BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A man who is suspected of committing a rape in Mountain View in 1999 has been found trying to cross back into the United States from Canada, police said. He was detained in Michigan, and Mountain View detectives flew out to bring him back to Santa Clara County, police said. They landed at San Francisco Airport at 10 p.m. on Tuesday (March 28), according to a log of police activity. Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson didn’t have any further details about the case or the suspect because she said the sergeant was off duty. Nelson is not a sworn officer, w ..read more

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The principal at Mountain View High School has re-assigned the adviser of the student newspaper and canceled an introduction to journalism class after student reporters published an article detailing sexual harassment among students. Members of the Oracle said their program now faces an uncertain future, with an untenured advisor and no training ground for future writers. “We’re really not sure how this will pan out,” co-editor-in-chief Naina Srivastava said in an interview on Wednesday. Every six weeks, the Oracle works on an in-depth article that ..read more

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The rise of AI will lead to more false news reports spreading, but it could also result in journalistic masterpieces, according to a panel of reporters talking about how AI will impact journalism in Mountain View last night (April 25). “I’m convinced this is bigger than Google,” said Michael Nunez, editorial director for the tech news outlet VentureBeat. Nunez was one of eight journalists on a panel at Microsoft’s campus in Mountain View hosted by the San Francisco Press Club. The event was held as AI programs, such as ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, hav ..read more

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council voted tonight (Jan. 30) to appoint housing advocate Emily Ann Ramos to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Sally Lieber. Ramos received five out of six votes, with every council member supporting her except for Councilwoman Lisa Matichak, who wanted someone who had been on council before. Ramos will be sworn in on Feb. 14 and serve the remaining two years of the term of Lieber, who resigned to join the California State Board of Equalization. Dozens of people spoke and wrote letters to council supporting Ramos, who ..read more

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Four candidates seeking an appointment to the Mountain View City Council held a debate Friday (Jan. 27) during which they agreed to modify the city’s rent control ordinance, ban new office buildings and put new housing on top of existing shopping centers. Mike Kasperzak, who had been on council for 16 years before, withdrew his candidacy before yesterday’s forum. Three of the candidates are former council members, and all four of them currently sit on boards that advise council on specific issues.  Council will ask the applicants seven question ..read more

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A woman who was kidnapped and raped after drinking in downtown Mountain View told police that she went in and out of consciousness as a stranger assaulted her in his apartment throughout the night, according to a police report. The woman said she blacked out after dancing at the Monte Carlo night club with her husband and friends on Saturday night, and she woke up naked on a bed next to Henry Bermudez, who was arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly raping her. The woman’s husband told police that the last thing he remembers that night was a fight ..read more

By the Daily Post staff Edward Moreno, CEO of Palo Alto’s SeaDrone Inc., was arrested by Mountain View police today (Jan. 2) on suspicion of peeping inside a women’s restroom at the Panera restaurant on El Monte Avenue today. While in the restroom, the victim heard another person in the stall next to her and then saw a man stick his head underneath the stall to look at her inside the stall, according to police. The woman screamed at the man who then ran out of the restroom and the restaurant. The victim chased the man. The woman tried to take a photo of the peeper, but he grabbed her phone and ..read more