The top three winners of this year’s countywide “Justice for All” high school poster contest—in which young artists and designers were asked to help raise awareness of the growing threat of cybercrime—are students at high schools in Gilroy.
The poster contest has been hosted annually for 14 years by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant DA Terry Harman and Gilroy educators announced the top three winners at a May 13 ceremony at the Neon Exchange in downtown Gilroy.
The theme of this year’s contest was cybercrime awareness. In addition to special recognitions for the top three winners—and a total of $3,000 in cash prizes—the event included a display of dozens of posters submitted by students throughout the county for the 2025 contest.
The posters creatively and colorfully depicted the prevalence and dangers of various online threats that have grown in the age of smartphones, including cyberbullying, scams, catfishing, identity theft, fraud and sextortion.
“These posters touch on a growing issue in our community—cybercrime,” Harman said. “By bringing awareness, we hope we can save lives and give information out that people need. Because of (the students’) creativity, we are hoping more people will think before they click.”
The contest’s first place winner was Austin Abero, a senior at Christopher High School, whose poster created a visual “juxtaposition” to illustrate that things and people in cyberspace are not always as benevolent or safe as they seem.
Winning second place was Nataley Ramos, also a senior at Christopher High. Maya Sanchez, a junior at Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, won third place.
Abero received $1,500 in prize money; Ramos won $1,000; and Sanchez received $500.
The prizes were funded by the DAs asset forfeiture funds, which includes money seized from drug dealers and other criminals, the DAs office said. All non-winning entrants received a Starbucks gift card.
“Times have changed with technology and smartphones. It makes life much easier in everything we have to do in life,” Harman said. “The cost of this convenience is that all of our personal information is on our phone—it makes us more connected to the world, but it also makes us more vulnerable to predators.
“This year, we asked Santa Clara County high school students to help us fight against crimes targeting smartphone users. The three winners went above and beyond the expectations for the contest.”
The annual “Justice For All” poster contest is open to all Santa Clara County high school students. Previous topics have included drug abuse, school shootings and honoring the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
DA Jeff Rosen added, “We need to be aware of the dangers surrounding technology and smartphones. These talented young people are bringing awareness to our community with their artwork, which can help us to save lives. Because of their creativity, more people will ‘think before they click.’”
The subject of hacking, electronic harassment and children is a very important topic. D.A. Rosen needs to take this more seriously.
My own kids are being sexually abused. My former attorney, Valerie Houghton, is profiting from this. Because she is connected to D.A. Rosen, I cannot get anyone to help.
You can watch me beg Mr. Rosen (seated 2nd from left) here:
https://youtu.be/fG2qmpB1PnU?t=3839
In fact, our District Attorney has instead chosen to prosecute me. I did not even commit a crime. The whole goal was to discredit me.
If that was not enough, Mr. Rosen is allowing Ms. Houghton to repeatedly assault me during the proceedings. She wants me to take certain legal actions that I am willing to take. As a result, I have suffered sever injuries.
Read more and see the injuries:
https://www.scribd.com/document/628344196/Valerie-Runyan-Houghton-Therapist-Attorney-Divorce
Furthermore, I am being hacked and stalked.
You can see the Google Workspace logo that loads when I start my email on my phone.
https://archive.ph/wip/cxj2J
Ms. Houghton has been using this paid service to monitor and control my account.
These are two of the goons that are stalking, hacking, harassing, threatening and assaulting me.
https://t.co/mzgiEeSAn3
This also occurred to many domestic violence survivors who sought help from Ruth Patrick at WomenSV. Over 50 survivors have reported being duped into leaving their phones unattended and also being referred to nefarious attorneys. This is how Ms. Houghton was introduced to my case. Her daughter, Hillary Applegate used to work there.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillaryhoughton
https://www.womensv.org/
You can read more about how DV survivors were taken advantage of by WomenSV:
https://davisvanguard.org/2023/11/clients-and-nonprofit-donors-sue-attorneys-for-false-advertising-and-deceptive-business-practices/
https://davisvanguard.org/2024/06/vanguard-reporting-results-in-denial-of-grant-funding-for-sketchy-silicon-valley-domestic-violence-nonprofit/
https://davisvanguard.org/2024/01/silicon-valley-ex-wives-and-duped-donors-silenced-as-judge-orders-lawsuit-into-arbitration/
https://davisvanguard.org/2023/04/silicon-valley-domestic-violence-nonprofit-seeks-to-discredit-over-50-former-clients/
https://davisvanguard.org/2023/02/tainted-trials-tarnished-headlines-stolen-justice-part-three-ex-wives-of-silicon-valley/
https://davisvanguard.org/2023/12/nonprofit-founder-poised-to-flee-as-ex-wives-demand-fair-trials-and-return-of-funds-taken-from-duped-donors/
https://www.change.org/p/1-2-3-shutd…profit-womensv
I hope that DA Jeff Rosen will do a better job at protecting parents and children.
Jeff Rosen doesn’t really care about Cybercrime. Valerie Houghton and her daughter have been using hacking to terrorize unsuspecting families.
Either you comply with demands that you let them sell your kids for sex, or they will stalk you and ruin your life. This is just insane that Jeff Rosen knows about this sick scheme and doesn’t do a thing to stop them.
You can’t understand how hacking can affect a person until it happens to you. A cell phone has becomes something that one cannot live without. Once you get into it, you can read/write/delete emails. You can listen to all of a person’s phone calls, view their browsing history, and see their location.
They ruin your life piece by piece, even sending people to harass, threaten and assault you.
These people are MONSTERS. They should be in jail for their violence and for forcing little kids to be sexually abused.
If you want a poster of what a person can do with electronic tracking and hacking, just see what Valerie Houghton did to my face.
https://archive.ph/RtpYi
I have been poisoned so many times that my facial structure has been altered, my organs damaged and my testicles atrophied.
District Attorney Rosen knows all about it. I sent him the above picture and all the threats that are in the exhibits section of this State Bar complaint. I even offered him the names of two doctors who could verify the assaults.
https://pdfhost.io/v/jM.L2FJRQ_Petition_for_Review_State_Bar_decision
He just doesn’t care. Even the fact that my kids are being molested doesn’t move the needle.
He has also received evidence of the hacking.
Hillary Applegate says:
“Social media is so pervasive in our lives, whether you’re an active user of it or not…. What kind of impact is that going to have on the future? It’s complex.”
https://dgtlhq.com/category/podcast/
This is so true. You can use social media to stalk and harass people. Once you are hacked, it is much better to stay off Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
I have never googled anything about rodent poisons, guns, knives, funeral homes, or cremation services. But for some reason, that is all that I see.
Valerie Houghton and her husband once misappropriated around $10,000,000 from her business partner, Clyde Berg. The Houghton’s were eventually arrested for the crime.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6981163-HoughtonIndictment-Docket/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXf6uJWuYbk
Later the Houghton’s tried to recoup the millions that they eventually returned to Berg by suing their former accountant.
If you go to https://portal.scscourt.org/ , you can view the complaint for case 23CV424498 for free. When you do, scroll down to page 4, line 11.
Ms. Houghton states that she was arrested by the S.W.A.T. team on 3-10-16.
This comes as no surprise to me. I am not the only one to complaint about Valerie Houghton’s conduct to law enforcement. The police would have known that she is very dangerous. They probably didn’t want to take any chances.
Clyde Berg just wanted to get his money back. A short time after asking the Houghton’s to return the money, Mr. Berg was falsely arrested for raping a pregnant woman with a golf putter. She was in her 9th trimester.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402935/Lawyer-releases-pics-tycoon-Clyde-Bergs-injured-wife-judge-throws-case.html
Mr. Berg was eventually found factually innocent, but it took 3 years, 8 days in jail, and $3,000,000 in legal fees.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/21/wife-of-silicon-valley-multimillionaire-abruptly-flees-witness-stand-in-abuse-case/
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/silicon-valley-millionaire-declared-innocent-of-sex-crimes/1968979/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clyde-berg-silicon-valley-real-estate-mogul-accused-of-assaulting-pregnant-wife-with-golf-club/
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/01/16/silicon-valley-millionaire-clyde-berg-found-factually-innocent-sex-abuse-of-wife/
Ms. Houghton has strong connections in the District Attorney’s Office District Attorney Rosen should have never participated in this attempted retribution. Clyde Berg should have been able to get his money back without any malicious prosecution.
Despite Mr. Rosen knowledge that Ms. Houghton was assaulting me, he filed a motion to dismiss the case against her. He stated that he was doing so even though he had enough evidence to win at trial. The poisonings only intensified after that. That didn’t bother Rosen one bit. He kept the prosecution against me going and never did anything to stop Ms. Houghton.
Read more how District Attorney Jeff Rosen allows a violent attorney to assault me during a criminal proceeding that was filed against me. The whole goal was to bring the matter to competency proceedings and discredit claims that my kids are being sexually molested.
I didn’t even commit a crime and have no criminal record. This is a complete abuse of power.
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/272/404/301/district-attorney-jeffrey-rosen-please-stop-sex-trafficking-my-kids/
• Many children have been exploited in Santa Clara County because of hacking and other types of cybercrimes.
Valerie Houghton and Hillary Applegate (Valerie’s daughter) have previously hacked clients from WomenSV. Many of these domestic violence victims then were terrorized and had their kids given to abusers.
Many have complained to the District Attorney. There were over 50 victims. Rosen didn’t do anything about it.
In a twist of irony, he is now campaigning for teen cybercrime awareness.
Please be vigilant with your electronic devices if you are doing business with Valerie Houghton and Hillary Applegate. Even if you live outside of Williamson County, TX or Silicon Valley, there are still ways for them to get access your important data.
o
The most important thing that you can do before hiring someone is to carefully examine their website.
https://famdynamics.com/about
Ms. Houghton states at the bottom of this page: “Life hacks, delivered to your inbox.”
This is really how she and her daughter can mess up your entire life. I can’t tell you how many times malware was sent to me by email and text.
There is a trick to it. Valerie and Hillary Applegate will already have all the contact of information of the people in your social circle. You can’t really trust anyone, even people who you work for or your friends and family. Just don’t open any attachments if you have already been hacked in the past.
I recommend just get a second phone with a new number and a new email address. Don’t give out the contact info to anyone and use it for any new business.
o
“I’ve gone through waves of burnout and exhaustion with social media, particularly during ….. hostile social seasons. Social media professionals are pressured to be “always on,” watching for negative comments over weekends or putting out fires after hours. This takes a toll that’s underestimated not just in time but in the mental agility required to respond quickly in case of an escalation.”
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-took-month-off-social-media-digital-professional-heres-applegate-m3zsc
https://archive.ph/n2jOQ
It really is a 24/ 7 operation of hostility that includes constant threats. They call wanting to protect your children as “putting out fires”.
It is just shameful to prey on victims and increase the abuse in this fashion.
https://forum.legaljunkies.com/forum/attorneys-courts-litigation/civil-litigation/69836-austin-family-court-corruption/page12#post679056
Valerie Houghton used to run a real estate business with her husband. They flipped homes. During that time, they became business partners with Clyde Berg.
Mr. Berg claimed that the Houghton’s misappropriated roughly $10,000,000 during the time of the partnership. When he tried to recoup the money, he was falsely arrested for raping a pregnant woman with a golf putter. He spent 8 days in jail, $3,000,000 in legal fees and 3 years fighting the charges before being found factually innocent.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/silicon-valley-millionaire-declared-innocent-of-sex-crimes/1968979/
Ms. Houghton was eventually charged for the embezzlement
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6981163-HoughtonIndictment-Docket/
Although the D.A. stated that he had enough evidence to win at trial, the case was eventually dismissed.
You can see in the indictment that Ms. Houghton bought her daughter, Hillary Applegate, a new Porsche with money, as well college tuition, meals at Morton’s with her friends and vacations/ jewelry. This was really a poor example to show her child.
Now her daughter’s husband is flipping homes. Let’s hope that they are not doing the same things.
https://www.instagram.com/erik.flippin.applegate/