Top Stories for Tuesday, January 6th, 2009:





 BY WILL OREMUS

 DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
  Peter Drekmeier was named mayor of Palo Alto, while eighth-year Council Member Jack Morton was voted vice mayor Monday night in his last chance to hold a council leadership position.
  Morton’s colleag ...




 BY JOSHUA MELVIN

 DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
  Three people accused of using a sex tape to blackmail two Silicon Valley businessmen may avoid state prison time as part of a plea deal they accepted Monday in Palo Alto.
  Sameem Sultan, 29, of San Jose, ...



MEN’S BASKETBALL
STANFORD 76, ARIZONA 60
 Cardinal tames Wildcats

 BY DARREN SABEDRA

 BAY AREA NEWS GROUP
  A victory over Arizona might not carry the cache it did during the Lute Olson era, but Stanford w ...



EAST PALO ALTO
 Suspects, witnesses sought in shooting

 20-year-old victim in stable condition after single shot to leg


 BY JESSICA BERNSTEIN-WAX

 DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
  A 20-year-old East Palo Alto ...