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There’s still hope for ‘Oasis’ name, tradition By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer
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he last day of the Oasis, as it’s been known under the ownership of the Tougas family, will be this Wednesday, March 7, but Menlo Park Vice Mayor Ray Mueller last week told city officials that there may be hope to preserve the name and traditions of the beloved beer garden and burger joint. In a March 2 email, Councilman Mueller informed City Manager Alex McIntyre, City Attorney Bill McClure and Economic Development Manager Jim Cogan that the restaurant’s owner, the Tougas family, is open to speaking to potential operators “interested in licensing or buying the trademark, brand and menu of the Oasis, and operating the restaurant in (a) way that gives credit to the restaurant and family’s history and place in
the Menlo Park community.” Mr. Mueller added that property owner Dan Beltramo had indicated that he is in the process of finding a new operator for the site, located at 341 El Camino Real, and wishes to
‘I am cautiously optimistic the pieces are coming together that will keep the Oasis operating in Menlo Park.’ CITY COUNCILMAN R AY MUELLER
discuss parking capacity at the restaurant with the city. “I am cautiously optimistic the pieces are coming together that will keep the Oasis operating in Menlo Park,” Mr. Mueller wrote in the email. The Tougas family announced on Feb. 21 that it would close the restaurant, perhaps the oldest
eating establishment in Menlo Park, on March 7 after 60 years of business. The announcement said the family was “unable to negotiate a reasonable lease for our business, nor meet the requested terms of the building’s owner.” The Oasis is considered an institution by many and renowned for its burgers, pizza, beer and slightly sticky wooden tables engraved with what appear to be generations of initials. According to the Menlo Park Historical Association, Alexander Beltramo, son of Beltramo’s Wine & Spirits founder John Beltramo, converted the building that houses the Oasis — once the YMCA building at Camp Fremont, when the area was a training camp for World War I — into a beer garden in 1933. The Tougas family took over operation in 1958, according to the Beltramo family. A
Questions fly over Facebook’s ‘Willow Village’ campus By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer
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acebook’s proposal to create a new neighborhood in Menlo Park and add enough office space to cumulatively accommodate a workforce the size of Menlo Park’s current total population — more than 33,000 — raised some questions from the Planning Commission during a Feb. 26 discussion. The company has proposed to build a massive development project it’s calling “Willow Village,” which would include: nine office buildings totaling 1.75 million square feet; 1,500 housing units, 225 of which would be designated as “below market rate”; 126,500 square feet of retail space for a grocery store, pharmacy and food and beverage services; a 200-room hotel; a culture/visitor center; a total of 5,319 parking spaces; and about 18 acres of open space, eight of which would be publicly accessible. The proposed residential buildings would range in height from 61 to 72 feet and the office building would range in height from 74 to 112.5 feet. The site is now home to a collection of about 1 million square feet of commercial office, warehouse, and research and
development structures. The 59-acre property is located on the south side of Willow Road about a quarter-mile west of Bayfront Expressway, bounded roughly by Mid Peninsula High School to the west, Willow Road to the north, the Dumbarton rail corridor to the east, and the UPS Center and Pacific Biosciences office (on O’Brien Drive and Adams Court) to the south. Facebook proposes to elevate the site in accordance with the city’s requirements to be above the flood plain and protected from sea level rise. A presentation by Facebook showed future scenes of pedestrians and cyclists out shopping at a proposed grocery store, pharmacy and other food or beverage establishments, or enjoying publicly accessible park space on a site now clustered with unremarkable light industrial office buildings. According to Facebook Vice President of Global Facilities and Real Estate John Tenanes, the company plans to be able to, within 10 years, have about 35,000 employees at its Menlo Park properties east of U.S. 101, which include the proposed offices and new office building associated with the Bohannon Companies’ Menlo
Gateway development. At the Menlo Gateway development, Facebook has committed to lease the entirety of the newly completed office building and two more planned office buildings, according to a Facebook spokesperson. Combined, the three buildings are expected to offer about 700,000 square feet of office space when complete. Currently, about 15,000 Facebook employees work in Menlo
Park, Mr. Tenanes said. (As a reference point, Menlo Park’s total population was 33,319 in 2016, according to population estimates in the American Community Survey.) The company proposes to build the “Willow Village” project in four phases, with occupancy planned to begin in 2021; occupancy of the remaining phased-in development would occur in 2022, 2023 and 2025. The first phase would include
about 70 percent of the total proposed square footage for the neighborhood retail street, including a grocery store, plus the first 500 of the total 1,500 housing units proposed and onethird of the office development. The second and third phases would add the remaining twothirds of the office space and housing units proposed. The fourth phase would include the See FACEBOOK, page 6
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Portola Valley School District projects return to black in budget By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer
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he Portola Valley School District has managed to get its budget back in line after the district had to report to the San Mateo County Office of Education in December that its projections showed a future budgetary shortfall. The district reported that by the 2019-20 fiscal year, its reserves would be below the state-mandated 4 percent of its general fund budget. That projection meant that for several months the district’s budget has been considered to be under “qualified certification,� meaning the district “may not meet its financial obligations� for the coming fiscal years. But new projections, part of the second required mid-year budget review that will come before the
school board at its Wednesday, March 7, meeting, show the district back in compliance. The report shows that even though district revenues are over $15,000 less than had been budgeted, the district has also managed to cut its spending by more than $288,000. That increased its projected reserves to 5.4 percent in 2019-20. The December report showed only a 3.25 percent reserve in 2019-20. Superintendent Eric Hartwig said several “higher than expected expenses� led to the budget problems. Those expenses included repairing mold and flooding in classrooms, and a broken water pipe. The district also spent more than expected on special education and services such as attorneys for labor negotiations, he said. The district’s policy of giving
teachers higher pay for professional development also was more successful than had been expected, he said, with teachers “enthusiastically� taking part in additional training. “We’re actually quite proud� of the participation, Mr. Hartwig said. “We really do have a highly professionalized workforce.� A report for the March 7 board meeting shows property tax revenue projected at nearly $36,000 less for the 2017-18 budget year than was assumed in December. The district also anticipates losing $10,000 from a shorter-than-projected summer camp lease. Those losses were partially offset by increased state revenues and an additional $23,000 grant from the Portola Valley Schools Foundation. The big difference came in spending, however. Personnel
costs are nearly $41,000 lower than budgeted, and by putting off some purchases the materials and supplies budget is down by nearly $145,000. One major savings came from purchasing low-cost laptops instead of tablets, the report says. The district’s budget also saw some savings because an anticipated bond election will not take place this budget year, saving $39,000 in election costs. The district now estimates it will have a reserve fund of $1.2 million at the end of the current fiscal year. The budget projections do not include salary increases, and the district is still in negotiations with its employees. The school board will also receive a report on future enrollment projections that is not quite as dire as a previous report.
The report by Tom Williams of Enrollment Projection Consultants, which studies demographics for a number of school districts in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, estimates that the district will lose 18 students in the 2018-19 school year, will gain two students the next year, and then will lose 32 students over the following three years. The report cautions, however, that in such a small school district the “law of averages� does not work well. It says that the projection for the coming school year could be off by as many as 15 students, with the actual decline somewhere between three and 33 students. The district now has 608 students: 264 in transitional kindergarten to third grade at Ormondale, and 344 in fourth through eighth grade at Corte Madera. A
to see improved public transit options along the Dumbarton Bridge, including a transit loop connecting the South Bay. Planning Commissioner John Onken asked staff if a development ever reaches a point where the impacts are so severe that a project is actually halted. “As a community, we see EIRs (environmental impact reports) endlessly. ... We say, oh no, well that’s going to be lousy. There’s not much we can do.â€? Ultimately, city planner Kyle Perata said, that decision is up to the City Council. If a study finds environmental impacts that are determined to be significant and unavoidable, those must be cleared by the council through what’s called a “statement of overriding considerations.â€? According to Mr. Perata, city staff have begun preliminary steps on the environmental impact review process, but no timeline has been established yet. The city is likely to release a “notice of preparationâ€? document that asks the public to weigh in on what potential environmental impacts should be evaluated in the city’s study in the coming months, he said. In addition, Facebook officials also plan to host their own public meetings in the coming weeks to provide information about the proposed development. A March 3 meeting was held in the Menlo Park Senior Center in Belle Haven. Other scheduled meetings are: • Saturday, March 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the East Palo Alto Senior Center at 560 Bell St. in East Palo Alto. • Thursday, March 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center at 700 Alma St. in Menlo Park. A
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As might be predicted, at the fore of the concerns expressed by the planning commissioners were the standard questions they ask of most new developments in the city: How will the project affect the city’s jobshousing balance and how will traffic be impacted? When Facebook moved to Menlo Park in 2010 and 2011, Mr. Tenanes said, the company had about 2,500 employees. Today, the company has 75 locations worldwide, he said. In public comments, Menlo Park resident Adina Levin noted that with the addition of an expected minimum of 7,000 jobs, and only 1,500 housing units, the proposed development is “still pushing the (jobs-housing) balance in a difficult direction.� She encouraged the commission to focus on bike and pedestrian amenities to reduce car traffic. Several locals said they appreciated the public outreach that Facebook officials had done already but still had some concerns. Sheryl Bims added that she believed the city should develop a plan to underground utilities and improve public landscaping and streetscapes in the neighborhood. She also urged the commission to start talking about education. “As a community, Belle Haven is at a place where we are ready to separate from Ravenswood to become a new district or part of Menlo Park,� she said. George Yang said he hoped
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Three different types of poles will be installed in Menlo Park along the Caltrain line as as part of the rail electrification project. All three types of poles will be interspersed within the city’s boundaries, according to Caltrain spokesperson Brent Tietjen.
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tarting as soon as late March, Caltrain is going to begin work to electrify its rail line in Menlo Park, according to Caltrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew. The construction is expected to last between four and eight months and involve construction during the day, with some nights and some 24-hour weekends, Caltrain officials told attendees at a Menlo Park meeting on Feb. 28. The $1.98 billion project, funded by federal, state, regional and local sources, will switch the power source for the Caltrain line from diesel to electricity and is aimed at boosting the efficiency, capacity, safety and reliability of the regional rail service between San Francisco and San Jose. The plan is to launch electrified services in 2022, according to the project website. Caltrain plans to do work on the northern half of the city first, the 0.9 mile stretch of the rail line between Ravenswood
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Avenue and the Menlo Park/ Atherton border, followed by work on the southern 0.7 miles of the rail line between Ravenswood Avenue and the Palo Alto border. The work will involve preparing for and laying foundations for the electric poles, removing and pruning trees, and eventually installing the needed poles and wires. One question raised by some of the meeting’s roughly 30 attendees was how the project will impact local trees. In order to have the needed 10 feet of clearance between vegetation and Caltrain’s electrical components, the agency plans to remove 30 trees on the Caltrain right-of-way, said Greg Parks, a public involvement manager subcontracted by Caltrain. More trees are planned for significant pruning — they are targeted for scaling back by more than a quarter: 72 on Caltrain property, nine on private property, and four on other public property. Yet more trees will need to be pruned by less than a quarter: 244 trees on
Meeting on water-capture facility March 7 in Atherton A public presentation about the water-capture facility Atherton wants to build in Holbrook-Palmer Park is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, at the Jennings Pavilion in the park, 150 Watkins Ave., at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will come at the beginning of the monthly
meeting of the Park & Recreation Committee. The $13.6 million grant-funded project will capture runoff water on its way to the Bay to prevent flooding and remove pollutants. The town says construction is scheduled to start in July 2019, and last about 14
Caltrain property, 26 trees on city property and 76 trees on private property. The agency plans to replace 115 trees as close to their original locations as possible, said Casey Fromson, Caltrain director of government and community affairs. According to Mr. Parks, the agency plans to install 51 poles through Menlo Park, placing one every 180 feet along the Caltrain line. There are three types of poles that Caltrain plans to install: single-track cantilever, two-track cantilever and center poles. The single-track cantilever and center pole types are 30 to 35 feet tall, and the two-track cantilever pole type is about 45.5 feet tall. Nighttime work in some instances could reach the noise level between that of a vacuum cleaner and a garbage disposal. Workers can install three to four poles a night, so no one area should be too impacted by construction noise for more than a night or two, according to Mr. Parks. Go to calmod.org, email calmod@caltrain.com or call 650-399-9659 or the toll free number, 800-660-4287, for more information. A months. The project will generate noise, dust, construction traffic and temporary road closures, town officials warn. While design is still being developed, the facility is now proposed to go under the park’s baseball outfield. At ci.atherton.ca.us/watercapture more information, including a video showing construction of a similar facility, is available.
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hen the Menlo Park City Council approved a proposal by Stanford last October to add 215 apartments, 143,000 square feet of office space and about 10,000 square feet of retail space at 500 El Camino Real, one piece of the negotiations went unresolved. In February, Menlo Park Vice Mayor Ray Mueller proposed one option to correct a shortfall the Menlo Park City School District may experience as a result of the development, and the concept is gaining traction among district parents.
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The core of the problem is that under California law, Stanford University is exempt from having to pay property taxes on any building it uses for “academic purposes.” That includes faculty and staff housing, which the apartments planned at 500 El Camino Real are intended to be used for. Yet 60 percent of the school district’s funding comes from property taxes, according to district spokeswoman Parke Treadway. And, presumably, some of the faculty and staff who will be housed at Stanford’s
new complex will have children. So the district would have to cover the costs to educate those kids without receiving property taxes from those households, an added cost the district claims would total about $663,000 per year. Stanford officials have said that the university will pay property taxes on the office buildings that are slated to be developed as part of the project and leased to commercial tenants. To address this, the city of Menlo Park had negotiated with Stanford University to get a contribution of $1.5 million to go toward an endowment for the Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation, an independent fundraising arm that provides funding for the Menlo Park City School District.
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In previous negotiations between the city and Stanford, the university had offered $1.5 million to the Menlo Park City School District via the education foundation. The district says it needs a contribution of $2.5 million to its endowment (plus substantial property taxes from the office buildings) to enable it to annually generate enough revenue to cover that expected shortfall. Stanford added a stipulation that up to $1 million of a $5 million Stanford contribution to a proposed bicycle and pedestrian crossing over or under the Caltrain tracks at Middle Avenue could potentially be paid to the education foundation instead. The idea was that the university would pay half of the cost for the crossing — up to $5 million — and if the city were to find a way to cut costs on that project, then up to $1 million of the project money left over would go to the education foundation. The proposed solution
In February, the council received its mid-year budget report, which indicated that the city has a surplus of $3.85 million, $1.16 million of which was unbudgeted returns from what’s called “ERAF,” or the “Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund.” That fund represents city money that’s set aside each year to cover any shortfalls school districts might have if property taxes don’t reach a basic funding level. That money is returned to cities annually if high property tax districts (like the Menlo Park City School District) cross that funding threshold. At the Feb. 13 meeting, Mr. Mueller suggested that the city put $1.5 million of that surplus toward the project — he later indicated he wanted that
number to be $1 million — enough to cover the funding gap between what Stanford has committed and the $2.5 million the district says it would need. “We have an opportunity here now to kill that bird with this stone,” Mr. Mueller told the council at the time. According to Ms. Treadway, district Superintendent Erik Burmeister alerted a small group of parents about the idea, and since then an email campaign to the council has been launched. As of the morning of Monday, March 5, the council had received about 21 emails urging it to put the surplus toward covering the expected shortfall from Stanford. “The development is expected to generate approximately 39 new students beginning in the 2019-20 school year. As a community funded district, MPCSD does not receive any more funding when more students enroll,” Menlo Park parent Max Bonnette wrote in an email. “We all appreciate the value that an excellent school district adds to our vibrant community, and with your foresight and help, we can maintain the quality that we all expect.” To do so straightforwardly, however, would probably be considered an illegal gift of public funds from one government agency to another, Mr. Mueller cautioned. What the city may be able to do, he noted, is put $1 million from its surplus toward the proposed bike and pedestrian Caltrain crossing at Middle Avenue, and then urge Stanford to transfer $1 million that it planned to put toward that project to the school district through the Menlo ParkAtherton Education Foundation. Mayor Peter Ohtaki agreed to add the matter to a future council agenda. A
Menlo Park: Tree top falls, damaging roof, several vehicles A 130-foot redwood tree in the 100 block of Baywood Avenue in Menlo Park is now shorter by about 30 feet after the top section of the tree fell during the windy storm on Thursday afternoon, March 1. The tree parts penetrated the roof of a nearby home and severely damaged several vehicles sitting in the driveway, Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District said in a statement. There were no reports of injuries, the chief said. At the time of the incident, around 4:55 p.m., the house was occupied when a large branch entered a
second-story bedroom, but the occupants were on the first floor, he said. The section of the tree that fell had been damaged by a lightning strike last September, the chief said. Firefighters arrived at 4:58 p.m. and used ladders to reach the barn-style roof, where they cut and removed branches and covered the hole with a tarp and a plywood patch to prevent water damage, according to Mr. Schapelhouman. Over the weekend, a tree service cleaned up the upper See TREE, page 22
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Offices, apartments OK’d to replace Beltramo’s Wines & Spirits By Kate Bradshaw
the applicant did not opt to build at the maximum allowed density, which would require he location of longtime some negotiation with the city Menlo Park business Bel- as to which “community bentramo’s Wines & Spirits, efits” would have to be pro1540 El Camino Real, was cleared vided. Mr. Hunter said it was Feb. 26 by the Menlo Park Plan- a group decision to stick to the ning Commission to become the more straightforward guidenew site of an office building and lines associated with the lower level of development. apartment complex. The developer proposes to The proposed development, by developer Derek Hunter, will add 19 surface parking spaces add 27 rental apartments in one and 163 parking spaces in the underground park35-foot-tall, threeing garage. Bike story building, racks, a pedestrian adding up to about Five BMR path through the 35,000 square feet, with two levels of housing units to middle of the site underground park- be built on site. and the requisite amount of open ing; and a two-story, 32-foot-tall, 41,000-square-foot space would also be provided. The developer also proposes office building at the site. The plans, which fall within to remove 41 trees, eight of the city’s El Camino Real/ which are considered heritage downtown specific plan, were trees, replace the heritage trees approved with a 6-0 vote (Com- at a two-to-one ratio, and plant missioner Susan Goodhue was some additional trees. On the below-market-rate absent) on the condition that certain architectural changes housing front, Mr. Hunter has be made, at the request of Com- proposed to provide five lowmissioner Henry Riggs, to use income housing units on site original-color terra cotta on the and pay $135,345 in additional office building and add other below-market-rate housing fees to meet the city’s required variations to the design. Commissioners asked why contribution. A
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A rendering of the proposed residential building, with 27 rental apartments, at the former Beltramo’s Wines & Spirits site at 1540 El Camino Real. Five are intended to be dedicated for rental by low-income tenants.
Activists urge Willow Road changes to keep kids safe By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer
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embers of Belle Haven Action, a nonprofit focused on addressing problems in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood, are
worried about kids’ safety as they commute to and from school across U.S. 101 and along Willow Road. Several members of the group sent an email to officials from Caltrans, the cities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, the
Sequoia and Ravenswood City school districts, and San Mateo County, containing photos and a video showing kids making dangerous crossings on areas of Willow Road. Julie Shanson of Belle Haven Action wrote in the email that the group is requesting that a shuttle be implemented to run between Menlo-Atherton High School See WILLOW ROAD, page 13
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north of the east end of Happy Hollow Lane near Alpine Road and near the Stanford Weekend Acres neighborhood in unincorSan Mateo County in April and porated Menlo Park. The creek is in the process of obtaining is home to the Central Califoreasements from some nearby nia Coast Distinct Population residents. If approved, removal Segment of steelhead. The strucof the 8-foot-tall concrete struc- ture dammed the creek water to ture could begin this summer create a flume that filled Lake with project completion in sum- Lagunita with drinking water. mer 2019, according to a county But the flume and dam have not been operational since the planning staff report. In December 2017, the univer- 1930s, Ms. McCown said. Stanford addsity received ed a fish lada $1.2 milRemoving Lagunita der in 1954 to lion ecothe steelsystem and Dam would increase help head move over watershed the length and depth the dam, but restoration grant from of water pools in the the ladder was prone to debris the Califorcreek and improve jams that caused nia Department of Fish gravel areas needed the steelhead difficulty navi& Wildlife for for spawning and gating through the project. the structure, Ms. McCown fish passage. according to a did not specify the total cost for the project, 2014 National Marine Fisheries but a grant application to Fish Service biological opinion on & Wildlife proposed the agency the university’s Steelhead Habifund 30 percent and the univer- tat Enhancement Project. The dam also creates about a sity would pay for 70 percent of 1,000-foot-long area of sediment costs. Lagunita Dam is located just upstream and a deep plunge
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pool downstream, which are not conducive for the steelhead to spawn, according to the university’s November 2017 funding application to the state Department of Fish & Wildlife. Two environmental organizations sued in 2014 claiming that Stanford had violated the Endangered Species and Clean Water
acts by continuing to keep the dam in place. The university and plaintiffs Our Children’s Earth and Ecological Rights Foundation reached a temporary settlement to stay the lawsuit and a separate legal action regarding Searsville See LAGUNITA DAM, page 22
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Council discusses term limits in an all but empty room The people should be initiating this, mayor and colleagues say.
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f Woodside voters are ever to decide on the question of whether members of the Woodside Town Council should be subject to term limits any time soon, the voters will have to get together and propose an initiative. Mayor Chris Shaw on Tuesday night, Feb. 27, acting on a consensus of his colleagues, tabled a discussion on the subject to some future time. The action came in the context of a recent community survey, sent to approximately 2,400 Woodside postal addresses, that included a question on establishing term limits for council members. Of the 306 responses to that question, half were in favor of limits, according to a staff report. Mr. Shaw tabled the discussion after some 30 minutes of arguments for and against the idea of the council putting the question on the November 2018 ballot. Councilman Peter Mason got the discussion rolling by saying that citizens, not the council, should be taking the initiative to put the question before voters. To be put on the ballot, a citizens’ initiative requires the signatures of at least 10 percent of the town’s registered voters, Town Attorney Jean Savaree said. Councilman Dave Tanner, a longtime council member, agreed with Mr. Mason, adding that term limits are more appropriate for federal representatives. “It’s guys like me who hang around and keep doing their job, all right, and we bring in some wisdom and WILLOW ROAD continued from page 10
and Willow Oaks Elementary on a regular basis; that crossing guards direct pedestrians during peak times, and that the area be monitored regularly by police. The group has three years’ worth of photos and videos showing dangerous conditions for kids there, she wrote, but the safety problems have gotten worse since construction started on Caltrans’ project to rebuild the U.S. 101/Willow Road overpass. During construction, Caltrans is running a 24-hour shuttle bus to drive pedestrians and cyclists back and forth across the interchange. But, Ms.
stuff from the past,” he said. “I don’t think it should be up to us to put it on the ballot.” Councilwoman Anne Kasten said she was saddened by the survey’s indications that many people were not paying much attention to what’s going on in town. If voters aren’t paying attention to matters of importance to the town and the council is paying attention, then it’s incumbent on the council to form questions for the voters to consider, she said. “We are here to do things we think are good for the long-term vitality of the town,” Ms. Kasten said. “If we think that this is something the town should be pondering and vote on, then I think it should be put out there. I feel that very strongly.” Councilman Tom Livermore, with initial support from Councilwoman Deborah Gordon and Councilman Daniel Yost, argued for the council asking voters about term limits simply because half the respondents to that question indicated they were in favor of it. Mr. Shaw, commenting on the weaknesses of an unscientific survey and that just 12 percent of the people polled responded, posed a hypothetical survey question: “Do you think we should abolish ASRB?” The Architectural and Site Review Board has the difficult task of weighing whether a proposed project does or does not meet the town’s standard of rural character. Board opinions are a source of frustration for some property owners, though there are reports of at least as many applicants who say they appreciate the board’s input. See TERM LIMITS, page 22
Shanson wrote, “We’ve heard that the shuttle service is inadequate and slow. We know kids don’t wait.” “The pedestrian overpass near Ringwood Avenue and Van Buren Road over 101 is inconvenient for pedestrians and not monitored,” she added. “We’d like to help explore solutions since this construction is due to last for months to come.” She said Caltrans spokesperson Jeff Weiss told the group that the agency responded by sending out a traffic and safety engineer to monitor the site on March 1. When completed, the new overpass will have a pedestrian crossing and protected bike lanes, according to project designs. A
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Dorothy Ann Ross March 1, 1926 - January 17, 2018 Dorothy Ann â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dotâ&#x20AC;? Bauer Ross passed away peacefully on January 17, 2018 in Palo Alto. She was 91 years old. She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Nancy Ross Ryde and Magnus Ryde of Atherton, CA; Carolyn Ross and Don â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chipâ&#x20AC;? Hill of Leesburg, VA; two grandchildren, Nancy Hill of Seattle, WA and Erik Ryde of Boston, MA; her younger brother, Dr. Richard Bauer of Glendale, AZ; and countless friends and extended family members. Her husband of 53 years, Harry Robert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barneyâ&#x20AC;? Ross and her older brother, Carl Elmer Bauer predeceased her. Dot was born in Los Angeles on March 1, 1926 to Anna Louise Geib Bauer and Elmer Lawrence Bauer. She graduated from Compton High School in 1944 and from Occidental College in 1948. She taught 2nd and 3rd grades at La Canada Elementary School for two years. In 1950, she enrolled in the USC Graduate School of Management, receiving her MBA in Finance in 1952, the first woman to receive this distinction from USC. Following graduation, she worked at Standard Oil for a year, and left to teach school at the American School on the Army base in Giessen, Germany. There she met the love of her life, Barney, a captain in the Army. They were married at her parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home in Glendale, CA on a beautiful December day in 1955, and then returned to Germany. The Army relocated them to northern Virginia in 1957. Following the birth of their daughters, the family returned to Germany, and subsequently back to Virginia where they remained until 1965 when Barney was transferred to Viet Nam. The family moved to La Canada, CA to be close to Dotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family. Upon Barneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return in 1967, the family moved to The Presidio of San Francisco. Dot and Barney fell in love with the Bay Area and remained there, residing in San Francisco, Portola Valley; Atherton; Menlo Park and Palo Alto. Dot was a lifelong learner, volunteer and explorer. She took advantage of every opportunity to travel to different places, touring Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Mexico and almost all of the United States. She was a docent for the Stanford Museum of Art, the San Francisco MOMA and the De Young Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s African collection. Dot volunteered for the PTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of all her daughtersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; schools as well as their Girl Scout troops. As a member of the Allied Arts Auxiliary, she worked in the Traditional Shop and on Tally Ho. Learning the love of flowers from her mother, Dot took flower arranging courses and was active in several garden clubs. In the 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s she became certified to teach English as a Second Language through a volunteer program. She later renewed her teaching credential and began a second career as a substitute teacher. Always interested in investing, she spent many happy hours with her friends in the Tape Watchers investment club. Dot loved to entertain, and was always thrilled to house, feed, and chat with friends, both old and new who were treated like family. She will be remembered for her elegance, inquisitive mind, gracious and welcoming hospitality, and her adventurous spirit. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held on March 11, 2018 at 3pm at Trinity Church,Menlo Park. Donations may be made to the USO, Wounded Warrior Project or the Girl Scouts of America. PA I D
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Agnes Bierman Babcock, archaeologist and mother, dies at home in Portola Valley By Dave Boyce
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A memorial service for Agnes Bierman Babcock of Portola Valley will be held Friday, March 16, at 11 a.m. at Saint Denis Catholic Church at 2250 Avy Ave. in Menlo Park. Ms. Babcock, an archaeologist, mother, civic volunteer and namesake to a complex of caves in Southern California, worked in Agnes Babcock archaeology at a time when such careers were uncommon for women. She made her exit from the field in her late 30s to begin a second career as a full-time mother. She died at her home in the Westridge neighborhood on Jan. 6 at the age of 94. Ms. Babcock served on the Portola Valley Planning Commission from 1970 to 1972 and on the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traffic committee, according to Town Hall officials. She and her husband, Dean Babcock, shared a commitment
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to hike the trail on Windy Hill every year on her birthday, Ms. Babcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter Cecile told The Almanac. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The deal was they did it until they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was very physically tough. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know when they stopped, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very long ago.â&#x20AC;? Ms. Babcock was a native of Switzerland and moved to Vancouver Island in Canada at the age of 1. She grew up in the United States, moving among major cities as her father, a professor of divinity and philosophy, took teaching positions at various American universities. Her parents were Dutch and she grew up speaking Dutch at home as well as with her children in Portola Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spoke English with my dad and Dutch with her,â&#x20AC;? Cecile said. Ms. Babcock also spoke French and Spanish, her daughter said. As a teenager at the start of World War II, Ms. Babcock tried to enlist in the Royal Canadian Navy, but as she was just 17,
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the Navy wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take her. She found work with the Navy as a radio operator and in the chart department at a shipyard â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both occupations that were normally available only to male officers. Before the war, Ms. Babcock attended Hunter College and Columbia University, both in New York City. After the war, she graduated with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in archaeology and anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she also earned a doctorate in archaeology. She worked on digs in the American Southwest and was considered a pioneer as a woman in the field. Among the Southern California sites where she worked: Little Lake, China Lake South Range and the Bierman Caves complex in San Bernardino County, which were named after her, her daughter said. At age 38 Ms. Babcock, in receipt of more than one offer to teach at a university, left archaeology and academia to be a mother, eventually having four children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She really wanted to focus on being a mom,â&#x20AC;? Cecile said. Her daughter said she once asked her mother if she missed archaeology. She replied that while she loved the work, â&#x20AC;&#x153;she had done that and really given it her all. She loved being a mom too.â&#x20AC;? She traveled the world, often to notable archaeological sites. She visited Australia and Tasmania and the 17,000-year-old See BABCOCK, page 20
Berman event focuses on education issues California state Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, is hosting a town hall event focusing on kindergarten through high school education in Los Altos on Saturday, March 10. The event, featuring as panelists fiscal and policy analysts from the Legislative Anaylstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, Sara Cortez and Kenneth Kapphahn, will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Hillview Community Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Multipurpose Room, 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. The panel will discuss K-12 education, with a focus on state funding and early childhood education. There is on-site parking and refreshments will be served. RSVP online at is.gd/EdHall. Call Mr. Bermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s district office at 650-691-2121 for more information.
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New ethics code may be both inspiring and enforceable By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer
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he ethics code in use by the city of Santa Ana attempts to inspire people to behave ethically rather than punish them after a fall from grace. In Woodside, an ad hoc committee of 12 resident-volunteers participating in a series of workshops responded favorably to the Santa Ana code as they worked toward a recommendation to the Town Council on revising Woodside’s ethics code. The group met once each in January and February and has one more meeting set for Thursday, March 15. Santa Ana’s code is perhaps unusual in that it makes use of the personal pronoun, as in the following excerpts: Q I do not give special treatment or consideration to any individual or group beyond that available to any other individual. Q I treat my fellow officials, staff and the public with patience, courtesy and civility, even when we disagree on what is best for the community. Q I am a prudent steward of public resources and actively consider the impact of my decisions on the financial and social stability of the City and its residents. The last page of this document includes a space for the signature of the public official. The Santa Ana code is considered aspirational in that it describes ethical behavior and has no specific procedure for handling ethics complaints other than referring them to the city attorney or another designated person. Woodside’s code is considered enforceable rather than aspirational in part because it spells out what must be done — an investigation followed by mayoral and council action — when someone accuses someone else of an ethics violation. Such an investigation took place in 2016 when a former town official alleged ethics violations by a volunteer appointed to the town’s Architectural and Site Review Board. The volunteer allowed her membership on the board to lapse and the council chose not to act, but the town did hire an attorney to investigate and eventually paid a significant amount in legal fees, including the legal fees of the volunteer. Under the Santa Ana code, the matter would more likely have been handled quietly by the town attorney or town manager.
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Workshop volunteers noted that this method, although not authorized by Woodside’s code, has been used to handle past incidents. The committee has also considered codes adopted by the cities of Riverside, Santa Clara, Los Gatos and Sunnyvale under the guidance of facilitator Hana Callaghan of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Ms. Callaghan is preparing proposals based on committee suggestions from the February meeting. Less lawyering up
Several committee members advocated at last month’s meeting for specific language on handling complaints. With broad support for Santa Ana’s aspirational code, and few objections to including a procedure for handling complaints, the result may be a hybrid code, an option described by Ms. Callaghan as part aspirational and part enforceable. An enforceable code, said committee member John MacDonald, “creates bad will instead of good will” among residents, town employees and volunteers. Enforceable codes elicit litigation, he added, “and then all of a sudden you lawyer up, and I really don’t want more lawyering up in this town.” Committee member Marilyn Voelke argued against enforcement language, noting that if someone steps over a small line, an aspirational code can handle it. If a person proves too ornery for government service, the council can remove that person from office, and if someone steps over a big line, state law applies. “In my opinion,” she said, “we have a terrible ethics code and I can’t imagine why we’d want to keep any part of it. ... There’s nothing you can say that’s good about it.” Committee member George Offen said he could accept the Santa Ana code, but also favored the current code if modified to refer to procedures for addressing violations of state ethics laws, albeit with a “much lighter hand.” Former mayor Dave Burow said he, too, could accept the Santa Ana code but with “more beef ” around the complaint process. Committee member Martin Walker said he preferred an “educational style of ethics guidelines” and that it “seems just right ... for a town of our size.” A
Agnes Babcock August 15, 1923 – January 6, 2018 Archaeologist, community volunteer, wife, mother of four and beloved grandmother of six, Agnes Bierman Babcock died peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, on January 6, 2018. She was 94 years old and had been a resident of Portola Valley for the past 60 years. She loved Portola Valley and felt strongly about how special it was and that it be preserved and protected. She gave back to her home town by serving in numerous volunteer posts in town for many years, leading to the running family joke that she had held every volunteer position in the town but mayor and dog catcher. Ms. Babcock was born August 15, 1923 in Fribourg, Switzerland where her father taught at the University of Fribourg. Both her parents were from the Netherlands, and they continued to speak Dutch at home with their three daughters, a tradition Ms. Babcock continued with her own children. When she was one year old her family moved to Vancouver Island, Canada. It remained her home base for the rest of her childhood. Her father was a professor and she spent each school year living in whatever city he was teaching at the time, but summers were always spent on Vancouver Island. She described it as having the best of both worlds. Ms. Babcock was one of three sisters. Trudy, Agnes and Margaret were best friends and remained very close throughout their lives. During WWII Ms. Babcock tried to enlist in the Canadian Navy, but at 17 did not meet the age requirement, so instead she worked in the Chart Department of His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Yard of the Royal Canadian Navy. She also was a Radio Operator. These jobs were generally open only to Canadian Officers, but due to the shortage of men during the war she was one of the first women to do them. As was the case with so many young people born in that era, Ms. Babcock’s education was interrupted by WWII. She attended Hunter College and took courses at Columbia University before the war and graduated from UCLA afterwards. She also did her graduate work in Archaeology at UCLA. She was passionate about the field of Archaeology, it combined her love of world civilizations, pre-history with her love of the natural world. She enjoyed the camp-like aspect of the archaeological digs and the adventure of discovery. Ms. Babcock worked on many digs in the
Southwest and she is considered one of the pioneer female archaeologists of the area. While doing her graduate studies at UCLA from 1947-1951, she conducted archaeological field work on what is now the China Lake South Range, at Deep Springs, California and at a cave complex now known as Bierman Caves. Subsequently she worked on the Southwest Museum’s excavations at the Stahl Site at Little Lake, California . Her work at Little Lake has been recently cited in a book on Little Lake rock art published this year by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. She visited the area in 2005 at the invitation of the Maturango Museum. She was taken on a tour of her old sites on the South Range as a guest of Russell Kaldenberg, Base Archaeologist, and she was honored at the Society for California Archaeology. The San Bernardino County Museum has published a book on Bierman Caves in her honor. Ms. Babcock is survived by her devoted husband Dean Babcock. They were married in 1954. In 1958 they moved to Portola Valley where, in 1960, she began her “second career” as a mother. She is survived by her four children: Cecile (Menlo Park), Frank (Bettendorf, Iowa), Carl (Campbell) and Meg (Redwood City); and six grandchildren. She loved being “Oma” to Emily, Christian, Justin, Ben, Katy and Gabrielle. Having four children in four years kept her very busy but she nevertheless found time to be very involved in all her children’s activities and always made time to attend functions in which her grandchildren were involved. She especially enjoyed volunteering her time to teach young people to pay attention and cherish their natural surroundings and in particular teaching them about the early inhabitants of this area. She was an avid tennis player and hiker and loved traveling the world with her husband to see archeological wonders. Ms. Babcock also volunteered for many years at the St. Francis Center in Redwood City and was a member of the Los Altos Garden Club. A memorial service will be held Friday, March 16, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Denis Catholic Church, 2250 Avy Ave., Menlo Park. Memorial donations be made to the American Archaeological Institute of America, or to The St. Francis Center in Redwood City, California. PAID
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Judy Sleeth talks with Art in Action students about El Anatsui’s piece called “Ewa” at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. About the cover: Judy Sleeth talks to Art in Action students on a field trip to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University about Deborah Butterfield’s wood sculpture “Viktoria.”
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t all started, says Judy Sleeth, when she asked her oldest daughter’s kindergarten teacher what type of help she needed. “We don’t have an art teacher anymore,” the teacher told her. It was 1982, not long after the passage of Proposition 13 had dramatically reduced funding for California’s schools and other public agencies. But, as an experienced former elementary school teacher with degrees in history, art and curriculum development, as well as education, Ms. Sleeth knew just what to do. Using 12 large-scale prints of artwork left over from an earlier Junior League project, she began by showing her daughter and her classmates at Laurel School in Atherton a print from Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower series. “Van Gogh is such a childlike artist,” Ms. Sleeth says. To this day, van Gogh introduces children to the Art in Action program that grew (and grew) out of that kindergarten class, 18 Q The Almanac Q AlmanacNews.com Q March 7, 2018
Ms. Sleeth says. Then, as now, she first talked about the painting with the students, before asking them open-ended questions about it. What does it remind them of? How does it make them feel? “The flowers almost have a personality — some of them look happy and some of them look scared and some of them look angry,” she says. “Close looking is important in what they are doing,” she says. “In art, that’s what you want to do.” Then, she had them paint. “I really like it to be hands-on,” Ms. Sleeth says. While painting, the children are learning. “They learn to mix colors, and they learn to use gloppy paint and have some texture,” she says. They also learn about primary colors and about shapes such as round and oval. “What is the artist thinking and what is the artist trying to say?” the students are asked. What may have set Ms. Sleeth’s classroom
Art in Action founder Judy Sleeth says she believes art is understood through talking and thinking about it, and by doing it, so Art in Action does both.
project apart from the efforts of many other volunteers was her training in developing curriculum. She documented what she did in the classroom, using a spreadsheet to keep track of the materials and techniques. Soon, others in the school “saw what was happening and they wanted to do it too,” she says. She handed
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Art in Action students and Judy Sleeth look closely at an artwork during a field trip to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, where Ms. Sleeth is a volunteer docent.
them her notes, which allowed volunteers who weren’t teachers or artists to do what she had done. Before long, parents in other schools heard about it. “It just sort of caught fire in local schools,” Ms. Sleeth says. Art in Action was born. Too big for her backyard
After a few years, as interest grew, Ms. Sleeth started classes for new Art in Action teachers. “At some point that became too big a project for my backyard,” she notes. The Menlo Park City School District provided her an Encinal School classroom and she began teaching 20 to 30 Art in Action teachers at a time. By 1999, the program — which by then included curriculum for kindergarten through eighth grade — had grown so much that Art in Action incorporated as a nonprofit. This year, Art in Action is taught in 313 schools in 30 states across the nation. Nearly 82,000 students are taught by thousands of mostly volunteer teachers, many of whom come to the organization’s Menlo Park headquarters for in-person training. While the program still follows the procedure started in
those first classes, the lessons are now computer-based. Lessons address art from many cultures and many media, and even iPad art is taught. The annual cost, which is underwritten by donors, is minimal: $210 per classroom, including training. Art in Action also offers packages of the art materials needed for lessons. Scholarships are available for schools that can’t afford Art in Action through a program named in honor of Ms. Sleeth, which she administers. Art in Action is designed for schools that don’t have an art teacher; although some schools, such as Laurel School’s campuses in Atherton and Menlo Park, use it even though they have an art teacher. The lessons incorporate state and national art standards. Ms. Sleeth says one of the most valuable things about the program is that it gives children concepts and vocabulary to think about and talk about art. “It’s a progressive, systematic thing. They keep learning new skills and it gets more complex every year,” she says. The volunteer teachers also often say they end up with a better appreciation of art, she says.
Ms. Sleeth says she always enjoyed working with children, and had been interested in teaching since her childhood in Pasadena. At Pasadena High School she began a year-long project of giving art lessons to inner-city students. Another inspiration came from her days teaching elementary school in San Mateo, where she was involved in the Junior Great Books program, in which children are “asked thoughtful questions about literature,” she says. “Thinking of good questions is a real art,” she says. “Authentic questions, questions you don’t have answers to.” Such questions became an integral part of Art in Action: “Getting kids to look closely by asking really good questions, making them think,” she says. Judy and her husband, Wally Sleeth, have lived in Menlo Park and then Atherton for more than four decades, moving to Atherton in 1989. Mr. Sleeth is retired as an attorney in the telecom industry and now is a community volunteer involved in the Lindenwood Homes Association, Atherton’s library, and disaster preparedness activities. While Ms. Sleeth founded and shepherded Art in Action, she was never paid for working there. She retired as executive director in 2013. She also taught at Castilleja School in Palo Alto from 1997 to 2009, helping to start its sixth-grade program and teaching English, history and art history. While raising three children, she was a volunteer docent at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, where she still helps with children’s programs, and a member of the Junior League. Lifetime achievements
In 2016, Ms. Sleeth was given the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama, and in 2017 she was given a Lifetime of Achievement Award from Avenidas, the Palo Alto community center for older adults. But what she appreciates the most is knowing how many children are learning about art from the program she developed. Art in Action says nearly 500,000 children have taken its lessons since Ms. Sleeth founded the organization. Thinking about the number of children learning art from her program this year alone makes Ms. Sleeth happy, she says. “It thrills me hugely that 80,000 kids in America are getting art from my program,” she says. A
Kindergarten students in the Laurel School Lower Campus classroom of Leigh Wilson (second from left) work on making their own collages after a volunteer-taught Art in Action lesson about abstract artist Piet Mondrian.
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t’s been 35 years since Judy Sleeth started teaching what would become the Art in Action program in her daughter’s kindergarten class at Laurel School in Atherton. Since then, the organization says, more than half a million students have been beneficiaries of the program. At Laurel School on a recent Thursday afternoon, four mothers of students in Leigh Wilson’s kindergarten class arrived to teach an Art in Action lesson called “Balanced Composition,” inspired by Piet Mondrian’s abstract art. Seated on a rug or snuggled up on a classroom sofa, the students listened as Kathy Kursa told them a little about Mondrian and his art, projecting examples of his work on a large screen. The kindergarten classroom was filled with the results of their earlier art lessons, including a row of paintings inspired by one of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower series paintings. Ms. Kursa showed the students a copy of one of Mondrian’s simple abstract paintings — red, yellow and blue cubes
from divided by thick and thin black lines. “When you look at it, does it make you think of anything?” Ms. Kursa asked. “A maze,” said one child. “Buildings,” said another. “A maze you can never get out of,” said a third. “Legoland Hotel,” said another. The kindergartners talked about how the painting had been composed, and how it made them feel. “Robotic,” “beautiful,” “weird,” “calm” and “happy” came up. Then they hurried to tables where they picked up pre-cut strips of paper to make their own Mondrian-inspired collages. The composition, said one of the mothers helping with the lesson, “is all up to you.” “Keep doing it until you’re happy with what you have,” said another, as they passed out glue for the students to use once they were ready to anchor their compositions in place. “I like doing art all the time,” one of the students said. Van Gogh, he said, is his favorite artist so far. After not quite an hour, artworks stacked on drying racks, the kindergartners went on to their next activity with a little bit more appreciation for art and artists, and with the knowledge that they, too, can make art. A
Art in Action’s annual fundraiser, celebrating its 35th year, is on Thursday, March 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Computer History Museum, located at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. in Mountain View. The 2018 Art Visionary Award honorees are Adobe Systems, Inc., co-founders Charles Geschke and John Warnock. Tickets are $125 per person until March 9, when they go up to $140 per person. Go to is.gd/AiA_tix to buy tickets or get more information. At artinaction.org, find out more about the Art in Action program, volunteer or donate to the Judy Sleeth Scholarship fund. March 7, 2018 Q AlmanacNews.com Q The Almanac Q 19
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NOTICE INVITING BIDS TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction of the following public work: STOCKBRIDGE AVE. VALLEY GUTTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT Removal of existing concrete valley and asphalt concrete, replacement of concrete valley gutter, asphalt concrete, and permanent pavement marking and regrade shoulder as shown on plans. 7SHUZ :WLJPĂ&#x201E;JH[PVUZ TH` IL VI[HPULK H[ http://www.ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. The Contractor shall be responsible for any addendums that may be posted on the Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. :,(3,+ )0+: ^PSS IL YLJLP]LK H[ [OL VŃ?JL VM [OL *P[` *SLYR (ZOĂ&#x201E;LSK 9VHK ([OLY[VU *HSPMVYUPH 94027, until 2:00 p.m. 7HJPĂ&#x201E;J :[HUKHYK ;PTL VU Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids must be for the entire work, and shall be submitted in sealed envelopes clearly marked: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bid of (Contractor) for STOCKBRIDGE AVE. VALLEY GUTTER REPLACEMENT PROJECTâ&#x20AC;?, along with date and time of bid opening.
Menlo Park pastor pleads no contest to sex crimes against teen parishioners By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer
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Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the Town of Atherton will introduce an ordinance at their regular meeting held on Wednesday, March 21 H[ ! W T PU [OL *V\UJPS *OHTILYZ (ZOĂ&#x201E;LSK Road, Atherton. Authorizing an amendment to the contract between California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Town of Atherton to provide for additional pension cost share to provide Section 20516 (Employee Sharing Additional Cost) of 2% for SVJHS ZHML[` TLTILYZ PU [OL ([OLY[VU 7VSPJL 6Ń?JLYÂťZ Association (APOA). -VY H JVTWSL[L JVW` VM [OL Z[HŃ&#x153; YLWVY[ HUK KYHM[ ordinance that will be heard at the meeting, please contact City Clerk Theresa DellaSanta at tdellasanta@ ci.atherton.ca.us or 650-752-0529. Those wishing to comment on the proposed ordinance may either attend the Public Hearing or submit written comments to the City Clerk, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday March 16, 2018. (Written comments are to be submitted to [OL *P[` *SLYR ;V^U VM ([OLY[VU (ZOĂ&#x201E;LSK 9VHK Atherton, California 94027 or by email at tdellasanta@ ci.atherton.ca.us /s/ Theresa DellaSanta City Clerk February 26, 2018 20 Q The Almanac Q AlmanacNews.com Q March 7, 2018
He was previously arrested by border patrol agents in July 2003 after attempting to illegally enter the U.S., according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson James Schwab. After Mr. Oliveros-Cano was arrested in 2017, he initially posted bail June 2, and county law enforcement officials coordinated with agents from ICE to transfer custody to that agency. At the time, Mr. Schwab said the agency planned to place Mr. Oliveros-Cano in proceedings to be removed from the U.S. He was brought back to county custody after the court agreed to a request by the prosecution to increase his bail to $250,000 from $100,000, according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, and remains in jail on $250,000 bail. He is scheduled to be sentenced April 13. A
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condition of a maximum of eight years in state prison. According to prosecutors, Mr. Oliveros-Cano sexually molested, on separate occasions, three teenage girls â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two sisters and a friend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who were 13, 15, and 17 at the time. The crimes allegedly occurred while Mr. Oliveros-Cano claimed to be praying with or â&#x20AC;&#x153;cleansingâ&#x20AC;? them, at the church office and a small house next to the church. Two years later, one of the victims reported the crimes to a therapist, who then reported the information to the Menlo Park Police Department. As pastor, he had used another name: Victor Elizandro Tax-Gomez. Mr. Oliveros-Cano was initially charged with seven felonies: several counts of digital penetration in addition to sexual battery and child molestation and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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man who disappeared for several days after allegedly shooting an AR-15 rifle in a Menlo Park backyard the night of Feb. 24 turned himself in to the police on Feb. 28, and has been charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing two large-capacity magazines. On the night of Feb. 24, Jose Jairo Gutierrez allegedly fired an assault rifle-style weapon
in the backyard of his home at 1122 Sevier Ave. Witnesses allege the shooting was in response to a loud party next door. Police obtained a search warrant, and, with the San Mateo South County Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, searched the residence. Mr. Gutierrez was nowhere to be found, but Menlo Park police detectives discovered a stolen AR-15 rifle during a search of the property on Feb. 25. The weapon had been reported missing in 2014 in
Woman pleads no contest to attempted murder of husband Nelinda Caballero, a 62-yearold Menlo Park resident, on Feb. 22 pleaded no contest to a felony charge of attempted murder. She was arrested May 8 of last year after stabbing her husband
multiple times with a kitchen knife while they were lying in bed that morning. According to prosecutors, she and her husband had been married for 40 years, and Ms. Caballero was angry with her BABCOCK continued from page 14
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paintings on cave walls in Lascaux, France. In her 80s, she traveled to Lake Baikal in Siberia and slept on a small boat that made stops along the shore to meet residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These were not cushy travels,â&#x20AC;? her daughter said. She and her husband went backpacking on their honeymoon.
Humboldt County, according to the San Mateo County District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. According to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, Mr. Gutierrez has three prior felonies: two for possession of stolen property in 2003 and 2006, and another in 2006 for domestic violence. It is believed that he lived in the housing unit behind the main house at 1122 Sevier Ave. with his estranged wife. If Mr. Gutierrez is convicted, he could spend a maximum of seven years in prison, Mr. Wagstaffe said. A husband because of an alleged affair. The familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adult children, who live in the home, called the police and prevented further violence. The plea is on the condition Ms. Caballero serve seven years in state prison. She remains in custody on $10 million bail. A â&#x20AC;&#x201D;By Kate Bradshaw Ms. Babcock is survived by her husband; by her daughters Cecile of Menlo Park and Meg of Redwood City; by her sons Frank of Bettendorf, Iowa, and Carl of Campbell; and by six grandchildren. The family asks that donations in Ms. Babcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name be made to the Archaeological Institute of America in Boston, or to the St. Francis Center in Redwood City. A
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s Spring settles in and the days get longer, you might feel more inclined to go outside, take a walk or become more active in general. Now is A the perfect time to get out, learn something new or improve on something you’ve been wanting to return to — and make this year count. Whether you’re looking to cook nutricious meals, stay fit with yoga or cultivate painting and sculpting techniques, we’ve got you covered. This list is sure to fulfill at least one of your goals, interests or passions.
DANCE
Captivating Dance by Nona 1923 Menalto Ave., Menlo Park 650-996-8602 captivatingdancebynona.com Captivating Dance by Nona instructs youth of various ages and abilities in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and other styles and skills. Classes take place at various times during the week. The studio also has competitive teams. Registration is upcoming for summer dance camps, which begin in June.
Dance Expressions 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park 650-450-3209 danceexpressions5678.com Dance Expressions provides dance instruction for students beginning at age 3 and up through young adults, focusing on jazz technique at various experience and skill levels. Registration is upcoming for summer dance camps and classes, which begin in June.
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Burgess Park Auxiliary Field 9, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park 650-330-2200 | kidzlovesoccer.com
75 Arbor Road, Suite N, Menlo Park 650-799-1624 | mt-mp.com
Kidz Love Soccer
Menlo Park Community Services and Kidz Love Soccer offer youth soccer classes for boys and girls of all abilities, beginning at age 2. Registration for July soccer camps is open.
Arrillaga Family Gymnastics Center 501 Laurel St., Menlo Park 650-330-2215 | menlopark.org/237/ Gymnastics-Classes The City of Menlo Park offers a number of gymnastics classes for youth, with a focus on children under the age of 6. Parent-participation classes are also available for children with special needs.
Menlo Park Tennis
Menlo Park Tennis offers tennis classes for adults and children ages 5 and up and at all levels. Lessons include tips, strategy, drills and entertaining games.
Menlo Swim & Sport Burgess Pool, 501 Laurel St., Menlo Park | 650-328-7946. Belle Haven Pool, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park | 650-330-2237 menloswim.com Menlo Swim & Sport runs youth, adult and community programs at Burgess and Belle Haven pools, including swim lessons, youth swim teams, masters swimming, water polo and water exercise. It also offers cycling, running, fitness and tennis programs. Registration is open for swim, tennis and school break camps.
One Heart Yoga Little House Activity Center, Fitness Room, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park 650-649-3055 | oneheartyoga.com One Heart Yoga teaches weekly classes in Kundalini yoga, aiming to help students increase flexibility and strength, learn breathing techniques to calm and focus and reduce anxiety and depression. Spring-themed classes “Spring Cleaning: Vitality and Awakening” run weekly through May 22.
Peninsula Boxing & Fitness 2860 Spring St., Unit 1, Redwood City 650-290-1920 | peninsulaboxing.org Peninsula Boxing & Fitness offers
1528 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo 650-321-1840 | languagepacifica.org
SPORTS
Fleet Feet Menlo Park offers training programs throughout the year to bring camaraderie and skill building to runners and walkers of all levels. Additionally, Thursday Fun Runs are held every week at 6:30 p.m.
Jacki Sorenson’s Fitness Classes offers classes multiple times weekly that mix elements of dance, stretching and flexibility, cardio and weight training in a comforting environment that welcomes all fitness levels.
Language Pacifica
recreational boxing programs for both youth and adults. The youth program is non-competitive and non-contact, instructs kids in fitness and provides a safe, structured environment.
Nealon Park Tennis Courts, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park 650-814-6734 | menloparktennis.com
Ladera Recreation Department, 150 Andeta Way, Portola Valley Betty Johnson, 408-732-3778 jackis.com
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Language Pacifica teaches English to non-native speakers in both full-time and part-time intensive courses. Classes are well-suited for TOEFL exam preparation and learning English for business or personal enrichment.
859 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 650-325-9432 fleetfeetmenlopark.com/training
Jacki Sorenson’s Fitness Classes
there are a number of weeklong camp sessions, which are open for registration.
Spring Down Equestrian Center 725 Portola Road, Portola Valley 650-851-1114 | springdown.com Spring Down Equestrian Center educates children (beginning at age 3) and adults on horses and horseback riding. Instruction in basic riding, jumping, dressage, western riding and horsemanship is offered. There are also clinics and camps in winter, spring and summer. Spring camps begin in April.
Webb Ranch Riding School 2720 Alpine Road, Portola Valley 650-854-7755 webbranchinc.com/riding.htm The Webb Ranch Riding School gives instruction for beginning and intermediate riders in both group and private settings. Specialties include Western riding, dressage and hunt-seat riding. In addition,
Music Together Menlo Park
Music Together holds classes exploring music and movement for children from birth up to age 5 and their guardians at the Allied Arts Guild. Spring semester begins April 6.
Old World Designs 727 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 650-321-3494 | oldworlddesigns.com
low a Christian curriculum that encourages creative, emotional, intellectual, physical and social development.
Woodland School
Lydian Academy
Woodland School is an innovative, project-based school for students in early childhood through eighth grade that gives individualized attention, develops leadership skills and emphasizes the values of caring, respect and community.
815 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 650-321-0550 | lydianacademy.com Lydian Academy is a middle and high school offering individualized instruction that prepares students for the workforce and college. Lessons include a mix of one-on-one teaching and group sessions. It also provides tutoring, after-school and summer school programs. Registration is open for summer sessions.
Phillips Brooks School 2245 Avy Ave., Menlo Park 650-854-4545 | phillipsbrooks.org Phillips Brooks School, a coeducational day school teaching children in preschool through fifth grade that integrates social learning and provides individual instruction. In addition to core subjects, children can also study science, technology, music, art, library, physical education and Spanish.
In addition to stocking supplies and giving private lessons in stitching, Old World Designs organizes project classes and “stitch-ins.”
Sand Hill School
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Located at the Children’s Health Council, Sand Hill School teaches firstthrough eighth-grade children with language-based learning differences and assists with attention and social difficulties. Registration is open for summer classes, which begin June 26.
Emerson School 2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-424-1267 emersonschool@headsup.org headsup.org/emerson-school
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 650-688-3605 | sandhillschool.org
360 La Cuesta Drive, Portola Valley 650-854-9065 | woodland-school.org
WriteNow! Summer Writing Camps 360 La Cuesta Drive, Portola Valley 650-424-1267 | Headsup.org WriteNow! provides summer writing classes at Emerson School of Palo Alto. Registration is open for the this summer’s three courses: Expository Writing, Creative Writing and Presentation Techniques. The Class Guide is published quarterly in the the Almanac. Descriptions of classes offered in Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside are free, subject to editing and given priority. To inquire about submitting a listing for the next Class Guide, email Editorial Assistant Christine Lee at clee@paweekly.com or call 650-223-6515. To place a paid advertisement in the Class Guide, call the display advertising department at 650-326-8210.
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Emerson School provides a full-day, yearround program for grades one to eight, teaching a personalized, Montessori curriculum. Lessons draw from classical subjects and other areas, including art, music, foreign language, physical education, communication, life skills and more.
HeadsUp! Child Development Center 2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-424-1221 | pacdc@headsup.org headsup.org/headsup HeadsUp! Child Development Center serves infants, toddlers and preschoolers (to age 6) with a full-day program, year-round. The Montessori curriculum focuses on building thinking skills and personal values. A bilingual Chinese-English preschool classroom is also available.
Littlest Angels Preschool 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park 650-854-4973 bethany-mp.org/preschool At the preschool, children ages 2 to 5 fol-
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Dam until Stanford could obtain regulatory approvals to mitigate two improvements: changing water flow at the Jasper Ridge Road Crossing and removing the Lagunita Dam. Stanford has completed the socalled low-flow crossing at Jasper Ridge Road by removing a concrete deck and adding a box culvert to move water under the roadway, Ms. McCown said. Removing Lagunita Dam would increase the length and depth of water pools in the creek and improve gravel areas needed for spawning and fish passage, particularly in lowflow conditions. About 14.6 miles of high-quality habitat upstream of the dam would be created, according to the university’s Fish & Wildlife funding application. In addition to removing the concrete structure, the project would remove sediment behind the dam and restore the stream with two pools and three “riffles” — rocky or gravel areas that produce shallows. The project will reconfigure 480 feet of stream channel by moving the creek banks further toward the university and away
from Alpine Road and nearby residences. About 2,800 cubic yards of excavated material would be used in the restored channel and in a 5.50-acre terraced floodplain on the Alpine side, which would be revegetated with native plants and trees. Stream banks would also be stabilized with native plants, according to the application. The project would remove and replace one to three oak trees and 33 non-oaks with 222 trees, based on a landscaping formula that replaces older trees with equivalents, according to the staff report. Anadromous fish such as steelhead, which are species that are born in fresh water, spend most of their lives in the sea and return to fresh water to spawn, have benefited from dam removals, the university noted in its Fish & Wildlife grant proposal. Adult steelhead in upstream areas of the Carmel River appeared the first winter after the San Clemente Dam’s removal. Fall runs of Chinook salmon populations increased by a factor of four on Clear Creek in Shasta County after removal of the Saeltzer Dam. Santa Clara County determined that the project is
exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a small habitat restoration project that is restoring fish passage. The state Department of Fish & Game also approved a notice of exemption from CEQA on March 20, 2017. In a Feb. 27 email to county planners, Jerry Hearn, a former member of the San Francisquito Creek Watershed Council, said he supports the project. He wrote: “This particular structure has long been identified by the Council members and others as a very significant barrier to effective fish migration. The fish ladder affixed to it was an attempt to ameliorate this problem but was not very effective due to a number of issues. We all consider it best to remove the structure entirely as it no longer serves its water supply purposes. ... The plans that have been produced to restore this reach after the dam removal are very apt to have a significant positive impact in improving the entire riparian corridor for the extent of the project, as well as having beneficial impacts to the reaches both upstream and downstream from it.” A
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“Nobody’s walked through the doors and said, ‘You guys have been serving too long and need to go out,” Mr. Shaw said. “This was a completely internally generated thing done in a very unscientific way. I respect the opinions that came in on this, very much so, but where are (the people)? This is a duly noticed meeting. It’s an agendized topic. ... If people really care, they show up.” The mayor said he would be “delighted to have (a term-limit question) on the ballot were it to come up from the citizenry and TREE continued from page 8
section of what remains of the tree. During the incident, the fire district used a drone to provide photos and live streaming video, allowing firefighters to inspect damage to the roof, oversee steps taken to secure it and check the status of the damaged tree, the chief said. “We continue to develop new use cases for our Drone fleet and increase our number of actual practical operations,” he said in
have people in here saying, ‘You guys are all a bunch of bums,’ but it would be just as easy for them not to vote for us.” Ms. Gordon said she thought it obvious that term limits should be voted on. But she later appeared to come over to Mr. Shaw’s side of the argument. With term limits and with few people running for election, she said, the council could end up with empty seats. That situation could raise questions about the utility of the town’s longstanding requirement that council members live in particular neighborhoods so as to represent the whole town. A a statement. “In the past, there would have not been a safe and convenient way to have accessed and inspected this large (tree) to better understand that it actually presented a threat to public safety below.” After the lightning strike, the homeowners had a tree service look at the tree and trim it if necessary, the chief said. Crews from Pacific Gas & Electric Company also examined the tree at the time, looking for risks to the adjacent power line infrastructure, but found no threats. A
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farm team. He’s also doing everything he can to increase awareness about Alzheimer’s and support families and caregivers through the charity he founded, 4MOM. He used to write that in black ink on his forearm to honor his mother on game days. Today, T-shirts and baseball caps carry the logo, as well as a new bracelet made by Rivet Revolution. Ms. Bishop went to high school with Susan Evans of Portola Valley, who co-founded the jewelry startup with Liz Gindraux and Carol Palmer of Burlingame. They chose a rivet to symbolize strength in their team of self-professed “Revolutionaries” in the fight to end Alzheimer’s. Ms. Evans’ father has Alzheimer’s and Ms. Gindraux’s grandparents and mother had it. The women bonded when they found themselves commiserating over what Ms. Evans describes as “the hardest thing I had to do” — put her father in a care facility. Ms. Palmer lost a close family friend to the disease, the same person who got her hooked on making jewelry when she was a little girl. Drawn together by their common experiences and backgrounds in marketing and the nonprofit world, the three women decided to design and sell customized beaded bands to serve as a reminder and conversation starter about the disease, and help raise money for groups involved in Alzheimer’s
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research, awareness, and caregiver support. With one out of every 10 Americans age 65 and older having Alzheimer’s, Ms. Evans estimates that every patient directly affects four people. “We needed to create a network so people don’t feel so alone,” she says. Ms. Palmer is pleased to see that “people are taking the bands off their wrists and giving them to strangers ... We’re really building momentum.” For 18 months the company has been operating out of a garage in Burlingame and selling more than a dozen different styles on its website,
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Shoppers select Rivet Revolution bracelets for sale at the Bay Club.
rivetrevolution.com. For each bracelet sold, $10 is donated to an organization. The bands sell for $38 apiece or $100 for three. To date, the women have distributed more than $81,000 to Michaela “Mikey” Hoag’s Part the Cloud, based on the Peninsula; Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement; Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity; the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia; and 4MOM. Each organization has its own bracelet design, and there is a Classic Revolution collection to encourage mixing and matching colors and sizes. A small group of women in California makes the stretchy bands by hand using materials ranging from lapis lazuli to lava. The 4MOM band is a unisex black onyx bracelet with sterling silver-plated brass tags saying “4MOM” and “End Alzheimer’s.” Hundreds of bands have sold so far, helping Braden’s charitable fund exceed $30,000 in partnership with Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles, a connection he made through his sports agent. Braden’s main goal for his charity is “to put a high priority on education, on how caregivers shouldn’t feel alone.” Since October, Ms. Bishop has had round-the-clock care four days a week, with her husband covering the rest. “The caregivers have it the worst,” her husband says, adding “and I’ve seen it all,” referring to when he worked as a police detective in Los Angeles and Los Gatos. Now another personal connection is leading Rivet
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Revolution to expand outside of e-commerce to retail sales. The wife of Braden’s former baseball coach at Saint Francis High School just opened up the door to sell the bracelets at some 20 Bay Clubs statewide. At a recent reception at the Redwood Shores Bay Club, the co-founders gathered dozens of fellow Revolutionaries, family and friends together to rally around the Bishops and launch the new venture. Between the champagne, chatting and shopping, the event felt upbeat, like Braden. He says his mother may not be able to attend his games anymore, but she still knows who he is. “She mixes my brother and me up; he’s taller, but we’re like twins,” he says with a smile. Hunter Bishop also plays center field. He is at Arizona State University and planning to pull together an Alzheimer’s awareness game for their mom in the next few weeks. A
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Quack and Wabbit Puppet Theatre The Menlo Park Library Belle Haven Branch will host a performance by Quack & Wabbit Puppet Theatre, presenting its interactive musical production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Gumpyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outing.â&#x20AC;? March 7, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Free. Belle Haven Branch Library, 413 Ivy Drive, Menlo Park. menlopark.org
Concerts Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale: Âś7KH -XGDV 3DVVLRQ¡ The orchestra will pay tribute to Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli. Organist Richard Egarr will conduct and solo in the Handel Organ Concerto No. 15 in D Minor, HWV 304. March 9, 7:30-10 p.m. $15-$95. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info. 6WDQIRUG -D]] 2UFKHVWUD ZLWK .HQQ\ :DVKLQJton Michael Galisatus will direct the Stanford Jazz Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program, featuring guest Kenny Washington. A native of New Orleans, Kenny grew up singing and performing gospel in church, and later studied various styles of music ranging from traditional and contemporary jazz, classical, rhythm and blues and pop. March 7, 7:30 p.m. $15. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. 6WDQIRUG 6\PSKRQ\ 2UFKHVWUD 6\PSKRQLF &KRUXV 8QLYHUVLW\ 6LQJHUV Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Chorus and University Singers will hold a joint performance. March 10, 7:30 p.m; March 11, 2:30 p.m. Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info. :LQWHU &KDPEHU 0XVLF 6KRZFDVH Ensembles from the Stanford Chamber Music program will perform. March 6, 7:30 p.m. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info.
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6FLHQFH 1LJKW Science Night returns to the Menlo Park Main Library, offering hands-on fun and exploration from the Lawrence Hall of Science, NASA, San Mateo County Parks, the Beetlelady, Environmental Volunteers, M-A Robotics and the Menlo Park City School District. March 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Menlo Park Main Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org/sciencenight
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Talks & Lectures %ULWWDQ\ &DYDOODUR 0LVD 6XJLXUD $QQLH %DUURZV Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books will host authors Brittany Cavallaro, Misa Suigiura and Annie Barrows for a discussion about their novels. March 10, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info. /LYLQJ ZLWK 0RXQWDLQ /LRQV The Menlo Park Library will host a talk on living with mountain lions. A speaker from Felidae Conservation will discuss mountain lion ecology and history and share essential tips for living in puma habitat without fear. March 13, 6:30 p.m. Free. Menlo Park Main Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org/adults 65, 2UJDQRQ 7RDVWPDVWHUV SRI Organon Toastmasters helps community members become better public speakers and leaders by providing a supportive environment for practicing communication and leadership skills. Guests are welcome to visit and join. Tuesdays, year-round. Free. First Baptist Church, 1100 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. sriorganon.com 5DQG\ 5LED\ ERRN ODXQFK Local author Randy Ribay launches his novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;After the Shot Drops,â&#x20AC;? about friendship, basketball, and one teenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission to create a better life for his family. March 13, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info. 7DKHUHK 0DIL ZLWK 6DEDD 7DKLU Tahereh Mafi is the bestselling author of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shatter Meâ&#x20AC;? series, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Furthermore,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whichwood.â&#x20AC;? Mafi will be chatting with Sabaa Tahir, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Torch against the Night.â&#x20AC;? March 14, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite. com for more info.
Fundraisers %R\ 6FRXW 7URRS $QQXDO 3DQFDNH %UHDNIDVW Boy Scout Troop 206 will host their annual all-youcan-eat pancake breakfast. Proceeds go toward the Scoutsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; summer trip to Camp Emerald Bay on Catalina Island. March 10, 8 a.m.-noon. $5. Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 330 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park. Search nextdoor.com for more info.
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3RUWROD $UW *DOOHU\ Âś$UW DQG WKH $QLPDO¡ The Portola Art Gallery presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art & the Animal,â&#x20AC;? an exhibit of new animal watercolor paintings by Belmont resident Teresa Silvestri. A reception for the artist is open to the public and will be held on March 10,1-4 p.m. Free. Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. portolaartgallery.com
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)LOP 6FUHHQLQJ Âś$OO $ERXW 0\ 0RWKHU¡ As part of their winter film series screenings, DLCL will host a screening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;All About My Motherâ&#x20AC;?; the group will also address the intersections of gender, sexuality, race and class as well as the different ways that film has represented sexuality across cultures, schools of cinema, film technologies and history. March 7, 6:30 p.m. Free. Pigott Hall 260, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. )LOP 6FUHHQLQJ Âś/R DQG %HKROG¡ The Frankenstein@200 Film Series will be screening Werner Herzogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lo and Beholdâ&#x20AC;? followed by a panel discussion on its themes and the implications of the internet for the impending future. March 8, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. arts. stanford.edu )LOP 6FUHHQLQJ Âś2EVFXUD¡ Catch a glimpse of what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like being a contemporary photographer. Based on the overwhelming response to Ian Ruhterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition opening. March 8, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Art Ventures Gallery, 888 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info. /81$)(67 The Zonta e-Club of Silicon Valley will presents its seventh annual screening of LUNAFEST Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Festival. Enjoy complimentary coffee and snacks while watching nine short films created by, for and about women. All proceeds to benefit the Chicken & Egg Pictures and Zonta e-Club. March 10, 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. $15-$25. Silicon Valley Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
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%LUGV RI %HGZHOO %D\IURQW 3DUN Friends of Bedwell Bayfront Park and Sequoia Audubon Society will host a two-hour bird walk for beginners to view wintering ducks and other seasonal birds. Participants should bring binoculars if possible. The group will meet in the parking lot. March 10, 10 a.m.-noon. Bedwell Bayfront Park, 1600 Marsh Road, Menlo Park. friendsofbayfrontpark.org/calendar.htm 6SHFLDOW\ +LNHV DQG 7RXUV These 90-minute specialty hikes and tours run through May 20. Explore Filoliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nature preserve, tour Filoliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic greenhouses with a Filoli docent or discover how the families used the estate and nature preserve. Specialty tours will focus on a variety of components of the Filoli property. Through May 20. $10. Filoli Gardens, 86 Old Canada Road, Woodside. filoli.org
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5HQGH]YRXV ZLWK 6UDPDQD 0LWUD Meet with Sramana Mitra, founder of the One Million by One Million, a global virtual accelerator that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. March 7, 5 p.m. Free. Cafe Borrone, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
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Bucolic Portola Valley Ranch Home Nestled in Natural Beauty 12 Ohlone Street, Portola Valley Offered at $3,950,000 | 5 Beds | 4.5 Baths | Home ±4,905 sf | Lot ±22,627 sf Situated amid Portola Valley Ranch’s almost 350 acres of open space preserve, this striking home with its soaring all-wood cathedral ceiling and slate tile flooring combines a setting of natural beauty with a contemporary design sensibility. The five bedrooms and four and a half baths are arranged across two levels and 4,905 square feet, creating a home that is as spacious as it is flexible for many lifestyle needs. Perfect windowed corners for quiet contemplation, alcoves for artistic creation, and open spaces for warm family gatherings combine to create
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DALY CITY MARKET FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 276491 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Daly City Market, located at 333 87th. St., Daly City, CA 94015, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): DCM87 INC. 333 87th. St. Daly City, CA 94015 This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/29/06. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on January 30, 2018. (ALM Feb. 28; Mar. 7, 14, 21, 2018)
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 269623 The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). KIRSTEN COOPER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): KIRSTEN COOPER, LAC 214 De Anza Blvd. San Mateo, CA 94402 FILED IN SAN MATEO COUNTY ON: June 13, 2016 REGISTRANTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NAME(S): Kirsten Cooper 1119 Colorado Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94303 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on February 6, 2018 (ALM Feb. 28; Mar. 7, 14, 21, 2018) CALIFORNIA DRIVER ACADEMY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 276595 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: California Driver Academy, located at 3723 Haven Ave. #111, Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): JZI CORP. 3723 Haven Ave. #111 Menlo Park, CA 94025 California This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6-23-2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on February 7, 2018. (ALM Feb. 28; Mar. 7, 14, 21, 2018) DALY CITY MARKET FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 276490 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Daly City Market, located at 6775 Mission St., Daly City, CA 94015, San Mateo County. Registered owner(s): DCM87 INC. 333 87th. St. Daly City, CA 94015
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997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: 18CIV00422 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: BRIAN RODERICK FOLEY filed a petition with this court for a decree
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Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor agents and are not employees of the Company. The property information herein is derived from various sources that may include, but not be limited to, county records and the Multiple Listing Service, and it may include approximations. Although the information is believed to be accurate, it is not warranted and you should not rely upon it without personal verification. ©2018 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker ResidentialBrokeragefullysupportstheprinciplesoftheFairHousingActandtheEqualOpportunityAct.OwnedbyasubsidiaryofNRTLLC.ColdwellBankerandtheColdwellBankerLogoareregisteredservicemarksownedbyColdwellBankerRealEstateLLC. CalRE##01908304
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