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‘Dark side’ wins Super Bowl

Seahawks dominate Patroits

Defense won this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 yesterday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl.

VONN CRASHES: Lindsey Vonn’s pursuit of a second Olympic downhill gold medal ended yesterday when she crashed in Italy yesterday. The 41-year-old American was skiing on a torn ACL. Teammate Breezy Johnson won the gold.

RANSOM DEADLINE: Today is the deadline for Nancy Guthrie’s family to pay a ransom of $6 million in bitcoin after her abduction from her home in Tucson, Ariz. Savannah Guthrie, in a video in which she addressed the kidnappers, said the family would pay. Meanwhile yesterday cops searched her sister’s home.

TRANSGENDER SURGERY: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has come out against transgender

[See THE UPDATE, page 4]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent

The Palo Alto school board will decide tomorrow whether to ask voters on June 6 to extend an annual parcel tax — a move the district said is needed to prevent cuts to teaching positions and academic programs.

KEY MOMENT — Seattle Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu celebrates his touchdown after a fumble recovery in yesterday’s Super Bowl in Santa Clara. AP photo.

Uchenna Nwosu punctuated a punishing defensive performance by snagging Maye’s pass in the air after Witherspoon hit his arm and ran it back 45 yards for a pick-6.

Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record by making all five of his field-goal tries.

Seattle’s “Dark Side” defense helped Darnold become the first quarterback in the 2018 draft class to win a Super Bowl, ahead of Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson. Labeled

[See BOWL, page 18]

School board to decide on tax

The board will consider three parcel tax options: Extending the $941 annual tax for seven years with a 2% increase each year; a four-year extension of the $941 tax with no annual increase; or a tax of $800 per year for four years with no annual increase.

The three options would raise an

Woman falls down a utility vault at ACE

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

A woman was walking in the parking lot at ACE Hardware in Mountain View when she fell in a utility vault and couldn’t get out, according to a new lawsuit.

“The door suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed, caved in, and gave way

beneath her,” said the lawsuit filed by Maria De La Luz Jeronimo Lopez.

Lopez said she was trapped in the vault until a passerby saw her and brought her a ladder, allowing her to climb out.

Lopez is suing the city of Mountain View, ACE Hardware and store manag-

[See FALLS, page 19]

estimated $128 million, $69 million and $58 million, respectively, over their lifetimes. The tax would need a two-thirds vote to pass.

Homeowners 65 and older would still be able to opt-out of the parcel tax if the property is their primary

[See TAX, page 18]

Jury in Stanford protesters trial is deadlocked

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent

Jurors are deadlocked over whether to convict five pro-Palestinian demonstrators for conspiring to break into the Stanford president’s office on June 5, 2024.

The jurors will resume their

[See PROTESTERS, page 18]

Cyclist’s death sparks push to reduce speeds

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ

Daily Post Staff Writer

Woodside council tomorrow will consider setting a 25 mph speed limit at the four corners intersection by Alice’s Restaurant, following the death of a bicyclist five months ago.

Andy and Jamie Kerr, owners of Alice’s Restaurant, started a petition to lower the speed limit from 40 mph at the intersection of Skyline and La Honda roads, following a meeting where Caltrans said it would only install a stop sign. Caltrans is looking to improve the intersection after Eric Biron, 53, of Redwood City, was hit by a pickup truck on Aug. 29 at the intersection, near Alice’s Restaurant, and died after being taken to Stanford Hospital.

543 signatures

After Woodside officials held a

“Traffic (has) just gotten worse, and the small towns have really taken the brunt of it.”

meeting in October to gather residents’ input, the Kerr brothers set up a petition for drivers who supported lowering the speed limit to sign near the intersection.

The brothers submitted the petition to Town Manager Jason Ledbetter on Jan. 6, with 543 signatures.

Andy Kerr said at the October meeting that La Honda roads have become a race track and wants the speed limit lowered and for law enforcement to be more active in the area. Jamie Kerr said he was amazed at how fast people drive through the intersection.

The Kerr brothers wanted Caltrans’ improvements to be more effective

— SELL SMART —

Jamie Kerr of Alice’s Restaurant

than just installing a stop sign, Ledbetter told the Post.

Some drivers are going 50 mph

“If you’re doing 40, which is the supposed speed limit, some people are doing 50,” Kerr said during the meeting. “Traffic (has) just gotten worse, and the small towns have really taken the brunt of it.”

Andy and Jamie Kerr’s petition has to be approved by council for Caltrans to consider their request, according to Ledbetter. The petition was signed not only by Woodside residents but also by Portola Valley residents, Ledbetter said.

Lowering the speed limit will make

it safer for bicyclists and pedestrians, according to the petition.

County Supervisor Ray Mueller, who also attended the October meeting, recommended Caltrans District 4 Director David Ambuehl install a fourway sign at the intersection and flashing yellow lights to provide additional precaution for motorcyclists and bicyclists.

Inder Preet Singh, acting chief safety officer for Caltrans, said at the meeting that plans are to add more stop and warning signs to help people better navigate and anticipate where and when cars are going. There are also plans to replace deteriorating signs, repaint streets, and add a flashing beacon crosswalk.

Woodside council will meet tomorrow to vote on whether to approve the request to Caltrans.

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POLITICAL PRISONER FREED: Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez yesterday freed opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa after more than eight months in prison. His detention was widely seen as politically motivated.

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CONSERVATIVES WIN: In a landslide win for conservatives, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election. Takaichi wants to bolster Japan’s military capabilities and allow more economic growth.

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ANTI-OLYMPIC VIOLENCE: Anti-Olympic protests turned violent on the streets of Milan and authorities are investigating a series of incidents on rail lines that officials fear could be coordinated sabotage. The protesters included environmentalists, students, housing activists, unions, pro-Palestinian networks and transfeminist collectives.

UBER RAPE VERDICT: A jury has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her in Arizona last year. The decision sets the stage for thousands of other passengers who filed similar claims against Uber.

MINNEAPOLIS HARD HIT: Amid federal immigration enforcement and protests, 80% of Minneapolis businesses have reported reduced sales and 72% have reported staffing absenteeism, a survey by a nonprofit in the Twin Cities found.

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Deaths

Santa Clara County Medical Examiner: Jan. 13

Janet Robinson, 90, of Palo Alto

Joseph Leggette Jr., 73, of Palo Alto

Chester John Abella, 45, of Sunnyvale

Births

Readers have asked why our birth announcements are delayed several months. None of the Mid-Peninsula hospitals provide lists of new births. So the Post gets the births from the state Department of Health, which provides the information at a delay. All births and deaths are public record under state law.

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto:

July 15

Rocco Alessandro Barsotti, a boy

Roma Lucia Barsotti, a girl

Leighton Donald Doty, a boy

Cesar Kaleb Duenas Hernandez, a boy

Iris Wenyao Epstein, a girl

Quinn Ikumi Kirby, a girl

Alexander Lemperle, a boy

Lucas Medina, a boy

Francisco Jose Moreno Forero, a boy

Aria Nalawade, a girl

Gracie Blake Radravu, a girl

Indie Misa Shibazaki, a girl

Matsuri Riggen Kazu Veragawa, a girl

Caleb Yilin Lai, a boy

July 14

Davis Katsumi Asao, a boy

Terrilynn Elizabeth Calder, a girl

Emily De Jesus Zuniga, a girl

Charlotte Anne Gates, a girl

Ramon Gonzalez, a boy

Ethan Miles Wieme Holtzman, a boy

Evie Huang, a girl

Alvaro Ian Marcelino Hernandez, a boy

Avyan Myadam, a boy

Chenxi Pan, a girl

Noah Thomas Quinterowalsh, a boy

Joao Paulo Ribeiro Santos, a boy

Yan Sun, a boy

Yuna Tagaibek, a girl

James Xiao Elkins Teng, a boy

July 13

Arleth Yarely Cux Chavez, a girl

Zeynep Duru Kepceoglu, a girl

Max Leng, a boy

Joey Francis Loomis, a boy

Cassius Ermias Lorenzo, a boy

Arlo Edwin Thompson, a boy

Aiden Stephen Tong, a boy

July 12

Abigail Alexandra Abarca Gomez, a girl

Aphia Purita Amora, a girl

Kaia Fong, a girl

Noelle Catherine Hannan, a girl

Inori Smruti Kamath, a girl

Martin Kim, a boy

Amelia Mary Lessard, a girl

Casey Miles Parmerchow, a boy

Emory April Prado Fenn, a girl

Jayden David Romero Morales, a boy

Saisha Sumo, a girl

Dariel Alejandro Ucan Villafranco, a boy

July 11

Arin Arslan, a girl

Ailany Juliette Carreto Aguilar, a girl

Kiara Nikita Desai, a girl

Emma Fabbri, a girl

Miguel Eduardo Galdamez Almario, a boy

Euro Luchiano Keller, a boy

Peyton Guangxiang Poon, a boy

Aaryamahn Thittai Ravikiran, a boy

Rhys Kaizen Saluta, a boy

Nico Anthony Silva, a boy

Simone Strubberoels, a girl

Benjamin Angel Yepez, a boy

Emmett Alexander Yoell, a boy

Francis Joshua Zemar, a boy

Elena Rose Zografos, a girl

July 10

Lina Bajaber, a girl

Grace Berhanyikun, a girl

Landon James Beringgonsalves, a boy

Ludovico Giulio Bonadiman, a boy

Madeline June Callahan, a girl

Madisson Camila Contreras Jimenez, a girl

Zeke Liem Fu, a boy

Samuel Julian Fuentes Fragoso, a boy

Dylan Guatemala Garcia, a boy

Matthew Apollo Guzmanlopez, a boy

Galen Hu, a boy

Margot Summer Kamlarson, a girl

Veda Kini, a girl

Bennett Theo Lam, a boy

Kabir Manwanigupta, a boy

Aarya Raina, a girl

Dorothy Larkspur Smallberg, a girl

Tax agency goes after people who fled state

Even if you think you’ve moved out of California, you really haven’t escaped.

People who have fled the state are getting letters from the California Franchise Tax Board asking them for documents confirming when they left the state.

The California tax collectors want to see the escapee’s pay stubs from their new employer, employment contracts, a bill from the moving company, and a cancelled check to the movers.

The letters even ask escapees to “provide a brief narrative of the events and circumstances surrounding” their decision to leave the state.

This is California, where you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave.

Skip the Cubberley measure

Palo Alto City Council tonight is scheduled to talk about its proposed tax measure to fund the rennovation of Cubberley Community Center. However, the latest poll shows that a tax to fund those renovations will fail on Election Day.

Council should face reality. Residents are getting clobbered with taxes.

In November, county residents passed a 0.625% sales tax for public hospitals. This coming November, voters throughout the Bay Area will be asked to approve a half-cent sales tax for BART and other mass transit systems. And the Palo Alto school board

TIME FOR A NEW FLAME?

is considering a special election later this year for a parcel tax that would replace the one that’s expiring.

The research company the city hired to do the polling is recommending that the council put off a vote on the Cubberley tax until 2028.

I think that’s sound advice. Public opinion isn’t going to suddenly swing back in favor of a Cubberley tax by November. The only way that’s going to happen is if there’s grassroots support for such a measure, which doesn’t exist right now.

Huge ‘ask’ from school unions

The Palo Alto school board should be applauded for agreeing to have a public discussion about whether to seek a parcel tax later this year. The district is swimming in money and they shouldn’t ask voters to renew the parcel tax, which is expiring.

The unions obviously see the money is piling up. That’s why the teacher’s union is seeking a 28% increase (when the cost of benefits is part of the equation) and the non-teachers union wants a 47% hike.

Those are big “asks” — especially at a time when the Bay Area inflation rate is at 3%.

Reality check for journos Budget cuts and layoffs at the Washington Post made the news last week. The best headline I saw on the story was by the Babylon Bee: “Journalists Shocked To Be Laid Off From Obsolete Media Outlet That Loses $100 Million Annually.”

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Dear Editor: Jennifer Landerson must be new to these parts, because her concerns about noisy aircraft reflect inexperience. If she had lived here for 63 years, she would know that aircraft have been flying overhead for at least that long, and the jet engines back then were louder “stage 1” examples.

Her “Sky Posse Palo Alto” has too much time on their hands.

Bill Hough Los Altos

Train tunnel history

Dear Editor: The history of the Menlo Park bike and pedestrian undercrossing dates back as far as 1994 and finally came to the City Council for a vote in 2002. An undercrossing of the Caltrain tracks was proposed in 2003 as a street-level passage at the end of Willow Road at Alma Street. The construction estimate was under $4 million, and there was no need for a 15-foot deep excavation.

The city should save its money and move forward with the Ravenswood grade separation which could include a bike and pedestrian path. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians will be served when Ravenswood is separated from the train tracks. This project is long overdue and presents a dangerous situation every day. In 2015, Jahyun Koo, a 35-year-old mother, was killed when she was unable to move her car forward to avoid an oncoming train.

The council has an alternative option. Good decisions have a lasting impact.

Steve Schmidt Former Menlo Park Mayor

What went wrong? Five votes were needed. Three voted no. One vote was personal as his adult son lived across the street from the proposed undercrossing; one vote was political in fear of the Linfield neighborhood voting against his political majority in the next election; the third vote was a fellow who seemed to enjoy opposing his colleagues.

What goes around, comes around. This current $62 million proposal needs a deep tunnel requiring long switchback paths with the entrance/exit located at the garage driveway of the Stanford office development.

Wrong protest target

Dear Editor: San Mateo and Santa Clara county students, with the full acquiescence of teachers, principals and school boards, staged a massive walkout last week to protest against the enforcement of immigration laws.

I bet none of these students know about the real victims of illegal immigration, namely women like Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old Texas sixth grader, or Laken Riley, a 22-yearold Georgia nursing student, brutally raped, strangled and murdered by criminal illegal aliens.

Why don’t our schools ever acknowledge, or even allow students to speak those truths?

And by the way, where are the voices of these budding social warriors in support of the freedom seekers in Iran? Not a peep. Not a step.

Scott Abramson San Mateo

Public union pushes work-from-home bill

BY YUE STELLA YU Calmatters

One of California’s larger government employee unions is pushing legislation to make remote work a permanent option for state workers as the clock ticks down on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s July 1 mandate for most employees to be in the office four days a week following the Covid pandemic.

The measure, authored by Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-Milpitas, would require state agencies to offer work-from-home options “to the fullest extent possible” and provide written justifications when they require employees to work in person, according to a statement from the Professional Engineers in California Government. The union represents more than 15,000 engineers who work for Caltrans.

Getting them back to work

State agencies widely approved remote work policies that allowed state employees during the Covid pandemic.

As of 2024, half of the state workers were still eligible for remote work, and 74% of those workers preferred telework.

But that year, Newsom angered thousands of state employees by calling them back to the office at least two days a week. He signed a more extensive mandate last year, requiring most state workers in the office at least four days a week, but delayed the implementation until this July — the result of bargaining with several unions, including the engineers union.

Campaign donations

The engineers union has a reputation for wins at the bargaining table, including gaining seniority perks that boosted pay for longtime employees.

The union gave $3.5 million to state lawmakers between 2015 and 2024. The highest spending came in 2016 when the union gave $422,000 to lawmakers as they debated a gas tax increase.

Republican leads in campaign cash

BY JEANNE KUANG Calmatters

Republican Steve Hilton is pulling in more campaign cash than nearly all other candidates in the race for California governor, campaign finance reports show.

Hilton, a commentator and former Fox News contributor who previously worked for conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron, brought in about $4.1 million in donations in the second half of 2025, according to campaign finance reports. His haul was higher than that of several prominent Democrats.

East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell, boosted by donations from Hollywood entertainers like Jon Hamm, Robert De Niro and Sean Penn, raised about $3.1 million since jumping in the race in November. That’s more than the $3 million that former Rep. Katie Porter raised from nearly 12,000 mostly small-dollar donors from July to December. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra brought in $2.6 million, in part by transferring money from prior campaign accounts for other offices. Hilton was second bringing in campaign cash only to Democratic billionaire and self-funding candidate Tom Steyer, who has poured $28 million of his own money into the race since declaring he was running in November.

Company drops plan for weight-loss pill

Telehealth company Hims & Hers dropped its plan to offer a knockoff version of the weight-loss pill Wegovy on Saturday — two days after it announced the new drug and one day after the FDA threatened to restrict access to the ingredients needed to copy popular weight-loss medications.

Hims had said Thursday that it would offer a compounded version of the new Wegovy pill that drugmaker Novo Nordisk just began selling last month. Novo immediately threatened to sue Hims, and then the FDA said Friday that it plans to take decisive steps to limit access to the active ingredients in popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound.

Hims’ own website still touted the new semaglutide pill offering Saturday afternoon — hours after it announced on X that it will no longer sell the medicine. Semaglutide is the chemical name for Wegovy.

Lower price

Hims, a San Francisco-based company, had planned to significantly undercut Novo’s price of $149 per month

for the Wegovy pill by selling its version at $49 for the first month and $99 per month thereafter. Hims and other similar companies got started several years ago by offering cheap generic versions of drugs for hair loss, erectile dysfunction and other health issues before branching out into the multibillion market for obesity medications.

Pills hitting the market

Novo touted its new FDA-approved Wegovy pill in a celebrity-filled Super Bowl ad. Rival drugmaker Eli Lilly has said that it expects the FDA to approve a pill version of its orforglipron weight loss medication later this spring. But Wegovy is the first pill to hit the market.

The compounded medicine that Hims had planned to sell wasn’t approved.

The FDA permits specialty pharmacies and other companies to make compounded versions of brand name drugs when they are in short supply. And the booming demand for GLP-1 drugs in recent years prompted companies like Hims to jump into the multibillion-dollar market for the drugs.

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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.

PALO ALTO

WEDNESDAY

3:45 a.m. — Cindy Richardson Toledo, 55, of Menlo Park, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 300 block of Homer Ave.

8:44 a.m. — Lorenzo Cobbs, 63, of East Palo Alto, arrested for violation of a court order, Downtown Palo Alto Caltrain Station. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

2:52 p.m. — Weisen Pan, 43, of Palo Alto, arrested for domestic violence and threats, Birch St.

THURSDAY

3:06 a.m. — Dwayne Anthony Lubin, 51, of Mountain View, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 600 block of E. Meadow Drive.

3 p.m. — Lorenzo Cobbs, 63, of East Palo Alto, arrested for violation of a court order, Downtown Palo Alto Caltrain Station. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

8:36 p.m. — Resident hears noises in his home and then sees a strange man inside it, 400 block of Maple St. As the man is calling police, he sees three burglars run out the front door.

MENLO PARK

FRIDAY

9:10 a.m. — Fraud, 1800 block of Santa Cruz Ave.

SATURDAY

6:51 a.m. — Brandon Jaime Romero, 32, of Menlo Park, cited on a warrant, 1200 block of Sevier Ave.

8:07 a.m. — Petty theft, 800 block of Santa Cruz Ave.

12:40 p.m. — Jose Coelleo Vijil, 20, transient, arrested for being under the influence of drugs, 300 block of Sharon Park Drive.

3:32 p.m. — Jami Speegle, 47, of Menlo Park, cited for battery, Willow Road and Coleman Ave.

8:52 p.m. — Burglary, 300 block of Willow Road.

10:26 p.m. — Lorie Lynn Rodriguez, 57, of Menlo Park, arrested for domestic violence, 200 block of E. O’Keefe St.

10:53 p.m. — Murphy Valde Watson, 46, of San Jose, cited on a warrant, Middle Ave. and El Camino.

STANFORD

JAN. 30

12:07 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, Dudley Lane. JAN. 31

10:42 a.m. — Electric bicycle stolen, 300 block of Santa Teresa St.

1:52 p.m. — Petty theft, 1-99 block of Olmsted Road.

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NOV. 6

2:39 a.m. — Benjamin Ervin, 33, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Rengstorff Park.

8:54 a.m. — Andrade Sanchez,

40, of Mountain View, cited for being under the influence of drugs, 200 block of San Antonio Circle.

11:08 p.m. — Luis Hernandez Garcia, 28, of Mountain View, cited for drug possession, 500 block of N. Rengstorff Ave.

NOV. 8

12:09 a.m. — Stanley Camat, 45, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 200 block of Castro St.

4:14 a.m. — Gustavo Lopez Gonzalez, 46, of Mountain View, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 1000 block of La Avenida.

JAN. 15

3:14 p.m. — Ascencion Martinez, 35, transient, cited on a warrant, 800 block of W. El Camino.

JAN. 19

6:50 a.m. — Juan Hernandez Pureco, 47, of Salinas, cited on a warrant, El Camino and Del Medio Ave.

JAN. 20

5:12 p.m. — Beth Dietrich, 46, of Mountain View, cited on warrants, 500 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.

JAN. 28

12:34 a.m. — Michelle Seggie, 56, of Mountain View, cited for DUI, Old Middlefield Way and Rengstorff Ave.

8:13 a.m. — Vandalism, 1900 block of Cambridge Drive.

12:54 p.m. — Grand theft, 500 block of Moorpark Way.

3:13 p.m. — Grand theft, 1000 block of Bonita Ave.

10:19 p.m. — Home burglary, 900 block of E. El Camino.

JAN. 29

3:59 a.m. — Aleck Chan, 33, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic violence, 400 block of Sylvan Ave.

8:21 a.m. — Mario Hernandez, 42, of Mountain View, arrested for prowling, being under the influence of drugs, possession of drugs and a dirk or dagger, theft of someone else’s lost property and on a warrant, 500 block of Escuela Ave.

2:33 p.m. — Jose Gonzalez, 37, of Mountain View, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and probation violation, 1900 block of Latham St.

8:55 p.m. — Two auto burglaries, Villa and View streets.

9:58 p.m. — Theft at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road. Paul-James Cromwell, 45, of Redwood City, arrested for theft and possession of drug paraphernalia.

JAN. 30

7:53 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 1800 block of Hackett Ave.

9:55 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 400 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.

10:04 a.m. — Four home burglaries, 900 block of Clark Ave.

10:56 a.m. — Grand theft at Le Boulanger, 650 Castro St.

12:01 p.m. — Grand theft at the boathouse at Shoreline Park.

5:01 p.m. — Home burglary, 1200 block of Pear Ave.

6:01 p.m. — Rolando Solis, 36, of San Jose, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, El Camino and Highway 237.

6:28 p.m. — Alan Foster, 61, of

Los Altos, arrested for public drunkenness at Trader Joe’s, 590 Showers Drive.

9:04 p.m. — Michael Lugea, 64, of Sunnyvale, arrested on warrants, Rengstorff Ave. and Middlefield Road.

9:22 p.m. — Home burglary, 1600 block of Morgan St.

9:23 p.m. — Alejandro Acapcheco, 31, of Mountain View, arrested for DUI, Crisanto and Rengstorff avenues.

11:53 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, Rengstorff Ave. and Central Expressway.

ATHERTON

FRIDAY

10:35 a.m. — Arson, Middlefield Road.

NORTH FAIR OAKS

WEDNESDAY

10:45 p.m. — Edgar Figueroa, 44, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Bay Road and Third Ave.

REDWOOD CITY

TUESDAY

7:43 a.m. — Vehicle hits a pedestrian, Charter St.

9:02 a.m. — Customer upset that a business will not accept coupons causing a disturbance in a store, El Camino.

12:05 p.m. — Vehicle flipped on its side following an accident, Marine Parkway. Minor injuries reported.

12:36 p.m. — Woman hitting another woman, Woodside Road.

2:39 p.m. — Woman says she was getting off a bus when a man grabbed her wallet and phone and ran away, Sapphire St.

5:53 p.m. — Vehicle hits a man, who suffers a minor leg injury, Charter St.

5:57 p.m. — Lorenzo Cobbs, 63, of East Palo Alto, arrested for public drunkenness, Redwood City Caltrain Station. 11:15 p.m. — Susana Mariaventura, 41, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, Seaport Blvd. and Blomquist St.

11:29 p.m. — Man reported to be yelling and hitting a business with a broom, 2200 block of Broadway. Ofamooni Wendal Tuipulotu, 31, of South San Francisco, arrested on a warrant.

WEDNESDAY

1:11 a.m. — Woman says her garage camera showed a man was inside it, then left, Hopkins Ave.

2:55 a.m. — Home burglary, Edgewood Road.

7 a.m. — Edie Roshelle Duncan, 62, arrested on a warrant. Location not disclosed.

8 a.m. — Alejandro Guadalupe Lopez Cardenas, 29, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic violence, false imprisonment and elder abuse, 1500 block of Redwood Ave.

8:22 a.m. — Two-vehicle accident, Goodwin Ave. and Maddux Drive.

11:51 a.m. — Laxman Mamidi, 39, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic battery, 100 block of Livorno Way.

12:42 p.m. — Home burglary, Rolison Road.

2:04 p.m. — Jose Rosete Flores, 34, of Redwood City, arrested for shoplifting and drug possession at Target, 2485 El Camino.

2:10 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, Flynn Ave.

4:17 p.m. — Fraudulent checks cashed in a victim’s name, Middlefield Road.

5:18 p.m. — Two-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Clinton St.

5:19 p.m. — Caller says

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there is a woman who appears to be very drunk at a street corner and a man who does not seem like he knows her walked up to her and started groping her chest and kissing her. Location not disclosed. Police are unable to find the pair.

6:07 p.m. — Two vehicles collide in an intersection and then one of them hits a house, Alameda de las Pulgas.

7:48 p.m. — Boat stolen, Uccelli Blvd.

THURSDAY

8:30 a.m. — Rudy Jauregui, 62, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant, 1600 block of Broadway.

9:12 a.m. — Employees of a business say a man has been in the bathroom for an hour and won’t come out, Winslow St. Julian Duchesne, 62, of Redwood City, arrested for trespassing.

10:03 a.m. — Report of a man making threats and causing a disturbance, Veterans Blvd.

SAN CARLOS

TUESDAY

12:13 p.m. — Laura Jean Vawter, 65, arrested on a warrant, El Camino and Oak St.

WEDNESDAY

2:42 a.m. — Juan Carlos Uspirir, 23, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Old County and Bransten roads.

6:11 p.m. — Jwobert Ramos Teves, 35, arrested for violation of a protective order and probation violation, El Camino and Holly St.

BELMONT

FRIDAY

12:47 p.m. — Theft, El Camino.

8:36 p.m. — Package room broken into and packages found opened, El Camino.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on February 2, 2026, the Palo Alto City Council adopted the following ordinance: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Chapter 4.54 (“Massage Establishments”) and Chapter 4.56 (Hot Tub/Sauna Establishments) of Title 4 (Business Licenses and Regulations) (FIRST READING: January 12, 2026, PASSED 7-0; SECOND READING: February 2, 2026, PASSED 7-0).Text of the full ordinance is available at: https:// www.paloalto.gov/CouncilAgendas.

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Real Estate

The Post prints the latest real

transactions.

PALO ALTO

1033 Amarillo Ave., 94303, 7 bedrooms, 3276 square feet, built in 1947, Apic Amarillo Ave. LLC to Trong Vo for $3,220,000, closed Jan. 7 (Last sale: $5,000,000, 04-22-21)

528 Lincoln Ave., 94301, 2 bedrooms, 1179 square feet, built in 1932, Baosheng Cai to 528 Lincoln LLC for $6,000,000, closed Jan. 7 (Last sale: $3,300,000, 08-11-25)

1480 Bryant St., 94301, 5 bedrooms, 5149 square feet, built in 2025 , Fab Mos LLC to Can Selcik for $11,300,000, closed Jan. 6 (Last sale: $4,000,000, 02-01-22)

MENLO PARK

1941 Perry Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1620 square feet, built in 1964, Chen Living Trust to Ardico LLC for $2,650,000, closed Dec. 26 (Last sale: $325,000, 10-01-87)

1621 Stone Pine Lane, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 3080 square feet, built in 1978, Engel Living Trust to Zhang Living Trust for $2,800,000, closed Dec. 23 (Last sale: $799,000, 09-09-99)

MOUNTAIN VIEW

1963 Rock St. #24, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1884 square feet, built in 1973, Lixing Pan to Jenny and Muaaz Salagar

for $1,315,000, closed Jan. 9 (Last sale: $1,150,000, 07-24-15)

2012 Montecito Ave., 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1703 square feet, built in 2020, Ylyun Yao to Sharon Lu for $1,840,000, closed Jan. 5 (Last sale: $1,742,000, 09-01-20)

234 Houghton St., 94041, 2 bedrooms, 1258 square feet, built in 1995, Donna Lowe to Farzad and Touria Mobin for $2,350,000, closed Jan. 5 (Last sale: $2,108,000, 09-08-25)

ATHERTON

90 Broadacres Road, 94027, 6 bedrooms, 7400 square feet, built in 1993, Danhong Chen to 90 Broadacres LLC for $10,500,000, closed Dec. 23 (Last sale: $5,800,000, 11-12-13)

LOS ALTOS HILLS

11637 Rebecca Lane, 94024, 5 bedrooms, 3095 square feet, built in 1980, Mahajan Trust to Nitant and Niyati Parameswaran for $5,350,000, closed Jan. 5

12272 Windsor Court, 94022, 3 bedrooms, 2500 square feet, built in 1962, Jarvis Trust to Lei Zheng for $4,390,000, closed Jan. 9 (Last sale: $1,959,500, 03-10-21)

PORTOLA VALLEY

200 Cherokee Way, 94028, 2 bedrooms, 3870 square feet, built in 1986, Peter Klipstas to Sarah and Joseph Adler for $4,750,000, closed Dec. 23

WOODSIDE

120 Miramontes Road, 94062, 2 bedrooms, 1420 square feet, built in 1920, Milagros Valleser to Alvarez Living Trust for $4,000,000, closed Dec. 22

750 West California Way, 94062, 3 bedrooms, 2771 square feet, built in 2012, Sablich Family Trust to Yin Zhong for $4,050,000, closed Dec. 26 (Last sale: $3,700,000, 03-17-21)

170 Hardwick Road, 94062, 3 bedrooms, 2430 square feet, built in 1953, Trus and L Spouses to Tobin Family Trust for $4,262,500, closed Dec. 23

REDWOOD CITY

1271 Fernside St., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 980 square feet, built in 1951, Holm Family Trust to Gregory Ratto for $1,633,000, closed Dec. 26

723 Canyon Road, 94062, 4 bedrooms, 1810 square feet, built in 1957, Shawn Whitfield to Elisa and Xavier Gaeta for $2,120,000, closed Dec. 23

SAN CARLOS

1033 Hewitt Drive, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1950 square feet, built in 1961, Findlay Trust to Zheng and Liang Du for $3,250,000, closed Dec. 26

615 Wellington Drive, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 2100 square feet, built in 1953, Fuentes Living Trust to Qiaochu and Dan Luo for $2,300,000, closed Dec. 22

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a bust, dumped by two teams and considered expendable by two others, Darnold proved his doubters wrong while helping the Seahawks go 17-3.

After leading the NFL with 20 turnovers in the regular season, Darnold didn’t have any in three playoff games. He wasn’t particularly sharp against a solid Patriots defense but protected the ball and made enough plays, finishing 19 of 38 for 202 yards.

Maye sacked six times

The Seahawks sacked Maye six times, including two apiece by Hall and Murphy. Hall’s strip-sack late in the third quarter set up a short field and Darnold connected with Barner on 16yard scoring toss to make it 19-0.

Julian Love’s interception set up another field goal that made it 22-7 with 5:35 left.

The Patriots (17-4) punted on the first eight drives, excluding a kneeldown to end the first half.

Down 19-0, Maye and the New England offense finally got going. He hit Mack Hollins over the middle in traffic for 24 yards and then lofted a perfect 35-yard TD pass to Hollins down the left side to cut the deficit to 19-7.

Tom Brady once led Bill Belichick’s Patriots to the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, when New England rallied from a 28-3 deficit against Atlanta for a 34-28 overtime victory.

But Maye, who was runner-up to Matthew Stafford for the AP NFL MVP award in the closest race in two decades, didn’t come close. He had a chance to get it closer, but his ill-advised pass into triple coverage was picked by Love and the Patriots trailed by 15 when they got the ball back with 5:35 left.

Then came Nwosu’s touchdown, a fitting way to cap an overwhelming effort by the NFL’s stingiest defense.

Maye’s 7-yard TD pass to Rhamondre Stevenson late in the game only made the margin smaller.

The Seahawks took a 3-0 lead on Myers’ 33-yard field goal on the game’s opening drive. Myers connected from 39 and 41 yards to extend the lead to 9-0 at halftime. He was good from 41 on Seattle’s first drive of the third quarter to make it 12-0.

Walker the game’s MVP

While the defense carried Seattle for much of the postseason, Kenneth Walker III was once again the engine of the Seahawks offense by rushing for 135 yards and adding 26 receiving for his third straight 100-yard game from scrimmage in the postseason. He became the first running back since Terrell Davis 28 years ago to win Super Bowl MVP.

Walker stepped up his game after backfield mate Zach Charbonnet went down with a season-ending knee injury and it couldn’t have come at a more important time for the Seahawks or a more opportune time for Walker.

The 25-year-old running back is in the final year of his rookie contract and is slated to become a free agent in 2026. Thanks to his playoff run, Walker figures to be in line for a significant pay bump.

Walker gained 413 yards from scrimmage in the three wins for Seattle this postseason.

residence. There would also be exemptions for disabled residents.

The current parcel tax, which voters approved as Measure O in November 2020, is set to expire on June 30, 2027. With voter approval, the new tax would take effect July 1, 2027.

Unions want big raises

The parcel tax discussion comes as the district wrangles with teachers and non-teaching staff over pay raises.

Unions are seeking a 28% pay hike for teachers and a 48% increase for non-teachers over two years, according to a budget presentation for tomorrow’s meeting. The teacher and non-teacher pay proposals would cost the district an estimated $42 million and $37 million, respectively,

Approving those pay proposals would put the district budget in the red by $59 million in the 2026-27 budget and by $164 million the following year, the district said in its presentation. The 2027-28 deficit would grow to $181 million if the parcel tax is not renewed.

The budget also hinges on revenue from the state, and the state budget won’t be finalized until June. Following tomorrow’s budget overview, the school board is expected to hear budget recommendations in April.

Palo Alto Unified’s parcel tax was first approved in 2001 and renewed in 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. In 2021, the tax was $836 per parcel.

Measure O of 2020 is intended to help attract and retain highly qualified teachers; maintain smaller class sizes; support school libraries; add staff to help at-risk students who are struggling with the basics; enhance electives; and preserve excellence of academic programs.

The funds can’t be used for administrator salaries or pensions.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the parcel tax raised $16.2 million, according to an annual audit. That compares to the district’s $344 million in total revenue for 2024-25.

Out of the $16.2 million in parcel tax revenue last year, 85% went to teacher pay, 6.8% went to professional development, 5.5% went to library staff, and 1.15% went to counselors for at-risk students. The remaining 1% was paid to the county in collection fees.

Is the parcel tax needed?

Not everyone is sold on Palo Alto Unified’s parcel tax renewal. In November, former board member Todd Collins urged the board to “take a hard look at the parcel tax,” given the district’s declining enrollment and increasing funding from property tax revenue.

Collins said the district’s funding per student has grown from $16,000 a decade ago to $35,000 – a figure that will keep climbing if current trends continue.

PROTESTERS

deliberations today after sending a note to Judge Hanley Chew on Thursday saying they were split 8-4 on a conspiracy charge. It is unknown which way the jury is leaning. The jury has been deliberating since Feb. 2.

Chew is presiding over the trial of five Stanford students — German Gon-

zalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Hunter Taylor-Black and Amy Zhai — who are facing felony charges of vandalism and conspiracy.

If convicted, the group could face $329,000 in restitution and a maximum sentence of more than three years in prison.

Another trial possible

But a prolonged deadlock on the conspiracy or vandalism charges, or both, could potentially result in a total or partial mistrial. That could result in a second trial.

Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker and defense attorneys wrapped up closing arguments for the case on Jan 30.

Earlier, Baker said jurors should convict the five because they intentionally planned to take over the offices on June 5, 2024, to use as leverage for Stanford to comply with their divestment demands.

Protesters had been urging Stanford at the time to divest from defense companies that sell products to the Israel Defense Forces, such as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Fake blood, broken windows

Protesters had splattered fake blood and broke windows, doors and furniture on June 5, putting the damage at more than $300,000.

But defense attorney Avi Singh, who represents Gonzalez, insists the occupation was peaceful and only meant to raise awareness about the students’ desire to have Stanford sell its stock in companies that do business with Israel.

The trial took nearly three weeks.

The witnesses included university

patrol officer Jason Barnes, who was present during the arrest and booking of the protesters; John Richardson, a protester who was also arrested on June 5 and is working with the prosecution; and Stanford facilities director Mitch Bousson, who talked about the office damage.

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er Roger Gutierrez for allegedly causing her to get hurt on Oct. 18 at 2555 Charleston Road.

In her lawsuit, Lopez said the metal vault wasn’t visibly marked, secured or barricaded.

Lopez’s attorney, Moshe Yadegar, didn’t get into details about her injuries in the lawsuit but said that she needed a surgeon and experienced emotional distress.

Lopez is seeking at least $35,000 in her lawsuit, filed Jan. 29 in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Gutierrez said he showed up for his shift after the incident and learned what happened from Mountain View firefighters.

Shortcut

The utility vault is surrounded by bushes in an area where people aren’t supposed to walk, but Lopez took a shortcut, Gutierrez said on a phone call Wednesday.

ACE’s corporate office, which didn’t return a request for comment, is working with the building owner to block off the vault, Gutierrez said.

City spokeswoman Lenka Wright declined to comment on the lawsuit Wednesday.

Revealing tights cause stir

Lululemon says its customers shouldn’t be complaining that their new $108-a-pair “Get Low” tights are revealing too much. The company says customers just need to learn how to put them on.

The company has been bombarded with complaints from women that the leggings weren’t “squat proof.”

After pulling the pants from the company’s website, Lululemon Chief Brand Officer Nikki Neuburger told a gathering of company employees that they’re for sale again, this time with added directions: size up and wear skin-tone, seamless underwear. It has since tweaked that language to only recommend “neutral-toned underwear” and to avoid high-contrast colors.

“Honestly, that’s a joke,”

Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, told Bloomberg News. “You are selling a premium product, you

shouldn’t have to issue instructions to women on how to wear leggings because your product is defective.”

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Kidnappings draw attention

Authorities have not identified any suspects or persons of interest in a desperate, fiveday search for the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. But even without proof, investigators are holding out hope that 84-yearold Nancy Guthrie is alive.

Police think she was taken against her will from her home in Tucson, Ariz., where they found blood on the porch that was a match to her. Investigators said they are taking seriously ransom notes sent to a handful of media outlets.

middleman and someone who identified himself only as “John,” a driv-

The uncertainty surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping has attracted the attention of the American public, much like other famous abductions throughout U.S. history.

Charles Lindbergh Jr.

The 20-month-old son of the renowned American aviator was kidnapped from the second-floor nursery of their New Jersey home in 1932, a few years after the elder Lindbergh completed the first nonstop, solo trans-Atlantic flight. After a dozen ransom notes and multiple meetings between a

er found the baby’s body partially buried only a few miles from the family’s home. Investigators eventually identified the mystery man as a German-American carpenter, who was convicted and died by electric chair in 1936.

Frank Sinatra Jr.

The 19-year-old son of the famous singer was kidnapped from a Lake Tahoe lodge in 1963, a couple weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Two days later, the elder Sinatra paid a $240,000 ransom and his son was released by one of the three abductors, who all were later convicted.

Patty Hearst

The 19-year-old granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst was abducted in 1974 by a little-known militant group, becoming one of the most

sensational cases of the era. She later joined her captors in a series of crimes.

The Symbionese Liberation Army said it was holding her as a “prisoner of war” and demanded donations for poor people in exchange for her release, though she remained a captive even after her family met the ransom.

Two months after her abduction, the case took a startling turn when Hearst declared her allegiance to the far-left group. Her declaration of loyalty introduced much of the nation to Stockholm syndrome, a term describing the bond that victims of kidnappings sometimes develop with their captors as a psychological coping mechanism.

Hearst took part in the robbery of a San Francisco bank in 1974 and was sentenced to seven years in prison. President Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence after she had served 22 months, and President Bill Clinton pardoned her years later.