The Almanac June 13, 2018

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More legal questions over council member travel | Page 5 Almanac Online hacker guilty on all counts | Page 7 Vandal at work in La Entrada School parking lot | Page 17

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Children play an impromptu game of soccer at Flood Park. Nearby residents are actively opposing the plan to create more playing fields and courts, some less than 100 feet from their homes. See the story on Page 10.

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Questions raised over council members’ expense-paid travel

By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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wo Menlo Park City Council members, Kirsten Keith and Catherine Carlton, have reported receiving contributions from US Asia Innovation Gateway, a Palo Altobased trade organization that may not be legally authorized to pay for local elected officials’ travel.

In April, The Almanac reported that Keith had traveled to Chengdu, China, for a three-day trip, from March 25 to 27, with US Asia Innovation Gateway, as part of a personal vacation. She said she expected to have her travel expenses reimbursed by the US Asia Innovation Gateway.

The event is not without precedent. Between Nov. 12 and 21, 2016, Carlton had also traveled with the same organization, and reported receiving $8,500 in contributions from US Asia Innovation Gateway on a mandatory “statement of economic interests” form.

Generally, according to the state’s Fair Political Practices

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Act, elected officials are not permitted to accept gifts larger than $470. Some exceptions exist if the travel is funded by a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, or a foreign government, for specific travel purposes, such as public speaking or public business.

However, US Asia Innovation Gateway is not a 501(c)(3), according to federal records — it is a 501 (c)(6), a different legal classification designated for trade organizations.

Ethics violations?

Whether accepting these trips constitutes a violation of the state’s political ethics law for these council members is a complicated question.

Typically, it comes down to the purpose of the trip and the relationship between the official and the entity paying for the travel, said Jay Wierenga, communications director of the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC).

“Public officials do often travel,

to give speeches, to attend conferences, things that generally fall under the Political, Legislative or Governmental purposes.

Sometimes that travel does not have to be reported, other times it does but is not subject to the gift limits,” he explained in an email to The Almanac.

“We aren’t going to say something is or isn’t a violation, or is permissible or isn’t, as that

‘I got into this because I’m concerned. Why is the Menlo Park council taking so may trips, and what’s happening on them?’

ATTORNEY GEORGE FISHER MENLO PARK RESIDENT

would obviously be making an accusation or pre-judging something that may in fact not be the case when the specifics are known,” he wrote.

Wierenga pointed to a July

2015 opinion letter by the FPPC, in which Emeryville Mayor Ruth Atkin asked for advice about whether it was permissible to accept an all-expense-paid economic development trip to China. At the time, the trip was coordinated by US Asia Innovation Gateway, but the organization provided no funding for the trip. Instead, it was funded by a 501(c)(3) organization called US-China Innovation.

FPPC legal counsel said in a letter that it was permissible for Atkin to go, but the payments would still be reportable and could form the basis of a conflict of interest. Any expenses other than travel, lodging and subsistence were subject to the maximum gift limit, the letter noted.

Ann Ravel, former FPPC chair, wrote in an email to The Almanac, that “council members may accept a gift of travel from a 501(c)(4) — a category of organization that is permitted to lobby — or any other entity, but it would be subject to the $470 limit.

But, if they are giving a speech,

Catherine Carlton

Kirsten Keith

they can accept travel and lodging for the day before, the day of and the day after the speech is given. This is not a gift and so is not reportable.

“There may be legislative and governmental purposes in the travel. So if the trade organization is affiliated with the foreign government, it is reportable but not subject to the limits,” she wrote in an email to The Almanac.

“If there is no government connection and no money coming from a government entity or a domestic governmental agency, the receipt of the travel would be considered in the law to be inappropriate,” she wrote.

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94-unit apartment building proposed on Independence Drive

By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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94-unit, eight-story apartment building at 111 Independence Drive in eastern Menlo Park, near the Marsh Road-U.S. 101 interchange, has been proposed by SP Menlo LLC. Fourteen units would be designated for below-market-rate rent, according to owner and developer Sateez Kadivar.

A 15,000-square-foot office

building is now on that site; it would be demolished and replaced with the proposed 87,182-square-foot, 99-foot-tall structure, according to Menlo Park city staff.

The developer proposes to build 32 studio apartments, 36 one-bedroom apartments, 22 two-bedroom apartments and four three-bedroom apartments. The site would include public open space, a fitness area, bike parking and some parking

space, according to building drawings provided by city staff.

The proposal is scheduled to come before the Planning Commission for a study session on Monday, June 18, according to city staff.

According to Thomas Rogers, principal planner with Menlo Park, the project hasn’t received any feedback yet, as it’s in an early stage.

Kadivar said that so far, he’s “very excited to play a small role

in addressing the housing crisis and the severe jobs-housing imbalance in Menlo Park.”

In addition to the 14 belowmarket-rate units and publicly accessible open space, he said, the proposed development offers landscaping, lighting and sidewalks, and would put power lines underground.

“The project is ideally situated to create much-needed housing within walking and biking distance of jobs,” he said.

One of the problems, he noted, is that “getting a project entitled in Menlo Park is no small feat and seems to get more difficult by the day.”

He said he’s hoping the project, which will require an environmental impact review focused on analyzing traffic impacts, will receive entitlements within a year.

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Carlton said in an email that the purpose of the trip she went on was “getting to know each other, developing positive international relations, and exchanging general ideas about innovation and business in Silicon Valley.”

She said she traveled with the following Bay Area elected officials: Lisa Gautier from East Palo Alto, David Haubert from Dublin, Ruth Atkin from Emeryville, Sue Chan from Fremont, Robert Gottschalk from Millbrae, Mike Kasperzak from Mountain View, Carol Dutra-Vernaci from Union City, Carmen Montano from Milpitas, and Jeff Gee from Redwood City.

She said she believed that the only person who gave a presentation from the group on her trip was the leader and spokesperson, Brian Peck, deputy director for international affairs and business development for Gov. Jerry Brown’s California Office of Business and Economic Development.

Keith said that her 2018 trip was her first journey to China, and during the trip, she talked about “what makes Menlo Park a great place to live and work and invited their delegation to visit.”

In an interview, she said she purchased the fares herself and expects to be reimbursed by US Asia Innovation Gateway. When asked about the organization she traveled with, she said, “I know Cat went with them as well, and other council members from other cities have gone with them in the past.”

“I’ll report it, as I said, when we have all the information,” she said. “Just like everyone else in the past has done.”

Keith traveled with Dublin Mayor David Haubert and

Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel.

They were joined by former Mountain View councilman Mike Kasperzak, who was acting as CEO of a group called HIM Holdings. During that trip, a signing ceremony was held with Keith and the two mayors present; the ceremony appeared to signal support for a partnership between HIM Holdings and the Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, which Kasperzak described as an office park that is run as a government agency in China.

The US Asia Innovation Gateway lists on its website Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications equipment company, as one of its main sponsors, along with Colliers International, a real estate services company; Stronkin, an electronics company; Launching Pad, described as a “new Silicon Valley Off-shore Incubator”; and Silicon Valley Global.

Huawei, it was reported June 5 in the New York Times, has a data-sharing partnership with Facebook and has been flagged

by American intelligence officials as a national security threat. Facebook planned to “wind down the Huawei deal by the end of the week,” the Times reported.

The Almanac was tipped off to the legal questions surrounding the travel reimbursements

by George Fisher, a Menlo Park resident, attorney and watchdog, who said,”I got into this because I’m concerned. Why is the Menlo Park council taking so may trips, and what’s happening on them?”

“It’s that the mayors are taking advantage of these trips, and not paying attention to what the rules are that allow them to do it,” Fisher added.

Representatives from the US Asia Innovation Gateway did not respond to requests for comment. A

Housing could be a priority in upcoming fiscal year The Portola Valley Town Council is set to discuss and establish its priorities for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. The council meets at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 13, in the Historic Schoolhouse at 765 Portola Road,.

Up for discussion are six possible priorities: housing, resident resiliency, strategic planning, community engagement, sustainability and the health of the town’s administration — using measures including fair treatment of everyone in Town Hall, staff satisfaction, transparency in government, and various initiatives to improve the workday experience in Town Hall.

Each priority includes several related projects and initiatives. “It is not anticipated that every project will be completed in the next (budget) year,” Town Manager Jeremy Dennis said in a staff report. “Rather, the list gives staff a range of areas to focus energies over the course of the year as time allows.”

Go to is.gd/PVpriority and access Page 26 for more information.

Other agenda items: a first look at the $5,187,583 budget for the coming 12 months, and a call for a council election — three of the five council seats are open in the November election.

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Hacker guilty on all counts in Almanac Online attack Sue Dremann Palo Alto Online

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fter a six-day trial that involved hours upon hours of technical testimony, a federal jury on Wednesday, June 6, convicted former San Francisco resident Ross M. Colby of two felonies and three misdemeanors relating to computer hacking that preceded the Sept. 17, 2015, take-down of Almanac Online and four other websites of parent company Embarcadero Media.

The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for a day and a half. Sentencing is set for Sept. 19. For each of the felony convictions, Colby faces a fine of up to $250,000, a prison term not to exceed 10 years, or both, according to indictment documents. He also faces a fine of up to $100,000 and a maximum one year in prison for each of the three misdemeanors. (The actual sentence will be affected by factors including past criminal record, if any, cooperation in the case and the judgment of the court.)

Colby, 35, did not express emotion as the five guilty verdicts were read. He did not testify during the trial nor were there any witnesses called for the defense, which relied on raising doubts about the prosecution’s evidence. The case went to the jury on Tuesday morning.

Jurors found Colby guilty of one felony count for transmitting a program, code, command, or information to a computer, intending to cause damage; one felony count of attempting to do the same; and three misdemeanor counts of unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer.

During the trial, the prosecution presented as evidence a trail of IP addresses linked to Colby that had been used to access Embarcadero Media’s accounts and data — including the accounts of the three IT employees — more than 200 times.

Three jurors, who asked not to be identified, said the jury deliberations were extensive and difficult. They said the jury ultimately rejected the defense’s theory that another person could have been responsible for the hacks.

“The most compelling evidence was his (Colby’s) access via the VPN (a private internet address allowing user anonymity) and to his email account,” said juror 11, a statistical research manager.

There was enough of an

overlap between his access to the Embarcadero accounts and his own email accounts from the same IP addresses to find he was the culprit, she said.

Juror 10, a software engineer, said it wasn’t believable that another person might have hacked the company, as had been suggested by Colby’s attorney.

Juror 11 agreed.

“The common-sense explanation stood out to me versus it all being a setup,” she said.

“I believed the testimony of the roommate,” who testified that Colby had told him he had hacked a news website.

Juror 5 said he and juror 1, who are both software engineers, weren’t initially convinced by the IP-address evidence alone.

“We wanted to be convinced by more logs. The IP addresses alone seemed insufficient to convict, but the defense did not raise enough questions regarding someone else having done it,” he said.

‘This was not only a sophisticated attack on our business but also on the First Amendment and the work we do as journalists in the public interest.’

B ILL JOHNSON , EMBARCADERO MEDIA PRESIDENT

Juror 11 said they did their own digging into the logs and sent questions to the judge regarding the scope of their responsibilities.

The fact that much of the evidence was circumstantial was not problematic, she said.

“With cyber-crimes, there are a lot of cases where you won’t have direct evidence. You won’t have video showing someone sitting at a keyboard committing the crime. It was all circumstantial,” she said. In these kinds of cases, she added, jurors must ask themselves, “How do we convict people of cyber-crimes without direct evidence?”

Embarcadero Media Publisher and President Bill Johnson was present throughout the trial and as the verdict was read.

“We are grateful to the FBI and federal prosecutors for their hard work on this case, and for the jury’s patience in digesting an enormous amount of technical information. This was not only a sophisticated attack on

our business but also on the First Amendment and the work we do as journalists in the public interest,” he said.

U.S. Assistant Attorney Joseph Springsteen, during his closing argument prior to the jury deliberations, noted the gravity of the hack, which prosecutors said was strategic.

“Make no mistake. This was not a prank; this was not a harmless act. ... It’s not vandalism. It was a serious and targeted attack on Embarcadero Media,” he said on June 1.

The hack caused more than $32,000 in damage, but there was also damage done to Embarcadero’s reputation, Springsteen said. It is ironic that Embarcadero Media, which was the first newspaper in the United States to have published its news on the World Wide Web, should have been targeted, he noted.

“These acts brought (an institution) of the community for 40 years to its knees. Imagine how vulnerable they must have felt — how helpless,” he said.

“The defendant did it over and over and over again. It’s not casual. This is not brief. It was methodical and repeated and intentional,” he said.

During her closing arguments, Defense Attorney Vicki Young argued that there was insufficient evidence tying Colby to the intrusions. She said that since some intrusions into the Embarcadero systems had come from a virtual private network (VPN) and therefore were not traceable, another person besides Colby could have been responsible.

She also argued that intrusions made from the IP address at Colby’s San Francisco residence were made on two days in July 2015 when, his father testified, he had been visiting the family home in Massachusetts.

But federal Prosecutor Susan Knight said Colby’s father’s testimony was vague and not credible regarding the timeline of his son’s presence in Massachusetts.

Knight said the evidence showed Colby was still in San Francisco from July 23-25. Colby not only accessed Embarcadero IT employee Cesar Torres’ account on those days, but he also accessed his own personal email from San Francisco.

The same virtual private network (VPN) IP address used in one of the hacks was also used to log in to Colby’s personal email and Facebook accounts, Knight said, citing evidence presented at trial.

This was the evidence the jurors said they found most compelling. A

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SamTrans partners with Facebook, others to explore Dumbarton corridor project

By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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amTrans announced June 6 that its board of directors will be working with Facebook and Plenary Group, an infrastructure developer, to look into how to advance projects on the Dumbarton Transportation Corridor — a project that could reopen the Dumbarton rail bridge for passenger service.

In 2016, Facebook funded a study by SamTrans on ways to ease congestion along the Dumbarton corridor, the findings of which the agency’s directors approved last December.

John Tenanes, Facebook vice president of global facilities and real estate, said in a written statement, “This is one of many projects we are looking at to ease congestion in the Bay Area. Ö Being able to get around easily is important for people’s quality of life and the local economy.î SamTrans has been in talks with Facebook since January about this partnership.

According to Facebook spokesperson Anthony Harrison, the goal of the partnership is to look into the feasiblity of using the Dumbarton rail bridge to connect the East Bay to Silicon Valley.

“We’re a big employer in the area,” he said. “These problems are super-complicated, and we recognize we have a role in helping to solve the traffic and congestion probelms for the region.”

Photo by Kate Bradshaw

Remains of the former Dumbarton rail bridge are overgrown and abandoned along the Bay’s marshy edge.

The process is expected to take about 18 months, he said. The company’s specific role in the partnership will become further defined in the months to come, he said.

In late November 2017, the San Jose Mercury News reported that Facebook had leased about 190,000 square feet of office space in Fremont, or enough space for about 950 workers.

In a written statement, Charles Stone, board chair of the San Mateo County Transit District, said, “As the local economy continues to boom, the unfortunate side effect is that traffic congestion has become one of the top issues facing our residents.”

The study the agency approved recommended rebuilding the abandoned Dumbarton rail bridge to connect to existing commuting rail services on both

sides of the Bay, boosting bus and ride-share options for commuters, and factoring in infrastructure and safety considerations for bicyclists and pedestrians. The study also determined it could be feasible to: Q By 2020, increase the frequency and number of destinations of transbay buses.

Q By 2025, convert a traffic lane on the road bridge to either an express lane or a shifting lane that matches commute direction.

Q By 2030, rebuild the abandoned rail bridge and activate a rail shuttle across the Bay to connect Redwood City to Union City.

It estimated the costs for those projects to be more than $1.8 billion by 2025, plus an additional $295 million to expand the rail service from Newark to Union City in the East Bay. A

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By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

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nly two of the five contractors Atherton had prequalified to bid on the project to build the town’s new civic center complex submitted bids, and when those bids were opened on June 5, the news wasn’t good.

The town had estimated the construction cost at $40 million, but the low bid, from C. Overaa & Co., was nearly $56.4 million. The second bid, from Hensel Phelps, was $68.2 million.

“I’m not sure what we’re going to do at this point,” said City Manager George Rodericks. “We need to either do some right-sizing of the project or some phasing of the project to make it work.”

He and the other town employees and consultants working on the project will present the City Council with a list of options to consider at its June 20 meeting, he said. That report should be posted on the town’s website with

the agenda of the June 20 meeting

by Friday, June 15.

Among the options are: Q Rejecting all bids and reopening the project for bidding as-is.

Q Redesigning the project to reduce the cost before going back out to bid.

Q Dividing the project into phases (probably the library, which has its own funding, and the town administration/police building) that could be separately bid.

Q Approving a bid with the understanding between the town and the bidder that the town would immediately make change orders that would reduce the cost of the project.

“Or scrap the whole thing and do a design build,” Rodericks said, referring to the practice of using the same firm to design and build a project and obtaining a combined bid for the work. “There’s lots of things we could do.”

The bids were divided into three parts: the administration

and police building; the library and renovation of the historic town hall; and site improvements.

The major departure from the estimates provided by Mack5, the consultants hired to manage the project who have been estimating costs throughout the design process, were the bids to build the administration/police building.

The building was estimated to cost $17 million, but the Overaa bid was $38.4 million and the Hensel Phelps bid was $33.8 million.

The library, which Mack5 had estimated to cost $11.8 million, was bid at $10 million by Overaa and $20.9 million by Hensel Phelps.

Site improvements, which the town had estimated to cost $11.4 million, were bid at $8 million

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Flood Park plan pits sports field supporters against neighbors

By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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lans to add a new sports field at the 21-acre Flood Park in Menlo Park have pitted the park’s immediate neighbors against some youth sports supporters over the how the park should be used in the years to come.

Neighbors of the park, which is located along Bay Road between Greenwood Drive and Del Norte Avenue, near U.S. 101, are concerned about the hubbub and noise that a new sports field would bring so close to their homes — in some cases, less than 100 feet away.

One resident of the adjacent Del Norte Avenue, Nettie Wijsman, submitted a petition bearing 54 signatures to the San Mateo County Parks & Recreation Department in advance of a presentation about the project to the Parks Commission; the presentation had been scheduled for June 7, but was delayed until Aug. 2.

San Mateo County owns Flood Park and has been pursuing a process to develop a master plan for the park’s future development.

A final environmental impact report was released May 15.

Among the proposed changes in the county’s “preferred” project plan is the replacement of the existing baseball field and the addition of a new soccer and lacrosse field, a bicycle pump track, two bocce courts, a basketball court and a demonstration garden. Preliminary cost

estimates indicate the changes will add up to about $14 million.

The petition’s signers support a different plan: dedicating the existing baseball field, which is across the park from the Del Norte Avenue homes, for use for additional sports like soccer and lacrosse. They also supported prohibiting sports activities or

‘I think the current plans shortchange the original purposes of emphasizing the unique natural resources (trees, birds, walking paths) at the expense of organized sports.’

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paths at a minimum of 100 feet from residents’ property lines.

Behind the petition is Wijsman, who, in public comments before the Menlo Park City Council on June 5, asked its members for help.

She said that the changes would worsen traffic and that she did not believe there is enough parking to accommodate a new sports field.

Alice Newton, also a Del Norte Avenue resident, asked that the city encourage the county to move the plans for a new ballfield away from the homes on that street and to disallow amplified sound.

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of baseball fields in the city. Some parents said that Menlo Park does not have a single full-size baseball field within city limits, and the closest fields, at Menlo-Atherton High School and in Palo Alto, are heavily booked. Plus, the MenloAtherton High School baseball field is also used for other high school sports, specifically football, soccer and softball, said Rich Ferrick in an email to the county.

More baseball field space could mean the ability for Menlo-Atherton to offer a freshman baseball team, a number of supporters wrote.

“We need more baseball fields in Menlo Park to keep our kids active, playing and being a part of the community,” wrote Keith Otis in a November 2017 letter.

Still other commenters expressed preference for minimal changes to the park.

Carolyn Ordonez wrote, “Flood Park is not the appropriate location for a huge sports center.”

Joan Hilse wrote: “I think the current plans shortchange the original purposes of emphasizing the unique natural resources (trees, birds, walking paths) at the expense of organized sports.”

Karen Schiller called the park a quiet escape, and wanted it to stay as-is: “This old park offers a serenity that is increasingly rare, and that is what makes it special.”

People are invited to provide comment at the presentation to the San Mateo County Parks & Recreation Commission presentation scheduled Aug. 2.

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Neighbors’ opposition to approved house plan earns concessions

By Kate Bradshaw

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Almanac Staff Writer

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o quell neighbors’ outrage about a new proposed house they say is too tall and perhaps not sufficiently aesthetic, the Menlo Park City Council voted unanimously on June 5 to require the person proposing the twostory, 2,717-square-foot home at 752 Gilbert Ave. to make some changes.

The council mandated that the applicant reduce the height of the planned home by an additional 6 inches, which will mean a cumulative 18-inch reduction from the original plans — to 25 feet, 9 inches tall. It also required a landscaping plan to increase the visual barriers between the new home and the neighbors.

In January, a group of 14 nearby residents appealed the Planning Commission’s approval of a use permit for the project. The commission had voted 5-2 last December in favor of the project, on the conditions that the property owners add some privacy protections and reduce the building’s overall height by a foot. Commissioners Andrew Barnes and Larry Kahle opposed the approval.

The neighbors — mainly residents of Gilbert and Santa Monica avenues — asserted that the commission did not go far enough in addressing

their concerns about the proposed home’s height. They wrote in their appeal of the commission’s decision: “As homeowners on the block, we are happy to see this property improved with a new two story home. However, the proposed height would result in a monolithic structure that is abnormally high compared with surroundings, not compatible in scale with the neighborhood, and that would cause significant visual disharmony and awkwardness.”

Area neighbors, in further comments to the City Council on June 5, requested that the proposed house’s height be further lowered, and that high-quality finishings be added to the structure. They also wanted the owner to mitigate the harms incurred to a heritage tree on the property that was allegedly “maimed.”

The owners have since paid a civil penalty and plan to replace the tree, according to a staff report.

Earlier, city staff said they believed that “the scale, materials and style” of the proposed home would be “compatible with the neighborhood.” Under the plan that went before the commission, the house was to be under the 2,800-square-foot limit, and under the maximum permissible height of 28 feet. A

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One major question this development will face is how to comply with the city’s below-marketrate housing policy, which is currently shifting.

Because of recent state legislation, Menlo Park is now permitted to require that below-marketrate housing be installed or paid for as part of new multi-family housing projects. The proposed development is on territory that the city of Menlo Park up-zoned in November 2016, before that state legislation was passed.

One of the conditions the city had imposed then was that in exchange for permission to build over a certain density or height limit, a developer would have to give something back to the community. The city expressed preference that the community benefit be that 15 percent of a new residential development’s

Image courtesy of BDE Architecture/city of Menlo Park

A rendering of the eight-story, 94-unit building proposed for the site at 111 Independence Drive, near Marsh Road and U.S. 101.

housing would be dedicated for rent at rates affordable to lowerincome tenants.

Now that it is legally permitted to do so, the city has made it a standard requirement for multi-family housing developers to provide 15 percent of the total number of the units for rent at below market rate, or to pay an in-lieu fee.

For the Independence Drive project, the city could express preference for the community

amenity to be an additional 5 percent of below-market-rate housing — for a total of 20 percent — or the developer could propose something else, Rogers said.

Principal Planner Deanna Chow added that the City Council is scheduled to consider on June 19 changes to the city’s below-market-rate policy that would require affordable units to be provided on the development site. A

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County sheriff retains his position

By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer

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nofficial results of the June 5 primary election show Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos retaining his position as head of the San Mateo County Sheriff ’s Office, a position he has held since July 2016, when he was appointed by a 3-2 vote of the Board of Supervisors after his predecessor announced plans to retire.

The results announced in a June 7 update show 59.3 percent of voters choosing Bolanos over his two challengers: Deputy Mark. D. Melville, who had received 40.7 percent, and write-in candidate Deputy Heinz Puschendorf, for whom results have not yet been made available. Another update was due June 12 at 4:30 p.m., after

The Almanac went to press.

The June 7 results show the elections office having counted 66,467 ballots, with Bolanos receiving 39,414 votes and Melville, 27,053 votes.

This election is the first since at least 1998 in which the incumbent or the secondin-command to a retiring sheriff has shared the ballot with a challenger, according to county voting archives.

It’s also the first election over those two decades in which the winner did not take office with at least 98 percent of the vote.

One factor that likely contributed to the unusually good showing of a candidate facing an incumbent in the race for San Mateo County sheriff is the 2007 incident in which Bolanos and then-sheriff Greg

Lauren Mercer

September 30, 1934 – May 30, 2018 Lauren Mercer grew up in Angels Camp, CA graduating from Bret Harte high school and then the University of California at Berkeley with a civil engineering degree. After working for a short time he was drafted into the army. Soon his skills were recognized and he was assigned to NATO in Izmir, Turkey, During the Cold War he working on planning and preparing for supply movement to the front line in case Russia invaded Turkey and also working on the construction inspection that included a top secret underground headquarters for NATO in case of a nuclear attack. After being discharged he found civil engineering work in the Bay Area at different engineering companies one of which was the development of Redwood Shores before landing a job with the city of Menlo Park as the City Engineer. He then became their Director of Public works. He retired in 1991 but continued to work in interim positions for cities and community colleges.

He is survived by his wife, Julie, his son Steven (Linda) and grandsons Zach and Levi and by his daughter, Karen Hunter (Whitney) and grandchildren Emma, Marissa and Connor.

His interests included reading through the Bible, serving at St. Anthony’s dining room on Saturday mornings, participating with the Menlo Park Kiwanis club raising money for scholarships and community projects, participating with the West Bay Model Railroad Association and helping with the design of their new layout that is enjoyed by many at their annual Christmas Open House. In his own garage he built his own layout and now his grandchildren can run the trains during their visits. In the last couple of years he volunteered every Wednesday afternoon at Fair Oaks school in Redwood City reading to young children. Their motto is “Change a child’s life one book at a time.”

Lauren’s service was held on Monday, June 11th at 2:00 at Menlo Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, CA To honor Lauren and his interest in making a difference in the lives of children consider making a donations to Generations United, Inc. P.O. Box 5131, Redwood City, CA 94062 PAID

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Munks were detained by Las Vegas police in connection with an FBI sting operation involving illegal brothels.

Police found Munks inside an illegal brothel. Although

Bolanos was reported to be on the premises, he told The Almanac that he did not enter the brothel. Both men were detained, but neither was charged with a crime. Bolanos was serving as undersheriff at the time.

Details of the incident remain

murky 11 years afterwards, but the matter has surfaced in the public arena regularly during the election season.

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Las Lomitas bond measure passes Voters in the Las Lomitas Elementary School District approved a $70 million bond measure on June 5 by a wide margin.

The county’s election night tally showed Measure R winning with just under 66 percent of the vote, far more than the 55 percent needed.

The $70 million bond measure will add about $300 per

$1 million of the assessed value of property in the district to annual property tax bills until the bond is paid off.

Backers of the measure say the money is needed to complete district construction plans that were part of a facilities master plan approved by the school board in 2013.

After that plan was adopted in 2013, the district’s voters

Horsley wins third term Voters swept incumbent Don Horsley to victory for a third four-year term on the fivemember Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County.

Unofficial results from the county elections office show Horsley winning the two-person race with nearly 76 percent

of the vote, with opponent Dan Stegink of Pacifica receiving just over 24 percent.

A June 7 update to the count shows Horsley receiving 14,210 votes and Stegink, 4,525 votes.

Horsley, a resident of Emerald Hills, represents District 3, which straddles the coastal

John (Jack) A. O’Malley July 6, 1933 – May 18, 2018 Menlo Park, CA

John (Jack) O’Malley, husband, father, grandfather, great- grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, uncle and long time friend passed away at the age of 84 on May 18, 2018. Jack was born in Philadelphia, PA and grew up in New Jersey.

He moved his family to Menlo Park, California in 1973. He was one of the first Eagle Scouts in Westville, New Jersey. He served in the military and then received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and his Ph.D in Physical Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. Jack started his career teaching as a Professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia and then moved to the private sector where his career flourished.

Jack is pre-deceased by his wife, Mary, of 62 years, and brothers Joe and Ron. He is survived by and father of John (Jr.), Robert, Teresa and David. Grandfather of Matthew, Kristen, Shannon, Anthony, Tara, Sara and Devin and great grandfather of Brooklyn and Georgia.

Jack was a huge advocate of family and giving back. He was involved in city politics in both Merchantville, NJ and Menlo Park, CA. He was very well respected in his field and made many long-time friends of which he valued dearly. Jack also loved animals and they loved him. All of Jack’s family and friends will miss him dearly and hope that he has found eternal peace and happiness.

Private services have already been held. Those who wish may make donations to the charity of their choice.

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approved a $60 million bond measure, which also added about $300 per $1 million of assessed valuation to property tax bills.

The assessed valuation of a property is based on the purchase price and improvements made to a property; it is allowed to increase by 2 percent or the state’s cost of living increase each year, whichever is less. range and includes the communities of Atherton, Half Moon Bay, parts of Menlo Park, Princeton, Portola Valley, San Gregorio, Ladera, Los Trancos Woods, La Honda, Woodside, Skylonda, Pacifica, Vista Verde, Menlo Oaks and West Menlo Park.

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Voters renew utility tax Nearly 85 percent of Portola Valley voters approved renewal of a 4.5 percent utility users tax until June 30, 2023, according to unofficial elections results for San Mateo County.

The tax, in place since 1993, applies to energy, water and telephone bills for residences and businesses. The revenues — $594,000 projected for the current budget year — go to the general fund and are used for nonspecific purposes, such as town operating expenses and capital improvements.

A June 7 update to the vote tally showed 930 votes for Measure T, with 790 votes in favor and 140 votes opposed. The measure needed a majority of 50 percent of the voters plus one to pass.

The 4.5 percent rate dates from 2006, when voters approved lowering it from the original setting of 5.5 percent. Had the voters rejected Measure T, the tax would have gone back up to 5.5 percent.

Measure T grants the Town Council the option to reduce the tax rate after July 1, 2020, for a period not to exceed 12 months.

Revenue from a second utility users tax of 2 percent is deposited in the restricted Open Space Fund for open space purchases.

The current budget projects revenues of $264,372 from this tax.

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C O M M U N I T Y

TOWN OF PORTOLA VALLEY NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Council of the Town of Portola Valley will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 7:00 p.m., in the Historic Schoolhouse, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley, California on the following separate items: 1. ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PORTOLA VALLEY AMENDING SECION 18.36.040 [ACCESSORY USES PERMITTED IN ALL DISTRICTS], AND SECTION 18.42.018 [ACCESSORY STRUCUTRES] OF THE PORTOLA VALLEY MUNIPICAL CODE AND A FINDING THAT THE ACTION IS EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA).

(Proposed modifications to the ordinances will consolidate all outdoor lighting regulations in 18.36 and provide references to this section in 18.42. The updated ordinance will allow for increased security measures and require outdoor lighting to be dark sky compliant.)

2. REVIEW OF AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDED PARCEL MAP AT 20, 30, & 40 MEADOW COURT, FILE # X6D-210, TO MODIFY EASEMENT & DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE BANDEL & PAULA CARANO TRUST AND IS IDENTIFIED AS APN’S: 077-050-021, -022 and -023.)

Information pertaining to the hearings may be viewed at Town Hall Building and Planning Department, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All interested persons are invited to appear before the Town Council to be heard at the time and place mentioned above.

Public Hearings provide the general public and interested parties an opportunity to provide testimony on these items. If you challenge a proposed action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at a Public Hearing(s) described above, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the Public Hearing(s).

Dated: June 7, 2018 Arly Cassidy, Interim Planning Director

TOWN OF WOODSIDE 2955 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062 PLANNING COMMISSION June 20, 2018 6:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING 2.

Town of Woodside Planner: Jackie Young, Planning Director

Review of the current status of Woodside’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ordinance (amended in 2017 to comply with State law) in response to the 2018 State ADU Law revisions (SB 229 Wieckowski, and AB 494, Bloom; amending SB1069, Wiechowski, and AB2299, Bloom, respectively).

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Town of Woodside

ZOAM2018-0002 Planner: Jackie Young, Planning Director

Third Study Session to discuss adding Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) regulations to Chapter 153, Zoning, of the Woodside Municipal Code.

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Town of Woodside Minor Code Amendments

ZOAM2018-0003 Planner: Corinne Jones, Assistant Planner

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Photo courtesy Sheela Veerina

The “Blossom Buddies� are continuing to spread cheer with flowers in the community after the closure of Random Acts of Flowers.

New volunteer group blooms after closure of Random Acts of Flowers

By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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n the wake of the closure of Random Acts of Flowers, a new group called Blossom Buddies has sprouted up with a similar purpose: to deliver flowers locally to the ailing and elderly.

Random Acts of Flowers, a nonprofit that collects flowers that are past their sell-by date and headed for the compost heap, relies on volunteers to rearrange them artfully, and delivers the arrangements to local health and senior care centers. The national organization shuttered its Menlo Park branch at the end of March when costly rent made continued operations at its Edison Way site untenable.

Blossom Buddies was started by Sheela Veerina of Los Altos Hills, formerly an active

volunteer with Random Acts of Flowers. She runs the flowerarranging workshop out of her garage. “I was hoping somebody else would start it, but nobody else did.

So I had to,� she says.

With a group of volunteers, many recruited from Random Acts of Flowers, Veerina has relaunched the initiative, partnering with some of the same vendors who previously donated their blooms.

Currently, she says, she’s collecting flowers from Trader Joe’s in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, Draeger’s in Los Altos, Safeway in Los Altos and Ladera Garden and Gifts.

Blossom Buddies is not yet a formally recognized nonprofit. (There’s a lot of paperwork involved, she notes.)

Veerina said she got involved

as a volunteer at Random Acts of Flowers in 2015 and found the volunteer work to be a meaningful way to connect with veterans and do something to boost people’s mental health.

She said recipients like veterans are often surprised to be presented with bouquets, and men one wouldn’t expect to care about flowers at all even fight over which bouquet they get. “It’s very sweet,� she said. “When we went back to the Palo Alto VA, they were so excited, and so happy to see us again.�

Plus, in the time the volunteers spend arranging the flowers, many develop friendships and camaraderie.

Veerina says she is accepting vase donations. People who want to get involved or help out can email her at blossombuddies7@ gmail.com. A

Library hosts celebration of puppetry

By Lauren Kelmar Special to The Almanac

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he Menlo Park Belle Haven Library is hosting a three-month-long puppetry celebration, including performances by various professional puppet companies and puppet arts and crafts, beginning this month.

There will be a puppet performance every other Sunday at 2 p.m.; on Sundays with no show, there will be puppet-themed crafts and coloring.

The next puppet show, “The Itty Bitty Variety Show� by Caterpillar Puppets, is set for June 17.

Six different puppet companies will perform during the summer, including the Puppet Art Theater, which tours all over California; the Caterpillar Puppets, which tours domestically and internationally; the Magical Moonshine Theatre, which has toured in 15 countries and in eight different languages; and the Fratello Marionettes, which tours domestically and internationally.

Fans of puppets and ventriloquists might enjoy Randel McGee & Groark the Dragon, which closes out the festival on Sunday, Aug. 26.

In addition to the Sunday programs, there will also be a special performance on Wednesday, July

Photo by John Weaver/Menlo Park Library

Puppet Art Theater director Art Gruenberger posed with his “3 Billy Goats Gruff� troll puppet when he performed the show for an audience in the Menlo Park Main Library in 2016.

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Both McGee and Smalkin have performed all over the world.

All performances are free, thanks to funding from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library. To find a complete list of the events and times, visit menlopark.org/puppetry. A

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Financial outlook improving for Menlo Park school district

By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

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ith an expanding economy bringing in extra property tax and one-time state revenues, plus a slowdown in projected enrollment growth, the Menlo Park City School District is canceling planned spending cuts for the coming fiscal year.

In recent years, the school district has had to cut spending and increase the average size of its classes to balance its long-term budget. This year, however, cuts that the district had planned to make to balance the budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year will not be needed, Chief Business and Operations Officer Ahmad Sheikholeslami told the district’s board at a June 5 meeting.

One factor is that the district, which in the past decade has seen a 30 percent growth in enrollment, believes student numbers will remain f lat for the next three or four years. A demographer had previously projected the district might see an additional 150 students over that same period, but enrollment was down for the current school year, and a new study shows growth leveling out.

Unlike most California school districts, the Menlo Park district receives very little additional funding when enrollment grows. Because of high

local property tax revenues, the district is considered community-funded and receives almost all its funding from local sources. Districts with lower property tax revenues get money from the state that increases with enrollment.

The Menlo district’s budget for 2018-19 shows total revenues of $51.2 million, with 86 percent of that coming from property taxes, parcel taxes and donations from the Menlo ParkAtherton Education Foundation.

The district’s budget shows $51.5 million in spending, with 88.7 percent going to salaries and benefits. The district plans to increase the number of employees by the equivalent of 2.78 people. The budget includes a previously negotiated 3 percent salary increase for all employees except management, who have a 1.5 percent increase factored in.

In an attempt to keep the state’s pension systems out of bankruptcy, since 2014 California has required increasing pension payments from employers and employees in the systems, with the contributions doubling over seven years.

The budget report says the amount of the district’s budget going toward benefits — including pension costs, health and welfare, and retiree benefits — has increased by 8 percent, or $3.2 million, since 2013-14.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF ATHERTON ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Atherton Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider recommending the City Council adopt a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to add Chapter 17.07, Development Agreement Adoption Procedure to the Atherton Municipal Code.

Summary of Ordinance: Chapter 17.07 of the Atherton Municipal Code “Development Agreement Adoption Procedure”. The Ordinance would require Development Agreements to be reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council if found to be consistent with the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance and other applicable land use controls or development policies. The Ordinance further requires Development Agreements to be reviewed once per year by the Town to ensure compliance and provides a revocation process if compliance is not achieved.

The Ordinance is Categorically Exempt per Section 15305 of the CEQA guidelines; minor alterations in land use limitations.

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While the district’s budget shows more spending than revenues, the totals do not include the use of one-time revenues of over $1 million from the state, grants and other sources. With those funds included, the district will see a small surplus of about $88,000 for the year, a report on the budget says.

That surplus could increase to about $350,000 if the one-time funds for schools that Gov. Jerry Brown has included in his budget are approved by the Legislature, the report says. The district didn’t include those funds in its projections, however, because in past years the Legislature has changed the governor’s allocations.

The three-year budget projections indicate that the district will be able to retain reserve levels above 15 percent of the operating budget through the 2020-21 fiscal year. The three-year projections show the district starting the 2018-19 fiscal year with a fund balance of $13.5 million, dropping to $10.9 million by the beginning of the 2022-23 fiscal year.

School board President Terry Thygesen said she was “breathing a sigh of relief, because it could have been a lot worse.”

However, she said, the district is not “fully funded” and she wants the school board to have a discussion about what that term might mean. “How far are we from what we need and want to do the job?” she asked.

“I don’t think we’re anywhere close to ideal,” she said.

Board member David Ackerman, a retired district principal, said he agreed. The district has fewer resources than it did in the past, he said. Classroom teachers take on half the physical education programs and art teachers have less time to spend with each class of students, he said. “We’ve just gotten used to those things and we’ve shrunk those programs,” he said.

But board member Caroline Lucas, a teacher at the Las Lomitas Elementary School District’s La Entrada Middle School, said things have also been worse. “I remember when I taught all the PE, and all the art, and all the science,” she said.

This district is “increasing our staff at a time when we’re not increasing our students,” she said. “I’m not sure ... that we can continue to dream as we once did, especially with the escalating pension costs.”

Sheikholeslami warned that is important to remember that the robust economy is not likely to continue indefinitely. “We are in an unprecedented growth period,” he said. “We need to protect ourselves” from a recession, he added.

The district was scheduled to give final approval to the budget at a Tuesday, June 12, meeting. A

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“I quickly realized I was in the right place when I came to Stanford. My experience with Dr. Fernandez-Becker has been nothing but positive. I feel like she cares about me personally as a patient.”

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Patient finds relief in treatment for inflamed esophagus For David the simple act of eating had become a fear-inducing experience. David suffers from eosinophilic esophagitis, a chronic allergic immune condition that causes his esophagus to become inflamed. At any given moment, the tube that sends food from his mouth to his stomach can swell, making swallowing difficult and extremely painful. When the inflammation is most severe, food gets lodged in his esophagus. The only remedy is an emergency endoscopy.

“Once you’ve had a couple of these episodes, there’s always this fear when you’re eating that you’re going to have another episode,” said David.

“You get to a point where you’re very careful about what you eat and how well you chew. But even then, you never know when it’s going to happen again.”

“Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic inflammatory disease,” said Fernandez-Becker, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Stanford Health Care. Inflammation causes the esophagus to become stiffer and narrower over time, and some patients develop scar tissue, which leads to food blockages.

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In that first appointment, Dr. Fernandez-Becker and David discussed the frequency of his

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swallowing difficulties and food blockages.

They talked about what triggers might be at play, and considered further allergy testing or an elimination diet. To confirm the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, Dr. Fernandez-Becker adhered to an evidence-based approach, taking a tissue sample of David’s esophageal lining, examining it under a microscope for the presence of eosinophils, and then correlating those findings with his medical history and symptoms.

“ The first time I came here, I quickly realized I was in the right place…”

“For a lot of these patients, I’m the fourth or fifth gastroenterologist they’ve seen, so they don’t come in completely naïve,” said FernandezBecker, who uses her PhD training in molecular genetics to tease out factors that may be causing the inflammation. “I have a very frank discussion with them about what’s happened before, why I think they’re having these symptoms and what the plan is for us to sort it out.”

Discovering the cause of the allergic reaction can be difficult. Allergy testing is often inconclusive, she said, which is why she also prefers having patients undergo a six-month elimination diet.

But David, who travels extensively for work, worried that he wouldn’t be able to adhere to a

strict diet. Instead, Fernandez-Becker put him on a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), a medication commonly prescribed for patients with acid reflux.

The medication has been found to help some patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.

“Fortunately for me, the proton pump inhibitor seems to have helped manage it,” said David, who has only had two food blockages since going on the medication more than five years ago.

Because the condition is chronic, and requires constant management, Becker follows patients like David for years. “Every time I meet a new patient, it’s a great journey,” she said. “I get to know them as a person, which is a real privilege.

They feel like family.”

“I feel like she cares about me personally as a patient,” said David. “When I’m there, I have her undivided attention. She knows me, she knows my history and she remembers it all.”

Today, David’s quality of life is improved and his condition is mostly under control. “I’m no longer walking around all the time concerned that this is going to happen again,” he said. “It’s something that Dr. Fernandez-Becker and I are managing together right now.”

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Vandal punctures tires in La Entrada School parking lot

By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer

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omeone has been forcing metal screws into the tires of vehicles belonging to the staff of La Entrada School at 2200 Sharon Road, according to Menlo Park police and the school principal.

The incidents first came to light in a police report dated June 2, but they had been happening for about two months, with the first incident

occurring around April 1, police said.

Three staff members so far have contacted police with reports of damaged tires, Menlo Park Police Department spokeswoman Nicole Acker told The Almanac.

Typically, the damage has been limited to one tire per vehicle, with as few as one screw in the tire or several, La Entrada Principal Mark Jones said. The screws are of the Phillips-head type and have varied as to how

new they appeared and how far into the tire they’d been driven, Jones said.

Some of the screws penetrated the tire tread and others the sidewall, Acker said.

“Our common goal right now is to solve the mystery,” Jones said, commenting on how staff members have been responding to the vandalism. “We appreciate the support of (the Menlo Park police) in generating an active police case to help us find who is causing the damage.

“While I wouldn’t want to speak for the emotional state of others, I think it’s safe to say that we, as a staff, are not happy about the vandalism and want to bring it to an end as soon as possible.”

The school has one surveillance camera that looks into the staff parking lot, but images from that camera have shown nothing suspicious, Jones said.

The idea of adding more cameras “is something we’re looking at strongly,” Jones said.

The parking lot has gates, but they’re normally left open, Jones said.

While construction is ongoing at the campus and police have raised the possibility that the screws are construction debris, Jones noted that construction vehicles have their own entrance “far removed” from the parking lot where the tires were damaged. There hasn’t been a construction vehicle in the staff parking lot for at least six months, he said. A

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G R A D U A T I O N

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M-A seniors

Photos by Natalia Nazarova

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usic opened the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2018 at MenloAtherton High School at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 7. The student Concert Jazz Band & Orchestra, under the direction of Kent Kurrus, played “America the Beautiful,” “Americans We,” and the Looney Tunes cartoon symphony, concluding with “Pomp and Circumstance.”

The Menlo-Atherton Choirs, directed by Patrick Maier, sang the national anthem. Later in the ceremony the choirs performed again, singing the

THE GRADUATES A Maximilian Emerson Alfano-Smith, Shoxruxxon Alimukhamedov, Armando Alvarez, Efrain Alvarez-Zamora, Jace Bianna Ambwani, Nikolai B Ambwani, Sophie Anne Amundson, Isabella Rose Anaya, Nicholas Lamont Anderson, Navya Shubha Anne, Leyla Lauren Arabian, Carlos Aranda, Isaak Benjamin Arenas Guevara, Andy Federico Arevalo Arteaga, Bianca Patricia Avalos-Reynoso, Marvin Oswaldo Avelar Mancia, Kaelinn Alexandra Aviles Moreno B Elena Denise Barajas, Brenda BarajasCastillo, Wesley Barker, Elliot James Barnes, Jonathan Stalen Bedolla Garcia, Giles Robert Beebe, Fiona Sierra Naomi Belk, Natalie Taylor Bergan, Lizbeth Betancourt, Finn Michael Bjerknes, Ethan Alexander Black, Oliver Jaden Bley, Olivia Michelle Bloom, Hannah Lauren Bogomilsky, Fernando Ismael Bonilla Salazar, Dallana Botello Varela, Julian Robison Bowden, Cameron Taylor Bozdog, Grace Rae Brieger, Eimile Elizabeth Briggs, Danae Laniesha Brister, Camryn Danielle Britts, Ryan John Buck, Summer Marie Buhl, Callum Jan Burgess, Monica Alejandra Burgos, James Michael Burke, Lynn Jamila Butzlaff, Elio Alberto Calderon Bonilla C Angel Ricardo Lionel Camarena, Nathalie Pearl Camens, Laura Cardenas Castaneda, Gary Julian Carter, Catarina Carvalho, Nikolas Alexander Caryotakis, Lisa Marie Vasquez Castillo, Alondra Castillo-Lara, Mara Marques Cavallaro, Jacqueline Cervantes Chacon, Helen Kathryn Chaffee, Margaret Yan Yan Chan, Alexandra Hana Chang, Sherri Hui Elena Chang, Michael Rudolph Chavez, Isabella Irene Cheek-Falcinelli, Rohan Surya Chilukuri, Grace Elizabeth Chitouras, Adrian Chou, Brenton Chou, Rayhon J Choudhry, Brenda N Cisneros, Jean Yon Claverie, Neal Alan Coberly, Erin Elizabeth Cole, Margaret L. Collins, Julian Commissaris, Kyle Logan Conrad, Miles T Conrad, Maribel Contreras Guizar, Francisco Javier Corona, Spencer Alan Corona, Miguel Angel Corona-Dejesus, Charisse Anne Villanueva Costales, Josephine Lara Cotto, Nicholas Charles Cronin, Luis Jose Cruz Santizo, Arthur Martin Cuenca, Juan Carlos Cuevas Valencia, Lily Clare Cummings, Maryelena Cuschieri D Imahn Daeenabi, Antonella Nina De La Quintana, Daisy Elisebeth De Martini, Malcolm John Dempsey, Emma Quan

Fijian song “Isa Lei Lia” and another song.

Six seniors were scheduled to speak: Adilene E. Ledezma Macias and Diana M. Guzman Vargas, with “Crossing Barriers”; Dimitri Sakalia, with “From a Cub to a Bear”; Celeste Levy, with “Through the Fog”; Isaak B. Arenas, with “Never Give Up”; and Wesley M. Barker, with “I Know This To Be True.”

There were 469 candidates for graduation in the Class of 2018, according to information provided by the school. A

Dewey, Reid Isaac Diamond, Bryan DiazCruz, Grace Eileen Dowley, Sydney Rose Durden, Ariana Becki-Bibi Durham, Bryan Robert-Devonne Durkee, Ilia Dzotsenidze E Madison Dora Ebstein, John Lee Eisenstat, Jackelyn Kinuyo Enriquez, Joanna Estacuy, Jasmine Estrada, Rod Ettefagh F Logan Brent Faberowski, Nessa Salma Fakrai, Ingold Barry Tevita Faleofa, David Faletau, Alexandria Elizabeth Feeley, Olivia Marie Fernandez Rafaela Penelope Fernandez, Madeleine Marie Carmelina Fesas, Joseph Edward Fifita, Mauiviiheeiki Filiai, Uikelotu Alapasita Filiai, Max Nathaniel Fitzhugh, Megan Nicole Fletcher, David Alexander Flores, Cristofer Jonattan Flores-Salgado, Dequan Forbes, Kai Frank Fore, Richard Jaquith Foster, Curtis Eurmon Francis Jr., Luis F. Franco Martinez, Mason Bradley Friedberg, Rachel Fiona Frost, Amaiya Symone Fulford, Paula Funaki, Zachary David Furman G Isabel Jean Gable, Kelsey Marie Gage, Jessica Grace Galen, Sajel Reegan Galhotra, Nicholas Ernst Gallo, Jacqueline Fatima Garcia, Luz de Abril Garcia Abrego, Mayra Itzel Garcia Cisneros, Yajaira Nallely Garcia Cisneros, Elizabeth Garcia Gil, Cristina Garcia Infante, Sofia Garcia Ruiz, John Kenneth Gardner, Kaley Ann Garrett, Sergio Gaytan Perez, Beatrix Cathryn Geaghan-Breiner, Grace Ellen Geiser, John Robert Gilmer Gerber, Michael C Giordano, D’Arius Lamont Gipson, Elley Marin Goldberg, Anthony Alexander Gomez MacDonald, Francisco Gomez Penaloza, Eduardo Gonzalez, Leydy Gissell Gonzalez Chacon, Luis Angel Gonzalez Martinez, Jennifer Gonzalez Rojas, Esveide Gonzalez-Lombera, Kristina Grace Gorey, Owen Tate Grierson, Fernando Gutierrez Garcia, Rosio G Guzman, Diana Marina Guzman Vargas H Cole Andrew Hagerman, Dena Hamidi, Alexander Stephen Han, Yiren Han, Caleb John Hanson, Makenzie Elizabeth Hazard, Lauren Blake Heller, Isabelle Maia Henig, Monica Heredia, Alejandro Hernandez, Gissella Sarai Hernandez, Hervin Osmond Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez , Jancy Antonio Hernandez Lozano, Brisa Hernandez Marquez, Maycol Josue Hernandez Orellana, Alexander Hernandez-Lucatero, Jacqueline Hernandez-Pena, Diana Elizabeth Herrera, Cristina Janett Herrera Pena, Christine Breona Hicks, Jhavante Marquies Hill, Austin Carl Hirst, John

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Clockwise from left: Graduation caps fleetingly decorate the sky at the Menlo-Atherton High School 2018 graduation; a receiving line of faculty greets graduating seniors at the 2018 commencement; commencement speaker Wesley M. Barker speaks on what he said he knows to be true; graduation is a cause to celebrate with fist pumps; personalized graduation caps were part of the scene at M-A.

Ryan Hoffman, Caroline Holliday, Jamie Christopher Holmes, Nhi Thanh Hong, Greer Elizabeth Hoyem, Gregory Scott Huffaker, Carter John Hughes, Ayla Hansine Huhn I, J Laura Ibarra-Valle, Christopher Sanjeev Iyer, Tatiana Sophia Monuia HeLotu Jackson, Tobias Kent Jacobson, Jocelyn Jaimes Manriquez, Nicolas Mathias Jandeleit, Samantha Luskin Jeffrey, Francisco Ralph De Lunas Jimenez, Jeffrey Martin Jorgensen, Benjamin Walter Justus K Sarah Elizabeth Kahle, Stella Mercy Kailahi, Malath Kamaluldeen, Nicole Min Kyung Kang, Patrick David Kao, Lara Karadogan, Sofia Karadogan, Selim Baki Corpuz Karahan, Yasaman Kashaniamin, Molly Elizabeth Katz, Suzuka Serra Kawaguchi, Jeffrey Bennett Keare, Shea Jaqueline Kearns, Sierra Monea Kelliehan, Brett Edward Kessler, Lauren Elizabeth King, Madeline Elisa King, William Robert Kirkpatrick, Schuyler Casey YiLung Knapp, Andrew Hawley Knopf, Kate Sandra Knox, Alexander Paul Koenig, Andrew Leonard Kraft, Anders Odin Krong, Darshana Kumar L Angela Evelyn Langi, Shawn Hoang Le, Kilifi Tupou Leaaetoa, Elijah Christopher Leafa, Bruce Lee Leapaga, Adilene Elizabeth Ledezma Macias, Addison Claire Lentz, Bailey Anne Lentz, Catia Imelda Leon Gaona, Isaac Timothy Lepulu, Aaron Letvin, Celeste Prima Levy, Justin Li, Livienna Melia Dwiputri Lie, Cameron Donna Lindsey, Jerry Weihong Liu, Anthony Loaiza Rodriguez, Christopher Anderson Lobdell, Hannah Nicole Lofgren, Joseph Harvey Lohmann, Gavin August Lombardi, Jesus A Lombera, Jennyfer Lopez, Julio Lorenzo Lopez, Mattie L. Love, Kabir Singh Lubana, Tangikivila Lei’ataua Lui, Maria Fernanda Lupian Corona, William Kiefer Lutton M Palutea Vavakakala Maafu, Elliot James Macdonald, Scott Edward Macdonald, Hannah Collins MacLeod, Jonathan Madrigal Aguilar, Sarah Ashley Madsen, Tiuke OPainiTuuUa Mahoni, Penisimani Fonua Makoni, Nikita Dmitrievich Manin, Leah Noelle Marcus, Julia Alene Marks, Jesus Ramiro Martinez-Rico, Andrew Thomas Maxwell, Madeline Marie Maxwell, Kelley Rose McCutcheon, Aidan Tanner McKay, Carlin Calvert McLanahan, Emma Claire McLeod, Maria Isabel Mendoza, Cameron Leonardo Meyers, Erica Faith Miner, Ella Dorothea Missan, Stephanie

Monroy-Sanchez, Diana Jacqueline Morales, Erika Yuliana Morales Cruz, Christopher Moreno Escobedo, Fernanda Danae Moreno Rubio, Keina Morishita, Katharine Louise Mulhern N, O Isabelle Rose Nada, Danielle Lauren Najera, Jose Navarrete Gutierrez, Leilany Alexandra Navarro, Holly DeWolf Newman, Tracy Han Nieves Olea, Theodore Joseph Novak, Miranda Cristina Nugent, Emilio Anthony Obando, Wuendi Ochoa Mendoza, Alexander Xinliang Oesterling, Sari Oguchi, Andrew Thomas Ojeda, Maricela Ontiveros Sanchez, Maria Boge Ornes, Damara Jazmin Ortega, Fabian Jose Ortiz, Kiara Aileen Ortiz Larios, Sarah Elizabeth Orttung, Jennifer Sarahy Oseguera, Jonathan Oviedo Pena, Nicholas E Ozden, Ata Ozisik P, Q Michael Vincent Pariseau, Laura Patricia Parisi, Natalie JungIn Park, Jasmine Patino Gil, Anushka Patnaik, Anne Kathryn Payne, Anthony E Perez Pekary, Kathryne Elizabeth Perri, Ian Steven Peterson, Jenna Ann Philbin, Emely Dayana Pinto, Gregory Richard Pinto, Garrett Vincent Pohlman, Jorge Ivan Ponce Fuentes, Kaile Patricia Prosser, Jensen Contessa Puckett, Jake Sawin Quinn R Emily Gita Christa Rabinovitsj, Jackson Joseph Raff, Tamera Rainer, Zarek Ramirez, Hector Ramirez Lopez, Frank Anthony Ramirez-Aguilar, Anysleydi Ramos Sandoval, Victoria Claire Rarick, Keenan Altair Rea, Alexander Timothy Redjaian, Lena Rose Reibstein, Luis David Resendiz, Julian Rico-Santana, Makoa Vincent Riso, Ever Manuel Rivas Mora, Monique Lizett Rivera Garcia, Jakelin Rivera Hernandez, Lila Claire Roginski, Hannah Naylor Roitman, Andrea Rojas Lopez, Evelin Haydee Romero Soto, Emanuel Rosales Villalobos, Evelyn Monsserat Rosas Herrera, Ava Jean Rose, Camille LaTorre Rowe, Gabriella Rubio, Ruby Rubio, Angeles Macuil Rueda, Salvador Roberto Ruiz, Ashley Ismelda Ruiz Herrera, Jenny Maria Ruiz Venegas, Jasmine Rachel Rust, Gigi Isabella Rutsky, James Allen Ryan S Ryan Ismael Saadat, Nancy SagreroAlvarez, Carlos Sahagun-Gama, Dimitri Sakalia, Andrew Sergio Salinas, Jonathan Josue Salinas-Jaimes, Sofia Sanchez Lucas, Salma Sanchez Salgado, Breanna Sandoval, Jefferson Diego Sandoval Tovar, Isabelle Vivian Sapountzis, Yacaranday Sarahi Saray Vazquez, Sophia Grace Sartorio, Veronica Sarai

Sauceda Rodriguez, Eliot Sauquet, Sarah Katherine Scandalios, Zoe Beth Schacter-Brodie, Jonathan Charles Schaff, John Charles Schoenthaler, Maanek Singh Sehgal, Leslie Sepulveda Ochoa, Sergio Ivan Serna Gomez, Olivia Turner Shane, Collin Daniel Shen, Julia Taylor Sherman, Ashley Nicole Shipp, Evan Matthew Siegel, Jacob Riley Simon, Jamela Sinclair, Pheniun Yaweh Smetana, Erica Smith, Noah Jerry MingTe Smith, Jade Maya Smith, Rebeca Elizabeth Solares, Emily Bolton St. John, Megan Mariah St John, Katherine Danielle Steere, Emily Teresa Steinmetz, George Duncan Alexander Stevenson, Charlotte Alaina Enthoven Stid, Penelope Jane Stieglitz, Bradley Mader Stillman, Ethan Harrison Stoneham, Luke Bradley Stribling, Ratchahan Luke Sujithan, James Michael Sullivan, Troy W Sweetnam, Michael Jason Sze T Alexander T. Takayama, Anthony HoaLeung Tam, Andrew Joon-Hao Tan, Mira Megumi Tan, Alexandra Elizabeth Tappe, Moala Tautuaa, Raymond Saint Tavarez, Nina Teu, Ashley Natasha Tewari, Sala Jane Thanassi, Hunter Li Thompson, Ashley Tiznado, Josephine Fatai Moemanu Tonga, Makisi Tonga, Kaitlyn Brooke Tonsfeldt, Narisa Caroline Trabosh, Hephzibah Finetueu Mohenga Tupa, Shane R Turner V Cynthia Paulina Valencia, Sergio Valverde Serrano, Emil Willem Van Hoff, Elena Varian Van Linge, Pedro Enrique Vargas Gutierrez, Marbella Yissel VargasMagana, Cristian Alejandro Vasquez, Jozue Cruz Vasquez, Maata Fa Rose Marie Vatuvei, Julian Josef Acluba Verbo, Sergio Alejandro Vielmas Nolazco, Itzel Arahi Villa Bautista, Leonardo Gustavo Villasenor Hernandez, Vilituituu Alfred Vunga W Owen Scott Waldron, Irene Elizabeth Severns Walker, Ethan Joseph Wang, Qixian Wang, Kelly Rose Warren, Sean LaJon Watkins, Cortney Curtis Weintz, Vanessa Wheeler, Tara Celeste Wiley, Davon Williams, Justin M. Williams, Tyler James Fernandes Williams, Alexus Gene Withrow, Nicholas Abraham Worden, Ruby Wycich Y, Z Shane Shagir Yadav, Taylor Akina Yeh, Kunsang Tsering Yonzon, Tsering Yangchen Yonzon, Damian Young, Emily May Young, Andre Ga On Yu, Andrew Ga Shing Yu, Xiaoya Yuan, Xiaoya Yuan, Karl Thomas Zahlhaas Liebner, Selena Zaldivar-Contreras, Katherine Zamora Flores, Zhanning Zhu

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grand goodbye Top left: Graduates show their enthusiasm during the commencement ceremony.

Below, top: “These wild and crazy lenses are one way to view the world you are entering,” Principal Diane Burbank said in sending off the graduates.

Below, right: Graduates walk to their seats while faculty members in a line cheered them on. Below, center: Boisterous cheering and other signs of celebration were the rule of the day. Below left: Woodside High graduate Mia Cadet shows her feelings with a hug and a big smile.

Photos by Natalia Nazarova

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he Class of 2018 at Woodside High School assembled one more time: at 10 a.m. on the football field on Friday, June 8, to graduate and consign their high school experiences to the place of memories.

The school band, under the direction of William Tolles, played the processional and the national anthem, and Evan Farrar, the senior class president, welcomed the audience of parents, siblings and friends.

The program included three student speakers: Max Nelson with “Fresh Start,” and Ria Calcagno and Stefan Sujansky with “Strength in Diversity.”

Valedictorians (students with a grade point average of at least 4.1) were Sophia Ashworth,

THE GRADUATES A Luz E. Abarca Zaragoza, Nova Joan Adan, Max N.L. Addis, Victor Manuel Aguila Lopez, Luis Enrique Aguilar, Andy Manuel Aguilar-Morales, Dylan A. Alcazar, Phoebe Jamil Aliakbar, Jordan Anagnostou, David Alexander Angel, Alondra Arias, Osvaldo Yovanny ArellanoVega, Sophia Kristine Ashworth, Jonathan Avendano Saldana, Mario A. Aviles, Madeline Marie Augustine Avilla, Daniel Avina, Enrique Avina, Jr., Nathalie Rose Ayala B Joseph C. Balsama, Cervando Barragan, Christian Jaric Barranco, Anthony Barrera-Blanco, Kassandra G. Barrientos, Andi Barron-Maldonado, Gregory R. Barth, Ronald Peter Barulich, Jennifer M. Batsford, Kenna R. O. Beban, David Andrew Behrakis, Eljay Beloy, Elizabeth Beltran-Solano, Amanda Dela Cruz Bennett, William Ronald Benson, Allison M. Bhavsar, Isaac Emanuel Flores Bibbs, Nicole Jane Bissell, Paige Nicole Blackwell, Kenia Samantha Blanco Alvarez, Jordan T. Bohaboy, Weston P. Bourgeois, Karina Sherry Rose Bridgman, Christopher Aragon Brugger, John Paul Gene Brugioni, Avery Brundage,III, Eliazar Jampier Buenrostro Garcia, Jennifer Lockhart Buja, Giana Marie Buranzon, Brendan Geremy Butterworth C Ana M. Cabrera, Alexander Cesar Caceres, Mia Alexandra Cadet, Kiana R. Cagan, Anna Maria Ayars Calcagno, Jonathan Noel Calderon Sanchez, Juan Guillermo Campollo, Juancarlos Emil Cancilla, Christian Thomas Canellos, Jose Carlos Capi, Ashantti Ilaiza Caravez, Jonah Carranza, Johanna Carranza-Mendez, Mason Arnel Carthan, Tyler Ethan Casey, Alexis Aldair Castillo Nava, Cayley Lanay Castro, Diana Kariela Castro, Jasmine Cazares Lopez, Miguel Angel Cedillo, Arturo Ceron Toledo, Erick A. Cesena, Lauren A. Chambers, Reece Michael Kaliko Chang, Samuel R. Chavez, Michelle Chiquete, Sofia Natalia Clavel, Kyle D. Cochran, Stephen M. Coleman, Trevor Lance Collet, Brandon K. Collins, Clayton S. Conover,

Enrique Avina, Allison Bhavsar, Nicole Bissell, Paige Blackwell, Karina Bridgman, Jennifer Buja, Ria Calcagno, Juancarlos Cancilla, Christian Canellos, Evan Farrar, Hope Farrar, Giorgio Fatica, Ellie Fisher, Maya Gotthard, Zia Harvey, Linnea Holm, Sean Jau, Mollie Kraus, Bruce Kubicka, Mark LaForce, Chet MacArthur, Henry MacArthur, Macie Nessi, Aaron Raubvogel, Kaitlin Raynor, Jesse Reynolds, Issac Shaeffer, Tomas Stankiewicz, Lauren Sterns, Stefan Sujansky, Cameron Vaughan, Killian Weber, Emma Wilde, Laurel Woods, Pearl Zhou.

There were 399 candidates for graduation in the Class of 2018, according to information provided by the school. A

Jack B.W. Cooper, Kristopher Jacob Contreras, Rafael Corona-Gil, Jr., Martin Corral, Isabelle Megan Couch, Tyler J. Coy, Humberto Cruz-Moreno, Shady Katherine Cruz-Vasquez, Karlie Cunha, Julia Elizabeth Curincita D Antonio D’Anna, Jose Aldrin Rogel Dado, Nisa Danitz, Natalie Nicole De La Cruz, Diany Alexa De Leon Ochoa, Connor Dell Deal, Kimberly A. Deal, Annika Haley Delfs, Sofia R. Demers, Gabriel I. DeVitis, Gerard L. DeZutti, Jose Diaz-Murillo, Devon Claire Diller, Devin Lisle Dohrmann, Robert N. Donovan, Aidan Oshea Drews, Ryan P. Duignan, Leo Louis Dupuy, E Darnell Willie Ellis, Luis A. Espino Cervantes, Cathleen Espinoza, Francisco Daniel Espinoza, Irayda Lucero Esteban Gramajo, Amelia R. Esteverena, Isabel Katherine Esteverena, Jennifer Estrada Mezquita F Raymond Louis Tui Fanene, Evan J. Farrar, Hope Farrar, Giorgio L. Fatica, Paloma Felix-Esparza, Nicolas Matthew Fischer Barcelo, Ellie Noa Fisher, Jena Marie Fisher, Dana Flores, Desarey Marie Flores, Karla Daniela Flores, Katrina Isabella Fontana, Garrett T. Fraino, Jc Maliksi Francisco, Genesis Fuerte Barragan, Dylan David Fuhs, Patrick Kazuo Funge G Leonard Cole Gabrielson, Angela Melissa Galdamez Guevara, Natalie Kamalli Galindo, James Jordan Galinovsky, Adriana Garcia, Andrea Berannia Garcia, Jacquelyn Garcia, Jocelyne Bernarda Garcia, Kevin Jose Garcia Contreras, Lionel Garcia Sandoval, Abraham Garcia Ventura, Morgan Hailey Gawle, Sawyer William Giampa, Antonio Gildo Hernandez, Luca Antonio GillespieBrown, Erick Giron, Melanie Godinez-Mendez, Gabriel Real Goldberg, Grecia G. Gomez Arellano, Mario D. Gonzales Villagran, Briseyda Carolina Gonzalez , Amber Marie Goodall, Amanda Marie Goss, Maya N. Gotthard, Bianca Yesenia Gutierrez, Fernando A. Gutierrez Olivares, Mary Alexandra Guzman Alcantar, Felicitas Guadalupe Guzman Jose

On the cover: Woodside High School graduates walk back to the main campus after their June 8 commencement ceremony.

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off THEY GO :

By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer

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or students 17 and 18 years old who are about to graduate from high school, visions of the future tend not to include horizons. No mileposts have gone by marking sadder and wiser perspectives after a career they’ve grown tired of, or the discovery that their real interests lie elsewhere, or any number of surprises, achievements and disappointments.

Not that Woodside High School seniors Jessica Morales, Juan Osorio and Luis Espino Cervantes, and Menlo-Atherton High School seniors Aidan McKay and Esveide GonzalezLombera, aren’t prepared to handle the rough spots. But they are confident of their chances as they look ahead.

Their passion, too, is evident.

Esveide Gonzalez-Lombera has grown up observing social injustice.

Castilleja School in Palo Alto, where, she said, her capabilities were acknowledged, but with limits. She was excluded from honors classes.

“They didn’t think I was capable of doing well,” she said. “That was a total hit to my self-esteem. ... I thought I wasn’t good enough and it was really overwhelming me.” She recalled having panic attacks upon earning a grade of B on an exam.

M-A was not without its issues. “I started realizing that most of my classes were filled with white students and I wasn’t really being included, and I didn’t really see that strong connection with my peers like I did in middle school,” she said.

“In projects, people assume that my work isn’t going to be as good as theirs. That’s when I started realizing that there is a problem and it’s really affecting me and this is something I want to change and I’m capable of changing.”

McKay, who is 18 and a member of a Menlo Park family with progressive politics, said he plans to major in anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. He listened to what his M-A peer had to say during their joint interview with The Almanac.

“Social justice is definitely an issue,” he said. “It’s very important to me as well, but I also think economic justice and equity, and just the entire class structure in America is very oppressive, for lack of a better term. ... I’d like to become a labor organizer, trying to help other people.”

Toward justice

Gonza lez-Lombera, an 18-year-old resident of Menlo Park, will be attending Santa Clara University on the way to becoming an attorney working on behalf of social justice. “Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to become a lawyer and just fight for people’s rights,” she said in an interview.

“Right now, my plans for college are to pursue a degree in math because that’s a subject I’m really passionate about. I really enjoy math. ... It’s also a really good major (to prepare you) for law school, I’ve heard.”

Social injustice has been a part of her life with family and friends, including her parents’ recollections of being treated poorly because of their Hispanic heritage. Her career plans are “really just because of that,” she said. “Not for any other reason.”

She came to M-A from

Graduates talk about the genesis of their career plans history really hit me hard, I guess. We really learned about the entire history of the labor movement. That was my favorite class last year.”

The labor movement is experiencing hard times, though the 2011 social justice movement that began with Occupy Wall Street was a bright spot, McKay noted. It happened before he was aware of his own deep interests, “but even then I was like, ‘Yeah. That’s something that I believe in,’” he said.

“It kind of died off, which is unfortunate.”

Luis Espino Cervantes drew on his experience to help others adapt to a new language and place.

Asked about the coming impact on labor of automation and artificial intelligence, McKay turned to the concept of universal basic income.

“Because when robots take over everyone’s job, you’re going to be left with, like, a large lower class that just does nothing,” he said. “And that’s going to be really detrimental and I guess UBI is a way to appease that.”

Recent teachers’ strikes around the country have been a positive development, he said.

“That’s definitely gaining traction, and that’s positive, (but) there’s still a long ways to go in achieving education equality, which is another important issue that can help contribute to a solution for all of this.”

Inclinations to help

Aidan McKay is interested in labor and inequality issues.

“If you asked me in ninth grade what I was passionate about, I didn’t know,” McKay said. “I was kind of apathetic at that time, but I guess I really changed in the last years of high school. (A class in) advanced-placement U.S.

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Espino Cervantes emigrated from Mexico with his family at the age of 13. Not knowing English, he attended eighth grade at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City and moved on to Woodside High. He is now 18 and plans to attend the University of California, Irvine, to study computer science.

As a volunteer tutor at Woodside, Espino Cervantes said he encountered many students

who struggled with English.

Recalling his own efforts, he decided to help them “so they feel like they’re not alone, (and know) that I have felt (like they do), that it’s possible to make the transition,” he said.

“It’s hard for them to adapt to this new language. I feel like I became more passionate about helping people ... to adapt to a new place.”

He said he would probably be headed to a community college “to figure things out there” had he not participated in Woodside’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. “My teachers have been really pushing me towards trying to figure out what I wanted to do,” he said.

The AVID program helped him discover that he likes computers and had a talent for math, he said. “It was there, but they showed me it was there. I didn’t know it was there.”

Osorio said he figured out what was what for himself and more or less by himself. “From a very young age, I’ve always enjoyed math,” he said. In high school as a volunteer, he worked with elementary school students and said he discovered that “I want to be in the position where I want to show and teach, kind of have that leadership position.”

Juan Osorio plans to become a high school math teacher.

That combination, a love of math and the appeal of being a leader, led to a plan for a career as a high school math teacher.

Osorio is 17, a resident of Redwood City and a future freshman at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.

“At first I wanted to be an accountant or something to do with banking and business,” he said. “Once I got that exposure with community service — helping peers and younger students — and having that leadership role, mentor role, tutor role, I kind of wanted to

apply that for my future.”

“I really enjoyed calculus and algebra II and trigonometry,” math that you can use in everyday life, he said. “I’ve always enjoyed working through these different concepts and theories and (determining) how you can apply them to real-world situations.”

Jessica Morales works to inspire children to pursue higher education, as she has.

Morales’ focus is the importance of education and independence, in that “education can help people be more independent. I’m passionate about helping others,” she said.

She works with third-graders at Fiesta Gardens International School, a six-year elementary immersion school in San Mateo, she said. “I try to do my best to inspire them to pursue higher education.”

“I never plan to stop volunteering,” she added. “I plan to continue going to elementary schools or (even) middle schools to talk about my experience. I just don’t want to give up working with kids, inspiring them.”

Asked whether third grade was a little early to be talking about higher education, she replied, “I guess so, but a lot of those kids don’t finish high school, or a lot of their older siblings don’t finish high school. I would say that just finishing high school is some form of higher education.”

The children at Fiesta, many from a variety of ethnic minorities, are excited about their future, she said.

Morales, who is 17 and a resident of Redwood City, will be heading to Gonzaga University in Washington state to study human physiology; she said she plans to have a career in physical therapy, and is particularly interested in helping people recover from leukemia and the bonemarrow transplants involved in treating it. A

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Sacred Heart Prep grads bound for college

By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

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ll 148 of the students who graduated from Atherton’s Sacred Heart Preparatory in its 120th commencement ceremony on May 25 are headed to college.

Graduates from the class of 2018 will attend 72 institutions: 54 students will study in California and 94 will go out of state. The class had 13 students recognized by the National Merit Scholarship program, and students were awarded over $8.6 million in merit scholarships.

Two students from the class of 2018 will attend U.S. military academies — the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy — while 19 have committed to participating in intercollegiate athletics.

The graduating class had 28 students who spent 13 or more years on Sacred Heart’s preschool to grade 12 campus.

Diplomas were presented by Director of Schools Richard A. Dioli; Principal Jennie Whitcomb; Assistant Principal for Academic Life Anna McDonald; and Shami Ravi, the incoming chair of the board of trustees.

Following a century-old school tradition, the school awarded “Blue Ribbons,” the highest honor given by the school to graduating seniors.

Winning students were nominated and chosen by the faculty and ratified by the administration.

Graduates receiving a Light Blue Ribbon for embodiment of one of the school’s goals and its criteria, were: Q Emma Connors, Clairesina Fifita, and Luke Lenhart, for Goal I: A personal and active faith in God. Q Fernanda Gutiérrez, Madeline Ho, and Brooke Whitcomb for Goal II: A deep respect for intellectual values.

Q Lizbeth Aguilar, Anaí Gómez, and Evelia Zarate for Goal III: A social awareness which impels to action.

Q Zachary Abuel-Saud, John Carroll, and Claire Stalder for Goal IV: The building of community as a Christian value.

Q Maia Granoski, Kelly Moreno, and Corey Tanis for Goal V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

Graduates Mirian Melendez and Luke Rohlen received Dark Blue Ribbons for embodying all

five goals and their criteria.

For more than a decade, Sacred Heart Preparatory’s athletics program has had 12 or more students recruited and signed to play at the intercollegiate level each year. This year, the class of 2018 will send 19 athletes in nine different sports on to college teams, with more than half of them going to NCAA Division I teams. The student athletes are: Q Tatum Angotti, who will play basketball for Bowdoin College in Maine.

Q Dominic Cacchione, who will play baseball for Arizona State University.

Q Sara Choy, who will play tennis for Stanford University.

Q Jack Crockett, who will play lacrosse for Princeton University in New Jersey.

Q Eric Debrine, who will play basketball for Tufts University in Massachusetts.

Q Cate Desler, who will play volleyball for Tufts University.

Q Addi Duvall, who will play water polo for Claremont McKenna College.

Q Rory Hocker, who will play water polo for California Lutheran College.

Q Alexander Nemeth, who

Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton

Sacred Heart Prep students receive their diplomas during the school’s 120th commencement ceremony on May 25.

will play water polo for University of California, San Diego.

Q Nadia Paquin, who will play water polo for Pomona College.

Q Luke Rohlen, who will swim for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

Q Mia Shenk, who will play soccer for University of Pennsylvania.

Q Matte Snow, who will swim for New York University.

Q Michael Sonsini, who will play water polo for Harvard University in Massachusetts.

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Q Melina Stavropoulos, who will play tennis for Vassar College in New York.

Corey Tanis, who will play water polo for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

Q Angelo Tonas, who will play baseball for Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Q Alex Tsotadze, who will play water polo for Harvard University.

Q Brad Yaffe, who will play football for University of Oregon. A

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Museums & Exhibits Âś,QN :RUOGV¡ &RQWHPSRUDU\ &KLQHVH 3DLQWLQJ IURP WKH &ROOHFWLRQ RI $NLNR <DPD]DNL DQG -HUU\ <DQJ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ink Worldsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; considers ink painting from the 1960s through the present, examining salient visual features and international connections, as well as the ongoing impact of historical techniques, materials and themes. Ongoing until Sept. 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. Search events.stanford. edu for more info. $OSKDEHWH 7KH :RUOG 7KURXJK WKH (\HV RI )UHGHULF %UXO\ %RXDEUH An original pictographic alphabet as well as brightly colored postcard-size illustrations from the contemporary African artist and poet will be shown. June 20, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu/ exhibitions 7KH $VFHQW RI 6)2 The Menlo Park Library will host a presentation by SFO Museum Curator of Aviation Dennis Sharp, highlighting the 90+ year development of the airport from the dirt airstrip and bi-planes of the Mills Field era to the jet age and its international gateway status of today.

June 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Menlo Park Main Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org 7KH %DOWLF :D\ +LVWRU\ DQG &XOWXUH LQ (VWRQLD /DWYLD DQG /LWKXDQLD Using photographs, posters, correspondence and other documents paired with narrative text, the exhibit attempts to explain the complicated history of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 20th century, and considers their prospects and challenges in the 21st.

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June 19, 6-8 p.m. $25-$30. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave, Menlo Park. penvol.org/littlehouse/ 0RQGD\ 1LJKW 3XE 4XL] The event will feature an ultimate Trivia contest along with food, drinks and prizes.

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement RENOVATION RESOLUTION REALTY HST COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 277722 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Renovation Resolution Realty, 2.) HST Commercial Properties, 3.) HST Property Management, located at 580 Crespi Drive #A2, Pacifica, California 94044, San Mateo County.

Registered owner(s): HOME SALES TEAM, INC. 580 Crespi Drive #A2 Pacifica, California 94044 California This business is conducted by: A Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May 15, 2018.

(ALM May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2018) RBORJAL TAX & FINANCIAL SVCS. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 277744 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Rborjal Tax & Financial Svcs., located at 453 Mariposa Drive, So. San Francisco, CA 94080, San Mateo County.

Registered owner(s): ROBERTO BORJAL 453 Mariposa Drive So. San Francisco, CA 94080 This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business

name(s) listed above on 6/13/2008.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May 17, 2018.

(ALM May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2018) 5ER LINK TECHNOLOGY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 277747 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 5er Link Technology, located at 311 Sycamore St., San Carlos, CA 94070, San Mateo County.

Registered owner(s): ERIC ALEJANDRO TEJEDA 311 Sycamore St. San Carlos, CA 94070 This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May 17, 2018.

(ALM May 30; June 6, 13, 20, 2018) REDWOOD FENCE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 277852 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Redwood Fence, located at 1218 W. Selby Lane, Redwood City, CA 94061, San Mateo County; Mailing address: P.O. Box 5055, Redwood City, CA 94063.

Registered owner(s): ADONIAS CARRETO 1218 W. Selby Lane Redwood City, CA 94061 This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5-29-18.

This statement was filed with the

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County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May 29, 2018.

(ALM June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 275796 The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s).

MARIA R. RODRIGUEZ AND VICTORIA OSORNIO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): EL PARAISO MULTISERVICES 2607 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City, CA 94063.

FILED IN SAN MATEO COUNTY ON: November 30, 2017.

REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): MARIA R. RODRIGUEZ 1447 Dornoch Ave. San Jose, CA 95122 VICTORIA OSORNIO 1570 Dina Ct. San Jose, CA 95121 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: General Partnership.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on May 31, 2018.

(ALM June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018) DOWNTOWN CENTER BUILDING, L.L.C. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 277720 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Downtown Center Building, L.L.C., located at 1120 Broadway Ave., Burlingame, CA 94010, San Mateo County; Mailing address: P.O. Box 7023, Burlingame, CA 94011.

Registered owner(s): DOWNTOWN CENTER BUILDING, L.L.C. 1120 Broadway Ave. Burlingame, CA 94010 CA This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/19/1999.

THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May 15, 2018.

(ALM June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018) FIREKEEPER FORGE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 277719 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Firekeeper Forge, located at 764 Live Oak Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County.

Registered owner(s): SAMUEL J FARNWORTH 764 Live Oak Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May 15, 2018.

(ALM June 13, 20, 27; July 4, 2018)

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