Once dubbed ‘murder capital,’ East Palo Alto marks two years without a homicide

Once dubbed ‘murder capital,’ East Palo Alto marks two years without a homicide

The city of East Palo Alto has made it two years without a homicide, a milestone officials say is a sign of progress in reflecting on the city’s violent past.  “This achievement belongs to the people of East Palo Alto,” said Mayor Webster Lincoln in a statement. In the 1990s, gang violence and the crack cocaine epidemic contributed to high rates of violent crime in East Palo Alto. It was dubbed the “murder capital” of the United States because i…