Why is this news in a MV paper?

Very interesting, but also not surprised that a guy had lots of pain killers in his system after back surgery and likely needed them prior to as well. The death was a heart attack.

@Slow News Day (resident of Bailey Park):

Mountain View Voice is one of three newspaper titles operated by Embarcadero Media, the other two being the Palo Alto Online and The Almanac. The three papers share local articles when appropriate since residents of one town often cross the city limits for work or personal reasons. It is up to the editorial staff to decide which articles are cross-posted to other newspapers.

Usually, articles about specific city government issues are not cross-posted since they mostly affect residents of that particular city. In this case, this was a high profile death in a neighboring town, so I feel it is acceptable to see this headline.

Dear Cub reporter,

Gee, maybe you should have found out what he ate before surgery and what shows he watched on TV. Really, this is news?

News Alert! The guy's dead. Leave him alone.