Public file
Vinita Duniphin is the founding editor, reporter, and publisher of VINI News. Her work focuses on public-interest reporting, documented accountability, technology and public policy, civil rights and access, community conditions, and source-cited investigations in California and beyond. She is a National Writers Union member with NWU domestic and IFJ international press credentialing, and she directs the newsroom's standards for sourcing, right of reply, corrections, and contributor review.
VINI News founder Vinita Duniphin says Palo Alto police impounded her RV for expired tags on June 1, 2026 after she asked for a few hours to move it, go to DMV, drive it, or arrange AAA towing. New reporting raises questions about towing costs, release barriers, disability, vehicle homes, and whether reasonable alternatives were available before a home-on-wheels was removed.
Residents held a memorial for Paul A. and are planning a vigil and a broader impact study into safe-parking exits, disability-related support, vehicle homes, and the public systems that shape life-and-death outcomes for vulnerable residents.
A developing VINI News investigation tracks dated resident complaints about basic-needs access, case management, towing questions, exit decisions, disability accommodation, grievance handling, and staff conduct in Move Mountain View safe-parking operations.
A standards note on filing location, timing, and sourcing in world dispatches.
A standards note on when a source-cited report is appropriate and what sourcing should appear with it.
A newsroom note on how the global file is divided across reporting, briefs, contributors, and photojournalism.
