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The U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered retaliatory strikes. One such Iranian strike killed three American service members and wounded five others in Kuwait.

RALLY FOR A REVOLUTION — A woman holds a picture of Reza Pahlavi during a rally in New York supporting the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. AP photo.

President Trump said Americans should be prepared for more casualties.

The U.S. attacked Iran after negotiations failed. The U.S. wanted Iran to give up its goal of a nuclear weapon, but Iran refused to budge.

Iran retaliates; 3 U.S. deaths Khamenei dead, Iran scrambles for

In a televised address Saturday morning, Trump said that now is the time for the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow their government.

One of the first strikes Saturday hit near the offices of the 86-year-old Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989 and held ultimate power. Iranian state media reported Khamenei’s death, without details. The U.S. said a missile killed Khamenei in his home. Israel said that it also killed dozens of other

Knives out for neighbors

A Mountain View man has been arrested for threatening two neighbors with knives, police said.

CORRECTION: A story Thursday referred to a letter San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa said he sent to Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Mark Church “a few weeks ago” about a dispute over a fence that’s been put up at Thornton State Beach in Daly City. However, the letter from Canepa to Church was dated Feb. 12.

3 DEAD IN BAR SHOOTING: Authorities say three people — including a man wearing “Property of Allah” clothing with an Iranian flag — were killed and 14 others wounded in a shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas.

GAS PRICES: Eight countries that are part of the OPEC+ oil cartel announced yesterday they will boost

Police were called after an argument between neighbors who live on the 200 block of Pamela Drive in Mountain View escalated, leading Larry Woodrich, 31, to throw a knife at one of his neighbors, said police spokeswoman Monica Leon.

Woodrich then grabbed a second knife and advanced toward another neighbor while making threats, Leon said.

During the scuffle, Woodrich also directed “insults” toward the neighbors. Leon did not specify what type of insults Woodrich said, but police arrested him on suspicion of a hate crime.

Should city back new

The Palo Alto City Council tonight is poised to throw its support behind a regional sales tax measure that may appear on the November ballot to bail out BART and Caltrain. Council will also decide what to do with its ride-sharing service Link, which has run out of money.

No one was physically hurt during the encounter, Leon said.

Police arrested Woodrich shortly after the fight on Feb. 18 at 9:47 p.m., and booked him into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a weapon, making criminal threats and a hate crime.

He is in jail in lieu of $65,000 and will be in court on April 15.

transit tax?

[See IRAN, page 18] Money would go to BART and Caltrain

items are approved with a single vote. Council doesn’t usually discuss items on the consent calendar.

The endorsement is on the council’s “consent calendar” — where multiple

Signatures are currently being collected to place a half-cent sales tax mea-

sure on the ballot. More than 186,000 signatures need to be collected across the five counties where consumers will pay the tax — San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda — by June 6. In San Francisco, the measure is for one cent.

The tax will generate about $1 billion, according to a state Senate floor

[See TAX, page 19]

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Feds didn’t access town’s Flock cams

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After two Mid-Peninsula cities shut off their license plate readers, Atherton’s police chief is assuring the town’s council that the city’s cameras have not been accessed by federal agencies, such as ICE.

Atherton Police Chief Steven McCulley checked the records on his town’s 53 Flock cameras after federal agencies tapped into Mountain View’s data. Town Council will review McCulley’s audit on Wednesday.

Requests from other agencies in February, June, September, and December 2025 were checked to ensure the data was released only for specific criminal investigations, according to McCulley.

Police agencies got access

Atherton has granted 40 California county sheriff agencies, 12 District Attorney Offices, 14 university campus police departments and 212 city police departments to review its data. Some include San Jose State University, Alameda County, Los Angeles PD, Riverside PD, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office and Oakland PD.

Sharing data has strengthened broader crime-fighting strategies and helped identify serial offenders, McCulley said.

“Without access to neighboring agencies’ data, investigators only see what

passes through their own borders,” McCulley wrote.

Los Altos Hills and Mountain View’s councils have voted to end their contracts with Flock.

Federal agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the inspector general’s office of the U.S. General Services Administration, and Air Force bases in Langley, Va., and in Ohio, were able to access Mountain View’s data.

County pulls plug

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 3-2 to order Sheriff Bob Jonsen to end the county’s contract with Flock, turning off the cameras in Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Altos Hills, where the sheriff’s office provides policing services.

Woodside, with 26 cameras, is looking for an auditor to review requests that the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office has received from federal agencies.

Flock cameras take hundreds of pictures a second of license plates. When a computer stitches the pictures together, it is able to provide information on the daily travels of average citizens.

Atherton has far more cameras than most cities. Of Atherton’s 53 cameras, 26 were purchased by residents to help police.

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Public asked to find Epstein dirt Package thief found guilty

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

A Redwood City jury found a man guilty of stealing packages from an apartment after trying to take the building’s coffee machine, a prosecutor said.

Tyge Mullin, 37, of San Jose, was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

One for two Mullin was on trial for two thefts, one in 2021 and another in 2022, but was only found guilty in the 2022 case, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

Judge Don Franchi dismissed the charges against Mullin’s 2021 robbery after the jury was dead-

Tried to take coffee machine, DA says

locked on the ninth day of deliberations, according to Wagstaffe.

Sting operation

In January 2021, the San Mateo Police Department arrested Mullin following a sting operation. A victim reported to the police that he saw his items listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace by a seller in San Jose.

Police contacted the seller and arranged to buy the items on Tuesday at the Marina Plaza shopping center in San Mateo. Mullin showed up, and police searched him and found drug paraphernalia,

a stolen credit card, personal information and four items taken from the storage locker.

The jury found Mullin guilty of the second robbery in 2022.

On May 22, 2022, Mullin entered an apartment complex on Franklin Street in Redwood City, and tried to steal a commercial-grade coffee machine from the third floor but couldn’t carry it out, the DA said.

Caught on video

Instead, he left the coffee machine and entered the mail room, stealing 15 packages, Wagstaffe said. Police reviewed the surveillance video and analyzed fingerprints, connecting him to the 2021 theft.

Congressman Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose who represents Palo Alto, is asking his constituents to review the millions of pages of documents the Department of Justice has released on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Several of you have already taken a ‘deep dive,’ and may have very specific information that can help us,” Liccardo said in a statement.

To find what he says is a needle in the haystack, he’s created a document request form on his website in order to shed light on a suspicious redaction the DOJ has made.

“Your input will help focus my review, and I will report back on those leads that seem most promising,” Liccardo said.

The online form is located on the X site of “RepLiccardo.”

THE UPDATE FROM PAGE 1

production of crude to keep gas prices stable after U.S. and Israeli forces launched a major attack on Iran.

BAGRAM STRUCK: Afghanistan says it has thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base, the former U.S. military base is north of Kabul surrendered by the U.S. in 2021.

TRUMP ON EPSTEIN PROBE: President Trump said he’s unhappy about former President Clinton’s deposition in the House Epstein probe. He also said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who is mentioned in the Epstein papers, is “very innocent.”

GUTHRIE VIDEO: Sheriff’s investigators are studying video from a Ring camera 2.5 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house in Tucson, Ariz., which captured a car going by around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1. But it’s unclear whether the video has any relevance to the case.

PITCHER GETS LIFE: Former MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2021 shooting of his wife’s parents during a burglary at their home by Lake Tahoe, authorities said.

MONEY PLANE: A cargo plane carrying money crashed near Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, scattering bills on the ground and leaving at least 15 people dead and others injured, an official said.

SCREAM MAKES KILLING: The latest version of the slasher movie “Scream 7” led the weekend box office with $64 million.

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Jan. 29

Xudong Zhang, 62, of Mountain View

Alexander Mogiliver, 95, of Mountain View

Lionel Trejo, 75, of Redwood City

Jan. 28

Joseph Rodrigues Jr., 82, of Palo Alto

Alice Fowler, 91, of Sunnyvale

Jan. 27

Fatameh Rasoli Kharagh, 84, of Los Altos

Young Park, 67, of Sunnyvale

Allen Bahar, 91, of Los Altos

Michael Cannon, 43, of Palo Alto

Jan. 26

Juliet Leung, 86, of Sunnyvale

Ernie Roquero, 66, died in Mountain View

Jan. 25

Thomas Williams, 75, of Burlingame

Emanuela Vavra, 81, of Mountain View

Jan. 23

Ceferino Dijamco, 76, of San Mateo

Jan. 22

Mark Kozlowski, 70, of Mountain View

Yuen Choy, 98, of Menlo Park

Jan. 19

Mary Frances Rominger, 94, of Palo Alto

Births

El Camino Hospital in Mountain View:

July 24

Mojisayo Ibinabo Abel, a girl

Irene Wheijung Bao, a girl

Elena Nyambura Cross, a girl

Arya Yogesh Dhavale, a girl

James Hanlin Feng, a boy

Nova Gnawali, a girl

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July 23

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Arwa Shabbar Vejlani, a girl

Kianu Wheelock Willemann, a boy

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Ansh Hadke, a boy

Theo Alexander Hwang, a boy

Meera Madhurisushil, a girl

Jaden Kaunda Mwenso, a boy

Archie George Reed, a boy

Siddharth Thulasi, a boy

Jiaming Wen, a boy

William (Bill) Firestone ¢ ¢

William (Bill) Firestone , a long- time resident of Santa Cruz, California, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2026 at Palo Alto Commons Retirement Center. Bill was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1944. He was predeceased by his parents. Bill was devoted to his loving mother , Mabel Brail and her caring husband, Boris H. Brail. He is survived by loving cousins and relatives.

Bill’s broad education included Evanston Township High School, Yale University and advanced studies in Computer Science at SUNY Buffalo. He loved theatre, music and all things creative and excelled in theatre production and set design He was devoted to exercising, especially running most days. One of his most interesting hobbies was searching genealogy and putting together more than a century of family history, a monumental accomplishment which his family appreciated greatly.

Bill was an accomplished Software Development Engineer/Technical Leader at Cisco Systems retiring there in 2019 after a successful 23 years of service. His earlier career included software development at other leading high technology corporations.

Bill Firestone was a modest, kind and loving spirit with a wonderful sense of humor. He will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him.

Outrage is profitable

It’s a trap that costs us our relationships and mental health

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor

If you feel like your social media feed is designed to make you angry, you’re not imagining it. Outrage drives clicks, shares, and time-on-site — and it spikes before elections, when candidates and causes compete for attention and try to motivate voters through fear and anger.

Former Daily Post editor Jeramy Gordon wrote a book journaling his struggle with online outrage and how he “clawed himself back” from endless online arguments that cost him friends, family, and his peace. Gordon warns Facebook, X, and other social media platforms are once again tweaking their algorithms and advertising policies — rolling out “election integrity” plans — meant to control what information we do and do not see online.

In his book, Gordon says he fell into the online outrage trap for years — and paid for it in his relationships and mental health. “Opinionated, Not Judgmental” is a book about moving

from online outrage to what Gordon calls “Christ-centered clarity,” and about how he learned to hold strong convictions without treating people who disagree like enemies.

The Post sat down with Gordon to explore this issue further:

Daily Post: Are you saying outrage is a business model? What do you mean by that?

Gordon: Yes. Anger is profitable — for social platforms, for partisan media, and for anyone competing for attention. Calm nuance doesn’t spread like rage does. Slow thinking doesn’t beat instant moral certainty. Whether it’s a headline designed to trigger you or a post designed to dunk on “the other side,” the incentives reward emotional reaction.

DP: Why does it seem like it gets worse before elections?

G: Because outrage mobilizes. It activates donors, it drives turnout, it increases engagement, and it keeps people loyal to a “team.” In the months leading into an election, candidates and political organizations have every incentive to frame everything as

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an emergency. And platforms adjust policies and algorithms in response to election pressure — but the underlying reality stays the same: outrage performs.

DP: You mentioned platforms tweaking algorithms and ad policies ahead of the 2026 midterms. What’s your concern?

G: My concern is that we’re treating these changes like they’re neutral or purely protective, when in reality the attention economy is still built on emotional activation. “Election integrity” measures can be important, but they don’t change the deeper incentive structure: content that provokes anger spreads faster and farther than content that promotes understanding.

DP: You’re not just critiquing “the system.” You’re saying you lived this personally. What happened?

G: I did. For the better part of a decade, I spent hours arguing online — with friends, family, and strangers. I convinced myself it was virtuous, that I was defending truth. But it wrecked me. I became reactive. I wasn’t present for my wife and kids. I damaged relationships. And I lost the ability to distinguish between being right and being loving.

DP: You’re a former journalist. How does the media fit into this?

DP: What’s the social cost of all this?

G: It shrinks empathy. It turns conversations into competitions. It trains us to treat people — friends and family even — like enemies. And it leaks into real life: spouses avoid topics, friends stop inviting each other, families tense up at holidays, churches fracture, coworkers walk on eggshells. Our communities pay the price for what platforms monetize.

DP: Do you think this is affecting people’s mental health, too?

G: Absolutely. The American Psychological Association has warned about the cumulative stress of social discord and what they call “collective trauma.” When people are under constant stress, they’re more irritable, less patient, and more prone to conflict. So if it feels harder to be gracious right now, it might not be because you’ve become a worse person, it might be because you’re swimming in a system that profits from keeping you activated.

DP: Isn’t anger sometimes justified?

“It shrinks empathy. It turns conversations into competitions.”

G: This is hard to admit, but I’ve seen it from the inside: sensationalism sells. The “X destroys Y” framing draws attention. It confirms bias. Outrage keeps people coming back. And while not every journalist is trying to inflame people, the incentive structure — especially online — rewards the most emotionally charged interpretation of events. That’s a problem.

DP: Is there research showing outrage spreads more than other emotions?

G: Yes. Researchers at Science magazine analyzed millions of social media posts and reported in a 2024 essay that content aimed at the political “out-group” tends to generate significantly more engagement than content about one’s own side — roughly double in some cases. The point isn’t to get into a statistics battle; it’s to recognize what it means: the machine rewards “dunking” on the other side. And if it rewards it, people will do it.

DP: You also cite research about misinformation and outrage. What does it say?

G: A study published in “Nature Human Behavior” tested the idea that misinformation spreads by harnessing outrage and found that outrage is highly engaging and doesn’t require accuracy to travel fast. That’s the scary part: outrage doesn’t need truth to go viral. It needs emotion. So if you’re wondering why your feed feels like a constant crisis, it’s because crisis drives engagement.

G: Of course. Anger can be a signal. Moral clarity matters. There are real injustices that should disturb us. The problem isn’t ever feeling angry by what we see on social media. The problem is living in a state of perpetual outrage, where everything is framed as an emergency and every disagreement becomes a moral indictment. That’s not clarity. That’s manipulation.

DP: So what do we do? What’s the alternative?

G: We start by refusing to participate in the business model. We stop feeding the machine.

And for me, the clearest call-to-action is simple: love your neighbor as yourself. That’s not sentimental. It’s the antidote to a culture trying to turn us into enemies.

Loving your neighbor doesn’t mean surrendering convictions. It doesn’t mean pretending truth doesn’t exist. It means refusing to let conviction become cruelty. It means not allowing politics, media, or social platforms to train you into contempt.

DP: What’s one practical thing people can do today?

G: Put the phone down before you post the angry thing. Don’t perform for your side. Don’t dunk for dopamine. If you feel your pulse rise, pause. And if you actually need to address something, do it like a neighbor — not like an enemy. Outrage is profitable. That should terrify us. But it should also motivate us to become the kind of people who refuse to be bought.

Jeramy D. Gordon is a former editor at the Palo Alto Daily Post and the author of Opinionated, Not Judgmental, a book about his journey from online outrage to Christ-centered clarity.

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later, Zuck

Dear Editor: I’m willing to kick in a sawbuck to help with Mark Zuckerberg’s moving expenses if he promises to go to South Florida. It should raise the quality of character in both locations.

Marty Pulvers Mountain View

Tide school’s benefits

Dear Editor: A letter Feb. 18 expressed the value of the outstanding Tide Academy magnet school, which the Sequoia Union High School District plans to close in its current Menlo Park location.

I, as a citizen of Palo Alto, point out the broader regional benefits of this novel school’s leap into the tenuous future. We can move from traditional schools and must find resources to continue Silicon Valley’s momentum. This school is a simple example of sowing hardy seeds on fertile ground. It is a leadership example for California and competing states.

The letter-writer suggested that tech titans consider leaving a legacy behind as they decamp to the warm, low-tax states. Such a legacy in exchange for tax relief would be in the finest tradition of American philanthropy.

I close with an appeal for a more perfect world for local education. I hope that every local school district adjacent to Tide Academy would speak up with their advice. A rising tide lifts all ships. Let’s be brave with new ideas.

Neilson Buchanan Palo Alto

Good teacher defamed

Dear Editor: The impact of a poorly handled investigation has resulted in damaging the reputation of an excellent teacher at Fletcher Middle School and the Palo Alto Unified School District. My son, currently at Fletcher, very much likes and respects Peter Colombo, who is his PE teacher.

The school board has decided to pay Colombo $3.25 million to settle his lawsuit over the false allegations

and botched investigation. From reading the article about the $3.25 million settlement, it appeared to me that the investigation was conducted in a way that did not allow for discretion until all the facts and timeline were understood.

From my communications with Colombo, as a parent asking about my son’s progress, I was impressed with his knowledge about my son and appreciated the care he showed for my son’s success in his class.

Celia Boyle Palo Alto

Does 311 site work?

Dear Editor: Have you ever submitted a request to the city of Palo Alto’s 311 site?

How was it handled? Was it “received” and just sat there? Or was it marked “in progress” and again just sat there?

Or maybe it eventually was marked “completed” and closed? Was it really completed? How do you know for sure?

I’ve experienced all of these with

previous requests over the years. And the city is well aware of these issues after I corresponded with the managers of the 311 system and the city’s manager. What’s been done to try and improve the system during this time? Not much, as far as I can tell or have been told. Recently, I was encouraged to submit 311 requests for a number of vehicle code violations I’d witnessed by both vehicles and e-bikes. The 311 response I got back was that this was “bad behavior” and that nothing could be done. I raised concerns about this response to both the city manager and the 311 manager and have received no response to date from either.

Different departments and different individuals in those departments all treat the 311 request system differently. The responses and the way requests are handled by everyone should be the same.

When will changes be made so we can depend on the system in the future?

Chris Steck Palo Alto

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More than 1,500 pieces of stolen mail have been recovered following a two-month investigation of postal theft in the Willow Park apartment community at 500 W. Middlefield Road, police said.

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Mail recovered NEWS Architects plan to renovate station

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

After sitting vacant for five years, the Menlo Park train station will be renovated and used as an office.

Caltrain’s board is set to approve the contract with CKA Architects on Thursday for 7.5 years at $5,312 a month.

The Menlo Park-based architects plan to improve the vacant building with new paint, plumbing, flooring, mechanical and electrical upgrades for $163,400.

“It’s exciting to see this property utilized. Finding tenants for a lot of our vacant spaces should be a priority and it’s also great to get the revenue,” San Jose Councilman David Cohen said at a Caltrain Finance Committee on Feb. 23.

The Menlo Park train station is on the National Register of Historic Places, which means it must adhere to strict rules when it comes to repairs or modifications to the building. The station has been empty since the city’s Chamber of Commerce moved out of the building in August 2020.

A search on Jan. 16 found items directed to more than 1,000 addresses in Mountain View and neighboring cities, plus tools and equipment used to manufacture fraudulent identification cards, police said on social media.

Terri Maciel, 47, and Ruben Maciel, 34, both of San Jose, were taken into custody, Mountain View police said.

Meanwhile, the San Carlos train station continues to sit empty.

The San Carlos train station is also on the national and has been empty since the Depot Cafe shut down in 2018.

Caltrain and SamTrans spokesman Dan Lieberman said there are no current plans for the station, but they are pursuing any interested tenants.

THE MENLO PARK train station at 1120 Merrill St. Alamy photo.

Infant sugar intake tied to heart disease

People whose sugar intake was restricted before birth and in early childhood had markedly lower rates of heart disease later in life, according to a study reported by Science magazine.

Compared to those never exposed to rationing, their risks of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and cardiovascular death were cut by roughly 20–30%.

Data from sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in 1953 found that people who consumed less sugar early on were less likely to develop conditions such as heart attack, heart failure and stroke as adults.

The strongest protective effect, along with the greatest delay in the onset of heart disease — was observed among individuals whose sugar intake was

restricted from conception (“in utero”) through about age 2.

Health experts have long suggested that the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to around 2 years of age) represent a critical window when nutrition can influence long-term health. Current guidelines recommend avoiding sugary drinks and ultra-processed foods (which often contain high amounts of sugar) as infants and toddlers begin eating solid foods.

The study found that longer exposure to sugar rationing corresponded with steadily lower risks of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Part of this benefit appeared to stem from lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.

PALO ALTO

WEDNESDAY

1:28 p.m. — Person taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, Embarcadero Road.

9:09 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, 500 block of Pasteur Drive.

11:42 p.m. — Person taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, University Ave.

THURSDAY

7:27 a.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, 900 block of Middlefield Road.

10:49 a.m. — Grand theft, 3900 block of E. Bayshore Road.

MENLO PARK

FRIDAY

3:07 p.m. — Electric bike stolen, 600 block of Roble Ave.

4:38 p.m. — Backpack stolen, 700 block of Santa Cruz Ave.

SATURDAY

11:18 a.m. — Battery, 1300 block of Sevier Ave.

2:17 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of Pierce Road.

3:15 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, Marsh Road and Haven Ave.

8:29 p.m. — Ramon Plancarte Gomez, 53, of East Palo Alto, arrested for hit-and-run, Chester St. and Willow Road.

9:58 p.m. — Esequiel Ortiz Ganoa, 38, of Redwood City, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Santa Cruz Ave. and El Camino. Incident handled by Menlo Park police.

STANFORD

FEB. 21

2:59 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 100 block of Comstock Circle.

3:18 p.m. — Battery, Avery Aquatics Center.

9:43 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 600 block of Escondido Road.

FEB. 23

1:11 a.m. — Bicycle stolen, 400 block of Lomita Mall.

5:03 a.m. — Extortion alleged, 600 block of Jane Stanford Way.

8:33 a.m. — Theft, 400 block of Quarry Road.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

FEB. 21

1:03 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1600 block of Plymouth St.

1:26 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1600 block of Amphitheatre Parkway.

1:42 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1600 block of Plymouth St.

5:37 p.m. — Theft at Paris Baguette, 315 Castro St.

6:26 p.m. — Battery at CVS, 1041 El Monte Ave.

8:09 p.m. — Tereece Sherill, 27, transient, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and obstructing police, 4000 block of Pacific Drive.

9:02 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1000 block of La Avenida St.

FEB. 22

2:06 a.m. — Battery, 200 block of Castro St.

2:38 a.m. — Siagai Talimalie, 29, of Stockton, arrested for DUI and carrying a concealed gun in a vehicle, 100 block of W. Evelyn Ave.

11:24 a.m. — Indecent exposure at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road.

1:15 p.m. — Home burglary, 900 block of California St.

6:21 p.m. — Sara Cannon, 44, arrested for domestic battery, 900 block of Boranda Ave.

7:55 p.m. — Home burglary, 1200 block of Phyllis Ave.

ATHERTON

SATURDAY

11:31 a.m. — Abad Perez, 35, of Mountain View, cited for driving with

a suspended or revoked license, El Camino and Winchester Drive.

REDWOOD CITY

FEB. 21

5:17 p.m. — Cory Hill, 39, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic battery and threats, Redwood City Caltrain Station. Arrest made by Mountain View police.

THURSDAY

8:55 a.m. — Two-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Grand St.

11:16 a.m. — Omar Alejandro Monroy Monroy, 44, arrested for trespassing, evading police in a vehicle and resisting police, 1500 block of Veterans Blvd.

2:20 p.m. — Juvenile injured in a hit-and-run. Location not disclosed.

3:35 p.m. — Asia Holliday, 38, arrested on a warrant, 1000 block of El Camino.

6:42 p.m. — Woman reported to be using pliers to try to get a security tag off an item in a store, 200 block of Walnut St. Gabriela Itzel Romero Leyte, 31, arrested for petty theft, drug possession, possession of burglary tools and on a warrant. Martin Cholico Duenas, 58, arrested for petty theft and drug possession.

9:32 p.m. — Woman says a group of extremely intoxicated teens were lying down in the road and after refusing to leave, they ran after her vehicle. Location not disclosed.

9:38 p.m. — Stolen vehicle recovered, Ludina Way.

10:24 p.m. — Makasini Broussard, 20, arrested for battery that causes serious injuries, 600 block of Spruce St.

BELMONT

THURSDAY

8:34 a.m. — Theft from a vehicle, 600 block of Middle Road.

FRIDAY

8:54 a.m. — Theft from a vehicle, 1200 block of Geraldine Way.

3:34 p.m. — Guillermo Heredia Zavala, 24, arrested for DUI, Ralston Ave. and Hiller St.

7:23 p.m. — Theft, 1700 block of Terrace Drive.

SATURDAY

2:19 p.m. — Theft, 1000 block of El Camino.

7:10 p.m. — Theft, 1100 block of El Camino.

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JAN. 29

Benson S. Lee, 41, arrested for DUI.

JAN. 30

Isaac Javier, 22, arrested for DUI. JAN. 31

Eudoro A. Aguilar Esquizel, 28, arrested for hit-and-run.

Sergio Noriega Jr., 28, arrested for DUI.

FEB. 1

Kenia M. Alvarez Romero, 27, arrested for DUI.

Jeandio L. Avenido, 23, arrested for DUI.

Gabriel D. Garcia, 20, arrested for DUI.

Timothy T. Tsang, 24, arrested for racing.

FEB. 2

Marco A. Alcalde Madrigal, 18, arrested for DUI.

Seema Chaudhry, 31, arrested for trespassing and evading police in a vehicle.

Jose A. Landa Gaspar, 34, arrested for DUI.

FEB. 5

Carlos Garibay, 29, arrested for DUI.

Adrian Sanchez Herrera, 29, arrested for DUI.

Ramiro Vega, 43, arrested for trespassing and evading police in a vehicle.

FEB. 6

Raul D. Cruz Ocegueda, 22, arrested for narcotics possession and being under the influence of drugs.

Kevin R. Espana Hernandez, 44, arrested for DUI.

Jose Alfredo Garcia Martinez, 47, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Rigoberto Jimenez, 32, arrested for DUI.

Esly A. Marquez Razo, 29, arrested for DUI.

Jessie J. Zheng, 29, arrested for DUI.

FEB. 7

Osmar G. Larios Sandoval Jr., 33, arrested for DUI.

Jose Montes Briones, 32, arrested for DUI.

FEB. 8

Valdemar Estrada Vargas, 45, arrested for falsely identifying himself to police.

Reginamarie D. Ortega, 37, arrested for DUI, domestic violence and child endangerment.

Justin M. Montgomery, 35, arrested for DUI.

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Jesus G. Orellana Castillo, 20, arrested for DUI.

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William V. Buehlman, 57, arrested for possession of narcotics for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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The Post prints the latest real estate transactions. PALO ALTO

1111 Juana Court, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1541 square feet, built in 2025, Summerhill West Bayshore LLC to Sue and Keun Song for $590,000, closed Jan. 26

153 California Ave. #F215, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1247 square feet, built in 1982, Marcotte Family Trust to Golgoun Habibi for $970,000, closed Jan. 27 (last sale: $1,300,000, 0724-20)

2500 Columbia St. #301, 94304, 2 bedrooms, 1339 square feet, built in 2018, Zhandry Living Trust to Stanford University for $1,260,000, closed Jan. 27 (last sale: $3,252,000, 09-11-24)

342 Carolina Lane, 94306, 5 bedrooms, 2365 square feet, built in 1950, Sohoni Family Trust to Ngoc and Manh Tran for $3,083,000, closed Jan. 26

3833 Corina Way, 94303, 4 bedrooms, 1966 square feet, built in 1955, Sun Living Trust to Sarit and Scott Schube for $3,180,000, closed Jan. 30 (last sale: $1,120,000, 04-20-10)

963 Laurel Glen Drive, 94304, 3 bedrooms, 2712 square feet, built in 1972, ZCA Homes LLC to Pauline and Karim Khalil for $3,700,000, closed Jan. 30 (last sale: $3,000,000, 12-06-25)

575 Maybell Ave., 94306, 5 bedrooms, 3950 square

feet, built in 2021, Wu Family Trust to Liu and Fang Trust for $5,550,000, closed Jan. 30 (last sale: $22,000,000, 04-09-14)

EAST PALO ALTO

2670 Illinois St., 94303, 3 bedrooms, 970 square feet, built in 1952, Tamara and Margaret Lawyer to Bonjour Staging LLC for $700,000, closed Jan. 13 2232 Euclid Ave., 94303, 4 bedrooms, 1980 square feet, built in 1949, Joaquina Trujillo to Yao-Liao Family Trust for $1,200,000, closed Jan. 15 (last sale: $600,000, 06-15-07)

MENLO PARK

2146 Sand Hill Road, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2030 square feet, built in 1971, Sun Living Trust to Roja Decande for $1,648,000, closed Jan. 14 (last sale: $900,000, 05-30-06)

1330 University Drive #66, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1490 square feet, built in 1973, Onalson Inc. to View Capital Ventures LP for $1,800,000, closed Jan. 15

1970 Camino de los Robles, 94025, 4 bedrooms, 1960 square feet, built in 1967, Okamoto Trust to Shimbo Family Trust for $3,000,000, closed Jan. 15

194 Oak Court, 94025, 1 bedroom, 920 square feet, built in 1942, Yu Luo to Daniel and Mona Bear for $3,050,000, closed Jan. 12 (last sale: $1,525,000, 02-24-23)

2165 Santa Cruz Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1210

square feet, built in 1948, Denise Klein to 2165 Santa Cruz LLC for $3,300,000, closed Jan. 14

MOUNTAIN VIEW

748 Cottage Court, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1150 square feet, built in 2004, Anne Puyt to Annie and George Toderici for $1,150,000, closed Jan. 29 (last sale: $1,302,000, 01-31-19)

1269 Verano Road, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1471 square feet, built in 2022, Tongyu Chen to Asif Khan for $1,635,000, closed Jan. 28 (last sale: $1,640,000, 02-09-23)

139 Flynn Ave., 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1681 square feet, built in 2021, Grandwell LLC to Ling Family Trust for $1,720,000, closed Jan. 26

LOS ALTOS

920 Oxford Drive, 94024, 5 bedrooms, 3278 square feet, built in 1975, Vigil-Galcher Family Trust to Chen Trust for $4,725,000, closed Jan. 30 (last sale: $2,425,000, 10-09-08)

1440 Oakhurst Ave., 94024, 3 bedrooms, 2228 square feet, built in 1954, Nancy Franck to Yaqin and Xiaowei Li for $6,180,000, closed Jan. 29

ATHERTON

268 Polhemus Ave., 94027, 4 bedrooms, 3070 square feet, built in 1964, Pacific Peninsula Group to Rose Lavender Garden II LLC for $35,000,000, closed Jan. 12 (last sale: $7,900,000, 09-01-23)

PORTOLA VALLEY

11 Hawkview St., 94028, 3 bedrooms, 3670 square feet, built in 1981, Elke and Franz Janker to Hempel Trust for $4,025,000, closed Jan. 12

1 Grove Court, 94028, 3 bedrooms, 4597 square feet, built in 2006, Hrm-Cmg 2000 Trust to Jmy Living Trust for $14,500,000, closed Jan. 15 (last sale: $2,882,000, 11-03-20)

WOODSIDE

168 Sunrise Drive, 94062, 2 bedrooms, 1940 square feet, built in 1970, Jeremy Roy to Salma and Dilawar Syed for $2,390,000, closed Jan. 12 (last sale: $1,400,000, 10-09-12)

129 Hillside Drive, 94062, 3 bedrooms, 2860 square feet, built in 1965, Maribeth and Joseph Andolina to Manehani Family Trust for $3,500,000, closed Jan. 15

REDWOOD CITY

200 Baltic Circle #232, 94065, 1 bedroom, 927 square feet, built in 1996, Lee Family Trust to Matthew Liu for $721,000, closed Jan. 16 (last sale: $525,000, 01-11-05)

3021 Glendale Ave., 94063, 3 bedrooms, 1260 square feet, built in 1945, Lourdes Navasca to Cali Cash Homebuyer LLC for $765,000, closed Jan. 14 603 Warrington Ave., 94063, 2 bedrooms, 1010 square feet, built in 1961, Flock-Church Little to Hermenegildo Barrera-Banderas for $950,000, closed Jan. 14

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available ranging from transitional to modern, you are sure to find the perfect look and function for your home. Please visit the Leather Leather Furniture Gallery in downtown Menlo Park or call (650) 6170220 for more information. Shown in the photo is co-owner Tricia Mulcahy.

SPRING 2026 TRUNK SHOW. Lingerie République is pleased to invite you to their Spring 2026 Trunk Show on Saturday, Mar.

style and celebration as they showcase three iconic European lingerie houses: PrimaDonna, Marie Jo, and Andres Sarda. Guests will enjoy exclusive discounts and access to expert fittings. They are located at Town & Country Village, Building 1, Suite 4, and are open seven days a week. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (650) 323-7979.

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Vinyasa Flow: Rock ’n’ Roll with Nikki Saengcha. Friday, Mar. 6, 7:15–8:15 p.m. Experience Vinyasa with a little edge. This class features dynamic, breath-linked sequences set to a rock ’n’ roll playlist designed to fuel strength, rhythm, and self-expression. Expect steady heat, creative transitions, and opportunities to move intuitively while staying grounded in your breath. The session builds toward powerful standing work and balances before easing into deep stretches and a well-earned savasana. Sign up at craveyoga-mv.com/events.

BIRD BATH SALE. Birder’s Garden has been a favorite destination for Peninsula bird lovers for over 30 years. They offer everything you need for successful bird feeding, including high-quality Americanmade feeders, bird seed mixes, nesting boxes, and bird baths. Please visit them at 926 El Camino Real in San Carlos this month to enjoy 15% off your bird bath purchase. For more information, you can call them at (650) 595-0300. Shown in the photo is Bonnie Regalia, your local birding specialist.

FREE LANDSCAPE EDUCATION CLASSES. Learn how to garden beautifully while reducing your water use. Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency’s Landscape Education Classes are designed to introduce homeowners, commercial property managers, landscape service providers, and others to the concepts of water-efficient and sustainable landscaping. Spring classes run from March to June. Topics include, but are not limited, to Healthy Soils, Landscape Transformations, Street Muching for Beginners, and more. To register, please go to bayareaconservation.org/landscape. Shown in the photo is Christiane Barth, office assistant.

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MIDTOWN MANAGEMENT & SALES OFFERS an outstanding marketing campaign designed to ensure your property reaches its target market. Leveraging a vast network of resources— including professional photography, online advertising, and relocation specialists— combined with a high daily volume of tenant inquiries, Midtown Management ensures your home

will rent quickly. Please contact Joann Weber, Broker and Owner, at (650) 815-5410 or joann@ midtownmanagement.com for more information. DRE# 01896750 WITH NEARLY 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, California Interiors & Design is one of the Bay Area’s most sought-after interior design teams. Their expert in-house designers support all facets of the industry, offering custom upholstery, case goods, and specialty accessories. In addition to partnering with independent designers to provide exclusive lines and professional support, they offer affordable onsite consultations, free in-store design services, and home staging. Every project reflects a commitment to quality, function, and creativity to help clients realize their dream spaces. Please visit the showroom at 1300 El Camino Real, Belmont, to learn more.

GOT AN OLD COUCH WITH SAGGY CUSHIONS? A worn out Lay-Z-Boy recliner that has lost its charm? Don’t toss them to the curb and spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on new furniture, come to Sterling Custom Upholstery and let them revitalize everything for a fraction of the cost. A Mountain View staple, Sterling Custom Upholstery is a family owned and operated business that has been around since 1966! Trust Michelle and her amazing crew at Sterling Upholstery to update your old or maybe just sentimental furniture with new style and an aesthetic that works for you. Head over to 1243 W El Camino Real in Mountain View today to see how to save money by transforming your old furniture to its original comfort with a brand new style!

NOW, IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR a unique and special gift for someone, you might want to check out the Shady Lane Gift Shop in Sharon Heights. It’s a fun and fascinating little shop located in the Sharon Heights Shopping Center in Menlo Park. The owner, Alice, is super friendly and always ready to help. They have a wide variety of gifts made by local artists and craftsmen, including silver jewelry, wood carvings, masks, intricate boxes, and much more. If you’re in the area, give Alice a call at (650) 321-1099 or check out their website for more crafty new information about this great little place.

GOT BICYCLE? SPRINGTIME AND SUMMER are just around the corner. The Bike Connection in Palo Alto is your place for one stop shopping. Greg Forrest and his stellar crew have everything you need to get into the wind and enjoy the outdoors. The Bike Connection offers all the big name brand bikes, clothing and accessories. They carry electric bikes and gravel bikes,too. Throw in the complete repair and service they offer and that’s about all you need to know. If you do want to know more call Greg at 650 853 3000 and ask him very detailed questions. Greg has all the bicycle answers or you can just come by the Bike Connection at 2011 El Camino Real in Palo Alto and see for yourself.

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top Iranian military officials. In response, Iran is attacking ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. And Iran is firing drones and missiles at Israel and sites around the Gulf, prompting three close U.S. allies to say they are ready to defend their interests in the region.

The three Americans who were killed were Army soldiers deployed to Kuwait as part of a supplies and logistics unit.

The U.S. military said B-2 stealth bombers struck Iran’s ballistic missile facilities with 2,000-pound bombs. Trump said on social media that nine Iranian warships had been sunk and that the Iranian navy’s headquarters had been “largely destroyed.”

In Israel, 11 people have been killed as loud explosions caused by missile impacts or interceptions could be heard in Tel Aviv. Israel’s rescue services said that nine people were killed and more wounded in a strike that hit a synagogue in the central town of Beit Shemesh.

Successor

Khamenei’s death raised questions about who will succeed him as Iran’s supreme leader.

Previously, it was thought that Khamenei’s protege, hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, may try to take the mantle. However, he was killed in a May 2024 helicopter crash.

That has left one of Khamenei’s sons, Mojtaba, a 56-year-old Shiite cleric, as a potential candidate, though he has never held government office.

He has close ties with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Mojtaba served in the armed forces during the IranIraq war, and is said to wield influence behind the scenes as his father’s gatekeeper.

But a father-to-son transfer in the case of a supreme leader could spark anger, not only among Iranians already critical of clerical rule, but also among supporters of the system. Some may see it as un-Islamic and in line with creating a new, religious dynasty after the 1979 collapse of the U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s government.

Iran forms leadership council

As outlined in its constitution, Iran yesterday formed a council to govern the country.

The council is made up of Iran’s sitting president, the head of the country’s judiciary and a member of the Guardian Council chosen by Iran’s Expediency Council, which advises the supreme leader and settles disputes with parliament.

Iran’s reformist president, Masoud Pezeshkian, and hard-line judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, are its members who will step in and “temporarily assume all the duties of leadership.”

Reps sound off on U.S. attack

The two Congressmen who represent the Mid-Peninsula denounced President Trump’s decision to attack Iran, saying he should have sought Congressional approval.

Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-San Mateo, said the strikes on Iran constitute an “illegal war that could escalate wildly and has put our service members in harm’s way.”‘ This military action has not been justified or explained to the American people, nor approved by Congress.”

Bombing campaign questioned

“Trump justified last year’s attacks on Iran by claiming that he ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear capabilities; if true, he wouldn’t need this year’s war to do so,” said Rep.

Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, who represents Palo Alto. “Trump urges regime change, yet no mere bombing campaign — no matter how horrific or brutal — can deliver that outcome. In Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and even Venezuela, history shows that regime change requires a far more protracted engagement than the American public will support.”

Trump, in a televised speech Saturday morning, justified the attack by saying negotiations failed because the Iranians wouldn’t give up their nuclear program. He warned that Iran would eventually build a bomb that could threaten the United States.

Mullin said the bombing cam-

paign goes too far. “We can support the Iranian people and put extreme pressure on Iran’s leadership without starting another regime change war that puts our troops at risk,” he said in a statement posted on his website.

Risky move

Gov. Gavin Newsom echoed Trump’s call for regime change but said the war started by the U.S. and Israel was “illegal.”

“The corrupt and repressive Iranian regime must never have nuclear weapons,” Newsom wrote on X. “The leadership of Iran must go. But that does not justify the President of the United States engaging in an illegal, dangerous war that will risk the lives of our American service members and our friends without justification to the American people.”

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MULLIN

GRIEVING — A woman cries as she mourns the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering in Beirut yesterday. AP photo.

Theocracy’s future in doubt

In a matter of days, nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy have exploded into a crackdown and bloodshed that blew past casualty figures of past demonstrations in the country.

This new level of mayhem summons the chaotic days surrounding the birth of the Islamic Republic in 1979. That poses perhaps the greatest risk to Iran’s theocracy in the time since that revolution: It now faces a populace increasingly willing to defy a government long willing to use violence to suppress dissent.

In the run-up to revolution in 1978, Iran witnessed running street battles between forces loyal to the U.S.backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and demonstrators. Also part of that

movement: attacks that targeted cinemas, nightclubs, U.S. interests, Iranian officials and minorities. Each fresh mourning for slain protesters expanded into a cycle of demonstrations. That ultimately ballooned to millions on the streets and pushed the monarch, fatally ill with cancer, to flee.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in exile in France, returned to Iran and soon seized all levers of power. Many fully didn’t grasp what would come next.

Mass executions

The execution of thousands of former government and military officials, writers, activists and others followed. So did a bloody eight-year war launched by Iraq. The imposition

of the mandatory hijab, or headscarf, for women took effect. Soon came decades of tension with the United States — particularly after the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the 444-day hostage crisis. Last month, Iran’s reformist president, Masoud Pezeshkian, seemed willing to negotiate with demonstrators.

A new crackdown

But as soon as mass demonstrations swelled last week, Iran’s theocracy reverted to a familiar playbook. It cut off access to the internet. It severed telephone lines abroad. Security forces engaged in what appears to be a bloody crackdown using live fire and other weapons to suppress the demonstrations.

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analysis of the measure, SB63. The tax would last 14 years.

A report by City Manager Ed Shikada and City Clerk Mahealani An Yun, the tax measure aligns with guidelines for legislation the council wants the city’s lobbyist to support — such as deterring solo drivers to reduce congestion, supporting public transportation and expanding public transit throughout Palo Alto.

VTA, SamTrans and Caltrain operate in Palo Alto.

If the measure passes, Caltrain will get $75 million and VTA will get $264 million, according to Shikada and An Yun’s memo.

SamTrans will get $50 million, BART $330 million and Muni will get $170 million, according to the SB63 analysis.

Link funding ending

The council will also be discussing what to do with its on-demand ride share service, Link, as funding for the program ends on June 30.

The service provides about 4,500 subsidized rides per month (145 a day) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. It costs $4 for a ride, unless the rider is a senior, disabled, low-income or a youth, then each trip is $2. The city’s nine Link-branded Teslas travel between nine different locations in town, such as Rinconada Park, Stanford Shopping Center, University Avenue and the Stanford Research Park. The program was largely funded by a VTA grant, but the grant is running out so the city needs to decide whether to retire the three-year-old program or spend about $1.2 million a year, or $26 a trip, on the program.

Options

The council today will also discuss whether to replace Link with the city’s old shuttle service that it retired in 2020, subsidize taxi rides or end the city’s ride-sharing program completely.

WORLDWIDE SUPPORT — Iranians attend a demonstration in support of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin yesterday. AP photo.

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Blood moon tonight

A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse — and there won’t be another until late 2028.

The spectacle will start at 3:04 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, and will last until 4:02 a.m.

The moon will be high in the sky and no special equipment is necessary to see it.

Unfortunately, there’s a chance of partly cloudy skies here in the Bay Area.

Solar and lunar eclipses happen due to a precise alignment of the sun, moon and Earth. There are between four and seven a year, according to NASA.

The eclipses tend to follow each other, taking advantage of the sweet spot in the celestial bodies’ orbits. Tuesday’s total eclipse of the moon comes two weeks after a “ring of fire” solar eclipse that dazzled people and penguins in Antarctica.

Why it’s red

During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth is between the sun and full moon, casting a shadow that covers the moon. The so-called blood moon looks red because of stray bits of sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere.

The show unfolds over several hours, with totality lasting about an hour.

A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE, known as the blood moon, was visible between skyscrapers in 2025, the last time this phenomena happened.

Compared to a solar eclipse, “the lunar eclipse is a little more of a relaxed pace,” said Catherine Miller at Middlebury College’s Mittelman Observatory.

Look up exact timing

Use a forecasting app or any online celestial calendar to look up the exact timing for your area. Venture outside a few times to see

Earth’s shadow darken the moon, eventually revealing the reddish-orange orb.

“You don’t have to be out there the whole time to see the shadows moving,” said astronomer Bennett Maruca with the University of Delaware.