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ies that have named buildings, such as libraries, boulevards, community centers and public parks, after Chavez. Ravenswood School District officials in East Palo Alto are looking to yesterday that the district will consider cuss the name change at its March 26 Chavez, who died in 1993, allegedly sexually abused and raped girls and the remove labor leader Cesar Chavez’s renaming Cesar Chavez Ravenswood meeting. “As we move forward, we are com- co-founder of the United Farm Workname from its middle school after al- Middle School because the recently legations that he raped and sexually surfaced allegations against Chavez do mitted to a process that is transparent, ers of America union, Dolores Huerabused women involved in the farm- not align with the school’s core values, . inclusive and reflective of our commu- ta. Huerta has said that she was raped No decision has been made on the nity,” Sudaria said. twice by Chavez, and both incidents worker’s movement. East Palo Alto is among many citSuperintendent Gina Sudaria said school’s new name. The board will dis[See CHAVEZ, page 38]
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ISRAEL HOLDS BACK: Israel has pledged to refrain from more strikes on a key Iranian gas field after Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities.
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WAR FUNDING: The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion more for the Iran war, an extraordinarily high number. DISTANCING CHAVEZ: Gov. Gavin Newsom said yesterday he supports a proposal to rename Cesar Chavez Day. MULLIN ADVANCES: A Senate committee yesterday narrowly advanced the nomination of Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to become head of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem. SMUGGLING ALLEGED: A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer and two others affiliated with the company have been charged with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China. COPS LOSE SUIT: The Grammy[See THE UPDATE, page 4] 27210 OHLONE LANE
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Board selects new district leader HR Director Herb Espiritu, 44, of San Jose, is the district’s third The Palo Alto school board superintendent in the last month. Espiritu was one of 60 members yesterday promoted an HR director to acting superintendent of the Palo Alto Management Aswho signed a letter last year call- sociation to call for Chiu’s resiging for the resignation of board nation in January 2025. Chiu was under fire for repostmember Rowena Chiu. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
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