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Palo Alto is a community of 28,216 housing units per the 2010 US Census Bureau, which includes single family residences, townhomes, and condominiums. The following charts cover the past 12 months of housing sales activity for the City of Palo Alto.

There has been an average of 1 month of housing inventory on the market in Palo Alto for the past 3 years. Homes are currently selling in about 2 weeks, with the most active dollar sector between $ 2,000,000 and $ 3,000,000, with less than 1% of the housing inventory on the market at any one time.

** The above information is from the MLSListings

Month Average Days to Sell

May 2014 13Jun 2014 15Jul 2014 12Aug 2014 16Sep 2014 21Oct 2014 22Nov 2014 23Dec 2014 16Jan 2015 39Feb 2015 31Mar 2015 14Apr 2015 14

Month # Active # Sales

Apr 2014 52 57May 2014 36 53Jun 2014 40 49Jul 2014 49 44Aug 2014 26 37Sep 2014 47 39Oct 2014 41 56Nov 2014 26 31Dec 2014 15 25Jan 2015 23 12Feb 2015 22 19Mar 2015 45 42

Months of Inventory

2012 2013 2014 2015Jan 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.9Feb 1.7 2.2 1.2 1.2Mar 1 0.6 1 1.1Apr 1.4 0.6 0.9May 1.3 0.9 0.7Jun 1.3 1.1 0.8Jul 1.2 1 1.1Aug 1.1 0.8 0.7Sep 2 1.3 1.2Oct 1.4 0.7 0.7Nov 0.9 0.2 0.8Dec 0.5 0.4 0.6


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A fter more than a decade of work, a deeply contro-versial effort to transform

Palo Alto’s Charleston-Arastrade-ro corridor into a “complete street” full of bike lanes, cross-walk improvements and other traffic-calming measures is now

entering its final stretch. The Planning and Transportation

Commission on Wednesday night gave its blessing to the last phase of a traffic project that continues to polarize Palo Altans. While bicycle advocates and school representa-tives laud the project for calming

traffic, critics blame it for enraging drivers. PTA leaders see Charles-ton-Arastradero as a critical bi-cycle corridor for the children who attend the 11 schools nearby, but many residents in the surrounding neighborhood consider it a sclerotic artery that’s driving traffic into the adjacent neighborhoods.

The changes being proposed are the third phase of a project that be-gan in 2003. The first phase, along Charleston Road between Fabian

Way and El Camino Real, was completed in 2006 and the second phase, on Arastradero Road be-tween El Camino and Gunn High School, followed suit in 2010.

The most dramatic and contro-versial component of both phases was the reduction of lanes from four to two at various segments of the corridor. The third phase will further cement these changes through hardscape improvements. It will also add a slew of traffic-

calming measures, including two crosswalks near Gunn, one of them leading to a new multi-use path going toward Los Altos. There would also be new bike lanes crossing El Camino; a new right-turn lane near Terman Mid-dle School; a new concrete medi-an on the west side of Alma Street near Park Boulevard to prevent left turns to and from Park; and

UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis

Planning commission votes to support new crosswalks, bike lanes, medians on Charleston-Arastradero

by Gennady Sheyner

P alo Alto’s historic-building code sides with 94-year-old Lucille Mel-

lish when it comes to her right to demolish her College Terrace house, despite a recent Historic Resources Board’s vote to the contrary, the City Attorney’s of-fice has confirmed.

On April 23, Mellish sought to have the home taken off the city’s Historic Inventory, which protects the city’s older buildings from demolition. The seven-member board rejected her request, find-ing that the house at 757 College Ave. has historic merit.

But a look at the city’s his-toric-building ordinance shows

that Mellish doesn’t need to have the home delisted to de-molish it. That fact was con-firmed by the City Attorney’s office and the Department of Planning and Community En-vironment earlier this week.

Mellish and her husband pur-chased the 696-square-foot cot-tage in 1968. In 1978, the city decided to include it on the His-toric Inventory as a Category 3 or “contributing” structure.

The 1906 single-story home, which Mellish does not live in, is an example of a “working-man’s cottage,” the Historic Resources Board found. Such structures are increasingly

scarce in the city and worth pre-serving, the board concluded.

Mellish said the only inhabit-ants of the cottage for the past 20 years have been birds, squir-rels and the occasional squatter. The house is an eyesore and a hazard, she added.

She believed that to tear it down, she would have to get the house delisted. That, apparently, is not the case.

“The city’s Historic Preserva-tion Ordinance (PAMC 16.49) does not prohibit demolition of a Category 3 building located outside of the Downtown Com-

Landowner could raze home under city historic code

City Attorney’s office confirms the ordinance is moot in 94-year-old’s caseby Sue Dremann

Contentious road project heads toward final phase

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W ith less than a week left until Election Day, the campaign in support

of Palo Alto schools parcel tax Measure A has raised more than $88,800, according to the latest campaign finance report filed with the Santa Clara County Reg-istrar of Voters.

The “Support Palo Alto Schools — Yes on A” campaign managed to nearly double its fundraising since the last filing, which cov-ered the period ending on March 21. The new report covers from March 22 through April 18.

The campaign has been rallying support in recent weeks through phone-banking, sending mailers and holding meetings with likely voters. Some vocal opposition to the tax has emerged online, but no arguments opposing Measure A were submitted to the registrar.

Measure A would raise the $638 per-parcel tax that voters now pay by $120, to $758 per par-cel. The tax would begin on July 1 and last six years with 2 percent annual increases, the same as the last parcel-tax increase that Palo Altans approved in 2010.

Top donors for this period — each of whom gave $2,500, the largest donation amount so far — include local real-estate de-velopers Gates Land Company and Keenan Land Company; San Francisco-based Deems Lewis McKinley (DLS) Architecture firm, which oversees the design for many district projects; fs3 Hodges, a construction manage-ment firm for which Tom Hodges, the district’s director of bond pro-gram management, is a principal; community advocate William

Reller; Sarah Sands, who serves on the Partners in Education (Pie) advisory council; and community member Diana Lee.

PiE Board of Directors President Asha Guha also chipped in $1,000, as did “Yes on A” campaign co-chair Nana Chancellor and com-munity members Kimberly Klikoff, Jeff Magioncalda and Robyn Reiss.

Contributors at the $500 level this period include PiE’s director of marketing, Susie Levine; the district’s law firm, Dannis Woli-ver Kelly (DWK); and parent and former Stanford University dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising, Julie Lythcott-Haims.

The Leonard Wheeler Ely III Trust, a foundation started in honor of Palo Alto businessman and philanthropist Leonard Ely, also donated $500.

Palo Alto Unified Superintendent Max McGee donated $100, as did former PTA President Sigrid Pinsky and current President Susan Usman.

The Addison Elementary, Fairmeadow Elementary and Gunn High schools’ PTAs followed the lead of other site PTAs that donated $999 during the last filing period.

The “Yes on A” campaign has so far spent about $46,500, with the lion’s share of that ($28,000) going to TBWB Strategies, a San Francisco-based strategy and communications consulting firm that specializes in public-finance ballot measures supporting pro-grams, services and facilities.

With just under $40,000 re-ceived this period, the “Yes on A” campaign coffers remain flush with about $42,300.

Parcel-tax supporters raise more than $88K

Major donors to Measure A campaign include companies with ties to the school district

by Elena Kadvany

EDUCATION


HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Lucille Mellish, who is trying to demolish a cottage on her property, sits in her College Terrace home on April 29.


QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Around TownOUT OF THIS WORLD ... Tiny aliens are expected to invade downtown Palo Alto on Saturday. The invasion, also known as the 93rd annual City of Palo Alto May Fete Children’s Parade, will take over University Av-enue and surrounding blocks from 10 a.m. to noon. This year’s theme, “No Space to Alienate,” is both a play on outer space and a call for kids to be themselves and welcome the uniqueness of others, accord-ing to parade organizers. Instead of flying saucers, “UFO” stands for “be Unique, be Free, be yOu. “We de-cided that space is something kids love, and we thought that would be a great theme to pull people to-gether,” said Ali Williams of the City of Palo Alto. “You may say some-body across the street or town could never be your friend. ... But wow, you never know: Someone from outer space may become your best friend in the world.” The grand marshal of the May Fete Parade will be Magaly Gonzalez Sipperley, a propulsion engineer at Space Sys-tems Loral (SSL) in Palo Alto. Mayor Karen Holman will escort Palo Alto Perry, a 3-foot-tall stuffed donkey and the city’s newest ambassador, down University. Paired with the an-nual procession will be a May Fete Fair in Heritage Park at 300 Homer Ave. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with children’s activities, performances, food and more. The nearby Mu-seum of American Heritage will be hosting its Vintage Vehicles and Family Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Some downtown streets will be closed on Saturday morning.

HIDDEN FOOTAGE ... If you see a Palo Alto officer next year, smile. You’ll probably be on camera. The city’s recent experiment with body-worn cameras is about to dramatically expand. Last year, the Police Department joined an emerging trend by equipping traf-fic officers and a few patrol officers with body-worn cameras. This year, the technology will become nearly universal in the department, with about 90 new cameras slated to be purchased under a city budget that City Manager James Keene proposed this week. The body cameras will be integrated with the existing inside-the-car cameras, which the budget notes capture only about 40-60 percent of the interactions between patrol officers and the public. “The use of body-worn cameras will assist in criminal prosecution, potentially reduce civil liability, and aid in the review of alleged misconduct,”

states the budget, which allocates $95,000 for the new technology. The funding will also pay for digital storage of the recordings for two years, according to the budget. The local police department isn’t alone in embracing the camera trend. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee this week also included body cameras for officers in his pro-posed budget, and Santa Clara County last December commis-sioned a study that would con-sider similarly outfitting sheriffs.

VISIONARIES ... A camel, they say, is a horse designed by committee. If that’s true, there’s about to be another hump in Palo Alto’s lumber-ing camel of a land-use plan. This week, the City Council dedicated about three hours of its meeting to a discussion of the goals, visions and policies for the new Comprehensive Plan, a guiding vision document that is now in the ninth year of an update (the one currently being used technically expired in 2010). At the end of the discussion, the only vote that the council took was to establish a new citizen committee that would work on the document between now and its adoption in 2016 (or 2017, or 2018 ... ). The Monday night discussion followed a familiar pattern, with the council of-fering “big picture” thoughts about the new Comp Plan and then shift-ing the discussion to procedural issues and next steps. Eric Filseth made a case for the process being more data-driven and unveiled a model he created that would al-low people to calculate the impact of growth on local services. Greg Schmid discussed the need for the new Comp Plan to instruct what to do when its policies contradict each other. As the clock ticked toward 11 p.m., the council voted to enlist the community to help come up with the new vision. Mayor Karen Hol-man and Pat Burt proposed that City Manager James Keene create a group that will “work on the Com-prehensive Plan for the duration of the process.” The group will supple-ment a different citizens commit-tee, which focuses on outreach relating to the Comprehensive Plan update. The document has already been thoroughly discussed by the Planning and Transportation Com-mission, which had spent months going over every chapter and offer-ing its own recommendations. The commission voted 4-2 to create the committee, with Schmid and Filseth dissenting and Marc Berman, Liz Kniss and Greg Scharff absent.

Believe you me, the next year is important for the next 50 years.

Michael Najar, Palo Alto High School teacher, on raising funds for equipment for the new performing-arts center. See story on page 8.

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About 50 percent of the junior classes at both of Palo Al-to’s public high schools de-

cided to opt out of the new Smarter Balanced Assessments this week, concerned about the two days of standardized testing scheduled the week before Advanced Placement and SAT exams.

Gunn High School junior Hay-ley Krolik said she first heard about the opt-out option from a classmate who posted an article on the junior class’ Facebook page: “More California parents exercise right to skip standardized test.”

Movements to opt out of the new Common Core State Stan-

dards testing, which for the first time this year will return results to school districts and students, have popped up across the country for various reasons, from protesting an emphasis on standardized test-ing to objections about the new, more rigorous standards them-selves, which some critics view as a top-down approach to education.

But in Palo Alto, it was about stress — unrelated to the exam it-self — and timing. AP testing be-gins at Gunn and Palo Alto High on Monday, May 4, for juniors and seniors. Some students are also taking SAT exams this weekend.

Students who wanted to opt

out of the Smarter Balanced test, which took place this past Mon-day and Tuesday, were required to get a parent’s signature.

“Everyone is really stressed out with AP testing coming up,” said Krolik, who opted out. “They were excited to have the two days off but also didn’t really feel test was impor-tant, so if there was a way to get out of it ... they were thinking about it.”

“It’s a bad perfect storm for stu-dent stress,” Chris Kolar, director of research and assessment for the school district, said of the test’s timing for students.

Paly students similarly heard from their peers online about the option to not take the test. Some students were under the impres-sion that, like last year’s Smarter Balanced testing, this year’s was a trial run and the results “didn’t count.” Juniors last year partici-pated in a statewide pilot of the new test; this year, however, will yield full results that are meant to

serve as schools’ benchmark data for years to come.

District officials said it is unclear what implications the lack of par-ticipation will have for the district in terms of data collection and funding.

Lynn Drake, who as a Common Core supporter was adamant that her son, a junior at Gunn, take the Smart-er Balanced test this week, said she felt like there wasn’t enough com-munication from the school about the significance of the new test.

“The general mood is that this test doesn’t really matter,” Drake said. “There seems to be a mis-understanding or a lack of under-standing about what this means.”

As students were talking about it online, parents were too, with debate over the pros and cons of opting out taking place over the Gunn juniors’ parents’ email network, Drake said.

Students who did take the test, however, weren’t as concerned about its proximity to other ex-ams. Paly junior Martin Manash-erob said he didn’t have to study for Smarter Balanced and felt less pressure about it because the re-sults don’t have a direct impact on his grades or factor into college admissions, unlike the AP or SAT.

But Manasherob said the first day of testing felt like a waste of time, with too much time allotted for certain sections of the test. Paly stu-dents were released early both days.

“Taking roll and just starting the test took around 40 minutes, and there were two people absent for every one that showed up,” he said. “At this point, if you had opt-ed out, you were the smart one.”

He said that the first section, on English-language arts, ranged from four to six questions for each student and took about 15 to 20 minutes for most to finish, though it was scheduled to take two hours. Some classes were given a one-hour break before returning for the second section on mathematics. Some students in Manasherob’s class spent almost the full two hours to complete that portion of the test. One class at Paly acciden-tally switched the two sections, so they didn’t wait through the hour-long break, one student said.

The second day of testing on Tues-day went more smoothly, Manash-erob said, with different proctors and a shorter 15-minute break that allowed students to leave for the day at noon instead of 12:30 p.m.

Smarter Balanced is a comput-er-based adaptive test, meaning that the number of questions and their difficulty adjusts to the stu-dent as he or she moves through the test. Kolar said the allotment of time for each section is deter-mined by the Smarter Balanced

Half of high school juniors skip Smarter Balanced test

Low participation rates in Palo Alto high schools could have data, funding implicationsby Elena Kadvany

EDUCATION

W hen English poet Samu-el Coleridge penned his famous line, “Water,

water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink,” he could have been talking about Palo Alto.

With the start of construction season, thousands of gallons of water have been gushing along city streets this month, the byproduct of basement-excavation projects.

And that’s not sitting well with folks who are dutifully taking shorter showers and letting their lawns die of thirst.

“Here we are carrying buckets to our plants and redoing yards and this guy is pouring oceans into the bay from our aquifer,” resident Carol Hubenthal wrote to the Weekly, after biking by a property on Webster Street where a basement is being built.

In fact, the outcry has reached such a pitch that City Hall on Monday released an FAQ about groundwater pumping.

“During this time of severe

drought, our community is work-ing hard to conserve water. So, when a number of community members observed water pump-ing from construction sites they wanted to know what is happen-ing,” the FAQ states before going on to acknowledge the discharge of water from construction sites into local storm drains.

In the city’s defense, officials say, the water is not being lost so much as going to the Bay, where it would have ended up anyway.

“The shallow water aquifer being pumped contributes to the flow of our creeks and to the Bay,” the FAQ states. “When the shallow aquifer is pumped from basement construction sites into storm drains, it travels a differ-ent path, but ends up in the same place: the lower South Bay. So, the water ... is used to improve the Bay’s habitat and ecosystem, whichever pathway it takes.”

While that may not satisfy those who are saving water by the pail-ful, there is a silver lining: This year, the city instituted a require-ment that the pumped water be captured and reused, if possible, according to Mike Nafziger, se-nior engineer with the Public Works department.

“It’s a condition of approval now that the city’s requiring,” said Nafziger, who launched the

program last year as a test. “I’ve always hated that water going to waste. With the drought, it’s even more important (to reuse it).”

For any project lowering the water table temporarily, wells must pump the water to tanks, where the sediment settles out, and a pipe or pump then directs the cleaned water to the edge of the site, he explained.

From there, it’s up to city crews or others who want the water to take it away. City workers who water trees, sweep the streets and tamp down dust at the landfill are all encouraged to fill their tanks.

Nafziger said the city has spread the word to Stanford University so that contractors there will use the extracted water to control dust at construction sites.

“We’re broadcasting that to as many folks as we can,” he told the Weekly.

Water “fill stations” are in place at all three of Palo Alto’s active basement construction sites: 1405 Harker Ave., 2133 Webster St. and 1934 Waverley St.

Even neighbors of the proper-ties are welcome to the water; a faucet has been hooked up for the purpose at at least one of the three sites. Because the water is non-potable, however, it’s not to be used for drinking.

Admittedly, officials say, the

amount of water being reused is only a fraction of what’s being pumped, which can range from 30 to 50 gallons a minute, according to a 2008 city staff report.

Still, residents need not worry about harm to the deeper Palo Alto aquifer, which provides emergency drinking water, the FAQ states. That is separate from the shallow aquifer affected by basement construction.

In addition, not all basement construction requires groundwa-ter pumping; the majority of loca-tions are dry, Nafziger said.

To respond to ongoing concerns about water use, the city has hired a part-time water-waste coordina-tor. Residents who see water being wasted can contact Martin Ricci at 650-496-6968 or email [email protected] to report leaks or other water waste.

Problems can also be reported through the City’s PaloAlto311 mobile app or cityofpaloalto.org/water.

A discussion of the topic has been ongoing on Town Square, the community discussion forum

at PaloAltoOnline.com/square. Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong

can be emailed at [email protected].

Groundwater pumping irks residentsCity requires basement-excavation projects to capture water,

but not all of it is being reusedby Jocelyn Dong

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Groundwater is being pumped from this construction site on Webster Street down to the block’s storm drain.

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CorrectionIn the story “Creating a unified look” that appeared in Spring Real Estate (April 24, 2015), two photographs were credited incorrectly. David Eichler photographed the two midcentury modern homes. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Joc-elyn Dong at 650-223-6514, [email protected] or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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The City of Palo Alto requires construction firms to pump groundwater into pipes that make the water available to the public, such as at this construction project on Waverley Street.

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UpfrontPALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE

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THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION

CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE:http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp

AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING–COMMUNITY MEETING ROOMMay 4, 2015 5:30 PM

Special Orders of the Day1. Interview of Two Candidates for the Human Relations

CommissionCouncil Will Move Into Chambers

2. Adoption of Resolutions Expressing Appreciation to John Melton and Asher Waldfogel Upon Completion of Their Terms as Utilities Advisory Commissioners

3. Community Partnership Presentation - Palo Alto Mediation Program

4. Appointment of Candidates to the Public Art Commission and Utilities Advisory Commission

Consent Calendar6. Approval of the Award of Contract Number C15157200 for

$191,760 to Walker Parking for Design of Parking Access and Revenue Controls (PARCs) and Parking Guidance Systems (PGS), and Approval of a Budget Amendment Ordinance to Transfer $171,760 From the University Avenue Parking Permit Fund to Capital Improvement Project (CIP) PL-15002, Garage Technologies Project

7. Approval of Purchase Order with Golden Gate Systems, LLC for FY15 City-Wide Computer Refresh in the Amount of $622,837

8. Approval of a One-year Contract with Bovo-Tighe LLC for Organization and Performance Management Consulting at a Cost Not to Exceed Amount of $125,000

Approval of Employment AgreementAction Items10. Finance Committee Recommends Adoption of the 2015-2020

Consolidated Plan, 2015/2016 Action Plan and Associated 2015/2016 Funding Allocations and Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Use of Community Development Block Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2015/2016

11. PUBLIC HEARING: To Consider an Appeal of the Director of Planning and Community Environment’s Architectural Review Approval of a 31,407 Square-Foot, Four Story, Mixed Use Building with Parking Facilities on Two Subterranean Levels on an 11,000 Square-Foot Site in the Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P)) Zone District located at 429 University Avenue; and Approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration has been Prepared

12. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation Regarding Changes to City Council and Standing Committee Minutes

AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING–COUNCIL CHAMBERS May 6, 2015 6:00 PM

Study Session 1. Potential Topics of Discussion for the Joint Study Session with

the Historic Resources Board 2. Study Session on Public Safety Building and Site Selection

Process Closed Session 3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS, U.S.

STANDING COMMITTEEThe Finance Committee Special Meeting will be on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 5:30 PM and will discuss: 1) Fiscal Year 2016

departmental

The Finance Committee Special Meeting will be on Thursday, May

EDUCATION

P assersby might have noticed the massive 26,000-square-foot build-

ing whose skeleton has emerged over the last several weeks along Embarcadero Road on Palo Alto High School’s campus.

By next summer, this skeleton will house the school’s new per-forming-arts center, which will contain a 583-seat theater with two levels of seating, a 68-foot-high stage, a drama classroom and a mechanical orchestra pit that can be raised or lowered to accommodate different kinds of performances.

The state-of-the-art center, which now carries a $29 million price tag, was approved by the Palo Alto school board in early 2012. Construction started in May 2014 and is proceeding as sched-uled, said Tom Hodges, director of program management for the 2008 Strong Schools Bond, which is funding the project.

Michael Najar, a visual and per-forming arts teacher at Paly who served on the planning committee for the project, said the new theater is a long-needed and drastic up-grade from where his and other arts classes are currently housed: the 100-year-old Haymarket Theater.

He said the current space — which has poor acoustics and even rats running about — “has never been a useful performing-arts center.” He no longer holds performances there.

Najar said he and others pushed for upgrades to Haymarket at least three or four times before the Strong Schools Bond passed. The building now coming to fruition on campus is a “tribute” to this history and the talented, dedicated arts students and faculty Paly has long had, he said.

The enormous building is tall enough in the rear to house the nearly 70-foot-tall stage area, but it is gabled at lower heights to-ward the front of the building so as to not block the view of Hay-market and the school’s iconic Tower Building. It is also tucked back — a change from an early plan that placed the building in front of Haymarket.

Inside the theater, there’s a main section of seats, as well as side boxes for extra seating or use dur-ing performances. The orchestra pit can serve multiple purposes, with the capacity to raise it to stage level to extend the stage or cover it to provide 33 additional seats, Hodges said. Other seats are modular to adjust for more intimate performances — an ele-ment that Najar said he and others pushed for in the design process, to be use in situations where a 600-seat theater might not be full for some performances. The the-ater will have a full fly system that allows stage crews to drop or lift curtains, lights, scenery or people, or do other stage effects. It’s also equipped with an electro-acoustic sound system that accommodates different kinds of performances, from choir to the jazz band, Najar said.

The building’s exterior will be consistent with the rest of Paly’s campus, with clay tiles on the roof and similar color schemes to the new Media Arts Center sitting just behind it.

Workers are in the midst of con-structing framing, pouring con-crete and putting up some struc-tural elements. The project is on track to be totally enclosed by Oc-tober, at which point work on the inside — drywall, electrical and more — will begin, Hodges said.

A campaign to raise money for furniture, music stands, recording equipment, lighting and other in-ternal elements will kick off soon, Najar said.

“We know that eventually it’s going to be a community build-ing,” he said. “Believe you me, the next year is important for the next 50 years.”

The performing-arts center is one piece in a years-long overhaul of Paly’s campus.

Major planning and construc-tion expenditures at the high school have included $4.8 million in improvements to the track and football stadium; $2.6 million for a multi-use field for soccer, softball and baseball; $36.7 mil-lion combined for the two-story classroom building and the Media Arts Center; and $1.3 million in improvements to the Tower Build-ing. Most of the new buildings and renovation of Paly’s campus have been funded through the $378 million bond, which voters approved in 2008.

A new athletic center — esti-mated in 2014 to cost $36 million to $40 million — will largely be paid for by a private donor, save for the district’s share of $12.8 million. Work on that is projected to start this summer and final costs are being determined, ac-cording to Bond Program Man-ager Robert Golton.

Designs for two other projects are currently underway: $5.5 mil-lion for new science classrooms and $10.4 million for renovation of the school library. Construction is set to begin on these two proj-ects in the 2016-17 school year, Golton said.

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

A theater also risesAt Palo Alto High, new performing-arts center takes shape

by Elena Kadvany

Construction of Palo Alto High School’s new performing-arts center — which will include a nearly 600-seat theater, a 68-foot-high stage, a drama classroom and a moveable orchestra pit — is on target for completion next summer.

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I t may not have a gripping plot, but the City of Palo Alto’s lat-est publication will have local

bookworms riveted. City Manager James Keene on

Monday night released a proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 that in-cludes as one of its boldest sugges-tions a significant expansion in li-brary hours. The council’s Finance Committee will begin reviewing the budget next week, and the City Council is set to adopt it, with pos-sible modifications, on June 15.

Reflecting the surging economy and the recent uptick in tax rev-enues, the proposed budget in-cludes $185.1 million in General Fund expenditures, $14 million more than in 2015. Expenditures on salaries and benefits account for $5.9 million of this increase, while infrastructure funding makes up another $5 million. The budget proposes to add 13.3 new positions, though the net in-crease in staffing would be 7.3 because of the council’s decision last year to outsource streetsweep-ing, thereby eliminating six posi-tions. New positions include two planning managers dedicated to parking and traffic, respectively.

A new manager of maintenance operations for the Palo Alto Air-port and a new code enforcement officer are also proposed.

But it’s the city’s freshly ex-panded library system that will see the biggest shift, starting July 1. The added staffing builds upon milestones achieved in recent months: The new Mitchell Park branch hosted its grand opening in December, and the renovated Rinconada Library branch fol-lowed suit in February, equipped with a new wing and a new name.

The new budget proposes to add 4.8 new library positions at a cost of $493,000. It also proposes to expand operating hours by 14 per-cent, from 228 hours per week to 260, starting in August. While the Downtown and College Terrace branches would retain their pres-ent schedules, the other branches would open at 10 a.m. Closing times at Mitchell Park and Rinco-nada would be extended from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday hours would be doubled at the two prominent branches: Currently, both are open from 1 to 5 p.m.; under Keene’s proposal, the operating hours would be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“The increase in library hours and funding for equipment and supplies will provide library pa-trons with additional opportunities to benefit from library services for educational, community and personal enrichment,” the budget states. “With the increase in op-

erating hours, it is anticipated that attendance in recreational reading programs, annual library visits, as well as the number of library ma-terials checked-out, will increase.”

The proposal has yet to be vet-ted by the Finance Committee and the full council. But during Monday’s brief discussion, no council members raised any ob-jections to the proposal to add library services. Councilman Pat Burt signaled his strong support

“It’s really great that we’ll be able to expand the library and (Mitchell Park) Commu-nity Center hours,” Burt said. “I think that’s going to be very well received by the community. The new libraries seem to be ex-tremely popular and all we hear is, ‘Why are they closing?’ This is a great response to that.”

Statistics confirm that Palo Al-tans like their libraries. Even with all the service disruptions and branch closures last year, 81 percent of the residents ranked the quality of local libraries as “good” or “ex-cellent,” the two highest ratings in the National Citizens Survey.

The city’s checkout figures were strong last year: Palo Alto libraries ranked in the top 2 of 46 public library systems in check-outs per capita, with 24 check-outs compared to a peer average of eight, according to California Library Statistics.

In addition to proposing the 4.8 new positions, the budget notes that

“additional staffing resources may be required in the future to further align staffing with service demands.”

Libraries aren’t the only com-munity destinations that could see staffing changes. Keene also pro-posed adding an equivalent of 1.3 positions to the new Mitchell Park Community Center by bringing in three part-time recreation leaders and a program assistant. The ob-jective is to provide “an additional outlet for Palo Alto youths and teens to engage in additional lead-ership and enrichment activities.”

Three new facility attendants at Mitchell Park and Lucie Stern com-munity centers would collectively add another full-time position. Pro-posed special-events coordinators would add another 1.5 positions.

Overall, the budget includes 1,041 positions in the General Fund, compared to 1,028 this year.

In addition to the staffing increas-es, the 2016 budget includes project-ed increases in pension and heath care spending. It notes that work is “still needed with our employee groups to reduce long-term pension and health care liabilities while re-

maining a competitive employer.” The city is now negotiating with

its main police and firefighter unions, and it plans to talk about a new contract with its biggest labor group, the Service Employees Inter-national Union, Local 521, next year.

Even so, the general tone is optimistic. Keene noted in his transmittal letter that Palo Alto “continues to be at the epicenter of a thriving regional economy.”

“This economic boom as well as the voter-approved transient-occupancy tax rate increase have generated significantly higher rev-enues for the City,” Keene wrote. “The local economic boom has also resulted in an increase in job growth, more traffic, and a higher demand for parking, and other city services. ... In alignment with council priorities and directives, this budget proposes investments in parking and transportation funding, infrastructure, and new spending for Healthy City, Healthy Community initiatives.”

The City of Palo Alto Fiscal Year 2016 budget can be found at CityofPaloAlto.org/budget.

Longer hours proposed for librariesCity Manager James Keene’s budget would add staff to evolving library system

by Gennady Sheyner

CITY BUDGET

The new budget proposes money for adding library staff and extending hours at some branches. The Rinconada branch, above, for example, wouldn’t close until 9 p.m. on weeknights and Sunday operating hours would be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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P alo Alto joined a regional trend Tuesday when a City Council committee en-

dorsed a minimum wage of $15 per hour starting in 2018.

The proposal, which the Policy and Services Committee unanimously approved, would transform Palo Alto from a city that has no minimum-wage law to one that would have one of the highest requirements for em-ployers in the nation.

If the full City Council goes along with the recommendation, the minimum wage that must be paid to employees working in Palo Alto would rise to $11 per hour on Jan. 1, 2016. It would then gradually climb to $15 by 2018 through increments that would be approved annually by the council.

By endorsing the “15 by ’18” plateau, Palo Alto is following in the footsteps of its neighbor Mountain View and early adopt-er Seattle. In Mountain View, the

minimum wage was set last year at $10.30 per hour, though more recently that city’s council has been talking about adjusting it to $15 over the next three years.

The Palo Alto committee’s sup-port for a local minimum-wage or-dinance was never in doubt. The city currently has no such law; em-ployers are only bound to the state standard of $9 per hour, which is set to rise to $10 next year. Four council members — Marc Ber-man, Pat Burt, Tom DuBois and Cory Wolbach — penned a memo earlier this year urging the adop-tion of a local minimum-wage law. The same four members also coin-cidentally make up the Policy and Services Committee.

About a dozen residents, includ-ing clergy members and low-wage earners, made a case for the change Tuesday night, saying that eking out a living in Palo Alto is nearly impossible for those earning any-

thing close to the minimum wage. Qiao Li earns $12.81 per hour as

the caretaker of a local senior, but he now believes he will need a second job just to retain his Palo Alto stu-dio. His rent recently jumped from $800 to $1,500 a month, and living in the famously unaffordable city is becoming increasingly challenging.

“It is very, very difficult, and I don’t have any quality of life at all,” Li told the committee.

Lacey Lutes, who works in Palo Alto as a utilities account repre-sentative, said she had to work two minimum-wage jobs while in college to make ends meet.

“At times I had to make tough decisions between picking up an-other shift and working or study-ing and doing homework,” Lutes said. “I always chose the shifts so that I can eat that night.”

The proposal that the commit-tee ultimately rallied around was far more ambitious than the one

outlined by city staff in a report. The staff ordinance would have raised minimum wage to $10.30 and adjusted it annually based on the Consumer Price Index, follow-ing similar laws that were adopted last year by Mountain View and Sunnyvale and in 2012 by San Jose.

But the council members ulti-mately agreed to go further, both in the near- and long-term. Wol-bach recommended the most radi-cal change, one that would set the minimum wage at $11.50 in Janu-ary. His colleagues didn’t want to go that far and settled on $11.

Burt and Berman both stressed the importance of giving busi-nesses adequate warning and time to prepare for the new laws.

“I support the minimum-wage increase, but I also think it’s vitally important that our business com-munity is informed and is part of the dialogue in terms of the details of it,” Berman said. “People are go-ing to have differences of opinion on it and everyone should be heard.”

About 30 people attended the Tuesday night hearing, some urg-ing swift action. But the commit-tee agreed that rushing toward a minimum wage wouldn’t be fair to local businesses.

“As much as we’d like to see these dollars in the hands of workers

sooner, I really think to have a major change to businesses, even a moder-ate change like this financially, there should be some adequate forewarn-ing,” Burt said. “Not all (businesses) are rolling in the dough. I think it’s responsible to give them at least a six-month warning.”

Randall Jones was one of about a dozen members of the public who held up a “We need a path to $15” sign.

“I have a lot of sympathy for small-business owners,” Jones said. “I want to point out, there are no retail owners who are living in their cars, no restaurant own-ers getting food stamps because they’re not making enough money to pay for food, no small-business owners living in an apartment with another family. Most business owners aren’t having to get Medi-Cal to get medical care, or go with-out any medical care whatsoever.”

After Wolbach’s proposal to set the minimum wage at $11.50 per hour failed, DuBois made a motion to set it at $11 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2016, with annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price In-dex. DuBois’ proposal also includ-ed a goal of $15 per hour by 2018. Staff will return to the committee no later than Oct. 1 to discuss the process for reaching this goal.

City looks to raise minimum wage to $15Council committee recommends setting minimum wage

at $11 per hour next year; increasing it annuallyby Gennady Sheyner

BUSINESS

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Weekly Holiday Fund distributes $350KRepresentatives from local nonprofits gathered on April 27 as the

Palo Alto Weekly awarded $350,000 in grants to 54 organizations providing services to children and families in the community.

The funds were raised through the Weekly’s annual Moonlight Run, gifts from foundations and donations from about 500 hundred individuals. Last fall’s Moonlight Run netted $40,000 with the help of its corporate sponsors, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and the Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Foundation.

The Hewlett, Packard, Peery and Arrillaga foundations contributed $70,000 to the fund as matching challenges to encourage giving. One anonymous Palo Alto family donated $100,000 for the fourth year in a row.

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation again served this year as the fund’s partner, said Weekly Publisher Bill Johnson, processing contributions and assisting in the grant-making process.

A full list of grantees can be found at tinyurl.com/mn2cwns. Johnson noted that two projects supported by large Holiday Fund

grants two years ago, the Magical Bridge Playground and Ada’s Cafe, have now been fully realized. The Magical Bridge Playground, a play space accessible to individuals with special needs, opened on April 18; Ada’s Cafe, which provides employment opportunities for disabled adults, is now up and running at the new Mitchell Park Community Center. This year marked the 21st year of the Holiday Fund campaign, during which time it has distributed more than $5 million.

— Sam Sciolla

City considers banning indoor smokingA City Council committee is set to consider on May 12 a proposal

to ban indoor smoking at multi-family complexes throughout the city. The council suggested this restriction last year but stopped short of adopting it because it wanted staff to do more research and outreach.

Now, the results are in and staff is recommending the ban. In March, the city mailed out more than 8,500 postcards to landlords and tenants in multi-family housing, directing them to an online survey. Of the 505 respondents, 90 percent said they were in favor of smok-ing restrictions. From this group, 82 percent supported a ban in all units, 72 percent supported a restriction in indoor common areas and 68 percent said smoking should be banned in outdoor common areas.

The survey also showed 80 percent indicating that smoking inside units bothers them, with 64 percent bothered “very much.”

A new report from the Public Works Department notes that many of the survey respondents “are concerned about their children be-ing exposed to second-hand smoke or have health concerns that are exacerbated by their neighbors’ smoking.” Some, however, voiced concerns about restricting smoke inside the apartments and “infring-ing on property rights.”

Staff also recommends including electronic cigarettes, which currently are not subject to any restriction, in the local ordinance. But because e-cigarettes don’t release traditional smoke but rather a “smoke-like aerosol,” staff does not recommend including them in the multi-family-housing ban. There is no evidence, according to staff, that vapor from e-cigarettes moves between units.

— Gennady Sheyner

Suspect arrested after leaving driver’s licensePalo Alto police arrested a woman April 27 for residential burglary

after she accidentally dropped her driver’s license while struggling with the homeowner to get away.

Police received a call at 10:35 a.m. from a resident in the 1000 block of Moffett Circle reporting that a burglary had just occurred. The homeowner, a woman in her 40s, said she had returned home to find a woman running out of her house, carrying a backpack full of her property. The homeowner tried to stop the woman, and the two got into a physical confrontation, police said.

During the course of the struggle, the alleged burglar dropped her driver’s license before abandoning the stolen property and driv-ing away. The homeowner called police and provided officers with the getaway vehicle’s license plate and the woman’s driver’s license number.

At 10:56 a.m., a detective located the vehicle, a beige 2006 Honda Pilot, which was parked in the 1900 block of Euclid Avenue in East Palo Alto. Officers arrested 20-year-old Giovanna Vargas Hernan-dez, who lived there, without incident shortly after 11 a.m.

According to the police investigation, Hernandez had entered the unoccupied Moffett Circle home through an unlocked window in the backyard.

Police booked Hernandez into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for two felonies, residential burglary and robbery. The latter charge was a result of the physical struggle over the stolen property.

— Sue Dremann

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Palo Alto has few great options for pursuing its most urgent and frustrat-

ing infrastructure priority — a new police headquarters — but three possibilities have recently emerged as the least bad of the bunch.

All three sites for the new building would require tradeoffs and entail debates about priori-ties. Yet they have one big edge over prior contenders: Each par-cel is already owned by the city.

The new emphasis on city-owned land is a departure from past conversations, when it was generally assumed that the city would have to buy property to accommodate a new police building.

Though the city has been talk-ing about the need to upgrade its small and seismically shaky po-lice headquarters since 1997, all efforts to further this cause have so far ended in frustration. In 2007, the leading candidate was a property at 2747 and 2785 Park Blvd. The city bought a purchase option from the property owner, Essex Park Boulevard, LLC, but

then terminated the agreement in June 2009 because of the eco-nomic downturn.

More recently, the developer Jay Paul Company offered to build a new police headquarters as a “public benefit” in exchange for the city’s permission to build a massive office development at 395 Page Mill Road. That plan fizzled in December 2013, when Jay Paul withdrew its application, citing an unfavorable political climate.

Jay Paul had also purchased in January 2013 two Park Bou-levard properties that the city had previously considered. The developer plans to build a three-story office building there.

At 25,000 square feet, the cur-rent police headquarters at City Hall is about half the size the department says it needs. A 2011 assessment by a citizens commit-tee described the 1970 facility as “unsafe and vulnerable.”

Last year, the City Council designated a new public-safety building as a top priority in the city’s new infrastructure plan and identified $57 million that

would be spent on it. Whereas five years ago, the city had a site but no money secured, today the reverse is true.

Over the past year, city staff considered more than 20 differ-ent sites, including ones located by the foothills at Deer Creek Road, at Palo Alto Square on El Camino Real and the animal shelter location on East Bayshore Road. These and many others were ultimately eliminated be-cause they were either too small, too expensive, filled with too many uncertainties or simply not for sale. Three, however, made it to the final round and are set to be discussed by the City Council at a special meeting on May 6.

One option would place the police headquarters by the Bay-lands, at the former Los Altos Treatment Plant site at 1237 San Antonio Road. Another would place the headquarters at 3120 West Bayshore Road, the current location of a PG&E substation that would have to be relocated. Like the Los Altos Treatment Plant site, it is close to the Bay-lands but distant from the city’s main commercial district — a drawback but not necessarily a deal-breaker at a time when each police cruiser effectively acts like an office.

A third site, at 250 Sherman Ave., is in a more central loca-tion: a 1.5-acre city-owned park-ing lot, known as Lot C-6, in the California Avenue business dis-trict. It’s smaller than the other

sites, however, and the city’s evaluation notes that “program compromises may be necessary to fit PSB (the public-safety building) on this site.”

Then there’s the challenge of taking over a parking lot in an area where there’s already a dearth of parking and that is cur-rently going through a building boom. To address this problem, city staff is proposing an ambi-tious solution: building a new parking garage on an adjacent lot, which is also owned by the city.

While the council has already committed to constructing a new downtown garage, which is a central part of its infrastructure plan, a decision on a new parking structure in the California Av-enue area hasn’t been firmed up. But there could be an incentive: Because building a police head-quarters on Sherman would save the city the roughly $10 million it was planning to spend on acquir-ing a site, staff is now floating the possibility of using this money to speed up the timeline for a Cali-fornia Avenue area garage.

A new report from the Public Works Department notes that the new garage “might also include ground-floor retail that could be designated as below-market-rate for preservation of locally owned shops.”

The public-safety building, meanwhile, would have about 44,848-square feet of space, much more than the current facility but less than the 50,000-square-foot building considered previously. In addition to serving the needs of the Police Department, the building would have space for the Emergency Operations Center, the Office of Emergency Services and the administration of the Fire Department.

“The new PSB is expected to provide for the city’s public safe-ty needs over the next 50 years, as well as address and resolve compliance issues with seismic, accessibility, code and regulatory requirements,” the Public Works report states.

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

Police HQ could be built on city propertyAfter failing to buy a site for new public-safety facility,

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CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview two candidates for the Human Relations Commission; consider approving funding for the Com-munity Development Block Grant for 2015-16; consider an appeal of the recently approved four-story development at 429 University Ave.; and discuss possible changes to the council’s procedures. The candidate interviews will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The rest of the meeting will follow in the Council Chambers.

COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to kick off its review of the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget. The committee will also consider budgets for the offices of the city attorney, city manager and city clerk; the Community Services Department; the Employee Benefits Funds; the General Liability Fund and the Retiree Health Benefit fund. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, in the Commu-nity Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to dis-cuss the Utility Department’s proposed operating and capital budgets for Fiscal Year 2016. The meeting will begin at noon on Wednesday, May 6, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a joint discussion with the Historic Resources Board and discuss possible sites for the new public-safety building. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The council will then go into closed session to discuss the possible purchase of the downtown post office.

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to review the design of a proposed bicycle and pedestrian path on a public easement from the rear of the Dinah’s Hotel property to provide access via Wilkie Way to the SummerHill Homes neighborhood. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 7, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the proposed fiscal year 2016 budgets for the Office of the City Auditor, the Office of Sustainability, the Utilities Department, the Police Depart-ment, the Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

Public AgendaA preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week

Election Day is Tuesday, May 5, but as it is an all-mail ballot election, there will be no poll-ing places. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day and must be received by Friday, May 8. Bal-lots returned in-person must be received by 8 p.m. on May 5, and can be dropped off at Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

The registrar will also be offering a drive-thru drop-off site at City Hall on Saturday, May 2.

As of Thursday, 14,174 Palo Alto ballots had been returned to the reg-istrar, according to Registrar of Vot-ers Media Officer Philip Chantri.

More information is available from the Registrar of Voters’ Of-fice at 1-408-299-VOTE (8683); toll-free at 1-866-430-VOTE (8683) and at sccvote.org.

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a landscaped median island near Hoover Elementary School that prohibits left turns and U-turns.

Both supporters and opponents made their cases before the plan-ning commission voted 6-0 to support the project. Cheryl Lil-ienstein, president of the citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning, said that while she un-derstands the importance of hav-ing “so-called ‘complete streets,’ these streets are not complete if cars can’t pass.” Recently, she said, it took her son 30 minutes to get from the Page Mill Road and Arastradero intersection to her house, 3 miles away.

Suzanne Keehn cited a recent morning when the traffic turn-ing left from El Camino onto Arastradero was backed up for two blocks.

“By making less lanes and mak-ing more ‘calm,’ I think you will add to a lot of frustrations and stress for people,” Keehn said. “You want kids to be safe, but you will not get people out of cars by making (driv-ing) harder and harder.”

Some critics asserted that the recent traffic improvements have diverted traffic onto their blocks. Jim Jurkovich was among them.

“This plan, where we limited the lanes of traffic along Arastradero, has really caused traffic to shift into the neighborhoods,” Jurkovich said. “The plan presented tonight doesn’t really address the con-cern of the neighboring commu-nity about how we will handle the current traffic load as well as in-creased traffic load on the street.”

But city staff and supporters of the project said it’s wrong to blame the traffic problems on the changes on Charleston and Arastradero. Jim Lightfoot, the city’s interim chief transportation officer, acknowledged the wors-ening traffic on this and other local thoroughfares, a trend that he attributed to the growing econ-omy and increased employment. This specific project, he said, will not make traffic any worse.

“We analyzed and looked at the level of service in the corridor

and that doesn’t change with the improvements being provided,” Lightfoot said.

The project, he said, includes a number of benefits to “all modes” of transportation.

The city studied the impacts of recent road changes in 2012, just before the City Council voted to make the Arastradero recon-figuration permanent. The study indicated that traffic volumes on Arastradero and adjacent streets “have shown a consistent increase in traffic compared to other streets in Palo Alto, consistent travel time between pre-project and project conditions, a reduc-tion in high traffic speeds during off-peak hours, and a substantial reduction in pedestrian and bi-cycle related incidents.”

The report also noted that bi-cycle traffic on and along the corridor has increased since the changes were implemented.

Andrew Volmer, who lives in the area, was one of many support-ers who spoke at the meeting. Vol-mer has two children who attend Fairmeadow Elementary School and called Charleston-Arastradero

a “community street.” He encour-aged city officials to “move for-ward with a new plan for a perma-nent solution for this traffic.”

Some supporters acknowledged that the new changes may force cars to go slower but argued that this is a price worth paying for safety. Peggy Kraft said she sees the increased traffic as a natural byproduct of city growth. In praising the changes, she recalled her recent experience of bi-cycling on Arastradero.

“I was happy to go slowly, and I was happy that the cars were go-ing slowly, that people were bik-ing next to me,” Kraft said. “I feel like everyone is safer.”

The commission spent more than two hours considering various issues raised by crit-ics, including left-turn access into various properties along the street and potential worsen-ing of the traffic conditions. In the end, all six commissioners went along with the staff recom-mendation to support the project, which will now go to the coun-cil for approval. Historically, the council has enthusiastically sup-ported changes on the corridor. Last year, the council included $7.5 million for improvements on Charleston-Arastradero in its infrastructure-funding plan.

“I’m really excited about the idea that we can close the book on a 13-year-long effort,” Com-missioner Michael Alcheck said Wednesday. “In an ideal world, we make the process of improv-ing our streets and our commu-nity as accessible as possible and as efficient as possible. I just hope that we can move forward with these conceptual plans and turn them into reality.”

Commissioner Mark Michael concurred.

“The tradeoff for increased safety and traffic calming is worthwhile, which is why I sup-port the motion (to recommend the concept),” Michael said. “I think it’s the right thing to do.”

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City Council (April 27)Budget: The council heard a presentation from City Manager James Keene about the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget. Action: NoneComprehensive Plan: The council voted to create a new citizen working group to work on an update of the Comprehensive Plan for the duration of the pro-cess. Yes: Burt, DuBois, Holman, Wolbach No: Filseth, Schmid Absent: Ber-man, Kniss, Scharff

Council Policy and Services Committee (April 28)Minimum wage: The committee recommended adopting an $11-per-hour minimum effective Jan. 1, 2016, and pursuing a goal of $15 per hour by 2018. Yes: Unanimous

Parks and Recreation Commission (April 28)Master plan: The commission discussed the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master Plan and considered the Recreational Program Data Analysis Report that was undertaken for the study. Action: None

Planning and Transportation Commission (April 29)Traffic calming: The commission voted to recommend approving concept lines for the next phase of the Charleston-Arastradero corridor improvements. Yes: Alcheck, Downing, Gardias, Michael, Rosenblum, Tanaka Absent: Fine

CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week

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Groping suspect surrenders after viral buzzThe man who police said groped a 12-year-old girl at a Stanford

Shopping Center market on Sunday afternoon turned himself in to the Palo Alto police two days later after a surveillance photo from the incident went viral on social media. (Posted April 29, 9:55 a.m.)

Former Stanford employee arrested for batteryA Stanford Hospital operating-room technician was arrested for

sexual battery after he allegedly inappropriately touched patients under anesthesia, Redwood City police said. (Posted April 28, 3:04 p.m.)

More action urged to save Buena VistaWith one month left until the final verdict, Buena Vista Mobile

Home Park residents and their supporters on Monday night made a plea for more city action to prevent the park’s closure. (Posted April 28, 8:54 a.m.)

Residences tagged with anti-Semitic graffitiTwo student residences at Stanford University, including the

Sigma Alpha Epislon (SAE) fraternity house, were vandalized with swastikas and “anarchy symbols” early Sunday morning, the university said. (Posted April 27, 12:41 p.m.)

Skelly named San Mateo Union superintendentFormer Palo Alto Superintendent Kevin Skelly is taking the

same position in the San Mateo Union High School District pend-ing a site visit in Mountain View, where he is currently interim su-perintendent, the San Mateo district announced Thursday. (Posted April 24, 10:19 a.m.)

Body found in East Palo Alto trailer fireMenlo Park firefighters fighting a fire at the former and abandoned

Romic chemical refinery site found a body in a trailer early this morn-ing, fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman said. (Posted April 24, 10:34 a.m.)

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mercial zone,” the City Attorney’s office informed the Weekly. For demolitions of Category 3 or 4 buildings not located downtown, no council approval is required.

Mellish said on Wednesday that she was not aware of that fact, and no one told her.

“I think it was very inappropri-ate that the board didn’t tell me all of the ramifications,” she said.

Board Chairman Roger Kohler acknowledged on Tuesday that Mel-lish’s home can be demolished. The argument against dropping Mell-ish’s home from the list “came about more or less because of the particu-lar situation of this home, as put by staff in a different way,” he said.

“The one thing we were trying to talk to her about was if the home was refurbished, the city could grant her extra bonuses,” making the property more valuable, he said.

It may be that a subsequent re-

view would find something impor-tant that would prevent the home from being demolished, he said.

City Planner Matthew Wein-traub, however, said that staff is not aware of any extenuating cir-cumstance nor anything special about the house that was not in the previous review.

The board also raised the question of willful neglect regarding Mel-lish’s house, citing the ordinance’s prohibition of demolition in cases of deliberate destruction, Kohler said.

But those sections of the ordi-nance, once again, only appear to cover historic structures in Palo Alto’s downtown area.

Mellish still faces a hurdle to de-molition under a seperate city pol-icy, as staff pointed out during the Historic Resources Board hear-ing. A 2009 city policy requires the city to approve a replacement project for single-family dwellings prior to issuing a demolition per-mit, Weintraub said.

But that policy is not written into city code, he stated.

“The policy was put in place to support goals, policies and programs in the Comprehensive Plan, includ-ing retaining historic resources and ensuring that useable residential land is not left vacant,” he wrote in an email. “Previously, owners could de-molish existing structures and leave the useable residential land vacant.”

City spokesperson Claudia Keith clarified that Mellish’s ap-plication to the Historic Resourc-es Board was only to remove the historic designation. She has not applied for a demolition permit.

“The owner could submit an ap-plication to demolish and develop the property immediately. The City has not told the owner that the existing residence cannot be de-molished,” Keith said in an email.

Mellish said her next plan is to go before the City Council, which is set to consider the Historic Re-sources Board recommendation, and to consult an attorney.

Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at [email protected].

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Assessment Consortium, a co-alition of states that adopted the Common Core standards several years ago, but the district will take feedback into consideration as it refines its own testing protocols and scheduling for future years.

Participation is key, however. California schools are expected to meet a 95 percent threshold on participation, according to Ja-nine Penney, manager of research, evaluation and assessment for the Palo Alto school district. The state won’t be using test results but rather participation rates to hold schools accountable, Penney said.

“I’m not sure what the implica-tions are at this point if the par-ticipation rates are low at the high school,” she said.

Kolar said the district is hitting its participation rates at the elementary and middle school levels. Palo Alto third- through eighth-graders also started taking the test two weeks ago.

The district has not yet seen what the Smarter Balanced results will look like, though it’s likely that they will be a complete departure from the previous test’s categories of “advanced,” “proficient,” “ba-sic” and “far below/below basic.”

The district is also in the pro-cess of researching how the par-ticipation rates could affect fund-ing the high schools receive from the state, Kolar said.

Paly’s and Gunn’s principals and the director of secondary edu-cation are also meeting next week to look at scheduling for next year’s Smarter Balanced testing and will consider the scheduling of AP and SAT exams.

“High school is in a different context,” Kolar said. “I think that we’ll be taking more of those con-textual factors into account with the scheduling and making sure that the experience of students — that they feel comfortable partici-pating in it next time around.”

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Kathryn Green, a passionate philanthropist dedicated to the arts, environment, and women’s issues, passed away at Stanford Hospital on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, following a tragic roadside accident. The beloved wife of Richard Partridge, Senior Staff Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Kathryn was a resident of Los Altos Hills since 2006, a free spirit who touched many lives.

Born in Santa Monica, CA on July 17, 1953, she grew up in Pacific Palisades before getting her degree at Johnston College at University of Redlands in 1976. Kathryn and Richard married in August 1986 in Menlo Park. They subsequently spent twenty years in Providence, Rhode Island, where Kathryn was a founding Board member of Community MusicWorks, before returning to the Bay Area.

A writer and avid cook who rarely repeated a recipe, Kathryn also loved the theatre. She was a major supporter and volunteer with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley for nearly 40 years, most recently serving on its Playreading Committee. Her commitment to philanthropy included many additional organizations: University of Redlands; Sustainable Conservation of San Francisco; WomenGO!, which she co-founded; Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund; and the Downtown Palo Alto Farmers’ Market, where she served on the Board of Directors.

Kathryn was predeceased by her parents Margaret Frank Green and Nathaniel Patrick Green and is survived by her husband Richard, and brother William Green of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A woman of joy, integrity, humor, and curiosity, Kathryn was beloved by all.

A celebration of her life will be held at 4pm on Saturday, May 16th at the Stanford Faculty Club, 439 Lagunita Drive, Stanford, CA

Memorial donations can be made to: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (theatreworks.org) orSustainable Conservation (suscon.org)

Kathryn GreenJuly 17, 1953 – April 12, 2015

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of Lucy Stern, active PTA member at Paly, supported to preserve

the Baylands and other environmental and civic issues pertaining

to Palo Alto. Loved by her daughters Aylette, Cecily, Marissa &

grandchildren, Andrew J. Essad, Sean F. Essad, Alexander Christ

and Adeline Clara Wilson. Her ashes will taken to be with her

family in NY under their family name, Morriss. Condolences

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Anita FefermanAnita Burdman Feferman, a

longtime Stanford resident and a biography author, died on April 9 in hospice care at her home. She was 87.

She was born on July 27, 1927, in Los Angeles. She went on to at-tend Hollywood High School and study at University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley, from where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1948. She worked for a time as a teacher on a pediatric psychiatric ward in San Francisco before re-turning to UC Berkeley to earn an education degree. Afterward she taught in the Oakland elementary school system.

In 1956, she moved with her husband Solomon Feferman to the Peninsula so he could take a posi-tion in the mathematics and philos-ophy departments at Stanford Uni-versity. She left teaching to focus on raising her two daughters, and the family lived for a few years in south Palo Alto before moving per-manently to the Stanford campus.

In her 40s, Anita took courses in writing at Stanford and embarked on a writing career by composing short stories and interviews. She participated actively with a notable biographers’ seminar started by Diane Middlebrook and Barbara Babcock. In 1993, she published her first biography, entitled “Poli-tics, Logic and Love: The Life of Jean van Heijenoort,” about a revolutionary who later became a scholar of logic. In 2004, she co-authored a second biography with her husband, “Alfred Tarski: Life and Logic,” about a key 20th-century logician and the leader of UC Berkeley’s new school of logic. Both works were recognized for their compelling storytelling and detailed explanations of historical context and scientific work.

Throughout her life, Anita trav-eled with her husband frequently, and during his sabbatical years, they lived in Princeton, New Jer-sey; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Oxford; Paris; Florence; Amster-dam; and Rome. Aided by Anita’s curiosity and gusto for new lan-

guages, the couple made many new friends during their time abroad.

In her free time, she enjoyed playing tennis competitively, run-ning and swimming; taking care of her garden of flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs; and hosting meals in her home.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Rachel Feferman. She is survived by her husband,

Solomon Feferman of Stanford; daughter, Julie Feferman-Perez of Oakland; and granddaughters, Is-abel Feferman-Perez of Oakland and Graciela Feferman-Perez of Berkeley.

A private memorial service will be held. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the American Friends Service Committee (afsc.org).

TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths

William E. FryeJune 20, 1917 – April 15, 2015

Bill Frye, age 97, passed away peacefully on April 15 at his home. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, of immigrant Swedish parents. He grew up in Danville, Illinos, and earned a BS degree in Physics from University of Illinois and a PhD from University of Chicago, where he met his future wife, Betty, on a blind date.He accepted a research position at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC, the day before the Pearl Harbor attack and worked on automatic radio friend-or-foe identification of aircraft.After WW II he moved with his family to southern California, where he worked at North American Aviation, and then at Rand Corporation, on guidance and control of satellites. In 1956 he moved to Palo Alto to work at Lockheed Missiles & Space R&D until he retired in 1990.

Bill pursued many hobbies over the years: camping and hiking, carpentry, white-water kayaking, square dancing, rock hounding, geology, astronomy, travel, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish languages, and history and archaeology, especially of Central Asia, and he enjoyed attending theater and opera performances. In his last few months, while in hospice, he set a new standard for optimism by buying 2015-16 season tickets to TheatreWorks, Palo Alto Players, and West Bay Opera. He participated in several studies of aging at the Stanford Medical School. He regularly took lunch at La Comida, and took many classes at Avenidas, the Palo Alto Senior Center, including four exercise classes per week, theater improvisation, and Life Stories. He was known for his smile and his haiku.

He was predeceased by his wife Betty and both of his younger brothers, Richard and Kenneth. He is survived by son and daughter Jim and Ann, grandchildren Elizabeth, Matteo, Eleanor, Ilaria, and Daniel, great-grandson Solomon, another great-grandchild on the way, and many affectionate nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held in the summer at the Palo Alto Unitarian/Universalist Church. Donations in his honor can be given to La Comida, Avenidas, The Nature Conservancy, or United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).


Franklin enjoyed a long and useful life. He was born in Los Angeles as the oldest child of Franklin Osburn Olmsted and Geraldine Ines LaFetra. Brothers Richard and Gerald joined them in 1930. In September 1942, he enlisted in the Navy; in December, graduated from Pomona College; and in April, was commissioned ensign and found himself teaching navigation and close-order infantry drill (!) and other classes to older officers and midshipmen at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx. (He was called the petulant boy wonder by his Navy friends, he learned later.) In June 1945, he began training for amphibious landing in Japan at Oceanside and Camp Pendleton. In August, Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended all that. His last job in the Navy was taking care of the boats that moved sailors from boat to shore in San Francisco Bay.

He then spent two years studying and teaching at Pomona College and at Claremont Graduate School, where he earned a master’s degree in 1948. He went to work for the U.S. Geological Survey in 1949.

Franklin and Jean Walls Morosco were married in 1955. Daughter Ann was born in 1956 and son Warren in 1959. The family moved for work reasons from Auburn, CA to East Landsdowne, PA, where Franklin earned a PhD in Geology from Bryn Mawr College, and then to Idaho Falls, ID, Yuma, AZ, Reston, VA, and Palo Alto. His work involved groundwater studies and later geothermal research studies. Beginning in 1977, he coordinated geothermal studies for all USGS Water Resources Division geothermal projects. He retired in 1988.

After retirement Franklin continued to work for the Survey as a volunteer. From 1994 to recent days he kept busy in Foothills Park clearing trails, cleaning picnic areas, rehabilitating trail signs, updating nature trail markers and the trail brochure, leading occasional nature hikes, and beginning in 1997, helping to clear invasive plants. From 1991 to 2005 he was treasurer of the Peninsula Camellia Society and, until recently, a poll worker. He was a long-time member of the AAAS, the Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi, and (for almost 60 years) the Sierra Club.

An informal gathering for Franklin Howard Olmsted will be held on Saturday, May 16 from 2 to 5 pm in the McFadden Patio of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. Franklin’s family and friends are invited to come, at 2 or when they can. The address is 505 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306. Park in the large parking lot to the rear of the church and find the patio to the left of the church buildings, under a huge pine tree. If you have mementos you would like to leave for others to take (copies of photos or letters, a story about Frank, a rock, or anything else smaller than a breadbox), please bring them to add to the collection.

Franklin Howard OlmstedNov. 23, 1921 – March 14, 2015


Memorial service Beverly James, a longtime Palo Alto resident, died on April 27 from complications following a recent stroke. She was 77. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Saturday, May 2, at 2 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto.

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of Joshua’s passing. Josh had a big heart, a quick-witted tongue, a great sense of humor, and a strong fondness for animals. He was unreserved in his manner and took relationships to heart. An avid sports fan, he will always be remembered for his love of the Dallas Cowboys and the SF Giants.

Josh had been living in San Francisco for many years. He had recently become very involved with AAIMS, a program designed to engage and heal communities by building new relationships with each other and with food. This program, in conjunction with services provided by the Tenderloin outpatient clinic (under HSCS) and the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) were helping him overcome personal struggles.

Joshua passed away at home, most likely from an accidental overdose, with his long-time companion dog, Sadie Mae, by his side.

His family would especially like to thank Rebecca, his awesome counselor for her support, friendship, and encouragement.

Josh will be dearly missed by all who knew him.In lieu of f lowers, please make donations in Josh’s

memory to Hyde Street Community Services (HSCS), http://hydestreetcs.org/

Joshua Thomas BendotoffSeptember 10, 1976 – March 21, 2015



Flood funds down drain?Editor, I enjoyed your “Drowning in Red Tape” article (Weekly, June 8), which emphasized the stran-glehold that the Federal Emergen-cy Management Agency (FEMA) has on thousands of homeowners in Palo Alto. The special flood zone caused by predicted saltwa-ter (tidal) intrusion into Palo Alto neighborhoods is based on faulty models and assumptions, includ-ing bottom-friction coefficients of zero (an impossibility). 3) Look for and evaluate inno-vative ways of preventing flood disasters, such as those being implemented in Napa County. Thank you, Palo Alto Weekly, for being an effective forum on this issue.

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Step upEditor,While I applaud Judge Cordell’s efforts to address the problems facing the residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park (BV), I believe there is a less disruptive and more practical way to pro-ceed. It would allow BV residents to stay in place, provide the Jisser family with fair market value for their property and involve a pub-lic-private partnership. Instead of looking for a nonprofit housing agency to act as a partner (as Joe Simitian and the County Board of Supervisors are reportedly doing right now), it would call on the wealthiest people in Palo Alto to step up to the plate. With gener-ous donations from them, added to public funds provided by the county and the city, a deal could be struck.

Time and money are of the es-sence. With $19 million available in public funds, there appears to be a shortfall of at least $11 mil-lion if the BV property is to get a fair price. For nonprofits, as for most of us, that is a lot of money. But it is not so much if you are a billionaire — and there just happen to be 10 billionaires liv-ing in Palo Alto. (Forbes and the Palo Alto Patch list them.) These folks could quickly, easily and with little pain to themselves do-nate the necessary dollars. They could do so personally or through the giving programs of the local corporate giants that made them rich — Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn. What needs to be done is to ask them.

Once asked, I am hopeful that our richest neighbors will come through, that they will show that they are not indifferent to the least well off amongst us.

Joan HoltzmanWilkie Way, Palo Alto

A rogue juryEditor,

On April 14, the Palo Alto City Council, with minor changes to the relocation package, ruled unanimously to allow the closure of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park (BV).

The practical impact of the closure is the ethnic cleansing of a large portion of Palo Alto’s al-ready small Latino population and the resegregation of our schools.

Council’s face-saving efforts to sweeten the relocation package doesn’t alter the bottom line: Clo-sure has been approved, and BV residences now become another unnecessary causality of the war on the poor. The City Council had all the community support and political cover to do the right

SpectrumAnother buck for workersAdopting a local minimum wage may feel good,

but is mostly symbolic

A growing movement to adopt local minimum-wage ordi-nances is gaining momentum on the Peninsula and else-where in California, and with a City Council committee’s

vote this week an ordinance now appears headed toward adoption in Palo Alto.

Establishing city minimum-wage levels that are greater than California’s current $9 per hour is a natural reaction to the soar-ing cost of living in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and other cities where housing costs are making it all but impossible for low-in-come workers to live nearby.

The Palo Alto City Council’s Policy and Services Committee voted 4-0 Tuesday to recommend adopting an $11 per hour mini-mum wage effective Jan. 1, 2016, the same date the state minimum wage is set to increase to $10. And while it would make future increases a matter to be decided each year by the City Council, the committee wants to set a target of reaching $15 per hour by 2018 through annual bumps.

There was no meaningful debate of the proposal because the committee, made up of council members Pat Burt, Marc Berman, Tom DuBois and Cory Wolbach, was preaching to the choir. The same four had proposed the idea to the full City Council in a Feb-ruary memo, so only the details of the proposal were in question. An audience of supporters rallied to encourage them with impas-sioned arguments lamenting the increasing income disparity be-tween those who can afford to live in Palo Alto and the thousands of employees in low-skill jobs that serve residents in restaurants, retail stores and by providing other services for low pay.

Palo Alto is hardly leading the way on the local minimum-wage movement. San Jose adopted a voter-passed initiative in early 2013 that set a current minimum wage of $10.30. Sunnyvale and Moun-tain View made increases last October to the same level, with cost-of-living bumps each year. Berkeley set a rate that is currently $11, and San Francisco voters passed an initiative last November that sets $12.25 (which takes effect today) and rises to $15 in mid-2018.

The drawback of all these local ordinances is that a dollar an hour more in pay will do nothing to enable low-paid workers to afford housing in these communities. And in Palo Alto and other Peninsula cities, market forces have already forced most employers of service workers to pay more than minimum wage. Most of these lower-paid workers are commuting into Palo Alto from more af-fordable communities, and employers have no choice but to attract them with higher wages.

But with no data collected or requested, the City Council is op-erating almost entirely from emotion and out of compassion for low-wage earners. We share their instincts that a city like Palo Alto has a moral obligation to join with other cities to acknowledge the problem, but caution that no one has any idea how many workers and employers will be affected and what unintended consequences there may be.

With the proposed initial level of $11 to be implemented next January, just a dollar above the state minimum wage, it is unlikely that any employer will be significantly impacted or have difficulty passing along the cost to customers. The absence at the committee meeting of many representatives from the business community or individual employers suggests that the proposal is either not a concern or that the city’s outreach about the proposal was poor.

For the same reasons as the four council members, we think adopting a local minimum-wage ordinance acknowledges that our area’s cost of living is much higher than elsewhere in the state and that the state minimum wage isn’t close to a living wage.

The greatest risk lies in decisions to be made on future increases to a local minimum wage, and in the possible unintended conse-quences for teens seeking summer and after-school employment.

Without any data or input from retailers that employ them, it is impossible to know whether a higher minimum wage will diminish opportunities for teens.

The benefit of adopting such a modest initial city minimum wage, and to not put it into effect until next January, is that it pro-vides time for employers to prepare, and it will allow for a needed analysis as to how further increases will impact employers and the employment of students.

It is too early to fully evaluate the impacts of San Jose’s ordi-nance, but a UC Berkeley study estimated that since San Jose’s $10.15 minimum wage took effect at the beginning of 2014 the operating costs for restaurants has increased by less than 1 percent.

Palo Alto should move forward with adopting the minimum-wage ordinance, but in doing so should make sure it gathers the data it will need to make a better-informed decision about future increases so that they don’t hurt vulnerable local retailers or teens looking for work experience.

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thing but failed to deliver.Writer James Baldwin’s words

resonate: “If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not ques-tion the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected mem-bers of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected — those, pre-cisely, who need the laws’ protec-tion most! — and listens to their testimony.” (1972)

Instead of listening to the ex-traordinarily compelling testimo-ny of the BV residents, the jury seemed to be listening to their own self-interest, their race and class privilege. Pronouncements of acting with a heavy heart, in upholding the closure, rang hol-low to me, leaving a visceral reac-tion of the deepest hypocrisy.

It’s time for the community to stand up to this City Council and demand that justice be served. The harsh implementation of an unjust mobile-home ordinance must be nullified by community outrage and protests, and all ap-propriate legal responses. And perhaps one of Palo Alto’s billion-aires will step up to save the day.

The verdict of this rogue jury must not be allowed to stand!

Aram JamesLos Robles Avenue, Palo Alto

A matter of ethicsEditor,

I write concerning the Buena Vista community (BV) and up-coming council meeting on May

26, 2015, when the council will move to ratify its prior Appeal Hearing decision. Time is of the essence for action, as ratification would allow for immediate issu-ance of six-month notices for all 400 BV residents to vacate.

Section H3.1.8 of the Hous-ing Element Chapter within Palo Alto’s Comprehensive Plan states a five-year objective to “preserve the 120 mobile home units in the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park as a low and moderate income housing resource” and that “the city will seek appropriate local, state and federal funding to assist in the preservation and mainte-nance of the existing units.”

Palo Alto has $8 million spe-cifically allocated for BV with an additional $8 to $9 million unal-located in an affordable housing construction fund. Additionally, Santa Clara County has commit-ted, at present, $11 million dol-lars. With the funding pool as it stands, which currently has no state or federal contributions, the city can make a substantial offer to preserve the existing afford-able housing opportunity that Buena Vista provides.

Displacing Palo Alto residents for opportunities perceived to be more lucrative is unethical. It is imperative for the entire Palo Alto community that the city fulfill its commitment to preserve the Bue-na Vista Mobile Home Park.

Dan WallsRosse Lane, Stanford

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In Room 5 at Belle Haven Elementary School in East Menlo Park, Aly Seedman sits reading a book to her second-grade class. Twenty-

three children huddle on the rain-bow-colored carpet at her feet, listening as she narrates a story about a fun-loving penguin. One boy raises his hand to ask a ques-tion, but it’s not about the story.

“How long are they going to stay with us?” he asks.

“They’re going to leave when we go to lunch,” Seedman replies.

“Awww! Could they stay with us double time?”

A buzz of excited chatter trav-els around the room.

The much-anticipated visi-tors are second-grade students from Jen Koepnick’s class at Palo Alto’s Fairmeadow El-ementary School, located just 6 miles southeast of Belle Haven. They’re due to arrive any minute for a special morning of activi-ties and art projects, the second such exchange the two classes have shared since the start of the school year. As the students wait eagerly, teaching artist Heewon Park bustles around the room, preparing art supplies.

The day is part of Cultural Ka-leidoscope, a program founded 16 years ago by the Palo Alto Art Center as a way to bridge the di-vide between neighboring — yet startlingly disparate — commu-nities and school districts.

One of the program’s found-ers, longtime arts and education advocate Carolyn Tucher, remem-bered that the inspiration for the program came during a difficult era for the region.

“There was a time when East Palo Alto was considered the mur-der capital of the country,” she re-called. “The three mayors of Menlo Park, Palo Alto and East Palo Alto got together and worked out a joint policing program.” Tucher was a Palo Alto resident who had served two terms on the Palo Alto Unified School District board. Along with her friend Myrtle Walker, a resident of East Palo Alto who served on the board of the Ravenswood City School District, Tucher decided to launch a parallel effort in the arts.

“We said together, ‘Gosh, it’s great to get our cities working to-gether on this necessary and impor-

tant police work, but couldn’t we do something very positive and more interesting, like bringing children and families together?’”

In its early years, Cultural Kalei-doscope was a fundraiser for art in schools: a cultural night for adults held at the Palo Alto Art Center. After a few years, it evolved into a full day of art workshops for chil-dren and their families and was al-ternately held in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. The turnout was good at first, Tucher said, but as attendance

began to drop off in years three and four, she noticed something else.

“I have a vivid picture in my mind of an East Palo Alto father and child working together very sweetly, and next to them a Palo Alto mother and her child, but there was no interaction between the families,” Tucher recalled.

Walker also spoke of the early years of Cultural Kaleidoscope with fondness, remembering her hope that they might eventually build a dedicated cultural arts center where residents of East Palo Alto and Palo Alto could meet and share activities.

“The initial inspiration was

for the two cities to have a venue to be able to interact with each other,” explained Walker. “We raised money for a cultural center for East Palo Alto where people of all ethnic groups and financial situations could come together.”

Though Walker said Cultural Kaleidoscope events raised about $30,000 toward that goal, a sum that was eventually donated to the City of East Palo Alto, the cul-tural center she envisioned was never built. In recent years, she has

shifted her attention to community health work. Yet Walker hasn’t forgotten the promise of a space that might bring Palo Alto and East Palo Alto closer together.

“I would hope that we could do something like that again be-tween the two cities,” she said. “I really do.”

For the meantime, Cultural Ka-leidoscope has taken a different form: a program that each year

pairs classrooms in Palo Alto with those of the same grade in Raven-swood and sends a teaching artist into the paired classrooms over the course of 10 sessions. Students write postcards to their “buddies,” prepare their classrooms for visits and meet in person three times over the course of the program: twice for collaboration days and once for an end-of-the-year field trip to the Palo Alto Art Center, where they get to see their creations installed in a pro-fessional museum setting.

In recent years, Cultural Ka-leidoscope has expanded and formalized, hiring a part-time coordinator and including more professional development and as-sessment. In February, the Cali-fornia Association of Museums awarded Cultural Kaleidoscope a State Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Museum Education in recognition of the program’s impact on the region’s students.

Seedman’s and Koepnick’s class-es are just two of 20 participating in this year’s Cultural Kaleidoscope program, and Park is one of 10 visiting artists. Though bringing professional teaching artists into schools is far from a unique con-cept — many Palo Alto schools participate in the Special Teacher Resources in the Arts (SPECTRA) program, and museums across the nation including New York’s Gug-genheim offer programs that bring art specialists into school settings — Cultural Kaleidoscope is un-usual in the way it pairs children from different socio-economic backgrounds, as well as in the way it presents their work to the public.

On Saturday, May 2, Palo Alto Art Center will open an exhibition of work created by this year’s Cul-tural Kaleidoscope participants. The show will run through Sun-day, May 24. During the month of May, all classes that have par-ticipated in the 2015 program will

Arts & EntertainmentA weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Elizabeth Schwyzer

Cultural Kaleidoscope draws communities closerby Elizabeth Schwyzer

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visit the center along with their buddy class, take a guided docent tour and see their works displayed.

For many, it will be their first time in an art gallery.

“Last year, kids left the Art Cen-ter saying, ‘Wow, we’re real art-ists,’” said Palo Alto Art Center Director Karen Keinzle. “That’s the kind of experience that can instill a lifelong love of museums.”

According to Keinzle and Cultur-al Kaleidoscope coordinator Jenny Wei, helping classroom teachers

and teaching artists to work closely together has been crucial to the on-going success of the program.

“We help teaching artists to in-tegrate their art projects with the standards and units teachers are dealing with in the classroom,” Wei explained.

Both Wei and Keinzle talk about the “Four Cs”: creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication, otherwise known as “21st-century skills.” In joint sessions before Cultural Ka-leidoscope begins each year, class-room teachers and teaching artists get together to discuss their par-ticular goals and to design projects

that will foster in their students the skills they feel are most important.

This year, fifth-grade students from paired schools exchanged postcards as a way of introduc-ing themselves. Asked what they would change about their com-munities, they tackled topics from immigration to gender equality and access to healthcare. Using rubber blocks and carving tools, they designed original stamps, created the cards and wrote notes to their buddies before dropping their cards in the mail.

Amy Padilla, a fifth-grade teach-er at Los Robles Dual Immersion Magnet Academy in East Palo Alto,

has taken part in Cultural Kaleido-scope twice in the past few years, and said she thinks the exchange with Palo Alto students is a high-light of the program.

“I think it’s been fun for stu-dents to find commonalities be-fore they meet, and then when they actually meet, the artists and staff have been good at mindfully plan-ning activities that will allow them to get to know each other better,” Padilla noted. Among those activi-ties this year was a “friend Venn diagram” students used to discov-er shared experiences and interests as well as differences.

Once students from paired

schools are better acquainted, they move more naturally into shared art activities.

“It’s really giving them skills they wouldn’t have access to otherwise in terms of art,” she said. “I also think this is a great opportunity for them to express things that are important to them in a different way. We are used to expressing our thoughts orally or in writing, but to express ideas in art is something we don’t do as often. It’s teaching them discipline, and persevering at a challenging task. They have a lot of pride in their products.”

Teaching artist Park explained that her lessons this year drew from various cultural traditions and introduced students to a range of skills, including ceram-ics, painting and weaving, a tech-nique that required particular fo-cus for younger students.

“The second-graders’ behavior is not always quiet, but when they did the weaving at Fairmeadow, the motion sensor activated light actu-ally went out,” she noted. “I think it was the first time the kids had ever stopped moving for that long.”

Other Cultural Kaleidoscope projects this year included brightly colored and patterned animals in-spired by Oaxacan alebrijes, mo-saics, portraits and African-style masks. These works and others will be on display at the Art Center.

Less evident than each student’s artistic accomplishments — but no less important — are the friendships forged between them over the course of the past few months: the shared conversations, the visits to each other’s class-rooms and the deeper familiarity with schools and neighborhoods other than their own. That’s the outcome Tucher and Walker had in mind 16 years ago.

“We live in these separate com-munities as though we were so different, but it’s really important that we get to know our neighbors,” Tucher reflected. “I think for those who have participated in Cultural Kaleidoscope — teachers, artists and children — it’s been a mean-ingful experience of coming togeth-er as a larger community, not just staying in our little boxes.”

Arts & Entertainment Edi-tor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at [email protected].

Arts & Entertainment

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Results of Independent Compliance Audit on FY2014 2000 Measure A Program Expenditures

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The Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) for the 2000 Measure A Transit Sales Tax Program (“Measure A”) is holding a ballot-required public hearing on FY 2014 Measure A expenditures to receive input from the community:

Tuesday, May 12, 20156:30 p.m.

VTA Auditorium3331 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95134

(This location is served by VTA Light Railand Bus Line 58.)

The public is encouraged to attend, but for those unable, written comments will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on May 12 by email to: [email protected] or by mail to: Office of the Board Secretary, 3331 N. First Street, Building B-1, San Jose, CA 95134-1927. Sign language and additional interpreter service will be provided upon request. If these services are required, please contact VTA Customer Service at least five days prior to the meeting at (408) 321-2300, TTY (408) 321-2330.

Copies of Measure A Program documents and reports are available for public inspection from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Valley Transpor-tation Authority (VTA) offices at 3331 N. First Street, San Jose, CA in the Building B lobby. They are also available for viewing at local public libraries and at VTA’s website: www.vta.org (which includes accessible ver-sions). Questions on the public hearing should be directed to: Stephen Flynn, Advisory Com-mittee Coordinator, at (408) 321-5720 or to [email protected].

Fulfilling its ballot-defined responsibilities, the CWC commissioned an audit of the Measure A Program financial records and schedule for Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014). Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP, indepen-dent certified public accountants, conducted the compliance audit in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. They issued an unqualified (“clean”) opinion on Measure A Program compliance with the ballot. Copies of the audit results and other related reports are available at the locations stated above and at www.vta.org.

For more A&E coverage, including a review of Palo Alto Players’ produc-tion of “The Addams Family,” go to PaloAltoOnline.com/arts.

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What: Cultural Kaleidoscope end-of-year exhibitionWhere: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo AltoWhen: Saturday, May 2-Sunday, May 24, with a reception Wednes-day, May 6, 4:30-7 p.m. Art Cen-ter hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Closed Monday.Cost: FreeInfo: Go to tinyurl.com/lleug6s or call 650-329-2366.

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Is your teen prepared?There are many demands on our teens and we have high expectations for them. If you’re like me, you often wake up in the morning and ask yourself Have I done enough? Where did the time go? There are only a few short years before they’re going off to college, starting a career and beginning a new chapter in their life. As you look at them you might wonder Are their grades up to par? Do they have the social and emotional skills to succeed in life? To excel?

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spoke—in front of a packed room. He had never done anything like this before, and I must say it brought me to tears. He thanked his mother and me for giving him the opportunity to attend SuperCamp. He thanked his team leaders for bringing out the best in him. And then he actually apologized on stage to his mother and me for being a know-it-all. He said he had learned more in the past ten days then he had in the last ten years.

Once we were home, the things he had learned became more evident. He conducted himself with integrity. He was sincere, authentic, and believed in his own abilities. His relationships with his friends changed. They grew into solid bonds

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R usty tools with whimsical wooden handles. Video footage of a family sol-

emnly humming hymns. Sweep-ing aerial photographs of the San Francisco Bay. What do such var-ied works of art have in common? They’re all on view this weekend as part of the Silicon Valley Open Studios tour.

They’re also being created by three artists whose studios are mere yards apart.

Now in its 29th year, SVOS in-vites the public to visit the working studios of more than 350 artists. Many will be selling their work, but SVOS is much more than a shop-ping opportunity. Whether you’re a private collector, a gallerist, an art lover or simply a curious onlooker, SVOS offers a rare chance to speak with artists about their inspirations and working methods, check out their materials and tools and gain insight into the creative process.

The event is organized into three consecutive weekends focused on various regions of the South Bay: May 2-3 encompasses studios in Palo Alto and communities to the north, while May 9-10 centers on Mountain View, Los Altos, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and the surround-ing area. In its final weekend, SVOS moves down to San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell and Cupertino, among other neighboring communities.

Given the extensive geographi-cal reach of the event and the sheer number of artists involved, it’s wise to get your hands on a directory or to visit the website — svos.org — to plan your outing. Physical cop-ies of the directory are available at regional art museums, libraries,

bookstores and coffee shops; a par-tial list of these locations is avail-able online.

Here in Palo Alto, the Cubberley Community Center (4000 Mid-dlefield Road) is a focal point for studio artists, thanks to the city’s Cubberley Artist Studio Residency Program, founded in 1987 in order to help artists to live and work in the area despite the steeply climb-ing cost of rent. Artists based at Cubberley pay discounted rent for the 23 spaces; a new policy on term limits adopted last year aims to en-sure a steady turnover of talent.

Among the Cubberley artists is painter and woodworker Ken Ed-wards. A former firefighter and search-and-rescue worker, Ed-

wards’ work has a distinct mascu-linity. His sculptures begin with antique rusty tool heads, each of which suggests to him a different handle. Using a lathe and band saw, he cuts, sands and glues each piece into being before painting them with primary hues and bold stripes for a vaguely Seussian effect.

“A lot of times, I pick up a rusty tool and I can see a shape that pops out to me,” Edwards explained dur-ing a recent studio visit. “The shap-ing is straightforward; the painting, not so much.”

From the organic grace of his ab-stract acrylic paintings, one wouldn’t guess painting presented a challenge for Edwards. In one, flattened red circles rise like bubbles from a black ground; in another, a single orb hov-ers at the center of a web-like net-work of lines. No flimsy canvases here; Edwards builds his wooden panels himself, equipping each one with a “tuning system” of screws and wires to prevent warping.

It wouldn’t be hard for the saw-dust to drift from Edwards’ studio into that of Mel Day, though it would look rather out of place. Day works primarily in new media; her spare studio is all clean lines: crisply presented video installations, light boxes and digital prints. A former fellow of Stanford’s Experimental Media Arts Lab, her work dives headily into visual investigations of belief and doubt, performance and participation. In one series of digital prints, the artist herself ap-pears wearing a bright yellow jacket and posed in unexpected places: stretched between church pews, balanced atop an outdoor shower, sitting in a bush. In a digital video projection, she presents members of her family in footage taken over the course of a decade. Her sisters,

brothers and parents stare dispas-sionately into the lens as they hum Christian hymns.

A new artist in residence at Cub-berley, Day spoke of the value of such a community to the work of the artist and to the larger culture of the region and praised the potential for interdisciplinary exchange.

“It’s really important to support artists in their visual research,” she noted. “The way artists will be able to create cultural impact is through doing their work.” As part of her residency, Day is launching a dis-cussion series with the aim of wel-coming both artists and the public to take part in an ongoing critical dialogue.

If Day’s work tends toward the in-vestigative and theoretical, her next-door neighbor is decidedly more literal. In her stunning large-scale photographs, Barbara Boissevain documents the people and environ-ments she encounters, from Peru-vian villagers to melting glaciers in Iceland to a cement factory in Cupertino. Her fascination with the environment and its degradation or restoration is evident in works like her Salt Flat series, which docu-ments the gradual “greening” of the San Francisco Bay’s salt marshes.

In “Big Dirty Secret,” Boissev-ain presents a detailed aerial shot of the Hanson Cement Factory in Cupertino: a plant that’s only vis-ible from the air. Look closely, and the towers of the factory are super-imposed with words and phrases drawn from news coverage and scientific reports documenting the health effects of toxic chemicals in the surrounding region.

A Silicon Valley native, Bois-sevain believes most residents of the Bay Area know little about the environmental contamination at places like Moffett Field, where soil and groundwater contain high levels of hazardous materials that qualify the region as an official EPA Superfund site.

Boissevain’s father was a NASA scientist who passed away from a rare form of cancer that may have been caused by environmental factors, and that history charges her work with a quiet outrage that’s at once deeply personal and widely relevant. At the same time, her shots have an undeniable for-mal beauty: an acknowledgment of the wondrousness of both the built and the natural world.

The privilege of dropping in to such different studios — and learn-ing about the inspiration behind such distinct and varied bodies of work — is what makes SVOS an adventure. So get online, track down a directory and start planning your artistic journey; more than 350 worlds await you.

Arts & Entertainment Edi-tor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at [email protected].

Arts & Entertainment

5:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, 94303

The City of Palo Alto’s Comprehensive Plan Update Leadership Group will be meeting to discuss community engagement opportunities for the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The group’s primary role is to assist with community engagement during the Comprehensive Plan Update planning process. If you have any questions or you would like additional information about the Comprehensive Plan Update, please contact Consuelo Hernandez, Senior Planner, at 650-329-2428 or [email protected].

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Adventures in the art world Silicon Valley Open Studios offers a glimpse into artists’ realms

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

Watch a video of Mel Day’s work in the online version of this story at PaloAltoOnline.com.

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What: Silicon Valley Open StudiosWhere: Throughout the Silicon ValleyWhen: Saturday-Sunday, May 2-3, 9-10 and 16-17, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Cost: Free. No reservations required.Info: Go to svos.org.

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Saturday

May 2nd

10am-noon

Calling all kidsCalling all kidsCalling all kids

2015 parade line up

WEBSTER

1 Police

2 Entertainer

3 May Fete Banner

4 Color Guard - carried Civil Air Patrol

Jon E. Kramer Composite Squadron 10

5 Stanford Federal Credit Union

6 Grand Marshal

7 Mayor Karen Holman and Palo Alto Perry

8 City Council

9 VIPs

10 Palo Alto Recreation Foundation

11 Tom Osborne

12 Kiwanis International

13 BOOST

14 Lakin & Spears

15 Gunn HS Not in Our Schools

16 Henry M. Gunn High School Band

17 Paly Kiwans Key Club

18 Nixon Elementary School

19 Our School

20 International School of the Peninsula

21 All star Kung Fu

22 Gunn Kiwanis Key Club

23 Ballet San Jose-Palo Alto

24 Youth Community Service

25 Kids on Wheels

26 Edgewood House Preschool

27 Faeries

28 El Carmelo Elementary School

29 Kim Grant Tennis

30 Jordan Middle School Marching Jaguars

31 Parent's Nursery School

32 Palo Alto Animal Services

33 Ohlone Elementary School

34 Ohlone Girl Scout Daisy Troops

35 Grace Lutheran Preschool

36 Whole Foods Market

37 Girl Scout Troop 62419

38 KIDS WITH PETS

39 Camp Marco Polo

40 Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics

41 Bowman Marching Band

42 Cub Scout Pack 627

43 Abilities United

44 Silicon Valley Karate

45 Young Fives and PreSchool Family

46 Paly Robotics

47 Downtown Palo Alto Farmers Market

48 The Children's Preschool Center

49 Hoover Elementary

50 Terman Tiger Marching Band

51 Palo Alto Friends Nursery School

52 Studio Kicks Palo Alto

53 The Learning Center

54 JLS Middle School Drama

55 First Congregational Church Nursery School

56 KIDS ON PARADE

57 Sparkiverse Labs

58 Palo Alto Humane Society

59 First School

60 Cross Town Colleagues

61 Casa dei Bambini

62 BrainVyne LEGO Campus and Parties

63 Duveneck Elementary School

64 Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School

65 Walter Hays Elementary School

66 United Studios of Self Defense

67 Duveneck Daisy Troop 60667

68 Gunn Robotics Team

69 Escondido Elementary School

70 Kids with Flags

71 Middle School After School Program,

PA Rec Dept

72 Leland Stanford Junior University

Marching Band

73 City of Palo Alto - Children's Library

74 Faeries

75 Palo Alto Community Child Care

76 Addison Elementary School

77 Palo Alto Children's Theatre

78 Kujiweza Healing Arts

79 Hope Technology School

80 Eastside College Prep Middle School

Stop Bullying Squad

81 Palo Alto Girl Scouts Service Unit 601

82 Palo Alto Housing Youth Programs

83 Dance Connection

84 Palo Alto High School Viking Band

and Spirit Squad

85 SWEEPER

86 Green Machine

87 Fire Engine

It's not too late to join the parade!Just show up at the information table close to the corner of University and Emerson

by 9:30am and march in any of the following categories: Kids on Parade; Kids on

Wheels; Kids with Pets or Kids with Flags. Please make sure all pets are on a leash

or are appropriately housed.

The fair is organized by the Palo Alto Recreation Foundation and the Kiwanis Club

of Palo Alto.

In addition, The Museum of American Heritage , just across the street from the park,

will be hosting their Annual Vintage Vehicle & Family Festival with lots of activities

from 9:30am-2:00pm.


Eating Out

Dinner at the Peninsula’s only Michelin two-star restaurant runs about the same for two people as really good seats at a 49ers game: $1,000.

Before getting into what’s worth what, let’s get the pronunciation right. Since Bau-mé opened on Palo Alto’s California Avenue in January 2010, I have been smarty-pants mispronouncing its name as “Bough-MAY.” It is “Bow-MAY,” for Antoine Baumé, a French pharmacist who in the late 18th cen-tury invented a scale to measure the density of liquids. Chef-owner Bruno Chemel re-spects this guy so much, he named his son Antoine.

Chemel honed his skills at star-studded restaurants in France, New York, Tokyo and San Francisco before heading the kitchen at Mountain View’s Michelin-starred Chez TJ. When Baumé opened, Chemel was more

into molecular gastronomy than he is now. The Baumé gets less use.

There have been other changes. The eight-course dinner (or 10, if you count two de-lightful amuse-bouches) is $268 per person. The wine pairing is — gulp — $210. Note that the tip is included in the price, à la Fran-çaise.

The food has become less molecular and more fun, showcasing but not showing off Chemel’s love of artful Japanese presenta-tion. (He studied macrobiotic cooking in Japan.)

The two-room restaurant at the corner of California Avenue and Park Boulevard has cut back from 28 seats to 18, with a maxi-mum of four people per table (less chance of drunken IPO celebrations, perhaps). And, Baumé is open only four nights a week, with the last seating at 7:30 p.m. Lunch is served

Friday and Saturday. All this adds up to a family life for Bruno and Christine Chemel.

When you make a reservation, Christine will ask if you have any allergies or aversions, and if a special occasion brings you to Baumé. When you arrive and peruse the menu — a list of 30 or so ingredients — the server will again ask if there’s anything you would rather not eat.

Then the fun begins, starting with ice-free water served at the perfect temperature. Each course gets completely new silverware, as functional as it is fun to look at. Ingredients are not just tiny pretty faces doing their own thing. They play with each other in surprising combinations of tastes, textures and temperatures. After two or three bites, you get it and are satisfied.

The opening amuse-bouche lived up to its name, with a disc of cold lemon puree between two dime-size leaves of Thai ba-sil, like a doll’s house ice cream

sandwich. We were instructed to start with that and end with a frozen lollipop involving cocoa nibs, radish and celery.

Courses built in sensible suc-cession, starting with an ambro-sial bit of Brittany blue lobster in carrot mousse, set off with uni, shards of shredded ginger and halves of fava bean.

Each wine, mainly from small French producers, got a little in-troduction. Next up, Bordeaux Sauternes with the caviar course. Seriously? The ultimate sweet wine with the ultimate salty food? But yes, it worked. Great balls of golden Osetra caviar rested on lemon sunchoke puree, with a brown rice tuile providing crunch.

A warm, custard-soft Jidori egg yolk sabayon came in a dish resembling an oversized eggcup. (Jidori chickens are the Kobe beef of poultry.) The egg whites became smoked meringues, sprinkled on top. Digging fur-ther, the diner came across bits

Chef Bruno Chemel stands outside his Michelin two-star restaurant, Baumé.

Chef Bruno Chemel’s green tea chocolate jardin features green tea sponge cake atop bavarois, served with strawberry lime tartare sorbet.

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Baumé: a Michelin-starred indulgence, but well worth the visit

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Among the real treats at Baumé is the golden Osetra caviar, served here with fennel and kiwi.

W hat’ll it be, dear, fine caviar at Baumé restaurant or the 50-yard line at Levi’s Stadium? These days in Silicon Valley, the Tesla crowd could do both, and then cruise up to The French Laundry for lunch the next day.

Maybe they do.


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Appetizers Bruschetta Al Pomodoro Toasted slices of oven baked bread topped with Roma tomato cubes marinated with olive oil, garlic and fresh basil.

Crispy Zucchini Cakes Served with marinated cucumber & mint yogurt.

SaladSummer in Sorrento Watermelon topped with Feta cheese squares, arugula, fresh figs, Sicilian olives with Vidalia onion dressing.

Strawberry Fields Crisp mixed lettuce, fresh strawberries, toasted pecans, and gorgonzola cheese served with our tangy Vidalia onion dressing.

EntreesFilet Mignon Marinated with herbs and served in a mushroom sauce with spinach. Served with broccoli and a risotto cake filled with blue cheese.

Braised Short Ribs in a light red wine sauce Served with polenta and seasonal fresh cut vegetables.

Linguine Pescatore Fresh salmon, snapper, clams, mussels and prawns in a spicy tomato sauce.

Heart Shape Ravioli A portobello& shitake mushroom filling with Roma tomatoes and fresh spinach in a light Marsala cream sauce.

Grilled Salmon Served with sautéed spinach, wild rice and vegetables.

DessertTiramisu Italian dessert, consisting of alternating layers of coffee-soaked lady fingers and sweet mixture of mascarpone cheese, eggs and sugar.

Linzar Hearts Cookies & Gelato Old fashioned ground nut dough cut into hearts and sandwiched with raspberry jam served with your choice of vanilla or chocolate gelato.

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Mother’s DayMother’s Day Menu — May 10th

of polenta and kale. The vegetable course featured

Hollister green asparagus, crispy shreds of yellow beets and shiso fennel paper (very thin, like nori) that adhered to the asparagus.

Mild French turbot from the island of Noirmoutier was the canvas for pickled zucchini cubes and cardamom-licorice fumet (concentrated stock) — and a 2011 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru.

All this led up to the meat course: a caramelized California squab breast cut into five succu-lent pieces accompanied by dried cherries, halves of English peas, juniper jam, a wild onion and a 2000 Chateau Montrose Grand Cru merlot.

Get a load of this cheese course: warm whipped goat cheese with parsley-root mousse, pink pep-percorns and grapes (cut in half, of course). No rickety cheese carts at Baumé.

After all this, desserts were so-so: a mélange of green tea sponge cake, chocolate mousse and strawberries. But the final amuse-bouche reprised the open-ing theme of red lollipops and tiny sandwiches, this time featuring mint leaf and lemon cake.

Chemel is also a candy-maker. His parting gift was a Japanese-type beribboned box with three flavors of caramel candies and a couple of tubes (!) of hazelnut chocolate ganache.

The night we were there, one of the titans of Silicon Valley

held court in the smaller room. In our room were three couples and a solitary diner. One couple was celebrating a birthday. We were celebrating our anniversary. The solitary diner worked her laptop, cellphone and earbuds while ap-pearing to enjoy her 10 courses and a $35 apéritif. A maestro of multi-tasking, she didn’t bother anyone, unlike Couple No. 3, whose female half not only an-swered her cellphone but then proceeded to talk as if in a cave by herself, loudly.

Nevertheless, we left happy. It was a special occasion, a major indulgence and a chance to appre-ciate exquisite craftsmanship.

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CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Resolution No. _____Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring Its Intention to Levy an Assessment Against Businesses Within the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2016 and Setting a Time and Place for May 18, 2015 at 7:00 PM or Thereafter, in the Council Chambers

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO DOES HEREBY FIND,DECLARE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (the “Law”), California Streets and Highways Code Sections 36500 et seq., authorizes the City Council to levy an assessment against businesses within a parking and business improvement area which is in addition to any assessments, fees, charges, or taxes imposed in the City.

SECTION 2. Pursuant to the Law, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 4819 establishing the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District (the “District”) in the City of Palo Alto.

SECTION 3. The City Council, by Resolution No. 8416, appointed the Board of Directors of the Palo Alto Downtown Business & Profes-

Board for the District (the “Advisory Board”).

SECTION 4. In accordance with Section 36533 of the law, the Advisory Board prepared

“Downtown Palo Alto Business Improve-ment District, Annual Report 2015-2016” (the “Report”). The City Council hereby preliminarily approves the report.

SECTION 5. The boundaries of the District are within the City limits of the City of Palo Alto (the “City”) and encompass the greater down-town area of the City, generally extending from El Camino Real to the East, Webster Street to the West, Lytton Avenue to the North and Addison Avenue to the South (east of Emerson Street, the boundaries extend only to Forest Av-enue to the South). Reference is hereby made to the map of the District attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference for a complete description of the boundaries of the District.

SECTION 6. The City Council hereby declares its intention, in addition to any assessments, fees, charges or taxes imposed by the City, to levy and collect an assessment

year 2016 (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016). Such assessment is not proposed to increase from the assessment levied and collected for

levying the assessment is set forth in Exhibit “B” attached hereto, and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 7. The types of improvements to be funded by the levy of an assessment against businesses within the District are the acquisi-tion, construction, installation or maintenance of any tangible property with an estimated useful

to be funded by the levy of an assessment against businesses within the District are the

-nesses in the area and which take place on or in public places within the District; the furnishing of music in any public place in the District; and

operating in the District.

SECTION 8. New businesses established in

shall be exempt from the levy of the assess-

organizations, newspapers and professional

businesses which have 25% or less full time equivalent employees, including the business owner, shall be exempt from the assessment.

the time and place for a public hearing on the proposed levy of an assessment against busi-

as follows:

TIME: 7:00 p.m. or soon thereafter

DATE: Monday, May 18, 2015

PLACE: City Council Chambers 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301

At the public hearing, the testimony of all interested persons regarding the levy of an assessment against businesses within the

protest may be made orally or in writing by any interested person.

Any protest pertaining to the regularity or suf-

and shall clearly set forth the irregularity or defect to which the objection is made.

public hearing. The City Council may waive any irregularity in the form or content of any written protest and at the public hearing may correct minor defects in the proceedings. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing.

Each written protest must contain a description of the business in which the person subscrib-

the business and, if a person subscribing is not

owner of the business, the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that the person subscribing is the owner of the busi-ness. A written protest which does not comply with the requirements set forth in this paragraph will not be counted in determining a majority

If, at the conclusion of the public hearing, written protests are received from the owners of businesses in the District which will pay 50 percent or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protests to less than 50 per-cent (i.e., there is a majority protest), no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment, as contained in this resolution of intention, shall be taken for a period of one year from the date

Council.

If the majority protest is only against the furnish-

or activity within the District, those types of improvements or activities shall be eliminated.

SECTION 10. For a full and detailed descrip-tion of the improvements and activities to be

of the District and the proposed assessments to be levied against the businesses within the

made to the Report of the Advisory Board. The

public inspection.

SECTION 11. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to provide notice of the public hearing in accordance with law.

adoption of this resolution does not meet the

the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, no environmental impact assessment is necessary.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That The City Council Of The City Of Palo Alto Will Hold A Public Hearing At The Regular Council Meeting On Monday, May 18, 2015 At 7:00 P.M., Or As Near Thereafter As Possible, In The Council Chambers, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California Declaring Its Intention To Levy An Assessment Against Businesses Within The Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District For Fiscal Year 2016.

BETH MINOR City Clerk

Exhibit “B”Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District Annual BID Assessments

ZONE A ZONE B Retailers (75%)and Restaurants $225.00 (Under 6 FTE employees) (50%) $170.00(100%) $340.00 (6 to under 11 FTE employees) (75%) $260.00 $450.00 (11+ FTE employees) (100%) $340.00

ServiceBusinesses(75%) $170.00 (Under 4 FTE employees) (50%) $130.00 $260.00 (4 to under 7 FTE employees) (75%) $200.00 $340.00 (7+ FTE employees) (100%) $260.00

Professional EXEMPT (25% or fewer FTE employees, including the business owner)Businesses $60.00 (26% to under 1 FTE employees) (25%) $50.00 (50%) $110.00 (2 to 4 FTE employees) (50%) $ 90.00 $170.00 (5 to 9 FTE employees) (75%) $130.00 $225.00 (10+ FTE employees) (100%) $170.00

Lodging Businesses $225.00 (up to 20 rooms) (50%) $170.00(100%) $340.00 (21 to 40 rooms) (75%) $260.00 $450.00 (41+ rooms) (100%) $340.00

Financial Institutions $500.00 $500.00

Note 1: For retail, restaurant, service, and professional businesses, size will be determined by number of employees either full-time or equivalent (FTE) made up of multiples of part-time employees. A full FTE equals approximately 2000 hours annually. Lodging facilities will be charged by number of rooms available and financial institutions will be charged a flat fee.

Note 2: Second floor (and higher) businesses located within Zone A, will be assessed the same as simi-lar street-level businesses located within Zone B.

Note 3: Assessment amounts are rounded to the nearest ten dollars. The minimum assessment will be $50.00.

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A monthly special section of news & information for seniors

MAY 2015

Purposeful livesLifetimes of Achievement awards

applaud six seniors for public service

Public service can take many forms. Sometimes it means getting out into the community, knocking on

doors and raising awareness of the day’s pressing issues. Sometimes it means hours of head-scratching and note-taking while groups hash out the best strategy for going forward. And sometimes it means teach-ing others — to communicate, to lead, to give back.

These roles are abundantly familiar to the six local individuals who have received this year’s Avenidas Lifetimes of Achieve-ment award, an annual honor for adults ages 65 and older who have distinguished themselves as deeply committed to public service. Each has poured time and energy into projects designed to help the less for-

tunate and better their communities.Those recognized this year are Barbara

Carlitz, Ann DeBusk, Bob Harrington, Gib Myers, and Allan and Mary Seid. The following stories attempt to capture their experiences and motivations for leading purposeful lives.

To honor them, the nonprofit Avenidas and the Palo Alto Weekly will host a gar-den party at a local home on Sunday, May 17, from 3 to 5 p.m. Tickets for this pub-lic event are $75, with proceeds benefit-ing Avenidas’ programs for older adults throughout the area.

Tickets can be purchased by contacting Avenidas at 650-289-5445 or visiting ave-nidas.org, where additional information about the awards can also be found.

— Sam Sciolla

This year’s Lifetimes of Achievement-award winners, above and on the cover, are (back row, from left) Gib Myers, Ann DeBusk, Barbara Carlitz and Bob Harrington; and (front row, from left) Mary and Allan Seid.

Barbara CarlitzKudos to a serial board chair

by Carol Blitzer

Barbara Carlitz recently of-fered a visitor a cup of cof-fee and a chocolate-chip

cookie perched atop a napkin imprinted with “Stop me before I volunteer again” — hardly a slo-gan that Carlitz has taken to heart.

Since the 1970s, she has served on seven boards, chair-ing six of them, all while running her own architectural-design business and raising a family solo.

Her volunteering dates back to the late ‘70s when she was dealing with aging parents strug-gling to live on their own — 1,500 miles away. She consulted with Rose Kleiner, who ran Older Adults Care Management and who phone-interviewed social workers in Houston, Texas, to get Carlitz started.

That early consultation intro-duced her to far more than re-sources for dealing with her ag-

ing parents: Soon she was invited by the founders of the Association for Senior Day Health (now the Rose Kleiner Center) to join the board.

“They approached me ... and a few people they happened to know who were a good 25 years younger, were energetic, had young kids who could be left for pe-riods of time,” Car-litz recalled.

Carlitz said she was attracted to serving on boards for “the socializa-tion,” since she was working from home and raising a young child at the time. Just a few years earlier, Carlitz, who

had a master’s degree in English and had been a teacher before her daughter was born, took drafting and architectural-drawing courses at Foothill College. She then start-ed her own architectural-design firm.

Carlitz served on that first

Barbara Carlitz, an architectural designer and serial board member, sits in her living room in Palo Alto.

board for 10 years and chaired it in 1985. That ultimately segued into serving on the boards and chairing the Senior Day Health Program for six years and Ave-nidas for four years, joining the Woman’s Club of Palo Alto board, and then to serving on and chair-

ing the boards of Palo Alto Com-munity Child Care, Palo Alto Community Fund and Environ-mental Volunteers.

“My parents were very involved in the community where I grew up; they set a good example. (It) didn’t seem crazy to do all these

things,” Carlitz said.“I craved some group process,

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Complete schedule or info about Avenidas events, call 650-289-5400

Calendar of EventsLiving Well MAY

Sunday, May 17, 2015 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Join us for a garden party honoring

six distinguished seniors who have

made significant professional

and community contributions:

Barbara Carlitz

Ann DeBusk

Bob Harrington

Gib Myers

Mary and Allan Seid

Call (650) 289-5445 or visit www.avenidas.org

for tickets and event location.

May 1 “Dear Doctor” Letter Campaign, 2:30-4pm @ Avenidas. Space is limited. Pre-registration required. Call 650-289-5400. Free.

May 4Skin Cancer Screening, 10-11am, @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. Free.

UNA Film Festival: “The Prince is Back”, 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

May 5Emergency Planning Fair: Are You Prepared? 2:30-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free

May 6CHP “Age Well, Drive Smart” driver safety course, 9am-1pm @ Avenidas. Pre-registration required. Call 650-289-5400. Free.

May 7Movie: “Birdman” (2014), 1:30-4pm @ Avenidas. $0/$2

May 8Garden Club: “Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes!” 1-2:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

May 11Partner/Spouse Caregiver Support Group, 11:30am-1pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

Better Breathers Group, 1:30-3pm @ Avenidas. For info call 408-998-5865. Free.

May 12Tuina, 10-11am @ Avenidas. Free.

Avenidas Walkers, 10am. Call 650-387-5256 for trailhead info or to schedule. Free.

May 13Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Call Robin Riddle @ 650-724-6090 for more info. Free.

May 14“Working through Difficult Conversations with Your Adult Children” Introduction, 1-3pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

May 1516mm Film Screening: “All About Eve”, 1:30-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

May 16“Teach Me to Tweet” workshop, 10am-12pm @ Avenidas with Stanford “Beyond the Farm” volunteers. Space is limited. Pre-registration required. Call 650-289-5400. Free.

May 18Senior Legal Aid appts available for Santa Clara County residents, 60+. Call 650-289-5400 for an appt. Free.

May 19Avenidas Village Coffee Chat, 10am @ Avenidas. RSVP required. Call 650-289-5405

Rosen Movement, 11:30am – 12:30pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in. Free.

May 20Mindfulness Meditation, 2-3pm @ Avenidas. Free.

1-on-1 computer tutoring appts. available. Call 650-308-4252. $5/$10

May 21Book Club: “The Lowlands” by Jhumpa Lahiri, 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

May 22Presentation: “Shop Smart,” 1-2pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

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May 26Presentation: “Your Estate Planning Check Up – Do you have a Plan?” 2:30-4pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

May 27Therapeutic Nail Care appts available 9am-3pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for appt and price.

Reiki appts. available, 9am-12pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. $30/$35.

May 28Caregiver 101: “Knowledge is Power,” 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

May 29Meet the Author: “Hard Chargers from the Sky” by Pete Henry, 1-2:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

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Bob Harrington is probably best known for his ceaseless work to bring Fiber to the Premise to Palo Alto.

Living Well

A leader of leadersAnn DeBusk honored for fostering

and enriching a community of involved citizensby My Nguyen

Ann DeBusk is known as a “leader of leaders” for the key role she has played in community organizations.

The success of any or-ganization, business or community is largely de-

pendent on how its top leader pro-vides inspiration and motivation to the people they lead. But who equips and inspires leaders? For Palo Alto resident Ann DeBusk, embracing the role of a leader of leaders is second nature.

Both her parents emphasized the im-portance of giving back and were role models in taking leadership positions in many communi-ty organizations in Portland, Oregon, where she grew up before moving to the Stanford University campus with husband Bob DeBusk.

“It’s critical to have a commu-nity where there are volunteers who serve on boards and commis-sions and people who care about the community,” DeBusk said. “I think you need to continue to feed a community with enlightened, committed people who are will-ing to step up and take responsi-bilities.”

This instilled sense of enrich-ing her community has earned her this year’s Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement award.

After graduating from the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degree in history and earning a master’s degree in edu-cation from Stanford, DeBusk taught high school history in the Newton School District in Massa-chusetts and the Sequoia Unified School District in Redwood City for years. When she left teaching,

she started becoming involved in the Palo Alto community, first with Leadership Palo Alto where she was the executive director. Then she founded American Leadership Forum - Silicon Val-

ley, which brought together established leaders across sec-tors, geography and ethnicities to work for the common good of their com-munities, as well as Silicon Valley, she said.

DeBusk guided Leadership Palo Alto and its first class of local leaders through its inaugu-ral year, 1987. The 10-day immersion program, which oc-

curs over a year, provides fellows with an in-depth understanding of Palo Alto life, including local economic, social and government challenges, according to its web-site.

Each class learns about the ma-jor issues in Palo Alto, DeBusk said, and “creates what they want to learn, and then the goal is for people to get more involved in the community.”

Although DeBusk enjoyed working with Leadership Palo Alto, she knew the critical is-sues were regional and “that you can accomplish a lot through a regional approach.” So DeBusk went on to start and head Ameri-can Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley with Joe Jaworski after Roger Heyns, then-president of the Hewlett Foundation, recom-mended her.

“You can’t have a community without volunteers and people

who care, so (Leadership Palo Alto) was on a local arena, and American Leadership Forum took people from the whole val-ley,” and its goal was “to get peo-ple committed to working for the common good,” she said.

DeBusk proceeded to build American Leadership Forum’s core program in 1988. She es-tablished a board — with no resources — and in 1989, she launched the organization’s first class of fellows. The 21-day program, which happens over a year, brings together senior-level people from all sectors, including mayors, CEOs, nonprofit execu-tives, members of Congress and the state legislature, and other business and civic leaders for monthly classes and a six-day wilderness retreat.

Program participants (who are nominated) are empowered to serve as catalysts in their com-munities to encourage regional stewardship and collaborative problem-solving to address public concerns, according to its website.

“My great joy was not only when the first class came together and met, but also I could see the very high-quality people and (I knew) this was going to be very powerful,” she said. “And then in the wilderness, getting to the mountain top together ... with that first class was just very moving because that was my vision the whole time: to get there and then things would fall into place.”

DeBusk knew it was going to be a challenge, but the people in-volved made it easy for her to pro-vide the guidance and spirit to en-sure the organization’s mission to build a better Silicon Valley com-munity would be accomplished.

“We really became a family,” she added.

Her genuine interest in other people and in building commu-nities has made her an effective leader, she said.

“It’s one of my big commit-

Bob HarringtonNeighborhood champion praised

for commitment to bettering the communityby My Nguyen

For Iowa natives Bob Har-rington and his wife, Mar-gie, the choice to settle

down in Palo Alto — after the high school sweethearts tied the knot while Harrington was at Stanford University — was an easy one.

The Harringtons found that the core values in Palo Alto have a lot in com-mon with the Mid-western ones they grew up with: hard work, the love of family and commu-nity, and a commit-ment to schools.

“We chose to come to Palo Alto because of the value system that is here and the schools,” Harrington said. “This community values schools, and we value schools.”

Since Harrington retired from his job as an investment broker, he has become a “citizen volunteer,” committed to bettering the com-munity that he and his wife love so much. Through his volunteer work, Harrington has led some of the city’s most important initia-tives, including a citywide plan for faster and broader Internet

connectivity known as Fiber to the Home (now called Fiber to the Premise), critical storm-drain im-provements and flood protection.

“It was 16 years ago when I started becoming active in com-munity issues, and it started with

fiber and a couple of other things, in-cluding Palo Alto schools and emer-gency prepared-ness,” Harrington said. “One thing led to another.”

When Palo Alto officials starting talking about setting up a fiber-to-home trial system capable of delivering high-speed Internet ac-cess to residences in the Community Center neighbor-

hood in 1999, Harrington, who lives in the Embarcadero Oaks neighborhood, realized how close he was to the electrical substation that would distribute the fiber-optic connection. He decided to get his street into the trial.

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Gib MyersNurturing startups, philanthropists

— and bison on the range by Chris Kenrick

Atherton resident Gib Myers’ contributions span from nurturing startups to encouraging philanthropy and, lately, preserving land for bison in Montana.

“There are many turning points in my life that I don’t understand very

well,” Atherton resi-dent Gib Myers said.

Myers was trying to explain the series of steps that have led him from engineer-ing to computers to venture capital to philanthropy, both in Silicon Valley and on a grander scale.

After decades of nurturing young companies, some of which went on to be-come huge successes, Myers shifted his efforts to nurturing philanthropic commitment in tech entrepreneurs. Now, he’s helping

to grow a 3.5-million-acre land preserve in Montana where bison can run free.

But the transition points in his career, which he describes as somewhat ran-dom, seem to puz-zle him.

As a college se-nior in the mid-’60s preparing for a ca-reer in engineering, Myers was having a drink with some-one — he doesn’t even remember who — who told him, “‘You don’t really want to be an engineer. Why

don’t you go to business school?’”“Someone said this over a beer,

and it shifted my whole direction in life,” he explained in a recent interview. “This happened a num-ber of times.”

After earning an MBA at Stan-ford, Myers landed at Hewlett Packard, which at that time — the late 1960s — was relatively small.

“I loved computers. I was in the computer division, a great place, and thoroughly enjoying it,” he said. “But after four years I thought, ‘It’s getting kind of big. I ought to look around for some-thing else to do.’”

Again, it was through a some-what random series of conversa-tions, and beginner’s luck, Myers said, that he ended up at Mayfield Fund, a startup in the fledgling venture-capital industry.

“To me what’s interesting is, in a naive sort of way, I didn’t under-stand venture capital,” Myers said.

But Mayfield had raised a $3.5 million fund, needed someone who knew computers and offered to match his HP salary. He took the job. West Coast venture capital was a tiny industry at the time.

“I think there were 20 or 30 of us who got together for lunch in San Francisco and that was the whole group,” he recalled.

But in the ensuing three decades Myers’ fortunes soared along with those of the storied startups on which he placed early bets: Tan-dem, Quantum, Genentech, Sili-con Graphics, Linear Technology and 3Com.

He left venture capital in 1998 — barely missing the tech boom of 1999 and 2000, and the bust of 2001 — without regret.

“I just went cold turkey,” he said. “After 28 years I said, ‘I’m done with that, let’s go on to new things.’ Sometimes you can’t see what else is out there until you let go and see what the world brings.”

Myers turned to philanthropy, launching a startup of his own — the Entrepreneurs Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at changing the tech startup culture to embed phi-


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Building for the Future

Dear Friends,

On May 5th our new health center at 1885 Bay Road in East Palo

Alto officially opens to provide health services.

It’s a new beginning for our patients, the staff, and the community. After a very

long planning process that began in 2003, the outpouring of praise by residents of the community who came to celebrate the Grand Opening was immensely gratifying. The amazing team that spearheaded the project, including our architect Scott Peterson of INDE Architecture and Rudolph & Sletten, wrestled with so many options and requirements. But we were energized by the vision to create a health center that would embody all that we believe is essential to ensure equity in health care.Our new health center levels the playing field. It gives people quality care in a beautiful environment and removes barriers to ancillary services. In addition to medical, behavioral health and

dental, Ravenswood will offer radiology, including general x-ray, ultrasound and mammography, optometry services, and pharmacy services to registered Ravenswood patients.

Knowing how significant the visual environment is, we engaged the staff

and artists of Mural, Music and Arts Project (MMAP), an East Palo Alto nonprofit, to create unique pieces of art with cultural symbols and motifs representing the ethnic diversity of residents from our community. We want the new facility to be a place of beauty, a place of healing, and a place where people are proud to work. We want our patients to feel calm and appreciated and valued as people.

We wish to express our immeasurable gratitude to everyone whose loyalty and generosity contributed to the construction of this state-of-the-art health center for the people of the communities we serve.

With thanks and appreciation,

Luisa Buada,Chief Executive Officer

A Legacy of Care

Luisa Buada, CEO and Congresswoman Jackie Speier cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening.

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The Father Teams Up with Kevin’s Care Team

Ravenswood Family Health Center’s mission is to improve the health status of the community we serve by providing high quality, culturally competent primary and preventive health care to people of all ages regardless of ability to pay .

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Kevin is a sweet, dark-eyed five year old who has mul-tiple health and devel-

opmental issues. On a recent morning, his father, Julio, brought Kevin in because he had a fever and cough. Xenia Gonzalez, the medical assistant on his care team cajoles him into letting her put the pulse oximeter on his finger to get a reading on his oxygen level. He knows the drill and balks only until she promises to give him a Sponge Bob sticker.

His father brings Kevin to most appointments because his mother has a daytime job as a cashier at a gas station. Julio works too, but in the eve-ning at Century Cinema. He gets off after 11pm, and is up early to drive his three children to their three respective schools. This morning, Kevin gets to “skip” his pre-K school and comes to see his care team.

Kevin was two when he was first seen at RFHC. The pediatrician admin-istered the standard Ages & Stages of Development questions and noted an obvious speech delay. By the time Dr. James Kaferly took over his care when he was three, it was evident to his par-ents too that Kevin had a significant developmental delay. He was seen by one of Ravenswood’s Integrated Behavioral Health providers who sug-gested possible Autism Spectrum Disorder. Kevin was then evaluated by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital de-velopmental behavioral pediatricians who, through more refined testing, determined that Kevin didn’t meet the criterion for autism, but that there was a significant cognitive delay with special education needs.

Then in February 2014, Kevin came

in with a fever, with coughing and la-bored breathing. "His initial presentation was acute exacerbation. He was very sick and had low oxygen levels and re-quired intensive care by the clinic staff.” The team observed him for an hour, administering Albuterol until his condi-tion improved. During that time, Xenia showed the father how to administer asthma medication using a spacer. Julio caught on quickly. His own father also had asthma. Because his parents are functionally illiterate, Kevin’s care team uses the verbal technique of teach-

feedback to reinforce their understand-ing of ways to prevent asthma flare ups.

Kevin’s asthma symptoms still per-

sist, and so he continues to need daily medication, but his language skills are improving. As he flies his plastic orange dragon around mak-ing buzzing sounds, he talks about Godzilla. Then, holding a square-headed Sponge Bob figure, he proudly announces the shape, “It’s square.”

Dr. Kaferly acknowledges it’s difficult for Kevin’s parents to ad-dress all of the chronic issues of their son at once. It’s a learning pro-cess that takes time. “Trying to pri-oritize becomes difficult when you

have persistent asthma, obesity, educa-tional concerns and a variety of psycho-social stressors that are present. We’ve tried to seek out ways that they can cre-ate a healthy structure and create pat-terns that help Kevin grow and succeed. And so, each visit we try to focus on a particular aspect and make progress as we go along because we know that these items are not a single visit, single fix. We walk with the family and contin-ue to empower them as they go through this to advocate for their son.”

Kevin will enter kindergarten in the fall of 2015 and, together with his parents, his care team wants to make sure he receives an optimal level of educational support. As a child with a learning disability, the Ravenswood City School District has given him a basic Individualized Education Plan (IEP). However, knowing Kevin’s cog-nitive issues, Dr. Kaferly referred Kev-in’s parents to the Family Advocacy Program, a medical-legal partnership, asking them to represent Kevin to en-

sure he receives the special education services he will need to give him the best chance.

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Eye Care for You at Ravenswood’s Optometry Clinic

As essential to life as eyes are, people will forego eye care and treatment for vision dis-

orders when they’re uninsured or financially strapped. This is espe-cially unfortunate in communities of color that have significantly high-er rates of diabe-tes, the number one cause of vi-sion loss in adults in the U.S.

According to the American Op-tometric Associa-tion, eye and vi-sion services have been greatly un-derrepresented at community health centers; only 18% of centers provide in-house optometric services. With the opening of its new health center, Ravenswood has remedied this ineq-uity by including an optometry clinic with two exam rooms and state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment. To plan and equip the optometry clin-ic, CEO Luisa Buada hired Dr. So-nia Menchavez, who completed her 4-year optometry training at Berke-ley, followed by a Master’s in Public Health, graduating in June 2014.

Destined for the PartAs an undergraduate, Dr.

Menchavez volunteered with a non-profit that served day workers in her hometown of Mountain View. Although the laborers had ac-cess to mobile medical and dental care, there was no eye care. While

studying optometry at Berkeley, Dr. Menchavez received a Schweitzer Fellowship that is designed to pre-pare the next generation of lead-ers to address underlying causes

of health inequities. (It was the first time an optometry student received the Schweitzer fellowship in the Bay Area.) For her service project, Dr. Menchavez developed a vision care service for the day workers in Moun-tain View. But at the end of the day, it wasn’t sustainable, and like other volunteer projects she had partici-pated in Peru and Nicaragua, it dis-solved. The volunteer experiences made her more determined. ”Wheth-er or not they can get the care they need depends on so many other fac-tors external to what you can pro-vide in the exam room,” she said. “I wanted to learn more with the goal in mind of creating sustainable vision care for underserved communities.”

While in the MPH program, Dr. Menchavez attended a lecture and heard Luisa Buada talking about her

community health center and saw slides of plans for the new health center. “Afterwards I went up and asked, ‘Are you going to have in-house eye care?’” That conversa-tion led Sonia to focus her capstone MPH project on a needs assessment at Ravenswood to assess diabetic patients’ understanding about eye care and the barriers to seeking eye care. As soon as she completed the MPH program, she joined Raven-swood and began plans for the new optometry Clinic.

Dr. Menchavez is one of a new crop of optometrists with an inter-est in public health who believe that community clinics are the way to reach low-income populations. “There are not a lot of us. In the U.S, there are only 148 full-time optom-etrists in community clinics, while there are 23 million people that com-munity clinics serve.”

Bringing optometry services to Ravenswood’s patients is an impor-tant step in addressing a serious gap in health care access. Without onsite eye care services, Ravenswood pa-tients have had to wait 4 to 6 months to be seen at the County’s clinics. In fact, there’s a backlog of 350 peo-ple as soon as the Optometry Clinic commences on May 5th. The new clinic will offer comprehensive prima-ry eye care services including ocular disease management, and access to affordable eyeglasses. It is equipped with the newest instruments for diag-nosing and managing many types of ocular disease such as retinopathy, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and other neurological conditions.

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$5,000,000+Health Resources & Services AdministrationMark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan

$2,000,000-$4,999,999John & Sue SobratoPalo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter HealthSilicon Valley Community Foundation

$1,000,000-$1,999,999Cisco SystemsDavid & Lucile Packard FoundationDick & Sue LevyJohn & Jill FreidenrichPeery FoundationGordon Russell & Tina McAdoo

$500,000-$999,999John & Marcia Goldman Foundation Sand Hill Foundation

$250,000-$499,999AnonymousKaiser PermanenteThe Avis Family Foundation

$100,000-$249,999The Grove Foundation

$50,000-$99,999Andrew & Judith Ann Mendelsohn AnonymousCassani/St. Goar Family FundCathie & James KoshlandCraig & Jane WilliamsGreg & Penny Gallo Leonard C. & Mildred F. Ferguson FoundationPatricia BreseeRoss & Eve Jaffe

$25,000-$49,999Bothin Foundation Linda & Tony MeierLuisa BuadaMaya Altman Pitch & Cathy JohnsonRandy & Julie MerkSherri SagerTed & Sissy GeballeThe Joseph & Vera Long Foundation

Up to $25,000Aaron & Sitara LonesAlain & Rosemary EnthovenCalifornia Bank & TrustDana & Tom HayseDavid & Barbara SloneGeoff & Colleen TateGreg & Nancy SerrurierHarvey CohenJaime ChavarriaManuel ArteagaO’Brien Family Charitable TrustPhil LeeHarlan & Rebecca PintoRose Jacobs GibsonTalakai FamilyThe Koret Foundation in Honor of John SobratoThomas FogartyWayne & Cheryle Yost

Gifts and CommitmentsCapital Campaign

In 2014, Silicon Valley Community Foundation started SV Gives to encourage charitable giving to Silicon Valley nonprofits. SV Gives was widely successful in its inaugural year, raising over $8 million for participating nonprofits.

Silicon Valley’s 2nd Annual Day of Charitable Giving

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Every $1 you donate means $2 for RFHC!

Rose Jacobs-Gibson Former San Mateo County Supervisor

One of the things I’ll always remember hearing from community members was

why they chose to go to their local clinic. It was not only about convenience, but they felt welcomed, they felt trust.

At the grand opening celebration, there was such excitement from the community. Hearing them express their appreciation and gratitude for this beautiful facility, knowing that they were going to be able to get good quality health care...It’s been needed for a long time. It says, don’t think small, think big. The health center definitely sets a new standard for the community.

Manuel Arteaga Board Member

When I joined the Ravenswood board, I was uninsured so I know how important

it is to have access to health care when you’re uninsured.

These days rising rents and cost of living are squeezing low and middle income families in Silicon Valley as never before.

They're being forced to make sacrifices and work longer hours to keep a roof a over their heads. Donations to RFHC ensure the families we serve do not have to sacrifice important preventative and primary care services to make ends meet. Good health means children miss fewer days of school, and enables parents to focus on work and meeting the needs of their family.

Meda Okelo Editor & Publisher, El Ravenswood

I think that as a member of any community, everybody is obligated morally to invest

in their community. There are various ways in which people can invest. You can volunteer, give your time, or you can give some money to causes such as this one.

The health needs of this community are well known. Personally, and I’m sure there a lot of people that share this as well, we’re very proud that we have a state-of-the-art health clinic. Some of us feel obligated to do whatever it takes to ensure that whatever remains to get done is done. And so that’s the reason I have felt compelled to contribute.

Mario and Quintila Pulido Community residents

The Pulidos live close to the new health center and came to the

opening celebration to tour it. “It’s amazing. It’s really beautiful outside and inside. It’s convenient and has

everything you need. Great job! I’m so happy for the community.”

The Pulidos decided to make a contribution. “We don’t have a lot of money but we want to give a little bit,” said Quintila, ”I’ve been living here for years, but this is the first time I’ve seen anything like this.”

Community Members Pledge to Our Capital Campaign

This year, four generous Silicon Valley donors will match

all donations to Ravenswood Family Health Center’s SV Gives fundraising campaign! Your donation will help pay for our new, state-of-the-art health center in East Palo Alto. The new facility enables us to nearly double the number of patients (25,000+) we serve each year and provide optometry, x-ray and mammography services for the first time.

Your donation will be acknowledged in our Legacy of Care Recognition Program.

Donate online at SVGivesHealth.orgMail a check to: Ravenswood Family Health Center 1798A Bay Road East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Write “SV Gives” in memo line

With a gift of$25 to $999, your name will be inscribed on a sculpture in front of RFHC’s new building $1,000 & up, your name will be added to our stunning donor wall located in the main lobby of the new building $25,000 & up, you can select an exam room or department in the new building to be dedicated in your honor or in a loved one’s memory.

May 5, 2015

May 5th is SV Gives!

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Allan and Mary Seid, now residents of Channing House, founded Asian Americans for Community Involvement and have devoted decades to community service.

Allan and Mary SeidFor the founders of Asian Americans for Community

Involvement, serving others is a family affairby Sam Sciolla

In reflecting on their life’s work — a veritable moun-tain of social and political

projects — Mary and Allan Seid credited the values imparted to them by their parents.

Allan’s grandfa-ther received im-migrant men from China with open arms, helping them as a community leader in San Fran-cisco’s Chinatown to find housing, medical care and employment. Al-lan’s father expand-ed those services for the city’s Chinese community.

Mary’s parents raised her in a poor, hard-working neighborhood in Stockton before World War II. Though her family was lucky enough to own a restaurant, they saw many other families and indi-viduals struggling to get by.

“My father said, ‘If we can, we should help them out,’” Mary said.

The family served leftovers from the restaurant to hungry immigrants from southern Asia, and her parents gave her pork and

chicken buns to hand out to fellow students at school, many of them Latino, who would bring them back to their families.

Inheriting this sensitivity to the plight of others, the Seids have con-tinually devoted themselves to social causes and fighting injustice — whether it was by sitting on nonprofit and gov-ernmental boards, working with indi-viduals struggling with drug addiction and domestic abuse, or founding the umbrella organiza-tion Asian Ameri-

cans for Community Involve-ment (AACI, or Ah-kee). And through it all, they’ve labored to convey the importance of service and family to their children and grandchildren.

Though they went to the same church in high school, Allan and Mary’s relationship didn’t begin in earnest until early college, when by chance they shared a caroling book during a Christmas Eve event. They married in 1959.

With Mary working to support him, Allan studied medicine at the University of Southern Cali-fornia, graduating in 1962, and then completed a one-year intern-ship in San Jose. Soon after, he re-alized that working as a physician wouldn’t offer the kind of human interaction he was searching for. Mary suggested that he explore psychiatry, and he followed suit,

receiving his training and a mas-ter’s degree in cross-cultural stud-ies from Stanford University.

In the early ’70s, after they had settled down to raise a family in Palo Alto, another important deci-sion surfaced. Their children were in school at Green Gables (now Duveneck Elementary) School, but Mary felt that, amongst the mostly white, middle-class stu-

dents there, they were missing out on the rich cultural experiences she had as a child. She and Allan decided to transfer their kids to Ventura School, where there was a greater variety of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, includ-ing Latinos, African Americans and Asians.


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bors to sign up for fiber, presented all of these things to Tomm Mar-shall (with the Palo Alto Utilities Department) and magically the map got redrawn and we got into the fiber test network,” he said.

The citywide fiber effort ulti-mately stalled in 2009 because of the economic downturn, only to get resurrected last year by a City Council eager to finally make fiber-to-the-premise a reality.

Harrington saw fiber’s potential well before most city officials be-came excited about the project. In the early days of the Internet, con-nectivity was slow and unreliable, which drove Harrington to push for the fiber trial, Margie said.

“We knew up close and per-sonal the benefit of fiber, and everyone talks about the speed, but speed is what I would call the marketing issue that is being pre-sented. But it’s reliability,” Har-rington said. “People don’t real-ize that’s what comes with fiber. It’s simple to make it a one-issue thing, which is speed, but what we’re really interested in is chang-ing the corporate culture and the user-friendliness of our telecom-munication system.”

Months after the trial network was installed in 2001, Harrington joined a group to develop a city-wide fiber-to-home plan that could be implemented by the City of Palo Alto. This is where Har-rington met Bern Beecham, who was a councilman at the time. When Beecham decided to run for another council term, he per-suaded Harrington to work on his campaign committee.

“I got to watch how a political campaign gets run in Palo Alto, and it was just neighbors like all of us ... and I realized by just be-ing a volunteer on Bern’s cam-paign committee ... that there’s not that many people who are po-litically active on the local level ... who will volunteer or do things on a committee or even give money to a campaign,” Harrington said. “I said, ‘I can do that.’”

After working on Beecham’s campaign, Harrington went on to volunteer on individual council campaigns, including for Sid Es-

building skills to boards,” she said.

The oldest of three siblings, she says it’s that “older-child syn-drome” that pushes her to “orga-nize everything around you.”

“I think I’m fair, I’m open. I don’t hide my opinions but I real-ize mine is not the only opinion. I encourage discussion on boards.”

Five years ago she was recruited by a friend to the Environmental Volunteers board; she’s currently serving her second three-year term, and she chaired the board last year.

“The environment has attracted my attention as an area of great need, globally down to my house-hold, and this organization does what the best of Palo Alto non-profits does: It serves both sides of 101 quite effectively. We’re now out in the Baylands, in the East Palo Alto neighborhood, our closest neighbors. Kids can walk to the EcoCenter. It’s well-posi-

tioned to help,” she said.Carlitz expressed some con-

cerns over the future of volun-teering:

“Back in the ’70s ... at the time that I began my community ser-vice, most of the other women were not working; we had young kids, our husbands had responsi-ble jobs, we felt that we were very comfortably off. It was not a big hardship for us to serve the way we did on boards and committees. Now, with most younger women at work with younger children, it’s a different scene,” she said.

“If you’re working full-time and have a young family, you don’t have a lot of time left over.”

Looking back, Carlitz cites among her accomplishments finding younger board members, especially for the Palo Alto Com-munity Fund board.

“We recruited three or four, and they have brought others. That’s one of the success stories,” she said, calling it a “truly working board” with a part-time executive director.

“So all the work gets done by

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ments, to listen and to really care about these people, and life is pretty lonely if you’re really high up in an organization and so this was a place where they could share thoughts,” she said.

DeBusk left her post as Ameri-can Leadership Forum president in 2000 but remains involved with the organization as a senior fel-low and adviser. The group cel-ebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2013, having graduated 550 people.

“It’s lovely to see it continue to thrive and good people bring in more good people,” DeBusk said.

And as for her award, she said she’s “honored to be honored.”

“I know so many people who have been (lauded) in the past ... people who I admire a lot and like a lot,” she said. “I think the group that is being honored now is a re-ally good group.”

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the board. That works in its fa-vor. If people are going to give up some of their few hours away from work and family, they want to feel they’re doing something, not listening to committee re-ports. If you have an assignment and are working actively to get that done, it doesn’t feel like time wasted.”

Carlitz has by no means aban-doned family to serve her com-munity. Besides volunteering and actively running her own firm, she finds time to spend with her daughter, two stepsons and five grandchildren, who range in age from 6 to 16.

At 75, she’s as proud of them as she is of “having stepped up to some things that seemed big tasks.”

“My greatest accomplishment perhaps is having been a single woman running her own business and still taking an active part in the community,” she said. “That is an accomplishment.”

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pinosa, Larry Klein and Liz Kniss — all former mayors.

Harrington also helped lead the charge in bringing Palo Alto’s ag-ing storm-drain system up to date after a measure went to voters and failed.

“I’m thinking to myself ... ‘This can’t happen too often,’” Har-rington said of the failed measure. “This is a fabulous community, we got to figure out ways to re-invest in our infrastructure or it’s going to be ashes to ashes.”

When officials started talk-ing about having a second go at improving the city’s storm-drain system, Harrington volunteered to be on the storm-drain com-mittee. Harrington and Susan Rosenberg, a founding board member of Canopy — which counts on volunteers to plant, care for and survey trees in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto — de-veloped a writing team to come up with a “good simple message that resonated with people who voted,” he said.

“I was just a worker ant doing what I could do,” Harrington said. “Of course, it was successful, so that reinforced that we could pres-ent legitimate issues and solu-tions in ways that were attractive enough to get the vote.”

Currently, Harrington is on Channing House’s board of trust-ees and was involved in the con-ception of the senior community’s new health center.

“Channing House is a brilliant concept that Russ Lee came up with in the early ’60s ... and has a tremendous community, so that was a huge honor when someone called and asked me to be on that board,” Harrington said.

Through his volunteer work, Harrington has learned to be pa-tient and to have an open mind, he said.

“There’s a Palo Alto process that you hear and read about, but it’s not unreasonable. A lot of preparation needs to go into most decisions to make them excellent decisions, and I think this com-munity has a pretty stellar record of decisions that are made and the implementation of those deci-sions.”

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lanthropy from the earliest days rather than as an afterthought.

Despite the image of entrepre-neurs as laser-focused, 24/7 work-aholics, Myers said, “Companies do all kinds of things to develop a culture — they have beer busts, things like that.

“Community service can be one element of building a culture and, if you do that, people think differently. When the executives at whatever level make their first million, or 10, they’d say, ‘I can give $50,000 to that group, or I can do something.’

“That was our pitch: ‘You will be a better company if you incor-porate that way of thinking,’” My-ers said.

For more than a decade the En-trepreneurs Foundation attracted hundreds of companies and gen-erated millions of dollars in com-munity contributions.

Entrepreneurs Foundation merged with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in 2012. Myers worries that the drive for philanthropy in startup culture has stalled.

“I think it’s getting dissipated, but maybe it’s still alive — I hope it is,” he said.

“When I started it in 1998, there was just so little corporate involve-ment. Entrepreneurs would build their company, make their money,

and go on to the next one. The whole idea is to change the culture.”

Myers’ current passion is the American Prairie Reserve, an ef-fort to bring back bison and other native wildlife to 3.5 million acres in northeastern Montana. He came to it more than a dozen years ago through his friendship with one-time Silicon Valley consultant Sean Gerrity, who is now president of the Bozeman-based reserve.

“They just said, ‘Do you want to help? And, by the way, it will cost $400 million,’” Myers said.

He and his wife Susan had never even been to Montana but were drawn by the grand scale and long-term impact of the undertak-ing. The couple joined up, with both taking board positions and Gib Myers serving as chairman for 10 years.

The preserve aims to stitch to-gether ranches and lands held by the federal Bureau of Land Man-agement, remove fences and re-store wildlife populations. Once completed, it will be larger than Yellowstone and open to the public.

“We want people to come visit, have a Serengeti-like experience and know the history, the biology, the science,” Myers said.

“For us and for many large do-nors, this is a project that will be there for generations, not something that will be gone in 20 or 30 years. It will be there in perpetuity.”

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“They had really a different experience. ... And I think they (benefited) a lot from it in their thinking,” Mary said.

In the midst of raising a family, Allan and Mary found time for public service. Mary helped out at her childrens’ schools, organiz-ing field trips to take students for the first time to San Francisco. In 1973, Allan ran for Palo Alto City Council, losing a seat by a mar-gin of 33 votes. Though friends encouraged him to run again, he turned his attention with Mary to a new project, Asian Americans for Community Involvement.

AACI began in the summer of 1973 as an all-volunteer group that met in the Seids’ living room. In the early years, its members fo-cused primarily on advocacy — in getting Asian Americans onto governmental bodies, fighting employment discrimination and encouraging positive media por-trayals. In the education realm, Mary also worked with others to identify and do away with rac-ist and sexist material in school textbooks.

When the Bay Area began re-ceiving an influx of refugees from Southeast Asia following the Viet-nam War, AACI faced a dilemma: whether to continue to focus on advocacy or devote resources to assisting these newcomers.

“‘They’re just like our grand-folks who came here,’” Allan recalled AACI members saying. “‘They’re going to experience 100 percent the same kind of difficul-ties ... and we’ve got to help them, make life easier for them.’”

Ultimately, the solution was to do both. AACI’s efforts to support immigrants led to more funding opportunities from the county and state, which allowed the or-ganization to move into a larger facility in San Jose in 1980. Just more than a decade later in 1992, AACI was able to purchase a 100,000-square-foot building in San Jose, which today houses its headquarters and about 30 differ-ent social and health programs.

Beyond holding major AACI leadership positions in the 1980s and early 1990s — Allan as ex-ecutive director and Mary as di-rector of administrative services — the Seids have each engaged in many other causes and projects, both inside and outside of AACI.

In addition to serving on the California state boards of educa-tion and mental health, Allan con-tributed energy to projects involv-ing drug abuse, helping to found Pathway Society Inc. and, in 1970 and ’71, chairing the Drug Abuse Task Force in Palo Alto, created by the City Council in response to increased local drug use.

After hearing from many Asian women about the pressing issue of domestic violence, Mary led an AACI effort in 1990 to establish a

safe house for victims of domestic violence, which is still in place to-day. She was also on the Midpen-insula YWCA Palo Alto’s board for 12 years and was a founding member of the Santa Clara Coun-ty Domestic Violence Council, which was formalized in 1993.

Over the decades, AACI’s ser-vices have expanded to cater to other groups besides Asian Amer-icans, including Latinos, African Americans, Caucasians and refu-gees of international conflicts and torture — a fact which the Seids are particularly proud of.

As the Seids’ three children grew up, they each acquired their parents’ impulse to look beyond themselves. Their oldest daugh-ter Arlene took an early interest and founded a teen group within AACI to work on social justice issues and programs for the poor and homeless. Through high school and college and into adult-hood, she and her siblings Marcine and Marc followed their own in-terests, which ranged from work on domestic violence to immigra-tion reform and environmental preservation.

Today, Allan, 79, and Mary, 78, stay involved with AACI (Allan is working on a long-term project to document the organization’s histo-ry), but they’re kept plenty busy in their retirement by spending time with their nine grandchildren.

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Senior FocusDISASTER PREPAREDNESS ... In the event of disaster, residents may be on their own for a period of time. To help people prepare, a free Emergency Preparedness Fair for Seniors will be held on Tuesday, May 5. Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services Director Ken Dueker, Palo Alto Medical Foundation physician Enoch Choi and others will take part in a panel discussion. Information and light refreshments will be avail-able at the fair, scheduled for 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto.

JEWISH VIEWS ON AFTERLIFE ... Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia will explore contemporary perspectives in the second of a two-part series entitled Jewish Perspectives on Life After Death. Seid-Valencia is the Jewish community liaison for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care. The event is Tuesday, May 5, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Room E-104 of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Cost is $15, or one punch on the JCC’s Community Tuesday Punch Card. For more information, contact Mi-chelle Rosengaus at [email protected] or 650-223-8616.

TWEETING LESSONS ... Volunteers from Stanford University will be on hand for a free workshop titled “Teach Me to Tweet” on Saturday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to noon at Avenidas. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. To sign up, call 650-289-5400.

MUSIC AND LUNCH ... San Francis-co’s BELLA Piano Trio will perform a chamber music recital on Tuesday, May 19, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center. The price, $15 or one punch on the JCC’s Community Tuesday Punch Card, includes a buffet lunch. RSVPs are needed by May 17 to Mi-chelle Rosengaus, 650-223-8616 or [email protected].

DESIGN WINNERS ... Two students from California College of the Arts were named winners last month in the Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge, a competition aimed at spurring the creation of products and services to improve the lives of older adults. Students Nicholas Steigmann and Maiya Jensen won a $10,000 cash prize for their product “SPAN,” a portable structure that helps people get up and down from the ground in a safe and independent manner. The second annual design challenge at-tracted submissions from 42 student teams from 31 universities and 11 countries.

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A LA CARTE & ART ... The Mountain View Central Business Association will present its annu-al street festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3, on Castro Street, between Church Street and Evelyn Avenue. Expect to find ceramics, glass, fine art, jewelry and more, as well as live music, artisan food purveyors, home and garden exhibits, a farmers market and classic cars. Info: 650-964-3395 or miramarevents.com/alacarte

MASTER GARDENER EVENTS ... UC Master Gardeners are offering three free events this week, including “Selecting Or-namental Plants for the Water-Wise Garden” from 10 to 11 a.m. and “Vegetable Gardening in a Drought” from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., both on Saturday, May 2, at the Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto. On Friday, May 8, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Master Gardeners will present “Tomatoes, toma-toes, tomatoes!” — with tips for planting, staking, watering and dealing with pests and diseases — at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Info: Master Gardeners at 408-282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergarden-ers.org

PERFECT DAHLIAS ... Mimi Clarke, former Filoli lead hor-ticulturist and owner of Fiddle Fern Landscaping, will teach a class on “Growing the Perfect Dahlia” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. The class will cover potting up and planting Dahlia tubers; each participant will go home with a Dahlia to plant. Cost is $50 for nonmembers, $40 for members. Info: 650-364-8300 or filoli.org

SPEAK TIRAMISU? ... Nicoletta Giorgi will teach Italian language and culture in her “Italian Cook-ing #4” class from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, at Palo Alto High School, Room 103, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. The menu includes Gattò di patate alla Napoletana (Potato Gateaux) and Tiramisù. Cost is $50. Info: 650-329-3752 or paadultschool.org

ALL ABOUT ROSES ... Joan Sanders, who has served on the Filoli Floral Design Commit-tee for many years, will teach

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While Carl Hesse sat on his front porch to talk about living in The Willows, his young son burst out-

side and ran joyfully next door. Hesse said that his family is close to their neighbors on either side, and small get-togethers with some other younger families on their street are a regular occurrence.

“We do a lot of pet-sitting tradeoff and house-watching,” he said.

That communal, yet informal, atmosphere seems to permeate life in The Willows — from a publicly maintained traffic island (complete with plastic slide), well-supported businesses on Menalto Avenue like Cafe Zoe, and advocacy for safety measures and the preservation of San Francisquito Creek, the neighborhood’s south-ern border.

Neighborhood resident Jim Wiley said that while there is no official homeowners asso-ciation, activity in The Willows online groups more than makes up for that. A robust Yahoo group has existed for 15 years, but most activ-ity has migrated to Nextdoor, where there are about 1,000 members, or around 50 percent of the neighborhood’s homes, according to Wiley.

Wiley originally moved with his family to the neighborhood in 1980 so that his son could at-tend the nearby Peninsula School. However, a deep love affair with his home, the beauty of the nearby creek and the mix of residents — people of different ethnicities and socioeconomic sta-tuses, as well as some college students — has kept him in The Willows.

“The word diverse is overused, but it’s a di-verse neighborhood,” he said.

Over the years, Wiley has also taken a per-sonal interest in the neighborhood’s history, learning about an early-20th-century experi-

ment of Charles Weeks in establishing a colony of chicken farmers. He also discovered that one Menalto Avenue store used to house the erst-while People’s Computer Center, where in the

-puter games. It was a precursor to the Home-brew Computer Club, which was important to the personal-computing revolution.

Today, a drive through The Willows reveals the marks of different eras. Some streets are on a careful vertical and horizontal grid, while oth-ers are tucked away in courts off of the sinuous Woodland Avenue that follows the tree-lined creek. Both Wiley and Hesse pointed out that some houses are backed by narrow alleyways, a charming vestige of older developments.

Some parts of the neighborhood are changing, however, with sleek, modern homes going up next to older ranches — or in one case, across the street from a late-19th-century farmhouse. Multiple brand new, multimillion-dollar homes have been been sold recently, Wiley noted.

“It’s a combination of people that are here for life and people that are turning over,” he said. “I think it’s 50-50.”

An architect by trade, Hesse and his wife bought their home in The Willows in 2003 with the ultimate goal of designing a new house from scratch on the property. With the project com-pleted around the beginning of 2008, the family

of five is now completely settled in.“We don’t foresee ourselves ever moving,”

Hesse said.Hesse praised the neighborhood’s location,

which allows the family to walk to downtown Palo Alto and his children to bike to nearby Menlo Park schools. The city also has plans to construct a new third- to fifth-grade elementary school at the site of the old O’Connor School, big news for The Willows, Wiley said.

Though Hesse wished there was a closer su-permarket, Wiley noted that the area is serviced by The Willows Market on Middlefield Road and La Hacienda Market on Menalto Avenue, which has great prices for produce and a taque-ria inside. The Menalto shopping center is also home to the West Bay Cleaners dry cleaners, the dance studio Captivating Dance, a custom cake shop called Studio Cake and other small businesses.

BethAnn Goldberg, who owns Studio Cake, has lived in The Willows for 10 years. While putting the finishing touches on a cake shaped like Buzz Lightyear, she described the neighbor-hood as “crunchy” and “down to earth.”

When Goldberg saw some small dogs walk-ing by outside, she prodded her son to bring them treats from a jar on her desk. Dogs will pause outside the storefront to wait for treats, perplexing their owners, she explained.

Because the neighborhood is so friendly, Goldberg remarked that sometimes it can be difficult simply to go for a run.

“People actually stop to talk in our neigh-borhood ...” Goldberg said. “You can’t go any-where.”

Editorial Assistant Sam Sciolla can be emailed at [email protected].

Eclectic mix of housing, residents and ‘friendliness’ defines the

changing communityby Sam Sciolla

photos by Magali Gauthier

NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT

FACTSLOCATION: between Middlefield Road, Willow Road, U.S. Highway 101, O’Connor Street, Euclid Avenue and Woodland AvenuePRIVATE SCHOOLS: German-American International School, 275 Elliott Drive, Menlo Park (moving soon)PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Menlo Park City School District —Laurel School, 95 Edge Road, Atherton; Encinal School, 195 Encinal Ave., Menlo Park; Hillview Middle School, 1100 Elder Ave., Menlo ParkRavenswood City School District — Willow Oaks School, 620 Willow Road, Menlo ParkSequoia Union High School District — Menlo-Atherton High School, 555 Middlefield Road, AthertonSHOPPING: La Hacienda Market, Menalto Avenue; The Willows Market, Middlefield Road

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The Willows resident Jim Wilsey sits in an oak tree on top of the Pope-Chaucer Bridge in Menlo Park.

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East Palo Alto2148 Ralmar Ave. L. Keith to Kam Trust for $710,000 on 3/6/15; previous sale 2/01, $575,000755 Runnymede St. BJC Devel-opment to H. Moustafa-Hussein for $750,000 on 3/6/15; previous sale 9/03, $1,200,000

Los Altos1531 Awalt Court R. & C. Cantwell to H. Li for $3,052,500 on 4/2/15; previous sale 3/08, $2,100,00010590 Chardonnay Lane Steemers Trust to K. Barnholt for $3,250,000 on 4/1/15; previous sale 10/05, $2,000,0001415 Country Club Drive Takata Trust to M. Lal for $2,701,000 on 4/3/154388 El Camino Real #209 J. & G. Schuessler to R. & Y. Shang for $1,201,500 on 4/3/15; previ-ous sale 12/09, $600,0007 Farm Road Taylor Trust to B. Mott for $1,320,000 on 4/1/15; previous sale 5/04, $650,000440 Hawthorne Ave. Pachaud Trust to G. & N. Kaushek for $3,300,000 on 4/2/1523270 Mora Heights Way FCOF UST Reo to M. Mortazavi for $4,870,000 on 4/3/15; previous sale 7/06, $5,750,000510 Outlook Drive R. & L. Davis to J. Levine for $2,358,000 on 4/6/15; previous sale 11/08, $1,310,000

Los Altos Hills12012 Adobe Creek Lodge Road H. Williamson to N. Koke-mohr for $6,100,000 on 4/2/15; previous sale 8/03, $2,473,00024183 Dawnridge Drive Lene-han Trust to Mcnish Trust for $3,500,000 on 4/3/15; previous sale 12/98, $1,125,00025071 Tepa Way Carter Trust

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Menlo Park584 Sand Hill Circle M. & D. Ongko to S. & A. Rastogi for $1,580,000 on 3/6/15777 Sharon Park Drive Menlo Park Sharon Park to Uphoff Trust for $3,200,000 on 3/6/15; previ-ous sale 7/13, $3,000,000

Mountain View700 Chiquita Ave. #5 K. Li to S. Cheng for $1,080,000 on 4/6/15; previous sale 5/12, $610,000278 College St. P. Ryshakov to B. Li for $882,000 on 4/1/15; pre-vious sale 6/03, $395,000733 Ehrhorn Ave. Levitt Trust to T. & R. Mashhadian for $1,559,000 on 4/1/15264 Jessie Lane Waverly Oaks to Sunny Lanz Limited for $1,738,000 on 4/2/15; previous sale 10/01, $615,000

341 Mercy St. N. & J. Fey to J. Cafolla for $1,851,000 on 4/1/15; previous sale 10/08, $850,000500 W. Middlefield Road #93 Cok Trust to C. Lui for $525,000 on 4/3/151133 Miramonte Ave. Bal-cita Trust to K. Srivastava for $1,350,000 on 4/2/15454 Mountain Laurel Court Accola Trust to Y. Zheng for $1,360,000 on 4/1/15211 Ortega Ave. J. & R. Swain to J. Chan for $1,300,000 on 4/2/15; previous sale 9/07, $825,000561 Palo Alto Ave. Brierley Trust to A. & L. Phillips for $1,500,000 on 4/1/151660 Yale Drive Fuchs Trust to B. & R. Stroy for $1,750,000 on 4/1/15

Palo Alto261 Creekside Drive Ber-wald Trust to S. Mamdani for

$2,925,000 on 4/1/15; previous sale 1/12, $1,351,5002134 Edgewood Drive H. Vo to W. & M. Lee for $2,250,000 on 4/1/15; previous sale 8/11, $1,288,000455 Grant Ave. #8 Conroy Trust to H. Zhang for $1,150,000 on 4/2/15; previous sale 2/00, $340,0002155 Greer Road E. Monberg to H. Lim for $2,500,000 on 4/6/15; previous sale 12/00, $1,150,000920 Hamilton Ave. Rosewood Development to Shapero Trust for $8,650,000 on 4/1/15; previ-ous sale 5/12, $2,990,000860 Lincoln Ave. Ackley Trust to Sheng Sheng Limited for $5,400,000 on 4/1/15759 Loma Verde Ave. #A A. Nemelka to Lee Trust for $1,675,000 on 4/6/15; previous sale 11/07, $880,0004110 Old Trace Road Chawla Ventures to Everest Trust for

$3,500,000 on 4/3/15; previous sale 12/14, $3,250,0001311 Parkinson Ave. Stevens Trust to Sea Trust for $6,500,000 on 4/3/15815 Rorke Way Letsinger Trust to T. Ngo for $2,665,000 on 4/3/15251 Tennyson Ave. A. Deleon to Carolan Trust for $5,750,000 on 4/1/15

Redwood City784 Arguello St. D. & E. O’Keefe to A. Kumar for $525,000 on 3/6/15430 Arlington Road Dekerchove Trust to Dale Trust for $1,140,000 on 3/6/15405 Cork Harbour Circle #A D. & S. Fong to G. & L. Nemetz for $565,000 on 3/6/15; previous sale 2/00, $276,000

BUILDING PERMITSPalo Alto

774 Talisman Court install roof-mounted PV system, $n/a940 Commercial St. non-struc-tural demo, $n/a2104 Edgewood Drive remodel kitchen, two bathrooms, $32,700550 N. California Ave. re-roof, $23,000; re-roof, $992176 Cowper St. install roof-mounted PV system, $n/a1028 Bryant St. install Level 3 electrical-vehicle charging sta-tion, $n/a372 Creekside Drive add Sheet-rock, lights, plugs, circuit in at-tached garage, $5,00022601 Skyline Blvd. re-roof, $17,23222322 Skyline Blvd. re-roof main house and garage, $16,950720 Cowper St. re-roof, $28,3303913 Nelson Drive remodel

Home & Real Estate

Sat & Sun 2:00 – 4:00 pmOPEN HOUSE

940 Timothy LaneMenlo Park

Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

Offered at $1,289,000 / www.940Timothy.com

JUDY CITRON [email protected] judycitron.com

#76 Agent Nationwide, per Wall Street Journal

East Palo AltoTotal sales reported: 2Lowest sales price: $710,000Highest sales price: $750,000

Los AltosTotal sales reported: 8Lowest sales price: $1,201,500Highest sales price: $4,870,000

Los Altos HillsTotal sales reported: 3Lowest sales price: $3,250,000Highest sales price: $6,100,000

Menlo ParkTotal sales reported: 2Lowest sales price: $1,580,000Highest sales price: $3,200,000

Mountain ViewTotal sales reported: 11Lowest sales price: $525,000Highest sales price: $1,851,000

Palo AltoTotal sales reported: 11Lowest sales price: $1,150,000Highest sales price: $8,650,000

Redwood CityTotal sales reported: 3Lowest sales price: $525,000Highest sales price: $1,140,000

Source: California REsource

SALES AT A GLANCE

a class called “Roses from Garden to Table” from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, at an Atherton garden. The class will include a walk through Sanders’ garden, followed by a demonstration of flower arranging using her home-grown flowers. Cost is $35 for nonmembers, $25 for Gamble Garden members; address will be provided upon registra-tion. Info: gamblegarden.org

CITYWIDE YARD SALE ... Palo Alto will hold its biennual Citywide Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. Participants who reg-ister with the city will receive a fact sheet with sales tips plus a list of reuse organizations. A full-page map listing address-es and sale merchandise will appear in the June 5 edition of the Palo Alto Weekly, as well as online. The deadline for signing up to sell is May 8. Info: paloaltoonline.com/yard-sale or 650-496-5910

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125 BRIDGTON COURT, LOS ALTOSL ISTED AT $5 ,995 ,000

Situated on a cul-de-sac of Los Altos’ finest properties only a stone’s throw to downtown, this impressive 5 Bedroom and 5 Full Baths Georgian residence boasts 5900 square feet of living space and a 19,000 square foot lot. The Main Level includes the Grand Entry, Master Suite, 3 Family Bedrooms, Library, Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Chef’s Kitchen and Family Room. The Lower Level includes the 2nd Family Room w/ Bar & Fireplace; the 5th bedroom Guest Suite; Exercise Room and Wine Cellar. Additional features include the Loggia, outdoor Kitchen, Pool and Spa, 2 Powder Rooms, 5 Fireplaces and attached 3 car garage. Excellent Los Altos Schools and the best Los Altos location!

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2535 South Court, Palo Alto, 94301

Tucked away on a sought-after cul-de-sac, this ranch-style homefeatures beautiful oak floors throughout, classic tile bathrooms,and a private garden terrace adjoining the spacious living room.The master bedroom suite opens out to a roomy deck andsecluded grassy back yard and manicured garden. Just a shortblock from Palo Alto's Bryant Street Bicycle Boulevard, and easyaccess to both California Avenue and Midtown shopping areas. Offered at $2,498,000

3BR/2BA 1,403 sq ft 6,719 sq ft Lot

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bathroom, $9,0453876 Grove Ave. remodel bath-room, $9,045164 Hamilton Ave. Palantir: tenant improvement, addition of hallway to secure access to floor, install card readers, $50,0001891 Page Mill Road, Suite 100 Corning Incorporated: tenant improvement, including expansion of server room and storage space, $62,881661 Seale Ave. new heated pool and spa, $55,000555 Hamilton Ave. Nokia Growth Partners US, LLC, ven-ture capital firm to occupy Suite 105, $n/a4284 Los Palos Circle re-roof cabana in back by the pool, $3,3123960 El Camino Real re-roof, $26,000

4015 Miranda Ave., Bldg. 3 Nest: interior nonstructural demo, $n/a855 El Camino Real, Suite 1 landlord improvement: split into five suites, $25,000550 Thain Way add three new outlets and new circuits, $n/a813 Ross Court demo pool, $n/a3500 Deer Creek Road install anchor, $2502158 Staunton Court remodel kitchen, bathroom, $48,000251 University Ave. nonstruc-tural demo, $n/a3458 Greer Road re-roof, $10,000885 Oregon Ave. re-roof, $2,7003850 El Camino Real accessible path to accessible parking and bathroom only, $n/a615 Channing Ave. re-roof ga-rage, $5,2802830 Ramona St. revised plans including new covered porch,

new bay window at living room, install underpin foundation along perimeter, $25,000275 Southwood Drive remodel bathroom, $7,3562171 El Camino Real re-roof, $6,6172371 Tasso St. remodel bath-room, $21,021211 Middlefield Road replace copper water pipes throughout house, $n/a500 Kingsley Ave. landscaping including new gas firepit at rear and arbor, $23,756199 Heather Lane remodel bathroom, $6,0644214 El Camino Real handicap parking striping detail, $n/a2151 Park Blvd. Wheelhouse Enterprises: tenant improve-ments for software development firm, $n/a2865 Park Blvd. revisions to adaptable shower configurations at residential units, $n/a

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Newly Rebuilt Home With Sleek FinishesNewly rebuilt and expanded into a modern design with cutting-edge

amenities, this quiet, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home of 1,982 sq. ft. (per

seller) sits on a lot of 6,515 sq. ft. (per city). Brand-new features include

Porcelanosa engineered hardwood floors, oversized dual-pane windows,

LED lighting, and Porcelanosa Krion bathroom vanities. Large,

flexible common spaces with built-in speakers include open living and

dining areas adjoining a bedroom that may be used as a home office.

Centered by a granite-capped island, the crisp, modern kitchen

offers chic finishes and designer Liebherr and Miele appliances. In

the stylish master suite, a hanging door reveals a bathroom with a

stunning walk-in shower and a soaking tub. Features like a two-

car garage, radiant heating, Nest technology, and a Takagi tank-

less water heater lend practical luxuries to this innovative home.

Here, you will be moments from Greer Park, U.S. 101., and

Midtown Shopping Center. Top schools include Palo Verde

Elementary (API 961), JLS Middle (API 943), and Palo Alto

High (API 905).

1083 Cardinal Way, Palo AltoOffered at $1,988,000

www.1083CardinalWay.com

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Presenting: 848 Nash Road, Los AltosThis masterfully-designed contemporary home by Brocchini Architects blends comfort, elegance, and exquisite architecture in captivating ways. Details both large and small add up to a space exceptional in how it joins art, movement, and a sense of resort-like peace. Built for ease in both everyday living and entertaining, the home offers an open floor plan, two master suites, a custom gym & an office (could be used as bedrooms), a state of the art chef’s kitchen, a lush yard with a covered heated terrace and outdoor kitchen, and a detached four-car garage (could fit 6 cars with lift). Completing the appeal of this fun and unique home is its close proximity to all downtown Los Altos has to offer. Living space: 2,845 sq.ft. Garage: 1,018 sq.ft. Lot size: 19,166 sq.ft. Top-rated Los Altos Schools.

BRIAN CHANCELLOR(650) [email protected]# 01174998

Enjoy the tour atbrianchancellor.com

This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not verified this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify school availability.

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669 Hayne Road, Hillsborough

$8,488,000Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019,

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

$11,488,000Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas & John Reece, Lic.#01878208 & 00838479

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13195 Glenshire Drive, Truckee

$6,900,000Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

1730 Peregrino Way, San Jose

$3,899,000Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

6 Quail Meadow Drive, Woodside

Price Upon RequestListing Provided by: Greg Goumas and Karen Gunn Lic.#0187820, 01804568

138 Bolivar Lane, Portola Valley

$6,488,000Listing Provided by: Irene Reed & Greg Goumas, Lic.# 01879122 & 01878208

25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside


333 Raymundo Drive, Woodside

$9,000,000Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas and Karen Gunn, Lic.#0187820, 01804568

195 Brookwood Road, Woodside

$3,798,000Listing Provided by: Virginia Supnet & Greg Goumas, Lic.#01370434, 01878208

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Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

$35,000,000Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello & Cutty Smith Lic.#01343305 & 01444081

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650.543.7740

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Woodside, CA 94062650.206.6200

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Los Altos, CA 94022650.947.4700

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Open Sunday1:30 - 4:30 PM

2 SANDSTONE, PORTOLA VALLEY $2,295,0003 Bed | 2 bath | Windy Hill Views | Portola Valley Ranch | 2Sandstone.com

650.465.7459

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tomlemieux.comLicense# 01066910

Ranked #80 Nationally.

The Wall Street Journal, 2014

Over $1.9 billion in sales since 1998

2151 Camino A Los Cerros, Menlo Park

• Vintage charm with 2 bedrooms

and 1 bath

• Wonderful University Heights

neighborhood

• Oak hardwood floors in living and

bedrooms

• Living room with gas fireplace

• Dining/Family Room with sliding

door to deck

• Private front & rear yard

• Children’s playhouse

• Excellent Menlo Park schools

Vintage Appeal in Coveted West Menlo Park

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY1:30-4:30 PM

OFFERED AT $1,795,000

2151CaminoALosCerros.com


Ken DeLeon

CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka

CalBRE #01854880

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Entertainer’s Paradise Across From Country ClubWarm, tropical finishes and indoor/outdoor living areas embody this 4

bedroom, 4 full + 2 half bath home of 4,177 sq. ft. (per county) that spreads

across a lot of almost one half-acre (per county). Soaring cedar ceilings,

a central speaker system, and recessed lighting adorn this impeccable

interior. The gourmet island kitchen blends bamboo cabinetry, cork

floors, and honed granite countertops and includes a wraparound bar,

concealed pantries, and a wet bar with a 1000-bottle wine room. Walls

of glass retract to open the slate-floored dining areas and great room to

an expansive terrace, a spa, and a 25-yard lap pool. A dreamy master

suite with a sitting room and a spa-like bath is on the main level,

while two suites and a home office that may serve as a bedroom are

housed upstairs. Across from the Los Altos Golf and Country Club,

this home is within a five-minute drive of Loyola Elementary (API

954), Blach Intermediate (API 958), and Mountain View High

(buyer to verify eligibility).

1557 Country Club Drive, Los AltosOffered at $4,988,000

www.1557CountryClub.com

OPEN HOUSESaturday & Sunday, 1-5 pmJazz And Complimentary

Lunch & Lattes



Fereshteh Khodadad Broker Associate

650.815.8850fereshtehkhodadad.comCalBRE # 00851932

Open Sat & Sun 1:30-4:30

• 2 bedrooms plus a large den• 2 and a half baths• Approximately 2,680 square

feet of living space• 2 car attached garage• Newly painted interior walls• Air Conditioning• Breathtaking views of

surrounding mountain and trees from multiple balcony decks

• Community pool, spa, and tennis court

• 2 car garage• HOA fees of $575 per month• Great Las Lomitas schools• Excellent Sharon Heights

location just minutes from downtown Menlo Park, Stanford University, major commute routes

Offered at $1,788,000

3 Oliver CourtMenlo Park

764 Channing Avenue, Palo Alto

For more information contact: Linda Fahn, Realtor

[email protected]

CalBRE#01322627

Open Sunday 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.


OLD WORLD CHARM MEETS MODERN DESIGN IN HISTORIC COMMUNITY CENTER HOME

Property Features:• 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath home of

2,437 sq. ft. (per architectural plans)• Extensively Remodeled in 2013• Custom walnut kitchen cabinetry with

stainless steel counters• Top of the line, European appliances• NanaWall door seamlessly opens kitchen/

family room to gardens

For more photos view Virtual Tour at: www.764Channing.com

• Lower level Sauna and soaking tub

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PALO ALTO

As home to world-renowned Stanford University and a multitude of high-tech companies, Palo Alto is the epicenter of Silicon Valley in all regards. From its vibrant downtown to its architecturally diverse neighborhoods, let our specialists at DeLeon Realty show you why Palo Alto is truly a choice place to live.

North Palo Alto 650.513.8669 | [email protected]

South Palo Alto 650.581.9899 | [email protected]

www.deleonrealty.com | CalBRE #01903224

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Mediterranean in Old Palo Alto This Mediterranean villa-style home, designed by Roger Kohler, was built by Sam Benzacar,

known for his attention to detail and use of high quality finishes.

An authentic European hand-applied limestone exterior finish, hand crafted cedar entry door,

Spanish style old-world blend roof tiles, copper gutters, and balconies with hand-forged railings

are framed by mature landscaping, giving this very modern home a feeling of timelessness and

permanence in Old Palo Alto.

Approximately 5400 square feet of living space provides 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, formal living

and dining rooms, a grand kitchen with professional grade appliances, two family rooms, a

spacious gym, a large wine cellar, laundry room, and a generous storage room. Rooms are of

generous proportions with quality detailing and fine finishes. A park-like rear yard with large

patio and towering redwood trees invites outdoor dining and entertaining.

Nancy Goldcamp

Direct: (650) [email protected]

CAL BRE# 00787851

www.nancygoldcamp.com

List price $8,498,000

OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30PM

www.643Tennyson.com

643 Tennyson Avenue, Palo Alto


In Loving Memory

Thomas J. FoyHusband, Father, Grandfather, Friend, Realtor

December 17, 1929- April 26, 2015


3106 BANDERA DRIVE, PALO ALTOA Spacious Country Retreat in the Palo Alto Hills

Inviting family home in a spectacular setting

• Two spacious patios, one with built-in BBQ• Laundry room with extra storage• Light, bright updated kitchen with breakfast nook that opens to the deck• Formal dining room with wet bar and floor-to-ceiling windows framing hill views• Top-rated Palo Alto Schools: Nixon Elementary, Terman Middle, and Gunn High (buyer to verify enrollment)

L I S T E D B YLisa Knox calBRE# 01816896 Cell: 650.388.8405 [email protected] Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • WWW.MIDTOWNPALOALTO.COM

• Approx. .97-acre cul-de-sac lot, much of it level • Approx. 2,670 sq. feet of living space • Four bedrooms, three bathrooms – large master suite with slider to deck – lower-level bathroom and bedroom with private entrance• Home office with custom built-ins• Expansive living room with arched fireplace• Huge main floor deck overlooking landscaped grounds

OFFERED AT $2,995,000

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY FROM 1 :30 -4 :30 PM


Bay Area Collectionpacificunion.com

Menlo Park, Burlingame 650.314.7200 | pacificunion.com

2151 Camino A Los Cerros, Menlo Park

$1,795,000

2 BD / 1 BA / 1,359 SF

Ready to move in and enjoy today or an opportunity to remodel or build new. Top-rated Menlo Park schools.

Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 [email protected]

OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30 - 4:30

191 Meadowood, Portola Valley

$3,295,000

2.18 acres

Remodel or built your dream home. Great views of Windy Hill. Located on one of the best streets in Central Portola Valley.

Jennifer Pollock, 650.867.0609 Deanna Tarr, 415.999.1232

SOLD

10 Sargent Lane, Atherton

$8,495,000

5 BD / 5+ BA / 5,132 SF

Unique opportunity to own 2.43 acres in this premier west side location. Updated 5bd/5+ ba, pool, Top-rated Las Lomitas schools.

Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 [email protected]

APPOINTMENT ONLY

3665 Woodside Rd, Woodside

$6,499,000

3 BD / 2.5 BA / 2,120 SF

Sunny flat lot in Woodside. 3.3 acres. Western Hill views.

Kristin Cashin, 650.465.7459 [email protected]

APPOINTMENT ONLY


Portola Valley Estate6 Blue Oaks Court, Portola Valley | 6BlueOaksCt.com

Offered at $4,998,000 Beds 4 | Full Baths 3 | Half Baths 3 Home ±7,280 sf | Lot ±2.76 acres

Los Altos Hills Retreat14700 Manuella Road, Los Altos Hills | 14700Manuella.com

Offered at $5,500,000Beds 3 | Baths 2.5 | Home ±3,285 sf | Lot ± 22,880 sf

Woodside Estate170 Fox Hollow Road, Woodside | 170FoxHollow.comOffered at $7,995,000 | Beds 3 | Baths 4 | Home ±4,659 sf | Lot ±3.1 acres

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1:30–4:30PM

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2–5PMOPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1–4PM

Summer Brill, Sales [email protected] No. 01891857

Noelle Queen, Sales [email protected] No. 01917593

Michael Dreyfus, [email protected] No. 01121795

Downtown Palo Alto 728 Emerson St, Palo Alto650.644.3474

Downtown Menlo Park640 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park650.847.1141

dreyfussir.com

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979SANTACRUZ.COM

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Home: 1,684 sq ft

3 Bedrooms

3 Baths

AMENITIES

Downtown convenience: Draeger’s, Peet’s, and much more

Fremont Park next door

Blocks to Caltrain

OVERVIEW

First level office or fourth bedroom

Spacious master suite with fireplace

Unique interior design touches; not a cookie-cutter home

Beautifully landscaped back yard; with tranquil waterfall

Walls of glass in the living roomprovide an abundance of natural light

Best looking storage shed in Menlo

SCHOOLS

Oak Knoll Elementary

Hillview Middle

Menlo-Atherton High

DOWNTOWN MENLO PARK GEM

979 SANTA CRUZ AVENUE, MENLO PARK

WENDY KANDASAMY650 380 0220


ADAM TOUNI650 336 8530


OPENSAT & SUNNOON-5PM

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Ken DeLeon

CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka

CalBRE #01854880

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Dazzling Home With Hi-Tech AmenitiesSleek updates and luxurious technology accent this 4 bedroom, 4 bath home

of 3,362 sq. ft. (per county) on a lot of 0.28 acres (per county). The interior

features intricate millwork, customized SmartHome lighting, and stunning

remodeled bathrooms boasting Starphire shower glass. Common areas

include a regal living room and a posh formal dining room, while the

chef ’s island kitchen displays a Viking refrigerator, Viking double ovens,

and a U-Line beverage cooler. Automated shades enhance both the

kitchen and the family room. Topped by a trey ceiling, the master suite

presents two walk-in closets and a luxuriant bath with a limestone

bathtub and a two-person shower. Two bedrooms, a guest suite, and

a hobby room with a workbench are upstairs. Additional features

include a three-car garage, three fireplaces, a home office, and a

rear terrace with a greenhouse. Within walking distance of Blach

Intermediate (API 958), the home is also near Oak Avenue (API

987) and Mountain View High (buyer to verify eligibility).

1209 Portland Avenue, Los AltosOffered at $3,798,000

www.1209Port land.com





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Palo Alto $11,888,000www.4103OldTraceRoad.com Palo Alto rare Zoned R-E Density Residential. New Price. Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Portola Valley Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,800,000380 Portola Rd Country charm merges with luxurious English style equestrian estate. Historic windmill! 4 BR/4 BA Judy Byrnes CalBRE #01178998 650.851.2666

Palo Alto Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,588,0002570 Webster St Stunning, Bright, Custom Built New Home to fill every need. 5 bedrooms with 3 suites. 5 BR/4.5 BA Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $8,498,000643 Tennyson Ave Elegant, yet comfortable. Gracious floor plan.5400 sq. ft on 10,000 lot. 6 BR/4 BA Nancy Goldcamp CalBRE #00787851 650.325.6161

Woodside Sun 1 - 4 $4,549,00012424 Skyline Blvd. Estate home on 5 acs w/ gorgeous ocean views. Chef ’s kitchen, spacious decks & tennis ct! 4 BR/3 full BA + 2 half Valerie Trenter CalBRE #01367578 650.323.7751

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 2 - 4 $4,495,000600 Hobart St. Fabulous Central Menlo Park! 4810 sq. ft. of living space on 10,710 sq. ft. lot. 6 BR/4.5 BA Lyn Jason Cobb CalBRE #01332535 650.324.4456

Los Altos $4,500,000121 First Street Commercial Bldg Los Altos Vault & Safe Depository. Www.121FirstStreet.com. Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

San Mateo County By appointment $3,888,000www.222PortolaStateParkRoad.com 38 Acres with rustic 2BD,2BA and 4 stall horse barn. Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,995,000270 Iris Way Fully updated in 2003, custom home is situated in one of North Palo Alto’s best locales. 4 BR/3 BAHanna Shacham CalBRE #01073658 650.324.4456

Portola Valley $2,295,0002 Sandstone St. Single-level Portola Valley Ranch home with Windy Hill views - 2Sandstone.com 3 BR/2 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $2,495,0002011 Valparaiso Ave Open floor plan w/ wonderful living areas & luxurious retreats. Las Lomitas Schools. 4 BR/3 BA Tim Kerns CalBRE #01800770 650.323.7751

Menlo Park Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,999,000563 Encina Ave 18,900 sq ft w/ 7 magnificent oak at the end of a cul se sac in unincorporated Menlo Park. 3 BR/2 BA Sue Crawford CalBRE #00587710 650.324.4456

Redwood City Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,895,00078 Myrtle St. 9100 sq ft lot! Beautiful home on one of the best blocks in Mt. Carmel. 3 BR/2 BA Wendi Selig-Aimonetti CalBRE #01001476 650.323.7751

Menlo Park Sun 1 - 4:30 $1,435,000659 Marsh Rd This remodeled home has it all! Close to Facebook w/ guest cottage & chef ’s kitchen! 3 BR/2.5 BAEnayat Boroumand CalBRE #1235734 650.324.4456

Foster City Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $839,000672 Portofino Ln Plan B at “The Islands” with waterfront view. Single level, ground floor. separate dining. 2 BR/2 BA Grace Feng CalBRE #01049060 650.325.6161

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9 Agent Emanuel

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14 “They went this way” sign

15 Pops

16 Farm refrain

17 Novelist Pier ___ Pasolini

18 Bother

19 Opening of “Anna Kareni...” (TL;DR)

22 “Kate & ___” (‘80s sitcom)

23 Toxic condition

24 Sports car protector

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38 Opening of “The Catcher in the R...” (TL;DR)

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44 “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” character

45 Bro’s sib

46 Remove, like a rind

49 Gp. that awards the Oscars

51 Opening of “Moby-D...” (TL;D... wait, I think I got the whole thing!)

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56 Concern

57 Was told

60 Vardalos or Long

61 Students take them

62 Impressive lineup

63 DC ballplayer

64 Sitcom starring Sonny Shroyer

65 “Auld Lang ___”

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2 Arles agreement

3 Take off slyly

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11 Winners of a certain show

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24 Netanyahu nickname

26 “This is an awesome ride!”

27 Country hit by a recent earth-quake

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31 “American Hustle” actor

32 Paid periodically

33 Last word of some films

34 Explosive materials

39 Offer from a sharing friend

40 Makes a decision about, in court

41 “Kinsey” star Neeson

42 Company that makes motorcy-cles, guitars, and snowmobiles

46 Home of the Huskies

47 Gymnastics great Comaneci

48 Crease

50 Jury members

52 What a colon may mean

53 Takes to court

54 Guys

58 Operated, as machinery

59 Turn purple, perhaps

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995 Fictitious Name StatementHAPPY ENDINK TATTOO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602920 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Happy Endink Tattoo, located at 128 Clayton Ave., San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): GIANCARLO BULAN 128 Clayton Ave. San Jose, CA 95110 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/20/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 20, 2015. (PAW Apr. 10, 17, 24, May 1, 2015)

LAVINIA’S JEWELRY LEA AND ANDRE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603079 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Lavinia’s Jewelry, 2.) Lea and Andre, located at 1621 Mariposa Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): LAVINIA LEAMUN YAU-CHAN 1621 Mariposa Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 25, 2015. (PAW Apr. 10, 17, 24, May 1, 2015)

GROCERY OUTLET OF PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602530 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Grocery Outlet of Palo Alto, located at 3445 Alma St., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): GO TRISTAN 440 Dixon Landing Milpitas, CA 95035 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 11, 2015. (PAW Apr. 10, 17, 24, May 1, 2015)

ACUCHRON PAIN CENTERS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603462 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Acuchron Pain Centers, located at 220 S. California Ave., Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HESHMAT CHIROPRACTIC INC. 220 S. California Ave., Suite 100 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 7, 2015. (PAW Apr. 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2015)

147 EMERSON STREET FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603518 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 147 Emerson Street, located at 259 Alden Lane, Livermore, CA 94550, Alameda County. The principal place of business is in Alameda County and a current fictitious business name statement is on file at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office of said County. This business is owned by: An Unincorporated Association other than a partnership. The name and residence address of the

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THE CLEMENT HOTEL THE CLEMENT PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603763 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) The Clement Hotel, 2.) The Clement Palo Alto, 711 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): WAHDV, INC. 400 S. El Camino Real, Suite 200 San Mateo, CA 94402 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 15, 2015. (PAW Apr. 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2015)

TEENSIGHTS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603817 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Teensights, located at 131 Iris Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Copartners. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MARK ROBINS 131 Iris Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 GILLIAN ROBINS 131 Iris Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 16, 2015. (PAW Apr. 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2015)

ADAPTIVE RC LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603816 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Adaptive RC LLC, located at 3909 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ADAPTIVE RC LLC 3909 Park Blvd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 16, 2015. (PAW Apr. 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2015)

KENSINGTON HOUSE APARTMENTS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604065 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Kensington House Apartments, located at 779 Holly Oak Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Trust. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MARK E. SAMSON, Trustee 779 Holly Oak Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94303 SHARON T. SAMSON, Trustee 779 Holly Oak Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 22, 2015. (PAW May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015)

ALL BOUT CASH ATM’S FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604197 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: All Bout Cash ATM’S, located at 551 Alberta Ave., #1, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An

Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JUAN J. SAUCEDO 551 Alberta Ave., #1 Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 27, 2015. (PAW May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015)

ADVANCED BUSINESS ALLIANCE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604140 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Advanced Business Alliance, located at 14 Greentree Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): LIEN N. QUANG 14 Greentree Cr. Milpitas, CA 95035 DANIEL M. HUYNH 328 N. 15th. St. San Jose, CA 95112 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/18/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 24, 2015. (PAW May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015)

VALERO OF PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604036 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Valero of Palo Alto, located at 1963 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): H & M INFINITY ENTERPRISE INC. 1963 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/27/2007. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 21, 2015. (PAW May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2015)

997 All Other LegalsNOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SETSUKO SEVEN also known as SETSUKO TAKIZAWA Case No.: 115PR175206 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con-tingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SETSUKO SEVEN also known as SETSUKO TAKIZAWA. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JUNJI SUZUKI in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JUNJI SUZUKI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the person-al 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 author-ity 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 1, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: 10 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 peti-tion, 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 per-son 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 knowledge-

able 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 peti-tion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Edward S. Miyauchi, Marshall Suzuki Law Group, LLP 150 Spear Street, Suite 725 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)618-0090 (PAW Apr. 17, 24, May 1, 2015)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TORU NAZUKA Case No.: 115PR 175998 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con-tingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of TORU NAZUKA. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JUNJI SUZUKI in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JUNJI SUZUKI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the person-al 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 author-ity 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 8, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: 10 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 peti-tion, 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 per-son 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 knowledge-able 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: Edward S. Miyauchi, Marshall Suzuki Law Group, LLP 150 Spear Street, Suite 725 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)618-0090 (PAW Apr. 17, 24, May 1, 2015)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7233.23955 Title Order No. 7875632 MIN No. APN 132-24-080 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/19/2006. 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.A public auction sale to the highest bid-der for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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 §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): ROBERT B. COLEY AND DENISE E. COLEY,

HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 05/25/2006, as Instrument No. 18950490, of Official Records of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 05/14/2015 at 10:00 AMÂ Place of Sale: At the Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse, 190 North Market Street., San Jose, CA The purported property address is: 3597 SOUTH COURT, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 Assessors Parcel No. 132-24-080 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $404,039.94. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. 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 auc-tioned 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 insur-ance 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 mort-gage 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 877-484-9942 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7233.23955. 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 informa-tion or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: April 15, 2015 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as TrusteeÂ Victoria Gutierrez, Authorized Signatory 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 250, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Reinstatement and Pay-Off Requests: (866) 387-NWTSÂ THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ORDER # 7233.23955: 04/24/2015, 05/01/2015, 05/08/2015 PAW

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-15-654750-BF Order No.: 150000593-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/8/2007. 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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): CARL WISEMAN AND RITA WISEMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS

Recorded: 3/29/2007 as Instrument No. 19362569 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 5/22/2015 at 10:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the gated North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse, 190 N. Market St., San Jose, CA 95113 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $889,728.83 The purported property address is: 3189 MADDUX DRIVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94303 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 127-08-076 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 auc-tioned 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 insur-ance 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 mort-gage 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 714-573-1965 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclo-sure by the Trustee: CA-15-654750-BF . 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. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a writ-ten request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-15-654750-BF IDSPub #0081342 5/1/2015 5/8/2015 5/15/2015 PAW

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BRONISTA ANNASTASIA HOLZER Case No.: 115PR176346 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BRONISTA ANNASTASIA HOLZER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DONNA LEGENDRE in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA.

The Petition for Probate requests that: DONNA LEGENDRE be appointed as per-sonal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the person-al 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 author-ity 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 22, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: 10 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 peti-tion, 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 per-son 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 knowledge-able 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 peti-tion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jill Thorpe 300 Montgomery Street, Suite 1050 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415)983-0500 (PAW Apr. 24, May 1, 8, 2015)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUNE CHARLOTTE CIOLLI, a/k/a JUNE C. CIOLLI, a/k/a JUNE CIOLLI Case No.: 1-15-PR 176357 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JUNE CHARLOTTE CIOLLI, a/k/a JUNE C. CIOLLI, a/k/a JUNE CIOLLI. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MICHAEL DAVID CIOLLI, LINDA SUE MINOR and THOMAS EDWARD CIOLLI in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: MICHAEL DAVID CIOLLI, LINDA SUE MINOR and THOMAS EDWARD CIOLLI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the person-al 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 author-ity 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 8, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: 10, 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 peti-tion, 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 per-son 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 knowledge-able 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 peti-tion or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Lawrence A. Klein Thoits Law, A Professional Corporation 400 Main Street, Suite 250 Los Altos, California 94022 (650)327-4200 (PAW Apr. 24, May 1, 8, 2015)

APN: 132-16-003 TS No: CA05002248-14-1 TO No: 8506082 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED April 16, 1990. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 26, 2015 at 10:00 AM, at the North Market Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 191 North Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113, MTC Financial

Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on April 27, 1990, as Instrument No. 10502620, in Book L336, on Page 395, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, executed by WILLIAM R. MILLS, AN UNMARRIED MAN AND CLARA E MILLS, A WIDOW, as Trustor(s), in favor of FIRST CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE COMPANY as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3513 WAVERLEY STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $27,530.79 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure

prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or sav-ings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. 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 con-tacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. 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 In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05002248-14-1. 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: April 20, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05002248-14-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Amy Lemus, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insour-celogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Order No. CA15-000886-1, Pub Dates, 05/01/2015, 05/08/2015, 05/15/2015. PAW

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Palo Alto sophomore Mackenzie Glassford pitched a five-inning perfect game on Tuesday during an 11-0 nonleague softball victory over visiting Gunderson.

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O n Saturday night, first-year Stanford softball coach Rachel Hanson will

help honor three seniors who have experienced the best of days and the worst of days over the past four years.

Erin Ashby, Tylyn Wells and Alyssa Lombardo will share a special spotlight on Senior Day. A ceremony will be held following Stanford’s 5:30 p.m. game with visiting Arizona State.

“We’ll focus on the three who are here and who finished out their careers,” Hanson said. “All three have worked hard and I re-spect them. They certainly can’t enjoy the struggles of the last two years bu,t for the rest of their

Stanford keepsbuilding on NCAA hopes

By Rick Eymer

S enior Ashley Grossman brought a Lego sculpture, in the shape of an ‘S’ (tree

included), to water polo practice earlier this week. She used pre-cisely 318 Lego pieces to com-plete her artwork.

Each of the pieces represents a member of the second-ranked Cardinal women’s water polo who made a contribution that doesn’t show up on the official scoresheet.

Those are the type of contri-butions Stanford (22-2) will be hoping to get when it opens the National Collegiate Womenís Water Polo Championship on Fri-day, May 8, at noon against either Princeton or Wagner at Avery Aquatic Center. The Cardinal is

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Palo Alto pitcheris just perfect with no-hitter

Pinewood takes over WBAL Foothill Division lead behind Njissang’s pitching

by Keith Peters

B ill Laskey had a career at a Major League Baseball pitcher that spanned 1982-88 with three teams, including two stints with the

San Francisco Giants. He pitched in 159 games.Laskey never threw a perfect game, even though

he did come close once.He was pitching in Single A ball for the Kansas

City Royals after being drafted in the second round by the team in 1978.

“I had one going for 6 2/3 innings,” Laskey re-called this week. “I had two outs in the top of the sev-enth and this guy, Razor Shines, dribbles one through for a base hit. I almost started crying.”

While Laskey missed out so many years ago, he was part of one on Tuesday when his sophomore pitcher at Palo Alto High, Mackenzie Glassford, tossed a five-inning perfect game during an 11-0 nonleague win over visiting Gunderson.

“Fifteen up and 15 down,” said Laskey. “No errors, five strikeouts. She threw only 47 pitches.”

For Laskey, it was a first.“I never threw one,” he said. “Neither did my

pitching coach, Justine (Roscoe). I had never even seen one.”

But, now he has.“She (Glassford) was spotting the ball well,” Las-

key explained. “She’s been so consistent this year. She’s a control pitcher.”

The only close call came in the top of the fifth af-ter Laskey had substituted Maddy Atwater in center field for defensive purposes.

“As soon as I did that, sure enough, they hit a laser to center field,” said Laskey. “Fortunately, Maddy just stuck her glove up and caught it. There’s always an outstanding play like that in a perfect game or no-hitter.”

Glassford improved to 14-3 with the victory and lowered her earned run average to a stingy 0.92. She


HOMERS FOR JOC . . . Palo Alto High graduate Joc Pederson was moved to the leadoff position by the Los Angeles Dodgers for Wednes-day’s rubber game of a three-game MLB series with the visiting San Francisco Giants. With Pederson slamming a leadoff homer, the Dodgers wound up hitting four in the first three innings on the way to a 7-3 victory. The Dodgers came into the game leading the league with 28 home runs and added three in the first inning. Pederson is now hitting .298 with 17 hits, 10 RBI, four homers and 17 walks. In Monday’s 8-3 series-opening win over the Gi-ants, the 23-year-old Pederson had the biggest moments as he drove in two runs — with a home run and a double — scored twice and took an extra-base hit and RBI away from Angel Pagan with a spectacular catch in the first inning that turned into a double play.

TOP RUNNERS . . . The Payton Jor-dan Cardinal Invitational, which has developed into the premier distance-running track meet in the country, will feature another standout field on Saturday at Cobb Track and Angell Field. In this meet, finishing places take a backseat to fast times, so expect a minimum of strategic rac-ing and a lot of rabbits and personal records. With this being a World Championships year, there will be international and American racers pursuing IAAF standards, in addition to flat-out honest racing from some of the top collegians in the country. The meet begins at noon with the women’s hammer, followed by run-ning events (women’s 400) at 3:39 p.m. Action continues on the track past 11 p.m., with the second sec-tion of the menís 10,000. The first fast section of a distance race is the women’s 800 at 4:56 p.m. The last is the men’s Kim McDonald 10,000 at 9:55 p.m. A glance at the entry list reveals U.S. Olympians such as Evan Jager, Lopez Lomong, Nick Symmonds, and Andrew Wheating. Tickets are sold on the day of the meet only. All tickets are general ad-mission. The ticket booth outside the entrance to the track stadium opens at 11 a.m. on Saturday.


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lives, they can reference this and how they dealt with adversity.”

The losses have been piling up ever since Stanford’s softball team lost its two starting pitchers to in-jury and had to turn to position players such as Wells and Kylie Sorenson.

They were pressed into service last year, also because of injuries and transfers. They were going to be used to supplement sophomore Madi Schreyer and freshman Haley Snyder this year.

Schreyer and Snyder will return next year. Sorenson likely will be hap-py to relinquish her duties as staff ace.

“Both of them are aching to be back on the field,” Hanson said. “I know they’re frus-trated but they are putting in the work and rehabbing.”

For Ashby, who already has graduated with a ma-jor in communications, it got to the point where she volunteered to pitch, along with Cardinal slug-ger Kayla Bonstrom and Kaitlyn Lagattuta.

“It’s a team sport and you want to put your team in the best situ-ation,” Ashby said. “We needed to step up and divide the weight of the team on everybody’s shoul-ders.”

Ashby was recruited to Stan-ford as a third baseman, but has not seen a lot of action there. She’s been used primarily as a first baseman and catcher, with appearances as a designated player and at second base.

Ashby pitched her final two years at Crescenta Valley High, also out of necessity. She’s the consummate team player.

“When I think about softball, the goal is always winning a national cha mpionsh ip,” Ashby said. “Real-istically, that’s not in the future. This year has been all about adversity and making it through tough situations.”

The seniors tasted the postsea-son their first two years at Stan-ford. Things were looking bright last year, as well, despite one of the top pitchers in college trans-ferring out.

Injuries to the pitching staff put Schreyer in a tough spot. A high school All-American and Wash-ington’s Gatorade Player of the Year, Schreyer threw over 242 in-nings and earned All-Pac-12 hon-ors after starting 39 games and making 47 appearances overall.

Another top-notch pitcher transferred out of Stanford be-fore Hanson was hired, leaving

Schreyer and Snyder, both of whom were hurt.

“It’s been a difficult season,” Hanson said. “We got hurt at the position that matters most. We fo-cus on things we can control and improve in areas where we can. It’s about how we recover, how we bounce back. I’m still excited about the future.”

While some numbers, like Stanford’s 16-32 overall record, or its 1-17 Pac-12 mark, tell one story, there are other numbers that tell a different story.

Stanford has been strong offen-sively, hitting .280 as a team with 353 hits, 259 runs, 60 doubles, 34 home runs, 11 triples, a .426 slugging per-centage and .386 on-base percent-age.

Stanford hosted No. 2 Oregon for a three-game series earlier in April and played the Ducks as tough as any conference team.

Oregon out-scored Stanford,

23-15, over the three games, a run differential of eight — the second-fewest against them in the Pac-12. The Ducks entered the series out-scoring opponents in three-game series by an average of 16.2 runs.

The 15 runs Stanford scored is the second-most of any Pac-12 team against the Ducks this season. Only Washington scored more against Oregon, registering 16 during its three-game set.

The Cardinal has played 33 games against opponents ranked among the top 54 in RPI. Stan-ford’s RPI rating is No. 82, out of 295 Division I schools. The Car-

dinal own victories over No. 6 Ala-bama, No. 27 Utah, No. 28 Texas and No. 54 Long Beach State.

Bonstrom is enjoying another monster year for Stanford. She’s hitting .432 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI. She has a slugging percent-age of .784 and an on-base percentage of .543.

She’s a former Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, a two-time All-Pac-12 pick and is enjoying an even better year offensively this time around.

“What she does is not lost with-in our program,” Hanson said. “You see her work ethic, how she competes day in and day out. She’s an incredible athlete. She fires up people.”

Hanson has been successful wherever she has coached. She built programs on the Division III level and turned Dartmouth into a winning program that made it to the NCAA tournament. There’s every reason to believe she’ll do the same at Stanford. She just needs to solve the pitching prob-lem.

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looking to defend its national title.Through the season, Stanford

keeps track of how many pieces are needed by post-it notes stuck to the coaches’ office window.

“We used to call it ‘Marble Monday’ but we don’t use marbles any more,” Grossman said. “We like to recognize people who block a shot or picks up another teammate that would otherwise go unnoticed.”

A player must be nominated by her teammate to qualify, so there’s a sense of looking out for each other. Coaches can nominate players and players can nominate coaches.

“Or you can nominate yourself, like ‘I made that block that wasn’t on the scoresheet,’” Grossman said. “You want to take credit for it.”

Grossman designed the sculp-ture and credits her roommate, se-nior field hockey player Shannon Herold, for the details.

“She’s more mathematically inclined,” said Grossman. “I told her I wanted 100 Legos here, 50 there.”

M-A grad Emily Dorst has her name scribbled on several of those post-it notes.

“She’s been committed all four years,” Grossman said. “She’s one of our emotional leaders and brings a lot of energy. She’s goofy, she’s fun and she has a different style of blocking shots and that makes it difficult to practice. You can’t rely on a shot that might work against another goalie. You have to pick your shot. She makes us better shooters.”

Stanford coach John Tanner, who also attended M-A, encourag-es activities like ‘Marble Monday.’

“We always acknowledge peo-ple for their contributions,” he said. “It’s a big part of the team and the program. When they put their minds to something, it’s an incredible the things they come up with. “

Grossman and fellow seniors Kiley Neushul, a former National Player of the Year, and Dorst are looking for their third national ti-tle in four years and the Cardinal’s fourth in five years.

The group has a bit of history to overcome. The host school has never won a national title in the 15 years it has been contested.

“That’s one of the first things we talked about this year,” Gross-man said. “Being a senior, it’s my last opportunity to be at Stan-ford, to be in the pool. Getting to play my last game in my home pool would make it that much sweeter. If we happen to win, it goes back to what this team has accomplished. Each champion-ship means something different to each group of girls.”

Tanner has been at the helm of all four Stanford national titles and understands the journey can diverge along different, unique paths.

“They change so much, even during the course of one school year,” Tanner said. “You think about how much the freshmen have experienced and grown as water polo players. The impact they’ve made on the team has changed. It’s constantly evolving. This group is on a totally different course than any other team.”

Until Stanford knows its oppo-nent — Princeton, the prohibitive favorite, hosts Wagner on Satur-day — the team is content work-ing on itself.

“It’s better to work on our-selves right now,” Grossman said. “Sometimes we can be our own

worst enemies. J.T. prepares us well to play other teams. Differ-ent situations happen. Working on ourselves is super important.”

Grossman said finishing third in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament after an undefeated regular season taught Stanford a couple of things head-ing into the national tournament.

California knocked off the Car-dinal in the semifinal. Stanford came back the next day to beat USC for third place.

“First, we need to ramp it up this week,” she said. “Playing at Cal gave us energy, but at a neu-tral site, they played so well. They played to win. I felt like we played a little bit just to play.

“Second, When we energized as a team in the water, we’re that much stronger,” she added. “We can’t forget about that. We lost it a little bit last Saturday but got it back Sunday.”

Stanford can only play the Golden Bears in the champion-ship match. Cal and UCLA are favored to meet each other in the semifinal.

“Cal made us remember the pain,” Grossman said. “That gives us a boost. We need to fine-tune things. We’re right there, we’re comfortable where we are and we need to feed off each other.”

Earlier this week, Cardinal ju-nior Maggie Steffens was named MPSF Player of the Year and Jor-dan Raney earned MPSF New-comer of the Year accolades to headline Stanfordís six honorees.

Steffens was joined on the All-MPSF First Team by teammate Kiley Neushul. Grossman and Gabby Stone landed on the All-MPSF Second Team while Jamie Neushul earned an All-MPSF honorable mention nod and Raney was the best of the nine-member All-MPSF Newcomer Team.

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McNealy’s 61 leads Stanford to title Cardinal men capture a second straight golf title at the Pac-12 Championships

I t’s official: Stanford sopho-more Maverick McNealy now can be discussed in the same

sentence with former Stanford golf great Tiger Woods and Car-dinal grad Cameron Wilson.

McNealy, a Portola Valley resi-dent, matched Woods and Wilson with a school-record round of 61 Wednesday in the final round of the Pac-12 Conference Champi-onships in Pullman, Wash.

McNealy earned medalist honors and helped catapult the Cardinal to its second straight conference title. Stanford won consecutive Pac-12 trophies for the first time in program history.

Stanford (362-348-346-340) was 4-under as a team at the par-70 Palouse Ridge Golf Club, overcoming a 9-shot deficit head-ing into the final round to win by a 14-stroke margin over Oregon. Arizona State led after the third round and finished third.

The Cardinal was sixth after the opening round, tied for third after the second round and trailed only Arizona State by nine shots head-

ing into the final day.McNealy’s bogey-free round

put him at 18-under for the 72-hole event, 10 shots better than second-place Aaron Wise of Or-egon. The 61 came after previous posts of 65-68-68, and set the col-legiate course record at Palouse Ridge.

It was an NCAA-best fifth win of the season for McNealy, who garnered the program’s 22nd indi-vidual league title and third since 2012.

McNealy had 24 birdies and an eagle during the 72-hole event. He did not record a bogey during his last 30 holes, even while play-ing through consistent wind gusts eclipsing 20 miles per hour.

McNealy’s 262 strokes to win the individual crown set a Pac-12 Championships scoring re-cord. Arizona State’s Paul Casey needed 265 strokes to win back-to-back crowns in 1999 and 2000.

UCLA’s Jonathan Garrick, an Atherton resident, shot a final-round 65 to improve 10 spots and finish third with a four-round total

of 276.Stanford freshman Franklin

Huang (73-70-67-71) tied for 11th.

TennisThe Stanford men’s and wom-

en’s tennis teams will continue their impressive history in NCAA competition when both squads head into the opening round of their respective national tourna-ments next week.

The Cardinal men (17-6), ranked No. 26 nationally, will be will be making their 36th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance when first-round competition gets underway. Stanford will face No. 40 Tennessee (14-12) in its opener on May 8 in Durham, N.C.

The Cardinal women (15-5) will be making their 34th con-secutive postseason appearance when they play host to the open-ing two rounds. Stanford, ranked No. 13 in the country but award-ed the No. 14 overall seed in the postseason draw, will host Stony Brook (15-1) in its NCAA opener on May 8.


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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Paige BaraPalo Alto lacrosse

Jenna CampbellGunn swimming

Sophia DonovanMenlo lacrosse

Bailey HeitPinewood softball

Meredith Kinnaman Palo Alto lacrosse

Parvathi Narayan Menlo lacrosse

Austin AppletonSacred Heart Prep lacrosse

Andrew ChoPalo Alto swimming

Andrew DaschbachSacred Heart Prep baseball

Jared LucianMenlo baseball

Maximillian PokuttaGunn swimming

Riley TinsleySacred Heart Prep lacrosse

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Honorable mention

Aisley NjissangPINEWOOD SCHOOL

The sophomore pitcher struck out 34 batters and allowed just 10 hits in three softball wins and had four hits and five RBI as the Panthers remained in contention for the WBAL Foothill Division title.

Cole March SACRED HEART PREP

The senior outfielder contributed four hits in seven at-bats and drove in five runs in a pair of nonleague baseball victories that raised his batting average to .435 and moved the WBAL co-leading Gators to 14-8.

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also helped herself at the plate with two hits and three RBI. Se-nior Kabria Dame and freshman Sophie Frick each drove in a pair of runs with senior Autumn Ma-careno and Dame also haveing two hits.

Glassford and her teammates didn’t have much time to celebrate, as they were back on field Wednesday for the sec-ond of three games this week. The V i k i n g s (14-8) host-ed Mills in

a nonleague game and Laskey gave Glassford a rest, instead throwing a pair of freshmen who gave up a combined 12 earned runs in a 15-7 setback.

Junior Maddie Martinson was Paly’s individual standout with three hits and two RBI. She’s now batting a team-leading .528 with a team-high 38 hits. Mackenzie Glassford is hitting .444 with a team-high 28 RBI plus 32 hits while her sister, senior Casey, ranks No. 3 with a .403 average, 25 hits and 20 RBI.

Palo Alto will host Monta Vista in a SCVAL El Cami-no Division game on Friday. In the West Bay Athletic League (Foothill Division), Pinewood continues to lead the way with a young roster that features five members of its basketball team. One of those players is sophomore Aisley Njissang, a transfer from Castro Valley who has become the anchor of the pitching staff.

On Wednesday, Njissang regis-tered a season-high 14 strikeouts and limited visiting Notre-Dame San Jose to just three hits in a 12-2 vic-tory. Njissang, who has 48 strikeouts in her past four games (all victories), re-ceived plenty of sup-port from catcher Bailey Heit, who had a home run and double and drove in four runs. Mikaela Topper, another bas-ketball player, added two hits and two RBI as the Pan-thers won their sixth straight and improved to 5-1 in league (8-9 overall) heading into an important home game Friday against third-place Castilleja at 4 p.m.

The Panthers got off to a rough 1-8 start while waiting for basket-ball to end. Njissang also missed the first four games due to her transfer. It took a while for head coach Michele Isaac to get her lineup set, but Pinewood now has won seven of its past eight and taken control of the division.

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On Tuesday, Njissang twirled a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts and drove in a pair of runs with

two hits in a 4-2 win over host Harker. Alia Rubaie and Heit had key hits and both were solid defensively.

Meanwhile, Castilleja has slipped from a tie for first to third place in the WBAL Foothill Division after suffer-ing back-to-back losses this week — to second-place King’s Acadmy on Monday and

Mercy-Burl ingame on Tuesday, 7-5. Kate Wang had three hits and drove in three runs for Castilleja, but the effort went for naught as the Gators fell to 5-3 in league (5-17 overall).

In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Gunn snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-4 nonleague victory over visiting Monta Vista on Monday. The Titans (8-9-1) were able to

score a couple of runs early but still trailed by 4-2 going into the bottom of the sixth.

With two outs, the Titans mounted a big comeback rally. Natalie Oda singled to right and Katie Garvey hit to left, with a dropped ball advancing Oda to second. Emma Wager then sin-gled to right, scoring Oda and leaving Garvey on third. Iris Chin kept the rally going with another single to left, scoring Garvey and tying the game. Finally, Anna Te-

vanian hit a line drive to left to score Wager from second with the winning run.

In the PAL Ocean Division, Menlo-Atherton returned from spring break and played error-free ball in a 3-0 victory over visiting Jefferson on Tuesday. Emily Katz had three hits, in-cluding a double, and picked up the pitching win with six strikeouts

while limiting the visitors to just three hits. Catcher Sarah Tiemann had two hits, including a triple, for the Bears (4-4 (10-11).

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SHP baseball takes aim at the Open Division

Gators first must overcome some obstacles after an earlier victory over M-A is taken away by a protest

by Keith Peters

T he Sacred Heart Prep football team played in the Central Coast Section

Open Division last fall. Not to be outdone, the SHP boys also com-peted in the CCS Open Division basketball playoffs.

With members of both the foot-ball and basketball teams on its roster, it’s only fitting that the Ga-tors’ baseball squad has designs on qualifying for the section’s Open Division, as well.

“If we win league, we’ll play in the Open Division,” said SHP first-year baseball coach Anthony Granato.

Heading into the weekend, the Gators (7-3, 14-8) are a half-game behind Carlmont after an earlier protest by Menlo-Atherton was upheld.

SHP originally was credited with a 16-14 victory over visiting Menlo-Atherton on March 18. The Bears protested and eventu-ally won. That game will resume at SHP on Saturday at 10 a.m., with M-A holding a 10-9 lead in the top of the fourth.

Sacred Heart Prep posted a 5-1 victory over host Burlingame at Washington Park on Wednesday. The Gators got a solid pitching effort from freshman Angelo To-nas, who twirled a complete-game five-hitter.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when Burl-ingame (6-5, 12-11) pushed across a run to take the lead. SHP tied the game in the top of the seventh before loading the bases for junior Andrew Daschbach, who ripped a monster grand slam to cap a five-run frame to wrap up the victory. Daschbach finished with three hits with John Van Sweden add-ing a pair as the Gators won their fourth straight.

SHP appeared to be getting some help from rival Menlo School, which held a 4-1 lead over visiting Carlmont heading to the top of the seventh. The Scots, however, got a two-run single from Julian Billot and an error on a grounder to plate three runs and tie the game. Carlmont then scored three times in the eighth to put it away. Carson Gampell led Menlo (2-9, 5-17) with a double and three RBI.

Also in Atherton, host Menlo-Atherton (5-5, 11-12) rolled to a 7-0 victory over Capuchino after earlier picking up a nonleague win over Menlo in a Feb. 25 game that saw the Knights take a 13-5 lead before the game was suspended by darkness. It was recently ruled that the outcome should revert to the previously completed inning, which saw M-A holding a 5-4 lead.

In Wednesday’s game, Matt McGarry struck out eight in six

inning and A.J. Lemons had two hits and three RBI for the Bears.

In the SCVAL De Anza Divi-sion, Palo Alto grabbed sole pos-session of third place with a 6-2 victory over host Los Altos on Wednesday. Junior Owen Plam-beck had two of Paly’s five hits in addition to driving in two runs while junior Justin Hull weath-ered a nine-hit attack by Los Altos while pitching a complete game with no walks.

The Vikings moved to 8-5 in league (14-10 overall) with only Friday’s home game against the Eagles remaining on the regular-season schedule. Los Gatos and Wilcox are tied for the top spot at 11-2.

GolfThe Palo Alto boys successfully

defended their title at the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Tournament on Tuesday at the par-71 Santa Teresa Golf Course in San Jose.

The Vikings had a team total of 361 to easily hold off runner-up Los Gatos (388) and third-place Gunn (397). Only the top two teams earned automatic berths into one of two Central Coast Section regionals next week at Rancho Canada (West) in Carmel Valley.

Paly freshman Ahmed Ali earned medalist honors with a 5-under 66 as he recorded six birdies and one bogey. Junior Henry Hughes shot an even-par 71, senior John Knowles carded a 74, junior Henry Gordon finished with a 75 as did junior Matt Lew-is. Freshman Joonsung Ha shot 78, but his score wasn’t needed.

Gunn, which was led by Jack Jaffe’s 73, still can qualify for a CCS regional, as an at-large team.

At the West Bay Athletic League Tournament, Sacred Heart Prep earned the league’s second team berth into the CCS regionals after posting the No. 2 score on Tuesday at Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Gilroy.

The Gators shot 410 with Menlo School (433), Pinewood (442) and King’s Academy (474) trailing round-robin season champ Harker (388), which already had earned a team berth.

Sacred Heart Prep will play in the regional on Tuesday while Harker will play on Wednesday.

Rashad Jaymes (Crystal Springs), Oliver Cho (Pinewood) and William Yao (King’s Acade-my) earned the league’s automatic individual entries to CCS.

Menlo was hurt by the loss of freshman standout Max Ting, who had to withdraw due to stom-ach flu after the second hole. The Knights will apply for an at-large team berth.


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