every mile they travel. Assembly Democrats rejected the amendments, making it clear they intend to impose the tax increase.
“Californians are already getting crushed by the cost of food, housing, power, and gas,” said Assembly Republican Leader Heath Flora.
“We already pay the highest gas taxes in the nation. Now Sacramento is talking about adding a new tax for every mile people drive. Piling on another tax right now shows just how out of touch politicians in Sacramento are
with the reality working families face,” Flora said.
Caltrans officials launched a pilot program in August 2024 to test the road charge system. It concluded in January. The results of the program are expected to be released later this year.
Gas tax revenue decreasing Motor fuel taxes are the largest source of transportation revenue for states, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers’ most recent report on state expenditures. But the money they bring in has fallen: Gas taxes raised 41% of transportation revenue in fiscal year 2016, compared
with roughly 36% in fiscal year 2024, the group found. In California, where zero-emission vehicles accounted for about a quarter of car sales last year, legislative analysts predict gas tax collections will decrease by $5 billion — or 64% — by 2035, in a scenario where the state successfully meets its climate goals. California’s goal is for all new passenger cars to have zero emissions by 2035. The downward revenue trend is already playing out in Pennsylvania, where gas tax revenues dropped an estimated $250 million last year compared with 2019, according to the state’s independent fiscal office.
shutdown of unessential government agencies will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in immigration enforcement operations.
HOUSE VOTE ON CLINTONS: The House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on whether to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt over their refusal to testify about their relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according Politico.
CONGRESSWOMAN SPRAYED: The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a man accused of spraying a liquid on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a town hall meeting. The FBI says Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, sprayed a mixture of “water and apple cider vinegar” at the Congresswoman.
CHAIN-REACTION CRASH: A massive chain-reaction crash involving as many as 150 vehicles shut down both directions of Highway 99 in Central California on Saturday morning, trapping drivers in near-zero visibility and sending at least 10 people to hospitals as dense tule fog once again smothered the San Joaquin Valley.
KINDNESS OFFICER: The National Football League has named YouTube creator Dhar Mann as its first “Chief Kindness Officer” to help promote sportsmanship, empathy and positivity among fans online. The league says that Mann will be releasing videos on his and the NFL’s YouTube channels.
DEMOND WILSON, the actor who starred as Lamont, a young man in constant comic battle with his junk-dealer father on “Sanford and Son,” has died at his home in the Coachella Valley area of prostate cancer. He was 79.
Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office:
Jan. 7
Daniel Samuel, 71, of Sunnyvale
Jan. 6
Abderrahman Awadalla, 89, of Sunnyvale
Nader Tawakol-Khodai, 93, of Los Altos
Jan. 5
Thomas Shih, 83, of Sunnyvale
Jan. 3
William Printz, 89, of Sunnyvale
Darryl Olivier, 62, of Palo Alto
Jan. 2
Sue Kepney, 95, of Palo Alto
Kenneth Kepney, 67, of East Palo Alto
James Slockblower Jr., 79, of Sunnyvale
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Debora Ortiz, 68, of Palo Alto
Young Kim, 87, of Los Altos
Evangeline Saavedra, 104, of Los Altos
Dec. 30
Chun-Chih Wang, 98, of Sunnyvale
Dec. 29
Patricia Cutkosky, 94, of Los Altos
Dec. 28
Alec Narkizian, 26, of San Carlos Micahel Martin, 79, of Palo Alto
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View:
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Navishka Aagna Bala, a girl
Joey Quinn Dang, a girl
Alara Gordon Tan, a girl
Hunter Conner Hervey, a boy
Kylo James Mercado Apodaca, a boy
Kaia Lam Molina, a girl
Leila Mathur Muwanes, a girl
Ovidio Ronin Navarro Tran, a boy
Liam Van Nguyen, a boy
Keeran Mai Sivakumar, a boy
Nathaniel Watson Sundberg, a boy
Chenchen Xie, a boy
Sena Xie, a girl
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Zoey Quinn Chau, a girl
Gabriel Agustin Falcon Alnehill, a boy
Elijah Paul Kitzan, a boy
Advik Mittal, a boy
Noren Ermias Tessema, a boy
Prisha Aashvi Yadav, a girl
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Maximilian Ellis Hajek, a boy
Chase Zhuiye Hu, a boy
Malachi Jacob, a boy
Malorie Lara, a girl
Noah Alexander Lopez, a boy
Joshua Montiel, a boy
Adhrit Saurabh Pattarkine, a boy
Howie Quy Pham, a boy
Linfeng Ruan, a boy
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Applause all around for Menlo Park’s City Council, which has committed $62 million toward the construction of a state-of-theart homeless shelter.
I’m normally a person who is skeptical of government, but I’ve got to admit that this is too good to be true.
The new shelter will run under the Caltrain tracks at Middle Avenue. It would connect Alma Street and El Camino
Dear Editor: My wife and I saw “Yoga Play” by the Los Altos Stage Company on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 25. I recommend that everyone make time to see it.
The acting was excellent, especially Kristin Walter as the lead character Joan. All of the actors felt very natural in their roles — that they weren’t acting but actually those characters. The dialogue was also quite natural — snappy and very much what one would expect in an office setting.
The story line was fun, often amusing with a few laugh-out-loud moments, but realistically touching as well. The staging was pleasant and engaging — simple, clean lines, with two ball chairs that one might find in any Silicon Val-
Real, allowing for maximum convenience.
City Council on Tuesday decided to spend $7.4 million to get the project started.
The shelter was originally envisioned as a tunnel under the Caltrain tracks to connect two neighborhoods for bicyclists and pedestrians. But seeing how homeless people always set up tents in and adjacent to such tunnels, the purpose of this $62 million project has changed.
Once the homeless move in, the police won’t do anything about it.
They don’t want activists accusing them of … well … fill in the blank with this week’s label.
Safety-conscious people don’t want to walk through such a tunnel, so this will be a permanent home for the homeless.
One bright spot is that the homeless are sporting new tents these days. Not sure who has been supplying these tents, but they’ve become a fixture at encampments throughout the state. I’m sure we’ll see these snazzy new tents here, too.
You might think it’s crazy that the
ley startup, and with (fake) plants and candles that supported the play’s yoga theme.
The play runs through Feb. 15 at the cozy Bus Barn Theater in the Los Altos Civic Center complex. For more information and tickets, visit www.losaltosstage.org.
Mike Forster Palo Alto
Dear Editor: In his letter “An unproven belief” printed last Monday, Zinovy Fichtenholz fundamentally misrepresents how science works. He says “direct experiments to test any theory are fundamental for science” and concludes that, because “nobody is able to conduct any experi-
ments” to provide “proof that burning fossil fuels affects the global climate,” the concept of human-caused climate change is just “like any religion or dogma.”
First, it is untrue that direct experimentation is the only path to scientific knowledge. Were that the case, we could make no claims about anything on a planetary scale, because experiments are impossible. Yet I doubt Fichtenholz would deny that the moon causes tides, or that solar activity causes auroras.
We build rigorous understanding by observing nature as it is, and we bolster that understanding with simulation models of the underlying processes.
Second, it is untrue that the relation-
city is going to spend $62 million on this shelter/tunnel, but the rest of the city is in great shape these days. The city has built all of the affordable housing necessary, the streets are free of potholes, the sidewalks are well repaired, retailers have more customers than they can imagine, and city employees are receiving pay way beyond their peers in other communities. So, sure, let’s splurge and build this homeless shelter.
Editor Dave Price’s column appears on Mondays.
ship between fossil fuel burning and climate lacks experimental evidence.
Experiments on the stoichiometry and isotopic composition of fossil fuels have been done for decades, as have experiments on the absorption spectra of CO2, CH4, and other greenhouse gases. These lab experiments align decisively with the changes we are observing in the climate system.
Third, Fichtenholz misuses the word “proof.” Proof is an impossible standard; instead, scientists speak of “evidence.” The overwhelming weight of all lines of evidence — observation, experimentation, and modeling — shows a crystal-clear human impact on climate. To pretend otherwise is not science but dogma.
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BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
San Carlos doesn’t often make the news for crimes in the City of Good Living. But after two incidents landed the town in the headlines within three weeks of each other, the council wants to improve its communication with the sheriff’s office, which provides police to the town.
Mayor Pranita Venkatesh said on Monday she’d like more information about how the sheriff’s office tells council members about incidents in town. Venkatesh said she’s seen information on social media about crimes before council is told.
Venkatesh didn’t talk about the two headline-grabbing incidents, but on Dec. 23, Brian Weisl, 33, of South San Francisco, allegedly beat up a Good Samaritan who stood up for a stranger Weisl was harassing at the San Carlos Caltrain station.
The second incident was on Jan. 9, when a man with a gun forced him-
self into a home on the 1400 block of Greenwood Ave., demanded money and valuables before fleeing on a bicycle. The sheriff’s office has not arrested anyone in that case.
Better relationship sought
Vice Mayor Adam Rak suggested picking two council members to work on building a relationship with the sheriff’s office after Mark Myers was promoted to assistant sheriff on Jan. 16. Myers, who has worked for the sheriff’s office since 2005, will now oversee patrol and investigations for cities that contract police services from the sheriff’s office, including San Carlos. Myers, who had held the rank of captain, has been the police chief in San Carlos since 2023.
The sheriff’s office has a bureau in San Carlos overseen by a captain, one sergeant and three deputies on ev-
ery shift, according to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker. The bureau also has a sergeant, two detectives, two motorcycle deputies and a community service officer serving downtown, Spiker said.
In 2010, the council at the time decided to contract the county’s sheriff’s office to save money because of a $3.2 million budget deficit the city faced.
“I feel like we don’t have a great connection between the council and the community and the sheriff’s department,” Rak said. “I think it’d be good for the community to have that better connection with our law enforcement in town.”
Councilman Neil Layton said he was concerned the council members would tell the sheriff’s office how to operate and change the city’s $1 million con-
tract. Rak said the city should have a say in the contracts based on what will be in the best interest of the community.
“We are the biggest contract that they have,” Rak said. “Why shouldn’t we have some skin in the game and…at least advocate for what we want.”
Councilman John Dugan supported the idea and said he hears once a month, a resident is still talking about how the city doesn’t have a police department. Dugan said he wants to assure people that it was and still is a good decision for the community to disband its police force and outsource it to the sheriff.
“San Carlos needs to have their own police force here patrolling. They drive on the main streets and that’s it. Having a police force would really be helpful,” resident Janet James told the Post after the home invasion robbery.
Venkatesh said the subcommittee will be an opportunity to form a relationship with new Sheriff Ken Binder, who was appointed by the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 12.
BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
East Palo Alto City Council tomorrow will consider whether to move forward with a controversial law to create parking permit zones in the neighborhood and limit the number of permits each household can buy.
The city is proposing creating these zones in neighborhoods with on-street parking that are at least 75% full during peak hours. Residents could get one permit for free, but then pay if they want more permits. The enforcement hours haven’t been decided yet, although it could be during business hours on weekdays or at night from midnight to 5 a.m.
If the ordinance is approved tomorrow, city employees plan to conduct studies to determine how many permits a neighborhood would get and how much they would cost.
A citywide parking study will also be done to define potential zones, assess parking occupancy and recommend enforcement hours. Once the details are
finalized, employees will present the full program details to council for approval and future implementation.
The program has faced fierce pushback from residents who say it will be costly and restrict their right to park on the street. A petition was started by resident Ravneel Chaudhary in opposition to permit parking.
It seemed like a high-profile opportunity to lead an influential environmental group’s ambitious new push for green energy financing.
And so, in May 2023, Pedro da Silva joined the Sierra Club Foundation, the charitable arm for the nonprofit started by naturalist John Muir. A former investment management professional, da Silva directed its “Shifting Trillions” program that aimed to move major banks’ investments away from the fossil fuel industry and towards climate solutions.
The effort emerged as George Floyd’s death prompted the Sierra Club to place newfound emphasis on environmental justice.
But da Silva says the foundation’s commitments to racial justice did not extend internally. In a wrongful termination suit filed Thursday in California, the 29-year-old former employee alleges that normal workplace interactions got twisted into an unfair harassment complaint that leaned on racist stereotypes about predatory Black men.
Retaliation claimed
He took the firing as a form of retaliation to the dissatisfaction he repeat-
edly expressed with the organization’s discrimination and lack of diversity.
Diversity statement doubted “That’s what hurts movements so much,” da Silva told the Associated Press. “Especially organizations like these, they publish these statements about diversity being a strength and then they make it impossible for diverse leaders to survive.”
Ben Jealous, the Sierra Club’s first Black leader, was ousted last August after staff accusations of harassment and bullying — a move Jealous considers “racial retaliation.” Jealous and da Silva are represented by the same civil rights and employment firm: Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP.
A Sierra Club Foundation representative said his claims “were not the cause of his termination, are antithetical to our values and policies and are completely without merit,” the representative said.
For da Silva, the experience illustrates what he sees as a pattern at progressive nonprofits. They hired highly qualified leaders of color when liberal donors wanted to see racial justice following 2020 but failed to support them.
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“The Nairobi Movement: A Unique Period in the History of East Palo Alto,” is the title of a panel discussion set for Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m. at the San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway in Redwood City.
As part of the Courthouse Docket series, Frank J. Omowale Satterwhite, Vulindlela I. Wobogo, and Juanita Croft will discuss their experience.
The Nairobi Movement was a political, social, and cultural renaissance period in East Palo Alto between 1960 and 1980. It was a time when Black residents organized and took political action to gain community control of government, education, health, social and cultural institutions in the community.
Speakers were part of movement
All three speakers were a part of the Nairobi Movement and are co-founding board members of the Nairobi East Palo Alto Advocates. Omowale Satter-
white, a resident of East Palo Alto for 53 years, was the lead campaigner for the incorporation of the city of East Palo Alto, serving on the city’s first council, and now the chair of the East Palo Alto Community Archives.
Wobogo, a resident of East Palo Alto since 1968, was an educator of Black studies, science, and math for over 30 years, is a published author, and is the Father of East Palo Alto Kwanzaa.
Croft, a 70-year resident of the Belle Haven neighborhood, was both a student and teacher at Nairobi College, had a successful career in education technology and the arts, and was a founding board member of the Belle Haven Community Development Fund.
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The family of Antonio Mays Jr., 16, filed a lawsuit alleging his death was the result of unsafe conditions in the CHOP Zone, which the city of Seattle had known about for weeks by the time he was killed in late June 2020.
Teen was ‘lured’
The lawsuit alleged Mays had been “lured” into the CHOP zone by a statement from city officials who supported the CHOP zone during the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
According to the lawsuit, Mays and
his friend Robert West were driving around Cal Anderson Park in a stolen Jeep when they were shot by civilian guards who were acting as CHOP security.
Mays later died at a hospital.
Dead youth praised
During a press conference Thursday, Antonio Mays Jr.’s father said his son was a hard worker and kind-hearted.
As a single father, he had raised his son to be a young, proud Black man: “He was proud to be Black; a lot of people don’t realize what it’s like to be Black in America.”
During the same press conference, lead trial attorney Evan M. Oshan said the city had yet to apologize to the Mays family.
Times shown are when a report was made to police. Information is from police department logs. All of the people named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.
JAN. 21
1:16 a.m. — Diondre Lavon Cynical Cobb, 40, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, Civic Center.
TUESDAY
12:53 a.m. — Bryan Alexis Delacruz Silva, 29, of Redwood City, arrested for drug possession, E. Charleston and San Antonio roads.
2:08 a.m. — Dwayne Anthony Lubin, 51, of Mountain View, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 600 block of E. Meadow Drive.
3:08 a.m. — Cindy Richardson Toledo, 55, of Menlo Park, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 300 block of Homer Ave.
9:43 p.m. — Parts and/or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 400 block of Bryant St.
10:10 p.m. — James Blain Carrasco, 39, transient, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, University Ave. and Florence St.
WEDNESDAY
8:36 a.m. — Petty theft from a vehicle, 500 block of High St.
1:03 p.m. — Josue David Montes Aguilar, 30, of East Palo Alto, arrested on a warrant, Emerson St. and Homer Ave.
FRIDAY
12:23 a.m. — Burglary, 1000 block of Atkinson Lane.
1:53 a.m. — Regina Darnall, 37, of Hayward, arrested on a warrant, 800 block of Willow Road.
8:25 a.m. — Assault, 200 block of Durham St.
3:27 p.m. — Josue David Montes Aguilar, 30, of East Palo Alto, arrested for shoplifting, being under the influence of drugs and on a warrant, 500 block of El Camino.
5 p.m. — Auto burglary, 600 block of Santa Cruz Ave.
7:27 p.m. — Battery, 200 block of Van Buren Road.
8:19 p.m. — Burglary, 1800 block of Doris Drive.
SATURDAY
8:43 a.m. — Ruth Hazel Areta, 42, of Vallejo, cited on a warrant, 300 block of Sharon Park Drive.
7:16 p.m. — Assault, 500 block of Glenwood Ave.
8:27 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, 1300 block of Willow Road.
JAN. 22
11:40 a.m. — Auto burglary, 200 block of Galvez St.
2:14 p.m. — Janet Parks Swanson, 66, arrested on a warrant, Abrams Court.
JAN. 23
9:58 a.m. — Bicycle stolen, 700 block of Dolores St.
2:37 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 500 block of Arguello Way.
JAN. 24
1:48 a.m. — Vandalism, 300 block of Campus Drive.
2:59 a.m. — Vandalism, 300 block of Oak Road.
9:57 a.m. — Parts and/or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 700 block of Campus Drive.
2:50 p.m. — Shalom Herrera Fernandez, 28, arrested for child abuse, Running Farm Lane.
DEC. 14
2:37 a.m. — Saul Gonzalez, 23, of San Jose, cited for DUI, Shoreline Blvd. and El Camino.
3:15 a.m. — Yunuen Nunez, 41, of San Leandro, cited for DUI, Moffett Blvd. and Central Expressway.
DEC. 16
11:44 a.m. — Chalysse Martinez, 26, of San Jose, cited for DUI, 1100 block of N. Rengstorff Ave.
DEC. 17
8:27 a.m. — Christina Johnson, 28, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 600 block of San Antonio Road.
6:33 p.m. — Efrain Zaqueros, 26, of San Jose, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, El Camino and Phyllis Ave.
DEC. 18
6:20 p.m. — Eldar Tailov, 30, of Mountain View, cited for reckless driving, Church and Franklin streets.
DEC. 19
1:03 a.m. — Michael Lugea, 64, transient, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 500 block of N. Rengstorff Ave.
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10:42 a.m. — Christina Johnson, 28, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 2100 block of Showers Drive.
DEC. 20
2:11 a.m. — Gustavo Garcia, 28, of Hayward, cited for DUI, Villa and Franklin streets.
4:06 a.m. — Chevelle Minter, 62, transient, cited on a warrant, 700 block of Mercy St.
10:41 p.m. — Maura Lemus Mayen, 48, of Mountain View, cited for DUI, El Camino and Shoreline Blvd.
DEC. 21
3:35 a.m. — Lawrence Redican, 59, of Mountain View, cited for driving under the influence of both alcohol and drugs, El Camino and Crestview Ave.
DEC. 22
4:56 p.m. — Victor Dominguez, 30, transient, cited for driving without a license and possession of drug paraphernalia, 900 block of Commercial St.
DEC. 25
4:50 p.m. — Richard Bebee, 54,
of Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, San Antonio Road and California St.
DEC. 26
11:05 p.m. — Anja Mertens, 33, of Mountain View, cited for DUI, Central Expressway and Farley St.
DEC. 27
1:17 a.m. — Ana Sepulveda Preciado, 37, of San Jose, cited for DUI, Independence Ave. and Wyandotte St.
11:20 p.m. — Mariluz Sanches Jose, 21, of Sunnyvale, cited for DUI and driving without a license, Villa and Franklin streets.
DEC. 28
4:16 a.m. — Francisco Romero Maya, 38, of San Mateo, cited for DUI, Miramonte Ave. and Madison Drive.
11:40 p.m. — Julio Siquiej, 48, of Sunnyvale, and Oscar Oliva Garcia, 24, of Sunnyvale, both cited for narcotics possession, El Camino and Sylvan Ave.
DEC. 29
3:50 p.m. — David Dunbar, 69, transient, cited for theft, Leghorn St. and San Antonio Road.
DEC. 31
3:20 p.m. — Victor Garcia Hernandez, 33, of Mountain View, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, California St. and Ortega Ave.
WEDNESDAY
8:07 a.m. — Theft, 200 block of Merritt Road.
FRIDAY
7:49 p.m. — Home burglary, 100 block of Encinal Ave.
SATURDAY
12:02 p.m. — Diego Portillo,
JAN. 25
12:33 a.m. — Francisco Cilia Dominguez, 33, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Bay Road and Kaynyne St.
12:47 a.m. — Juan Jose Cortez Cortez, 46, of unincorporated San Mateo County, arrested for public drunkenness, First Ave. and Middlefield Road.
JAN. 26
12:55 a.m. — Bryan Alexander Juarez Ramos, 34, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and for theft of someone else’s lost property, Bay Road and Warrington Ave.
2:59 a.m. — Diego Alejandro Pedrazas Vega, 38, of Redwood City,
arrested for DUI, 12th Ave. and Spring St.
9:55 p.m. — Julia Ramirez Munoz, 23, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Sixth Ave. and Middlefield Road. Incident handled by Atherton police.
TUESDAY
3:26 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 200 block of Fifth Ave.
1:32 p.m. — Sergio Rios Giron, 68, arrested for domestic violence, 2700 block of Blenheim Ave.
WEDNESDAY
12:25 a.m. — Diego Caamal, 52, cited on a warrant, Charter and Stambaugh streets. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
11:03 a.m. — Carrie Layne Carper, 66, of Redwood City, arrested for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.
11:14 a.m. — Student says that during a fight earlier at school, another student threw a soda can at him, which gave him a cut on his lip that required stitches. Location not disclosed.
1:30 p.m. — Josue Rangel Timoteo, 19, arrested for possession of child pornography, contacting a minor and arranging to meet for sexual purposes and violation of a court order, 400 County Center. Arrest made
by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
5:02 p.m. — Auto burglary, Maple St.
5:09 p.m. — Auto burglary, Main St.
7:51 p.m. — Three people fighting, Main St.
8:30 p.m. — Jesus Sanchez Mendez, 55, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, El Camino and Center St.
THURSDAY
7:50 a.m. — Manager of a business says a man put feces on multiple outside windows, Main St.
9:44 a.m. — Three-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Whipple Ave.
10 a.m. — Rock thrown through a window, Middlefield Road.
10:17 a.m. — Burglary at a business, Woodside Road. Money and other items stolen from a safe.
10:49 a.m. — Monique Renee Bennett, 34, arrested for auto burglary and on a warrant, Redwood City Caltrain Station.
11:03 a.m. — Three-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Broadway.
4:15 p.m. — Auto burglary, Broadway.
4:30 p.m. — Auto burglary, Eighth Ave.
4:49 p.m. — Anthony Lee Necker, 55, arrested for
shoplifting, 2400 block of El Camino.
4:52 p.m. — Auto burglary, Florence St.
6:10 p.m. — Two vehicles broken into, Broadway.
6:30 p.m. — Driver accidentally steps on the gas pedal instead of the brake and hits three vehicles in a parking lot, El Camino.
7:08 p.m. — Auto burglary, Broadway.
7:49 p.m. — Wallet and other items stolen from an unlocked Jeep, Chestnut St.
8:59 p.m. — Auto burglary, Broadway.
9:19 p.m. — Guadalupe Gallegos, 44, cited on a warrant, Woodside Road and Blomquist St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
9:59 p.m. — Three drunken men in a Toyota Tacoma expose themselves to a passing woman, El Camino.
FRIDAY
8:35 a.m. — Truck hits a traffic light and keeps driving, Sixth and Ralston avenues.
9:26 p.m. — Theft, El Camino.
SATURDAY
6:18 a.m. — Darren Harold Stuart, 65, cited for possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, 600 block of Ralston Ave.
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transactions: PALO ALTO
409 Spruce Lane, 94306, 3 bedrooms, 2873 square feet, built in 2007, Michelle Teofan to Conan Chiang for $3,598,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $1,840,000, 0306-14)
3482 Kenneth Drive, 94303, 5 bedrooms, 1908 square feet, built in 1957, Mindspeed Holdings LLC to Joyce Sohn for $4,000,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $2,455,000, 02-14-17)
1025 Lincoln Ave., 94301, 4 bedrooms, 4660 square feet, built in 1936, Robot Adjacent LLC to Caldwell Trust for $17,500,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $16,750,000, 07-14-23)
MENLO PARK
1360 Trinity Drive, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 2270 square feet, built in 1986, Critzer Family Trust to Venus Ventures LLC for $2,020,000, closed Dec. 28 (last sale: $910,000, 12-22-98)
65 Yale Road, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1360 square feet, built in 1936, Irby Trust to Smith Trust for $2,100,000, closed Dec. 27
320 Barton Way, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1528 square feet, built in 1947, Nicole Singer to Wei and Ya Wang for $3,500,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $1,080,000, 10-22-10)
430 Gilbert Ave., 94025, 5 bedrooms, 1890 square feet, built in 1955, Boxwood Homes LP to Ying and Ter-
rence Jao for $3,600,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $2,400,000, 07-01-25)
89 Tallwood Court, 94027, 6 bedrooms, 7074 square feet, built in 2024, H&M Investments LLC to Nadire and Koray Kavukcuoglu for $23,500,000, closed Dec. 27 (last sale: $4,200,000, 04-06-15)
12008 Emerald Hill Lane, 94022, 4 bedrooms, 4909 square feet, built in 1998, Bechmann Trust to Tae and Eunhei Jang for $6,540,000, closed Dec. 29
846 Portola Road, 94028, 3 bedrooms, 1086 square feet, built in 2025, Sereda Development Group LLC to Ken Van Tilburg for $3,460,000, closed Dec. 27 (last sale: $1,325,000, 01-03-22)
76 Vista Verde Way, 94028, 4 bedrooms, 3390 square feet, built in 1967, Lin Trust to Bolivar Family Trust for $4,000,000, closed Dec. 29
24 Pelican Lane, 94065, 1 bedroom, 1170 square feet, built in 1985, Crusick Trust to Antonio and Adenine Cembellin-Kao for $764,000, closed Dec. 25 (last sale: $860,000, 07-17-18)
516 Cleveland St., 94062, 3 bedrooms, 1010 square feet, built in 1939, Jr and Melissa Tosetti to Nauzley and Sobhan Parizi for
$1,325,000, closed Dec. 28 (last sale: $220,000, 05-07-99)
152 Atherwood Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1140 square feet, built in 1950, Breslow Enterprises LLC to Fang and Jun Yao for $1,730,000, closed Dec. 26 (last sale: $1,712,000, 06-17-25)
3451 Oak Knoll Drive, 94062, 3 bedrooms, 1308 square feet, built in 1936, Cobb Family Trust to Jamianne Bright for $1,950,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $460,000, 10-31-03)
1047 Cherry St., 94070, 2 bedrooms, 900 square feet, built in 1939, 1047 Cherry Street Trust to Rui and Fei Ma for $1,530,000, closed Dec. 27 (last sale: $820,000, 04-08-16)
1708 Mills Ave., 94002, 2 bedrooms, 1550 square feet, built in 1976, Derek Christian to Xinyue and Fan Wu for $1,900,000, closed Dec. 26 (last sale: $900,000, 06-11-13)
19 Loma Vista Lane, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 1890 square feet, built in 2003, Fox Trust to Hannah and Bhuvadej Meesamanyont for $2,058,000, closed Dec. 25 (last sale: $830,000, 03-04-03)
2728 Sequoia Way, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 3250 square feet, built in 1979, Walters-Brandenburg Family Trust to Wimmer Family Trust for $3,325,000, closed Dec. 28 (last sale: $505,000, 11-01-88)
federal agencies from accessing the city’s Flock data.
In a press release issued late Friday, the city acknowledged that its system was accessed by:
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives offices in Kentucky and Tennessee, which investigate crimes related to guns, explosives, arson and the illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco;
• the inspector general’s office of the U.S.. General Services Administration, which manages federal buildings, procurement, and property;
• Air Force bases in Langley, Va., and in Ohio;
• and the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada.
The city said the agencies accessed data August to November 2024 without the police department’s permission or knowledge.
Equipment set incorrectly
The city said the data hadn’t been accessed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which was the fear of residents in 2024 when the Flock system was approved.
The city said the federal agencies accessed Mountain View’s information because a setting on the Flock equipment had been set incorrectly. The city blamed Flock.
But Flock spokeswoman Holly Beilin said the settings “are always under the control of the agency.”
“We are proud of the positive impact Mountain View PD has made with our technology and we hope to resolve the concerns of the Police Department directly with them,” Beilin said in an email to the Post.
Council will review breach
The issue will go to the city council. According to the press release, city
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
“We are proud of the positive impact Mountain View PD has made with our technology and we hope to resolve the concerns of the Police Department directly with them.”
Flock spokeswoman Holly Beilin
employees are seeing if there are other companies besides Flock that “offer similar capabilities and a stronger track record of data protection, oversight, and transparency.”
Other cities with Flock cameras include Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Los Altos, Belmont, Burlingame, San Mateo, Woodside and Campbell.
The San Mateo County Sheriff and Santa Clara County Sheriff also have Flock cameras.
The cities and sheriff’s offices pay to use Flock cameras. Mountain View City Council approved a contract with Flock to install 24 automatic license plate reader cameras, with an estimated cost of $96,800 for the first year and approximately $80,000 to $90,000 annually thereafter.
with a federally-mandated plan that calls for creating a new terminal at SFO with up to 13 passenger gates, parking and rental car facilities, among other expansions.
But Palo Alto officials believe airport officials did not do a thorough review of the environmental impact the expansion will have on the surrounding area, specifically on how the noise and
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, Mountain View Civic Center, 500 Castro Street, at which time all interested parties may be heard regarding the following project: PROPOSED PROJECT
LOCATION: 922-950 San Leandro Avenue, APNs:153-18-026 & 153-18-031
APPLICANT: Kian Malek for City Ventures
APPLICATION NO: PL-6773
HEARING DATE: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Request for a General Plan Map Amendment from General Industrial to Medium-Density Residential, a Zoning Map Amendment from the MM (General Industrial) Zoning District to the R3-1.5 (Medium-Density Residential) Zoning District, a Planned Unit Development Permit and Development Review Permit to construct a 38-unit rowhouse development, utilizing state Density Bonus Law, replacing a multi-tenant industrial building, two single-family homes and related site improvements, a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove five (5) Heritage trees, and a Vesting Tentative Map for condominium purposes with one common lot on a 1.69-acre site. An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for the project pursuant to Sections 15064(f)(3) and 15070 et seq. of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines. This project is located on the west side of San Leandro Avenue, between San Pablo Drive and Terra Bella Avenue in the MM (General Industrial) Zoning District. If you have comments or questions about this project, please contact the project planner, Edgar Maravilla at (650) 903-6306 or at edgar.maravilla@mountainview.gov. This meeting will be broadcast live at mountainview.legistar.com, on YouTube at MountainView.gov/YouTube, and on Comcast Channel 26. Members of the public wishing to provide comments to the EPC may: 1) send an email to epc@ mountainview.gov 2) join the Zoom Webinar online at mountainview.gov/meeting or call 669-900-9128 and enter Webinar ID 853 0070 5240; or 3) attend the meeting in person in the Council Chambers, Second Floor at 500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. Please consult the meeting agenda, which will be available for review the Friday before the meeting at mountainview.legistar.com. Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Please check the final published agenda online at the web address listed above or view the posted agenda located outside the front door of City Hall at 500 Castro Street to verify the meeting date, times, location, and agenda items. To arrange an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for this hearing, please call (650) 903-6306.
air pollution from more planes will impact nearby residents, Jarvis writes in a Jan. 23 letter. An environmental review report is required in order for the plans to be approved.
The city submitted an appeal in December to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
In response to the appeal, Lisa Gibson, Environmental Review Officer for San Francisco, said the city’s initial environmental review report complies with federal requirements and provides an “adequate, accurate and objective analysis of the potential impacts of the proposed project,” Gibson writes in a Jan. 26 letter.
For years, groups called the Concerned Residents of Palo Alto have raised issues with airport-related noise and pollution. Additional SFO growth will “no doubt” further intensify aircraft noise impacts over Palo Alto, write co-founders Marie-Jo Fremont and Darlene Yaplee in a statement supporting the appeal.
Three arrival routes for SFO converge over Palo Alto. And federal rules limit plane speed and flying in low altitude impacts how many, how often, and how loudly aircraft can fly over the city.
ters most to them” Supervisor Noelia Corzo said in a statement. “We encourage people to share their perspectives by completing the survey.”
The sales tax increase would bring the tax rate above 10% in most San Mateo County cities, including Belmont, East Palo Alto and Redwood City.
The lowest tax rate would be 9.875% in cities such as San Carlos, Atherton and Menlo Park.
At the same time, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is pursuing another half-cent sales tax to bail out
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, Mountain View Civic Center, 500 Castro Street, at which time all interested parties may be heard regarding the following project: 2023-2031 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT AND 2030 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
The EPC will review the 2025 Annual Progress Reports (APRs) for the 2030 General Plan and 2023-2031 Housing Element. The General Plan APR includes updates on the implementation of General Plan action items. The Housing Element APR includes information about housing production and progress on the implementation of Housing Element programs. The EPC will make recommendations to the City Council on whether to accept the reports. Review of the annual reports is statutorily exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only applies to actions that have the potential to cause a significant impact on the environment.
If you have comments or questions about this project, please contact the project planner, Krisha Penollar at (650) 903-6306 or at krisha.penollar@ mountainview.gov.
This meeting will be broadcast live at mountainview.legistar.com, on YouTube at MountainView.gov/YouTube, and on Comcast Channel 26. Members of the public wishing to provide comments to the EPC may: 1) send an email to epc@ mountainview.gov 2) join the Zoom Webinar online at mountainview.gov/meeting or call 669-900-9128 and enter Webinar ID 853 0070 5240; or 3) attend the meeting in person in the Council Chambers, Second Floor at 500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. Please consult the meeting agenda, which will be available for review the Friday before the meeting at mountainview.legistar.com. Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Please check the final published agenda online at the web address listed above or view the posted agenda located outside the front door of City Hall at 500 Castro Street to verify the meeting date, times, location,
Bay Area transit agencies like Caltrain and BART.
Poll tested arguments on voters
The poll on childcare offers several arguments for and against a new tax.
For example, “People who have children should take care of them and not expect others to pay their bills” is one argument against.
Other arguments against the tax refer to the increased cost of living, already high taxes and creating another wasteful countywide bureaucracy.
One argument for the tax is that an inefficient childcare system has resulted in San Mateo County losing $775 million in economic productivity.
“Families are trapped in a system where long wait lists, unaffordable costs and a severe shortage of care options have become the norm,” the poll’s script says.
A 22-year-old woman who identified as a boy in her teen years won a $2 million decision in a landmark lawsuit against New York doctors accused of pushing a double mastectomy on her when she was a minor as part of a sex change.
Fox Varian, now 22, had the surgery when she was 16-years-old — getting approval from a psychologist and a surgeon — both of whom a jury found liable of medical malpractice on Friday in Westchester County, N.Y.
Lawyers for Varian pointed the finger at psychologist Kenneth Einhorn, saying he “drove the train” and was “putting the idea in Fox’s head” that she needed to change her gender with surgery.
Varian’s mother, Claire Deacon, testified that she was against the surgery, but consented to it out of fear her daughter would commit suicide.
‘We’re
BY COLIN LECHER CalMatters
The Meta researcher’s tone was alarmed.
“Oh my gosh yall IG is a drug,” the user experience specialist allegedly wrote to a colleague, referring to the social media platform Instagram. “We’re basically pushers ... We are causing Reward Deficit Disorder bc people are binging on IG so much they can’t feel reward anymore.”
The researcher concluded that users’ addiction was “biological and psychological” and that company management was keen to exploit the dynamic. “The top down directives drive it all towards making sure people keep coming back for more,” the researcher added.
The conversation was included recently as part of a long-simmering lawsuit in a California-based federal court. Condensing complaints from hundreds of school districts and state attorneys general, including California’s, the suit alleges that social media companies knew about risks to children and teens but pushed ahead with marketing their products to them, putting profits above kids’ mental health.
Internal conversations
The suit, and a similar one filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, targets Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Snap. The cases are exposing embarrassing internal conversations and findings at the companies, particularly Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, further tarnishing their brands in
SOCIAL MEDIA — People, school districts and states suing tech companies say their platform designs and marketing hooked kids on social media. A child takes photos and videos to upload to Instagram during a community event in San Francisco on Feb. 22, 2024. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters.
the public eye. They are also testing a particular vector of attack against the platforms, one that targets not so much alarming content as design and marketing decisions that accelerated harms. The upshot, some believe, could be new forms of regulation, including at the federal level.
Hiding it from parents
One document discussed during a hearing this week included a 2016 email from Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook’s live videos feature. In the email, the Meta chief wrote, “we’ll need to be very good about not notifying parents / teachers” about teens’ videos.
“If we tell teens’ parents about their live videos, that will probably ruin the product from the start,” he wrote, according to the email.
In slides summarizing internal tech company documents, released this week as part of the litigation, an internal YouTube discussion suggested that accounts from minors in violation of YouTube policies were actively on the platform for years, producing content an average of “938 days before detection — giving them plenty of time to create content and continue putting themselves and the platform at risk.”
A representative of Meta didn’t respond to requests for comment. A YouTube spokesman, Jose Castaneda, de-
scribed the slide released this week as “a cherry-picked view of a much larger safety framework” and said the company uses more than one tool to detect underage accounts, while taking action every time it finds an underage account.
In court, the companies have argued that they are making editorial decisions permitted by the First Amendment. That trial is set for June.
The state court litigation moved into jury selection this week, increasing the pressure on social media companies.
Social media companies, like other web-based services, receive protection from some legal claims under a part of federal law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gives legal immunity to website operators for potentially illegal content on their platforms.
Previn Warren, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the federal case. pointed to claims in the brief that Meta researchers found that 55% of Facebook users had “mild” problematic use of the platform, while 3.1% had “severe” problems.
Zuckerberg, according to the brief, pointed out that 3% of billions would still be millions of people.
But the brief claims the company published research noting only that “we estimate (as an upper bound) that 3.1% of Facebook users in the US experience problematic use.”
“That’s a lie,” Warren said.
In response to recent interest in the suits, Meta published a blog post this month arguing that the litigation “oversimplifies” the issue of youth mental health, and pointed to past instances where it has worked with parents and families with features to protect kids.
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New England Lobster Market & Eatery in Burlingame to pick up fresh, local Dungeness crab. They currently have stock sourced directly from Half Moon Bay fishermen, with market deals available now. You can choose from live, cooked, or whole cracked and cleaned crab. For added convenience, you can also order online for next-day delivery, available Tuesday through Saturday. For menus and more information, visit newenglandlobster.net or call (650) 443-1559. Shown in the photo is owner Marc Worrall.
13 YEARS OF TERUN. TERUN is proud to celebrate its 13th anniversary on Monday, Feb. 9th. They invite you to join them for an evening dedicated to tradition, community, and great pizza. The celebration begins with dinner at 5:00 p.m. and will feature live music by Mike Annuzzi & Friends throughout the evening. Please join them to enjoy the wine and flavors that have defined Terun over the last thirteen years. For reservations, please call (650) 600-8310 or email info@terunpizza.com.
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vibrant daily specials at their stunning rooftop patio. If you prefer to dine indoors, they have three private rooms available. Trellis is located at 1077 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. For more information, call 1 (650) 326-9028.
COZY, CLASSIC, FRENCH THE OLDFASHIONED WAY. Le Petit Bistro offers a dining experience that is classic yet timeless, guided by the exacting standards that owner and chef Jean-Michel Peuvrelle has maintained throughout his career. Now in his 37th year at the restaurant, Peuvrelle continues to prepare authentic, oldfashioned French cuisine – Tuesday through Saturday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. As a special offer, you will receive a complimentary glass of house wine with the purchase of an entree. Le Petit Bistro is located at 1405 West El Camino Real in Mountain View. Please call (650) 964-3321 to reserve your table.
AUTHENTIC HOMESTYLE TURKISH FOOD. ANATOLIAN Kitchen offers authentic homestyle Turkish cuisine on Palo Alto’s California Avenue. Owner Dino Tekdemir shares recipes from his mother and his native village of Diyarbakir, located in the Kurdish region of southeastern Turkey. While Tekdemir
also co-owns Barbayani Greek Taverna in Los Altos and Portola Bistro in Portola Valley, Anatolian
Kitchen was his first venture. The restaurant is open daily for lunch and dinner. For more information or to make a reservation, please visit anatoliankitchen. com. Shown in the photo is Tekdemir with co-owner Allen Isik.
SINCE 1973, CANYON INN HAS served as a neighborhood gathering spot for birthdays, events, team parties, or simply a great place for a burger and a beer. If you need a break from cooking, head over to 587 Canyon Road in Redwood City. The restaurant offers a great atmosphere, featuring vintage 49ers memorabilia that will take you back to your childhood. For more information, please call (650) 369-1646.
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