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Several weeks later, a 2018 Peterbilt 579 “heavy wrecker” was set on fire in East Palo Alto, Calif.

In 1992, East Palo Alto recorded the highest murder rate in the nation.

In 2023, according to East Palo Alto Police Department statistics released last week, the turnaround seemed complete: zero homicides.

East Palo Alto, wedged between San Francisco Bay and Palo Alto, was home to a little more than 28,000 people in the last census count.

East Palo Alto was also enduring growing pains.