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Home FrontHome & Real EstateART LOVER IN AN EICHLER? ... Eichler Network is seeking mid-

century modern homeowners who

love art — whether it’s ceramics,

performance-based, “Old Master”

prints or paintings by up-and-com-

ing artists — to be profiled in the

spring 2013 issue of CA-Modern

magazine. Information: Contact

feature editor Dave Weinstein, da-

vidsweinstein@yahoo.com, and CC

publisher Marty Arbunich, marty@

eichlernetwork.com before Jan. 5, 2013.

MILLION-PLUS-DOLLAR HOMES ... Palo Alto topped November

sales of “luxury homes” — those

that sold for more than $1.5 million,

according to Coldwell Banker Resi-

dential Brokerage — compared

to a year ago. Palo Alto sold 35,

with Los Altos closely trailing at 33.

Homes sold faster (on average 45

days, compared to 57 days a year

ago), and sales averaged 101 per-

cent of the asking price, up from 98

percent last year, according to the

Silicon Valley Luxury Housing Mar-

ket Report. The most expensive

home sold in Santa Clara County

in November was a five-bedroom,

seven-bath home in Saratoga that

went for $4.65 million. Information:

925-275-3085

IKEBANA IN NEW YEAR ... Thanh

Kosen Nguyen will teach “Floral

Design with Ikebana” from 1 to

4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Jan. 8 to March 12, at Greendell P2, 4120

Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Certi-

fied in both Wafu and Sogetsu

styles, Nguyen will focus on both

traditional and contemporary ike-

bana. Students should bring sturdy

garden scissors, a Pyrex bowl and

a large pin frog for practice, along

with a $100 flower materials fee

payable to the instructor (or bring

own flowers). Cost is $70. Infor-

mation: 650-329-3752 or www.

paadultschool.org

RESTORE HABITAT ... On the sec-ond and fourth Saturdays, from

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., volunteers work

with Acterra to restore habitat at

the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve

(1530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto)

and local creeks. Gloves, tools,

snacks and training are provided.

Tasks include removing invasive

plants, collecting seeds, spreading

mulch and planting native grasses.

Wear long sleeves and long pants

and bring a hat and reusable water

bottle. Information: www.acterra.

org/stewardship.

Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email cblitzer@paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

by Pierre Bienaimé

M ost have heard of the 100-mile Thanksgiving, shopping at a farmers market or other “buy local” trends.

A newly opened furniture store in downtown Palo Alto wants to take that to the next level: by selling furniture mostly made locally, by hand and with re-purposed materials.

At Inhabiture, across from City Hall, much of store manager Matt Maddox’s job consists of seeking out independent designers. “A lot of furniture makers who are making unique pieces don’t promote themselves very well. They’re focused on the artistic aspect. It’s hard to find those people,” Maddox said.

Hanging in a small hallway is a cage-like light fix-ture, “made from the track of an old assembly line. It was done in Carpinteria (not far from Santa Barbara) by a little group of three: a mother and her two sons. We fitted it out with LED lightings and brought it

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furnishings here, just 250 miles away. It’s a custom piece,” said Inhabiture CEO Forrest Linebarger.

In another corner of the store stands a narrow workbench, complete with a monkey-wrench me-chanic to bear down on wood for the cutting. It was made in France in the 1940s.

Beyond these independent designers, Maddox counts four designer/owner/builder companies among its clients, all based in California. Cisco Brothers in Southern California provides the store’s line of upholstery goods, made without fire retardants or toxic chemicals.

Noir provides larger pieces of furniture: Jarboe ($3,500) is a bookcase that doubles as a room di-vider. It is made from timbers and flooring sal-vaged from industrial buildings torn down in Los Angeles.

Much of Inhabiture’s furniture pieces seem to carry one-of-a-kind stories of origin rather than a shared construction process.

Linebarger shared part of the company’s phi-losophy: “Most of our products are made here in California; we’re looking at keeping jobs local. We offer reclaimed materials. Most of our things

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Clockwise from top: The Mood Rocking Bed by Shiner is one of Inhabiture’s more popular pieces; side-by-side Jarboe bookcases by Noir are made of salvaged timbers more than 7.5 feet tall; West Elm’s design team brought back these handmade birds from trips to Cape Town and Johannesburg; Inhabiture’s light fixture was made in Carpinteria from the track of an old assembly line.

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AthertonTotal sales reported: 3Lowest sales price: $1,069,000Highest sales price: $2,500,000

Los AltosTotal sales reported: 3Lowest sales price: $1,150,500Highest sales price: $1,915,000

Menlo ParkTotal sales reported: 11Lowest sales price: $532,000Highest sales price: $1,765,000

Mountain ViewTotal sales reported: 7Lowest sales price: $280,000Highest sales price: $2,131,500

Palo AltoTotal sales reported: 2Lowest sales price: $613,000Highest sales price: $850,000

Redwood CityTotal sales reported: 9Lowest sales price: $100,000Highest sales price: $1,230,000

Source: California REsource

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are organic, reclaimed or sal-vaged. We’re happy to see the other furniture stores here, because we offer something a little different, one-of-a-kind pieces, things you do not find in chains.”

Linebarger recently moved his business, previously called VOX Design, from Mountain View to Palo Alto, adding the furniture store to his architectural design and green-building company. The expansion is motivated by the idea that “we can not only design and build a green home, but furnish it as well,” Maddox said.

“The people that are here, our customer base, they tend to be thinking along the lines of sustainability. They’re the right demographic for us. They care about the same things we care about,” Line-barger said.

Encasing the store’s steel signage is one of Inhabiture’s “living walls,” fitted with pockets of soil and succulent plants to fill them. Similarly, the rest of the downtown store serves as a showcase for Inhabiture’s design and construction services.

Growing demand and competition have made sus-tainability — in construction and furniture both — more

affordable, according to In-habiture’s vice president of sustainability, Ken Arends.

“People think that green costs more. Our motto is: It is of no additional cost to you at all. Zero. Because of competitive markets now, it’s so much easier to achieve a green standard in building at no additional cost,” Arends said.

A few blocks away, West Elm took over and renovated the 11,000-square-foot cor-ner location at 180 University Ave. Owned by Williams-Sonoma, the store sells mod-ern furniture and houseware.

West Elm also provides a small platform for products from Etsy, an online retailer carrying the work of indepen-dent artists. On a table right by the checkout counters sits some of the website’s ce-ramic tableware, specifically drawn from an artist based in Oakland and another in Palo Alto.

“We’re the only corpora-tion that’s allowed to work directly with Etsy. They’ve tried to keep it very small, local and artist-focused. We reached out to them to let them know what our mission statement is, to be a launch-

pad for some of their artists,” said Caleb Anderson, the as-sistant store manager.

Seeking the unusual, West Elm doesn’t focus only on lo-cal artists.

“It’s been a quickly evolv-ing brand in the last couple of years. It used to include very clean lines, whereas now we’re starting to collaborate more with up-and-coming artists,” Anderson said.

In their travels and research for a recent collection on South African culture, West Elm’s design team encoun-tered an artist selling wire, beaded birds, he said.

The birds are just under 10 inches in height, and hand-made with wire and glass beads of black and white.

“He was selling them out of the trunk of his car. He had a handful of them in there. In order for us to be able to fill that order, he had to employ 12 people to help him hand-make all of these birds. So it helped him launch his brand within his community. West Elm is not just about what we do here, but what we do on a global scale.”

Editorial Intern Pierre Bienaimé can be emailed at pbienaime@paweekly.com.

Q I moved out of an apartment more than three years ago. I knew that I didn’t leave the place in perfect con-

dition, but I figured I would call it “even” if my landlord kept my security deposit. In-stead, I received a letter from him telling me that he was keeping my security deposit and that I owed him another $800 for additional damage to the property.

I thought that claim was totally unfair so I didn’t respond. Now, three year later, that landlord has served me with a small-claims court lawsuit for $1,000 in damages. Isn’t this lawsuit too late?

A In order to give you accurate advice, some questions need to be answered. First, was your rental agreement with

this landlord in writing or was it oral? The statute of limitations to enforce the terms of a written agreement is four years, which means this lawsuit is still timely if you had a written agreement. On the other hand, a claim based on an oral agreement must be brought within two years.

Another question is whether the original letter from your landlord was timely. Cali-fornia Civil Code Section 19505.5 requires a landlord to provide a written accounting of a tenant’s security deposit to the tenant within 21 days after the tenant vacates. Did your former landlord meet this requirement? If not, you have a strong argument that the en-tire deposit should be refunded. If the judge feels that landlord’s delay was in bad faith, there is an additional penalty that you could claim equal to twice the deposit amount, in addition to refund of the deposit itself.

Did the landlord’s letter include documen-tation of the amount of damages claimed? Under Section 1950.5, any deductions for re-pairs or damages or cleaning that total more than $125 must be accompanied by receipts or invoices supporting them. In addition to these issues, you also have the right to attack whether the claimed damages were reason-able, since you felt there was no significant damage to the property when you left. In this type of case, the landlord has the burden of proving that the damages were justified. If you have any photos or other documentation of the conditions when you left, your case will be stronger.

Depending on the answers to these ques-tions, your local mediation program might be able to help you negotiate a compromise settlement of these claims. There is no “open-and-shut” case in the small-claims court because the procedure is informal and the parties represent themselves. Both sides have an incentive to settle prior to the court date to save the time and stress of a trial. In addition, the party winning at trial will have to collect the judgment awarded, which can often prove more difficult than winning the case at trial.

Q I recently stopped at a rental prop-erty to apply for a

two-bedroom apartment after I saw a “vacancy” sign while driving past it. I had my two young children with me at the time. When I spoke to the on-site rental agent,

she told me that the available unit was on the second floor. She said I could not ap-ply for that unit because they did not rent second-floor units to families with young children.

She said the owner had nothing against children, but the units have open balconies. The owner felt there was too much danger that small children would be injured falling off the balconies. I am finding it hard to find a decent rental and I thought this community would be perfect for me and my family. Is it legal for the owner to exclude me from the second floor?

A Families with one or more children under age 18 living in the household are protected from discrimination

under the fair-housing laws. This “familial status” discrimination applies to refusals to rent or sell to families with children. It also prohibits treating families with children differently than other residents in the terms and conditions of housing.

Limiting these families to certain parts of a rental community, or certain floors in a building, are included in the prohibited dis-criminatory practices. Here it sounds like the landlord was concerned that the open balconies on the second floor would consti-tute a safety risk for your children. However, that justification does not permit violation of the familial status protections.

Landlords can establish reasonable safety rules that apply to everyone, but safety rules cannot apply only to children. In this case, if the landlord is concerned that the open bal-conies are a safety risk, the landlord could address the risk by taking some action or making some modification that would be likely to mitigate the risk.

Excluding children instead of address-ing the risk may seem more economical to a landlord, but the result is that families like your family find themselves excluded from significant portions of the housing market.

Martin Eichner edits RentWatch for Project Sentinel, an organization that provides landlord tenant dispute resolu-tion and fair housing services in Northern California, including rental-housing me-diation programs in Palo Alto, Los Altos and Mountain View. Call 650-856-4062 for dispute resolution or 650-321-6291 for fair housing or email info@housing.org.

RentWatchIsn’t it too late for a lawsuit?

edited by Martin Eichner

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HOME SALESHome sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information

is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.

Atherton397 Atherton Ave. Master Trust to Masters Trust for $1,069,000 on 11/9/1264 Broadacres Road Ahlstrom Trust to J. & N. Halsey for $2,500,000 on 11/8/12340 El Camino Real US Bank to P. & S. Chiu for $1,500,000 on 11/14/12

Los Altos80 Alma Court I. & J. Bell to J. & R. Mukherjee for $1,915,000 on 11/19/12; previous sale 12/82, $295,000101 Lyell St. Teymouri Trust to B. Dong for $1,150,500 on 11/26/12; previous sale 8/10, $860,0001491 Topar Ave. Hegedus Trust to T. & P. Liu for $1,340,000 on 11/20/12; previous sale 7/76, $90,000

Menlo Park803 18th Ave. C. & G. Chen to R. & J. Chen for $800,000 on 11/13/12; previous sale 10/05, $930,000122 Amherst Ave. M. Celebi to B.

Burr for $617,000 on 11/14/12; pre-vious sale 10/03, $548,000807 Bay Road Voris Trust to J. & S. Masnaghetti for $650,000 on 11/9/12; previous sale 1/08, $600,0001882 Camino A Los Cerros A. Madden to A. Shirvani for $1,555,000 on 11/14/12; previous sale 2/94, $518,000657 College Ave. Berlin Trust to A. & M. Maarleveld for $1,765,000 on 11/14/12; previous sale 2/98, $622,00023 Lorelei Lane Blair Trust to K. Chiongbian for $770,000 on 11/9/1227 Loyola Ave. Wells Fargo Bank to P. Jhaveri for $585,000 on 11/8/12; previous sale 12/04, $649,000727 Middle Ave. Ottoboni Trust to P. Chu for $988,000 on 11/8/12655 San Benito Ave. Weigant Trust to J. Lu for $532,000 on 11/9/12208 Willow Road L. Gray to J. Bodiford for $837,500 on 11/14/12685 Woodland Ave. J. Bertram to Reader-Johnson Trust for $1,589,000 on 11/9/12

Mountain View425 Chagall St. Shea Homes to N.

Gillett for $800,000 on 11/20/12505 Cypress Point Drive #238 US Bank to Q. Lin for $425,000 on 11/20/12; previous sale 5/02, $330,5002712 Eden Lane Summerhill Grant Road to Q. Zhang for $2,131,500 on 11/27/12; previous sale 9/11, $17,000,000541 Mercy St. D. & L. Salas to R. Steinberg for $775,000 on 11/19/12255 S. Rengstorff Ave. #5 M. Weinberger to Deng Trust for $280,000 on 11/19/122091 San Luis Ave. #10 J. Bohn to L. Lin for $620,000 on 11/27/12; previous sale 3/11, $575,000363 Tyrella Ave. #D E. Schu-macher to J. Ma for $367,000 on 11/20/12

Palo Alto440 Cesano Court #208 M. Levine to B. & P. Yip for $613,000 on 11/20/121103 Trinity Lane #69 M. Zhao to M. Cuyegkeng for $850,000 on 11/27/12

Redwood City807 12th Ave. D. Moreno to A. Gonzalez for $475,500 on 11/9/121120 Brewster Ave. Dennis Trust to J. Arner for $460,000 on 11/9/12; previous sale 10/07, $480,0004 Brigantine Lane Cohn Trust to N. Vijayasankaran for $705,000 on 11/9/12; previous sale 6/10, $610,0001556 Hawes Court C. Caccia to Caccia Trust for $100,000

on 11/9/12; previous sale 5/08, $950,0002739 Kensington Road D. & C. Myers to C. Kehoe for $765,000 on 11/9/12; previous sale 7/94, $295,000784 Lakeshore Drive N. Herrera to V. Fridman for $790,000 on 11/9/12864 Newport Circle Perez Trust to M. & J. Pera for $1,230,000 on 11/14/12; previous sale 6/00, $720,000566 Shoal Circle V. Price to K. Yip for $534,500 on 11/9/12; previous sale 6/02, $460,000257 Vera Ave. Lutz Trust to J. Sposato for $475,000 on 11/9/12; previous sale 5/07, $619,000

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Seasoned, Split Firewood Seasoned, split Oak - $250 (650)365-4345, cash & pick-up only

Travel Deals on Cruises, Hotels

260 Sports & Exercise EquipmentAir Hockey - 7ft6in table - $150

420 Healing/BodyworkSchwinn Airdyne Comp bicycle - $340

425 Health ServicesMedical Alert for Seniors 24/7 monitoring. Free equipment. Free Sshipping. Nationwide service. $29.95/Month CALL Medical Guardian Today 866-944-5935. (Cal-SCAN)

Sleep Apnea Sufferers with Medicare. Get FREE CPAP Replacement Supplies at No Cost, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, prevent red skin sores and bacterial infection! Call 888-699-7660. (Cal-SCAN)

475 Psychotherapy & Counseling

Counseling Services Mental Research Institute clinics offer low cost counseling services by appointment for individuals, couples, families and children in English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Location: 555 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto. For information, call 650/321-3055

Jobs500 Help WantedAttorneys White & Case LLP in Palo Alto, CA seeks mid-level and sr attorneys in corp (transactional incl. M&A), tax, banking, intellectual property and disputes practices. We are seeking attorneys with 2 or more yrs of exp. Multiple openings. Please send your resume to lateralrecruiting@white-case.com ref AR-16

Engineers Delphix Corp. has openings in Menlo Park, CA for Software Engineers (Customer Support Engineers) to conduct troubleshooting and analysis (ref# 6683.11); Software Engineers (Sr. Customer Support Engineers) to troubleshoot, debug and perform root cause analysis for multiple technologies and products (ref# 6683.9); and Sr. Front End UI Engineer to develop web UI soft-ware applications (ref# 6683.12). Send resume to: HR, 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 50, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Specify title and ref# for each position.

Food Service Coordinator Mtn. View-Los Altos HSD. Full time. Apply online at www.mvla.net/Personnel/Pages/default.aspx

Food Service Workers I & II Substitute. MtnView-Los Altos HSD Fulltime, Apply online at www.mvla.net/Personnel/Pages/default.aspx

Payroll Specialist(CPS) Needed We are Payroll Specialist(CPS). we work for few companies on their payroll tasks.we need trust worthy people as our data entry/typist Assistant who want to work on flexible hours on part time,Be sure to earn up to $10,000 monthly salary for a start Serious inqui-ries only.Email: (dovertech99@gmail.com).

550 Business OpportunitiesREACH 5 MILLION hip, forward-thinking consumers across the U.S. When you advertise in alterna-tive newspapers, you become part of the local scene and gain access to an audience you won’t reach anywhere else. http://www.altweeklies.com/ads

560 Employment Information$$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-405-7619 EXT 2450 http://www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN)

AIRLINE CAREERS Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA approved training. Financial aid if qualified - Housing avail-able. Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 877-492-3059 (AAN CAN)

Driver: $1000 Bonus 1st 30 Hired. Up to 47 cpm New equip-ment. Need CDL Class A driving exp. 877-258-8782 www.ad-drivers.com (Cal-SCAN)

330 Child Care OfferedLicensed childcare - infant spot

www.vlittlestars.com

340 Child Care WantedKid Care & Transport Needed Need part-time help for rides & home-work in the afternoons for our two kids (son 13 & daughter 11). Light housekeeping / laundry also request-ed. Starts January 2013. Must be able to drive, have a valid driver's license and a reliable car. Call Mary at 650 387 8881

part-time nanny/driver needed

345 Tutoring/LessonsCollege Admissions Counseling

PIANO AND RECORDER LESSONS

355 Items for Sale*NEW* all terrain tricycle

3/4YrsBoyclothesmajorityNew/tags

4 Teletubbies 6” $5

4 Thomas and Friends DVD’s

4YrsBibbsnowpants+DownJacket$30

BabyBlanketsThick/ThinBagfull$20

Boy shoes 8-13 toddler $4each

BOY0-6MonthsClothesw/tags$50

Kids Accordian and zylophone$15

PowerRanger outfit$5

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Advertise in the Weekly’s Kids’ Stuff section and reach over

90,000 readers! 326-8216

Today’s news, sports & hot picks

Driver: Choose Hometime $0.01 increase per mile after 6 months and 12 months. $0.03 Quarterly Bonus. Requires 3 months recent experience. 800-414-9569 www.driveknight.com (Cal-SCAN)

Drivers: Class A CDL Driver Training. $0 Training. Cost with employment commitment if you enroll in the month of December! Central Refrigerated 877/369-7126 www.centraltruckdriv-ingjobs.com (Cal-SCAN)

HELP WANTED!!! MAKE $1000 A WEEK mailing bro-chures from home! FREE Supplies! Helping Home Workers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity! No Experience required. Start Immediately! www.mailing-usa.com (AAN CAN)

BusinessServices

604 Adult Care OfferedCaregiver Available Licensed. Call Doris, 650/754-3543

615 ComputersMy Computer Works Computer problems? Viruses, spyware, email, printer issues, bad internet con-nections - FIX IT NOW! Professional, U.S.- based technicians. $25 off service. Call for immediate help. 1-888-865-0271 (Cal-SCAN)

624 FinancialCredit Card Debt? Get free now! Cut payments by up to half. Stop creditors from calling. 888-416-2691. (Cal-SCAN)

Reverse Mortgage? Ever consider a reverse mortgage? At least 62 years old? Stay in your home and increase cash flow! Safe and effective! Call Now for your free DVD. Call Now 888-698-3165. (Cal-SCAN)

645 Office/Home Business ServicesClassified Advertising The business that considers itself immune to advertising, finds itself immune to business. Reach Californians with a Classified ad in almost every county. Over 270 newspapers! Combo-California Daily and Weekly Networks. Free Brochures. elizabeth@cnpa.com or 916/288-6019. (Cal-SCAN)

Did You Know that ten million adults tweeted in the past month, while 164 million read a newspaper in print or online in the past week? Advertise in 240 California newspapers for one low cost. Your 25 word clas-sified ad will reach over 6 million+ Californians. For brochure call Elizabeth (916)288-6019 (Cal-SCAN)

Display Business Card Ad Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising -Mark Twain. Advertise your business card ad in 140 California newspapers for one low cost. Reach over 3 million+ Californians. Free brochure elizabeth@cnpa.com 916/288-6019. (Cal-SCAN)

HomeServices

710 CarpentryCabinetry-Individual Designs Precise, 3-D Computer Modeling: Mantels * Bookcases * Workplaces * Wall Units * Window Seats. Ned Hollis, 650/856-9475

715 Cleaning ServicesFamily House Service Weekly or bi-weekly green cleaning. Comm’l., residential, apts. HOnest, reliable, family owned. Refs. Sam, 650/315-6681.

Orkopina Housecleaning“The BEST Service for You”

Bonded Since 1985 InsuredTrustworthy Detailed

Laundr W Walls/WindowsOut

W Work650-962-1536 - Lic. 20624

www.orkopinabestcleaningservice.com

730 ElectricalA FAST RESPONSE! lic #545936 Bob 650-343-5125. www.

HillsboroughElectric.com

748 Gardening/LandscapingBeckys Landscape Weekly/periodic maint. Annual rose/fruit tree pruning, clean-ups, irrigation, sod, planting, raised beds. Power washing. 650/444-3030

LANDA’S GARDENING & LANDSCAPING *Yard Maintenance*New Lawns*Clean Ups*Tree Trimming*Wood Fences* Rototilling*Power Washing*irrigation timer programming. 17 years experi-ence. Call Ramon 650-576-6242

Leo Garcia Landscape/Maintenance Lawn and irrig. install, clean-ups. Res. and comml. maint. Free Est. Lic. 823699. 650/369-1477.

Mario’s Gardening Maintenance, clean-ups. Free est. 650/365-6955; 650/995-3822

Tired of Mow, Blow and Go? Owner operated, 40 years exp. All phases of gardening/landscaping. Refs. Call Eric, 408/356-1350

751 General Contracting

A NOTICE TO READERS: It is illegal for an unlicensed person to perform contracting work on any project valued at $500.00 or more in labor and materials. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertis-ing. Check your contractor’s status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CS-LB (2752). Unlicensed persons tak-ing jobs that total less than $500.00 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

BP Construction Total home remodels, incl. kitchens, baths, decks. New construction. No job too small. Lic. #967617. 650/995-0327.

757 Handyman/Repairs

HANDYMANAND MORERepair

Lic.# 468963 Since 1976 Bonded & Insured

650-222-2517Complete ome RepairMaintenancemodelin

Professional PaintingCarpentrPlumbing

Custom Cabine DesigDeck enceAn Much More

650.529.1662650.483.4227

ABLE HANDYMAN

FRED30 Years Experience

HANDY “Ed” MAN

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E D R O D R I G U E Z(650)465-9163 (650)570-5274

Jeff’s Handyman and Repair Free est. 10% SENIOR Discount. “No Job Too Small.” Call Jeff, 650/933-7021

759 Hauling# J & G HAULING SERVICE Misc., office, garage, storage, old furniture, mattress, green waste and yard junk. clean-ups. Licensed & insured. FREE EST. 650/368-8810 (see my Yelp reviews)

771 Painting/WallpaperGlen Hodges Painting 45 yrs. #351738. 650/322-8325

STYLE PAINTING Full service painting. Insured. Lic. 903303. 650/388-8577

775 Asphalt/ConcreteRoe General Engineering Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, new construct, repairs. 35 yrs exp. No job too small. Lic #663703. 650/814-5572

779 Organizing ServicesEnd the Clutter & Get Organized Residential Organizing by Debra Robinson (650)941-5073

790 RoofingAl Peterson Roofing

Specializing inng

650-493-9177

since 1946

RealEstate

801 Apartments/Condos/StudiosMountain View, 1 BR/1 BA - $1475

Palo Alto, Studio Small midtown studio, perdect for student, with kitchenette, bath, large closet, and laundry facilities.Partially furnished.Rent covers utilities, and cable Tv, but not phone. No smoking, no pets.

805 Homes for RentPalo Alto, 4 BR/2 BA - $5000. mon

Palo Alto, 4 BR/2 BA - $4500.. mo

Woodside, 1 BR/2 BA - 2,300 mont

809 Shared Housing/RoomsALL AREAS - ROOMMATES.COM Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http://www.Roommates.com. (AAN CAN)

Palo Alto, 1 BR/1 BA - $1295/mo

Redwood City, 2 BR/1 BA - $870/mth

815 Rentals Wantedwork exchange

825 Homes/Condos for SaleLos Altos, 3 BR/2 BA - $799000

Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000

Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000

Palo Alto, 4 BR/3.5 BA - $2995000

Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $599000

Sunnyvale, 3 BR/2 BA - $599999

Woodside, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000

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Across1 Alabama Shakes or Sparklehorse5 Tarbell and Lupino9 Bellicose god13 ___ about (roughly)14 Jeremy of “Suburgatory”16 Lymph ___17 It’s the end of The World!...

actually, it’s a radio station mentioned at the end of PRI’s “The World”

19 “Yeah, right!”20 Farm refrain21 It’s the end of the world!...or,

the country home to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world

23 Sound system name24 “___ Married an Axe Murderer”25 Food drive unit26 Throb28 Earth Day prefix30 Hole in one’s knowledge33 It’s the end of The World!...

or not, since that was the first company to provide access to it in 1989

37 Become rigid39 Shakespearean king40 Snatches42 Person who says “Breaker,

breaker...”43 Get really mad45 It’s the end of the world!...if you

sort the countries alphabetically47 Boat with two goats48 “The Greatest”50 Coyote score51 Verbal ability53 Series set in Las Vegas55 Black Panther Party co-founder

Bobby59 It’s the end of The World!...or

at least it’s seen in the bottom corner of the tarot card The World

62 “Peer Gynt” playwright63 Dominates64 It’s the end of the world!...if you

want to get really literal about it

66 Be a computer programmer67 “Cars” singer Gary68 St. that legalized marijuana in

201269 Rope feature70 Dick Tracy’s girl71 Chrysler modelDown1 Acknowledged the applause2 Prefix before -plasty3 Prize given to Carter and Obama4 Deep-voiced “Simpsons” char-

acter5 “Looking for,” in the personals6 Nightmare7 Elroy’s dog8 What an old comedian chomps9 Author Loos10 Maurice’s singing twin11 Tree of Life location12 ___ precedent15 Inseparable18 Makers of the Mallo Cup22 Some mil. members27 “Buffy” spinoff29 Mag with quizzes31 Some32 Combustible heap33 “Casablanca” character34 ___-do-well35 Olympic sport since 200036 Looney Tunes spinner38 Go smaller41 Think tank output44 Roles, in metaphor46 Old-school computer language49 Lake’s thaw52 Map-within-a-map54 “She ___ Coming” (Rolling

Stones song)56 Part of AAA57 One-eyed “Futurama” character58 “Return of the Jedi” moon59 Sure thing60 Victorious shout61 Jane Velez-Mitchell’s network65 IV givers

“It’s the End of the World!”--or maybe not. by Matt Jones

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781 Pest Control

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 4, 2012. (PAW Dec. 14, 21, 28, 2012, Jan. 4, 2013)

PHYTLY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 572391 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Phytly, located at 1852 Los Encantos Court, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County: This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JEFFREY KAZMUCHA 1852 Los Encantos Court Los Gatos, CA 95032 Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 5, 2012. (PAW Dec. 14, 21, 28, 2012, Jan. 4, 2013)

VPCS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 572501 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: VPCS, located at 672 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): VOJISLAV PROTIC 672 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on 03/15/1994. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara

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