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‘Dark side’ wins Super Bowl
Seahawks dominate Patroits Defense won this championship. pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers set Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike a Super Bowl record by making all five Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled of his field-goal tries. Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks Uchenna Nwosu punctuated a punbeat the New England Patriots 29-13 ishing defensive performance by snagyesterday to win the franchise’s second ging Maye’s pass in the air after WithSuper Bowl. erspoon hit his arm and ran it back 45 Sam Darnold threw a touchdown yards for a pick-6. Seattle’s “Dark Side” defense helped Darnold become the first quarterback KEY MOMENT — Seattle Seain the 2018 draft class to win a Suhawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu per Bowl, ahead of Josh Allen, Baker celebrates his touchdown after a Mayfield and Lamar Jackson. Labeled fumble recovery in yesterday’s Su[See BOWL, page 18] per Bowl in Santa Clara. AP photo.
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School board to decide on tax
The board will consider three parcel tax options: Extending the $941 The Palo Alto school board will annual tax for seven years with a 2% decide tomorrow whether to ask vot- increase each year; a four-year exteners on June 6 to extend an annual sion of the $941 tax with no annual parcel tax — a move the district said increase; or a tax of $800 per year for is needed to prevent cuts to teaching four years with no annual increase. The three options would raise an positions and academic programs. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
in Stanford Woman falls down a Jury protesters trial utility vault at ACE is deadlocked 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
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