Two arrested for vandalism, assaulting an officer at demonstration in Palo Alto

PALO ALTO — Police said they arrested two people after a demonstration at a shopping center Monday where a woman vandalized store fronts then attempted to flee in a car and the driver ran over a police officer’s foot while trying to escape.

On Monday, Oct. 7, police were monitoring a demonstration at the Stanford Shopping Center, according to a news release from the Palo Alto Police Department.

At the demonstration, a 26-year-old woman spray painted “illegible text” on the windows of the Apple Store and the Sephora store...