Devon Conley Leads Mountain View School Board Fundraising With $7,400

Campaign finance disclosures in the Mountain View Whisman School District board election on the Peninsula and a close marine encounter captured on video along the Central Coast highlighted California updates across October 28–29, 2026 in Mountain View, Santa Clara County & Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, CA.

Incumbent Devon Conley Holds Wide Fundraising Lead in Mountain View Whisman Race

As reported by Mountain View Voice journalist Christina Casillas, incumbent Trustee Devon Conley leads the 4 candidates competing for 2 seats on the Mountain View Whisman School District board, with $7,383 raised (roughly $7,400, including $700 self-funded and $620 non-monetary) and $5,800 spent this year:

• Other Candidates' Filings: Incumbent Bill Lambert raised $931 self-funded ($0 spent); Quintin Riis and Sundar Subbarayan filed under $2,000 threshold paperwork indicating they plan to raise and spend less than $2,000, the threshold below which itemized disclosures are not required.
• Regional Elected & Labor Contributors: Conley's campaign contributions include $500 each from Margaret Abe-Koga, Jessica Speiser, and Plumbers Local 393; $250 from Laura Blakely and John Zoglin; $200 from Sylvia Leong and Lucas Ramirez—specifically Santa Clara County Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga ($500), Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Jessica Speiser ($500), Plumbers Local 393 ($500), former Mountain View Whisman Trustee Laura Blakely ($250), El Camino Healthcare District board member John Zoglin ($250), Cupertino Union School District Trustee Sylvia Leong ($200), and Mountain View City Councilmember Lucas Ramirez ($200). Additional contributors include Mountain View Los Altos High School District Trustee Thida Cornes ($125), county board of education Trustee Jorge Pacheco Jr. ($100), former MVLA Trustee Fiona Walter ($100), Santa Clara Unified Trustee Vickie Fairchild ($100), Mountain View Councilmember Emily Ann Ramos ($100), and Mountain View City Council candidates James Kuszmaul ($100), Erik Poicon ($100), and IdaRose Sylvester ($100).

12-to-15-Foot Shark Splashes Surfer With Tail Off Oceano Coast

Further south along the California coast, ABC7 News reported that a 12-to-15-foot shark swam near surfers Wednesday morning and splashed 1 surfer with its tail before making a U-turn and swimming away off the coast of Oceano in San Luis Obispo County.