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Taking county to court over aircraft noise Q Small

claims court finds county responsible for airport noise

By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

Related stories Q Mass filings of small claims law-

suits have won concessions: Below irplane noise makes Adam Q How state law defines a public Ullman a little bit crazy. nuisance: Page 6 Not the noise of all airQ Surf Air planes still overhead, planes, but the noise of a pardespite OK to fly Bay route: Page 6 ticular plane, the Pilatus PC-12 Q Atherton ‘town hall’ meeting to be turboprop, which is the plane that held on airport noise issues: Page 6 commuter airline Surf Air flies in and out of the San Carlos Airport up to 45 times a day, quite often small claims court, Mr. Ullman directly over the North Fair Oaks says the county sent a number of home where Mr. Ullman, his wife heavy hitters to the May hearing, including Public Works Director and two young children live. In April, Mr. Ullman, a non- Jim Porter and Airport Manager practicing attorney, did some- Gretchen Kelly. On June 29, the county thing about it. He filed a lawsuit appealed the in small claims small claims court, claimjudgment. The ing the county ‘I haven’t been matter is now owned him that happy since scheduled to be $5,000 because heard on Aug. it had failed passing the bar.’ 26 at 9 a.m. “to mitigate ADAM ULLMAN in San Mateo the continuous County Supepublic nuisance of very loud aircraft flying over my rior Court. Mr. Ullman says he will serve as his own attorney for home.” In June, Judge Pro Tem Dale the appeal. In the meantime, at least three Major awarded Mr. Ullman $1,000 plus his $65 court filing other people have taken the first step toward small claims court fee. He’d won. “I haven’t been that happy since lawsuits. They’ve filed claims passing the bar,” says Mr. Ullman, against the county with the same who went to law school but is not allegations: the county failed to licensed to practice in California. mitigate a continuing nuisance. “It felt good to be vindicated. I’m They are asking for damages rangin the right here. I’ve known that ing from $5,000 to $10,000. from day one.” Although $1,000 is probably &RXQW\·V UHVSRQVH not even a rounding error in the Soon after the small claims county’s legal budget, the county court decision was announced in is taking the lawsuit quite seri- the Ullman case, Supervisor Don ously. Although neither side can Horsley said in an interview that be represented by an attorney in the county will appeal it and “so

will the FAA.” “We’re not going to let that stand,” he said. If residents could win lawsuits claiming local governments have a responsibility to stop nuisance noise from airports, “you’d have people constantly suing you,” Mr. Horsley said. “They’d end up shutting (all airports) down.” Local government, he said, does not have authority over airport noise. “The only thing we can control is the land.” Mr. Horsley, who has worked closely with Mr. Ullman on the issues of noise from Surf Air and the San Carlos Airport, said he does not fault him. “He’s got to prod us,” he said. “I keep telling him: don’t worry, we’re prodded.” The county has other legal liabilities to worry about with the airport, including the possibility that Surf Air, which has received at least $18.8 million in venture capital funding, will sue the county if airport changes affect the airline’s business. He said the county, which is in the midst of a study of San Carlos Airport, is working on the airport noise issue in a “methodical and thoughtful and appropriate way” so the county doesn’t end up risking major lawsuits. “We have to be responsible to all the taxpayers,” Mr. Horsley said. “We can’t jeopardize them.” “I have no desire to harm the company,” he said, referring to Surf Air, “but I want to be able to control” it as much as possible on the ground, he said. Mr. Ullman said he believes See ULLMAN , page 6

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Adam Ullman outside the San Mateo County Superior Court, where he sued the county in small claims court for failure “to mitigate the continuous public nuisance of very loud aircraft flying over my home.”

Mass filings of small claims lawsuits have won concessions By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

little history may help to explain why the county would bother to fight a $1,000 small claims judgment. In 1981 a group of residents who lived near the San Francisco International Airport, located in San Mateo County but owned and operated by the city and county of San Francisco, filed more than 170 small claims lawsuits against San Francisco. According to the 1983 California Court of Appeal decision in the case, the small claims suits alleged “the noise from the air-

port constituted a continuing nuisance.” After the small claims court ruled in favor of 116 of the cases, San Francisco appealed. In the meantime, the airport’s neighbors filed another 183 claims. San Francisco then filed a suit against the small claims court, saying the cases shouldn’t be heard in that court, where attorneys are not allowed. The city lost. When San Francisco appealed that judgment, the 1st District Court of Appeal issued a March 29, 1983, decision firmly in favor of the neighbors. “It is beyond dispute that a

‘It is beyond dispute that a small claims court may hear an action in nuisance.’ COURT OF APPEAL

small claims court may hear an action in nuisance,” the decision says. “It has recently been established that airport noise may give rise to a nuisance action.” The Court of Appeal decision also said that such claims could continue to be filed “until abatement takes place.” According to an article by Howard Beckman for the web-

site AirportNoiseLaw.org, which says the article was updated in July 2016, San Francisco officials then tried to stop the continuing flurry of small claims lawsuits by having then speaker of the state Assembly Willie Brown insert a two-year moratorium on small claims actions against San Francisco International into an airport funding bill. The moratorium expired at the end of 1984. The legislation was deemed unconstitutional by the state Legislature’s counsel, however, because it affected only one airport, which in the legislation was defined as any “airport owned and operated by a county or city

and county but physically located in another county or city.” The legal opinion also said the legislation violated constitutional provisions that require “just compensation” when a government lessens the value of private property, Mr. Beckman wrote. San Francisco ended up spending more than $800,000 defending itself from the small claims court nuisance claims. Eventually, in exchange for the residents promising not to file any more nuisance suits, San Francisco agreed to a number of measures to reduce airport noise, including banning Concorde jets from using the airport. A

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Surf Air planes still overhead, despite OK to fly Bay route When the flights are overhead, conversartion cannot be heard from one side of the backyard picnic table to the other.

Surf Air

Surf Air has received permission from the FAA to fly a new approach to the San Carlos Airport that is mostly over the San Francisco Bay. By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

oining Adam Ullman in his North Fair Oaks backyard for a weekday morning cup of coffee makes it clear just what he means when he calls the ongoing flight noise a “nuisance.” In less than 30 minutes, from 7 a.m. to 7:27 a.m. on Aug. 3, four aircraft fly overhead that flight tracking software used by San

Francisco International Airport later showed were the PC-12 aircraft flown by SurfAir. Three flights going toward the San Carlos Airport pass directly overhead, one at 838 feet above sea level, one at 939 feet and one at 1,241 feet. One flight taking off from the airport is higher, at 2,119 feet and also about 12 blocks away. When the flights are overhead, conversation cannot be heard from one side of the backyard

picnic table to the other. On July 5, Surf Air received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly a new approach to the San Carlos Airport that is mostly over the San Francisco Bay. But the airline can only fly the route under visual conditions, when the pilots can see the airport from Mountain View. Mr. Ullman says that means that with the Peninsula’s typical summer conditions of early morn-

ing fog, much of the time Surf Air is still flying the route it always has, directly over his backyard. “I’ve become so attuned to that prop noise that I hear it far off,” he says. “We are now acutely aware of every aircraft over our head.” In the summertime when people have their windows open, “that’s when the impact is the greatest,” he says. “We have this beautiful weather — you want to be able to enjoy the outdoors.”

Anything the county has tried so far has been voluntary and just isn’t a long-term solution, he says. “The lawsuit really is to get a permanent solution in place.” “If we win on appeal,” he adds, “it reinforces that they have to do something.” Since 2006, the Ullman family has lived in North Fair Oaks, an unincorporated area near Atherton, between El Camino Real and U.S. 101. Part of the reason the family likes the neighborhood, in addition to its convenient location, is that “it’s quiet,” he says. Or was until Surf Air began flying overhead in 2013. Other planes do fly overhead, on their way to San Francisco International Airport. But those planes don’t have the same irritating effect that the Surf Air planes do, Mr. Ullman says. “It’s that low rumble — it’s the bass. It resonates differently.” Plus, he says, research has shown the planes Surf Air flies are actually noisier than many jets. “The PC-12 is louder than a 757,” he says. A

Atherton meeting set How state law defines a public nuisance on airport noise issues As part of San Mateo County’s owned and operated airport that study of noise issues connected to began soon after Surf Air began the San Carlos Airport, the county using the airport in June 2013. The is hosting a town hall meeting in airline offers unlimited flights for Atherton’s Holbrook-Palmer Park a monthly fee and currently offers as many as 45 flights a day to or at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Supervisor Don Horsley will from the airport. Because Surf Air uses planes host the meeting, which will be in the Jennings Pavilion in the park that carry nine or fewer passengers, under at 150 Watkins Federal AviaAve. AdminisIn March, The meeting is part of tion tration regulathe Board of the county’s study of tions the airline Super visors agreed that the ‘aircraft disturbance’ at may operate out of the San Carcounty would conduct a study the San Carlos Airport. los Airport even though it is a of “aircraft disturbance” at the San Carlos Air- general aviation — not a commerport. The study was scheduled cial — airport. Details of scheduling for a secto be completed by June, but the county delayed taking public com- ond town hall meeting, to be held ments until after a new approach in mid-September at the Fair Oaks route to the airport — which the Community Center in Redwood Federal Aviation Administration City, are not yet available. The county has hired an aviaapproved to start July 5 — could tion consultant, an aviation noise go into effect. The study was prompted by consultant and a polling firm to a barrage of public complaints help with the research. about noise related to the county — Barbara Wood 6 Q The Almanac Q AlmanacNews.com Q August 10, 2016

In his small claims court filing, Adam Ullman says San Mateo County is violating state law by not doing more to control noisy plane flights, which the suit says are a public nuisance. That law defines a “nuisance” in this way: “Anything which is injurious to health, including, but not limited

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the county could also be worried about lawsuits from pilots and businesses over changes in airport operations. San Mateo County Deputy County Counsel Brian Wong will probably represent the county in the appeal against Mr. Ullman’s nuisance claim. “We don’t think it’s the right outcome,” he said, adding that the county believes working with the Federal Aviation Authority is the “best way to resolve these ongoing issues.” “It’s not as simple as saying I have noise at my house and therefore there’s a nuisance claim,” Mr.

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Wong said. There must be proof, he said, that the noise is “substantially interfering with your use of your property.” “Obviously airports are allowed to exist and they’re allowed to have planes flying to them,” he said. “We don’t think there’s a nuisance here as defined by California law.” Hoping it will spread

Whatever happens with the appeal, Mr. Ullman hopes others will follow his lead. He is part of a citizen’s group called CalmTheSkies, which recently posted on its website information that others can use to file their own nuisance suits

street, or highway, is a nuisance.” (California Civil Code, Section 3479.) A public nuisance is defined as “one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal.” (California Civil Code, Section 3480.)

against the county. CalmTheSkies.org now contains step-by-step instructions on how to file a small claims lawsuit against the county, complete with downloadable forms. “County officials, despite almost 1,000 signatures on our petition and thousands of noise complaints, have done nothing to abate the noise from the flights operating at the San Carlos Airport,” the website says. “Unless the County is pushed financially, they will continue to ignore our requests. For this reason, just like they successfully did in the early 80’s at SFO, we have started to initiate small claims actions against the County,” the website says. A

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n October, Laurel Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upper campus, the new site for its third- through fifthgraders located at 275 Elliott Drive in Menlo Park, will open its doors for 300-plus students. The current Laurel School site, located at 95 Edge Rd. in Atherton, will continue to operate for kindergartners through second-graders. What is known with less clarity is how the children who will attend it will get to and from school. Encouraging kids to ride their bikes to school decreases car traffic

and could reduce childhood obesity, City Councilwoman Catherine Carlton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to make sure kids can get to school safely.â&#x20AC;? Jen Wolosin, the mother of one of the soon-to-be third-graders at the new school, has taken it upon her shoulders to help the city of Menlo Park figure out a way for kids to get to the school safely by walking or biking. A self-titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laurel Mom,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Wolosin says even though her family lives close enough to the current Laurel School campus to walk or bike, she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel comfortable commuting with them through harrowing traffic conditions, so she drives.

Atherton: Crosswalk stoplight to start operating on Aug. 17 Athertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pedestrian-activated stoplight on El Camino Real at Almendral Avenue is now scheduled to be activated on Wednesday, Aug. 17, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. The ceremony will be at the nearby Menlo Park Fire Protection Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Station 3 at 32 Almendral Ave. Speakers will be Atherton Mayor Elizabeth Lewis, Chief Harold Schapelhouman of the fire district, and Caltrans Deputy District Director Sean Nozzari. The new stoplight is the first of three that will be installed on El Camino Real. The lights, which stay dark until activated by pedestrians or bicyclists, were requested by the town after a series of serious accidents and fatalities along the busy state highway that cuts through the town. The Almendral light was paid for by the town of Atherton and the Menlo Park fire district, which will be able to control it to allow its vehicles to more easily travel from the fire station on Almendral.

Caltrans agreed in 2012 to pay for and install two more pedestrian-activated stoplights on El Camino at Isabella and Alejandra avenues, but Caltrans says those lights wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be installed until 2017. The light at Almendral will be owned and maintained by Caltrans once installed.

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are symbols of bikes intended to remind drivers to share the road with bicylists in the same lane. The proposed route skips over stretches of Coleman Avenue that fall into unincorporated county land. She created a video of what an average school day looks like on the unincorporated stretch of the street. It shows the road congested with heavy traffic while teens, children, and adults with preschoolers weave through the cars while walking and biking. Go to tinyurl.com/coleman503 to watch the video. Recently, she and other community members worked with the county to get â&#x20AC;&#x153;no parkingâ&#x20AC;? signs installed on Coleman Avenue, which is expected to happen in coming weeks. A previous version of the plan proposed restricted parking near the business area at Gilbert and Menalto avenues. After meeting with business owners there, she altered the plan. She is planning a door-to-door campaign to the roughly 350 houses on streets affected by her proposal, and is rallying people to attend an Aug. 23 City Council meeting to show their support. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like this is doable,â&#x20AC;? she said, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no illusions this will happen overnight.â&#x20AC;? Go to tinyurl.com/bikes782 to see Ms. Wolosinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed bike route. A

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Former resident sentenced to 70 years in prison for child-exploitation young victims of this hideous crime.” Mr. Boyajian visited the Camonald Gerard Boyajian, a bodian village of Svay Pak, former resident of Menlo notorious as a destination for Park, was sentenced Aug. pedophiles, where he dealt with 1 to 70 years in federal prison pimps and relatives of girls after being found guilty of three from impoverished Vietchild-exploitation crimes. The sentence by a federal namese immijudge in Los Angeles includes grant families. an order to pay $40,000 in res- He preferred titution to one of the victims, victims who w e i g h e d prosecutors said. After a six-week trial earlier less than 70 this year, Mr. Boyajian, 55, was pounds, pros- Ronald Gerard Boyajian convicted of having traveled to ecutors said. His CamboCambodia with the intention of engaging in illicit sexual dian victims were between 8 and conduct, of engaging in such 11 years old, “purchased” from conduct with a 9-year-old girl mothers or grandmothers for the in Cambodia, and of doing so purpose of sexual abuse, proswhile required to register as ecutors said. He was “abusive” a sex offender under Califor- and “cruel,” one victim said at his nia law, according to the U.S. trial. “He treated me like I wasn’t Attorney’s Office for the Cen- even human,” she said. Mr. Boyajian represented tral District of California. himself, so U.S. District testifying vicJudge Christims had no tina A. Snyder, He registered choice but to calling Mr. as a sex offender confront their Boyajian’s conduct “extremeliving in Menlo Park. abuser, Mr. Herzog said in ly serious,” recalling the imposed the maximum sentence “for the trial. At one point, Mr. Boyaprotection of the public and jian alleged that the victims to deter such behavior in the had been offered “benefits” to lie in court. One victim replied future,” prosecutors said. The Cambodian National by looking him in the eye and Police arrested Mr. Boyajian in saying, in translation, “The February 2009 on his 35th trip only benefit I get is to get to tell to Asia over nine years. At the the jury what you did to me.” “If you’re an American who time, he had recently completed parole on a conviction of 22 travels abroad to prey on chilcounts of illegal sex in Califor- dren, you’re going to be investinia with a 16-year-old minor gated and prosecuted,” Mr. Herand oral sex with a minor, also zog said. “Just because (you’re) outside the U.S., (you are) not 16, in 1995. For the next 12 years, he reg- free from scrutiny.” Agents with the U.S. Homeistered as a sex offender residing in Menlo Park, according land Security Investigations, a to the U.S. Attorneys Office. division of U.S. Immigration He lived on Sharon Park Drive, and Customs Enforcement, said David M. Herzog who were involved in the case, as prosecuted the case with Van- were the American Embassy essa Baehr-Jones, both attorneys in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the Violent and Organized and Homeland Security Investigations offices in Bangkok, Crime Section. “After being convicted of Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh sexually exploiting two chil- City, Vietnam. When a convicted pedophile dren here in California, this defendant tried to evade justice plans a trip overseas, Homeland by traveling to Cambodia to Security Investigations will victimize even younger chil- alert local law enforcement, dren,” said U.S. Attorney Eileen special agent Joseph Macias M. Decker. “As today’s sentence said. More than 2,100 such demonstrates, however, if you alerts were issued to more than travel anywhere in the world 90 countries in the 2015-16 for sex with children, the U.S. budget year, he said. A Department of Justice will be tenacious in prosecuting you Reporter Kate Bradshaw conand pursuing justice for the tributed to this story.

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Marsh Road to reopen Atherton officials say the work on Marsh Road to install a new drainage culvert, guard rail and replace sewage pipes will be completed on time for the road to reopen when originally scheduled, by the end of the day Saturday, Aug. 13. This photo shows the new guard rail and base rock being readied for paving on Aug. 3.

Celebration of life for Roslyn Morris A celebration of the life of Atherton’s Roslyn Morris will be held Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Roslyn G. Morris Little House Activity Center at 800 Middle Ave. in Menlo Park. Roslyn “Roz” Grossman Morris, the longtime Atherton resident after whom the Little House Activity Center is named, died in Palo Alto on July 26. She was 89 and had Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Oakland, she grew up in Napa, graduating from Napa High School in 1945 before attending the University of California at Berkeley. Merv and Roslyn Morris met on a blind date in the spring of 1950, soon after he opened his first Mervyn’s store, and were married in September 1950. She joined the Peninsula Volunteers in 1962 and was the group’s president in 1980. The Peninsula Volunteers’ Little House Activity Center was named after her when her husband in 1995 donated in

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her honor $1 million to a remodeling project at the center. She was also involved in supporting the arts in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. In 1999 she was given the Leading Citizens Award by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. Family members say she “had an exquisite sense of style and was a gracious entertainer, whether it be birthday parties for 400 people or ladies’ luncheons celebrating the milestones of her friends and family.” She was a Giants and Cal Bears fan, read multiple newspapers and was an enthusiastic traveler. Family was first with her, family members say. She hosted birthday parties for her grandchildren and saved every card they sent her, went to the San Francisco Opera and Symphony with her brother, and

had weekly Sunday dinners with her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was, family members say, “an impeccable example of a life lived with meaning and, most importantly, with love. She will be Roslyn Morris greatly missed by all who knew her.” She is survived by her husband of nearly 66 years, Mervin G. Morris; her four children and daughters-in-law, Diane Morris, Jeff and Missy Morris, Jim and Susan Morris, and John Morris; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and her brother, Arnold Grossman. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her honor to: Peninsula Volunteers - Roslyn G. Morris Memorial Fund, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park, California 94025. A

More mosquitoes found infected with West Nile virus Adult mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found in Atherton twice in recent weeks, prompting two rounds of fogging to kill them. The first round by the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District took place early morning on July 30 and the second round overnight on Aug. 4. Testing after the first round found no disease-carrying mosquitoes in the neighborhood that had been fogged, but did find dis-

ease-carrying mosquitoes nearby, in the vicinity of Selby Lane and Stockbridge Avenue, according to Megan Caldwell, the district’s education officer. “We’re very concerned about the risk of West Nile in this area,” she said, urging local residents take precautions to avoid mosquito bites. The virus is spread by infected mosquitoes, but can not be transmitted from one person to another, she said. Ms. Caldwell said the treatment was with Zenviex E4

(4% etofenprox) applied with a truck-mounted ultra-low-volume fogger at a rate of around one ounce per acre. The neighborhoods that were fogged are between the railroad tracks and Alameda de las Plugas and between Camino al Lago and Woodside Road in Redwood City. For more information or assistance with a mosquito problem, call the district at (650) 344-8592, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Homeland Security partners with Silicon Valley By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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overnment innovation. I don’t think you’ve seen those two words paired together,” Melissa Ho, managing director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program, told a crowd of eager listeners from the tech industry at a conference held at SRI International in Menlo Park on July 29. “We actually are interested in partnering with the tech community,” she said. Government, in the form of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, is seeking to spur its technological capabilities by acting like a venture capitalist, looking to invest in early-stage startups that are developing products it could use in supporting national security. Like a venture capitalist, the program is looking for early-stage startup companies and seeking to give them funding, feedback and a contract. Unlike a venture capitalist, presenters said, the department won’t ask for equity in the company. “We want to help you,” said

Ari Schuler, director of analytics integration at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “We want to test the heck out of your stuff.” Interested parties fill out an application, and then, if selected, are invited to give a 15-minute pitch. They can know as soon as that day whether their idea will be funded, Ms. Ho said. The program has four steps, each of which lasts three to six months and comes with a payment of $50,000 to $200,000. First, contract recipients must present a proof of concept, then demonstrate a pilot-ready prototype. The third and fourth steps involve testing the prototype in different scenarios. The program is about a year old, and has so far yielded about five government contracts for companies, representatives said. The program has clear rules about how intellectual property rights will be managed. “The person who created it has ownership,” said Rosemary James, from the department’s general counsel office. “The government gets a license under most cases.” At the conference, representatives from the department issued new calls for projects related to

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Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security answer audience questions about their Silicon Valley Innovation Program at a conference held at SRI International in Menlo Park on July 29.

small unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, and ways to improve screening for airport passengers crossing international borders. Previous calls have included

Kepler’s to host forum on housing crisis Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park will host a forum to discuss the housing crisis at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. The forum will be moderated by Kepler’s co-owner Christin Evans, Menlo Park Councilman Ray Mueller, and East Palo Alto activist Kyra Brown. During the event, some personal stories will be read aloud and there will be an open mic for people to tell their own stories about dealing with the housing crisis. Kepler’s Books is in the Menlo Center at 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Go to tinyurl.com/forum818 for more information and to RSVP.

New bike racks in Menlo Park Since June, the city of Menlo Park has installed green bike racks to accommodate 54 bikes at four on-street “bike corrals” and 30 bikes on the sidewalks along Santa Cruz Avenue in downtown Menlo Park, according to Nikki Nagaya, transportation manager. The “corrals” now occupy previously unused stretches of the street that had been painted in and not allowed for parking. The corrals have different shapes, including the traditional upsidedown “U”, a bike shape, and a

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Menlo Park gate logo. The project was funded using a $347,860 grant for bike-related infrastructure projects from the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, about $20,000 of which was expected to be used for the bike racks, according to a staff report.

chfriends.org or call (650) 8512661 for more information and to buy tickets at $150 each. The event is limited to 250 people. The organization is still seeking sponsors. Board President Jill Daly says the goal is to raise at least $45,000 to benefit park projects and nature education programs ranging from volunteers performing trail maintenance to

wearable technologies for K9 dogs and biometric technologies to quickly and accurately screen people crossing borders. In May, Menlo Park was said to

be the city with the highest number of drones registered for commercial purposes in the U.S., according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A

leading elementary school children on nature hikes and tours through time.

The evening will begin with wine tasting and a silent auction, followed by a multiple course dinner paired with wines from Champagne to port. The live auction will feature vacation lodging, wines and special dinners. Tickets are $150 per person. During the past 12 years, the club has raised almost $500,000 for Rotary projects. Check wpvRotary.org for more information.

Taste of Woodside set for Sept. 11 The Rotary Club of Woodside/ Portola will hold its 13th Taste of Woodside event from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, in Grace Memorial Courtyard at 3154 Woodside Road.

‘Big Bad Barn Dance’ in Woodside Aug. 28 Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Parks invites everyone to put on western gear, grab a partner and do-si-do over to the historic Folger Stable in Woodside for the “Big Bad Barn Dance and BBQ” on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. Caller Andy Wilson will be guiding guests through traditional square dances accompanied by his band. ABC BBQ is catering the dinner, and a selection of Devil’s Canyon craft beers, as well as wine and soft drinks, will be served. Tables and hay bales will be set out for group seating in and around the restored stable located at 4040 Woodside Roadf and built in 1905. Visit huddartwunderli-

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New on-street bike racks have been installed on Santa Cruz Avenue near Curtis Street.

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Flood-control project in Baylands kicks off Congress authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to study the creek, said Paul Beck, legislative ighty years after the enact- counsel for U.S. Congresswoman ment of the federal Flood Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park. But in the intervening decades, Control Act, a decadesin-the-making flood-protection little had been done to fix the siteffort on San Francisquito Creek uation, which only became more dangerous after decades of alteris finally underway. On Aug. 5, officials from the ing the channel and the addition San Francisquito Creek Joint of thousands of residents. Flood control became an Powers Authority and numerous public officials gathered for imperative for local governa groundbreaking ceremony on ments following the 1998 flood top of a levee in East Palo Alto to that damaged parts of Palo Alto, celebrate getting the first phase East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. In 1998, local officials, including of the project started. The vantage point provided a those from Menlo Park, formed sobering backdrop to the event: the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) from atop the levee, one looked to work collaboratively on a soludown at the nearby rooftops of tion to the flooding — one that East Palo Alto residents. In a would not improve the situation 100-year flood event, all of those for one community while worsroofs could be under water, and ening it for another. Palo Alto Mayresidents might or Pat Burt said have little or that the project no chance to The first phase will finally came to escape, said protect 5,700 homes fruition after members of the the JPA began SFJPA, which is and businesses, to recalibrate its managing the including in eastern approach eight project. years ago. From The $41.35 Menlo Park. 1998 to 2006, million project’s first phase, the Bay to U.S. the approach was primarily pur101 segment, will protect 5,700 suing principal funding sources. But a project with the U.S. homes and businesses in East Palo Alto and parts of eastern Army Corps of Engineers stalled, Menlo Park and Palo Alto from and when funding fell through, a high-water flow that includes JPA members and state and an extreme tide with more than local officials worked to secure 2 feet of sea-level rise, a so-called local financial resources to take 100-year event, SFJPA Executive on the first phase of the floodcontrol project, the Bay to U.S. Director Len Materman said. The project includes new flood 101 segment. Nervous residents and public walls near private property constraining the channel, widening officials again received a remindthe creek by building a new levee er of the creek’s destructive powthrough the Palo Alto Munici- ers in December 2012. Rushing pal Golf Course, rebuilding the upstream water pounded the existing levee adjacent to East levee in East Palo Alto, causPalo Alto homes, and excavat- ing damage that threatened to ing decades of sediment that has destroy the adjacent neighborhood and flooding some streets built up in the channel. Most of the work will take when water came up through place from June through Janu- storm drains. Then-East Palo Alto Mayary 2017 to protect endangered species living in the area. The or Ruben Abrica scrambled to work is scheduled to be com- secure state emergency funds to repair the levee and portions pleted in 2018. The project is the first of of Woodland Avenue beside the two. The second project, the creek. Now the project is the first in “Upstream of Highway 101” segment, would follow, with poten- the country to address 100-year tial bridge replacements, channel flood protection with sea-level widening and construction of an rise, and it is a model for other upstream floodwater detention projects, Mr. Burt said. Mr. Abrica, who sits on the JPA basin, underground bypass or flood walls. A draft environmen- board, said he has a feeling of tal impact report for this phase is deep satisfaction that some of the scheduled for release and public wrongs done to the creek over the decades, with its re-engineering comment in 2017. San Francisquito Creek’s and dirt-pile levees made by potential to cause damaging farmers who wanted to use the and life-taking floods has been creek water, will be corrected. One of the major stumbling recognized since 1941, when By Sue Dremann Palo Alto Weekly

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Facebook Academy intern Brianna Boyd at an internship graduation ceremony held Aug. 3, 2016, at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park.

Students graduate from Facebook Academy Eighteen local high school students completed a six-week internship at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park on Aug. 3. Students who participated in the internship, called “Facebook Academy,” worked full-time in various departments at Facebook and

received weekly coding instruction. The program is for rising high school juniors and has enrolled nearly 100 students from East Palo Alto, Belle Haven and Redwood City since 2012, according to a Facebook spokesperson.

Election update: Filing deadline Friday The candidate filing deadline for the Nov. 8 election is 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. If an eligible incumbent doesn’t file by that time, the filing period for that race will be extended to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17. ShapeTheFuture.org, the county’s official election website, has more information.

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Las Lomitas School District

Two school board incumbents whose terms expire this year have filed for re-election in the Las Lomitas School District, which covers neighborhoods in the western part of Menlo Park and Atherton and small sections of Woodside, plus nearby unincorporated areas including Ladera. Bill Steinmetz, a retired attorney from Ladera and Diane Honda, a Menlo Park attorney, are each completing their first term on the board. Both were unopposed when seeking their first terms. More information and filing documents are available from blocks involved is how to protect the endangered Ridgway’s rail and the salt marsh harvest mouse and other threatened and endangered species. Anne Morkill of the U.S. Fish

the San Mateo County Registration and Elections Division at 40 Tower Road in San Mateo. The phone number is (650) 312-5222. Atherton council

Elizabeth Lewis and Cary Wiest, the incumbents on the Atherton City Council whose terms expire this year, have both returned their nomination papers for two open council seats. Ms. Lewis will be running for her third term and Mr. Wiest for his second. More information and filing documents are available from the Atherton city clerk’s office at 91 Ashfield Road, or by calling (650) 752-0529. At tinyurl.com/TOA-elect, the town has more information about candidate filing, voter registration and the election.

Mr. Mueller said he plans to submit his paperwork on Aug. 8, after the Almanac’s press deadline, and Ms. Carlton said she plans to file her paperwork sometime the week of Aug. 8-12. For more information and filing documents, contact the Menlo Park city clerk’s office at 701 Laurel St. or call (650) 330-6620. Menlo Park City School District

David Ackerman, an educator, Alka Gupta, an entrepreneur and executive, and Scott Saywell, who is in business development in biotechnology, have all been qualified as candidates for two open board seats in the district. As of Aug. 2, neither of the incumbents, Jeff Child and Maria Hilton, had taken out nomination papers.

Menlo Park council

In the Menlo Park City Council race, which has two open seats, no candidate nomination papers had been filed as of Aug. 5. Incumbents Ray Mueller and Catherine Carlton have both taken out nomination papers, but not returned them.

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and Wildlife Service said the project represents a paradigm shift of ecosystem and floodcontrol restoration. “The (Bay) has lost 90 percent of its wetlands here, and the goal

is to bring back 100,000 acres of marshland,” she said. “Through discussion we came up with a win-win situation” that protects the endangered species habitat and people, she added. A

On ShapeTheFuture.org, the San Mateo County elections office updates the filings at the end of each business day. Click on “Roster of Candidates” in the “Candidates and Campaigns” section of the home page.

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A summer camp immersed in performing arts By Julia Clark

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Julia Clark, a resident of Emerald Hills, will be a junior this fall at Carlmont High School, where she is a member of the Thespian Society and the CHS Dead Poets Society (a staged reading and poetry club).

ast year I found T h e at re Wor k s Summer Studio while searching online for a summer theater Julia Clark camp. It stood out for several reasons. I have seen, and been impressed and music class. In just a few with, many TheatreWorks pro- weeks, I’ve learned new ways to ductions. The camp would give approach acting and the physicalme the opportunity to work with ity of characters. In dance, we focus mainly on the staff there. It also was a chance to practice hip-hop, which is a great style all the performing arts and broad- because anyone can do it and en my horizons. In school pro- add her or his own flavor. We put ductions, you often work on just together creative musical numbers one thing, whether it be acting, that showcases everyone’s talents. The staff members at Summer directing, tech crew or something else. You rarely get the chance to Studio are excellent and are great work on script writing, choreogra- at relating to teenagers. They phy, and putting together musical know how to listen to our ideas numbers as a collaborative group. and help us refine them to fit into Last summer, when we per- the script elegantly. Also, the script is about current formed our final Summer Studio show, I was especially proud events that are relevant in our because I had helped create every lives. The show that we are putting on part of it. From script writing to costume design to choreography, this summer is called “The Feathers.” It is inspired by a Greek play, I had the chance to do it all. I decided to return to Sum- “The Birds” by Aristophanes. It takes place at The Nest, a mer Studio this year, and have especially enjoyed acting, dance Burning Man-type festival in Q POL I C E C A L LS This information is based on reports from the Atherton Police Department and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Under the law, those charged with offenses are considered innocent unless convicted. Police received the reports on the dates shown. $7+(5721 Residential burglaries: Q Thieves entered a construction site on Atherton Avenue and stole a mobile toolbox with tools inside that included a chop saw and stand, a 10-inch gliding saw, a laser alignment tool and a jigsaw. A pair of bolt cutters were found at the scene. Estimated loss: $6,000. July 26. Q A burglar broke through a deadbolt on the front door of a home on Maple Avenue and stole jewelry from the bedrooms. No estimate on losses. July 29. Auto burglaries: Q A black $500 Longchamp shoulder bag, a $100 gold Hobo wallet, credit cards and three pairs of Maui Jim sunglasses were stolen from

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Music Menlo Park Outdoor Summer Concert Mister Wonderul performs as part of the Menlo Park Summer Concert Series. People are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket and dinner. Aug. 10, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Fremont Park, Santa Cruz Avenue & University Avenue, Menlo Park. menlopark. org 2SHUD ¶6LQJ D 6WRU\ · The San Francisco Opera Guild presents “Sing a Story!” — a musical telling of a classic opera story with props, costumes and audience participation. Aug. 10, 4 p.m. Schaberg Branch Library, 2140 Euclid Ave., Redwood City. redwoodcity.org Juan Sánchez will lead songs in stories in English and Spanish. Aug. 18, 10:30 a.m. Free. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org

a vehicle parked on De Bell Drive. When confronted by the person reporting the crime, the suspects got into a maroon Mercedes Benz and drove off toward Middlefield Road. Police are looking for a Hispanic man, a white man, a white woman with a ponytail and a black woman with her hair dyed blonde. July 24. Q Thieves broke into two vehicles parked on San Benito Avenue and stole a laptop computer and fishing gear. July 24. Q A blue backpack with a gray zipper was stolen from a vehicle parked on Rosewood Drive after the thief smashed a driver’s side rear window with a rock. Estimated loss: $50. July 27. Thefts: Q Someone entered an unlocked vehicle in a garage on Magnolia Drive and stole a camera, an ultrasonic lens and brown cowboy boots. Estimated loss: $1,500. July 26. Q A thief stole an eight-speed silver mountain bike from Menlo-Atherton High School at 555 Middlefield Road. Estimated loss: $550. July 27. 32572/$ 9$//(< Residential burglaries: Q A woman left her home on Golden Oak

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0HQOR 3DUN 0RYLH 6HULHV Showing of “Zootopia” (2016), a film about a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox who must work together to uncover a conspiracy. Aug. 12, 8:15 p.m. Free. Downtown, Curtis Street at Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park. menlopark.org ¶$ 'D\ DW WKH 5DFHV· Menlo Park Library’s Marx Brothers Film Festival concludes with a showing of “A Day at the Races” (1937). Free. Downstairs Program Room, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org

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$XWKRU - ' 9DQFH discusses his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” a personal analysis of a culture in crisis — that of white working-class Americans. Aug. 10, noon. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers.com ¶,Q 'HHS 5DGLR· OLYH ZLWK $QJLH &RLUR Upcoming topics include Rabia Chaudry on the Serial podcast and David Dayen on his book, “Chain of Title.” Aug., 17, noon-1 p.m.;

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Julia Clark rehearsing for the TheatreWorks Summer Studio production of “The Feathers.”

the desert and the festival-goers, called “feathers,” live in love and harmony. That is, until some corporate suits show up and disrupt the status quo. I play Vonnegut, one of the feathers. She definitely has a big personality but has her insecurities like anyone else. An area I have enjoyed working on — and feel that I have made big contributions to — is figuring Drive to walk her dog and returned to find cabinet doors open inside the house and a laptop and purse stolen along with credit cards and $200 in cash. July 21. Q Someone pried a screen from a side window of a home on Golden Oak Drive and stole two laptop computers. July 21. Mountain lion sighting: An observer said he saw a mountain lion walk up to the front gate of a home in the 3000 block of Portola Road, then walk back to the road. July 19. /$'(5$ Commercial burglary: A burglar smashed a glass front door at Alpine Optometry at the Ladera Country Shopper mall at 3130 Alpine Road and stole 100 pairs of eyeglasses. The keys to the eyeglasses display case were found hanging from the display case door. Estimated loss: $15,000. July 19. :22'6,'( Theft: Someone stole a Fed Ex package containing tax information and the resident’s Social Security number from the front porch of a home on Eleanor Drive. Estimated loss: $23. July 18. Aug. 16, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers. com 3DWWL :LSIOHU, founder of Hand in Hand Parenting, discusses her book, “Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges.” Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m. $20, general; $40, premier seating, includes book. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers.com

Kids & Families

9LVLW ZLWK +DQV &KULVWLDQ $QGHUVHQ Randel McGee, storyteller, teacher and artist, portrays author Hans Christian Andersen in period costume and shares Andersen’s stories, which are characterized by satire, wit and fantasy that appeal to children and adults. Aug. 13, 1 p.m. Free. City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org &UHDWLYLW\ /DE allows children ages 6 and up to make wands for giant bubbles, Perler bead pictures, creations out of marshmallows and more. Thursdays, Aug. 11-Aug. 25, 2:303:30 p.m. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. smcl.org

out the musical numbers for the show. The feathers are such exuberant people that they deserve an equally outstanding soundtrack. Summer Studio has helped prepare me for a potential career in theater by teaching me about the collaboration necessary to create a play. The writing, acting, music, costuming and directing all have to mesh to form a great finished product.

Q I N F OR M ATI ON Go to tinyurl.com/studio81 for more information. Performances of “The Feathers” are open to the public and take place at 7 p.m. on two nights, Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 10-11, at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Admission is free.

Wake for Michael O’Connell An Irish wake for Woodside Glens resident Michael Dan O’Connell is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society in Half Moon Bay. Mr. O’Connell, a career machinist, an elementary school basketball coach and a birdwatcher and backpacker in the Sierra Nevada, died in his sleep on July 18. He was 75. A native of Texas, he grew up in Wyoming as the son of a driller for oil and uranium. He was married three times. His 33-year career as a machinist with United Airlines began in Los Angeles, where he moved in hopes of playing saxophone in a jazz band. After relocating to the Bay Area, he avidly followed local major league sports and coached basketball at Woodside Elementary School. His major accomplishments include a well-restored 1965 Austin Healey, and his home, which he built “mostly by himself,” his

Food & Drink

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family said. “His humor and his presence was always special. People would say he was the coolMichael Dan est guy they O’Connell ever met, and he was,” his family said. Mr. O’Connell is survived by his wife Julia O’Connell; former wives Marilyn Webb of Flower Mound, Texas, and Wanda Bambury of North Lake Tahoe; sisters Denise Evans of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Gwen Matthews of Raleigh, North Carolina; brother Ken O’Connell of Colorado Springs; daughters Shannon O’Connell of San Diego and Ashley Willwerth; son Michael Joseph O’Connell of Woodside; and a grandson.

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Woodside polls homeowners on town’s building-review process By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer

or years, Woodside town officials have heard complaints from homeowners and others that the process for getting a building permit in town is unnecessarily difficult and costly. Wanting to get to the bottom of this matter, the town in May emailed a questionnaire to 175 homeowners and 11 architects and building-trades professionals who had home-building projects under town review during 2014, 2015 and part of 2016. Of the 52 responses received by the town, including from 43 homeowners, there was an even split overall between satisfaction and dissatisfaction, with comfort levels higher when dealing with Town Hall staff, and lower when processes involved citizen-review panels: the Planning Commission and the Architectural and Site Review Board. Dissatisfaction also grew with processes that add cost and time to a project, Town Manager Kevin Bryant said. “Overall, I think the survey

demonstrates that there’s a lot of work to do,” Mr. Bryant said in a recent report to the Town Council. “I think that’s true pretty much (at the time) a project comes through the door to its completion. ... Staff is not entirely pleased with the response and understands that we have work to do.” Resolving complaints about time and cost are high priorities, he said. Streamlining could include eliminating requirements for arborist reports on trees within construction zones since the process for protecting them is well understood. Also unnecessary may be requiring a licensed engineer to approve certain traffic-control plans, and requiring setback surveys for structures “well beyond” setback lines. The point is to be less bureaucratic, Mr. Bryant told the Almanac. “It’s not that we want different outcomes. It’s just that we don’t necessarily need all the process.” The questionnaire

The questionnaire had 33 questions divided among four areas: general feedback for staff, and comments on project planning,

permitting and building phases. For example, question 16, in the staff feedback section, asked whether staff had been fair and reasonable in interpreting the meaning of gray areas in ordinances and guidelines. Of 44 responses, 19 were agreed that staff were fair and reasonable while 14 disagreed. Seven were neutral and four said the question was not relevant. Question 21 asked whether planning review processes reflected a reasonable balance between preserving Woodside’s rural character, the primary mission of project review, and a landowner’s property rights. Of 40 responses, 20 expressed negative opinions compared to 17 that were positive. Crafting the questions in con-

sultation with Mr. Bryant were former mayor Dave Burow, Planning Commissioner William Fender and residents Greg Raleigh and Bengt Henriksen — all prominent critics of Woodside’s planning and review processes.

Commission: two favorable opinions and seven unfavorable. Q Interacting with the Town Council: Five favorable opinions and two unfavorable. Go to tinyurl.com/1bEez for full survey results.

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In a report, Mr. Bryant boiled down the survey’s favorable and unfavorable opinions on interacting with local government. Q Interacting with staff: nine favorable opinions and three unfavorable. Q Interacting with the architectural and aite review administrator (Planning Director Jackie Young), who reviews projects not needing the scrutiny of the review board: two favorable opinions and none unfavorable. Q Interacting with the Architectural and Site Review Board, two favorable opinions and eight unfavorable. Q Interacting with the Planning

Mr. Burow, in a comment from the audience, said he considered the survey response rate as low “given the emotions people feel about this topic.” Given the possibility that people blocked the emailed invitations because they originated with Survey Monkey, Councilman Chris Shaw recommended sending postcards inviting people to take the survey on the web. Councilman Peter Mason suggested that a future survey go back further than 2014 to combat “lingering beliefs” about building and planning processes and make the point that the town is interested in the issue. A

Getaway driver pleads no contest The getaway driver in a 2014 East Palo Alto fatal shooting was sentenced to four years in prison Aug. 3 after pleading no contest to assault and accessory to murder charges. Menlo Park resident Herson

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Cruz, 24, had also been charged with murder for the Aug. 17, 2014, shooting of 18-year-old Nazario Barajas, but agreed to plead no contest to lesser charges in exchange for a sentence of no more than five years in prison, the San

Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said. Mr. Cruz will be given credit for time already served. His co-defendant, 26-year-old Antonio Sotelo-Moreno, has been indicted for the murder charge and is scheduled to stand trial on Nov. 14. — Bay City News Service

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ou don’t have to be a to improve safety on that thorpedestrian trying to cross oughfare. That verdict awarded El Camino Real at an the family of Chris Chandler uncontrolled intersection in $9.5 million, 90 percent of which Atherton to know how danger- must be paid by Caltrans because of the agency’s ous such an responsibility attempt can EDITO RIAL for Mr. Chanbe. Motorists dler’s 2010 driving down The opinion of The Almanac death as he the six-lane attempted to roadway, surrounded by other vehicles — cross El Camino in a crosswalk. Mr. Chandler was killed in many speeding — can be caught by surprise by a suddenly visible the crosswalk at El Camino and all-too-vulnerable person in Real and Isabella Avenue, where the crosswalk only yards ahead. two years later two women were In recent years, numerous struck and seriously injured. pedestrians have been killed or Since Mr. Chandler’s death, at seriously injured in marked El least three other pedestrians Camino crosswalks at Ather- have been killed and at least ton intersections with no traf- three — including a teenage girl fic signals or other lights to — severely injured in El Camiwarn motorists to stop, leading no crosswalks in Atherton. Lawyers for Mr. Chandler’s town officials to plead with Caltrans to install safety fea- family made a convincing case in arguing that Caltrans was tures at those crosswalks. Those pleas have been only culpable in Mr. Chandler’s partially successful; a pedes- death: Just three months before trian-activated stoplight was Mr. Chandler lost his life, to be activated this week on El Caltrans was ordered to pay Camino at Almendral Avenue, $8 million to the family of a and two more of the special teenage girl struck in an unconstoplights are scheduled for trolled El Camino Real crossinstallation. But the approval- walk in Millbrae. That incident through-construction process left the girl brain-damaged and to put them in place has been in a vegetative state. The Chandlers’ attorneys frustratingly slow, and the one light that is nearly completed also presented evidence of was paid for by the town and the the dangers of crosswalks at uncontrolled intersections fire district, and not Caltrans. But local officials and residents on multi-lane roadways with hope that a July 25 jury verdict heavy traffic. Federal Highwill lead to a more intensive — way Administration studies and swifter — effort by Caltrans underscore the perils of such

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Correction The writer of a guest opinion (“Police officers need support during difficult times”) that appeared in the July 27 edition of the Almanac was misidentified as Tom Littlefield. The writer is Tom Littlewood.

crosswalks — the conclusions are well-known to transportation agencies nationwide. It would be easy, and all too convenient, for Caltrans to argue that it must allocate its financial resources wisely in setting priorities for its hundreds of statewide projects, and that engineering studies to determine appropriate fixes to problems take time. But how many deaths and injuries must occur before needed measures are fast-tracked when undisputed danger is identified? In an interview with the Almanac after the jury award

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ic pedestrian accidents on El Camino Real in this county. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, considering how that money could have been spent to improve safety on this heavily trafficked roadway. Sen. Hill is right: The massive Caltrans bureaucracy must become less complacent and figure out how to move more quickly to address urgent safety concerns. And state lawmakers must hold the agency’s top officials accountable when millions of dollars are spent to compensate grieving families rather than to fund much-needed projects to protect the public. A

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was announced late last month, State Sen. Jerry Hill took an appropriately big-picture stance: Caltrans appears to be treating deaths and injuries on state roadways as “the cost of doing business,” and that’s an aspect of the agency’s culture that must change. The agency must react to dangerous situations with greater urgency. “To me, it gets down to prioritization and making safety a significant issue. We haven’t seen that,” Sen. Hill said. Since 2010, Caltrans has been ordered to pay out damages totaling $17.5 million for trag-

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ClassGuide Fall

s summer draws to a close and the school year begins, now is the perfect time to turn a new leaf and learn something new. With the start of a new season, local teachers and organizations are primed to offer a wide array of classes. Take a walk on the creative side, give a new sport a chance or enjoy the crisp autumn days on horseback. This fall can be the season to embrace the opportunity to be a lifelong learner and discover something new about yourself.

FOR THE DANCER 1923 Menalto Ave., Menlo Park 650-996-8602 captivatingdancebynona.com Captivating Dance by Nona instructs youth of various ages and abilities in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and other styles and skills. The studio also has competitive teams. Classes start Aug. 29.

Dance Expressions 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park 650-450-3209 danceexpressions5678@yahoo.com danceexpressions5678.com Dance Expressions provides dance instruction for students beginning at age 3 and up

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HEALTH & FITNESS Fleet Feet Sports 859 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 650-325-9432 lisa@fleetfeetmenlopark.com fleetfeetmenlopark.com/training Fleet Feet Menlo Park offers training groups throughout the year to bring camaraderie and skill building to runners and walkers of all levels.

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through young adults, focusing on jazz technique at various experience and skill levels.

Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park 650-703-1263 meredithozbil@hotmail.com jcls.jazzercise.com Jazzercise blends dance, cardio, yoga, Pilates, resistance training and kickboxing movements into exercise routines set to new music. Classes offer varied moves and an accepting environment.

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Belle Haven Pool, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park 650-330-2237 menloswim.com/ Menlo Swim & Sport runs youth, adult and community programs at Burgess and Belle Haven pools, including swim lessons, youth swim teams, masters swimming, water polo and water exercise. It also offers cycling, running, fitness and tennis programs.

Studio Rincon 3536 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park 650-861-0242 manager@studiorincon.com studiorincon.com Studio Rincon applies a fresh approach to yoga, fitness and dance with classes for men, women and children. Drop-in, class-pack and membership pricing options are available.

SPORTS Menlo Park Gymnastics 501 Laurel St., Menlo Park 650-330-2224 kamihalek@menlopark.org menlopark.org/237/Gymnastics-Classes The City of Menlo Park offers a number of gymnastics classes for youth, with a focus on children under the age of 6. Parentparticipation classes are also available for children with special needs.

Menlo Park Tennis Nealon Park Tennis Courts, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park Jim Heebner, 650-814-6734 jimheebnertennis@aol.com menloparktennis.com Menlo Park Tennis offers tennis classes for adults and children ages 5 and up and at all levels. Lessons include tips, strategy, drills and entertaining games.

Synergy Badminton Academy 190 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park 650-838-9318 info@synergybadminton.com synergybadminton.com Synergy teaches the sport of badminton to youth, adults, beginners and competitive players in groups and privately. Experienced coaches guide players through training and competition using innovative methods.

Webb Ranch Riding School 2720 Alpine Road, Portola Valley 650-854-7755 summer@webbranchinc.com webbranchinc.com/riding.htm The Webb Ranch Riding School gives instruction for beginning and intermediate riders in both group and private settings. Specialties include Western riding, dressage and huntseat riding. In addition, there are a number of weeklong camp sessions.

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German-American International School campus, 475 Pope St., Menlo Park 650-520-3646 contact@gaspa-ca.org gaspa-ca.org The German-American School of Palo Alto (GASPA), a Saturday school, teaches immersive German language classes, which also cover culture and traditions, to students ages 2 to 18. No prior knowledge of German is required.

Language Pacifica 585 Glenwood Ave., Menlo Park 650-321-1840 esl@languagepacifica.com languagepacifica.org Language Pacifica teaches English to nonnative speakers in both full-time and part-time intensive courses. Classes are well-suited for TOEFL exam preparation and learning English for business or personal enrichment.

MUSIC, ARTS AND CRAFTS Draeger’s Cooking School 1010 University Drive, Menlo Park 650-685-3704 draegerscookingschool.com Draeger’s Cooking School classes are taught by chefs and cover an array of regional cuisines, dishes and cooking skills.

Improv for Everyone at the Dragon Theatre Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City 650-493-2006 ext. 6 classes@dragonproductions.net dragonproductions.net

F A L L Held at the Dragon Theatre, this class on improvisation skills will focus on students’ development of effective communication, outof-the-box thinking, confidence and teamwork.

Music Together Menlo Park 75 Arbor Road, Suite N, Menlo Park 650-799-1624 admin@mt-mp.com mt-mp.com Music Together holds classes exploring music and movement for children from birth up to age 5 and their guardians at the Allied Arts Guild. The fall semester starts in September.

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727 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 650-321-3494 info@oldworlddesigns.com oldworlddesigns.com In addition to stocking supplies and giving private lessons in stitching, Old World Designs organizes project classes and “stitch-ins.”

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Littlest Angels Preschool 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park 650-854-4973 kathys@bethany-mp.org littlestangelspreschool.com At the preschool, children ages 2 to 5 follow a Christian curriculum that encourages creative, emotional, intellectual, physical and social development.

Peninsula School 920 Peninsula Way, Menlo Park 650-325-1584 info@peninsulaschool.org peninsulaschool.org Peninsula School supplies a progressive education to about 250 students from nursery through eighth grade and emphasizes choice and experience. Classes cover core subjects as well as explore physical education, science, music, drama, art, woodshop and more.

Sand Hill School 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 650-688-3605 info@sandhillschool.org sandhillschool.org Located at the Children’s Health Council, Sand Hill School teaches children from kindergarten through seventh grade (expanding to eighth) with language-based learning differences and assists with attention and social difficulties. The school year began in July.

ReBoot Accelerator for Women GSVlabs, 425 Broadway St., Redwood City 650-421-2000 reboot@gsvlabs.com rebootaccel.com ReBoot Accelerator for Women workshops help women re-enter the workforce. Oneweek immersion and eight-week courses are held throughout the year. Course topics include workplace tech skills, social media, design thinking, job search strategies and entrepreneurship.

Sequoia District Adult School 3247 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park 650-306-8866 scampos@seq.org seqsas.org Sequoia District Adult Education holds classes in English as a second language, computer and business skills. Students can also earn a high school diploma or GED certificate. Counselors are available to help students transition to college programs.

The Menlo Park Community Services Department organizes a wide array of classes for children, adults and seniors at city facilities. Subjects include fitness, sports, aquatics, arts, health, languages, dance and more.

The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement 3455 Edison Way, Menlo Park 650-364-2509 info@riekes.org riekes.org A nonprofit organization, the Riekes Center provides programs focused on selfenhancement for youth and adults: strength and speed fitness courses, adaptive sports, a class for musical bands, photography workshops and nature exploration, among other opportunities.

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215 Collectibles & Antiques RARE! 1981 AFX HO SLOT CAR SET $110.00

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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 advertising. Check your contractor’s status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less than $500.00 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement File No. 269963 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bromma Americas, 218 Littlefield Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080-6902, County of San Mateo Mailing address if different: 415 E. Dundee St., Ottawa, KS 66067 Registered Owner(s): Kalmar USA Inc., 415 E. Dundee St., Ottawa, KS 66067, Delaware This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05-10-2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) Signature of Registrant: Jason Dake Print name of person signing. If corporation, also print corporate title of officer: Jason Dake, Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of SAN MATEO COUNTY on July 12, 2016. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Original MARK CHURCH, COUNTY CLERK SAN MATEO COUNTY BY: SHEILA ARKONCEL, Deputy Clerk CN926447 10048215 SO Jul 20,27, Aug 3,10, 2016 ALM

JUST IMAGINE, CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 270078 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Just Imagine, Creative Expressions, located at 14 Atherton Avenue, Atherton, CA 94027, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): JUDITH A. VARTAN 14 Atherton Avenue Atherton, CA 94027 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/6/06. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on July 21, 2016. (ALM Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2016)

ETR LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 270082 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ETR LLC, located at 527 Harison Ave., Redwood California, 94062, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): GUANG XIN JUN DA, LLC 527 Harison Ave. Redwood, California This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on July 21, 2016. (ALM Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016)

THE BIG APPLE LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 270246 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: The Big Apple LLC, located at 501 Broadway Unit #259, Millbrae, CA 94030, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): THE BIG APPLE LLC 501 Broadway Unit #259 Millbrae, CA 94030 This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/06/2016. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on August 3, 2016. (ALM Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2016)

HOME STRATEGIES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 270160 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Home Strategies, located at 204 Country Club Dr., Carmel Valley, CA 93924, San Mateo County; Mailing address: P.O. Box 398, Carmel CA 93924. Registered owner(s): JOAN T. HARLEM 204 Country Club Dr. Carmel Valley, CA 93924 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9-19-2006. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on July 27, 2016. (ALM Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016)

997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 16CIV00364 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: VALERIE KERR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: VALERIE KERR to VALERIE X. JORD. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 16CIV00401 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JOSE OCTAVIO JARA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOSE OCTAVIO JARA to LEVI JACOBS JARA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: September 14, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D, of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: July 21, 2016 /s/ John L. Grandsaert JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2016)

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