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competitive robotics team since his freshman year. In 2015, with overwhelming demand from students who wanted to be part of the team but without the re-sources to meet it, the school cut more than 40 students from the program.

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With pressure rising, city eyes overhaul of cell-antenna rulesPalo Alto seeks to reconcile federal

regulations, citizens’ concernsby Gennady Sheyner

F acing a flood of applica-tions from telecommunica-tions companies wanting

to install new wireless antennas throughout Palo Alto, city staff and elected leaders find them-selves caught between new feder-al rules that require them to speed up the permitting process and a

chorus of concerned residents calling for them to resist.

Both of these factors are sure to come into play on April 15, when the City Council considers creat-ing a new process for approving “wireless communication facili-ties” — radio equipment that tele-coms such as Verizon and AT&T

are installing with ever-greater fre-quency on streetlights and utility poles throughout the city. The city has approved dozens of such ap-plications in the past year and has least 100 more wireless “clusters” in the pipeline, according to staff.

That trend is expected to contin-ue, with telecoms rolling out new 5G technologies, which typically rely on equipment that have less power and shorter range. As such, they will require a “greater density of WCFs (wireless communication

facilities) to support a network,” according to a new report from the Department of Planning and Community Environment.

As city planners review the applications, they are facing pressure to speed things along from the Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC), which in September approved an order creating a new time limit for the review process.

The FCC order defines a cate-gory of “small wireless facilities,”

many of which are designed for streetlights and utility poles, that cities must make rulings on with-in 60 or 90 days, depending on the technology being installed. In Palo Alto, this federally mandated “shot clock” speeds up the city’s prior time limit of either 90 days or 150 days.

The federal order also requires local jurisdictions to make deci-sions on these applications based


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E ven as four Midpeninsula residents agreed to plead guilty in the recent na-

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Menlo Park residents Marjorie Klapper, 50, and Peter Jan Sar-torio, 53; Hillsborough residents Bruce Isackson, 61, and Davina Isackson, 55; all intend to plead guilty to one count of mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling said. In addition, Bruce Isackson plans to plead guilty to one count each of money laundering conspiracy and con-spiracy to defraud the IRS.

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on aesthetic regulations that are “reasonable, objective, non-dis-criminatory, and published in ad-vance.” It gave cities until April 15 to adopt such regulations, which a public official must be able to apply “without exercise of personal judgment,” according to the planning report.

At the same time, city leaders are facing an intensifying push-back from residents, who in recent months have submitted hundreds of letters protesting the new pole fixtures that are slated to go up near their homes. Last month, about a hundred residents attend-ed a meeting of the Barron Park Neighborhood Association to hear a presentation from resident Tina Chow about the latest wireless proposals. They also heard from City Manager Ed Shikada and Planning Director Jonathan Lait, who in January approved an appli-cation from Vinculums, on behalf of Verizon, to install seven nodes, some of them in Barron Park.

Chow, a professor in the Depart-ment of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, told the Weekly that residents expressed concern about the city’s approval of the latest batch of wireless nodes. One resident, Jerry Fan, confronted Lait at the meeting and asked him why he had rejected the Architectural Review Board’s recommendation that the project be denied. Lait’s decision “put my three kids’ and wife’s health at risk,” Fan told the council on March 18, referring to his fear that the radio frequencies are harmful.

Dozens of other residents sent letters to the Planning and Trans-portation Commission and the City Council in recent weeks, complaining about the aesthetic,

health and environmental impacts of the new technology. Some people have called for more re-strictions for wireless equipment, including setback requirements in cases where antennas are in-stalled near homes and schools. Others, like resident Francesca Kautz, urged the council to place a moratorium on nodes in residen-tial neighborhoods.

“I am not saying we can’t have 5G, but please put the cell nodes along freeways and on top of com-mercial, industrial and city owned buildings, not in our residential neighborhoods,” Kautz wrote to the council on March 22.

Four designs, three tiersOn Monday, the City Council

will consider a new wireless-facilities ordinance and a set of “objective standards,” which in-clude four designs for wireless equipment that city planning staff believe are “among the smallest, least conspicuous, camouflaged, and/or stealth design options available,” the department’s report states. These include underground vaults for radio equipment; cy-lindrical “shrouds” that hide pole-mounted antennas; a boxy “sunshield” cover for equipment mounted on the side of poles; and the use of existing street signs to conceal wireless equipment.

The new standards would bring some consistency and clarity to what has often been a protracted, convoluted and highly contentious process, according to staff. Appli-cations typically undergo numer-ous Architectural Review Board hearings, which span months and routinely involve design changes. Even after the board and the plan-ning director approve the applica-tion, residents and applicants can appeal it to the City Council.

That’s what happened in Janu-ary, when both Verizon and its critics appealed Lait’s approval of

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the telecom’s proposal to install five pole-mounted wireless equip-ment “nodes” in the downtown area. Crown Castle, the company that is installing the equipment on Verizon’s behalf, protested Lait’s rejection of its proposed design — fake mailboxes on downtown sidewalks — and his requirement that the equipment be placed in pole-mounted shrouds.

Residents also criticized his approval and maintained that the radio equipment should be placed underground, in keeping with the Architectural Review Board’s recommendation.

After a long debate, council vot-ed 4-3, with Tom DuBois, Lydia Kou and Greg Tanaka dissenting, to reaffirm Lait’s decision, leav-ing Verizon unsatisfied and the resident appellants furious.

While the proposed ordinance aims to facilitate a “more effi-cient review and help to alleviate the significant burden on staff resources and ARB agendas cre-ated by the influx of WCF ap-plications,” the report states, it is facing pushback from both sides of the debate.

Verizon and AT&T are both arguing that the proposed rules are too restrictive. The compa-nies are specifically opposing a provision that would create three different tiers for wireless equip-ment, based on the type of equip-ment sought. The least intrusive equipment (“Tier 1”) would re-quire approval by the planning director, whose decision would be final and not subject to appeal. Equipment that requires modifi-cation of poles and support struc-tures would be considered “Tier 2.” The planning director would have the option of referring these applications for ARB review, and residents would be able to appeal his decision to the council.

A similar process would apply to “Tier 3” permits, which would be required for equipment that is not collocated on existing poles. In this case, however, the applicant would need to acquire a condition-al-use permit. And for both Tier 2 and Tier 3 proposals, the applicant would be required to host commu-nity meetings and notify all resi-dents and property owners within 600 feet of the project sites at least 14 days before the meeting.

Jeremy Stroup, a representa-tive from Vinculums, which is installing wireless equipment on behalf of Verizon, told the plan-ning commission that Verizon believes all applications for small cells should be approved under the Tier 1 process.

“Verizon strongly believes that conditional-use appeals to the City Council for small cells that already meet objective design standards would overburden the City Council, where they have limited authority under the federal law and will prove impossible to complete within the required 60 to 90 day shot clock,” Stroup said.

AT&T made a similar argument in its March 26 letter to the city. Attorney Paul Albritton, who rep-resents AT&T, wrote that solicit-ing public comments “introduces

subjectivity and the illusory im-pression that personal concerns would override objective stan-dards, frustrating both the public and decision-makers.”

“The public’s subjective person-al concerns simply cannot be ad-dressed by decision-makers imple-menting what must be an objective process,” Albritton wrote. “While a community meeting could be optional, the notice and meeting required for Tier 2 and 3 facilities are irrelevant to objective review.”

Residents want a sayBut for Chow and many of her

neighbors, community input is par-amount. At recent public hearings, residents have urged the council to include ARB in all reviews of wireless facilities and criticized the proposed ordinance for giv-ing the planning director the sole discretion to approve applications without public meetings.

Todd Collins, a Barron Park res-ident and member of the Palo Alto Unified School Board, argued that the city’s proposed ordinance appears “rushed.” Collins, who

had attended the March meeting and heard Chow’s presentation, told the planning commission during its March 27 review that the proposed ordinance appears to be “rushed” and in need of “more thoughtful consideration” and “public input.”

“I think it’s fair to say at the end (of the meeting) that a large ma-jority of those present — includ-ing council members (Tom) Du-Bois, (Greg) Tanaka, and (Lydia) Kou — felt that the topic deserves more discussion and public input, especially before passing an ordi-nance that curtails future public input, as this one does,” said Col-lins, speaking as an individual and not as a representative of the school board.

Palo Alto is far from the only city dealing with the federal or-der. A coalition of cities that in-cludes San Jose, Los Angeles, Portland and New York has sued to have the order overturned and Palo Alto has publicly come out in favor of H.R 530, a resolution


Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board does not favor installations of wireless-antenna equipment that look like either of these two designs, which telecommunications companies have proposed: at left, the side-mounted box on wooden utility pole with antenna on top and, at right, the “faux mailbox” for cell equipment with antenna topping the light pole.

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Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board has asked to further study integrated streetlight-pole designs for wireless equipment. Under these designs, a pole that’s wider than the city’s existing streetlights would contain radio and other ancillary equipment as well as cabling and the antenna. Removable panels of the pole would provide access to equipment inside.

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by U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, that would do exactly that. In February, the city submitted a letter to Eshoo expressing support for her legislation.

“We agree that deployment of the infrastructure supporting new cellular technology must be completed in a thoughtful and deliberate manner,” the Feb. 7 let-ter signed by Mayor Eric Filseth states. “We also believe that it should be done through the usual public process associated with lo-cal government, a process that has worked well and needed no modi-fications from the FCC.

“As you noted, the FCC’s deci-sion to implement a time limit on our ability to review the applica-tions — thus limiting our public process — cap fees, and restrict our ability to best determine the needs for our own city represents the FCC’s failure to listen to local governments across the country.”

The proposed ordinance ac-counts for the possibility that the FCC order would be struck from the books. It specifies that if the council repeals the “objective standards” necessitated by the FCC order, the city would effec-tively revert to the existing process requiring architectural-review findings as part of the approval of Tier 2 and Tier 3 applications.

Chow and others believe the city can do a lot more to protect neighbors. The architecture board, she said, should continue to review wireless applications and Lait should respect its recommenda-tions, as planning directors have traditionally done.

The city can also include in its objective standards a list of “pre-ferred locations” for new wireless equipment and consider requir-ing a minimum distance between wireless nodes.

While the Telecommunica-tions Act of 1996 precludes states or cities from regulating radio-frequency emissions (other than to verify that wireless equipment comply with FCC standards), sev-eral cities, including Mill Valley and Fairfax, have prohibited in-stallations of wireless equipment in residential zones, in some cases using residents’ health concerns as a justification.

But Palo Alto planners note that Mill Valley and Fairfax have yet to receive any applications for “small cells,” while Palo Alto has numerous such applications pending. Adopting a residential ban, the staff report notes, “would result in a large number of excep-tion requests and would warrant additional legal analysis.”

Cities that restrict the placement of wireless equipment received a boost on April 4, when the Cali-fornia Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to adopt regu-lations to accommodate aesthetic concerns. In upholding a San Francisco ordinance on wireless facilities, Justice Carol Corrigan wrote that the city has “inherent police powers” to determine uses

of its land, a power that “includes the authority to establish aesthetic conditions for land use.”

Chow and others argue that Palo Alto should use this power and, at the very least, impose setback re-quirements for cell equipment in residential areas. She also wants to tighten up the “exceptions” pro-vision in the proposed ordinance, which allow applicants to get waivers from objective standards under certain circumstances.

Chow argued that the city should require applicants seeking exceptions to commission an anal-ysis from an independent third-party reviewer, demonstrating why other alternatives (including those recommended by the city and by members of the public) aren’t fea-sible. Telecom companies should also be required to use “the least non-compliant configuration that would work,” Chow told the coun-cil this week.

Chow also noted that other cit-ies that have recently crafted new regulations for wireless equip-ment. Petaluma, she said, requires underground vaults for its equip-ment. Fairfax recently passed an urgency ordinance with new regu-lations for wireless equipment, in-cluding setback requirements. In Ripon, an uproar from residents prompted Sprint to relocate a cell tower that was installed near an elementary school. It’s important, she said, for Palo Alto to consider the issue carefully and craft a so-lution that works for its residents.

“We are fortunate that we have many nearby cities who are also working on this issue,” Chow told the council on April 8. “Now, we have to figure out how to do this here, for Palo Alto.”

Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at [email protected].

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limitations Peninsula Robotics faces — its main workspace is still a team member’s garage and driveway — the team won a wild-card spot at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Hous-ton, Texas next week. They’ll be competing with their robot, dubbed Baby Dino, against tens of thousands of students from K-12 robotics programs from around the world.

Paly’s and Gunn’s well-estab-lished robotics programs are sup-ported by parent boosters and the schools’ administrations. Creating an independent group has been both gratifying and challenging for the students involved.

After Kate Lee was cut from Paly’s robotics team her fresh-man year, she joined Peninsula Robotics. Now a senior, she said the “vibe was completely differ-ent.” The smaller, more intimate group of students included kids of different ages and skill levels, but all had a deep passion for robotics.

They quickly realized they would be doing much more than building a robot. They had to manage their finances, find cor-porate sponsors and learn how to work together as a team. They went to local recycling plants to

rummage for scrap metal and other materials. Their busiest period, build season, coincides with the winter months, so they use a tent to cover the driveway when it rains, set up heat lamps and race against waning daylight in the evenings. They have to wait for clear weather to test the robot in the driveway — or at a nearby school if they need more space.

Parents with programming or engineering experience lend a hand if needed, but the students primarily lead the work.

“When your resources are lim-ited, you need to be creative to be successful and competitive,” Mor-genfeld said.

That first year, they built a robot for less than $1,000, Lee said, but were still able to reach the top 10 against 50 teams in a local com-petition. Other teams’ robots can cost up to $5,000, she said.

This year, the team has been working mostly out of Lee’s fam-ily’s south Palo Alto garage but is also machining parts in Paly ju-nior Ethan Chun’s garage nearby. He’s sourced a collection of vin-tage tools from Craigslist, includ-ing a lathe machine from 1944 and a vertical milling machine from the 1960s.

Chun joined Peninsula Robot-ics as a freshman because he wanted to be on a smaller team with more flexibility. His love for building things — Legos and sand structures at the beach when he was younger — drew him to

robotics, but he said he was sur-prised by how much the team has taught him about working with others.

“I thought robotics would be about building things and just building things. But it’s actually turned out to be a whole lot more. Teamwork skills ... that’s been one of the most valuable things I’ve learned,” he said.

Because the students come from different schools, they have more diverse experiences and skills. Chun learned about com-puter-aided drafting (CAD) from a Gunn student who had been ex-posed to the software in an engi-neering course.

“By virtue of being a commu-nity team, it means that students don’t feel that they have to choose between a school sports team or arts program and are able to do multiple things,” added junior Vyomika Gupta, who joined Pen-insula Robotics after two years on Paly’s team. “This means that the team has a wonderful set of collective interests and skills and means you can always learn something new.”

The experience of Peninsula Robotics has been influential for Lee, who is now the team captain. She won a FIRST scholarship to study engineering at her dream school, Boston University.

“Robotics has taught me disci-pline, responsibility, passion, etc. But the most important lesson that I have learned is that no matter

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what obstacles you face, you can always overcome them as long as you are driven,” she said. “With like-minded people, a ‘sketch bot’ can easily become the same value as an $5,000 robot.”

The students are gearing up to travel to Texas next week, their first non-local competition, where their robot will face an obstacle course of sorts, depositing “car-go” and climbing tiered platforms with efficiency and precision.

The team borrowed a ship-ping crate from Woodside High School’s robotics team to ship Baby Dino in and launched a

$1,500 GoFundMe campaign to pay for other expenses.

Looming on the horizon is the question of where the team will operate next year. After Lee grad-uates, her family’s garage will no longer be available, and they’ll have to find a new space.

Students who are interested in joining Peninsula Robotics can learn more at team6036.github.io/ or email [email protected]. In-formation about Garage Robotics is posted at team7445.org/home.

Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at [email protected].

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people whom have been charged for allegedly conspiring with Wil-liam “Rick” Singer, 58, of New-port Beach, California, who ran a questionable college-admissions coaching business. Under Singer’s direction, a test taker would either fill out college-entrance exams in place of students or correct the students’ answers after they had taken the exam. University ath-letic coaches and administrators created or accepted fake athletic profiles of the students in order to facilitate admission into top uni-versities and colleges.

Singer funneled the bribes through a fake nonprofit organi-zation he founded, the Key World-wide Foundation, according to federal prosecutors.

The penalties for the parents could be severe. Mail fraud and honest services mail fraud car-ries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater. Con-spiracy to commit money laun-dering has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved in the money laundering. Conspiracy to defraud the United States or IRS carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.

The government will ask for in-carceration at the low end of the U.S. sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors, prosecu-tors noted in each agreement. The decision is up to the judge.

In addition, all of the defen-dants would receive 12 months of supervised release; a special assessment of $100; restitution to be determined by the court; and forfeiture of any assets seized dur-ing investigation and prosecution.

Under their respective agree-ments, Klapper would pay a fine or penalty of $20,000; Sartorio would pay a $9,500 fine; Davi-na Isackson would pay a fine or penalty of $100,000; and Bruce Isackson would pay $150,000.

The Isacksons also have agreed to cooperate with the government and the IRS and to correct any tax returns and pay delinquent taxes and fees. They have signed separate cooperation agreements with the government for any in-vestigations, grand jury inquiries or court proceedings.

Klapper had paid Singer $15,000 to participate in the cheat-ing scheme for her son, according to court documents. Sartorio paid $15,000 to aid his daughter, ac-cording to court documents filed last Wednesday.

The Isacksons agreed to pay Singer a total of $600,000 to have both of their daughters listed as recruited college athletes and to obtain false test scores for the

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S tanford University has expelled a student who it determined had falsified

his or her college application and who was connected to the nation-wide college-admission fraud scheme, the university announced Tuesday.

In the April 2 statement, the university announced that “some of the material in the student’s application is false and, in accor-dance with our policies, (we) have rescinded admission.”

“Any credits earned also have been vacated,” Stanford officials said. “The student is no longer on Stanford’s campus.”

In its announcement of the ex-pulsion, the university alluded to

a March 21 statement in which the university disclosed that it had identified a student who was associated with a contribution to Stanford from The Key World-wide Foundation, the fraudulent organization that funneled money from parents to athletic coaches and administrators.

The university’s former head sailing coach, John Vandemoer, has already been implicated in the scheme and was fired last month shortly after the federal indict-ment was announced. Vandemoer pleaded guilty to a federal charge of racketeering conspiracy.

According to Stanford, the stu-dent had not received a recom-mendation from any coach and

has not been affiliated with the Stanford sailing program or any other athletic team.

The university did, however, deem that the student is “associ-ated with a contribution to Stan-ford from the foundation in the government investigation.” That contribution was made several months after the student was ad-mitted, according to the university.

According to the Department of Justice investigation, the Stanford sailing program received three gifts totaling $770,000. Vande-moer acknowledged that he had accepted these contributions to the sailing program in exchange for recommending two prospec-tive students for admission to the

university. Neither of these two had completed the application process and neither was admitted, according to Stanford.

Stanford has confirmed all students on the sailing team who received an athletic recommen-dation, dating back to 2011, had legitimate sailing experience be-fore applying.

No students in this year’s appli-cant pool are associated with a do-nation from The Key Worldwide Foundation, Stanford has said.

In response to the scandal, Stan-ford has announced a series of policy changes and is conducting a “comprehensive external review” of its process for admissions rec-ommendations from the athletics department as well as how gifts to athletic programs are accepted.

To have more oversight over re-cruits recommended by coaches, Stanford Athletics now requires that a member of the executive leadership of the athletics depart-ment responsible review and con-firm the athletic credentials of all recruits.


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city is also providing incentives of up to $18,000 for multifamily homes and $30,000 for schools and nonprofits to install EV infrastructure.

The Earth Day report notes that Palo Alto’s adoption rate for electric vehicles is the highest in the country, with a recent report by the International Council on Clean Transportation finding that 29% of Palo Alto’s new vehicles in 2017 were electric (in Califor-nia, the rate was 5%).

Councilman Greg Tanaka, who regularly bikes and rides an elec-tric skateboard to meetings, ar-gued at the Policy and Services Committee meeting last week that the city should think beyond cars when it considers incentives for electric vehicles. Given the

growing popularity of smaller electricity-powered modes of transportation, including scoot-ers, bikes and skateboards, the city should offer incentives to riders who choose these options over cars.

“We make infrastructure for cars, which are very expensive, which have a huge carbon foot-print, but we don’t make the same for these electric portable vehicles, which have a much more dramat-ic impact on the environment,” Tanaka said at the April 3 meet-ing. “The same money we spend here, if we spend just a small por-tion of it for small, electric por-table vehicles, I think the impact would be much, much greater.”

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Earth Day report highlights city’s two-year work plan for green initiativesby Gennady Sheyner

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P alo Alto plans to plant thousands of trees, accel-erate the installation of

more electric-vehicle chargers in local garages and — at long last — retire this summer the energy-sucking, sludge-burning incin-erators in the Baylands as part of City Hall’s renewed push toward environmental sustainability.

These efforts and many others will be highlighted on Monday when the City Council reviews the annual Earth Day report and considers a staff plan for pursuing sustainability initiatives in 2019 and 2020. The council also will consider following in the foot-steps of Cambridge, Massachu-setts, which this week passed a law requiring protected bike lanes to be added to roads that are un-dergoing reconstruction and that have been identified in the city’s bicycle master plan.

The council agreed in February to designate “climate change” as one of its top four priorities for the year. Monday’s meeting will give council members a chance to weigh in on the city staff’s sus-tainability plan, which is geared toward reducing the city’s green-house gas emissions by 80% by 2030, with 1990 as the baseline.

The two-year work plan, which the council’s Policy and Services Committee endorsed earlier this month, focuses on four key areas identified by the council last year as pressing priorities: energy, mo-bility, electric vehicles and wa-ter management. It also includes three additional areas: sea-level rise, natural environment and the reduction of waste bound for landfills.

To reduce energy consump-tion, the city plans to update its building code by introducing new energy-efficiency measures, with the goal of saving between 2% and 5% of electricity through vol-untary and mandatory programs. The Earth Day report notes that energy-efficient buildings “re-quire less electricity, natural gas and water, while saving custom-ers money.” (This goal follows one the city adopted in 2017 to achieve electric-energy savings of 5.7% and gas savings of 5.1% between 2018 and 2027.)

Given Palo Alto’s “carbon neu-tral” electricity portfolio, city staff is also trying to encourage residents to convert from gas ap-pliances to electric ones — an effort that has been hampered by high upfront costs for electric

appliances, such as electric heat-pump water heaters, and a lack of expertise among contractors about alternatives to gas appli-ances, according to staff. Utilities staff is recommending offering rebates for heat pump water heat-ers, providing technical assistance and encouraging “all-electric” construction projects. In 2018, the city provided rebates for 26 heat-ers, according to staff, up from 10 in 2017.

A bigger and more pressing challenge is addressing trans-portation, which produces about 94% of local greenhouse-gas emissions.

Palo Alto is already providing funding for the Palo Alto Trans-portation Management Associa-tion (TMA), the nonprofit that the city established in 2015 with the goal of reducing solo commuting. According to TMA surveys, the percentage of downtown commut-ers who drive alone has dropped from 57% to 49%.

But in addition to the TMA, the city is also trying to acceler-ate residents’ transition to electric vehicles by installing more EV chargers and by requiring new commercial buildings to include EV-ready infrastructure. The (continued on page 14)

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City to celebrate Earth Day with festivalThe city of Palo Alto is gearing up for this Saturday’s Earth Day

Festival and sixth annual Great Race for Saving Water. The event includes live music, food trucks, raffle prizes, community booths and running events, among other activities.

Held at the Palo Alto Baylands, the event has served to raise awareness about environmental resources and sustainability to the community since 2013, according to Catherine Elvert, utilities com-munication manager for the city of Palo Alto.

Palo Alto Mayor Eric Filseth will kick off the event by underscor-ing all of the sustainability achievements the city has had over its lifespan, Elvert said.

There will also be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the beginning of the festival for the completion of a major flood control project along San Francisquito Creek.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District also has announced trails that will be reopened in time for Saturday’s event, including ones that stretch from East Bayshore Road to Geng Road, Geng Road to Friendship Bridge and Friendship Bridge to the bay and north of Friendship Bridge.

The festival and race are scheduled for Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Palo Alto Baylands Athletic Center located at 1900 Geng Road. For more information about the event, go to cityofpaloalto.org.

—Christian TrujanoCaltrain commuter exposes riders to measles

For the fourth time in less than two weeks, public health officials are warning the public of possible exposure to measles — this time involving a Santa Clara County resident who traveled to San Fran-cisco via Caltrain, the San Francisco Department of Public Health said Tuesday.

The commuter, an adult contagious with measles while visiting San Francisco last week.

The Santa Clara County resident traveled on Caltrain during the morning commute on April 1 and evening rush hour on April 3. The time frames released by the Department of Public Health ac-count for the resident’s time spent at each place and time window of exposure to others.

On April 1, the individual sat in the first car (car 116) of north-bound Caltrain train No. 319 between 6:56-8:13 a.m. The window for potential exposure extended roughly from 8:45-9:15 a.m. as the train was heading southbound as Caltrain No. 232.

The individual stayed in San Francisco on April 2, spending a majority of the day at the Phillip Burton Federal Building in the city’s Civic Center from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and visiting three eater-ies: Johnny Doughnuts from 8-9:30 a.m., Hayes Valley Bakeworks from 8-10 a.m. and Double Decker Restaurant from 6:30-8 p.m.

On the afternoon of April 3, the traveler visited the San Francisco Caltrain station at 700 Fourth St., between 3-4:30 p.m.

The individual took southbound Caltrain train No. 258, sitting in the second car from the back (car 3861) from 3:34-5:10 p.m. Pas-sengers heading southbound on Caltrain No. 279 from 5:32-6:15 p.m. also may have been exposed.

Most people are immune to the disease if they were given the measles vaccine as children, public health officials said.

More information on the measles can be found at sfcdcp.org and sccgov.org.

—Palo Alto Weekly staffCounty aims to boost voter turnout

More than 900,000 eligible voters in Santa Clara County will receive ballots in the mail for the March 2020 primary election in a statewide effort to increase voter participation.

County supervisors on Tuesday approved implementation of the Voter’s Choice Act model, which became state law in 2016 under then-Gov. Jerry Brown. Five counties piloted the model in 2018, in-cluding Napa, San Mateo and Sacramento counties. The successful pilot program revealed a significant jump in turnout and faster vote tabulation by as much as two weeks.

The model allows residents to submit their ballots by mail and drop-off centers, but traditional polling places will be replaced by Vote Centers, which will offer replacement ballots, accessible voting machines, registration services and assistance.

The county will open 125 Vote Centers for all residents, instead of polling places for specific neighborhoods or precincts. About 25 will be open 10 days before the election and 100 will be open three days before.

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In unanimously endorsing the work plan, the committee added Tanaka’s suggestion that the city’s mobility efforts include all types of electric vehicles. The commit-tee also agreed with Tanaka that the city should consider following Cambridge’s example and adopt a policy requiring protected bike lanes be incorporated into major road projects.

Another new initiative that the city plans to roll out is the plant-ing of thousands of trees. The city has gone out to bid for a company that can create a digital tool to analyze the percentage of canopy coverage in any area of town, down to an individual parcel. Such a tool would help the city reach the goals of its recently up-dated Urban Forest Master Plan, according to staff.

The city already has a plan to plant as many as 10,000 trees in south Palo Alto on private proper-ty, the report states, and Palo Alto Urban Forester Walter Passmore said the city has been in discus-sions with various corporations about funding the program.

“Whereas with a lot of (the city’s) programs, we rely on sources outside of our city, state or even nation to do the right thing, I think it’s very significant that we’re looking at doing some-thing locally that everyone can see and directly benefit from,” Passmore said.

While these initiatives are rela-tively new, the city is also moving ahead this year with plans that have been years in the making. Staff expects to retire in June the pair of incinerators that have been burning local sewage for decades and that today represent the city’s biggest single source of green-house gases.

The one issue that council members and staff are particular-ly concerned about when it comes to sustainability is waste manage-ment. With China recently declin-ing to accept the vast majority of recycled goods from other na-tions, Palo Alto like other cities has been surveying new ways to dispose of its paper and plastic.

Phil Bobel, assistant direc-tor of the Public Works Depart-ment, said that while the city has found other domestic markets for its mixed-paper recyclables, its mixed plastics are now bound for other nations in Asia, includ-ing Malaysia and the Philippines. China’s new policy has prompted some cities to stop recycling alto-gether or to incinerate its waste, but Bobel noted that Palo Alto has so far been able to find markets for its recycled materials. (See cover story on page 23 for more information.)

Committee Chair Liz Kniss said she has become “more and more concerned about recycling.”

“Once again, we’re going to have to lead the way,” Kniss said.

Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at [email protected].

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CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold its annual Earth Day study session to discuss its sustainability efforts, consider approving a vesting tentative map at 190 Channing Ave. to allow for four residential condominium units and two office units; and consider an ordinance amending the municipal code on wireless communication facilities. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, April 15, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to adopt resolutions approving the financial plans for the water and wastewater-collection services; consider amending water, wastewater collection and storm-water management fees; and consider a funding request from the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board is tentatively set to hold a special meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. The agenda wasn’t available by press time.

CITY/SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The agenda wasn’t available by press time. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to consider façade improvements for Building E at Stanford Shopping Center; and consider a proposal to demolish existing structures and construct a mixed-use building with 19 apartments and up to 7,450 square feet of office space at 565 Hamilton Ave. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to allocate $9,500 for ground regrading of Arpeggio V by artist Bruce Beasley; allocate funds for preventive maintenance of artwork Confluence and Arch Cradle by Michael Szabo, consider an art project associated with the development at 565 Hamilton Ave., and hear an update on the proposed art work at the city’s new public safety building. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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The couple also paid less on their federal income taxes by deducting the bribe payments as purported charitable contributions, accord-ing to court documents.

Plea and sentencing hearings have not yet been set.

The grand jury indictment re-leased Tuesday accuses Elizabeth Henriquez, 56, and Manuel Hen-riquez, 56, of Atherton; William McGlashan Jr., 55, a former Palo Alto resident who now lives in Mill Valley; and Marci Palatella, 63, of Hillsborough of conspiring to launder bribes and other pay-ments by funneling them through Singer’s purported charity as well as his for-profit corporation, The Key. The parents also allegedly transferred the money into the U.S. from outside of the country to promote the fraud scheme.

Palo Alto residents Dr. Gregory Colburn, 61, and Amy Colburn, 59, were already indicted by a federal grand jury on the same charges on March 26.

The Henriquezes allegedly paid Singer $25,000 in 2015 to have Mark Riddell, another co-conspirator, fly out from Florida to proctor the SAT exam for their older daughter at a private college preparatory school in Belmont.




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City Council (April 8)335 Webster St.: The council voted to sell the city’s share of former City Manager James Keene’s home at 335 Webster St., and directed its Finance Committee to consider ways to use the proceeds to promote employee housing. Yes: Cormack, DuBois, Kou, Tanaka No: Filseth, Fine Absent: Kniss

Utilities Advisory Commission (April 9)Underground utilities The commission supported a resolution that would give utility districts the option, by a supermajority vote by customers, to maintain an underground utility district. Yes: NoneYes: Danaher, Johnston, Forssell, Segal No: Schwartz Absent: Ballantine, TrumbullWater The commission recommended adopting Fiscal Year 2020 Water Utility Financial Plan and a resolution increasing water rates by 1 percent. Yes: NoneYes: Danaher, Johnston, Forssell, Schwartz, Segal Absent: Ballantine, TrumbullElectricity The commission recommended adopting the Fiscal Year 2020 Electric Financing Plan and a resolution increasing electric rates by 8 percent. Yes: NoneYes: Danaher, Johnston, Forssell, Schwartz, Segal Absent: Ballantine, Trumbull

Board of Education (April 10)Stanford GUP The board met in closed session to discuss with legal counsel anticipated litigation regarding the environmental impact report for Stanford University’s proposed general use permit (GUP). Action: None

Planning and Transportation Commission (April 10)1210 Newell Road: The commission upheld the planning director’s tentative decision to deny a variance request that would have allowed an exception to height regulations for an unpermitted fence. Yes: Unanimous

CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week

Riddell allegedly provided the daughter with answers to the exam. Singer then paid Riddell $10,000 in three separate install-ments through his nonprofit.

The Henriquezes also allegedly paid Singer $400,000 to help get their daughter into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit. Singer allegedly directed Eliza-beth Henriquez and her daughter to send a letter to tennis coach Gordon Ernst misrepresenting her tennis experience. The daughter also emailed her fraudulent SAT

scores to Ernst, according to the complaint.

Singer paid Ernst $950,000 through The Key Worldwide Foundation for the coach to des-ignate the Henriquezes’ older daughter and several other stu-dents as tennis recruits.

The couple also allegedly hired Singer in 2016 to have Riddell proctor and provide answers for the ACT exam to their younger daughter at a testing facility in Houston, Texas. They allegedly lied to her school guidance coun-selor, claiming they needed to move the test site because they would be in Houston at that time.

Singer paid his cohorts $70,000

for their roles in facilitating the fal-sified exam for the Henriquezes’ younger daughter and another stu-dent. Manuel Henriquez agreed to help Singer secure the admission of an applicant to Northeastern Uni-versity in Boston, Massachusetts, in lieu of paying for the cheating. The couple also allegedly paid Singer $25,000 in cash for facili-tating cheating for their younger daughter in the SAT exam in 2017.

McGlashan allegedly paid Sing-er $50,000 through the foundation to arrange for Riddell to proctor his son’s ACT exam at a West Hollywood test center and to se-cretly correct the answers without the boy’s knowledge, according to

the grand jury indictment. Singer and Riddell used the

center frequently in their scheme after getting students transferred there through a fraud in which the parents claimed their children had learning disabilities. They said the children needed more time to take the exams because of purported disabilities rather than being tested along with other students at their regular schools. Singer funneled payments to Riddell and other con-spirators through his foundation.

McGlashan also allegedly paid a total of $250,000 to Singer to facilitate his son’s admission as a football recruit to the University of Southern California. Singer

had a fake football player pro-file created for the boy and used Photoshop to place the son’s head onto the body of a kicker, accord-ing to the indictment.

Palatella — a longtime donor to Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton where an athletic field was named after her family — wired $75,000 to Singer’s foundation for Riddell to proctor her son’s SAT exam and to correct his answers in 2017. Palatella ultimately paid $500,000 to have her son represented as a purported football recruit to USC. She paid $100,000 to Donna Heinel, USC’s senior associate athletic director, who allegedly presented the boy’s application to the university’s subcommittee for athletic admissions and obtained approval to admit him as a recruit.

Palatella agreed during a 2018 phone call with Singer to mislead the IRS if anyone inquired about her payments to the foundation, according to the indictment.

Attorneys for the defendants could not immediately be reached for comment. An arraignment date for the parents has not yet been scheduled.

Two well-known actresses have also been implicated in the ad-missions scandal. Lori Loughlin, 54, of Los Angeles, and her hus-band, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, 55, were among the 16 indicted on Tuesday on the same charges for allegedly paying Singer $500,000 for facilitating admission for their two daughters into USC as purported crew team recruits.

Felicity Huffman, 56, of Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty under the same conditions as the other defendants, in addi-tion to paying a $20,000 fine. She originally paid $15,000 on behalf of her oldest daughter.

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POLICE CALLSPalo AltoApril 3-April 9Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Theft relatedCommercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Vehicle relatedAuto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Attempted auto burglary. . . . . . . . . . . . 1Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 4Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3Vehicle accident/prop damage. . . . . . . 5Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Alcohol or drug relatedDrinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 5Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2MiscellaneousFound property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menlo ParkApril 3-April 9Violence relatedAssault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Theft relatedFraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Vehicle relatedDriving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 5Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Peter Fenerin, age 67, passed away on March 16, 2019 from metastasized prostate cancer with his loving wife Rene Cor-tinaz by his side. Peter was born and raised in Palo Alto and lived most of his life in the Bay Area.

Peter attended parochial school at St. Albert the Great in Palo Alto through grade 7 and experienced public education for the first time in the eighth grade at Jordan Jr. High in Palo Alto. Public school gave way to a Jesuit education for high school where he attended and graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, class of ’69.

From an early age he expressed his nature for exploration in a variety of interests. He began beekeeping at age eleven which he continued for several years and would sell his honey to his Palo Alto Times paper route cus-tomers. At about the same age he began sail-ing solo in San Francisco Bay out of the Palo Alto Yacht Harbor (no longer active). As a young teenager he began learning boatbuild-ing at Aeolus Boatworks in Davenport under the tutelage of Bill Grunwald. Over several years he built wooden boats for himself for both sailing and rowing. Peter struggled along the way with his love for working with his hands at Aeolus Boatworks and his desire for education. He attended UCSB but being infected with the bug of building boats won out over a formal education.

With Peter’s burgeoning love for travel he was able to enjoy the passage assistance pro-gram to Australia at age 19 where he lived and worked in Sydney for over a year and when the clichés about Australia turned out to be true. He still considered it a second home today and he and Rene made three visits to Australia over the years. He was fortunate enough to find employment in the hospitality industry with Travelodge Proprietary, LTD. Prior to that, in desperation, he took a job with New South Wales Government Railway which fueled a life-long interest in steam rail-roads. But being homesick for California he returned home where he spent the next sev-eral years in construction. During this time he took time off to be a dancer which were some the most physically satisfying years of his life. People said “for a carpenter, he wasn’t a bad dancer.” He also practiced yoga and occasionally taught classes In Palo Alto when it was a great time to do the arts. He gave up dance and focused on construction to form his own construction company.

It was at that time that he met Rene, the love of his life, or as he would say in his be-loved Spanish, “el amor de mi alma”. He said he would never forget looking into her deep brown, forgiving eyes, and knowing she was the one. She would later tease him saying those forgiving eyes were a necessity. They dated for a year, lived together for sev-

en years, and were married for 29 wonderful years. With the Loma Prieta earthquake nip-ping at Peter’s heels, he realized how impermanent life was and proposed marriage. They mar-ried at home and received a wonderful small ceremony with family and friends.

Following the earthquake Peter as a general contractor, got into restoring antique unre-

inforced masonry buildings (URMS) in the South Bay saving a 1870’s family building that received landmark status as the Glein-Fenerin Building. Peter began work on his family properties as the first restoration work of URMS to help preserve heritage buildings and presented the first seminar with Preser-vation Action Council and the City of San Jose and other stakeholders. As part of the City of San Jose’s outreach program he con-tinued work until he was surprised at being offered a position as a building inspector and spent the past 21 years with the City of San Jose Building jurisdiction. Peter became president of the building inspectors union, ABMEI, which he held for 7 years after long-serving Tom Brim decided to retire. Peter was very proud of his work with the union and his fellow building inspectors and ad-vancing the cause of labor.

Peter was known to be a superb cook, c o n v e r s a t i o n -alist, gardener and story teller who could turn a phrase. He loved wildlife, travel, the natural and built environ-ment, maritime history, reading, studying Spanish, good food and wine, and most of all time with his wife and dear friends. Peter and Rene made their home in Redwood City for the past 21 years following 15 years in Palo Alto.

Peter was preceded in death by his par-ents, William and Virginia Fenerin, and by his sister Patsy Luniewski. He is survived by his wife, Rene Cortinaz, brother Michael Fenerin (Janet), brother-in-law Carlos Cor-tinaz, and sister-in-law Patricia Fuller and a multitude of friends – all of whom will miss him terribly.

A celebration of Peter’s life is planned and his ashes will be scattered at sea as he desired. If you want to sign his guest book you may visit http://peter-fenerin.lastingmemories.com.

If you wish to donate in Peter’s memory to one of his favorite non-profits, please con-sider: Sierra Club, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Ducks Unlimited, Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), and Habitat for Humanity.

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VIOLENT CRIMESPalo AltoAmherst Street, 4/4, 8:04 p.m.; domestic violence.Encina Avenue, 4/5, 4:29 a.m.; domestic violence.640 Emerson St., 4/9, 10:30 a.m.; battery.Menlo Park1300 block Willow Road, 4/3, 12:36 a.m.; assault.1300 Mills St., 4/3, 2:17 a.m.; assault.300 Sharon Park., 4/7, 2:24 a.m.; robbery.

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Beverly BogartBeverly Bogart, 94, died on

March 15 at her home in Palo Alto. She was born in Buenos Aires,

Argentina, in 1925 to Solomon and Pauline Sokolow, who had emigrated from Rus-sia along with their young son, Samuel. Following the death of her father, she im-migrated to the United States at the age of 11 with her mother and brother. They settled in Los Ange-les, where she attended Los Ange-les High School and University of California, Los Angeles.

In 1947, she married Louis Bog-art, a war veteran who was study-ing physics at the California In-stitute of Technology. The couple moved to the Bay Area in 1952, both eventually going to work for Stanford University. She was a librarian in the university’s Law Library until her retirement in 1987.

She and her husband traveled extensively following their re-tirement and were both actively engaged in progressive political causes throughout their lives. In 1948, she worked on the presi-dential campaign of Henry Wal-lace of the Progressive Party and personally collected a large cam-paign contribution from film star Edward G. Robinson. In 1969, she served on Stanford’s low-cost housing (Moulton) committee, re-porting on the need for low- and moderate-cost housing in the Stan-ford area. She was also involved in the civil rights and anti-war move-ments of the 1960s and 1970s and a lifelong, vocal supporter of the rights and dignity of all.

In retirement, she was a mem-ber of the senior center of the Palo Alto Jewish Community Center, where she served on a number of committees and participated in arts programs and current-affairs groups. She met and befriended many recent arrivals from the East Coast and Russia and volunteered for many years at the South Palo Alto Food Closet.

At the Moldaw Residences se-nior-living community, where she was one of the first residents and lived from 2009 on, she continued to serve on numerous committees and played an active role in wel-coming new residents.

She was an avid lover of music and theater, and she particularly enjoyed opera and classic films. She was a part of the Moldaw Singers and a longtime member of the Wagner Society of Northern California. She held season tick-ets to the San Francisco Opera, the Lamplighters and West Bay Op-era, for which she never missed a performance.

She is survived by her children,

Richard Bogart and Judy Bogart-Hyde, both of Palo Alto; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2005.

A memorial service will be held on April 22 at 2 p.m. at the Osh-man Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Memorial donations may be made to the Community Tues-days concert program at the JCC (paloaltojcc.org/Donate).

Mischa NeeMischa Nee (Mikhail Erick-

son Nee), 20, of Palo Alto died on March 22 in a hiking accident in Deia, Spain, on the island of Majorca.

He was born in Palo Alto on Aug. 1, 1998. Since early childhood, he embraced the circus arts, quickly excel-ling in jug-gling, unicycle, aerials and slackline. He was a proud alumnus of Camp Winnarainbow, a circus and per-forming arts camp in Laytonville, California. He was also an avid skimboarder, a skill nurtured dur-ing summers with extended fam-ily at the Jersey Shore.

At Palo Alto High School, from which he graduated in 2016, he spent much of his time in the Media Arts Center, serving as editor-in-chief of The Campanile, the Paly newspaper, and assisting with other publications. In 2014, he co-founded Camp MAC, a journalism program for rising eighth and ninth graders that con-tinues to operate today. He was a member of the Paly debate team, the junior varsity lacrosse team and the varsity cross country team.

He also participated in the ser-vice organization Amigos de las Americas and spent two months working in the Dominican Repub-lic when he was 15. He received the President’s Volunteer Service Award/Gold, was a Gold Key winner for critical essay in the Scholastic Writing Awards and was a National Merit finalist.

He entered Stanford Univer-sity in September 2016, quickly discovering computer science as a new passion and winning the Programming Methodology Graphics Contest that year. At the same time, he rediscovered the fine arts, studying art history and sketching and painting as an artist himself, an interest he had put aside after elementary school. At Stanford he joined the jump rope team. He also participated in Stanford Dance Marathon, not only as a 24-hour marathoner but also serving as dorm captain, event coordinator and graphic designer.

He studied in Madrid, Spain,

in 2018 and in Florence, Italy, in 2019 as part of Stanford’s Bing Overseas Studies Program, be-coming fluent in both Spanish and Italian.

He worked as a computer-sci-ence tutor through Breakout Men-tors in Palo Alto and held comput-er-science internships at Infosys in Bangalore, India, Zeal Learn-ing in San Francisco and Break-out Mentors. He also worked as a graphic-design intern at Opinno in Madrid.

He loved to travel. He wanted to see the world, and in his short life-time, he visited nearly 30 coun-tries beyond the United States: Aruba, Austria, the Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Grenada, Haiti, Hondu-ras, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamai-ca, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Portu-gal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singa-pore, Sri Lanka, Spain, Thailand and the United Kingdom. He went beyond casual tourism; he was proud that he had lived (by his definition, a stay of more than two months) in five countries besides the U.S.: the Dominican Republic, France, India, Italy and Spain.

His family remembers him as kind, loving and happy, with a unique gift of connection and a talent for finding and nurturing friendships with a wide variety of people. He never let himself be limited by labels or definitions.

He is survived by his parents, Tekla (Perry) Nee and Eric Nee of Palo Alto; and his siblings, Nadya Nee and Alex Nee of Los Angeles. Funeral services and a celebration of life were held this week. A memorial fund has been created in his honor to support the mission of Camp Winnara-inbow, a place that helped shape him. More information on the fund and his life can be found at mischanee.com/memorial-fund.

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Debunking concerns about Avenidas buildingEditor,

In the April 5 issue of the Week-ly, a reader expressed concern about the new Avenidas senior cen-ter building. As a 30-year environ-mental health and safety manager, I can respond to the health concerns that she expressed.

Modern glues used by flooring installers are no longer toxic as they were in the old days. Modern glues may have an odor, but typi-cally that odor is not harmful to our health. I expect that Avenidas will research this concern and explain what they learn.

The warning sign out front of the new building is required by Cali-fornia law if there is any chance that a chemical on the state’s list of potential cancer agents might be present. On that list are 900 sub-stances, including coffee, medica-tions, sunglasses (because of plastic frames) and the vinyl in most lino-leum. That warning sign is stan-dard in all new buildings.

Carpets installed in public build-ings are normally chosen for ease of cleaning and for good wear char-acteristics. There is no evidence that carpeting itself is bad for asth-ma; it is not. Carpeting in homes that are seldom cleaned could very well be.

In conclusion, I have found that Avenidas is a well-managed pro-vider of services to seniors. I be-lieve that all of us can expect that they will do a good job of keeping the new Palo Alto senior-enrich-ment center running smoothly.

Avenidas is a trusted nonprofit with an excellent track record. I look forward to using the new Palo Alto facility in good health going forward.

Clem MolonyMenalto Avenue, Menlo Park

Sea-level rise and Palo AltoEditor,

Many of us are becoming in-creasingly concerned about climate change’s possible impacts.

Our organization, Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater, is especially concerned with one infrequently discussed impact: As the sea level rises, so does the groundwater level. Studies in other communities (see bit.ly/2G4yPPv and bit.ly/2I9hOr8) have indicated groundwater rise could double the area flooded by sea-level rise alone, with impacts felt up to 2.5 to 3 miles inland. Le-vees and sea walls are not effective against groundwater rise.

As our cities plan for and adapt to sea-level rise, future zoning and development will likely be affect-ed. If underground construction is impossible in some areas because

of flooding, will taller and larger buildings result? What if all build-ing is prohibited in some areas — would densification in other areas occur? Are currently discussed designs — including Cubberley Community Center’s underground garage or the desired trench/tunnel for rail grade separation — going to be able to withstand groundwa-ter-level rise?

A free presentation on climate change and sea-level rise featur-ing Dr. K. Hill is set for April 24 at the Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. More information is available at savepaloaltosground-water.org.

Rita Vrhel Channing Avenue, Palo Alto

SB 50 would harm environmentEditor,

SB 50 is focused on a serious problem that all of California fac-es: the need for affordable hous-ing. However, SB 50’s solution is an urban solution that is a windfall to developers who would apply its mandate in the suburban environ-ment. SB 50 enables developers to build four-story, multi-family apart-ments within a half mile of a train station, and it would override local zoning to allow these buildings to have zero parking. If parking is not

required in these multi-story apart-ments, tenants will park on the streets. But the other consequence of this gift to developers is that it will seriously damage California’s attempt to get people to reduce greenhouse-gas generation by con-verting to electric vehicles.

The legislature has worked very hard to drive California to reduce our greenhouse-gas emissions. Our electricity is increasingly clean, and there are significant advances in this area. The largest source of pol-lution in the state is transportation.

Peninsula Clean Energy, of which I am the vice-chairman, has launched a program to deploy 3,600 charging stations in San Mateo County to encourage and enable more people to purchase electric vehicles; however, an enor-mous impediment to electric ve-hicle purchase is that 50% of San Mateo County residents live in multi-family buildings and there isn’t an inexpensive way to enable electric vehicle charging in multi-unit buildings.

If SB 50 mandates multi-family development without parking, then it guarantees that those resi-dents are much less likely to pur-chase electric vehicles. SB 50’s no-required-parking mandate is in opposition to California’s efforts to encourage people to purchase electric vehicles.

Rick DeGolia Clay Drive, Atherton

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Not-so-free parkingValet parking program needs audit,

not a million-dollar extension

P alo Alto has to be the only city that provides valet parking at no charge in a city parking garage —at a cost of some $15 per car parked —while at the same time saying that

reducing car use is one of its top transportation priorities.But that’s what we’ve been doing for the last four years for the

benefit of squeezing in about 50 additional parked cars each day. And last week the City Council extended and expanded the pro-gram for three additional years.

It’s no secret to anyone with a parking permit issued by the city of Palo Alto that the entire parking system is a convoluted and confusing mess.

Here at the center of innovation and technology, we have a sys-tem that is astonishingly difficult to use. Most permit holders of residential and employee parking permits must either go to City Hall every six months, show their ID, pay and pick up their permit or they must contend with a buggy online re-registration system. Each area in the city with permit-parking restrictions has different rules and eligibility requirements. The online system is clunky, buggy and confusing. City “help” phone lines go unanswered and voicemail boxes are full.

We challenge City Council members to experience this system for themselves and discover how far behind we are in achieving state-of-the-art practices for efficiently managing permitted park-ing and garage utilization.

It is no wonder that with the complicated parking system, along with the controversies surrounding traffic-calming measures throughout the city, that the transportation staff is suffering from multiple vacancies and is currently without a department head.

Without the staff resources to operate five residential parking programs (downtown, Southgate, Evergreen Park, California Av-enue and College Terrace, with another in Old Palo Alto soon to come) each with different rules, and employee permit parking in city garages and surface lots, the city has been contracting with SP Plus, a national company, to administer the program.

This is the same company that has been getting paid more than $300,000 a year by the city to operate its “free” valet parking service between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the last four years in “Lot R,” the garage located between Alma and High streets just south of University Avenue.

The valet program, which utilizes three attendants who report they double-park an average of about 50 cars per day during the three-hour period, was approved by the City Council in 2015 as a pilot. According to the city, it is costing between $14 and $22 per car parked each day. But the drivers pay nothing. Valet parking is a free service for those who have parking permits. When the garage fills up, the attendants put out signs directing drivers to park in the drive aisle and leave their keys.

Last week, on April Fools’ Day and with no discussion, the City Council approved on its consent calendar another three-year, $900,000 contract with SP Plus to continue the program and potentially expand it to the Cowper/Webster garage and the Bryant/Lytton garage (which had the valet service until it was discontinued).

There was no analysis or data provided to the council showing the daily utilization of the valet parking or assessing the impacts of other city measures implemented since 2015: the elimination of the color-zoned street parking downtown, the effects of the downtown residential permit-parking program or the reduced car use claimed by the new downtown Transportation Management Association as a result of incentives to get downtown workers to use public trans-portation or carpool. There was also no analysis of how providing valet parking service for permit holders addresses the problem of the lunchtime surge in parking demand by unpermitted cars need-ing to park for under two hours.

The city rationalizes the exorbitant per vehicle cost of providing the free valet service by the fact it has been able to bump up by 150 the total number of permits it issues, thereby collecting fees that partially offset the expense.

The city’s philosophy of limiting the number of permits it issues for parking garages and surface lots is misguided. Permits should be sold to whoever wishes to buy them and shouldn’t be viewed as entitling the holder to a parking space. This would eliminate a huge administrative headache of maintaining waiting lists and the need for permit holders to repeatedly go to City Hall to prove their identity, pay for and pick up permits.

With every new city action, our Rubik’s cube system of parking becomes less rational, more complicated and more disconnected from the community’s needs. It badly needs review, simplification and automation, which should be Job One for the new transporta-tion manager.

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support a wider demographic being

able to afford living in the area.”

Jackson Larango Tech Marketer Arbor Avenue, Los Altos

“I think it’s about getting together and

coming up with a long-term strategy

that includes people outside of tech

and making an effort to maintain

housing for teachers, low-income

folks, artists — that type of thing.”

Michael Hollands Software WorkerMiddlefield Road, Palo Alto

“I don’t know if Palo Alto is big

enough for the expansion of any

more new companies. I don’t think

Palo Alto has the square footage to

house all the people that they are

hiring.”

Erica Ramon Nanny Delmas Street, Mountain View

“Getting paid cost of living would

help a lot to be able to afford

housing out here.”

Jan Holliday Retired Kent Place, Palo Alto

“Limit the number of business

expansions that are authorized and

allowed and permitted.”

R ecycling is one of the simple “good deeds”

that we perform daily at home or work. The blue bins for recycling and green for compost are “good,” and we cel-ebrate as our discarded materials shift to the green and blue bins instead of the black bin.

Is this shift too good to be true? Have we really performed “good deeds”?

Palo Alto was a founder of “curbside” recycling to increase citywide participa-tion and material recovery. The curbside recycling of the 1970s relied on discrete separations of glass, paper and metals into simple burlap bags. Palo Alto also started local collection of yard trimmings, which were sent to a local municipal composting center. In those days our recovery rate was lower, but the quality of the recovery was high. Paper, glass and metals were recycled domestically with many recovery facilities within California. The compost would be returned to our gardens, keeping these or-ganic materials local.

Then the state shifted the goal from “re-covery” to a broader goal of “waste diver-sion” from landfills. The waste-services industry streamlined “recycling” by creat-ing material-recovery facilities that could do the sorting for you. Along the way, companies that produce consumer prod-ucts merged papers with plastics and foils, and plastic variations multiplied — actions that complicated recovery.

The scale of these regional recovery and

composting facilities — and the vehicles for collection — dwarfs the programs of the 1970s. While the recycling of the 1970s required more attention and work, the cur-rent recycling system has made our “good deed” seem easy.

But the near 90% diversion is achieved at the expense of recovery costs. Meanwhile, the relatively local footprint of recycling has shifted to global.

A key to this transformation has been Asia. During the 1990s, China was pro-cessing massive flows of mixed papers and plastics from American communities, and diversion objectives were being met. But processing those materials generated enormous pollution, so China recently stopped accepting them as part of its envi-ronmental-improvement initiatives. South-east Asian countries stepped in to take the materials created by China’s pullback, but they lacked China’s industrial processing scale, and materials soon were piling up in ports and communities.

Greenpeace’s documentation of America’s plastics shipped to southeast Asia gives a glimpse of who receives them. In a rural vil-lage, women and children are sorting piles of plastics, making the village vulnerable to fire and toxics. Other research reveals paper recycling and its treatment processes kill and color the rivers, and a vital community and natural resource is lost. Southeast Asian countries lack basic environmental enforce-ment that would prevent these dark scenarios.

Here is our challenge: How do we achieve “diversion” while preserving the effective “recovery” of the 1970s? We are basically in the dark. Palo Alto’s waste-management company does not reveal the destination of

materials to overseas markets. CalRecycle, the state agency overseeing diversion, does not enforce regulations that would ensure that materials sent to southeast Asia are actually recycled, or recycled to accept-able environmental and social standards. A shipper merely states “for the purpose of recycling” on shipped materials — no questions asked — and our city accom-plishes its objective of waste diversion.

The irony is that the black bin may actu-ally be “good”: It contents’ fate is known, while the blue bin’s is unknown. A plastic or paper placed in the black bin will go to a regional landfill with the environmental impact kept in America, while the exported plastic or paper placed in the blue bin might create severe adverse impacts to unsophisti-cated communities in southeast Asia.

These circumstances offer simple princi-ples to our city. A first principle is that Palo Alto’s wastes should not impact any com-munity in southeast Asia more adversely than locally acceptable environmental or social standard. A second principle is that when we do not know the social or envi-ronmental impact of our waste, we must presume that the impact is harmful rather than benign.

Applying the foregoing principles gener-ates actions that our city should take. Giv-en we know nothing of the impact of our discards shipped to southeast Asia, the city must presume them harmful, and thereby not acceptable inside our blue “recycling” bins. Some plastics should go in the blue bin — for Palo Alto residents, that’s about 400 tons per year — for those plastics used domestically: the PET plastics (clear wa-ter bottles) and the HDPE plastics (cloudy

plastic for beverages). The rest of the plas-tics, about 1,000 tons per year, should not be placed in the blue bin until Palo Alto finds an acceptable domestic recycler.

As for waste paper, Palo Alto residents generate 1,000 tons per year of corrugated cardboard that is recycled domestical-ly; the remaining 6,000 tons per year of waste paper streams should not go in the blue bin until domestic recycling markets are established. The consequence of these principles is a lower diversion rate, which would drop from 90% to about 75%. This is a drop that would be honorable in that it protects the vulnerable communities of southeast Asia.

We also need change at the state level. California should accept and enforce “ver-ified” recycling and not count shipments to an unknown end in southeast Asia as “diversion.” California must also drive new recovery technology, as well as limit the complex packaging that has complicated recovery efforts. This request has been placed for consideration with our assem-blyman, Marc Berman.

Our individual actions and choices also have considerable impact: They create much of the waste our city manages. The mantra “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” begins with two actions you can take as an indi-vidual: reduce material consumption and reuse or repair items instead of disposing or recycling.

Bob Wenzlau is a founder of Palo Alto’s curbside recycling programs, a board member of Repair Cafe, president of Palo Alto Neighbors Abroad, and CEO of Terradex, Inc. He can be emailed at [email protected].

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very day, after 750 tons of garbage from Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale is processed and sorted at the SMaRT station, the remaining re-

fuse is compacted and loaded onto a fleet of 30 - 40 trucks, which head to the Kirby Canyon Recycling and Disposal Facility in Morgan Hill, which is operated by the company Waste Management.

Hidden behind rolling hills of serpentine grasses overlooking U.S. Highway 101, bulldozers at the landfill site push the debris onto a flattened mound dubbed “the pancake,” pounding and grinding ev-erything from discarded mattresses, filing cabinets, laminate floor boards, VHS tapes, estate-planning paperwork, and lots and lots of plastic bags. For odor control, the mound is then covered with alter-native daily cover — often a blend of soil, sludge, re-covered plastics and ground-up construction debris.

Underground are a series of methane wells con-nected to a large pipe and blowers that vacuum up the gas, which is then channeled upward and burned off by a flare, resulting in carbon dioxide and water and inspected annually for air contaminants.

Though the technology can be seen as a feat in man-aging waste and maintaining clean emissions, Daniel North of Kirby Canyon sees the process as a wasted opportunity. He said the company’s Altamont landfill, in comparison, has an onsite power plant that converts methane gas into renewable energy and is an example of what could be done at Kirby Canyon.

As cities further reduce waste with increased recy-cling and composting habits, North said landfills will have to convert from mere dumping grounds into sus-tainable energy sources.

“The world is changing,” he said. “We’d like to see less material go in the landfill and more of it be di-verted, and that’s why these facilities are adapting over time to be able to handle that.”

Top: Ricardo Hernandez, a solid-waste driver for GreenWaste of Palo Alto, tosses excess trash into his truck. Above: Nearly 33% of what is thrown into the trash and ends up at the Sunnyvale SMaRT station is actually recyclable materials, such as plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

R icardo Hernandez was finishing up his collection rounds as a solid-waste driver for GreenWaste of Palo Alto re-cently when he spotted a black trash bin overflowing

with garbage bags. “Most of the stuff in these bags is recyclables and food waste,”

said Hernandez, shaking his head and tossing the excess trash bags into the truck.

One only needs to take a tour of the Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer (SMaRT) Station, where Palo Alto’s trash is delivered for sorting before being sent to the landfill, to understand Hernandez’s concern. There are plastic water bottles, cardboard boxes, yogurt con-tainers, soda cans, orange peels, apple cores and other recyclables and compostables mixed in the mound of garbage on the floor.

On average, 70% of what Palo Altans toss into their black gar-bage bins is recyclable and compostable, according to the city’s latest Waste Characterization Study.

At the SMaRT Station, these salvageable materials are separated from the garbage. It’s an extra step in the city’s recycling process that has helped divert tons of waste from landfills. Out of the 27,000 tons of waste processed at the SMaRT station from Palo Alto last year,

over 8,500 tons (approximately 30%) were diverted.This extra sorting step is just one of the many tactics Palo Alto is

employing in its ambitious Zero Waste Plan to divert 90% of its waste by 2021. It’s a goal that’s well ahead of the state’s target of 75%.

The plan includes incentives that encourage residents and busi-nesses to reduce their weekly garbage loads; proposals to ban certain types of single-use plastics and foodware items; and an ordinance that would regulate construction and demolition debris, which currently makes up 44% of Palo Alto’s total landfill disposal.

“I think we realized a long time ago, that landfill space is a limited resource,” said Daniel North, district manager of Morgan Hill’s Kirby Canyon Recycling and Disposal Facility. “It’s in everyone’s interest to make sure that as little material goes to the landfill as possible.”

But as Palo Alto works to achieve zero waste, there are new envi-ronmental obstacles arising from changes in global recycling stan-dards that the city must consider since it currently sends about 75% of its recyclables overseas.

“We’re struggling here with looking ahead at the ultimate solution and yet trying to do something in the immediate future,” said Phil Bobel, Palo Alto’s assistant director of public works.


Bulldozers at the Kirby Canyon Recycling and Disposal Facility compact trash at the landfill and cover it with alternative daily cover.


ust outside the Port of Oakland, up to 100 trucks carrying cargo containers pull up next to the Ever Reach Logis-

tics processing center, where a team of eight inspectors clad in yellow vests and hard hats from the China Certification and Inspection Group await to inspect shipments headed overseas to China.

Inside each of these containers are about 30 bales of corrugated cardboard — think Amazon and moving boxes retrieved from recycling facilities. Directed by the Chinese government, the inspectors use a strict card-board-screening process. They snap photos, remove the bales and scrutinize each one up close, sometimes even using X-rays to make sure each bale contains less than 0.5% con-tamination from outside materials, defined as anything from mixed paper to plastic bags to too much moisture. Bales that don’t meet the 99.5% clean metric are rejected and sent back to recycle buyers.

“Now that they’ve dropped to a half per-cent, it’s darn near impossible to meet, but we’re doing everything that we can to meet it.,” said Emily Hanson, director of business development and communications for Green-Waste Recovery, Palo Alto’s recycling sorter.

The strict new standards, which began in March 2018, are part of China’s National Sword policy that has halted international im-ports of cardboard, mixed paper and plastics

while the country adopts more environmen-tal protections to end its role as the world’s dumping ground.

“It’s thrown the entire global recycling mar-ket into chaos, and we’re talking the whole developed world,” said Mark Bowers, Sunny-vale Solid Waste Programs division manager, who oversees the Sunnyvale SMaRT station.

In 2017, the United States exported 12.8 billion pounds of fiber and plastic products to China. In 2018, that number dropped to 8.1 billion. It is expected to keep dropping as China outlines more restrictions. This has left domestic recycling operations scram-bling to adapt and find new markets for the materials.

Contamination is the problem everyone is trying to solve. It’s a dirty word in the recycling industry. In Palo Alto, bales of cardboard and mixed paper, which make up roughly 70% of the city’s exported recy-clables, can become tainted instantly by poor sorting in the city’s single-stream program, which mixes all materials together. Liquids in soda bottles, half-filled jars of peanut but-ter, oily residue from takeout containers can ruin potential fiber shipments.

In an effort to combat “dirty sorting,” Palo Alto recently launched its Recycle-Ready campaign, imploring residents and businesses to remove food waste and liquids before toss-ing cans and bottles into bins.

At the GreenWaste Material Recovery Facility in San Jose, which sorts 18,000 -19,000 tons of Palo Alto’s recyclable goods

every year, six new optical sorters are being installed to better handle the enormous vol-ume of mixed-paper products and make them marketable for the changing international buyer demand.

In 2018, GreenWaste stopped sending re-cycled paper products to China altogether. Because there are few paper pulping mills operating in the United States, GreenWaste now sends paper to Korea, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan. Even with the China restrictions, waste pa-per is still the Port of Oakland’s largest ex-port, making up 18% of all exports last year. That equates to 110,400, 20-foot containers shipped every year.

One reason why so much recycling is shipped overseas is because many containers

arrive in the United States carrying imports and would otherwise be empty on the return trip home.

“As a recycling industry, we’ve just taken advantage of the fact that the shipping con-tainers need to go back,” Hanson said. “That

doesn’t mean that we know exactly what happens once it leaves our shores.”

This is a reality many recycling sorting facilities are coming to terms with now that the markets have shifted to mainly South-east Asian countries with questionable environmental practices.

“We’re essentially relin-quishing control of those materials to those (coun-tries) that don’t have the en-vironmental policies that we do and don’t have the same tracking that we do in some cases,” North said.

No one understands this better than Palo Alto resi-dent Bob Wenzlau, who helped launch Palo Alto’s curbside recycling program in the 1970s. Most recently, he spoke with city leaders

and representatives from GreenWaste who then crafted the city’s new Environmental and Social Impacts of Processing Recycla-ble Materials guidelines.

“It’s really urgent that we start waking up to this new reality,” Wenzlau said. “I can almost say that there is no single destination in Southeast Asia that would satisfy either

Above: Sorters at the GreenWaste MRF separate nonrecyclable plastics. The bottles are later sold to domestic buyers and processed into plastic flakes for recycling. Bottom left: Mixed plastics are baled at the GreenWaste facility and sold to international buyers in Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Taiwan because they don’t have any domestic markets.

Top left: Workers at the GreenWaste Material Recovery Facility sort mixed paper underneath a series of optical sorters. Above: Bales of aluminum cans at the Sunnyvale SMaRT station are crushed and ready to be sold to domestic buyers.

Top: An employee at the ZeroWaste Energy Development Company sprays water onto one of the 16 anaerobic digesters, where Palo Alto’s yard waste and food scraps will be placed for 21 days. Above: Michael Gross, director of sustainability for Zanker Recycling, holds up a handful of compost made from Palo Alto’s yard waste and food scraps.

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ichael Gross, director of sus-tainability at Zanker Recy-cling, beams with pride as he

guides a tour of the 168-acre recycling and composting operation in San Jose. On the site of a former landfill, massive machinery grinds lumber, crushes con-crete, plucks asphalt shingles and sorts scrap metal from demolition debris.

In the middle of the site, 16 anaerobic digesters of the ZeroWaste Energy De-velopment Company convert Palo Alto’s and San Jose’s yard and food waste into renewable biogas energy and compost. Next door, a 240-foot conveyor belt churns and sorts 16 types of construction and demolition debris (C&D) materials at 60 tons an hour.

“I’m just like the best-looking garbage man you’ve ever seen,” Gross laughs as he talks about the scale of his operation. “I’m the only one out here doing this. That C&D curbside line ... nobody in the industry has something that big.”

Last year the C&D operation pro-cessed 185,000 tons of material and di-verted 80% of it from the landfill.

Palo Alto has taken notice. Roughly 44% of all landfill waste from the city is composed of construction and demoli-tion debris from the numerous develop-ment projects across town. The city staff intends to bring an ordinance requiring the deconstruction and separation of ma-terials at the source before City Council on May 20. The proposal would make mandatory the sorting of salvage from residential and commercial demolition projects, which would then be sent to the Zanker facility.

“We think those deconstruction-re-lated initiatives are some of the largest short-term initiatives in terms of being able to impact diversion and impact waste,” said Ron Arp, zero waste man-ager for Palo Alto. “It’s not only waste diversion, keeping it out of landfills, it’s a better use.”

Gross agreed. “The big thing about garbage recy-

cling is getting rid of the stuff right and making sure everything you take in you get rid of,” he said. “You’ve got to find a home for it.”

Staff Photographer and Videographer Veronica Weber can be emailed at [email protected].

our basic environmental or basic social standards, period.”

The guidelines direct the hauling com-pany to establish a tracking system that informs residents where plastic and paper ultimately end up. GreenWaste Recovery has appointed its director of sustainabil-ity to take the lead and intends to begin preliminary reporting later this year, working in tandem with the waste hauler and the San Jose recovery facility.

“Sustainability is in Palo Alto’s blood, and this where we can make our mark,” Wenzlau said.

There’s a reason for concern: 77% of the world’s mismanaged plastic waste (plastic that is at high risk of making its way into watersheds and oceans due to poor disposal practices) comes from the same countries to which United States

sent 1.3 billion tons of plastic last year, according to the article “Plastic Pollu-tion,” published in Our World In Data.

Unlike plastic bottles and milk jugs, which are mostly processed within the United States, plastic wrap, take-out con-tainers, plastic drink cups, coffee lids and all plastics marked No. 3-7, don’t have any domestic markets and are the biggest source of plastic exports.

“I view the numbered triangles (used to identify recyclable plastics) as a gigantic marketing gimmick put out by the virgin plastics producers to give consumers the impression that all plastics are recycla-ble,” Bowers said. “They’re not.”

As part of Palo Alto’s zero-waste goals to help curb the volume of plas-tic use, Bobel noted that city staff will be bringing forward the first of three

Loading cranes stack containers onto a cargo ship at the Port of Oakland. Waste paper makes up the port’s largest export; more than 110,400 containers were shipped overseas in 2018.

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proposed ordinances to ban certain kinds of single-use plastics before the City Council on May 20. If approved, the first phase of the Foodware Packaging Reduction Plan would ban plastic straws, utensils, drink stirrers and plugs and require alternative compostable or

reusable objects in their place.“The ultimate solution is waste reduction, es-

pecially for those single-use items,” said Eric Cissna, environmental outreach coordinator for GreenWaste of Palo Alto. “We just need to stop generating them in the first place.”


About the cover Top: Mark Bowers, Sunnyvale Solid Waste Programs division manager who oversees the Sunnyvale SMaRT station, walks past two trommels, which break apart plastic bags and liners to sort solid waste. Middle: Sorters at the GreenWaste Materials Recovery Facility pull bulky items from the flow of recyclables. Bottom: A bulldozer grabs piles of demolition debris at Zanker Recycling. Photos by Veronica Weber. Cover design by Doug Young.


G U I D E TO 2019 S U M M E R C A M P S FO R K I D S • V I S I T PA LOA LTO O N L I N E .CO M/C A M P_CO N N E C T I O N

ACADEMICS

Harker Summer Programs San JoseThe Harker School’s summer programs for children K - grade 12 offer the perfect balance of learning and fun! Programs are led by dedicated facult y and staff who are experts at combining summer fun and learning. Strong academics and inspiring enrichment programs are offered in full day, partial and morning only sessions.

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i2 Camp at Castilleja School Palo Altoi2 Camp offers week-long immersion programs that engage middle school girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The fun and intimate hands-on activities of the courses strive to excite and inspire participants about STEM, creating enthusiasm that will hopefully spill over to their schoolwork and school choices in future years.

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iD Tech Stanford/Bay AreaThe world’s #1 summer STEM program held at Stanford, Palo Alto High School, and 150+ locations nationwide. With innovative courses in coding, game development, robotics, and design, our programs instill in-demand skills that embolden students to shape the future. iD Tech Camps (weeklong, 7-17), Alexa Café (weeklong, all-girls, 10-15), iD Tech Academies (2-week, 13-18).

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STANFORD EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research StanfordEXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford. Stanford EXPLORE offers high school students the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineering, neurobiology, immunology and many others.

explore.stanford.edu [email protected]

Summer at Sand Hill School Palo AltoJune 26 to July 23. If you’re looking for a great summer learning plus

fun option for your child and you want them to be ready for fall,

please join us at Sand Hill. The morning Literacy Program (8:30 to

noon) provides structured, systematic instruction for students with

learning challenges entering grades 1-8 in the fall. The afternoon

Enrichment Camp (Noon to 4) focuses on performing arts, social

skills and fun. Choose morning, afternoon or full day.

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Summer@Stratford Palo Alto/Bay AreaStratford infuses its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,

Arts, and Math) curriculum into an innovative and enriching

summer camp experience. Younger campers learn, explore, and

engage in hands-on learning projects, while Elementary-age

students collaborate to tackle real-world problems by utilizing

academic principles and concepts in a fun and engaging way.

At the Middle School level, individual subject-based enrichment

classes are offered and tailored for each grade level.

stratfordschools.com/summer (650) 493-1141

Write Now! Palo AltoSummer Writing Camps Pleasanton

Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson

School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses

this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing and Presentation

Skills. Visit our website for more information.

www.headsup.org Emerson: (650) 424-1267 Hacienda: (925) 485-5750

ARTS, CULTURE, OTHER CAMPS

Art and Soul Camp Palo AltoArt, cooking, tinkering, yoga and mindfulness. We celebrate

multiple perspectives and recognize the many ways for our

children to interpret their world. Summer Unplugged! is

appropriate for ages 6-11 years. Located at Walter Hays School.

www.artandsoulpa.com (650) 269-0423

ARTS, CULTURE, OTHER CAMPS

Castilleja Summer Camp

for Girls Palo Alto Palo Alto

Casti Camp offers girls entering gr. 2-6 a range of age-appropriate

activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing,

crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with

weekly field trips. Leadership program available for girls entering

gr. 7-9.

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City of Mountain View

Recreation Mountain ViewCome have a blast with us this summer! We have something for

everyone – Recreation Camps, Specialty Camps, Sports Camps,

Swim Lessons, and more! Programs begin June 4 – register early!

www.mountainview.gov/register (650) 903-6331

City of Palo Alto Summer Camps Palo AltoA wide array of camps, from theater and tennis to ceramics and

coding. Kids in kindergarten through high school can participate

in camps during week-long sessions from June 3 to Aug 9.

www.cityofpaloalto.org/summercamps

(650) 463-4949

Community School of Music Mountain ViewCommunity School of Mountain View Music and Arts (CSMA)

Mountain View 50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting,

Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, Summer Music Workshops,

more! One and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment.

Extended care from 8:30am-5:30pm. Financial aid offered.

www.arts4all.org (650) 917-6800 ext. 0

Oshman Family JCC Camps Palo AltoCamps at the OFJCC introduce your child to new experiences while

creating friendships in a fun and safe environment. We work to

build confidence, stretch imaginations and teach new skills.

www.paloaltojcc.org/Camps (650) 223-8622

Palo Alto Community

Child Care (PACCC) Palo AltoPACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide

variety of engaging opportunities. We are excited to announce all

of your returning favorites: Leaders in Training (L.I.T.), PACCC Special

Interest Units (S.I.U.), F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts, Music and Entertainment),

J.V. Sports and Operation: Chef! Periodic field trips, special visitors

and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the

variety of offerings at PACCC Summer Camps. Open to campers

from all communities. Register online.

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Stanford Jazz Workshop StanfordWorld-renowned jazz camps at Stanford. Week-long jazz

immersion programs for middle school musicians (July 8-12), high

school (July 14-19 and and July 21-26), and adults (July 28-Aug. 2).

All instruments and vocals. No jazz experience necessary!

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TheatreWorks Palo Alto

Silicon Valley Menlo ParkApril 1 - 5, June 3 - August 2. Kids have fun, create a character, and

learn lifelong performance skills at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s

Theatre Camps. TheatreWorks offers camps during spring break

(offered in Palo and Menlo Park, April 1 - 5) and summer camps

(six sessions offered in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Los Altos

between June 3 - August 2) for children and youth in grades K-6.

Professional teaching artists lead students in activities including

acting, dance, play writing, and stagecraft skills. Sibling discounts

and extended care available.

www.theatreworks.org/education (650) 463-7146

ATHLETICS

Dance Connection Palo Alto Palo AltoShare the joy of dance with us! Our studio is an extended family and a “home away from home” for our community of children and teens. At Dance Connection, we value the positive energy and atmosphere that we continuously strive to provide. Summer Dance Camps include all styles of dance for ages 4 and up and features our new “This is Me!” Empowerment Camp along with Teen Jazz and Hip Hop Camps. A Summer Session for ages 3 to adults will be offered from June 3-August 2.

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(650) 852-0418 or (650) 322-7032

Kim Grant Tennis Palo Alto Summer Camps Monterey BayFun and specialized Junior Camps for Mini (3-5), Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, High Performance and Elite tennis levels. Weekly programs designed by Kim Grant to improve player technique, fitness, agility, mental toughness and all around game. Weekly camps in Palo Alto and Sleep-Away Camps in Monterey Bay. SO MUCH FUN!

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Nike Tennis Camps Bay AreaJunior overnight and day tennis camps for boys and girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult weekend clinics available June and August. Camps directed by head men’s coach, Paul Goldstein, head women’s coach, Lele Forood, and associate men’s and women’s coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Join the fun and get better at tennis this summer.

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Run for Fun Camps Bay AreaRun for Fun’s mission is to provide creative and engaging play for all youth by getting kids active in an inclusive community centered around outdoor fun! We pride ourselves on hiring an enthusiastic, highly trained staff who love what they do. Summer 2019 features four weeks of Adventure Day Camp and two weeks of Overnight Camp High Five. Adventure Day Camp is a new discovery every day filled with sports, crafts and nature, including explorations to Camp Jones Gulch, Capitola Beach, Foothills Park, Shoreline Lake and Great America. Camp High Five is six days and five nights of traditional overnight camp mixed with challenge-by-choice activities, campfires, friendships and lots of laughter.

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school-holiday-camps/camp-overview (650) 823-5167

Stanford Athletics & Youth StanfordStanford Youth Programs brings you Camp Cardinal! Week-long day camp programs on campus for kids (grades K – 10) from June 3 – August 9. Space is limited so register online now.

campcardinal.org (650) 736-5436

Stanford Baseball Camps StanfordAt Sunken Diamond on the campus of Stanford University. A variety of camps are offered to benefit a wide range of age groups and skill sets. Campers will gain instruction in several baseball skills, fundamentals, team concepts, and game play.

www.stanfordbaseballcamp.com (650) 725-2054

Stanford Water Polo Camps Stanford New to water polo or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half day or full day options for boys and girls ages 7 and up. All camps provide fundamental skills, scrimmages and games.

www.stanfordwaterpolocamps.com (650) 725-9016

Wheel Kids Addison Elementary, Bike Camps Palo AltoAdventure Riding Camp for rising 1st - 8th gr, Two Wheelers Club for rising K - 3rd gr. Week-long programs from 8:30 - 4, starting June 3rd. Join us as we embark on bicycling adventures for the more experienced rider or help those just learning to ride.

www.wheelkids.com/palo-alto (650) 646-5435

YMCA of Silicon Valley Summer Camps Silicon ValleyAt the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Sign up today, camps are filling up! Financial assistance is available.

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A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Karla KaneArts & Entertainment

W hether from his work in the theater or on the large or small screens, you know Alan Cumming — but

do you really know him? On April 14, the Scottish-born star is bringing his critically-acclaimed one-person cabaret show, “Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs,” to the Osh-man Family JCC in Palo Alto.

“Sappy Songs” first premiered in 2015 in New York City, and Cumming has since toured it across the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as recorded a live album. The show has been in hiberna-tion while he works on his new show, “Legal Immigrant,” which premiered in 2018, but he’s waking it up for a special performance in Palo Alto just as winter gives way to spring.

As “an honorary Jew after playing Eli Gold for seven seasons on ‘The Good Wife,’” he said he’s excited to head to the JCC “with a Jewish blessing!”

The Weekly spoke with him as he rode a train from New York City to Boston to learn more about the intimate show, from its cre-ation to what audience members can expect to experience.

KP: Why is this show called “Sappy Songs?”

AC: I wanted to signal to the audience that I was going to be emotional and go for it. The show is authentic and vulnerable but the title is tongue-in-cheek. It is a funny show.

KP: Did you have any songs that were too sappy to make the cut?

AC: (Chuckles) Some songs got axed but I wouldn’t have chosen them if they were too sappy. The songs I sing are songs that I feel I can bring something to. People may have heard them already, but they may have been overproduced or didn’t hear what the song is actually about. The songs I like to sing are songs that have something to say.

KP: I’m sure that many people might expect you to focus on musical theater, but with the exception of some Sondheim, musical theater makes up the minority of your set list. How did you go about choos-ing songs?

AC: I actually sing more songs from mu-sicals than I expected to. I have done a lot of theater but I’ve only been in two musicals: “Cabaret” and “Threepenny Opera.” I have a niche: It’s dark and German. When I’m choosing songs, certain songs reach out to me. Songs are funny things. The first time you hear a song, you may think, “Oh, I don’t like that song,” but then it keeps coming back

to you, you hear it on the radio, it follows you. KP: Unlike a musical with a clear sto-

ryline, this is a cabaret-style show. As you were writing the show, was there a story you wanted to tell?

AC: The throughline is authenticity. Ev-erything I say on stage is true. Some of those things are really intense and some of those things are really funny. I ask the audience, “What is real and what is not?” At one point, I pull the rug out from under the audience with a really vulnerable but totally made up story. Even though you can be duped by the truth, everything I say on stage is true — even the things that weren’t true. What I mean by that is, it’s important to represent who you are as a person. In my new show, I talk about aging, because that’s something that’s true and present for me right now.

KP: Do you feel that there is a huge dif-ference between a show where you are yourself versus a show in which you play a part onstage?

AC: I’ve done a lot of shows like this over the years and I’ve learned that the more au-thentic and vulnerable you’re able to be, you can really connect with an audience when you’re being yourself. It’s the same when you’re an actor: The more of yourself that comes through the role you’re playing, there’s less and less of a veil between you and the au-dience. That doesn’t mean you have to “play yourself.” But good acting is being prepared to be vulnerable.

KP: How does the show change when you move from an intimate venue like the (New York’s) Cafe Carlyle to another venue for a one-night performance? How do you engage the audience in unfamiliar spaces where you’re not “the home team?”

AC: (Chuckles) The number of people and the size of the venue don’t equate with inti-macy. You could be in a stadium and still be intimate and authentic. Mostly on tour, I play big concert halls. In New York, I mostly play Joe’s Pub or Cafe Carlyle, although I have done bigger venues. I’m in a frame of mind right now where I want to reach more people. I have a message and something I want to say, and I want to reach as many people as I can. You can make people feel as intimate and connected and like you’re looking into their eyes in a concert hall as you can in a small room. It’s just about how much ... you are willing to show yourself.

KP: Even though this cabaret is very

funny, it also asks us to confront some weightier themes. How do you balance those themes with the humor?

AC: You just have to think about how you tell stories in real life. If you’re someone who talks a lot and tells stories, you know how to slip in something real and vulnerable. Humor makes it more powerful. It’s a lot of trial and error, and when you tell a story many times, you hone it and get better at telling the story.

I’m Scottish, and I have a very dark sense of humor. It’s important to understand that, even for the most awful things in life, there’s still some humor to be found. You know — laughing at funerals. ... There’s lots of laughs in “Hamlet” if you know where to find them. That’s how you survive. There’s a saying in Scotland: “You have to laugh or you greet (cry).”

KP: You’ve worked in pretty much ev-ery performing medium there is. How do you prepare yourself to switch back and forth? Do you have a medium you prefer to perform in?

AC: I like to mix and match, and the fact that I’m so eclectic means that when I go back on tour, I come to the concerts more excited, more energized and looking forward to doing them. Because you’ve had a change, something different. And then you go and do some filming. You come back more fresh-faced each time you change genre. I find that when I do a lot of things at once, I actually become more focused. It’s something I’ve mastered, staying completely in the moment.

KP: I know that you’re very involved in charitable work in your “free” time. Are there any charities that are

particularly close to your heart or top of mind right now?

AC: It’s been freezing in New York City. When it gets really cold, all of the homeless shelters are jam-packed. The Ali Forney Center for LGBTQ youth has been helping homeless youth whose parents have aban-doned them because they told them they were gay or trans. It struck me the other day — how on earth do you survive?

KP: And because I have many Who-vians in my life who would kill me if I didn’t ask: Can you talk a little bit about your recent turn as King James I on “Doctor Who?”

AC: It was actually kind of awful! It was wet and cold, and we were stranded in Cardiff in the middle of a snowstorm. But I did it because, as a little boy grow-ing up in Scotland, I would watch “Doctor Who.” It just seemed like a fun thing to do, although I knew it was going to be awful when every scene in the script started with “EXT. Night” or “EXT. Day” in February in Wales. I really like the idea that they’ve made Doctor Who a woman, and I got to parody Scottish politicians I dislike with my accent.

Freelance writer Kaila Prins can be emailed at [email protected].

What: “Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs.”Where: Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. When: Sunday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.Cost: $150.Info: paloaltojcc.org/Events/alan-cumming-sings-sappy-songs-1.

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A s its title suggests, pia-nist/actor/writer Hershey Felder’s latest one-man

show, “A Paris Love Story,” tells the story of a man’s relationship with the beloved French city. Men’s relationship, actually, because in this case, the story involves both composer Claude Debussy and Felder himself.

“A Paris Love Story,” which is making its world premiere with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, is the latest in a string of big suc-cesses for Felder in Mountain View in which he inhabits — accent, facial hair and all — the role of a great composer. Previ-ous stints have included Irving Berlin, Beethoven and Tchai-kovsky. This show is a bit dif-ferent, however, in that Felder shares a very personal and spe-cial connection to the work of Debussy, who, we learn, was the favorite composer of his late mother.

In “A Paris Love Story,” Felder switches between speaking as himself and as Debussy, who also posthumously watches over young Felder on his first trip to Paris as a 19-year-old. Together they offer information about De-bussy’s life and career as well as take a journey throughout the historic boulevards and notewor-thy landmarks of Paris. And, of course, there is plenty of music, both in the form of recorded or-chestrations and Felder’s always-impressive live playing.

We learn that Debussy, who lived from 1862-1918, was des-perate to break free from the old-fashioned German-style trends in music and always searching for the “new” in his own Impres-sionist work, loathing Wagner and loving the Javanese gamelan

orchestra he encountered. We hear his mystical, nature-in-spired compositions including the famous “Clair de Lune” (moonlight) and “La Mer” (the sea). And we hear, too, about his many ill-fated romances, includ-ing not one but two jilted flames who shoot themselves; his be-loved only child “Chou-Chou;” and his excruciating, illness-plagued final years set against the horrors of the first world war.

We also wander with young Felder and ghostly Debussy past such landmarks as the Cathedral de Notre Dame and the Arc de Triomphe and into Debussy’s former flat. Felder’s acting and musicianship have been widely — and deservedly — praised, but let’s take a minute here to laud the scenic and projection design by Felder and Christopher Ash. A Parisian bridge, lit by gas lamps, showcases the grand pia-no placed in the center. Above are charming, animated chalk sketches of Paris coming to life and appearing to float as if by magic, along with fish, soaring birds, snowfall and more. It’s a gorgeous visual complement to the dreamlike music and practi-cally makes the city a character in its own right.

The production is just one act, no intermission, led by Felder’s longtime director Trevor Hay. Because his shows allow him to address the audience directly (and because he is very good at it), Felder easily creates a warm rapport with the crowd. He’s re-sponsive to the audience’s reac-tions, including in moments of humor. His inclusion of his own

connection to Debussy, as well as to the city he loved, lends a touching and special quality to the show. There’s a surprising bit where he gracefully moves — dances really — with a scarf, adding to the general lyrical tone.

As a character and a life story, however, Debussy himself comes across as less interesting than some of Felder’s other subjects. A bit dull, in fact, as he mostly complains about other compos-ers, compliments his own work or chronicles his various ro-mantic exploits. He does have a cheeky French charm about him, though, when wryly watching over young Felder and following him throughout the city. And while his music isn’t as familiar or immediately gripping as that of some of the others in Felder’s stable, when the projections are flowing and Felder is at the pia-no, the effect is spellbinding.

“A Paris Love Story” might not be the first Hershey Felder show I’d recommend to someone who’d never seen him before but it will please his loyal fans and prove an enchanting introduc-tion to newcomers. There are certainly worse ways to spend an early spring evening than letting a master like Felder take you on a dreamy trip through the Paris moonlight.

Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at [email protected].

A pianist’s guide to ParisHershey Felder’s latest celebrates the music of

Debussy and the City of Lightby Karla Kane

In “Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story,” a world premiere presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Felder shares a personal connection to the work of Claude Debussy.

What: “Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story, Featuring the music of Claude Debussy.”Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.When: Through May 5 (performance times vary). Cost: $40-$120. Info: Theatreworks.org or 650-463-1960.

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Eating OutAsian Box chef Gracie Jones pivots to celiac-friendly bakery

fter ogling the goodies on display at Gracie Jones’ Gluten Free Bake Shop,

you might notice some charm-ing drawings with “Thank you, Gracie” in unmistakable crayon kid-scrawl decorating the front register area. Sure, it’s a widely-known fact that kids love baked treats, but how many bakers re-ceive personal thank-you notes from them?

Maybe it’s the ones who make treats for kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to enjoy the average chocolate chip cook-ie — kids with celiac disease, an immune disease that pre-vents people from eating gluten

because of the damage it causes to the small intestine.

It was such a kid who inadver-tently brought celiac disease to chef Gracie Jones’ attention, just under a decade ago when she was transitioning from working as a fine-dining chef to opening up the fast-casual Asian Box.

“When we started with the proj-ect of Asian Box ... [Asian Box] became gluten-free because of a family we met. That same year, they found out that their son, who was 4 at the time, had celiac,” Jones said. While cooking at this family’s home as part of the pro-cess of developing the Asian Box menu, Jones and the team decided

Asian Box chef Gracie Jones opened her own gluten-free bakery in Palo Alto in 2017.

A steak, egg and kimchi banh mi served on a gluten-free baguette.

Gluten-free cookies, vegan chocolate-banana-almond streusel muffins, donuts, cinnamon-apple galettes and strawberry-jam donuts at Gracie Jones Gluten Free Bake Shop.

Customers eat gluten free-goods at Gracie Jones Bake Shop on April 9, 2019.

to keep it gluten-free, especially since the change was straightfor-ward. They eliminated just two ingredients from the menu, soy sauce and noodles. Asian Box’s menu is still completely gluten-free, though it is not explicitly advertized.

Jones, who has devoted her life to “cooking nonstop” for 20 years, did not intentionally set out to open up a gluten-free bake shop. When she moved into the space at 2706 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, she was in charge of open-ing up a commissary to produce sauces for Asian Box. (The space sparked some controversy in 2017, when the city’s code enforcement officers received a complaint about it doubling as office space for Asian Box. Two partial cubi-cles with computers remain at the bakery today.)

Confused about the nature of the space when it opened, cus-tomers would come in, looking to eat at Asian Box, so Jones started to offer some dishes and used the space as a test kitchen.



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Over time, she noticed people asking about desserts, and Jones, who has a passion for baking but had not had the chance to pursue it, began experimenting.

“I was keeping an eye on Asian Box, but on my free time, I would just bake certain little things to see what people thought,” she said, adding that she enjoyed the challenge of gluten-free baking.

“My goal is, I want to make sure that people can’t tell the difference,” Jones said. “I won’t serve it until it tastes exactly the way I want it.”

Because Jones is not person-ally gluten-free, she knows what an item with gluten should taste like, so she starts from there. Jones refers to recipes with gluten and then, through trial and error, goes through many iterations of a single item before she is satisfied with the gluten-free result. And because gluten-free recipes call for many different ingredients to create the flour equivalent, she has created her own pre-mixed gluten-free flour made from brown and white rice flour, sorghum and po-tato and tapioca starch.

Jones’ assortment of baked goods is subject to change de-pending on her latest experiment, but she does regularly stock cus-tomer favorites like chocolate chip cookies, sprinkle donuts and paleo bagels. The oatmeal cookie, sampled by this reporter, achieved the perfect combination of chewi-ness and crispiness. If she’s work-ing on a special request, custom-ers might see a new item in the display case, such as lemon bars, pies or brownies. In addition to baked goods, she offers savory lunch items, including a banh mi sandwich — a recipe she has been working on for years.

“I finally feel like I came up with a sandwich of bread that is comparable to a banh mi,” she said of the Vietnamese sandwich traditionally made with a French-style baguette. “It wasn’t easy. I was testing it for a long time.”

You can also find Jones’ sour-dough and brioche bread locally at The Market at Edgewood, or her focaccia at Palo Alto Italian restaurant Vino Enoteca. She also provides gluten-free pizza flour to Pizzeria Delfina’s five locations, including in Palo Alto. (You can also buy the dry dough mix at the bakery to make your own gluten-free pizza at home.) Her cookies and rice pudding are sold at Asian Box.

Jones was clear on one thing: She’s not baking for the gluten-free skeptics.

“I would suggest for them not to try it; they’re going to try it, but then they’re always going to be negative about something,” she said.

Instead, she’s focused on mak-ing delicious food, in its own right.

Freelance writer Anna Medina can be emailed at [email protected].

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and the actors’ thorough commit-ment to the specificity of early 19th-century discourse gives the history a dimensionality that be-lies the lack of conventional char-acter depth.

Through their public words and actions, we learn all we need to know of men like Henry Hunt (Rory Kinnear) — the celebrity radical known in his day as “the Orator” — and Samuel Bamford (Neil Bell), the local activist who bristles at Hunt’s superior man-ner. Leigh also poignantly — and ironically — frames the film with the experience of a young Man-cunian veteran (David Moorst) from the Battle of Waterloo who continues to wear his red uniform through to his hometown’s battle — dubbed Peterloo for its town-square setting of St. Peter’s Field. There, in the film’s stomach-turning climax, British cavalry-men set upon an unarmed crowd of 60,000, bloodying and, in some cases, killing men, women and children. The massacre, which occurred during a peaceful pro-democracy rally, turned into one of the bloodiest and most notori-ous episodes in British history.

The personality clashes within

the opposing groups add texture to the otherwise dryly recounted economic realities, rabble-rousing and dissent-squelching speeches and political skullduggery. Leigh wisely allows for the dissent with-in both camps as to courses of action and distinctions within the beliefs that motivate them. Under-pinning it all, Leigh’s team of art-ists collectively puts many period films to shame with their unshowy but astonishingly detailed work, including the beautiful photogra-phy of Dick Pope and the just-so costumes of Jacqueline Durran.

Leigh again proves an extraor-dinarily adept purveyor of period drama despite having made his career as a chronicler of contem-porary England. If “Peterloo” is somewhat medicinal, with no spoonfuls of sugar in sight, it also is richly realized, a remarkable achievement of dramatized his-tory with the understanding that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Rated PG-13 for a sequence of violence and chaos. Two hours, 34 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

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1/2 (Aquarius)

Seven-time Oscar nominee Mike Leigh (“Topsy-Turvy”) makes no concession to the pas-sive viewer with his new histori-cal film “Peterloo.” Instead, he bustles his audience into a time machine and transplants them to a time and place — 1819 Eng-land — for full immersion into the physical and social landscape where the politically charged Pe-terloo Massacre played out be-tween a pro-democracy working class and an elitist government.

The film’s early passages es-tablish a hardscrabble existence for those who aren’t landowners and lack the power of the polls to protect their own interests. Lacking suffrage, languishing under policies like a bread tax (a.k.a. the Corn Laws) and subject

to draconian “justice” for petty crimes, the underclass in Man-chester, England, begins to agi-tate. Leigh’s screenplay takes us back and forth from government officials (in offices, in Parlia-ment, in the proverbial smoke-filled rooms) and a citizenry (in their cramped dwellings, street stalls and taverns) that chooses to organize in the face of powerful opposition.

With his appropriately decen-tralized narrative, Leigh gives us the lay of the land, rigorously guiding his actors through a com-bination of well-researched ora-torical and written rhetoric of the day and the director’s practiced use of improvisation. The results can feel like a living textbook, heavily stentorian and at times long-winded and repetitive, but this is the stuff of political debate,

Civil rights and wrongs‘Peterloo’ resurrects a historical tragedy

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Groomed is the intimate story of filmmaker Gwen van de Pas as she returns to her hometown in search of answers about the man who sexually abused her as a child and finally seeks justice after decades of silence. The film addresses a common type of psychological manipulation called “grooming”: how it holds survivors back from reporting abuse, how to recognize it, and —ultimately—how to stop it. What begins as an exploration into grooming becomes a dramatic journey where Gwen encounters unexpected revelations in her case and boldly confronts the evil that has been a major part of her life. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with director Gwen van de Pas as well as filmmaker and Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Bill Guttentag. The discussion will be moderated by Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer and former assistant managing editor of The New York Times Glenn Kramon.

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RHODODENDRONS SALE ... The De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society is holding a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 27, in front of the Masonic Lodge at 146 Main St., Los Altos. Organizers said they plan to have vireya series rhododendrons from Pacific Island Nursery at the event, pending their availability. Vireyas make superb container plants, which are perfect for a small and patio gardens. Coming from the tropics, vireyas can bloom several times a year.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING BREAKS GROUND ... Palo Alto Housing celebrated the ground-breaking of 2821 ECR Apartments, a $42-milion affordable apartment community at 2821 El Camino Real in Redwood City, on April 11. The project includes 67 studio and one-bedroom apartments for low-income families, veterans and individuals with special needs earning up to 70% of the San Mateo County Area Median income, according to a press release from Palo Alto Housing. Financing for the development is being provided in part by the County of San Mateo through voter-approved Measure K. Palo Alto Housing, the nonprofit developer that manages the affordable-housing programs in the Bay Area, is on target to nearly double its number of housing units in the next few years, according to the nonprofit. Over the past year, Palo Alto Housing has had more than 600 units in various stags of planning and development in the works.

SPRING BLOOMS ON DISPLAY... Filoli is offering a spring wildflower hike through its preserve from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13. Get an upclose look at native wildflowers and learn about their unique qualities and how they adapt and thrive. Tours are open to children 5 and older. For more information, go to bit.ly/FiloliSpringHike.

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Think of the word “homesteading” and instantly images of wide-open prairies, orchards and farm life come to mind. But

along the Midpeninsula, where real estate is at a premium and not everyone has multiple acres of vacant land on their property, homesteading is often a much simpler activity.

Homesteading simply can be engaging in something like fermenting beer, cheesemaking, caring for chickens or saving a little money by growing a garden and preserving some food, said Blair Thompson, Hidden Villa’s Animal Husbandry Manager. These are all types of inexpensive and non-space consuming ways to start participating in the homesteading move-ment, which focuses on helping people become self-reliant.

“You just need to have some interest in the skills of building and creating a home ... but it doesn’t have to mean you own a home or an acre and are going to have a massive garden,” Thompson said.

While homesteading has been gaining local steam among everyone from students to angel investors, not everyone is familiar with the con-cept or has the skills.

In an effort to make homesteading accessible to everyone, Hidden Villa farm in Los Altos Hills hosts an annual Homesteading Day that gives residents an upclose look at everything from beer brewing and sheep-dog herding to food preservation, backyard chicken care, com-posting, fruit-tree pruning and fiber arts through hands-on demonstrations.

This year’s second annual Homesteading Day will be held on Saturday, April 27, and will in-clude experts on sheep-shearing, beekeeping,

soapmaking, seed saving and cider-making. “Being able to do (something) yourself is

something people get really excited about, and that’s a big part of this event for us,” Thompson said. “These are the skills that people have used to sustain civilization, in a way, and build our nation from the very beginning. It’s exciting to see that coming around in a more technology-savvy area because I think it connects people to things that are essentially human and make us who we are.”

Thompson said the key is to find an activity that you enjoy.

“You have to enjoy doing it because any of these things take time,” he said.

You might be a little disappointed with brew-ing your first round of micro beer, for example, but as you get into it and have fun with it, you can create flavors that only you can make because it will be in the flavors and styles you want.

“Once you’re good at making your own, you can do it for cents. It’s all practice,” he said.

Alternately, housing livestock or chickens will require a considerable amount of startup capital, but it, too, can lead to an overall cost savings for animal owners. Thompson said what each person is able to do will be based on what their city allows them to have on their property, and regulations will vary between each city.

In Palo Alto, for example, permits are re-quired to keep horses, goats, sheep, pigs, chick-ens, ducks and turkeys, and written permission must be obtained from neighbors for a home-owner to own hens.

The most important thing to remember is that anyone, whether they live in an RV or on a ranch, can participate in the homesteading

movement, he said.“I think folks in our area have jobs that aren’t

physically connected to their bodies, and I think being able to do something that has a little bit more of a tangible reality that you can see and touch and taste is really important for people,” Thompson said.

Melissa McKenzie is a freelance writer for the Weekly. She can be emailed at [email protected].

Hidden Villa Homesteading DayWhen: Saturday, April 27, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.Cost: All-day pass $30/person; Sheep shearing (morning only) $20/person; Homesteading (after-noon only) $15/person. Children under 2 are free.Info: For more information or to register, go to hiddenvilla.org.

The tech-savvy find their

inner farmerHidden Villa farm’s Homesteading Day teaches

residents how to live off the land, or at least make their own micro beer and cheese

by Melissa McKenzie

Clockwise from top left: Clifford the calf is among the barnyard animals that live at Hidden Villa, a nonprofit working farm where visitors can get an upclose look at the farming process. Blair Thompson, animal husbandry farmer at Hidden Villa in Los Altos, holds pullet eggs, which are laid by young hens and are typically smaller than regular eggs. Thompson feeds a brood of chickens that live on the Los Altos Hills farm. Photos by Jenny Rodriguez.

Hidden Villa launched its annual Homesteading Day in 2018 to teach visitors skills to make and grow their own food. This year’s event on April 27 will include demonstrations on everything from beekeeping to cider-making. Photo courtesy of Hidden Villa.


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HOME SALESHome sales are provided by Cali-fornia REsource, a real estate in-formation company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information is recorded from the deeds after the close of escrow and pub-lished within four to six weeks.

Atherton56 Holbrook Lane Charlotte Ventures LLC to A. Zaffaroni for $4,700,000 on 03-06-19; previous sale 06-27-2016, $1,925,000

East Palo Alto1174 Laurel Avenue I. & K. Walker to Aggrawal Family Trust for $777,000 on 03-08-192551 Emmett Way G. Farmer to Z. Xi for $820,000 on 03-04-19463 Larkspur Drive G. Khoury to K. Goins for $920,000 on 03-07-19; previous sale 10-30-2018, $940,000555 Bell StreetG. Williams to K. Williams for $1,011,500 on 03-05-192081 Ralmar Avenue Milillo 2017 Trust to Analisa M Pratt Trust for $1,080,000 on 03-08-19; previous Sale 08-23-2004, $499,000895 Tea Court M. Aguilar to P. & N. Kumar for $1,275,000 on 03-08-19; previous sale 04-15-2009, $385,000

Los Altos100 1st Street #109 Hyman Family Trust to Sander-Digiovanni Family Trust for $1,475,000 on 03-06-19; previous sale 01-08-2015, $978,00028 Deep Well Lane Chambers Family Trust to M. & R. Aubert for $2,250,000 on 03-08-19145 Pine Lane Pellegrini Family Trust to Michael & Shelly Trust for $3,100,000 on 03-07-1910275 Kenbar Road Nirvana Investment Group LLC to K. & H.

Yoshikawa for $4,350,000 on 03-04-19; previous sale 07-17-2017, $3,200,000

Menlo Park1326 Hoover Street #8 1326 Hoover Street LLC to Ellis Trust for $1,675,000 on 03-07-19; previous sale 09-22-2017, $10,500,0001760 Oakdell Drive Huber Qtip Trust to Maywood Trust for $2,567,500 on 03-08-19; previous sale 07-14-2017, $5,135,000535 Placitas Avenue Barbara B Hinman Living Trust to S. & D. Shoemaker for $2,595,000 on 03-08-19; previous sale 07-16-2014, $1,978,0001425 Mills Court A. Flaig to D. & D. Pickham for $2,600,000 on 03-08-19 (Previous Sale 11-24-2003, $1,130,000)236 Robin Way Daryl W Al-ger Trust to H. & W. Allen for $2,875,000 on 03-08-19; previous sale 09-12-2011, $989,0001794 Oakdell Drive Deborah A Rau Trust to K. & M. Curtis for $3,788,000 on 03-07-19; previous sale 08-01-1987, $402,000

Mountain View744 San Lucas Avenue Kintana Living Trust to Kintana Family Trust for $498,000 on 03-05-19; previous sale 04-01-1992, $255,00050 East Middlefield Road #22 K. Mcmullen to D. & S. Hollatz for $702,000 on 03-08-1967 Gladys Avenue S. Gras to L. & M. Brenner for $1,125,000 on 03-07-19; previous sale 06-27-2005, $490,000181 Ada Avenue #8 C. Chang to A. Razzaghi for $1,255,000 on 03-06-19; previous sale 04-29-2009, $571,000183 Darya Court J. Christopher to Y. & Z. Dai for $1,368,000 on 03-08-193854 Domain Way Pulte Home

Co LLC to Y. & C. Zhang for $1,370,000 on 03-04-19182 Ada Avenue #B R. Kanitkar to M. & S. Li for $1,480,000 on 03-06-191731 Spring Street D & K Par-sons Family Trust to R. & S. Gras for $1,575,000 on 03-08-19; previ-ous sale 07-23-1998, $292,0003850 Domain Way Pulte Home Co LLC to S. & V. Deb for $1,635,000 on 03-05-19631 Tyrella Avenue D. Quong to J. & C. Guo for $1,659,000 on 03-08-19; previous sale 01-08-2016, $1,390,000300 Cherokee Loop San Luis Avenue Lp to S. Banerjee for $1,795,000 on 03-05-192459 Tamalpais Street Elyse J Krupnick Trust to A. Joyce for $1,898,000 on 03-08-19331 Aldean Avenue One Marital Trust to B. Tang for $1,975,000 on 03-06-19240 Shumway Lane Han-Lin Family Trust to D. & D. Horn for $2,150,000 on 03-06-19; previous sale 10-13-2014, $1,882,000211 Monroe Drive J. Lee to Y. & L. Yuan for $2,320,000 on 03-08-191866 Peacock Avenue Poll Liv-ing Trust to A. & V. Radchenko for $2,450,000 on 03-08-19; previous sale 11-03-2015, $2,100,000

Palo Alto3173 Maddux Drive Demazeliere 1993 Trust to Breaux Survivors Trust for $250,000 on 03-05-194250 El Camino Real #B318 Anne V Mullin Trust to Maple Asset LLC for $1,100,000 on 03-07-19; previous sale 03-06-2006, $491,0004250 El Camino Real #B217 Mary A Wolpman Trust to V. Tekriwal for $1,150,000 on 03-07-19; previous sale 01-01-1986, $185,0001615 Amherst Way S. Leland to

J. Luk for $1,371,000 on 03-07-193282 Berryessa Street Muir Residl Invs LLC to M. & W. Yang for $1,713,000 on 03-08-19; previ-ous sale 02-12-2019, $1,713,000128 Middlefield Road P. & N. Dusane to A. Lam for $1,800,000 on 03-05-19; previous sale 10-22-2008, $899,000437 College Avenue Hoffmann Family Living Trust to A. & J. Bau for $2,080,000 on 03-05-19; pre-vious sale 12-07-2016, $1,918,000804 Sutter Avenue Sandys Fam Residual Trust B to Saini Living Trust for $2,300,000 on 03-06-193227 Bryant Street G. Azzi to B. & J. Jung for $2,700,000 on 03-

08-19; previous sale 10-05-2012, $1,649,000113 Seale Avenue 109 Seale LLC to Muma Family Trust for $2,775,000 on 03-06-19; previous sale 11-13-2018, $2,705,0003476 Janice Way Fimily Simon Trust to C. & B. Elkariblieh for $2,820,000 on 03-04-19907 El Cajon Way Resneck & Meyers Family Trust to B. & J. Ro-soff for $3,200,000 on 03-08-191270 Cedar Street Becker Fam-ily Trust to S. & A. Bradley for $4,100,000 on 03-08-19; previous sale 02-21-2012, $2,435,000520 Tennyson Avenue Gassee Family Living Trust to Burns Fam-ily Trust for $7,900,000 on 03-

08-19; previous sale 06-20-2016, $4,260,000

Portola Valley250 Dedalera Drive Thomas-Ross Family Trust to K. & M. Matthews for $2,800,000 on 03-08-19; previ-ous sale 06-26-2018, $2,900,000

Woodside131 Alta Vista Road Ashley Bjorklund 2004 Trust to M. & Z. Simkover for $2,472,500 on 03-08-19; previous sale 03-01-1991, $360,000220 Crest Road Willie L Mccovey Living Trust to S. & R. Agrawal for $4,200,000 on 03-06-19

Atherton Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $4,700,000Highest sales price: $4,700,000 Median sales price: $4,700,000 Average sales price: $4,700,000

East Palo Alto Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $777,000Highest sales price: $1,275,000 Median sales price: $965,750 Average sales price: $980,600

Los Altos Total sales reported: 4Lowest sales price: $1,475,000Highest sales price: $4,350,00zMedian sales price: $2,675,000 Average sales price: $2,793,800

Menlo Park Total sales reported: 6Lowest sales price: $1,675,000Highest sales price: $3,788,000Median sales price: $2,597,500 Average sales price: $2,683,400

Mountain ViewTotal sales reported: 16Lowest sales price: $498,000 Highest sales price: $2,450,000 Median sales price: $1,605,000Average sales price: $1,578,400

Palo AltoTotal sales reported: 14 Lowest sales price: $250,000Highest sales price: $7,900,000 Median sales price: $2,190,000Average sales price: $2,518,500

Portola ValleyTotal sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,800,000Highest sales price: $2,800,000 Median sales price: $2,800,000Average sales price: $2,800,000

WoodsideTotal sales reported: 2Lowest sales price: $2,472,500Highest sales price: $4,200,000Median sales price: $3,336,250Average sales price: $3,336,300

Source: California REsource

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Carol Carnevale and Nicole Aron650.465.5958 | [email protected]@compass.comCarolandNicole.com DRE 00946687 | DRE 00952657

This classic beauty built in 1925 is situated on one of the most desirable streets in prestigious Old Palo Alto. The home’s distinctive stucco façade, deeply recessed

features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style that is the iconic architectural signature of the City of Palo Alto.

well-proportioned rooms with large windows and French doors for maximum natural light and harmonious integration of interior and exterior spaces.

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232 Coleridge Avenue, Palo Alto3,085 Sq Ft | 28,750 Sq Ft Lot | Offered at $17,500,000

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59 Palo Alto sales... and counting!


Carol Carnevale and Nicole Aron650.465.5958 | [email protected]@compass.comCarolandNicole.com DRE 00946687 | DRE 00952657

1300 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto

591 Palo Alto sales...and counting!


Top Producer Wine Country 2018Each Office is Independently

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Sieba [email protected]. #01460836

Jeffrey Earl [email protected]. #00981449

Secluded Estate Site on 15 AcresOnce in a lifetime opportunity to build your dream retreat in wine country. Secluded and gated estate property with 15 flat acres, open meadows and verdant forests. Mostly plantable with abundant well water. This area is becoming a high-end enclave with a nearby estate property nearing completion and the other completed. Perfect for vines or a ranch of your own. Serene and quiet yet only 12 minutes from Calistoga in Sonoma County.

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Estate Site on 28 Stunning Acres on the Napa-Sonoma BorderJoin this high-end gated enclave and escape to the serenity and seclusion of wine country. 28 stunning acres in Sonoma County. Mountain views, a knoll view site, open meadows, lush forests, and two building sites. So many possibilities await you. 11 plantable acres with abundant well water; plenty of room for a vineyard and a ranch of your own.

FranzValley28Acres.com · $1,950,000

Doris Messina, Realtor, CHMSCalDRE#[email protected]

Intero, A Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate

930 Santa Cruz Ave.

Menlo Park, CA 94025

532 Shorebird Circle, #6203, Redwood City

• Waterview Condo Living 1568 sq. ft.• 2 Bedroom, 2 baths• Spacious Loft with Built-in Bookcases• Eat-in Kitchen• Breakfast Bar• Living Room/Dining Room Combo

• Fireplace• Soaring Ceilings• Skylights • Shoji Doors• Elongated Deck Overlooking Waterways• Washer/Dryer Inside

• Attached Garage plus Storage• 2 Pools• Jacuzzi• Household Pet Allowed• Boat Dock• Community Tennis Courts

Offered for $1,290,000

OPEN HOUSE: SAT & SUN 1-4 PM

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(650) 475-2030 [email protected]# 01009791

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668 SALVATIERR A STREET, STANFORDELEGANT HOME IN PR IME LOCATION NE AR CAMPUS

Elegant light filled traditional home in a prime location near Stanford campus. Lovely gardens and spring blossoms frame this beautifully appointed and updated single story residence which features gracious formal dining room, gracious living room with a vaulted beam ceiling and wood burning fireplace. The remodeled kitchen opens to a family room with built-in cabinetry and sliding glass doors lead to spacious rear patio and yard. The rear patio and gardens are ideal for entertaining and indoor/outdoor living! Spacious master suite with access to rear patio. Hardwood floors throughout most of the home and wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms. With its excellent Stanford location and access to top-rated Palo Alto schools, this is truly a wonderful place to call home.

• 3 Bedrooms & 3 Bathrooms plus Sitting Room/Library and Family Room

• Elegant Living Room with fireplace • Formal Dining Room • Attached 2 car garage

• Living Space: 2,364 Sq. Ft. per county records• Lot Size: 12,772 Sq. Ft. per county records • Excellent Palo Alto Schools: Nixon Elementary, Fletcher Middle,

Gunn High (buyer to verify enrollment).• Available to Qualified Stanford Faculty and Staff only

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Located on a private corner in the coveted Old Palo Alto, this charming single story residence features 2 bedrooms plus a family room. An entry foyer welcomes the visitor to this lovely traditional home with divided light wood windows and oak hardwood floors throughout most of the home. With its premier location in the heart of Old Palo Alto, every amenity needed is in close proximity – Greene Middle School, Bowden Park and an array of fine shopping and dining on renowned California Avenue blocks away. Plus, Silicon Valley tech centers, Stanford University, and commuter routes to the greater Bay Area are all within easy reach.

• 2 Bedrooms & 2 Bathrooms plus Family Room • Gracious Living Room with fireplace • Formal Dining Room and Eat-In Kitchen • Detached 2 car garage

• Living Space: 1,448 sq ft per county records• Lot Size: 5,625 sq ft per county records • Excellent Palo Alto Schools: Walter Hays Elementary, Greene Middle, Palo Alto

High (buyer to verify enrollment)

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542 CENTER DRIVE, PALO ALTO Offered at $5,949,995

OPEN HOUSESaturday 4/13 & Sunday 4/14

1:30-4:30PM

BRIAN CHANCELLOR(650) [email protected]# 01174998

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• 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms in each unit• Open floor plans with remodeled kitchens• Dual pane windows throughout• Remodeled bathrooms• Upgraded flooring• Central air conditioning• In unit laundry• Detached workshop/storage shed

• 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • www.midtownpaloalto.com

Listed by Timothy Foy OFFERED AT $2,395,000

• Situated on a large corner lot with two separate street addresses

• Excellent rental history• Centrally located near shopping, schools,

parks, libraries, transportation and more!• 2,122 Sqr Ft (1,061 each unit) approx.• 9,265 lot size approx.

• April 12, 2019 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.comSquare footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources.

Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors®. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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25620 Frampton Court | 5bd/5baRick & Suzanne Bell | 650.209.1513

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ATHERTON $4,999,999

1 Heritage Court | 5bd/7baStephanie Nash | 650.995.3820

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MENLO PARK $4,188,000

655 Gilbert Avenue | 4bd/3.5baRay Hogue/Stacey Woods | 650.964.3722


MOUNTAIN VIEW $2,598,000

932 Rincon Streeet | 3bd/2.5baAngie Galatolo | 650.704.8168


SARATOGA $2,588,000

13685 Quito Road | 5bd/3baSophie Jo | 650.918.8994



2024 Gordon Avenue | 3bd/2baBrad Verma | 650.665.0894

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LOS GATOS $2,495,000

150 College Avenue | 3bd/2.5baDenise Welsh | 415.999.0727


SUNNYVALE $2,395,000

1074 Westchester Drive | 3bd/2baShelly Roberson | 650.464.3797


SAN CARLOS $2,295,000

10 Shratton Avenue | 4bd/3baSteve & Julie Quattrone | 650.505.4900

License # 01463726 | 01519860OPEN SAT & SUN 12:00-5:00

STANFORD $2,200,000

820 Pine Hill Road | 3bd/2baShari Ornstein/Pamela Culp | 650.814.6682



1326 Hoover Street #5 | 3bd/2.5baLiz Daschbach | 650.207.0781



789 16th Avenue | 4bd/3baKaty Thielke Straser | 650.888.2389

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MOUNTAIN VIEW $1,695,000

2544 Mardell Way | 3bd/2baJim & Jimmy Nappo | 650.861.7661


REDWOOD CITY $1,680,000

2740 Carolina Avenue | 4bd/2baStephanie Nash | 650.995.3820


REDWOOD CITY $1,550,000

1785 Maryland Street | 3bd/1baLiz Rhodes/Michele Harkov | 650.722.3000



150 Alma Street #213 | 2bd/2baLiz Daschbach | 650.207.0781

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Perched on the side of a sun kissed peak in San Carlos’ prized Devonshire Canyon neighborhood, this immaculately remodeled classic ranch home offers both views and luxury. As you enter the home, you are greeted by an entry hallway with a stunning skylight, which opens up into a sumptuously sized great room with space for both living and dining,

to this space is the gourmet kitchen, which has been impeccably remodeled with beautiful custom cabinetry and top notch

needs. The master bedroom is downstairs and supremely private, with an additional downstairs bedroom that opens up to

major local employers and commute routes, and local parks and trails complete the picture. Don’t miss your chance to own the classic California outdoor lifestyle that the Devonshire Canyon is known for!


ATHERTON362 Camino Al Lago $2,998,000Sat/Sun 1-5 3 BD/2 BADeLeon Realty 900-70003 Irving Av $4,895,000Sun 1:30-4:30 4 BD/3 BACompass 465-745990 Macbain Av $5,995,000Sat/Sun 1:30-4 5 BD/3.5 BAColdwell Banker 465-6210

LOS ALTOS483 Los Ninos $2,998,000Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 3 BD/2 BAAlain Pinel Realtors 823-80571495 Cedar Pl $2,798,000Sun 1:30-4:30 4 BD/2 BAAlain Pinel Realtors 823-8057241 Delphi Cir $4,200,000Sat/Sun 1-5 4 BD/3.5 BAIntero 947-4700351 Juanita Way $3,895,000Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 4 BD/3 BAAlain Pinel Realtors 346-47271401 Brookmill Rd $2,998,000Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 5 BD/4 BAIntero 947-4700168 Loucks Av $4,998,000Sat/Sun 1:30-4:30 5 BD/7 BAIntero 947-4700

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SportsShorts SportsA LITTLE DRAFTY ... Stanford senior Alanna Smith was reunited with her Australian National Team coach Sandy Brondello when she became the Phoenix Mercury’s first round draft pick, the eighth overall pick, of the WNBA Draft at Nike NYHQ in New York on Wednesday. Smith and Brondello helped Team Australia to the silver medal at the 2018 World Cup, losing in the championship game to the United States, comprised of veteran WNBA players. Phoenix finished 20-14 last season, reaching the league’s final four for the sixth consecutive season. The Mercury begin training camp May 5 and opens the season May 25 at Seattle. The 6-foot-4 forward with a 3-point touch became the 26th Stanford player drafted into the WNBA and the 12th first-round selection. Smith, an All-American, had a superb senior season in which she shot 51.5 percent from the field, 39.7 percent from behind the arc and averaged a team-high 19.4 points per game to go with 8.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks. She is just the fourth NCAA women’s basketball player over the past 20 years to put together a career of 1,600 points, 150 made triples and 200 blocks. Smith, who had 81 triples, 78 blocks and 699 points this year, is the only NCAA women’s basketball player to accumulate 70 3-pointers, 70 blocks and 600 points in a season in the last 20 years. Her 81 made 3-pointers this season are the second most for a player her height over the past 20 seasons. She was 34th in the country in scoring (19.4) and 33rd in blocks per game (2.17), the only player in the NCAA in the top 40 in both categories. Smith’s 78 rejections are second in Stanford history behind Jayne Appel’s 84 in 2007-08 and her 81 made 3-pointers are tied for eighth, as is the 699 points she scored. She is just the fourth player in program history to earn both All-America and academic All-America honors, joining Chiney Ogwumike, Kristin Folkl and Kate Starbird. Since the WNBA’s inaugural season (1997), 29 former Stanford players have appeared in a regular-season game and seven players have won a combined eight WNBA championships.

FAIRWAYS AND GREENS ... Receiving season-best showings from junior Ziyi Wang and sophomore Kelsey Zeng, the third-ranked Stanford women’s golf team finished third on Tuesday in the Silverado Showdown at Silverado Resort and Spa. The Cardinal combined for a last-round score of 6-over 294 on the North Course for a 54-hole total of 17-over 881. No. 16 Northwestern won the 18-team tournament with a score of 6-over 870, followed by No. 2 USC at 10-over 874. Wang earned her highest finish of the season by closing with a 2-over-par 74 and tied for seventh at 3-over 219. It was Wang’s third top-10 showing of the season and sixth in the last two years. Zeng (79) tied for 23rd at 8-over 224 for her best performance at Stanford.

Local sports news and schedules, edited by Rick Eymer

Menlo asserts itself into league raceLocal schools are all capable of playing in the postseason

PREP BASEBALL

by Rick Eymer

T he various local high school league baseball races seemed to be headed in one direction

last week. This week, races have be-come jumbled and seemingly going in every which direction.

Take Menlo School, for example. The Knights were nearly left on the junk pile after losing their first two Peninsula Athletic League Bay Di-vision games. Since then, though, Menlo has become very much a hot topic.

Senior Justin Nam helped make that happen with one swing of the bat on Wednesday. He’ll get a chance to do his part from the mound on Friday when the Knights (9-4, 3-2) play Carlmont on Fri-day at 4 p.m. in Atherton, with the chance to overtake the Scots (9-7, 4-2) for a share of second place be-hind PAL Bay leader Burlingame (8-2, 6-1).

Nam hit a grand slam in Menlo’s 15-8 victory over Carlmont, the high point of the Knights’ sixth consecutive victory. In fact, Menlo hasn’t lost since dropping its first two PAL games to Sacred Heart Prep.

Wednesday’s victory emphasized that the race is far from over. The Knights still have nine PAL con-tests remaining to play, plenty of time for upward mobility.

Menlo responsed to its early set-backs, on the heels of several games lost to the weather, by coming back and sweeping The King’s Academy, last year’s PAL Ocean Division.

TKA has made its presence felt in the Bay Division, beating the de-fending PAL Bay champion Gators

(9-8-1, 4-2) twice and handing Bur-lingame its only league loss.

Sacred Heart Prep snapped out of its three-game losing streak with an 11-8 nonleague victory over Santa Teresa on Wednesday. The Gators have a home game against Pacific Grove at 3 p.m. Saturday and a game at Pacific Grove on Wednes-day before returning to league ac-tion on April 24.

Palo Alto (11-5, 6-3) was riding a 10-game winning streak and has since lost three of four, including Wednesday’s 8-1 loss to Wilcox in the SCVAL De Anza Division. The Vikings, in third place, look to snap back Friday when they play the Chargers in Santa Clara at 4 p.m. Friday.

Gunn (7-6, 7-1 entering Thurs-day’s game against Fremont) is at the top of the SCVAL El Camino Division standings thanks in large part to getting the big hit or clutch pitching.

Eric Epstein doubled home two runs in the bottom of the seventh on Tuesday to lead the Titans to a 4-3 victory over Fremont.

Menlo-Atherton (6-8, 5-2) also seems to win at the right time to remain in contention in the PAL Ocean Division. The Bears knocked off San Mateo on Tuesday and was hoping to sweep the series Thursday. M-A has next week off from league play.

Woodside (6-5, 2-3) lost to Se-quoia on Tuesday and was look-ing to split its series Thursday. The Wildcats play El Camino on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in South San Francisco.

Meanwhile in Belmont, Menlo’s

Julien Hernandez (4-2) earned the win, allowing seven hits, striking out four and walking one in 3 2/3 innings. Fellow junior Kiefer Lord came in for the save, his third of the season.

Juniors Max Chou and Ian Col-lins each collected four hits. Nam and junior Luca Espinosa each added a pair.

The third inning proved to be the turning point for the Knights. Espi-nosa led off with a single and JC Ng and Charlie Giesler both walked to load the bases with none out. Nam followed by blasting a shot to deep left, giving Menlo a 5-0 lead.

Carlmont scored five times in the

bottom of the fourth, but Menlo had already took a 7-0 lead with two runs when Max Chou and Nam came around on a balk and wild pitch in the top half of the inning.

In nonleague action, Reece Lindquist hit a home run and drove in four runs as Sacred Heart Prep topped Santa Teresa 11-8 in a non-league slugfest Wednesday in San Jose.

Lindquist’s home run was a solo shot and inside the park to fin-ish the scoring. He did drive in the first run with fielder’s choice in the first inning and then added

Reece Lindquist hit a home run in Sacred Heart Prep’s 11-8 victory over Santa Teresa.

Justin Nam hits a grand slam, sparking Menlo School to a sixth straight victory and a place in the top three of the PAL Bay Division.


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995 Fictitious Name StatementSTEVE JOKI CUSTOM WOODWORKING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN652132 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Steve Joki Custom Woodworking, located at 3650 Louis Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): STEVEN GEORGE JOKI 3650 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/26/2019. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 5, 2019. (PAW Mar. 29; Apr. 5, 12, 19, 2019)

WAN DA ALL IN ONE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN652878 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Wan Da All In One Professional Services, located at 1738 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): QINGFENG LIAO 1738 N. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2019. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 22, 2019. (PAW Mar. 29; Apr. 5, 12, 19, 2019)

997 All Other LegalsORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 19CV345267 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DORIS LORRAINE WITMER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: DORIS LORRAINE WITMER aka DORIS LORRAINE WITMER HILLEMAN aka LORRAINE W. HILLEMAN aka LORRAINE HILLEMAN to LORRAINE WITMER HILLEMAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: July, 30, 2019, 8:45 a.m., Room: Probate of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: March 27, 2019 /s/ JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 19CV344361 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MARGARET KREBS CARTER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: A.) MARGARET KREBS CARTER, B.) MARGARET KREBS-CARTER, C.) MARGARET K. CARTER to MARGARET ADELE KREBS. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons

interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: July 09, 2019, 8:45 a.m., Room: Probate of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: Mar. 13, 2019. /s/ Julie A. Emede JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Mar. 22, 29; Apr. 5, 12, 2019)

APN: 003-35-097 T.S. No.: 2018-2359 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/19/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Will sell at a public auction sale to the highest bidder, payable at the time of sale inlawful money of the United States, by a cashier’s check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Benyam Mulugeta and Paula R.B. Mulugeta Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Deed of Trust recorded 10/24/2007, as Instrument No. 19627632 in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 4/18/2019 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 191 N. FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other reasonable estimated charges: $372,398.66 Property being sold “as is- Where is” Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1025 Harker Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 A.P.N.: 003-35-097. EXHIBIT “A” Legal Description Lot 4, as shown upon that certain Map entitled, “Tract No. 5344 in the City of Palo Alto,” which Map was filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, on February 16, 1973 in Book 316 of Maps at Page 54. THE BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT, IN ITS DISCRETION, TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED UNDER THE CALIFORNIA UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECTION, AS TO ALL OR SOME OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, FIXTURES AND OTHER GENERAL TANGIBLES AND INTANGIBLES MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED IN THE DEED OF TRUST, GUARANTEES, UCC’S, SECURITY AGREEMENTS. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction,

you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file number assigned to this case 2018-2359. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 3/20/2019. S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362 (818)991-4600. By: Colleen Irby, Trustee Sale Officer. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (03/29/19, 04/05/19, 04/12/19 TS# 2018-2359 SDI-14429) PAW

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ISABEL COSTA Case No.: 19PR185558 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ISABEL COSTA. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SCOTT COSTA in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: SCOTT COSTA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 13 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: David J. Lee 983 University Ave., Suite 104C Los Gatos, CA 95032 (408) 356-3000 (PAW PAW Apr. 12, 19, 26, 2019)

Public Notices

Sports

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Allison CarterSacred Heart Prep lacrosse

Taylor DeGroffCastilleja lacrosse

Margot GibbonsSacred Heart Prep swimming

Kaia LiSacred Heart Prep swimming

Kyra PretreMenlo track and field

Charlotte TomkinsonMenlo track and field

Billy BarndsSacred Heart Prep lacrosse

Tommy BarndsSacred Heart Prep lacrosse

Julien Hernandez Menlo baseball

Jack Loftus Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

Justin Nam Menlo baseball

Henry Saul*Palo Alto track and field

*Previous winner

Honorable mention

Genna GibbonsSACRED HEART PREP

LACROSSE

The sophomore scored 13 goals in two West Bay Athletic League Foothill Division matches to help the Gators solidify their hold on first place. She scored a career-high seven goals in a win over Mitty.

Jared FreemanGUNN TRACK AND FIELD

The senior had a huge discus throw of 172-0 at the Arcadia Invitational over the weekend to finish third in the Invitational Division. The throw moved him into second on Gunn’s all-time list.

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

two RBIs in the fourth.Yianni Gardner doubled and

drove in two runs. Ronan Donnelly added three hits, including a double, and drove in a run. Aidan Macaluso also had two hits and drove in a run.

Ryan Mo, Will Moldow and Ted-dy Purcell also drove in runs for the Gators (9-8-1), who welcome San Ramon Valley to Atherton for a 3 p.m. nonleague game Saturday.

Palo Alto has been outscored 11-1 in its last two games but has a pitching staff that can turn things around.

Palo Alto is three games back of league-leader Los Altos and a half-game behind Los Gatos. Wilcox can overtake the Vikings with a win Friday in Santa Clara.

Aidan Berger ended the Char-gers’ no-hit bid with a one-out sin-gle in the fourth. Matthew Caren followed with a walk and eventu-ally scored the only run on an error.

Paly, which drew six walks, had runners on in all but the second and fifth innings and could not take ad-vantage.

FridayCollege women’s lacrosse: Stanford

at Colorado, 3 p.m., Pac-12 NetworksCollege baseball: Washington at

Stanford, 7 p.m., Pac-12 NetworksCollege softball: Utah at Stanford, 7

p.m., Pac-12 NetworksSaturday

College football: Spring Game at Stanford , 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

College softball: Utah at Stanford, 3 p.m., Pac-12 Plus Live Stream

College baseball: Washington at Stanford, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

SundayCollege softball: Utah at Stanford,

noon., Pac-12 NetworksCollege women’s lacrosse: Stanford

at Oregon, 1 p.m., Oregon Live StreamCollege baseball: Washington at

Stanford, 2 p.m., Pac-12 NetworksTuesday

College baseball: UC Davis at Stan-ford, 5 p.m., Stanford Live Stream

WednesdayCollege women’s golf: Stanford at

Pac-12 Championships, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

ThursdayCollege softball: Stanford at Arizo-

na, 6 p.m., Arizona Live Stream 2College baseball: Stanford at Or-

egon, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

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1 “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin

5 Barry Manilow’s club

9 Cold shoulders

14 Apiece

15 “Chocolat” actress Lena

16 Records, informally

17 Lucy’s neighbor with a nasty attitude?

19 Rico, to Napoleon Dynamite

20 Lover of suffixes?

21 “___ I Believe” (2018 song by Clean Bandit)

23 ___ de vivre

24 “It sucks being a young horse,” e.g.?

27 Sweat equity concept

29 “Hotel California” band

30 Big scallion

31 In actuality

35 “La ___” (Debussy composition)

36 NPR host Shapiro

37 Color in a Patriots uniform

40 10,000 square meters

44 All-night party

45 Like a venomous snake

48 Room for negotiation

50 Studs and labrets that are a bargain?

54 Pioneer Boone, folksily

55 Hand sanitizer additive

56 Actress Lawrence of “The Cool Kids”

59 Bush Supreme Court appointee

61 Completely stocked with enemies?

63 Hands, in Spanish

64 Small spot of land

65 It may have rings and needles

66 Dating app motion

67 Falcons’ home?

68 “Gone Girl” actress Ward

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1 Humvee forerunner

2 Promising words

3 Claudia once married to David Copperfield

4 Roxette hit of 1989

5 Dot-___ bubble

6 Acid used in soapmaking

7 “Shine” instrument

8 Per ___ (yearly)

9 “Law & Order: ___” (spinoff that will break a record for longevity)

10 Lego series with its own 2017 movie

11 Straighten, as a hose

12 Writing credit

13 Comes down in icy drops

18 Shakespearean king

22 Work on ___

25 Inc., in Australia

26 Back muscle

27 Nightmare street of film

28 Greens ___

32 Have a picnic, e.g.

33 Monk’s title

34 Mattress filler

37 Unadjusted stat

38 Actress Longoria

39 “Who ___” (Cincinnati Bengals chant)

40 Natural vantage point

41 Thought transference

42 Pet you water

43 Director Roth

44 Passes on a present

45 Fester’s family

46 Mariner’s set of rules

47 Pressed sandwiches

49 Be covetous of

51 Like some D&D characters

52 Awaken

53 Honeycomb components

57 On an even ___

58 Piece of mind?

60 Sugar suffix

62 Rent out

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Y ou have to be a quick learner and have the ability to get along with people you’d

normally try to beat from the other side of the net.

That’s what a group of 12 fresh-man girls’ volleyball players, rep-resenting seven local high schools, did over the weekend. They set aside any school loyalities to merge together as a team, of the team and for the team.

Many were playing with each other for the first time and turned the experience into a huge suc-cess, helping Academy Volleyball 15-Gold team place third at the ShowMe Qualifier in Kansas City, earning a spot in the USA Division of the Junior National Champion-ships, which run June 26 through July 6 in Indianapolis.

Players included Gunn freshman Micaela Leong, Palo Alto freshmen Thea Enache and Alison Xiong and Menlo School freshmen Jhila Fer-dows, Zoe Gregory, Alli McKenney and Sharon Nejad, who helped the Knights girls basketball team win a state title last month, Menlo-Ather-ton’s Kate Hansen, Merritt Olson, Woodside’s Erin Davis, Home-stead’s Dalia Querenet De Breville and St. Francis’ Lauren Squires.

Academy opened the playoffs with a 25-21, 13-25, 15-9 deci-sion over Arete 15 Nay Telis and followed that with an even more dramatic victory over OP2 15-1 of Oklahoma, 17-25, 25-23, 15-13.

Eventual champion Attack 15 Black ended Academy’s win streak.

The team was right back at prac-tice the next day in Palo Alto.

Former Palo Alto coach Daniele Desiderio heads the coaching staff and was joined by Vladimir Tcher-nichov and Kai Mashima.

Last month, the Academy

Volleyball 17 Gold team, com-prised almost entirely of local high school juniors, won the American Division title at the Colorado Cross-roads Qualifier in Denver to earn a bid into the Junior Nationals this summer.

Their roster includes six players named to an all-league team in the fall, including Sacred Heart Prep’s Reagan Smith, Menlo-Atherton’s Natalie Grover, Woodside’s Ele-na Campbell and Molly Buddie, Gunn’s Odeya Russo and Presenta-tion’s Andie Valenzuela.

Just as important are the other six players, who all contributed to their high school teams: M-A’s Mariah Grover and Bella Shermis, Palo Alto’s Grace Thayer, Menlo’s Kaila Ting, Washington Fremont’s Kaeli Monahan and More San Jose’s Kate Blackwell.

Academy Volleyball 15-Gold is headed to the Junior Nationals.

Indianapolis boundA dozen players working together meet their goal

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