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Knight’s storybook Olympics Palo Alto native wins gold and gets engaged
on one knee with a heartwarming proposal to become engaged on the world stage to her girlfriend-turned-fiancee Brittany Bowe. Walking beside Knight as her coflag bearer was U.S. figure skater Evan Bates, whose silver medal podium finPalo Alto native Hilary Knight and ish in pairs figure skating alongside ice dancer Evan Bates carried the Stars Madison Shock caused a scoring conand Stripes into the arena last night troversy with many saying the judges for the closing ceremonies of the 2026 robbed America of the gold medal. Knight was captain of a women’s Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. hockey team that delivered an Olympic For Knight, it was a storybook Olymcomeback for the ages by beating Canpics. First, she was named a Team USA ada 2-1 in an overtime win for the gold women’s hockey captain, then she led medal. the American team to a gold medal win With her team trailing 1-0, American over Canada, and finally she got down captain Hilary Knight forced overtime by tipping in Laila Edwards’ shot with TEAM USA flagbearers Hilary Knight 2:04 remaining in regulation. and Evan Bates lead the American Megan Keller then scored 4:07 into athletes during the Olympics closing [See OLYMPICS, page 18] ceremony last night. AP photo.
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CARTEL ATTACKED: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico is warning Americans in Puerto Vallarta to stay indoors and avoid crowds as Mexican troops fight with the drug cartel Jalisco New Generation. Cars are burning in the streets and tourist flights are being cancelled. The military operation has killed the cartel’s leader, Nemesio Oseguera, also known as “El Mencho.” GUNMAN AT MAR-A-LAGO: A 21-year-old artist from North Carolina, who was reported missing by his mom, was shot dead early yesterday after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a gas can. Trump and [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
City may drop Flock cams
law enforcement services. The superOut of fear ICE may visors’ discussion comes despite the Mountain View City Council will get license-plate data fact that Los Altos Hills City Council voted on Jan. 15 to end the town’s discuss tomorrow whether to cancel BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
a contract with Flock Safety, an automated license plate reader company, after data from city cameras was accessed by federal and California agencies without permission. Also tomorrow, the Santa Clara
County Board of Supervisors will discuss updates to the sheriff’s office policy on using the license plate readers in Los Altos Hills, Saratoga and Cupertino. Those jurisdictions contract with the sheriff’s office for
contract with Flock. A growing number of cities are cutting ties with the vendor over concerns about privacy and unauthorized information sharing — potentially including access to [See FLOCK, page 18]
No jail time for ‘latex people’ suspect
David Ahlport, 42, of Emeryville, Ahlport’s dad tried to stop the attack, will be transferred to Canyon Manor, but Ahlport got away and chased the A man who feared “latex people” and a 24-hour mental health rehabilitation victim outside with garden shears, police said. stabbed his sister’s friend in a random center in Novato. Ahlport has been in jail since March Officers found the victim in the attack will receive mental health treatment instead of jail time after getting 16, 2025, when he allegedly stabbed street, stunned and bloody, and Ahlport an endorsement from Chris Hsiung, the his sister’s friend in the neck, wrist, was pinned down by his dad on a couch, former Mountain View police chief and back and chest at his family’s house on police said. Ahlport allegedly had a [See LATEX, page 19] Claire Court in Mountain View. San Mateo County undersheriff. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
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