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Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Grenade Discovered in Cooley Landing Waters (machronicle.com) — Police temporarily closed off Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto after a person wading in the Bay pulled out what looked like a hand grenade and set it on shore. East Palo Alto officers and a bomb squad safely handled the potentially hazardous device, and authorities are reminding residents never to touch suspicious objects and to call law enforcement immediately instead.
• 'Heathens' chronicles five people challenging their fundamentalist upbringings (newsbreak.com) — Residents in East Palo Alto can catch the human-rights-focused United Nations Association Film Festival later this month, with screenings of documentaries like "Heathens" at local venues. The film follows five people leaving fundamentalist Christian backgrounds and aims to spark respectful conversations about belief, doubt, and pluralism, with post-screening discussions inviting Bay Area audiences into the dialogue.
• As Newsom considers commuting California's death sentences, 42 Bay Area killers remain in prison (mercurynews.com) — California's debate over the death penalty directly touches East Palo Alto through past San Mateo County cases, including the killing of an East Palo Alto police officer and a convicted East Palo Alto resident. As Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs commuting all death sentences, local families, prosecutors, and juries could see long-final cases revisited, raising questions about justice, safety, and voter intent.
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