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Page 2ÊUÊÕÞÊÓ]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ 450 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto 650.326.8210 www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Police: Outrage over homicides leads to tips a possible connection to a third that East Bayshore Road pizzeria — the two others sat in a car. Police said Major leads in recent East Palo Alto killings occurred July 24, he said. fourth homicide in 12 days. she was not the intended target. mark turning point for community, leaders say Perhaps most surprisingly, the Davis all but predicted the re- Two East Palo Alto residents, willingness to come forward is com- newed violence after a July 6 sum- Jabari Banford, 23, and Hugo by Sue Dremann ing from young people, community mit of federal, state, county and Chavez, 26, were gunned down July fter decades of adhering to a 3-month-old Izack Jesus Jimenez leaders said. local law-enforcement agencies, 18 and 19. Then Guzman was killed “no-snitch” culture, East Palo Garcia, has been crucial to solving “People are drawing a line in the where Davis publicly vowed to shut and an 18-year-old was wounded on A Alto residents are coming for- murders that have rocked the city sand and saying they are not go- down the entrenched Norteno and July 24. ward with tips about recent murders since July 13, police Chief Ronald ing to tolerate this violence. Three Sureno gangs. “How I feel about these recent as they never have before, East Palo Davis said last week. Within 48 homicides in a week is crazy. We The first of the four homicides oc- deaths is certainly disgust,” East Alto police are saying. hours, police received several cred- should be outraged,” Davis said, just curred a week later. Nineteen-year- Palo Alto resident Whitney Ge- That sea change, prompted in ible tips that led to the identification days before 19-year-old Kevin Guz- old Menlo Park resident Catherine part by the June shooting death of of three suspects in two killings and man was gunned down outside an Fisher was fatally shot as she and (continued on page 7) COMMUNITY Two’s a crowd? Plan for second Palo Alto Lions Club draws roars from existing club members by Jeff Carr t a meeting of the Palo Alto City Council last month, Jack A Van Eton announced an op- portunity for District 4-C4 of Lions Clubs International, which covers the Peninsula, to form a new club in Palo Alto. Despite the organization’s reputation for community service, the seemingly innocuous announce- ment didn’t sit well with one group: the Lions Club of Palo Alto. Current club members said that creation of a second Palo Alto branch is unnecessary in a time of dwindling membership and could even create unwelcome competition Veronica Weber Veronica between the groups. “We are not for it,” said Robert Stoudt, who was the president of the existing Palo Alto club until July 1. “We’d like to see the district build up our numbers.” That’s using their noodles! “The word I would use is ‘dis- Camp Avenidas participants Andrew Robell, left, Beverley Altman and Werner Wadensweiler use foam noodles during their water- appointment,’” new president Bill exercise workout. The camp is a three-day summer program at Channing House featuring exercise, lectures and social events for seniors. Downey said. The club’s roster of 31 members puts it “on the larger held outdoors at El Carmelo Elemen- gathered and stayed together until side,” he admitted, but numbers are COMMUNITY tary School — where Dias had been dawn. dropping. “We’re stretched.” a PTA president and volunteer — is By 5 a.m. Saturday, Cindy How- Downey said an ideal club size being organized by Howard’s close- ard began mounting a memorial might be 40, and he too would like knit family and a host of neighbors website (www.robertandanamaria. to see the district help with recruit- Friends, relatives remember and PTA friends. com), which quickly grew into a ing instead of forming what he sees A Roman Catholic service, to be venue for expressions of shock, grief as a competitor. family of four held Friday in Turlock, was orga- and the sharing of memories, photos Al Russell, extension chair for the nized by Dias’ family, 1975 refugees and information from friends and district, said the rationale for start- Vacationing Palo Alto couple, daughters, from the Angolan civil war who set- family around the world. ing a second Palo Alto branch is die in Canadian highway crash tled in the Napa Valley before retir- Friends, neighbors and PTA col- that one club can’t serve the needs ing to the Central Valley. leagues sprang into action to pre- of a community of more than 60,000 by Chris Kenrick Surviving family members got pare meals and help plan memori- residents. ll four members of a Palo Alto Samantha, 11, and Veronica, 9, were news of the accident in the early als, Cindy Howard said. Russell has helped start four oth- family, who died last Friday on vacation in British Columbia’s hours of Saturday, according to Cin- “We’re supported by a lot of peo- er clubs on the Peninsula in recent A (July 22) in a car accident Kootenay National Park when a dy Howard of Palo Alto, the wife of ple,” she said. years. But in this instance, problems in Canada, will be remembered at tractor-trailer crossed the dividing Robert Howard’s brother John. “Ana Maria’s family is also arose because then-district gover- services Friday (July 29) in Turlock line and collided with their Dodge Robert Howard’s three siblings uniquely close, and they’re gath- nor Mike Simonini left the Palo and Sunday in Palo Alto. camper, pinning it against a barrier and father, Stanford engineering ering and doing that same kind of Alto club and its board of directors Robert Howard, 49, his wife Ana- and causing it to ignite. professor Ronald Howard — all of Maria Dias, 50, and their daughters Sunday’s Palo Alto service, to be whom live in the immediate area — (continued on page 8) (continued on page 6) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓ]ÊÓ䣣ÊU Page 3 Upfront 450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 ‘‘ PUBLISHER William S. Johnson EDITORIAL Jocelyn Dong, Editor Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Keith Peters, Sports Editor Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor I refuse to be scared to step outside Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Tom Gibboney, Spectrum Editor or walk down the street. Chris Kenrick, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers —Tameeka Bennett Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor , East Palo Alto resident, on Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant the need for people to stand up to violence.