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Future of MV RotaCare thrown into limbo APPOINTMENTS CANCELED AS FREE HEALTH CARE CLINIC SCRAMBLES TO FILL STAFF SHORTAGE By Mark Noack
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ne of the area’s few options for free health care, Mountain View’s nonprofit RotaCare clinic at El Camino Hospital is dealing with a sudden crisis as it races to stave off possible closure. While several officials at El Camino insist that no decision on a permanent closure has been made, they say the clinic lacks staffing to continue operations and may need to redirect patients to other clinics and cancel schedules for volunteers. The news broke last week when hospital administrators emailed about 200 volunteers to tell them that, starting in January, their schedules were canceled. The message indicated that RotaCare’s future was in jeopardy, but it emphasized it was too early to “confirm an official closure.” The main reason behind RotaCare’s uncertainty, said hospital spokeswoman Chris Ernst, is that the clinic’s seven-person staff would soon be losing some mandatory members, including two nurse practitioners and their in-house physician. Until those key positions can be filled, the clinic is legally obligated to cease operations. “We have a full-court press going not to have any disruptions,” Ernst said. “It’s a complex situation, and we have several positions that we have to backfill. We can’t open the clinic without them.” The turnover at the clinic came at a particularly inconvenient time — during the holiday season — but hospital officials expressed confidence they could find replacements in the next two weeks. Hospital officials said
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they expected RotaCare to be able to see some existing patients on a limited basis over the course of January. “We’re assuming we’ll be able to get the right staffing at the right time,” Ernst said. “I can’t imagine we won’t be able to find the people we need in the next two weeks.” The Mountain View RotaCare served about 2,220 patients last year, but hospital administrators said the clinic was no longer filling the vital role it once did. The clinic’s staff has been seeing smaller demand, due in part to low-income residents being priced out of the area. In past years, free clinics such as RotaCare provided a crucial service as one of the few health care options for a large uninsured population, but in recent years this need has dwindled as more patients gained health coverage through the expansion of the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal. Nevertheless, the news that RotaCare was on the verge of closing came as a surprise to many. Joan Brodovsky, who volunteers by providing translation services, said she was “devastated” when she read the hospital’s initial email. She feared what a closure would mean for patients who rely on RotaCare’s services. “There were patients who had appointments that were three or four months out,” she said. It’s “terrible” to receive a 10-day notice saying the clinic might close, she said. Similarly distraught was Mountain View resident Guadalupe Garcia, 28, who has been coming to RotaCare for See ROTACARE, page 7
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MOUNTAIN VIEW’S YEAR IN PHOTOS In 2015, the economy picked up and the real estate market soared, but that wasn’t good news for the Mountain View residents being left behind. The dark side of gentrification — worsening traffic, soaring housing prices, displacement of longtime residents and independent businesses — all served to tap into a wellspring of frustration and anxiety. But the year wasn’t all gloom and doom in the city. Our top picks for the images of the year start on page 10.
Fewer students opt for continuation school SUPERINTENDENT: DROP IN ALTA VISTA ENROLLMENT IS SIGN OF SUCCESS FOR MVLA By Kevin Forestieri
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lta Vista High School is getting smaller, as enrollment at the continuation high school shrinks. But officials at the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District aren’t too worried, and say the declining enrollment is actually a positive sign. The continuation high school saw enrollment decline this year, in line with a four-year trend that is likely to continue into
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next year. The total number of students at the school is a little tricky to track, as enrollment changes throughout the school year, but on any given day the school has about 100 students on campus. By comparison, the school had over 130 students on campus in the 2011-12 school year. To Superintendent Jeff Harding, this is great news. Most students transfer to Alta Vista because they are low on class credits or have attendance or
behavioral problems. Statewide, about 7 to 10 percent of students are in alternative education programs like Alta Vista, Harding said. But the schools that feed into Alta Vista, including the district’s Mountain View and Los Altos high schools, as well as Palo Alto Unified’s Gunn and Palo Alto high schools, have done a good job at keeping students from falling through the cracks, he said. “With 8,000 high school students, we can’t even fill 120 seats. It’s really a testament to how we engage our students at the larger schools,” Harding. Dwindling numbers of students can spell trouble for schools that rely on steady enrollment for funding, but that won’t be a problem for See ALTA VISTA, page 6
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DUI CRACKDOWN In an effort to bring down drunk driving during the holiday season, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is stepping up traffic enforcement through in the “Avoid the 13” campaign through Jan. 3, 2016. Since Dec. 18, the sheriff’s office has set up DUI checkpoints at several locations across the county, and has arrested 141 people on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. While the sheriff’s office has not set up any checkpoints in Mountain View, the Mountain View Police Department has increased its own traffic enforcement as well. As of Monday, the department has arrested and cited 19 people for DUI since the start of the campaign. Three DUI citations were along Moffett Boulevard, two were on Evelyn Avenue and two were on Castro Street south of El Camino Real. The sheriff’s office will continue its campaign over the next several days by way of “saturation patrols” in Gilroy, Los Altos and Campbell, according to sheriff officials. Regularly scheduled traffic patrols will also be focusing their efforts on stopping and arresting DUI drivers. —Kevin Forestieri
PACKAGE THIEVES SOUGHT Mountain View police are asking for help catching two “grinches” who have allegedly been stealing packages from the doorsteps of local residents. The first case occurred around 1:40 p.m. on Dec. 16 when a man parked in the driveway of a house on the 200 block of Hamilton Avenue. The man’s image was caught on a surveillance camera as he walked up to a home and grabbed two packages left near the front door. He is shown quickly putting the packages in his car and driving off. The same kind of theft occurred around 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, on the 100 block of Evansdale Avenue. A security camera recorded a different man grabbing a package from the house porch. The package, which contained a child’s present, was later found ditched in a dumpster down the street. Local police officials are asking anyone with information about the thefts to call them at (650) 903-6344. —Mark Noack Q POLICELOG ASSAULT 400 block San Antonio Rd., 12/26 AUTO BURGLARY 200 block E. El Camino Real, 12/22 1000 block N. Rengstorff Av., 12/23 1900 block Colony St., 12/23 2300 block Rock St., 12/23 2400 block Charleston Rd., 12/23 2400 block Charleston Rd., 12/23 400 block Dell Av., 12/25 200 block E. El Camino Real, 12/28 BATTERY 1200 block Grant Rd., 12/26 200 block Castro St., 12/27
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A refuge for domestic violence victims SUPPORT NETWORK OFFERS SHELTER AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES FLEEING ABUSE By Kevin Forestieri
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Job-seekers gather for the weekly meeting held at the Mountain View Day Worker Center. Besides matching workers with jobs, the center offers language classes, job skills training, translation services and a connection to other resources.
Day Worker Center’s role more crucial than ever RISING COST OF LIVING MAKES JOB-SEEKER HUB VITAL TO THOSE LIVING ON THE EDGE By Mark Noack
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he Mountain View Day Worker Center is like a firewall holding back a wave of social ills, said executive director Maria Marroquín. Factors such as crime prevention, good education and preventative health care depend on the ability of individuals to provide for their households. If those bread-winners can’t provide, that’s when families are forced to make sacrifices — parents spend more time working and less at home, families
eat more fast food, children get pulled out of school to move elsewhere. In the end, society as a whole usually ends up dealing with the consequences. Prevention is how Marroquín sees as the role of her organization, and why it is more vital for Mountain View than ever before. For many, making a livelihood in the South Bay is as difficult as it’s ever been, due to the rising cost of living and a lack of affordable housing. That trend is forcing more people than ever to make hard choices, she said.
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“The community is still suffering from this crisis,” she said. “Almost all of the workers each have a family they’re trying to provide for.” Started nearly 20 years ago, the Mountain View Day Worker Center has matured into a pillar of Mountain View and the surrounding area, providing a job hub, training facility and a one-stop resource center for people seeking help. On a regular basis, people come seeking legal advice, help with translating documents or even a ride to the DMV to take a driver’s license test. See DAY WORKER, page 9
Bay Area scientists given nation’s top science honor President Obama honored four Bay Area scientists this year with the country’s highest scientific honor, according to the National Science Foundation. Armand Paul Alivisatos of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Albert Bandura of Stanford University, Stanley Falkow of the Stanford University School of Medicine and Chenming Hu
of the University of California at Berkeley were each awarded the National Medal of Science. Bandura is the David Starr Jordan Professor, Emeritus, in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Falkow is the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research, Emeritus, in the School of Medicine.
“The knowledge produced by these American’s today will carry our country’s legacy of innovation forward and continue to help countless others around the world,” President Obama said in a statement. “Their work is a testament to American ingenuity.” Bandura joined the Stanford See SCIENTISTS, page 7
or victims of domestic violence in Silicon Valley, it’s not easy finding a place to go when fleeing an abusive relationship. The high cost of living, along with the challenge of navigating a complex bureaucratic network to get the services they need, leaves some victims feeling trapped in bad situations. That’s where the YWCA’s Support Network for Domestic Violence comes in. The nonprofit, which operates a shelter in an undisclosed location in the North County, has been providing women and children with legal representation and a safe haven from domestic violence for decades. And lately, there’s been so much demand for the Support Network’s services that it’s difficult to serve everyone, according to YWCA Silicon Valley CEO Tanis Crosby. In the last year, 532 families had to be turned away from the 16-bed shelter. And when they do finally make it into the shelter, Crosby said, fewer than 7 percent have secured an affordable place to live when it’s time to leave. Housing has turned into a top concern for the Support Network, she said. The Support Network operates a 24-hour crisis hotline for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, where trained staff can provide counseling, therapy and even legal advocacy over the phone. This year alone, they received 3,000 crisis line calls. “Service demand has gone through the roof,” Crosby said. YWCA Silicon Valley is one of seven nonprofit organizations that benefit from the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund. Donations to the Holiday Fund are divided equally among the nonprofits and are administered by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation at no cost, so 100 percent of contributions go to the recipients. Citing national statistics, Support Network officials say that more than 86 percent of domestic violence victims are women, and that one in four women will experience domestic violence in
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her lifetime. While victims come from all walks of life, Latinas and women of color face higher rates of violence. Institutional barriers tend to make it more challenging for women of color to escape abusive relationships, according to the Support Network. Crosby said the Support Network is a “key resource” for families seeking a safe haven in Santa Clara County, where victims have access to psychological, social, physical and emotional help for the effects of trauma and violence. Because the abuse tends to affect women of color at a higher rate, Crosby said they do work “at the intersection of race, gender and violence,” with a goal of eliminating racism. All services are either free or low-cost, with therapy sessions offered on a sliding pay scale. In an effort to better meet the high demand for housing, Crosby said the YWCA has taken steps to secure funding as well as housing subsidies to give more families a place seek refuge from abusive relationships. “We’re responding to this critical need for housing” Crosby said. Calling the Support Network a “multi-service” agency, victims of domestic violence can get shelter, crisis response, counseling, advocacy and child care programs. Crosby said they can help families apply for visas if they are facing deportation, and can help file restraining orders with the county. The number of cases they handle has gone up in recent years, Crosby said. YWCA Silicon Valley recently made it easier for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the North County to get the services they need. The organization now operates out of the North County Family Justice Center, which was opened in Sunnyvale last year and serves as a “one-stop shop” for supSee VICTIMS, page 9
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Alta Vista, Harding said. The district receives enough property tax revenue that is does not have to rely on daily attendance funding, so big fluctuations in enrollment won’t cause the school to shut down. The loss of students has taken its toll on the school, though. At the Dec. 7 district board meeting, Alta Vista Principal Bill Pierce said a top priority is rebuilding a strong campus culture at Alta Vista, which has been “diffuse” lately. Pierce said the recent dip in enrollment has caused the school to lose a lot of the spunk around campus, in part because the school’s sports teams have vanished. Alta Vista helped to create the South Bay Athletic League, and has competed with other continuation high schools in the Bay Area in volleyball, basketball and softball for 20 years. But there just haven’t been enough students to pull together any teams for the very league they created. “Two years ago, for the first time, we weren’t able to field a basketball team,” Pierce said. Sports had been a source of school spirit for Alta Vista. After a big game, Pierce said, students would look forward to hearing about the latest victory over a rival school on the loudspeaker. Alta Vista also recently adopted a full, six-period school day that would have conflicted with the early games, which were strategically timed so students with jobs could get to work. The potential scheduling conflict wouldn’t deter school officials from bringing back sports if they could, Pierce said, and there’s a chance the school has enough students to field a softball team for 2016. At the board meeting, Pierce said administrators at other, nearby continuation high schools are seeing the same decrease in enrollment. The continuation high schools in the state that are full tend to have lax graduation requirements, meaning students can transfer to the school and avoid the more rigorous standards at typical high schools. “Kids want to transfer to those continuation schools because it’s easier,” he said. “We’re not interested in going there.” Ninth grade gets dropped The number of students at Alta Vista might also continue its downward trend into next
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year, when the school plans to end its policy of enrolling students straight out of eighth grade. Starting three years ago, Alta Vista High School took the unusual step of accepting ninth-grade students. The idea was that it would provide a small, nurturing setting for incoming freshman who had not been successful in middle school, with the goal of readying them for the world of college preparation and a traditional high school environment. Following the Dec. 7 board meeting, however, Pierce told the Voice that the school will be dropping ninth grade. It’s not that it wasn’t an effective program, he said, but it was probably better in the end to allow students to give the regular high school environment a try before transitioning into a continuation high school. Harding said he agreed with the decision, and said enrolling ninth-graders deprives them of an opportunity to be successful at the traditional schools. At the same time, he said, the district will make sure to keep an eye on the freshman and offer support for students who struggle early on. At the board meeting, board member Phil Faillace asked whether, after three years, the goals of including ninth-grade students at Alta Vista had panned out — whether students with a high likelihood of having a “failing experience” in high school were rightfully diverted to Alta Vista. Pierce said it’s still tough to say. During the first year, only two of the 16 freshmen students at Alta Vista later moved to the traditional high schools, whereas 15 of the 20 freshmen last year made the quick transition into Mountain View or Los Altos high schools. In the case of last year’s class, Pierce said, it doesn’t appear as though Alta Vista was needed. “We gave them a boost (and) we feel like we helped,” Pierce said. “But they probably would’ve been just fine at Mountain View and Los Altos.” Trying to figure out which students need the additional support from the outset remains a seemingly impossible challenge. Pierce told the board that even though he watches incoming students closely in intervention programs prior to high school, he still couldn’t tell whether a student would be better off attending Alta Vista in ninth grade. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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the last 10 years. In that time, she’s been coming to the clinic about twice a year for regular check-ups, and got specialized help when she was dealing with bronchitis and a bad case of acne. Lacking health insurance, she said she couldn’t fathom what she would do if the clinic closed its doors. “For me, it’s either, do I get health insurance or do I pay rent? And rent isn’t cheap around here,” Garcia said. “It’s my No. 1 source for health care.” El Camino Hospital officials say they have been working to transfer patients to the other free clinics in the area, including the MayView Community Health Center in Palo Alto and other RotaCare clinics in the South Bay. Garcia said her household hasn’t received any notice of this yet. The news also came as a surprise to the staff at the Voice. Just two weeks ago, the newspaper profiled the clinic as part of its Holiday Fund series. The Holiday Fund raises money for local nonprofits providing Mountain View residents with vital services, and no mention was made by El Camino Hospital officials at the time that the clinic might be shuttered. Hospital officials gave assurances that RotaCare could still use the donations. Mountain View’s RotaCare clinic operates on a relatively lean annual budget of about $900,000, much of which comes from El Camino Hospital. In addition, the hospital gives the clinic space in a basement on its campus. Financial concerns are not the reason the clinic’s future is at risk, said Barbara Avery, El Camino Hospital’s director of community benefits. The hospital is considering other models for delivering medical care to the uninsured, she said. “I can say with certitude that money is not part of this equation at all,” she said. “We understand the need is still there and we’re trying to find a way to serve that need.” How to move forward will be
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the big question in the coming days. Next week, RotaCare Bay Area, the nonprofit that oversees 12 regional clinics, will convene a board meeting to discuss how to keep the Mountain View clinic open. All of its free clinics have been seeing a significant drop in patient counts due to federal health care reform, said RotaCare board president John Thomas. But there are still plenty of people left with no other options for medical help, he said. “(Mountain View) can’t just close up and end up with hundreds of uninsured patients with no place to go,” he said. “The best outcome here is that the uninsured in the area are accommodated and treated. That’s what we need to address.” RotaCare was formed in 1989 by Dr. Mark Campbell, a member of the Campbell Rotary Club, from which it gets its name. The nonprofit was founded on the premise that the uninsured and low-income population needed better access to care. Its clinics operate primarily on a volunteer basis by having local doctors and medical staff donate their time. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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LocalNews Thank you for donating to the Holiday Fund As of Dec. 23 2015 124 donors have donated $60,487 to the Mountain View Voice Holiday Fund 24 Anonymous ............ $5,890
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But more than anything else, what most are looking for at the Day Worker Center is an honest day’s work. Over the years, some 7,000 people — dubbed compañeros at the center — have come through its doors seeking jobs or job training. On a daily basis, about 50 people show up each morning, some making a twohour journey, to be ready when a new work request arrives. The Day Worker Center is one of seven local nonprofits benefiting from the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund. Donations to the fund are divided equally among the organizations, and will be matched by the Wakerly Family Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Lucile Packard Foundation. With the support of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 100 percent of donations go directly to these nonprofits. At the Day Worker Center, anyone in need of labor — such as landscaping, moving or even cooking — can swing by the center or submit a work order
help improve their marketable skills. The most popular of these programs is the English language classes, which is considered the most valuable skill to have in the job market. “It’s like a family, with all the problems and happiness that a family has,” Marroquín said, on a Monday morning just after the weekly meeting with the compañeros. The meeting, which was translated into both English and
Spanish, stretched as members discussed the matter at hand: what to do about the discarded cigarette butts left in the parking lot. Following the meeting, several worker stuck around the meeting room chatting or scanning their cell phones. Given the rainy winter day, it was not the peak time for finding work. Among the group waiting was Ronald Martinez, who described himself as a regular at the Day Worker Center since losing his job with the Postal Service. A resident of Mountain View, he said he was sleeping on a livingroom couch in a crowded apartment for about $300 a month. But it was worth it to be close to work, he said. He had done a number of regular gardening and moving jobs since joining the center, and he liked the community better than that at similar organizations in other parts of the Bay Area. “Here, we’re like brothers, always looking out for each other, and protecting each other,” he said. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com
on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Legal services, advocacy and counseling for victims of domestic violence that would normally be dispersed all across the county are now centralized at the Sunnyvale center, making it easier for families to tackle difficult legal challenges, including filing a restraining order or applying for visas. Families have access to probation officers, police investigators who specialize in
domestic violence and stalking cases, and court services that include spousal support and child custody. “They can receive a whole host of services all in one location,” Crosby said. Since the launch of the Family Justice Center in August last year, over 350 families have come in for help. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com
online. Workers are typically paid $15 an hour, or sometimes more. On many days, there simply won’t be enough jobs to go around, and some of the workers are instead encouraged to take free training courses to
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port services. There, victims have access to local nonprofits like the Step Forward Foundation and Silicon Valley FACES Victim Witness Assistance Program, as well as law enforcement agencies including the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and local police departments. The center is open
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dent than in 2015. Thanks to the booming Silicon Valley job market and an unquenchable thirst for new development, Mountain View’s charms are being discovered by increasing numbers of people, causing some to fear that the city could be losing its unique character. A string of festive events, like the Spring Family Parade, built on the city’s strong sense of community. Marveling over Google’s cute new fleet of selfdriving cars (and commiserating over their annoyingly slow pace) became a shared pastime. Even residents being priced out of the city found solace in community, banding together to lobby the City Council for relief. From the opening of a new school — the Dual Immersion language program at Castro School became Gabriela Mistral Elementary — to quantum computing breakthroughs at NASA Ames, the Voice bore witness to an exciting and tumultuous year in the life of Mountain View. SEE M O R E PH OTOS O N PAGE 12.
Clockwise from top: Alex plays soccer with Reo and Rui, while Keitou passes by during the first International Day held at Stevenson School on May 21; the Vesuvius CPU ensconced in the white square of this chip from a prototype quantum computer at NASA Ames; Fred Rios investigates the interior of a B-24 Liberator at the Wings of Freedom tour at Moffett Field on May 18.
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Clockwise from top left: Joining hands, Mountain View residents threatened with eviction and soaring rents pause for a moment of silence before a rally on Sept. 3; Naima hugs her father Emmanuel goodbye before starting her first day of kindergarten at the new Gabriela Mistral Elementary School on Aug. 17; Community activist Elena Pacheco, who was also facing eviction, undergoes radiation treatment for brain tumors; people pose with Google’s new self-driving car, which hit the streets of Mountain View this summer; Trianna reaches for a hula hoop after the annual Spring Parade at Pioneer Park on April 25; Recovering from a devastating brain injury, Johnny Martinez and his wife Buranda embrace in his cabinet shop on July 28; Tom, 52, lost his Mountain View home of 20 years following the death of his roommate, the property’s owner, and has been homeless for a year and a half.
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tarting today, the first day of the new year, 32 percent of us will endeavor to eat a healthier diet, according to global survey website Nielson. Another 37 percent will vow to exercise more. I’m part of those percentages. I love making New Year’s resolutions and I especially enjoy setting the goal of improved wellness and healthy eating. Whether it takes a few weeks or a few months, however, resolve falters. What happens to the promises we make to ourselves? The promises to lose weight, run a marathon or to cut back on the pinot noir? They’re easily lost to a busy life, lack of commitment and lure of temptation. We’ve all been there. But I’m an optimist and I just know that one of these years my resolve will stick. Maybe, with a bit of help, it will be this year. “Successful change starts with making sure you are choosing the right goals, connecting to and feeding your deepest motivations to achieve them, and not sabotaging yourself, either before you begin or along the way,” said Linda Furness, a Palo Alto-based executive coach at
Next Step Partners who works with corporate leaders at companies from Google to Bain Capital. She said she instructs clients to remember the complexity of the human psyche and that behavioral change is not linear. She offered these tips for supporting personal transformation, applicable to any New Year’s resolution, from eating healthy to exercising more: 1. Connect to what is driving your goal. Why do you want this? Why is it important? 2. Envision success. What does it look and feel like? 3. Choose attainable goals. For example, rather than setting the goal of eating a strictly plantbased diet, choose to begin meals with a large salad. Instead of deciding to run a marathon,
set the intention to walk more. 4. When the resolutions we set are thought of as something we should do rather than something we choose to do, we push back. We don’t like being told what to do. But if we change “I should do” to “I want to” we can avoid triggering this resistance. But how do we get started? Making healthier food choices is at the top of the list of resolutions for many people. For Anna Rakoczy, co-founder and CEO of Homemade, a Menlo Park-based company that offers members cooking classes using nutritious, seasonal ingredients, this means changing our relationship with food. “Dieting is not the solution and never was,” she said. “The answer is to love and reconnect with your food.” That, she believes, begins with home cooking using simple, fresh and healthy local ingredients. “Food needs to be full of nutrients,” Rakoczy said during a recent interview. “What could be simpler than telling someone, ‘Just use whole ingredients, and listen to your hunger?’ We are inspired by thinking about how we can help a busy person who wants to cook and eat healthy food within 15-20 min-
utes. If it’s complicated, it’s just not practical for real life.” Rakoczy backs her beliefs up with science. According to Homemade’s website, “research from Harvard and Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health confirm what we already know in our hearts: cooking and eating fresh meals at home is the key to sustainable weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. Home cooking is the only way to really control what goes into your body, from the quality of ingredients to portion sizes.” Home-cooked meals don’t have to be complicated and they don’t have to take too much time, especially with the help of a slow-cooker or Crock Pot. Beans, grains, legumes and plenty of vegetables, with a bit of lean protein for the omnivores. If a slow-cooker isn’t your speed, try planning ahead and keeping meals to five fresh ingredients. One suggestion from Homemade includes sauteed bell pepper, onion, rosemary and sausage served
with sweet potatoes. “People think ‘eating healthy’ is lettuce and broccoli,” Rakoczy said. “I love to show people you can have nuts, pasta and meat.” Ever alongside our healthy eating resolutions are ones to be more active in the New Year. Steven Rice, an independent personal trainer who works with clients in Palo Alto’s parks, offers simple advice for improving fitness. “Move,” he said. “Move in every way. Walk, dance, swim. Stand instead of sit. Take up a sport.” Developing strength is important, too, he said. “It not only helps with weight loss — strength training helps you keep muscle while you lose fat. The result is not only much more healthful, your appearance will be better, too.” But his last piece of advice is the most important: “Do what you enjoy so you’ll stick with it.” And, if Dr. Rebecca Green See FRESH START, page 16
Facing page: Preparing fresh meals is key to healthy eating, according to Anna Rakoczy, co-founder of Homemade in Menlo Park (photos by Scott Fitzloff); Personal trainer Steven Rice advocates a simple fix for improved fitness — get out and move (photos by Veronica Weber).
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the morning, what do we do? That’s when we remember the third resolution. Dr. Fred Luskin, senior consultant in Health Promotion at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, made this suggestion: “If you want to make a resolution, choose to be kinder to yourself and to the people around you. When there’s a choice to be kind, choose that.” Our goals of health and wellness are wonderful and worthy aspirations. But when we don’t have time to cook or motivation slips, let’s resolve to be kind. Let’s step back for a moment, be less self-focused and put life — and our resolutions — in perspective.
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from Peninsula Integrative Medicine in Palo Alto has anything to do with it, the exercise we enjoy will be taken outside. Green’s mission is to blend conventional medicine with evidence-based natural remedies and lifestyle strategies to return the body to balance. “Getting into nature, even if it’s a city park or your backyard, can have a great impact on stress reduction,” she said. “Natural light is much stronger, even in the shade, than the light we’re exposed to in offices.” And happiness counts. According to the US News & World Report, when we’re happy, we’re more likely to make wise food choices. Stress increases our appetite and food cravings — just the thing we need to avoid when keeping a
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n his essay, “The Myth of Sisyphus, “ Albert Camus famously analyzed the ancient Greek myth — that of a king brought low by the cruel punishment of a perpetually failed task — as a philosophy of absurdism. Though existence is absurd and futile, Camus concluded, “The struggle itself ... is enough to fill a man’s heart.” Now, I make no claims to royalty, but I can relate to the notion of a Sisyphean task when it comes to boiling down a year in cinema to a digestible list. Something in the neighborhood of 987 feature films played in American theaters this year. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it’s not uncommon for six or more movies to open in a given week. From these facts, I draw two conclusions. First: The task of compiling a top 10 list is absurd. Even this hard-working Friendly Neighborhood Film Critic only managed to see 24 percent of the year’s feature films. Besides, such lists are inherently deeply subjective, with no accounting for taste.
Second: Top 10 lists, like weekly movie reviews, are useful tools to help the consumer decide which films might justify the expenditure of her or his valuable time. Having seen a few hundred movies this year, perhaps I can shine a spotlight on some off-the-radar gems. The process wasn’t made any easier this year by the output of dozens of excellent, but few truly great, films. Two of the criteria that guide me — above the usual considerations of craftsmanship and creativity — are sociological import and sheer entertainment value. Belly-laughs and sheer thrills are not to be discounted, though they were in dishearteningly short supply from Hollywood dream-makers this year. Easier to come by were films that spoke to our sociopolitical struggles here and abroad-films that helped us see, understand and begin to make sense of social catastrophe, political morasses and that greatest mystery of all: our selves.
The top 10 films of 2015 10. ‘In Jackson Heights’ Octogenarian documentarian (and top 10 perennial) Frederick Wiseman returns with another of his rigorous adventures in community and societal institutions, this time allowing us to be a fly on the walls and streets of one of America’s most culturally diverse neighborhoods, where 167 languages are spoken and hopeful immigrants proliferate. Our three hours spent with Wiseman in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City don’t seek out “if it bleeds, it leads” or “sex sells” sensation. This is journalism of a higher order, letting us draw our own conclusions from remarkably unaffected subjects as they work or play, establishing footholds or holding fast to the best of life in a community threatened by corporate-fueled gentrification and bureaucratic challenges. 9. ‘45 Years’ Writer-director Andrew Haigh has a knack for burrowing under the skin of those who lead lives of ostensible creature comforts but creeping emotional discomfort. Best known for “gay-themed” projects (the lovely film “Weekend” and the nearly departed HBO series “Looking”), Haigh here adapts David Constantine’s heterosexual-themed short story “In Another Country” to examine how a man and woman, poised to celebrate the titular anniversary, are forced by one bit of news to reexamine their entire history together, including the viability of their marriage. Haigh’s typically sensitive direction abets performances of heartbreaking personal and relational frailty from Charlotte Rampling and the unjustly neglected Tom Courtenay. 8. ‘Welcome to Me’ No comedy went for the jugular this year like Shira Piven’s “Welcome to Me.” This satire for the Age of Narcissism made the most of a darkly hilarious script by firsttime-feature-screenwriter Eliot Laurence and a fearlessly funny performance from the do-no-wrong Kristen Wiig. Though Wiig’s character suffers from borderline personality disorder (admittedly dicey territory), Alice’s looking glass is universal to modern life: the screen as a vehicle for
oversharing, spying, obsessing and generally refusing to accept a mere 15 minutes of fame. Reminiscent of classics like “Network” and “Being There,” “Welcome to Me” is the comedy to answer our cacophonous modern world of reality TV, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. 7. ‘Beasts of No Nation’ Cary Joji Fukunaga’s searing adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s novel considers the devastating effects of war on a people and their homeland and, more specifically, the phenomenon of child soldiers, seen here in an unnamed West African country. Fukunaga’s own dazzling cinematography never feels flashy; rather, it feels like the essential filmic language to evoke the horror of a boy’s journey from son to orphan to conditioned instrument of genocidal civil war. Shot through with incisive and heartfelt performances by Idris Elba and 14-yearold Abraham Attah, “Beasts” serves as a nightmarish psychological take rather than a literal political one, and as such stands out as one of the most potent, most purely cinematic films of the year. 6. ‘The Big Short’ Easily one of the smartest and angriest movies to appear in cineplexes this year, Adam McKay’s take on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book, “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” wielded star power and the backing of a major studio (Paramount) to good effect. The film made comprehensible to the average moviegoer what Bernie Sanders calls the “rigged economy” — the conditions that allowed the previous decade’s housing and credit crisis and that maddeningly persist today. The film’s Master-of-the-Universe anti-heroic outliers (Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, et al) thrive by virtue of their superior education, their intellects and a bit of luck. Yet as they and we watch corporations and big banks somehow win the game, that old sinking feeling returns with a vengeance. 5. ‘The Cut’ This year, the world woke up to the European refugee crisis: according to the
UN Refugee Agency, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide reached 59.5 million by the end of 2014. But German director (of Turkish descent) Fatih Akin walked ahead of this cultural curve with his astonishing and visually ravishing epic of an Armenian-genocide survivor (Tahar Rahim of “A Prophet”) traversing the globe in search of his daughters. Beginning in 1915, the story takes us from the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey) to Lebanon, Cuba and the United States as one man meets seemingly endless despair — and the cruelties of natural and man-made borders — with unquenchable hope and love. 4. ‘Timbuktu’ This poetic French-Mauritanian drama from Abderrahmane Sissako (“Bamako”) won a nomination earlier this year for Best Foreign Language Film. In its subtle treatment of life gone wrong — in Mali circa 2012 — the specific (the erstwhile jihadist takeover by Ansar Dine) speaks to the general crisis of fundamentalism and the pernicious effects of social impositions like Sharia law on ordinary people like cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino) and his loving family. Rapturous photography compliments Sissako’s wedding of the literal and the symbolic as he observes resistance under occupation and irreversible tragedies of personal and cultural destruction. 3. ‘Cartel Land’ Matthew Heineman’s documentary about the war on drugs introduced us to vigilante groups and their semi-charismatic leaders on either side of the Mexican border while laying bare the pernicious influence of the Mexican cartels and their witting and unwitting sponsorship by limbs of the U.S. government. Tim “Nailer” Foley of the Arizona Border Recon and Dr José Mireles of the Autodefensas make fascinating anti-heroes, and the film’s jawdropping footage and elegant construction give maximum impact to the madness of the drug war.
From the top: “Chi-Raq” by Spike Lee; “Timbuktu” by Abderrahmane Sissako; “The Big Short” by Adam McKay; “Beasts of No Nation” by Cary Joji Fukunaga; “Welcome to Me” by Shira Piven.
2. ‘Democrats’ Danish documentarian Camilla Nielsson had the smarts and chutzpah to win amazing access to the drafting of and referendum around Zimbabwe’s new constitution (from 2010-2013) under the ongoing rule of strongman Robert Mugabe. This document of historical sausage in the making vividly characterizes the men behind the pens — Mugabe’s man Paul Mangwana and opposition party representative Douglas Mwonzora — especially in how the contentious and corrupted process eventually brought out surprising mutual respect. 1. ‘Chi-Raq’ The right film at the right time, Spike Lee’s latest is his most creatively fertile and socially immediate narrative feature in years. A grabber from its opening sequence, a lyric video for Nick Cannon’s gut-punching “Pray 4 My City” (complete with a U.S. map graphic composed of assault weapons), Lee’s film reformats Aristophanes’ classical comedy, “Lysistrata” — of women withholding sex to force a truce — as a hopeful wail for our modern urban war zones. Lee and co-scripter Kevin Willmott audaciously employ verse dialogue for their combination of boisterous take-no-prisoners satire and poignant elegy for fallen African-Americans of yesterday, today and tomorrow, twinning a chant of “No Peace! No Piece!” with Lee’s career-long motto, “Wake Up!”
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Q HIGHLIGHT ‘NUTCRACKER IN CHINA’ Presented by Mountain View’s New Century Dance School, this performance will combine ballet and classical Chinese dance to portray what transpires in a girl’s dreams when she is given a nutcracker by the Monkey King. Jan. 3, 7:30 p.m. $28 adult; $18 child (age 12 and under). Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. www.newcenturydance.com
ART GALLERIES ‘Got Art?’ Gallery 9 in Los Altos will offer a holiday exhibit show during the month of December, featuring pieces by all its member artists. Dec. 1-Jan. 3, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-948-2961. gallery9losaltos.com ‘Photographic Impressions’ Highlighting form, space and color, this exhibit of photography by Dave Massolo will share works that present landscapes and other subjects from a unique and tranquil perspective. On Jan. 8, 5-8 p.m, there will a reception with the artist. Jan. 5-31, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-948-2961. gallery9losaltos.com ‘Santa Cruz and San Francisco’ Viewpoints Gallery is offering a show of oil paintings by Katherine McGuire, called “Santa Cruz and San Francisco,” that presents cityscapes and landscapes of the two locales. Dec. 1-Jan. 2, Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11
a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. www.viewpointsgallery.com
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Foothill College Winter Quarter Registration Winter Quarter registration at Foothill College began on Nov. 18, and courses will meet from Jan. 4 to March 25. A full class schedule and registration instructions are available on the website. There is no application fee. Nov. 18-Jan. 3, 12:15 a.m.-11:45 p.m. $31 per unit for California residents, plus basic fees. Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 650-949-7325. www.foothill.edu/ admissions.php
Musicians sought for Foothill Symphonic Winds Percussionists and other band musicians are invited to attend an open rehearsal of the Foothill Symphonic Winds in Los Altos. Prospective musicians will be able to meet the band and try out the music. Those interested should contact Director David Adams (conductor@fswinds.org) to qualify and find out logistics. Jan. 6, 7:30-10 p.m. Free. Rehearsal space, address provided upon registration, Los Altos. fswinds.org
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Adult School Winter/Spring Classes Registration Registration for Mountain ViewLos Altos Adult School Winter and Spring classes began on Nov. 20. The winter session will run from Jan. 4 to March 18, and the spring session from March 21 to June 3. Visit the website or call for more info. Nov. 20-Jan. 4. Prices vary. Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School, 333
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CLUBS/MEETINGS ESL Conversation Club in Mountain View This Mountain View Public Library club for those learning or improving their spoken English provides practice opportunities with casual conversation and friendly company. All levels are welcome. No registration is required. Wednesdays, year-round, 5-6 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. www. mountainview.gov/library
CONCERTS ‘Around the World in Eight Languages’ For its Winter Concert Performance, the Moldaw Singers will begin the new year with a program entitled “Around the World in Eight Languages.” It will feature music performed in the native languages of various countries. The public is welcome. Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m. Free. Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Call 650433-3629. The Saint Michael Trio Annual Gala Composed of pianist Russell Hancock, violinist Daniel Cher and cellist Michel Flexer, the Saint Michael Trio will celebrate its nine years together with world premieres, guest artists, celebrity appearances and a program of pieces spanning from the blues to Beethoven. Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. $15 adult; $5 child (age 12 and under). Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. www.saintmichaeltrio.com
DANCE Bayer Ballet Academy Boys Program Bayer Ballet Academy in Mountain View is launching a new boys program, where students can take advantage of specialized boys-only classes with instructor Ivan Goliadin. Classes are held four days a week and are open to ages 8 to 18. Call the school to register for a free trial class. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Jan. 4-June 11. See website for pricing. Bayer Ballet Academy, 2028 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. Call 650-988-9971. www. bayerballetacademy.com
EXHIBITS ‘Beyond Space and Time’ The Oshman Family JCC has on display an exhibit of work by Chagit Ofir, a Bay Area-based artist who is inspired by her daily experience, family and friends, and Israeli history. Born in Israel, Ofir mainly works in the medium of oil painting, but she has recently branched out into sculpture. Dec. 7-March 21, regular facility hours. Free. Goldman Sports & Wellness Complex and Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/Events/beyond-space-and-timeby-chagit-ofir
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‘Spirits Return’ The Los Altos History Museum is currently offering an exhibit called “Spirits Return: Cultural Traditions Keeping Memories Alive,” which gives a multicultural look at how communities remember their ancestors. Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 29-April 17, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org ‘The Sum of Parts’ Students and faculty from the Community School of Music and Arts’ visual arts classes will share their work in a collaborative art exhibition. Dec. 11-Jan. 18, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Community School of Music
and Arts, Mohr Gallery, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. www.arts4all.org/attend/ mohrgallery.htm
HEALTH Jacki’s Aerobic Dancing Jacki’s Aerobic Dancing classes guide participants in abdominal work, strength training and aerobic routines. Complimentary child care is provided by staff. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, year-round, 9 a.m. $36 month; $6 single class. Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St., Mountain View. joanier@pacbell.net Pilates Cardiocamp in Los Altos Pilates Cardiocamp morning fitness classes aim to help students develop better posture, a stronger back and a firmer body while reducing body fat. Visit the website for specific class prices. Yearround, Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. (Christ Episcopal); Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. (Marti’s). $12-$25 per class. Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, and Marti’s Dance Studio, 1140 Riverside Drive, Los Altos. Call 866339-4438. pilatescardiocamp.com
LIVE MUSIC Nice Guys ... and the Women Who Love Them Singles Party & Seminar This event at the Opal Nightclub will include a seminar and dance party centered on the theme of nice guys. Adults of all ages are welcome, and dressy nightclub attire is requested. Jan. 9, 7:30-11:45 p.m. $15 by Jan. 8; $20 at the door. Opal, 251 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 415-507-9962. www.thepartyhotline.com Red Rock Coffee Open Mic Each Monday night, Red Rock Coffee holds an open mic event on its second floor, where musicians, poets and comedians of all ages and experience levels can share their art. Each act is given 10 minutes or two songs, whichever comes first. Sign ups begin at 6:30 p.m., and performances begin at 7 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 2-Jan. 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-967-4473. redrockcoffee.org
ON STAGE ‘Emma’ For its holiday production, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stage a musical romance, Jane Austen’s “Emma,” with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon. See the website for specific dates and times. Dec. 2-Jan. 2. $54 adult; $45 senior, educator; $25 age 30 and under. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call 650-463-1960. www. theatreworks.org ‘Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will kick off the New Year with the regional premiere of a new work by performer and playwright Hershey Felder, as he inhabits the persona and story of “America’s Composer,” Irving Berlin. See the website for specific times, dates and pricing. The Jan. 13-15 performances are previews. Tuesday-Sunday, Jan. 13-Feb. 14. $25-$74. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. www.theatreworks.org ‘The Mountaintop’ Pear Theatre will present the two-person, Olivier Award-winning play “The Mountaintop,” which re-imagines the last night of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life in Memphis in April 1968. Michael Wayne Rice and Nathalie Autumn Bennett star in the production. The Jan. 14 performance is preview. Jan. 14-31, ThursdaySaturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $10-$35. Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. Call 650-254-1148. www.thepear.org
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY Reiki Energy Healing Class The Los Altos Reiki Center will offer a Reiki 1 class, introducing the gentle healing art of Reiki which aims to de-stress and enhance the health, happiness and wholeness of oneself and others. Jan. 3, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $200. Los Altos Reiki Center, 745 Distel Drive, Los Altos. Call 650-862-2425. www. losaltosreiki.com
SENIORS ‘Quick, Healthy Meals & Snacks’ In this presentation from Santa Clara County Public Health Department, Somayeh will give tips on how to prepare simple, healthy meals and snacks that will help seniors start the year off right. Prizes and incentives will be offered. Jan. 7, 1-2 p.m. Free. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-9036330. www.mountainview.gov/seniors Functional Aging Fitness Class Evolution Trainers is offering a class taught by Hartmut Broring specifically designed for boomers and seniors. The program aims to help students develop lower and upper body strength, core stability and posture, range of motion and balance. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 5-March 3, 2-3 p.m. $200 twice a week, $120 once a week, per month. Evolution Trainers, 2044 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. Call 650-9658991. evolutiontrainers.com/contact-us/ Learn to play Pickleball Held next to the tennis courts at Rengstorff Park, this event will teach seniors how to play pickleball, a growing sport in the U.S that is easy on the joints. All equipment will be provided; participants should wear court shoes. Wednesdays, Dec. 9-Jan. 27, 1-3 p.m. Free (donations accepted). Rengstorff Park, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-254-1041. www.usapa.org SVILC Housing Search This two-hour workshop will provide an overview of the services the Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) provides to the cross-disability community in Santa Clara County. The program will focus on how the center can assist with finding and securing integrated, affordable and accessible housing. Jan. 14, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-903-6330. www.mountainview. gov/seniors
LECTURES & TALKS ‘Planning a Native Rain Garden’ At this California Native Plant Society event, Alan Hackler, owner of Bay Maples, will give a presentation about rain gardens, including how they keep water on site and away from buildings, how to construct them and which native plants work best with them. Jan. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. www.cnps-scv.org ‘The Trans Pacific Partnership and the Rise of Mega-Free Trade Agreements’ Vinod Aggarwal, director of the UC Berkeley Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center, will give a free public talk on “The Trans Pacific Partnership and the Rise of Mega-Free Trade Agreements.” The event is co-sponsored by the Peninsula Chapter of the World Affairs Council and the Los Altos Public Library. Jan. 6, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Call 650-941-8190. www.worldaffairs.org An Evening with the U.S. Digital Service Team Leaders from the U.S. Digital Service team will discuss their work within the Obama administration to transform how the federal government utilizes digital technology to serve the country in the 21st century. Online registration is requested. Jan. 14, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www. computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#anevening-with-us-digital Pete Shanks on synthetic biology and gene editing Pete Shanks — author of “Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed” — will discuss his recent report that looks at current and anticipated human applications for synthetic biology and gene editing. The event is part of the Technology and Society Committee Luncheon Forum lecture series. Jan. 13, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. $12 lunch. Hangen Szechuan Restaurant, 134 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-969-7215. tian.greens.org/TASC.shtml
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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 611529 The following person(s)/ registrant(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): MIXEDESIGNS 100 North Whisman Road, Apt. #4011 Mountain View, CA 94043 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 03/01/2011 UNDER FILE NO.: 548598 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): JOANA LUISA PEIXOTO DOMINGUES VIEIRA DE MAGALHAES 103 Ballentrae Court Hendersonville, TN 37075 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: An Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 25, 2015 (MVV Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) AXTEL IMPORTS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611764 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Axtel Imports, located at 2030 California Street, Apt. #12, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): TAMANNA D GOVANI 2030 California Street, Apt. #12 Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 7, 2015. (MVV Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016)
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SK2X, INC. 1185 Bordeaux Drive, Suite C Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/15/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 3, 2015. (MVV Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) SHAZAMBA LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611857 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Shazamba LLC, located at 803 Killarney Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): SHAZAMBA LLC 803 Killarney Court Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 9, 2015. (MVV Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) NATEA NATEA-SV FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612034 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Natea, 2.) Natea-SV, located at 943 Hillsboro Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): NORTH AMERICA TAIWANESE ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION 943 Hillsboro Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/1/1992. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 14, 2015. (MVV Jan. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016)
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 612390 The following person(s)/ registrant(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): BABY NURSE SERVICES 1030 El Monte Ave. #104 Mountain View, CA 94040 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 06/20/2014 UNDER FILE NO.: 593376 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): FERESHTEH AFKHAMI 1030 El Monte Ave. #104 Mountain View, CA 94040 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: An Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 28, 2015. (MVV Jan. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016)
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