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duce mosquito populations through pesticides and other measures. The district monitors the incidence of diseases spread by pests — such as West Nile virus, Lyme disease, and rabies — and to fund a special district that controls back with a “yes” or “no” vote by May helps residents with creatures like rodents or snakes getting into the house. mosquitoes and other disease-causing 19. Although the district is part of the The funds would go to the Santa pests. Ballots were mailed to property Clara County Mosquito and Vector county government, it doesn’t receive [See PESTS, page 18] owners in mid-March. They are due Control District, which works to reBY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
PEST — A mosquito with W. Nile virus.
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NO KINGS ARRESTS: Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas and made dozens of arrests following one of thousands of “No Kings” rallies held this weekend nationwide. LOCAL PROTESTS: Locally, No Kings demonstrators hit the streets of San Carlos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View. Protesters carried signs criticizing immigration enforcement and the war in Iran. PROBATION IN KILLING: Antoine Watson, the man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco, will get probation without additional jail time than the five years he’s already served, Judge Linda Colfax has ruled. CATHOLICS KEPT AWAY: Israeli police, concerned about frequent fire from Iranian missiles, prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, [See THE UPDATE, page 4] LO S A LT O S E X PE RT I SE .
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Robotics teacher in court
Krier was hired to teach computTrial opens today er science and coach robotics at Palo Alto High School on Aug. 8, 2018. The Palo Alto Unified School DisBefore she started, Safety Technitrict is headed for a jury trial today in her suit against cian Terri Curtis allegedly told Krier with a robotics teacher who said stuthe team had to be shut down because dents destroyed her gay pride flag and school district BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
vandalized her car, and parents resisted her attempts to diversify the team. Kathy Krier, 63, said the district did nothing to help her and told her she “probably didn’t want to start the job with a complaint against the students,” according to her lawsuit.
BY ADRIANA HERANDNEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Turning the Dumbarton Rail Corridor from East Palo Alto to Redwood s Route Proposed Dumbarton Bu City into a bus-only route could allow developers to build seven-story apartment buildings in Atherton. Ca ltr “I think there’ll be a very strong ain amount of opposition,” said Atherton Rick DeGolia at a hearing last week. Bus Route in red Councilwoman Elizabeth Lewis Dots o show cross streets called it a very serious issue. If the bus route includes a stop in The City/County Association of and Assemblyman Marc Berman — to Atherton, it would trigger Senate Bill Governments for the county sent a let- ensure the Dumbarton project would 79, which permits buildings up to sevter to Atherton’s representatives in the not trigger SB79, Lewis said. “We just en stories tall within a quarter mile LOBSTER of Legislature — state Sen. Josh Becker [See SEVEN, page 19] transit stops. STIMULUS
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