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Marijuana: Town rejects ban on outdoor cultivation, sale Moratoriums on cultivation and sale are in place in Woodside (expiring in September 2018), and in Menlo Park (expiring this December but with options to extend it). Atherton has no moratorium, but with no commercial zoning, the matter is not a concern, City Manager George Rodericks said.
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he Town Council of Portola Valley is known for trying to get out in front on progressive matters, including environmentally conscious construction of publicly owned buildings and protection of undocumented immigrants. On Oct. 25, the council did it again, this time with its stance on commercial cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana. By consensus, the council chose not to adopt an ordinance that would have imposed a 45-day moratorium, extensible to two years, on retail sales and outdoor cultivation of marijuana for personal or commercial use. The state is expected to publish its regulations on commercial cultivation in January 2018. Local governments have been using moratoriums to give themselves time after the state acts to consider the new regulations and whether more needs to be done locally. A staff report by former town attorney Leigh Prince, presented by Town Manager Jeremy Dennis, recommended a moratorium. Mr. Dennis said that, given the council’s decision, he would initiate a conversation with Planning Director Debbie Pedro and the Planning Commission and get back to the council in early January with an update regarding local regulations, assuming the state has published its regulations by then. Moratoriums are in place in Woodside (expiring in September 2018), and in Menlo Park (expiring in November but with options to extend it). Atherton has no moratorium, but with no commercial zoning, the matter is not a concern, City Manager George Rodericks said. In Portola Valley, without a moratorium a dispensary could set up shop, but only at the northeast corner of Alpine
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and Portola roads. This area — known as the Nathhorst Triangle — is the only location distant enough from a school to not violate state law. Town Hall has received an inquiry regarding a dispensary there, Mr. Dennis said. To obtain a permit, existing regulations would require the business owner to participate in an extensive administrative process, including a hearing before the Planning Commission. It was on the assumption that the existing regulations are sufficient that the council chose not to impose a moratorium. Not without concerns
The town’s land-use ordinances are tough enough to withstand tests by this new law, Councilwoman Maryann Derwin said. “For peace of mind,” she added, the town could limit the number of retail outlets and require them to use selected credit unions to handle their cash. Retail marijuana outlets have trouble getting small-business banking services because the
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products they’re selling are illegal under federal law. These credit union services are expensive, Ms. Derwin said, but they are out there. As for cultivation, which is water intensive, the town could require smart irrigation systems, she said, adding that indoor cultivation regulations could mandate efficient heating and lighting, the use of fire-safe materials and perhaps scaleddown fire sprinklers. If the absence of a moratorium makes Portola Valley unique, it may attract marijuana entrepreneurs, Mr. Dennis said, a concern that drew comment from Mayor Craig Hughes and Councilwoman Ann Wengert. Existing ordinances may be sufficient “assuming everything’s normal,” Mr. Hughes said, “but if there’s sort of a rush, which there might be (if) we’re the only door that’s open, a lot of people might try and squeeze
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As smoke billowed from the fourth story of the district’s training tower, the audience watched how the district’s new $1 million combination ladder/pumper truck is used for a rescue.
Fire district celebrates with ‘Night of Lights’ The Menlo Park Fire Protection District on Friday night capped off a year of celebrating its 100th anniversary by bringing back an old tradition — the “Night of Lights” community celebration that dates back to the 1930s. Kids wearing firefighters hats, some of them also dressed in princess outfits, mingled with firefighters and district officials. They watched demonstrations including a ladder rescue using the district’s new $1
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Study: Hillview turf fields unlikely to increase cancer risk Exposure to the crumb rubber at Menlo Park’s artificial turf fields at Hillview Middle School and Kelly Park is unlikely to increase children’s risk of cancer, according to findings of a
study conducted by David Teter, a consultant from Millennium Consulting Services. Mr. Teter presented these findings at a Menlo Park Parks and Recreation Commission
million multipurpose “quint” — a vehicle that combines a pumper truck with a ladder truck. The ladder extends to 107 feet. District drones flew over the crowd and projected the images on a giant inflatable outdoor screen. Firefighters rappelled down the outside of their training tower, and firefighters and a medical team showed how they use the jaws of life and other equipment to extricate victims trapped in wrecked cars.
meeting Oct. 26: Q Heavy metals detected in the crumb rubber do not pose an elevated health risk. Q The estimated additional cancer risk from exposure to
crumb rubber on the Menlo Park fields is “de minimis” — falling far below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s one-in-a-million risk threshold. They may pose a lower
carcinogen risk than exposure to native soils. The much bigger health risk from turf fields is of athletes getting concussions if pads designed to absorb shock aren’t performing properly. The shock See HILLVIEW TURF page 6
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Robert Jones fills fire board’s fifth seat
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t took three meetings, but the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board finally has filled the board position left vacant when Rex Ianson resigned with a little more than a year left on his term. The board made the appointment of Robert Jones official on Oct. 25. On Oct. 17, in the fifth round of voting, all of the board’s four members except Rob Silano
had voted for Robert Jones as their favored candidate. But the actual nomination and vote on Mr. Jones was delayed because earlier in the meeting board members had decided that whomever they chose would not be officially appointed without passing a background check. On Oct. 25, after it was announced that Mr. Jones had passed not one, but two, background checks, board members unanimously voted for him to
fill the open spot. He was sworn in and seated immediately after the vote. The fire board had first tried unsuccessfully in September to appoint a new member to fill the opening created with the resignation of Mr. Ianson, but after a five-hour meeting couldn’t get three members to agree to vote on an appointee. Mr. Ianson’s resignation was effective Aug. 31, about 15 months before the end of his term. A longtime local resident who
lives in East Palo Alto, Mr. Jones has an undergraduate degree in psychology and a graduate degree in counseling. He is the executive director of EPA CAN DO (East Palo Alto Community Alliance and Neighborhood Development Organization) and a board member for the fire district’s CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) organization. District officials said that Mr. Jones is the first AfricanMARIJUANA continued from page 5
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through.” Ms. Wengert noted that while Portola Valley is not afraid to lead on an issue, it may not be ready for commercial marijuana. Scenarios should be imagined, processes gone through “to make sure that we aren’t unwittingly and unknowingly creating a problem for ourselves,” she said. Someone with deep pockets could make an offer, she said. “We know that there are always prices for every property, including some of our biggest remaining very very valuable properties in town. ... We’re a rural area. We have the space. We have the land.” As to that land, Councilman John Richards said that some of it should be available for personal cultivation, a practice not allowed in Woodside or Menlo Park. A ban on outdoor cultivation would “create outlaws in our town who are already growing it,” Mr. Richards said, “and give our police more things to do that they don’t need to have on their plate.”
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Commercial cultivation of marijuana would involve zoning regulations and trigger reviews by planning commissions, multiple public readings of ordinances and 30-day comment/ waiting periods. To bypass these traditional checkpoints, city attorneys have been using “urgency” ordinances to impose moratoriums. Under state law, such ordinances are 45 days long and may be extended for two years. No planning commission reviews, no second HILLVIEW TURF continued from page 5
pads on the Menlo Park fields are in good shape, Mr. Teter said. The study was commissioned in fall 2016 when the Menlo Park City School District, on behalf of concerned parents, expressed concern about the health risks
American fire board member in the district’s 101-year-history. He is the first from East Palo Alto since Steve Kennedy Robert Jones served from 1999 to 2003. The other applicants were: Menlo Park residents Sean Ballard, Scott Barnum, Cynthia Bosworth, Michael Hoff and Jeff Pallin, and Atherton resident Stephen Nachtsheim. Ms. Bosworth dropped out before the Oct. 17 meeting. A readings, no waiting periods. Urgency ordinances also require a super-majority vote for approval, and that councils “find” an immediate threat to public health, safety or welfare. “I am supposed to make a finding that not doing this is a threat to public safety and I cannot make that finding,” Councilwoman Derwin said. Recreational marijuana is illegal for anyone under 21, she said, and some commercial products have the psychotropic qualities removed, including products that address hyperactivity in dogs, muscles aches and treatment-resistant depression. As for public safety, dead oak trees and branches near power lines are more dangerous, Ms. Derwin said, adding: “I would be more inclined to say that our culture of entitlement, not allowing our children to fail and putting extraordinary pressure on them to succeed to an impossible 1 percent standard is more of a threat to public health.” Councilman Jeff Aalfs said he had a hard time finding the public safety threat. “It doesn’t feel that way to me,” he said, adding that he considered the town’s permitting processes good enough for now. Without a moratorium, Town Manager Dennis said, the council sets itself up to react to events rather than craft regulations beforehand. An urgency ordinance will be appropriate, Mayor Hughes said, if a real threat to public safety emerges. In the event of a deluge of activity, “we could get a handle on things and move forward,” Mr. Richards said. A of crumb rubber being used for children’s playing fields. Mr. Teter added that turf fields can pose health risk — for instance, if they contain dangerous substances such as asbestos and silica. “You could do a lot worse than crumb rubber,” he said. A — Kate Bradshaw
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arolyn Clarke, a 20-year Belle Haven resident who ran for City Council in 2012, died Oct. 7. Ms. Clarke was born Oct. 22, 1954, in Belize and moved to the Bay Area in 1979. In 1987, she graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She went on to work as an accountant in the private sector for several years and later started her own tax accounting firm. She retired in 2016. In 2012, Ms. Clarke ran for
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grants or total assets, and can buy advertisements and donate to private corporations, startups or political campaigns. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has contributed to local school districts, including Redwood City, Ravenswood City, Sequoia Union High School and San Francisco Unified school districts, the spokesperson said. In the Ravenswood City School District, the organization worked with a national nonprofit called the New Teacher Center to give new teachers extra training and professional development. In the Sequoia Union High School District, the organization supports the Sequoia Aspirations Advocates Program, which, through mentoring, counseling, tutoring and other initiatives, helps students get motivated to succeed in and graduate from high school. Previous investments related to the housing crisis include
a $500,000 gift to the Terner Center at UC Berkeley and $3.1 million to Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, which aids families in the midst of displacement or eviction. The organization has contributed funds to the Magical Bridge Foundation, LifeMoves, the St. Francis Center and the Fair Oaks Community Center in North Fair Oaks and Project WeHOPE in East Palo Alto. Previously headquartered in Menlo Park, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative is now based in Palo Alto. Go to is.gd/grant568 for more information on the initiative’s website. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Dec. 1. Office hours will be held the week of Nov. 13 for applicants to talk to initiative staff about the application process. A Fiona Kelliher contributed to this report.
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Comment sought on Stanford’s 17-year growth plan By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer
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enrollment, Ms. Palter said. The undergraduate population at the university has consistently hovered around 7,000, but the university may increase enrollment by 100 students a year to reach 8,700, she said. Faculty needs for new equipment and multi-disciplinary spaces also drive some of the demand for more space, she said.
tanford University is developing its growth plan for the next 17 years, and people have until Dec. 4 to weigh in on the environmental impacts. Stanford is asking Santa Clara County to revise a general use permit to allow the university to add, between the years 2018 and 2035: Q 2.275 million net new Traffic square feet of academic and One of the Menlo Park counacademic-support space. cil’s biggest worries is how Q 3,150 new housing units or such development would affect dorm rooms (estimated to be traffic. Stanford proposes to stick 1.225 million additional square to the commitment it made in feet). Q 40,000 net new square feet 2001 when its current general use permit was approved: no of childcare space. Stanford also plans to add net new trips to or from the 3,480 parking spaces plus campus. The university says it “associated infrastructure” would continue to push alterneeded to accommodate the natives to solo driving, including bike routes, free Caltrain growth. The growth is expected to passes and free shuttle buses. It add about 7,500 students, post- would also charge for parking. The report estimates that doctoral students, faculty and if the “no net staff, and about new trips” effort 1,074 new, tempowork, rary and contract Stanford’s growth doesn’t the new developworkers, according to the draft plan is expected ment could generate about 750 env ironmenta l to add about vehicle trips impact report. 7,500 students, daily to the campus in T he re p or t the morning peak assesses how the postdoctoral and 780 from new development students, faculty hour the campus in could affect the and staff. the evening peak environment — hour. such as by increasCar trips would be measured ing traffic and noise — and proposes ways to mitigate the twice yearly and compared to a 2001 baseline number. impacts. Menlo Park’s City Council If that number is exceeded, recently held a study ses- then the university will have sion to discuss the impacts to pay a fine that would be with Kirk Girard, Santa Clara directed to local transportation County director of planning improvements. and development; Catherine Palter, Stanford associate vice Housing president of land use and enviMenlo Park council members ronmental planning; and Santa expressed concern about how Clara County Supervisor Joe Stanford’s expansion might Simitian. worsen the regional jobs-housOne reason Stanford seeks ing imbalance. to expand is because the uniStanford plans to add about versity is “exploring the idea” 8,500 people to its campus of increasing undergraduate — students, faculty, staff and
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Stanford seeks permission to increase the number of student housing units or beds by 2,600 to a total of 16,900, between 2018 and 2035.
workers — but only 3,150 housing units, 550 of which would be for faculty or staff. “It is unknown where such workers would choose to live; presumably they could live anywhere in the Bay Area and may not travel to the Stanford Campus vicinity,” according to a Stanford summary of the draft report. Stanford will be required to pay into the Santa Clara County “below market rate” housing fund a total of $20 per square foot of new academic space. However, those funds may be spent anywhere within a 6-mile radius of the university campus, Mr. Girard said. Mayor Kirsten Keith asked that some of those funds be used in Menlo Park. “We’ve been very active building housing lately,” she said. “We’d like to be able to use some of those funds.” Other impacts
To deal with other environmental impacts, Stanford would replace oak trees at a
two- or three-to-one ratio, limit construction noises, restrict construction hours to comply with local ordinances, monitor and survey bird nests and sites of potential protected species, and develop a lighting plan that would have to be approved at the county level to reduce light pollution. Mayor Keith asked that Stanford consider requiring new development to be carbonneutral to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Council members inquired about the university helping with the funding of major infrastructure projects used by Stanford people who live in or commute through Menlo Park. “I encourage you to look at how to help contribute to projects we need in this region to help everybody,” Menlo Park Mayor Kirsten Keith said. “We’re going to need funding for big-ticket items,” she added, pointing to large infrastructure projects such as making changes along the
Dumbarton corridor. Countering council requests for more funding, Supervisor Simitian told the council: “This is not a process in which we get to say, ‘Stick ‘em up.’ It is not a process in which we get to submit a wish list and look for Christmas gifts. This is a process in which an applicant comes forward, makes their application, (and) we consider whether we approve or deny the application. But as you heard from our planning staff, if there are impacts, the expectation is that they will be mitigated.” How to comment
Comments on the draft environmental impact report can be submitted to David Rader by email at david.rader@pln.sccgov.org or by mail to: County of Santa Clara, Department of Planning and Development, Attention: David Rader, County Government Center, 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110. A
Commission votes to name park after war hero Karl Clark By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer
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proposal to rename Market Place Park in Belle Haven after Karl Clark, a longtime Belle Haven resident and World War II hero who died in March at age 100, received unanimous support from the city’s Parks & Recreation Commission on Oct. 25. A Navy veteran, Mr. Clark
was awarded in 2012 a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his actions in saving the USS Aaron Ward, in 1945 by putting out many fires and rescuing shipmates after the ship was struck by kamikaze planes. “I think it is a perfect place for his life to be remembered and his ideals discussed,” Commissioner Christopher Harris said.
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The single-acre park is located on Market Place at Hamilton Avenue, across from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula facility, in Belle Haven. The name-change request was spearheaded by the Belle Haven Action group, which collected on a petition 115 signatures of people who live or work in Menlo Park, according to a member of the group, Julie Shanson. The city also received
a letter from Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, in favor of renaming the park. “I was privileged to secure the honors due to Mr. Clark for his heroic service in World War II, honors he was deprived of for decades because of his race,” she wrote to the commission chair in June. “I know Mr. Clark as a devoted public servant, a man committed to his community, making
it stronger and our country better.” The idea to rename the park came from Cecilia Taylor, a Belle Haven resident who ran for the Menlo Park City Council in 2016. Menlo Park’s usual policy is not to name a public place for someone until at least five years after the person’s death. See KARL CLARK, page 10
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How Woodside Elementary handled lockdown By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer
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oodside Elementary School went into lockdown mode for a little over an hour and half on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 26, while sheriff ’s deputies searched without results for a man with a gun reportedly seen by an 11-year-old near Bear Gulch Creek behind the school. The lockdown began soon after 2 p.m. and at 3:41 p.m. students began being released to their parents, checking out through the school office. By 4:50 p.m. the San Mateo County Sheriff ’s Office reported the scene had been cleared with nothing found. About 20 Sheriff ’s Office deputies and officers were involved in the incident, assisted in their search by a small plane. Salvador Zuno, the public information officer for the Sheriff ’s Office, said at about 2 p.m. the school said that an 11-year-old student had reported seeing a man wearing a white jumpsuit with a gun near the creek that borders the school. “The information we received was very vague, so as a precaution we locked down the school and searched the area,” Detective Zuno said. “We took the information very seriously.” Deputies searched the areas near Mountain Home and Fox Hollow roads, which border
About 20 Sheriff’s Office deputies and officers were involved in the incident, assisted in their search by a small plane. the creek. “We’re happy with the outcome that nothing was found,” Detective Zuno said. Superintendent Beth Polito said only about 70 to 80 people were on campus when the lockdown was put into place because school had let out at noon for parent-teacher conferences. She said 25 to 30 parents and teachers were in the library for conferences, 14 students were in after-school care and other staff and parents were on the campus. The school put into place the San Mateo County emergency plan that all public schools use, called the Big Five plan. The plan has guidelines for an escalating series of emergencies ranging from a “shelter in place” protocol for things such as the extreme poor air quality during the height of the North Bay fires to a lockdown, when an immediate threat is present. The Big Five plan also includes an evacuation protocol for situations such as a fire when it is more dangerous to remain on the school grounds than to leave. Superintendent Polito said the school began the lockdown
Student, 13, arrested for gun possession A 13-year-old student at Wil- minutes, she said. According to Ravenswood low Oaks Elementary School in Menlo Park was arrested a City School District spokesman little before 2 p.m. Monday, Rolando Bonilla, administraOct. 13, after police found him tors at the K-8 Willow Oaks off-campus in possession of an School were following protocol for what to do when a student is unloaded, concealed gun. missing. Menlo Park police Police said the student spokeswoman Nicole admitted having the Acker said the student had f led the Police say unloaded gun at school. The student was Willow Oaks cam- the student booked into the Hillpus, located at 620 admitted crest Juvenile Detention Willow Road, after he learned that the having the Facility and was charged having a concealed principal sought unloaded with firearm and possessing a to confront him gun at firearm at school, police about smelling like said. marijuana. school. Mr. Bonilla did not School administrators called the police, who disclose whether the student responded by about 1:44 p.m. will face disciplinary action They located the missing stu- at the school, citing privacy dent near the 500 block of concerns. O’Brien Drive within about 10 — Kate Bradshaw 10 Q The Almanac Q AlmanacNews.com Q November 1, 2017
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Sheriff’s deputies blocked the entrances and exits to Woodside Elementary School for more than an hour and a half on Oct. 26 after the school was put into lockdown mode while deputies searched without results for a reported gunman.
process as soon as school officials had reported the possible sighting of a gunman. It started with an announcement to the entire campus. “We do drills regularly,” she said. “You get into the closest closed space you can. You lock the doors. If there’s a significant threat, you barricade.” When Sheriff ’s Office representatives arrived, they took over, she said. While the school did not set up barricades, “we did move people away from windows, which is another part of the process,” Superintendent Polito said. “We sent out a message
to our community to let them know we were in a lockdown and please do not come to campus until we had an all clear.” As the sheriff ’s deputies searched for a gunman, the office staff began calling to see how many children and adults were in each school area. “We started to remove children to the main office,” accompanied by deputies, Ms. Polito said. “It was a very well-coordinated effort on their part and they worked very well with the office staff to implement the lockdown,” she said. While deputies found no
gunman, the experience helped the school staff “to make sure you really have your process and procedures in place,” she said. The school had put a different phase of the Big Five plan into effect on Wednesday, after a music teacher working with first-graders in the school’s amphitheater saw a mountain lion near the creek behind a fence. The shelter in place protocol was implemented until the sheriff ’s deputies had searched for the mountain lion without finding anything, Superintendent Polito said. A
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But after hearing about 10 speakers share stories and talk about Mr. Clark during the meeting, the commission agreed that an exception should be made. Though Mr. Clark has been referred to as Carl with a “C,” he says in his autobiography that “when I joined the Navy my name was put in the records with a C, and no matter how hard I tried they would not change it back to the correct spelling. None of them thought it was important enough to correct, so I am stuck with it until this day.” The city would use the “K” spelling. The recommendation is expected to be brought before the City Council for a final decision on Nov. 14. Mr. Clark spent “almost three-quarters of his life in our community,” said Vicky Robledo, a supporter of renaming
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World War II hero Karl Clark of Menlo Park salutes during a commendation ceremony held at Moffett Field on Jan. 17, 2012.
the park. She said it was exciting especially to see the older people in the community
speaking in support of the matter. “I was proud of the turnout,” she said. A
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Gertrudes Illorde Salcedo Born March 17, 1936 Resident of Menlo Park, California BS Degree — Education, Manuel L. Quezon University, Philippines. Known lovingly as “Diding” to her family and friends, passed away at her home on October 3, 2017 at the age of 81 years. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Alfred Burgess Salcedo; her children Jeremy, Matthew, and Raymond; daughters-inlaw, Kristi and Mary Grace; and grandchildren Kimberly, Ethan, Neil, Sofia, Stacie and Austin.
Women use strong-arm tactics to steal allergy medications By Sue Dremann Palo Alto Weekly
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group of women who allegedly stole thousands of dollars of allergy medications on Sunday night, Oct. 22, from three Walgreens stores — in Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Mountain View — are being sought by police. The women, said to be in their
Lucille Lanza Hagstrum May 26, 1928 - October 10, 2017 Mom, the granddaughter of Italian immigrants from Campania, Italy, was born Lucille Rose Rosalie and raised in Greenwich Village, New York. Her mom, Lizzie, and her dad, Tony, were wonderful, warm, loving parents to mom and her four younger siblings Andy, Frankie, Rosie, and Anne. There was always laughter, the smell of food cooking, and lots of people coming and going in the place where she grew up. Mom would keep things that way in every other place where she resided. She went to school in New York City and worked at Bayer Aspirin as an executive secretary in the late 1940s. In 1953 she married a returning soldier from World War II who was a fellow Italian American. Vince was six years her senior and had also grown up in the Village - just a few doors down from mom. After giving birth to 3 kids in Summit, New Jersey, Vince and Lucille ventured west to Atherton in 1959 to be part of a new startup company, Raychem. The Raychem clan became family and mom and dad were supremely happy in their new California home. Mom even convinced her brother, Frankie, and her sister, Anne, and family to move out west to the Bay Area. We vacationed every year on the beach in Southern California and delighted in doing so. It was dad’s habit, having grown up in New York, when confronted with a balmy January day in his new California home, to turn to mom and say, “Well, Lu, looks like another sh***y day in paradise.” Mom never failed to laugh at that and dad was always rewarded with a big hug and a smooch. She made lots of friends and took up new interests. Notably she travelled every week to San Francisco with her best friend, Dorothy Gravelle, to learn metalsmithing. We all have beautiful boxes and other keepsakes which mom fashioned during those years (thanks, mom!). Tragedy struck in 1972 when dad was killed in a plane crash while traveling on Raychem business. The Raychem family rallied around mom and we all got through it. Mom was lucky in love and married Paul Hagstrum,
a gentle Swede from Minnesota, in 1977. She moved back to Minnesota with Paul and was ecstatic to have a new flock who loved her as much as she loved them. But lightning does occasionally strike twice. She lost the second love of her life to cancer in 1981. Perhaps love is like bocce ball and it’s best to quit while one is ahead. So mom devoted the rest of her life to her interests and to her kids and her grandkids. Mom spent decades as a volunteer at the Stanford Museum. She was a board member of the Committee for Art, a founder of the Contemporary Collectors Circle, and she served tirelessly on the Treasure Market Committee. She loved traveling with her fellow volunteers to see museums and private art collections around the world. Mom was a natural at raising money. She and her longtime friend and neighbor, Esther Heslop, conceived of and threw the first Rodin by Moonlight event in the 1980s. Mom was proud that what she started has grown to become the signature fundraising event on the mid-Peninsula. Mom is survived by her sister Rosie (Rocky), her sisters-in-law Susie and Darlene, her three children with Vince: Doug (Anne), Drew (Jane) and Ellie (Richard), and her step children with Paul: Marilyn (Les) and Paul (Leda). At last count (and we had to count) she had 14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Mom took enormous pride that none of us divorced and that all five of us built happy families. We never tired of hearing her say that she had great kids. She laughed and lived well and healthy until the day she died, buoyed by her burgeoning family and the humor and good will that it provided. Our job was to keep mom laughing right to the end and we’re happy to report that we never failed in our duty. Mom’s death, as she wished it to be, was a swift and easy exit for one of the last great dames of Atherton. We love you, mom. The memorial service will be private. Contributions may be made to the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. PA I D
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20s, shoved or pushed employees in two of the incidents as they made their escapes. It is not known if the same three women hit all of the stores.
theft, received a call from the Mountain View Police Department regarding a similar crime in its city that evening. Mountain View
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Menlo Park police reported an incident at the downtown Walgreens store at 643 Santa Cruz Ave. Three females entered the store shortly before 7:30 p.m., approached the allergy medicine display and stole numerous boxes of allergy medication, Menlo Park police spokeswoman Nicole Acker said. An employee approached the suspects in an attempt to block them from taking more items. One of the thieves grabbed the employee by the arm and pulled his arm away, then she forcefully pushed the employee from in front of the display, according to Ms. Acker. The trio then fled the store, but a few moments later one of the women returned and took additional allergy medications before fleeing a second time. The medications are valued at approximately $1,452, Ms. Acker said. The employee was not injured. Palo Alto
Shortly after 7 p.m. on the same night, a manager at the Walgreens at 300 University Ave. in Palo Alto noticed three young women enter the store with empty shopping bags, Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez said. Suspecting that that they might attempt to steal items, the manager observed the women go to the allergy medication aisle. She followed them and asked the women if they needed assistance. The women were placing the allergy medicines containing the ingredient dextromethorphan, including Allegra and Claritin, in the shopping bags. As the women attempted to leave without paying, the manager stood in front of the door to block their departure. She said, “You can’t leave with that,” according to Sgt. Benitez. “You can’t stop me,” said one of the women who then forcefully pushed the manager away from the display. The trio then ran south on Bryant Street toward Hamilton Avenue. The manager, who is about 30 years old, was not injured, Sgt. Benitez said. The women escaped with about $500 worth of allergy medications. Palo Alto police sent out a bulletin to other law enforcement agencies and shortly after the
Mountain View police spokeswoman Katie Nelson said that around 8:45 p.m., three women walked into the Walgreens store at 121 E. El Camino Real and stole approximately $800 worth of what appears to be primarily joint and muscle-relief medication. Descriptions
The women in all the cases were described as between 20 and 25 years old; between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall; having thin builds; and wearing dark pants and jackets. Two women had purses and one had a brown shopping bag. Further descriptions of the women, such as facial features, were not available. They were gone when police arrived and were not located in subsequent searches. The thieves in the Palo Alto case were described as a Hispanic woman weighing about 150 pounds and wearing a black jacket, jeans, a red sweater and carrying a red bag; a Hispanic woman weighing around 130 pounds and wearing a black sweater and jeans; and a black woman weighing roughly 120 pounds and wearing a gray sweater and jeans. The perpetrators in the Menlo Park incident were described as two black women and an Asian woman. Investigations into all three cases are ongoing. The drug
Dextromethorphan is a common ingredient in cold, cough and allergy medications. When abused, its effects can range from a mild hallucinogenic euphoria to a violent, PCP-like reaction, Sgt. Benitez said. Controlling juveniles’ access to the drug in California began in Palo Alto. Sgt. Benitez’s college thesis on preventing the sale of over-the-counter cold medications containing dextromethorphan was used by then-state Sen. Joe Simitian (currently a Santa Clara County supervisor) to craft Senate Bill 514. Mr. Simitian submitted the bill after Sgt. Benitez and fellow Palo Alto Police Department colleague Ron Lawrence won Mr. Simitian’s “There Oughta Be a Law” contest in 2004. The bill prohibits the sale of products containing the drug to children under the age of 18. A
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Arrest in CVS robberies In a second robbery of prescription drugs in less than a week at the CVS pharmacy at 700 El Camino Real in Menlo Park, a man with a gun in his waistband demanded Alprazolam pills from a pharmacy employee and fled on foot with the drugs before being arrested Saturday, Oct. 28, Menlo Park police said. In a robbery on Thursday, Oct. 26, the suspect, who police say is the same person they arrested on Saturday, also demanded Alprazolam and also displayed a gun in his waistband. In that incident, police searched for but didn’t find him, but on Saturday, police quickly captured, arrested and booked the suspect, who they say was in possession of a loaded gun and the stolen prescription drugs. The man, a 50-year-old Menlo Park resident, was booked on suspicion of armed robbery, attempted robbery, possession of a firearm, possession of narcotics and resisting arrest, police said. Alprazolam is used for treatment of anxiety and panic disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health. Police investigating the incidents determined that the same man had robbed the CVS pharmacy on Oct. 26 and that he had attempted to hold up the Walgreens pharmacy on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park the previous day (Wednesday, Oct. 25). In the incident on Saturday, the employee who responded to the demand for drugs recognized the man, called 911 and left the phone line open, allowing dispatchers to listen in while she attempted to stall him, police said. Becoming impatient, the man “told the employee he needed his medication now” and lifted his shirt to show the gun, police said. At that point, the employee complied and gave the man the requested drugs, police said. Officers arrived in less than a minute, police said, and began a search. The man had reportedly headed north after leaving the
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store and police found a man matching the description in the vicinity of Ravenswood Avenue and the Caltrain railroad tracks.
The man was about to leave the area on a bicycle when police ordered him to stop. He refused and was detained, police said. In searching him, police said, they found a loaded gun, a mask and the stolen narcotics.
Antony “Tony” Merz Tony passed away on October 18, 2017 with his wife of 53 years, Peggy, by his side. He was 84 years old. Tony and Peggy lived 45 years in the home they built in Portola Valley, only recently moving to San Diego to be near one of their daughters. Tony was born in Zambia, Africa, and lived in Peru and Texas as a child. While living in New York he was introduced to the love of his life, Peggy, at a shared summer rental house on Fire Island. They married in Paris in 1964. After receiving degrees in aeronautical engineering from MIT and Stanford, he and Peggy settled in Portola Valley in 1972 to raise their two daughters. He will be remembered by his many friends for his wry sense of humor and quick wit, and his love of crossword puzzles and bluegrass music. He is survived by his wife Peggy, daughters Alison and Rebecca, and brother Joy. PA I D
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Elizabeth Coombs Robinson April 10, 1962 – December 11, 2016 A warmer heart, death ne’er made cold. Halloween was Elizabeth’s favorite time. She looked forward to it all the rest of the year. She was always on the look-out for a new decoration for the yard, or the house, or a costume. The neighborhood shared this interest and attracted up to a couple of hundred “trick-or-treaters,” who all left her door with candy or alternatives, depending upon their choice. She will be greatly missed this year. Elizabeth passed away suddenly, but peacefully, of heart failure early December 11, 2016. Elizabeth was born to Ann and Clyde Coombs on April 10, 1962. She grew up and attended schools in Los Altos, with two years out while the family lived in Singapore. After graduating from Los Altos High School in 1980, she attended California Lutheran College (now University), graduating with highest honors. She subsequently earned a Master’s degree and teaching certificate from the Stanford Teachers Education Program (STEP). This led to a career in education, that was continuing at the time of her death. She met her future husband, Mike, through a mutual friend at Stanford. Besides Mike, Elizabeth loved Halloween, opera, literature, board games with her nephews, and laughing with friends. She is survived by her husband Mike, her parents, Ann and Clyde Coombs of Los Altos; her sisters and their families, Cathy Coombs McDonald of Sunnyvale, and Julie Coombs-Hahn of Davis, neighborhood, opera and school district friends, and many former students who benefited from being in one of her classes, or personal tutoring. She was proud of being recognized by former students and being told how much they had enjoyed her class. PAID
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Gloria Millicent Bullock October 12, 1929 - September 3, 2017 Gloria Millicent Bullock was born in Harlem, New York City in 1929 to Sarah Hairston and Harry Bullock. Her father received in education in the south and moved north to seek better opportunities as an architect. As a Black man in the 1930’s that did not happen. Her mother’s family had come from Puerto Rico. Gloria’s great grandfather came from China to work on the Transcontinental Railroad. At that time Chinese women were not allowed to immigrate to the USA. Harlem in the 1930’s was very, very poor. According to Gloria gangs ruled her neighborhood. Her father had taught both Gloria and her sister how to defend themselves. Both her parents valued education. In New York City at the end of the sixth grade Gloria tested so well she entered Hunter College Honors Junior High and High School for the gifted. From there Gloria received a full Scholarship to Hunter College and graduated 1950 with B.A. in Mathematics and a minor in Physics. Gloria’s parents were devout Christians. She was baptized and attended a Black Church in Harlem where she loved to sing. As Gloria got older she preferred to go fishing with her dad and not be “dressed up” all day for Sunday church and activities. Sarah, her mother, was a highly skilled dress maker, seamstress, and outstanding cook. With a BA in Mathematics Gloria was recruited to work in early research using mathematical models for the beginning of computers at a company in southern California. In her spare time she got her pilot’s license and joined a flying club. With other companies her work involved extensive traveling: East Coast, Hawaii and Miami. While in Miami she would spend the weekends in the Caribbean. Being fluent in Spanish she traveled extensively in Central America and almost got in the middle of a coup. Gloria was also married for a few years but to her disappointment she had no children. Her husband took a job as a school principal in Arctic Alaska where they worked with the native population. Gloria said she loved it. They canoed down the Fraser River and camped during several days of a rain storm in their tent. When the Eskimo’s went whale fishing Gloria was there to help carve up the blubber and store it for the winter’s food supply even though there was a small company store. When I met Gloria she had left her 25 years in industry and decided to make a difference with kids. That transition included extensive course work at Canada College where she was part of a cycling club. In 1981 she joined the Sequoia UHSD first working with the newly formed computer Academy’s Program at Menlo Atherton. From there she became a bilingual senior Math Associate at MA and then Redwood where we met. She tutored not only students but many adults who needed to pass a Math Exam for their promotion: teacher, principal and district administrator. At Redwood her math tutoring led to increased passing rates for all testing: GED, CHSPE and Proficiency Exams. In her later years Gloria especially enjoyed singing at Karaoke events. She love to read. Kepler’s was her favorite book store. Gloria had an extensive library of health and nutrition books. Through the teaching, music and welcoming atmosphere at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church Gloria recommitted her life to following the teachings of Jesus. Gloria has now joined her parents, sister and her special friend, Wade Glass with our Lord. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, November 8 at Menlo Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park at 2 pm followed by a reception. —Suzanne Wells, Redwood HS counselor and friend PA I D
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PORTOLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE OF VACANCY AND PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT California Education Code §5092 A vacancy on the Portola Valley School District Governing Board has occurred because of the resignation of Jennifer Youstra, on September 8, 2017. 0V <RXVWUD ÂżOHG WKH UHVLJQDWLRQ LQ WKH 6DQ 0DWHR &RXQW\ 6XSHULQWHQGHQW RI 6FKRROV RIÂżFH RQ 6HSWHPEHU The Governing Board appointed Jeff Klugman on October WR ÂżOO WKH DERYH QDPHG YDFDQF\ To challenge the appointment and order a special election, SURSRQHQWV PXVW ÂżOH D SHWLWLRQ LQ WKH RIÂżFH RI WKH 6DQ 0DWHR &RXQW\ 6XSHULQWHQGHQW RI 6FKRROV ZLWKLQ GD\V IURP the date of the provisional appointment. The petition must contain: â&#x20AC;˘ valid signatures of at least 1.5 (.015) percent of the number of registered voters of the district at the time of the last regular election for governing board memEHUV KHOG ZLWKLQ WKH 3RUWROD 9DOOH\ 6FKRRO 'LVWULFW RU UHJLVWHUHG YRWHUV RI WKH GLVWULFW ZKLFKHYHU LV greater; or â&#x20AC;˘ valid signatures of at least 5 percent of registered voters of the district at the time of the last regular election for governing board members in districts ZLWK OHVV WKDQ UHJLVWHUHG YRWHUV Governing Board of the Portola Valley School District (ULF +DUWZLJ 6HFUHWDU\ October 26, 2017
TOWN OF PORTOLA VALLEY NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON UPDATES TO THE TOWN OF PORTOLA VALLEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GEOLOGIC & GROUND MOVEMENT POTENTIAL MAPS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Council of the Town of Portola Valley will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed Geologic and Ground Movement Potential Map Updates. The Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., in the Town Council Chambers (Historic Schoolhouse), 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, California. Public Hearings provide the general public and interested parties an opportunity to provide testimony on these items. If you challenge a proposed action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at a Public Hearing(s) described above, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town Council at, or prior to, the Public Hearing(s). Information pertaining to the proposal may be viewed at Town Hall, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00 p.m. All interested persons are invited to appear before the Town Council to be heard at the time and place mentioned above. Dated: October 27, 2017 Sharon Hanlon, Portola Valley Town Clerk 16 Q The Almanac Q AlmanacNews.com Q November 1, 2017
Survey shows small majority favors $40 million school bond measure By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer
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small majority of Portola Valley School District residents who were recently surveyed favor a $40 million bond measure to pay for some of the projects in a facilities master plan the district is developing, consultants told the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school board Oct. 25. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less support, however, for a second, $30 million bond measure (for a total of $70 million) that would allow the district to pay for almost all the projects that have been identified so far in its master plan process. Election consultants hired by the district recommended that the district not put both bond measures on the ballot. Support for a $40 million bond measure on the November 2018 ballot ranged from 50.9 percent to 55.2 percent of the respondents, depending on when in the survey the question was asked. The $30 million second bond measure received a maximum of 49.4 percent approval from those polled. To pass, bond measures must receive the support of at least 55 percent of the voters. In 2000, California voters passed Proposition 39, which lowered the threshold needed to pass most school bond measures to 55 percent from 66.7 percent. But the law limits how much a single bond measure can raise property taxes; the limit is $30 per $100,000 in assessed valuation (or
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$300 per $1 million in valuation). Some school districts have gotten around the limit by asking voters to approve two bond measures on the same ballot, and the Portola Valley district had asked that scenario be tested in the poll.
To pass, bond measures must receive the support of at least 55 percent of the voters. Brian Godbe of Godbe Research presented some of the findings to the school board on Oct. 25. The survey, conducted from Sept. 23 to Oct. 4, reached 254 of the 3,252 people deemed likely to vote in the November 2018 election. Landline, cell phone, email and texting were used, and the surveys conducted by phone or online. Mr. Godbe said the margin of error is plus or minus 5.9 percent. The projects receiving the most support from those polled include repairing or replacing leaky roofs and protecting the quality of academic instruction in core areas. But some projects that have received enthusiasm in the facilities master planning process received the least amount of voter support in the poll. Most unpopular were making outdoor classroom improvements, renovating existing gym and multi-use
facilities, and adding a performance space. Mr. Godbe told the school board that based on the survey results, he recommends the district â&#x20AC;&#x153;continue the process to prepare for a November 2018 single bond measure election.â&#x20AC;? The board also heard from Amanda Clifford of Clifford Moss, the political campaign consulting firm hired by the district. She told the board that projects such as gyms, amphitheaters and art programs â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resonateâ&#x20AC;? with older voters. In the survey, more than 49 percent of the respondents were 65 or older, with another 33 percent between 50 and 64. Only 21 percent of those surveyed had children under 18 in their homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a listening effort and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just getting started,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Clifford told the board. That listening will be done by a brand new school board. After the November election, Gulliver La Valle will be the only veteran on the board. Jeff Klugman was appointed on Oct. 25 to fill a vacant seat. Karen Tate, the only incumbent running to fill three seats in November, has said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to resign if elected because of her health. That means the task of completing the facilities master plan, and prioritizing $40 million in projects for a bond measure, will fall to the new board. They do have time, however. The deadline to submit a ballot measure for the November 2018 ballot is Aug. 10, 2018. A
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sent on tree removal and other assignments with insufficient staff. In several cases, Mr. Talavera said, he was assigned alone to operate machinery, load trucks or do other potentially hazardous tasks that typically require additional workers. The lawsuit also alleges that Mr. Talavera was misclassified as an exempt employee and is owed overtime pay. Menlo Park City Attorney Bill McClure confirmed that the city had received the complaint and will respond to it. Redwood City and the North Fair Oaks neighborhood. The meeting will be held in the multi-purpose room at Sequoia High School, 2101 Brewster Ave. in Redwood City, Work in the area is set to
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Temporary traffic signals at the Willow Road and U.S. 101 interchange were installed on Oct. 26 and 27, according to Angela Obeso, Menlo Park senior transportation engineer. Permanent signals are expected to be installed sometime late next year, she said. The ongoing project to rebuild the interchange is entering its second of four phases and involves reconfiguring the on-ramps. A start within the next three months, including tree pruning and removal, utility relocation, and signal and communication equipment inspection. A similar meeting is planned for Atherton early in 2018.
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appliembers of the Portola said Valley School District’s cant Jed Pitera governing board agreed i m p r e s s e d on Oct. 25 that Jeff Klugman was her with his the best candidate to fill an open- answers to the ing on the board created by the interview quesresignation of Jennifer Youstra in tions, done in a “logical” way. September. Jeff Klugman Ms. Tate said District board But by appointing Mr. Klugman, who is also a candidate for she felt applione of three board seats on the cant Joshua Harmssen had a Nov. 7 ballot, the board members strong visibility in the commumade it certain that they will have nity, an important trait to her. But in the end, board members to start the appointment process unanimously all over again voted for Mr. as soon as the election results The school board may Klugman. Mr. Valle said he are in. That’s even have to appoint felt Mr. Klugbecause state laws say that if two board members man would “bring a strong Mr. Klugman is after the election. skills set” to the elected, he will board, as well have to resign his appointed seat and take the as a history of involvement in the district. He serves on the district’s elected seat. The board may even have to Technology Committee and as a appoint two board members classroom volunteer. Board president Timothy after the election. That’s because incumbent Karen Tate announced McAdam said that he felt Mr. in early October that because of Klugman was the most qualified health problems she is withdraw- to immediately jump into the ing from the race and, if elected, business of the board. Mr. McAdam invited the appliwould have to resign. That means that if both Ms. Tate and Mr. cants to reapply for the appointKlugman are elected, two seats ment that will have to be made after the election. “We’d like to see would be vacant. Superintendent Eric Hartwig you all back here,” he said. The district could choose to said he believes the board could make the appointments by hold an election instead of filling December. The district is work- the one or two vacant seats by ing on adopting a facilities master appointment after the November plan, and working with consul- election. However, Superintentants to decide details of a bond dent Hartwig said, the earliest measure that could pay for some an election could be scheduled of the projects in whatever plan is is April, and the cost could be as much as $142,000. adopted. The elected terms are for three After the election, board member Gulliver La Valle, who has years, to comply with a new state been on the board for less than law that says most elections for two years, will be the only veteran local officials must be in even years, which have higher voter on the five-member board. After an hour and half of inter- turnout. A views Oct. 25, board members said they found something admirable in each of the five applicants. Ms. Tate said she had hoped that Atherton’s Police Departthe board would have a member ment is holding a commuwho has younger children who nity meeting from 7 to 8:30 attend the district’s kindergarten p.m. Wednesday., Nov. 8, to third-grade school, Ormondale in the Jennings Pavilion at School. Mr. Klugman does not, Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 with twins who are in fifth grade at Watkins Ave., to discuss Corte Madera School, the district’s such topics as how to prevent fourth- to eighth-grade school. package theft and how the Applicants Mike Maffia, who is crime rate in Atherton comalso on the Nov. 7 ballot, and Matpares with county, state and thew Juelsgaard, do have young national rates. children at Ormondale. Other topics: scams, idenBoard members said they tity theft, and crime prevenadmired Mr. Maffia’s financial tion through environmental and construction management design. background and Mr. Juelsgaard’s Reserve a spot by contactbackground as an educator. ing Jennifer Frew at 752-0503 Board member Caitha Ambler or jfrew@ci.atherton.ca.us.
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Trinity parishioner Lynn O’Leary Pieron, left, chats with Islamic scholar Maryam Amir, center, and Lubna Shaikh, board member of the Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara.
“Christian church exploring Islam? That’s the goal of Trinity Church in Menlo Park as the congregation starts a year-long exploration called “Embracing Our Muslim Neighbors,” an effort that includes guest speakers, books clubs, and an annual Hearts for Justice conference, devoted to multi-faith understanding. “The focus on Islam emerged from the congregation’s interest in interfaith work,” said the Rev. Matthew DuttonGillett, rector of the Episcopal church. “In general, religion has become more a marker of difference and used more and more by various forces in society as a way to divide people. “A lot of people at Trinity believe that’s not what religion is about. It’s about connecting people rather than dividing people. That led us to explore how we as a Christian community can have meaningful relationships with other people of faith, how we can both be committed to our own paths but open to the truths people have on differing paths.” Portola Valley resident Lynn Pieron, a Trinity parishioner since 1990, was part of a seven-member committee that worked to formulate the multiple aspects of the exploration. They began by educating themselves about Islam, which included not only reading but visiting nearby mosques and attending a three-part speaker series on the subject hosted by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian. “Personally, I was struck by the dissonance between what I read about Islam and how it is portrayed in the media, which tends to align with the ISIS view of the world that sets up a narrative that says we are in a war of civilizations,” Ms. Pieron said. “As people of faith, we need to equip our community with a counter narrative.” She and her fellow committee members discovered that Congregation Beth AM in Los Altos was already doing outreach
Menlo Park church starts journey to better understand Islam BY LINDA HUBBARD OF MENLO PARK, A LONGTIME MEMBER OF TRINITY CHURCH IN MENLO PARK
to challenge them and demystify the Islamic faith. Hearts for Justice takes that work out into the broader community.” Both Ms. Pieron and Mr. Dutton-Gillett discovered that planning the year-long program impacted their own faith journey. “I’ve always been a seeker and initially was a Quaker,” Ms. Pieron said. “At Trinity, I’ve found a fellowship of fellow seekers. As we explored Islam, I became more aware and appreciative of other people’s faith journeys and found myself happy to have the company! “Personally, I don’t know many Muslims. That will be our next challenge: to figure out how to build relationships with people who are Muslims, eventually joining together in service activities.” Only valid religion?
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The Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett, rector of Trinity Church
Lynn Pieron, who was instrumental in formulating the Trinity Church initiative, “Embracing Our Muslim Neighbors.”
to the Muslim community. Concurrently, this year’s Heart for Justice half-day conference, titled “Toward Understanding: A Jewish, Christian, Muslim Conversation,” was being planned by Trinity’s clergy. The free event, scheduled for Nov. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m., will feature a panel consisting of Mr. Dutton-Gillett, the Trinity
rector; Rabbi Sarah Weissman, associate rabbi at Beth AM; and Sheikha Maryam Amir, an instructor at Hikmah Institute. Go to is.gd/Heart22 to register. Advance registration is appreciated. “The religion that gets spotlighted as different and dangerous is Islam,” Mr. Dutton-Gillett said. “As a congregation, we want to go beyond those stereotypes,
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Mr. Dutton-Gillett explained that he’s never believed that Christianity is the only valid religion. But upon arriving in Menlo Park in 2009, he was surprised that in the broader community, he found himself surrounded by a story that depicts Christianity as a religious tradition that is closed off, portrayed as the one truth in regard to other faith traditions, characterized more by what Christians are against than what they are for. “From my experience as a Christian, it is much more nuanced and sophisticated than that narrative,” he said. “Plenty of Christians are open-minded and openhearted and display an open attitude. “There might be some people who would wonder why a Christian church would devote so much time to exploring another religious tradition. But to me, it’s a natural extension of our vision. “My hope is that people can feel they then can experience Christianity more openly, more compassionately and with more curiosity. I think Trinity embodies that in all the things we try to do.”
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More information Below is more information about Trinity Church in Menlo Park and its yearlong venture called “Embracing Our Muslim Neighbors.” There is information about suggested reading; a half-day, multi-faith conference on Sunday, Nov. 5; a speaker series; winter adult classes; and a Trinity Church web page on “Interfaith Harmony.” “Muslim Women Beyond the Stereotypes” by Maha ElgeSuggested reading naidi, executive director, Islamic Q For adults: “The Faith Club: A Networks Group. The children’s Muslim, A Christian, A Jew — program will include an introThree Women Search for Underduction to Islam and Muslims. standing,” by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Winter adult classes Warner. Q “Discover Islam,” four-class Q For youth age 10+: “Growing series (Mondays at 7 p.m. and up Muslim: Understanding the Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.) with Beliefs and Practices of Islam,” Tarek Mourad, instructor at by Sumbul Ali-Karamali. the Muslim Community Association. Jan. 8 and 10: “Islamic Conference Beliefs and Practices”; Jan. 22 Panel discussion and interfaith and 24: “The Life of the Prophcommunity resource fair, Sunday, et”; Jan. 29 and 31: “The Qur’an”; Nov. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m., “Toward Feb. 5 and 7: “Concepts of Social Understanding: A Jewish, Christian, Justice in Islam.” Muslim Conversation.” Attendance is Go to is.gd/Harmony22 for more free; advance registration is appreciinformation from the Trinity ated. Go to is.gd/Heart22 to register. Church website.
Above: Walking through the Muslim Community Association building in Santa Clara are, from left, Islamic scholar Maryam Amir with her son Zachariah, MCA board member Lubna Shaikh, Trinity parishioner Lynn O’Leary Pieron, and Tarek Mourad, who will be teaching a four-session “Discover Islam” class in January at Trinity Church in Menlo Park.
Speaker series Q Sunday, Nov. 12, at 11:30 a.m.: Talk and children’s program, “Jihad and Pluralism in Islam” by Sumbul Ali-Karamali, JD, LLM (Islamic Law). Sumbul is author of “The Muslim Next Door: the Qur’an, the Media, and that Veil Thing” (Bronze Medal Winner of the 2009 Independent Publisher’s Awards) and “Growing Up Muslim: Understanding the Beliefs and Practices of Islam.” The childrenís interfaith program will use the World Peace Village, an interactive exhibit that explains the six faith traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Native American, Islam and Jewish. Q Sunday, Nov. 19, at 11:30 a.m.: Talk and children’s program,
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Right: Celebrating at a Unity Rally, held in June in support of the Muslim community, are, from left, Trinity parishioner Jane Philips, the Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett, and Trinity parishioner Mel Day. Photo by Robb Most
About Trinity
Organized in the late 1880s, Trinity Church is the fourth oldest church in Menlo Park. Its earliest members were like a “who’s who” of distinguished men of that era, including Civil War hero Edward Eyre, Leland Stanford, Edward Hopkins, C.N. Felton and Percy Selby. In 1886 a “simple redwood building of approximately 27 by 48 feet” was erected on Encinal Avenue in Menlo Park, the first church building of what was then called Holy Trinity Church (Episcopal). It was to have two more locations — transported to a lot on Oak Grove Avenue near Laurel Street in 1897 (the moving cost $1,200!) and then to Pine Street in 1947 as part of Trinity’s larger campus on land the parish had purchased at the corner of Ravenswood Avenue and Laurel Street in 1902. Today that original church building, now on Crane Street, is home to a Russian Orthodox congregation, the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church, which started services in 1951 when the church building was still on Pine Street. A The author, Linda Hubbard, grew up attending Trinity Church in Menlo Park and has served on its vestry, the governing body of the church.
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Lubna Shaikh, left, board member of the Muslim Community Association in Santa Clara, shows Trinity Church parishioner Lynn O’Leary Pieron the newly painted youth room at the association’s center.
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After all these years: St. Raymond class reunites By Tim Johnston, St. Raymond outset, more so than others. Of course, there were a few School class of 1967. ome didn’t have to leave people who were just not interMenlo Park, but many trav- ested and/or unresponsive; but eled hundreds and in some not many. And, as the planning cases, thousands, of miles. But progressed and the connectivity they all came to celebrate and grew, the interest, enthusiasm and excitement took off. It became reminisce. On Oct. 6 and 7, a total of 20 more of a question of when and members of the 1967 eighth-grade where than who is going to be graduating class of St. Raymond there. Reunions can be tough, espeSchool gathered to catch up, play school yard games (hopscotch, cially for high school and college four square, etc.), share photos, classes. “So, what do you do?” (My and simply recall, as best we irreverent response, “When?”). could, the past 50 years of our “Married?” “Kids?” That kind of “social vectoring” that can make lives. people very It was our secuncomfortable. ond reunion in But my expefive years, and Simply trying to find rience with we had creatall 62 students who this “crew” has ed a Facebook not been like group to stay in had, at one point that. After all, touch, but many or another, passed 50 years have attendees had not physically through the class from passed since graduated, seen each other 1959 to 1967 was no we and I found since June, 1967 small undertaking. we were much — the Summer more interested of Love (SOL). And, in the spirit of the SOL, we in what we had experienced, who had come to fondly refer to our- we had become, and what we had selves as the Merry Pranksters come to value as human beings. The weekend was, dare I say, traveling on the Magic Bus. Simply trying to find all 62 “magical!” First stop on the magic students who had, at one point mystery tour, Friday night burgor another, passed through the ers, deviled eggs, beverages and class from 1959 to 1967 was no more at the Dutch Goose; second small undertaking, but thanks to stop, just down Santa Cruz Ave for some enduring friendships, social a visit to the St. Raymond School media and good old “detective” Pumpkin Festival (conveniently work, we were able to locate 44 scheduled for the same weekend); and finally a BBQ on Saturday members of the class. Many had left the area. They afternoon. The laughter, reminiscing, were in Southern California, the Northwest, Alaska, Utah, North toasts to classmates — present, Carolina, Ohio, New York, even near, far and no longer with us Australia. Sadly, six had passed — and reflecting on all the water that has passed under the bridge, away. Most of those we were able continued well into the evening. It takes a village to plan, orgato connect with were genuinely intrigued by the idea of a gram- nize and pull something like this mar school reunion; some, at the off and it wouldn’t have happened
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Above: Nineteen students from the graduating class of 1967 returned to celebrate their 50th reunion this year. Below: The 40 members of the 1967 graduating class of St. Raymond School, with principal and teacher, Sister Joan Mary.
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if not for the dedicated efforts of a small group of hopeless sentimentalists who believed it could be done. And done it was! Will we do it again? You bet we will, five years downstream!
Postscript: As everyone dispersed on Saturday night, several classmates left to return to the North Bay counties, where the catastrophic wild fires were, unbeknownst to any of us, just
beginning. It is a testament to this class and our genuine affection for one another that we have continued to stay in touch with and support them as they have endured an unimaginable nightmare.
Almanac changes policy on reporting names in arrest stories By Embarcadero Media staff
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oncerned about the lasting impact that online search engines have on individuals arrested for crimes, the Almanac and its Embarcadero Media sister papers — the Palo Alto Weekly, the Mountain View Voice and the Pleasanton Weekly — are implementing new policies regarding when the names and photos of arrestees will be published. The new policy states that news stories, except in limited instances, will not name those arrested until they are formally charged by the county’s district attorney. “We have become increasingly concerned about the unfairness
of stories naming people arrested for crimes remaining on the internet forever,” Embarcadero Media CEO Bill Johnson said. “Not only is an arrest not a conviction, but it is only an initial and often overstated allegation against a person. What a person is booked for is often reduced by the District Attorney’s Office and in some cases not prosecuted at all,” he said. “There is also an unfair, disproportionate effect on those with unusual names, since an internet search for an unusual name is much more likely to display a story on the arrest high in search results than if the person has a common name,” Mr. Johnson said.
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New policy reflects concerns that arrest reports linger for years on the internet. The policy cites four exceptions in which the name of an arrested person will be reported in a news story: Q The arrestee is a prominent person in the community, a public safety employee or a school employee. Q The arrest was for a major violent crime. Q The arrest was the result of an extended police or FBI
investigation. Q In the judgment of the editor, the crime was widely reported and is of broad public interest or concern. However, in an online story on an arrest, the Almanac will include a link to a law-enforcement agency’s press release and booking photos when they are available. The new policy also includes guidelines on reporting about sexual crimes and the circumstances under which an arrestee’s name will be published. Police departments are the usual agencies that distribute names and booking photos of arrestees to the media; district attorney’s offices occasionally publish the
information after someone has been charged with a crime in a high-profile case or after a lengthy investigation, such as when 16 people were arrested and charged for gang-related violent crimes in the Operation Sunny Day case in San Mateo County. The new policy about arrestees’ names was developed over several months, together with another policy concerning when names in archived online content will be removed or edited. Q Go to is.gd/Arrest22 (casesensitive) to see Embarcadero guidelines for reporting arrests. Q Go to is.gd/Remove22 (casesenstive) to see Embarcadero guidelines for review of requests to remove content. A
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Crucibleâ&#x20AC;? by Arthur Miller MenloAtheron High School Drama department presents play about the 1692 Salem witch trials. Oct 27, 28, 29, Nov. 3, 4 and 5. $8, students and seniors. M-A Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton. tinyurl.com/ macrucible 3DOR $OWR 3OD\HUV Âś3HWHU 3DQ¡ Nov. 3-19. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. paplayers.org/on-stage-now
Music 0RQWURVH 7ULR 6KRVWDNRYLFK %HHWKRYHQ DQG %UDKPV Pianist Jon Kimura Parker and former Tokyo String Quartet members, violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith, perform a program of Shostakovich, Beethoven and Brahms that offers a chance to hear the youthful craftsmanship of these composersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first piano trios. Nov. 12, 6-8 p.m. $20-$52; discounts for people under 30. Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. Search musicatmenlo.org/calendar for more info. )DXUH 5HTXLHP $OO 6RXOV 0HPRULDO 6HUYLFH This service of worship is centered on remembering those who have died, through prayer and music, featuring the requiem by Gabriel Faure. Choirs of St. Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Christ Church, with soloists Catherine Eastman and Nick Volkert, will be accompanied by organist Rani Fischer and a chamber orchestra. Nov. 4, 4-5:30 p.m. Free, donations will be accepted. Christ Church Portola Valley, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. ccpvw.org $XWKRU &KXFN .ORVWHUPDQ (â&#x20AC;&#x153;But What If Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Wrong: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Pastâ&#x20AC;?) and Pitchfork music critic Simon Reynolds (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Retromania: Pop Cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Addiction to Its Own Pastâ&#x20AC;?) discuss how nostalgia drives pop culture and the music industry and what that means for the way we look at ourselves. Nov. 1, 7:30-10 p.m. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info. 0R]DUW 5HTXLHP ZLWK 2OD *MHLOR Masterworks Chorale combines a world premiere from contemporary choral composer Ola Gjeilo and the Requiem by Mozart. Nov. 4, 8 p.m. and Nov. 5, 4 p.m. $30 in advance; $35 at the door for adults; $10 for students.
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&UHDWLYLW\ DQG WKH %UDLQ Neuroscientist David Eagleman and avant-garde composer Anthony Brandt discuss why humans are so creative. Nov. 3, 7:30-9 p.m. $10-$40; Student, general and premier tickets available. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search brownpapertickets.com for more info. %UXFH 'LFNLQVRQ RI ,URQ 0DLGHQ shares stories from his memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Does This Button Do?â&#x20AC;? Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. Only general admission and student tickets remain. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search brownpapertickets.com for more info. $ELOLWLHV 8QLWHG $XWKRUV /XQFKHRQ Authors Donia Bijan, Amy Dickinson, Tom Lichtenheld and Maile Meloy discuss their books, share writing experiences, and offer insight into their inspiration. Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m.2 p.m. $165, before Oct. 1; $195, after Oct. 1. Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel Palo Alto, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. abilitiesunited.org/ authors-luncheon/ (VVHQWLDOV RI /HDGHUVKLS LQ 1RQSURILW 6HFWRU John Hennessy interviews authors Bill Meehan and Kim Jonker for launch of new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Engine of Impact,â&#x20AC;? with introduction by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen. Nov. 9, 5 p.m. Location TBD, Stanford. Search eventbrite. com for more info. &DOGHU ELRJUDSK\ Jed Perl, art critic and writer, discusses his new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years: 18981940,â&#x20AC;? with Alexander S.C. Rower, president of Calder Foundation. Perlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book is the first biography of Alexander Calder, the acclaimed 20th-century sculptor. Nov. 2, 6-7 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. Search eventbrite. com for more info. 6HPLQDU )HGHUDO 5HFRUGV SOXV 0DSSLQJ the West Pamela Sayre and Rick Sayre, instructors in genealogy, discuss federal records, maps and land records. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $45-$55. Menlo Park LDS Hall, 1105 Valparaiso Ave., Menlo Park. smcgs.org/ *DOOHU\ 7DON Pavle Levi, director of Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, discusses centrality of montage in early Soviet art and cinema. Nov. 1, noon. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Dr., Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. -HVVH (LVLQJHU Angie Coiro interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger
about the history of the financial collapse. Nov. 10, 7:30-9 p.m. Free, RSVPs requested. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search brownpapertickets.com for info. /HVOLH %HUOLQ, project historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, discusses her book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troublemakers: Silicon Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coming of Age.â&#x20AC;? Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. Free. Books Inc. Palo Alto, 74 Town and Country, 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. booksinc.net/event/ leslie-berlin-books-inc-palo-alto
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WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District Board of the West Bay Sanitary District will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday evening, December 13, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Conference Room located at 500 Laurel Street, Menlo Park. The purpose of the Public Hearing will be to consider a proposed increase in some of the existing residential customer rates for year 2018 effective January 1, 2018 for the collection of waste recyclable materials in the West Bay Sanitary District for 2018. The need for this increase was discussed by the District Board at the October 11, 2017 Board meeting. The staff report for this matter is available at the District Office located at 500 Laurel Street, Menlo Park or online at www.westbaysanitary.org. WHAT ARE THE NEW RATES: Approximately fifty-five percent (55%) of residential service containers are a 32 gallon size. The new rate for 2018 for a 32 gallon container would increase from $40.23 per month to $44.00 per month, a $3.77 per month increase. The new rate for the 20 gallon container would increase from $27.96 per month to $35.00 per month, a $7.04 per month increase. 20 gallon containers will be grandfathered to current users but will no longer be available to new customers or to customers wishing to migrate down to a 20 gallon container. The Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed rates would remain amongst the mid-range of all the agencies. For comparison purposes, the typical residential rates for 32 gallon containers for SBWMA Cities including Atherton, Burlingame, Belmont, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, and San Mateo, range from a low of $21.09 (San Mateo) to a high of $55.00 (Atherton), based upon 2017 rates. The following table shows the current rates and the proposed monthly rates for West Bay Sanitary District Franchised Customers to be effective beginning January 1, 2018. Proposed Maximum Solid Waste Rates for 2018 MONTHLY RATES Customer Service Level Residental:
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20 gallon can
$27.96
$35.00
$7.04
$83.88
$105.00
$21.12
32 gallon can
$40.23
$44.00
$3.77
$120.69
$132.00
$11.31
64 gallon can
$73.70
$72.00
($1.70)
$221.10
$216.00
($5.10)
96 gallon can
$110.00
$105.00
($5.00)
$330.00
$315.00
($15.00)
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$216.42
$205.60
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n/a
n/a
2 yard bin
$410.73
$390.19
($20.54)
n/a
n/a
n/a
3 yard bin
$457.38
$434.51
($22.87)
n/a
n/a
n/a
4 yard bin
$609.82
$579.33
($30.49)
n/a
n/a
n/a
6 yard bin
$755.99
$718.19
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n/a
n/a
32-Gallon Cart
$35.72
$44.00
$8.28
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n/a
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64-Gallon Cart
$70.02
$72.00
$1.98
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n/a
n/a
96-Gallon Cart
$104.50
$105.00
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n/a
n/a
n/a
*Commercial bin rates reflect collection charge for one pick up per week; To calculate charge for more than one collection per week, multiply rate by number of collections per week. For example, 1-Cubic Yard Bin (at proposed rate) collected 3 times per week = $616.80 ($205.60 x 3 collections/wk) At this hearing, the Board of Directors will consider public comment as well as written protests by ratepayers regarding the proposed increase in monthly collection rates. If you would like additional information on the proposed rates, please call the District at 650-321-0384. Any person interested, including all solid waste/recycling collection customers of the West Bay Sanitary District, may appear at the public hearing and be heard on any matter related to the proposed increase in monthly rates. West Bay Sanitary District Board of Directors San Mateo County, California
/s/Phil Scott District Manager Dated: October 13, 2017_
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Portola Valley joins ‘sanctuary city’ lawsuits By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer
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ortola Valley is joining as a “friend of the court” two lawsuits that challenge the constitutionality of an executive order by President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from “sanctuary jurisdictions” — a term not defined in the executive order. Portola Valley does not take a person’s citizenship status into account in providing services or access to town facilities, and the council said as much in a February resolution affirming the town as “a diverse, supportive, inclusive and protective community,” Town Attorney Cara E. Silver noted in a staff report. The council was unanimous in voting to join the amicus briefs, though Councilwoman Ann Wengert conditioned her support on the council receiving regular updates from Ms. Silver. “I think there are going to be many more
twists that this road takes, and I want to be very conscious of all of the risks and rewards of what we’re doing going forward,” Ms. Wengert said. The lawsuits to be argued before the U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco are County of Santa Clara v. Trump and City and County of San Francisco v. Trump. The executive order, signed in January by President Trump, says, in part, that sanctuary jurisdictions “that fail to comply with applicable Federal law (will) not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by law.” The plaintiffs, Ms. Silver said, argue that the order is unconstitutional because it a) violates the 10th Amendment by attempting to control local decisions over how to spend money on law enforcement, b) is vague on definitions of sanctuary jurisdiction and the affected funding, and c) denies the jurisdictions due
Community meeting on pot ordinance San Mateo County officials are holding a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 9, in Half Moon Bay to discuss a draft ordinance governing the indoor and outdoor cultivation of recreational marijuana on unincorporated county land. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Ted Adcock Community Center at 535 Kelly Ave. in Half Moon Bay. The proposed ordinance by the Board of Supervisors would not allow commercial or personal outdoor cultivation on unincorporated county land, but would allow it in greenhouses and nurseries. The meeting is a chance for the public to learn more about the draft, ask questions of county officials and submit comments for publication. Go to is.gd/pot52 to see the draft ordinance. Go to is.gd/potFAQ for a list of frequently asked questions about state Proposition 64, which legalized use of recreational in November 2016. For more information, contact Andrew Berthelsen at c_aberthelsen@smcgov.org.
Stanford project The Santa Clara County Planning Commission decided not to vote on a Stanford development without giving Menlo Park a chance to weigh in. The city of Menlo Park was not notified of a development proposal by Stanford to build a 155,000-square-foot medical faculty office building near Quarry
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Road and Arboretum Road on an existing parking lot, Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre confirmed. The project would have underground parking for up 830 vehicles — an increase of 585 parking places. Councilman Ray Mueller said he learned about the proposal Oct. 20 and expressed concern that the project would impact Menlo Park by increasing traffic on Sand Hill Road. The Santa Clara County Planning Commission voted 7-0 on Oct. 26 to delay discussing the Stanford development proposal until Thursday, Nov. 16, according to Mr. Mueller.
Talk on teen anxiety “Anxiety & Depression in Teenagers” is the topic of the next talk in the parent education speaker series of the Menlo Park City School District. The talk will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the Hillview Middle School’s Performing Arts Center at 1100 Elder Ave. in Menlo Park. Dr. Jacob Towery, a Stanford professor and author of “The Anti-Depressant Book: A Practical Guide for Teens and Young Adults to Overcome Depression and Stay Healthy,” is the speaker. The event is free and open to the public, with free refreshments and free onsite child care for children who are potty-trained and older.
process. The state inserted itself on Oct. 5, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 54, declaring California a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants. State law will “largely prohibit” state and local law enforcement agencies from deploying staff or spending funds to “hold, question or share information about people” when requested by federal immigration agents, Ms. Silver said in her report. The exceptions are undocumented immigrants convicted of any of a list of some 800 violent crimes. Community fabric
The town receives federal money occasionally for transportation purposes and has requested funds to deal with emergencies, but nothing on a regular basis, Town Manager Jeremy Dennis said in February. The president’s narrative about dangers posed by
undocumented immigrants is false, Councilwoman Maryann Derwin said. “There’s a lot of evidence to prove that they contribute greatly to communities,” she said. “Immigrants are the fabric to our community. They care for our children. They steward our properties. They build and maintain our houses. I think we owe them gratitude and safe harbor. ... I think we need to stand with our immigrants. And if we don’t stand up for what we believe in, what do we stand for? So I would like us to join the amicus brief.” “I’m all for joining it,” Councilman Jeff Aalfs said. “I don’t think we should start not speaking out because we’re afraid of retaliation. I don’t feel comfortable with that.” Ms. Wengert wondered if being a friend of the court would make much difference. “The damage has been done,” she said. “We can’t roll that genie
back until there’s a change in the administration.” Statements like this “are powerful, powerful to the immigrant community,” Ms. Derwin said. “They feel like the people are standing with them.” Ms. Wengert said she “completely agrees.” Joining the amicus brief would show the council as not backing down, Councilman John Richards said. “We should make a statement, stick with our original intent and join,” he said. Mayor Craig Hughes said he agreed “very, very strongly” with Ms. Derwin. “I think its important that we stand with the immigrant community,” he said. And hot-button political issues aside, he said, “The president of the United States is telling us that we have to spend our local tax dollars on enforcing federal immigration law. ... For that reason alone, I think we should join this amicus brief.” A
TheatreWorks benefit in Menlo Park “Theatreworks Around the World” is the theme of the fundraiser that marks nearly 50 years of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as one of the largest theater companies in the Bay Area. The fall gala takes place Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, 2900 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. The evening will include food, wine, a musical revue, and a benefit auction. Local committee members include Chairman Cindi Sears of Portola Valley; Jayne Booker, Julie Kaufman and Doug Klein of Atherton; and Mark Lewis and Barbara Shapiro of Menlo Park. Tickets are $385 each. Go to is.gd/works24 or call (650) 463-7112 for more information.
Baubles, Bangles, Bags The ninth annual “Baubles, Bangles and Bags” will be held Monday, Nov. 6, at the Menlo Circus Club in Atherton. The Peninsula Volunteers silent auction will feature vintage, designer and specialty handbags and baubles, as well as themed gift baskets, mystery boxes and five Christmas trees. Among the bags available for purchase are several from Nancy Gonzalez, Judith Leiber, Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Fendi. The event includes a silent auction, champagne and specialty cheeses, a seated luncheon and guest speaker Georgie Gleim of Gleim the Jewelers. Linda Drew and Candice Provines are the eventís co-chairs.
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Tickets at $175 each are available by calling Cathy Duhring at (650) 272-5001.
Kiwanis speakers Speakers at the Menlo Park Kiwanis Club’s weekly luncheon meeting will deal with timely topics, such as the Equifax security breach and emergency preparedness, during November. The meetings are held from noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Allied Arts Guild at 75 Arbor Road in Menlo Park. Here is November’s lineup: Q Nov. 7: Kiwanis members Les Koonce and Tim Wright will share their “Impressions of Ireland.” Q Nov. 14: Shirley Raybal, branch manager of Bank of the West, will talk about “What to Do After the Equifax Security Breach.” Q Nov. 21: Patricia Emslie, new lieutenant governor of Kiwanis Division 34, will make her first official visit to the club. (Division 34 has 425 Kiwanis groups in California, Nevada and Hawaii. ) Q Nov. 28: Emergency preparedness is the topic for Commander Dave Bertinii of the Menlo Park Police Department. The will offer a variety of ways to become better prepared. The Kiwanis Club welcomes visitors. Go to is.gd/Kiwanis22 to arrange to attend a program or get more information.
Rosener open house Peninsula Volunteers’ Rosener House will hold an Adult Day Services open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at 500 Arbor Road in, Menlo Park. The event will showcase Rosener House activities and services for those suffering from Alzheimerís disease, dementia, Parkinsonís, or post-stroke paralysis. Families may take tours, participate in activities and consult with social workers, registered nurse and therapists. The event is free and open to the community. For more information, call (650) 322-0126.
M-A’s food drive Menlo-Atherton High School students are once again collaborating with local grocery stores in a drive to collect canned food to go in holiday boxes for several hundred families in need. Starting Nov. 1, students will stand at the doors of participating grocery stores to collect donated canned food from shoppers. Students will have lists on hand of items that the nonprofit Second Harvest Food Bank considers most needed. Among local grocery stores participating are Bianchini’s Market in Ladera, Roberts Market in Portola Valley, and the following Menlo Park stores: Draeger’s Market, Trader Joe’s, the Willows Market and Safeway supermarkets on El Camino Real and Sharon Park Drive. Go to shfb.org/donate to make an online contribution to the program.
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t age 19, Joe Smith, home from college and such content from our archives by those arrested years enjoying catching up with some old high school earlier, we took the hard line that most newspapers have friends the night after Thanksgiving at a down- long taken — our story was factually correct and our town bar, gets drunk and winds up arrested at 2 a.m. for policy is to not alter the permanent record of the news. But as these requests multiplied (Embarcadero Media, being drunk in public, disorderly conduct, assault with a owner of the Almanac and our three sister papers, now deadly weapon (a beer bottle) and resisting arrest. Local media include the young man’s name in an receives two or three each month on average) we began article about the arrest, as has long been the tradition, looking at the issue from the perspective of the person arrested and the disproportionality and unfairness of the satisfying readers’ appetite for details of crime stories. When the case gets submitted by police to the District lifelong effects on someone with an unusual name. After reviewing countless instances involving the Attorney’s Office, the DA decides the incident doesn’t warrant prosecution and offers Mr. Smith three months’ arrests of young people, many of them with unusual names, we began looking at this partly probation in exchange for a no-contest as a discrimination and social-justice plea to disorderly conduct. The young EDI TORIA L issue. In a nation of immigrants with man takes the deal and, after serving The opinion of The Almanac many unusual last names, why should his probation successfully, asks the our reporting and editing decisions court to expunge the case from its have disproportionate impacts depending on a person’s records, as allowed in California and most states. Since Mr. Smith’s name is so common, his arrest will ethnicity, or simply the uniqueness of his or her name? In addition, in many instances police will arrest and likely not follow him around the rest of his life, in spite of its being on the internet as an archived story of the local book suspects for every conceivable crime that could be charged, despite knowing that the charges ultimately newspaper. He is lucky, only because of his name. But what if his name were Bonifacio Poedoseporo? The filed by the DA are often much less serious. In crafting what we think is a thoughtful policy on one short news story on his initial arrest could be the first and possibly only result in a Google search for his name removing names from archived stories, we discovered that removing a name from our story doesn’t affect the by a future employer, even 10 or 15 years later. While the above facts and names are made up, the sce- Google search result for that person, nor does it solve nario is typical of a growing ethical and moral problem the problem of “public shaming” websites that grab our facing news organizations, whose content lives on forever original crime stories and propagate the information for on the internet rather than vanishing into the basement their own financial gain. So this led us to a re-evaluation of how we approach archives of local libraries, as it did not long ago. When we first began receiving pleas for us to remove the initial reporting of arrests, as well as the publication
of booking photos provided by the police. In balancing our First Amendment right to publish information on any arrest, an arrestee’s right to be assumed innocent until proven guilty and the public’s right to know the details of crime taking place in the community, we formulated a new policy, implemented last month, on when we will (and won’t) report the names of those arrested by law enforcement. Our new policy states that, except in limited instances, news stories will not name those arrested (or include photos) until they are formally charged by the district attorney. The exceptions are the arrest of a prominent person in the community or a public safety or school employee; if the arrest was for a major violent crime or the result of an extended police or FBI investigation; or, if in the judgment of the editor, the crime was widely reported and is of broad public interest or concern. The policy is intentionally flexible because every situation is different. And we make no promises about later adding to a story the name of a person charged for a crime by the DA after leaving the name out of the original story. Our news judgment of the public interest in publishing the person’s identity will guide that determination. As only one news source, our change in policy won’t by itself solve the problems described above. And it will probably encourage some readers to look elsewhere for the information we won’t be publishing. But we think the media has a responsibility to regularly look at the consequences of its editorial practices and to modify them as circumstances change, as has certainly happened due to the permanence of information on the internet. A
Why Atherton council unanimously supports Measure F parcel tax renewal By Rick DeGolia
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he Atherton parcel tax was created in 1980 following the loss of tax dollars due to Proposition 13. This was necessary because Atherton is only residential, with no sales or other commerce-based taxes. The parcel tax generates $1.8 million per year, with 100 percent of the funds going directly to the town. Compare that with our property taxes: Only 8.5 percent of our property taxes go directly to the town. Of the parcel tax revenue, 20 percent currently pays for two police officers (a school resource officer and a traffic cop) and 80 percent pays for annual road maintenance and drainage work. Atherton voters have supported this tax for 37 years because residents want their own police force and well-maintained roads and drainage systems. The tax requires a two-thirds vote because the funds are limited to these purposes. The dollar amount of the parcel tax ($750 per year for most households) has not increased for 22 years.
Rick DeGolia has served on the Atherton City Council since 2013.
GUEST OPINION Every four years, the parcel tax has been renewed, although on four occasions it was defeated and it required a second election the following spring, where it passed at times with 80 percent of the vote. It is interesting to note that on every occasion that the parcel tax was before Atherton’s voters, the lead architect of the current No on F campaign has opposed it. In the past, opposition to the parcel tax focused on financial mismanagement in the town. This year’s challenge to the tax is not because of poor financial management. In fact, our finances have never been better managed or our streets better maintained. Our council is
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working extremely well together, breaking new ground to protect and improve the quality of life for our residents. This year, the parcel tax is being challenged because the town’s secured property tax revenue has increased and the town has had four years of surpluses. The claim is that with these surpluses, the parcel tax is no longer needed, which is not true. What the No on F campaign doesn’t acknowledge is that in June Atherton residents voted to use the town’s surplus to build the new, excellently designed and inexpensive town center. They don’t admit that the surplus funds are fully allocated to building the town center because they oppose the town center project. There have been three previous attempts in the past 20 years to build a new town center to replace the failing 60-year-old building and seven temporary trailers where our police, admin, building and planning departments work. Those efforts failed due to a lack of funding. For the first time we now have the funds to build a town center. This is
the most important capital improvement project in Atherton’s history. The Atherton City Council unanimously supports Measure F because the council knows that we need a new town center and we need to keep the two officers and the critical road maintenance and drainage work that the parcel tax pays for. Without the parcel tax we will lose the benefits that it pays for. One other thing that the opposition doesn’t acknowledge is that the council set this parcel tax for only three years, not the normal four years. The reason for this limitation is that in three years, the town center project will be complete, and then surplus funds may be used for our other needs. Three years from now is the time to reconsider the parcel tax. Not now. Please send emails to your friends and neighbors about this issue. Measure F, like most Atherton ballot measures, will be decided neighbor-to-neighbor. It is important that our residents understand the importance of this measure. Please join scores of Atherton residents and vote yes on Measure F.
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