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New school makes it into the budget after all FINANCING PLAN WOULD BOLSTER MEASURE G CONSTRUCTION BUDGET BY $50M Rudolph said that using funds beyond Measure G for cont was all smiles at the Moun- struction is essential, and that tain View Whisman school the decision to split Castro board meeting Thursday Elementary into two schools — night, after board members Castro and Mistral Elementary came together on a new financ- — along with opening Slater goes ing plan that sets aside enough well beyond the original intent construction money to build a of the bond. The combined costs new school at Slater by as early of all the planned construction projects as 2019. exceed MeaThe school sure G funds district’s $198 ‘If we’re going by $41 million; million Meaa new revenue sure G budget to build quality stream is needhas been the source of anxifacilities at every ed if everyone is to be satisfied ety for school with the concommunisingle site, struction proties throughwe’re going to need gram, he said. out Mountain “Let’s be canView over the a little bit more d id about last year. Nearwhere we are,” ly every projmoney to get over Rudolph said. ect has come “We need addiin over budget the top.’ tional funds — largely due to the increas- SUPERINTENDENT AYINDE RUDOLPH to meet the demands. If ing cost of we’re going to const r uct ion in the Bay Area — forcing build quality facilities at every school district staff to scale single site, we’re going to need a back projects, and raising con- little bit more money to get over cerns that the money will run the top.” The new revenue stream more out before all the schools are closely resembles a waterfall. finished. Rather than continue the The plan is to combine the trend of scarcity, Superin- remaining Measure G money tendent Ayinde Rudolph told with sources including the board members at the June 16 entire $9.9 million bond conmeeting that it’s time to start tingency fund, $2 million in using outside funds to supple- developer fees, and increases in ment the bond program, plug lease revenue from the German the funding gaps and commit International School of Silicon a solid $20 million towards Valley, Google and Action Day building a new campus at Primary Plus — all of which Slater Elementary. The board operate facilities on districtagreed in November to open a owned land. In addition, the new school at the former Slater district will be using what’s campus, which closed in 2006, called a certificate of particibut left out a financing plan and See SCHOOL FACILITIES, page 14 a timeline. By Kevin Forestieri
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100 YEARS OF ‘A GREAT LIFE’ Mary Peterson, a Mountain View resident for seven decades, celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this year. A role model and friend to many seniors, she shared her thoughts on a life well-lived in a recent interview. Read the story on Page 8.
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MAN ALLEGEDLY PULLS KNIFE IN FIGHT A 64-year-old Mountain View man was arrested Monday after he allegedly pulled a knife out during a fight near Rengstorff Park. Police say the altercation occurred around 4:30 p.m. on the 1900 block of Crisanto Avenue. Initial reports indicated that two men were fighting in the area, and one of them was potentially holding a knife. When officers arrived, the man allegedly carrying the knife had left the area, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. Officers were later able to find a man, identified as Cristobal Sanchez, who matched the description of the suspect. The fight allegedly started between Sanchez and the other man because the two “did not like each other,” and Sanchez had allegedly approached him with a knife, Nelson said. Officers say that Sanchez also appeared to be under the influence of alcohol during the investigation, Nelson said. Sanchez was arrested on charges of brandishing a weapon and being drunk in public. —Kevin Forestieri
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County OKs $950 million housing bond for ballot BULK OF BOND WOULD AID HOMELESS, LOWEST-INCOME POPULATION tion 8 vouchers for subsidized housing as well as more than n what is being hailed as 17,000 families waiting for the a chance to end regional chance to get a voucher. At the supervisors meethomelessness, the Santa Clara County Board of Super- ing, several speakers identified visors on Tuesday afternoon themselves as residents of the unanimously approved plac- streets despite being employed ing a $950 million affordable and striving for a stable life. housing bond measure on the One speaker, Miguel Vargas, explained he has a job but is November ballot. With the action, supervisors unable to secure housing, and instead he’s presented the lived out of his proposed bond car for more measure as the centerpiece of ‘We need this (bond); than a year. “I work full a larger stratwe need the help; time, but with egy to generate about $3 we need to get people my medical condition, I’ve billion, mostly got bills,” he through fedoff the streets.’ said. “We need eral and state MIGUEL VARGAS, A FULL-TIME this (bond); we grants, that WORKER WHO LIVES IN HIS CAR need the help; wou ld go we need to get toward conpeople off the structing subsidized housing throughout the streets.” The supervisors originally South Bay. If voters approved the mea- were aiming to put a $750 sure in November, the bond million bond before voters in would represent the larg- November, but they decidest commitment to date for ed voters showed an appeaddressing the county’s long- tite for something larger. The most recent countywide poll standing housing crisis. “We’ve been doing this incre- conducted by the firm EMC mentally for a long time, and I Research showed significant think we’ve come to a conclu- support for a $950 million sion that (that strategy) won’t measure, giving it a promising get it done,” said Supervisor Joe chance for success. According Simitian. “In fact what it takes to the survey, roughly 68 peris the willingness and commit- cent of voters would support ment to devote resources to the measure, while about 4 percent of voters indicated they solve the problem.” Discussed by county lead- were leaning toward support. Since it is a general obligation ers for months, the affordable housing bond is being present- bond, the measure would need ed as the most surefire remedy a two-thirds majority to pass. If voters approve the measure, for the South Bay’s mounting housing costs and large home- Santa Clara County would issue the bond in three phases, each less population. As evidence of the problem, providing about $316 million a 2015 survey found that Santa for housing projects. The first Clara County had more than bond issuance would be sched6,500 homeless people, making uled for September 2017, with it the fourth largest homeless the next phases coming in 2021 population in the nation. Those and 2025. The mechanism for repaying seeking formal help are likely to find themselves at the back the bond would be a $12.66 of the line of an overwhelmed surcharge added on residential and commercial properties for social service network. Officials from the county every $100,000 of assessed Housing Authority explained value. The bond is expected to that they have a wait-list of See BOND, page 14 more than 800 people with SecBy Mark Noack
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Cafe owners plead for help in face of redevelopment plans MOROCCO’S RALLIES PATRONS TO PRESSURE CITY ON PROJECT By Mark Noack
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ith their building space slated for redevelopment, owners of the downtown restaurant Morocco’s are waging a public campaign to try to secure guarantees from their landlord for a new home — a campaign brought before the City Council on June 14 during a packed meeting. Council members emphatically praised the small familyowned restaurant, but they
ultimately declined to intervene in a spat between the eatery and its landlord. At the meeting, developer GPR Ventures presented the council with plans for a fourstory mixed-use project that would be built at the corner of Castro Street and Fairmont Avenue. More than one council member pointed out that the project is exactly what they want to see — a denser blend of downtown commercial space and residential units that would be sold, not rented out.
But a long line of public speakers warned the council that approving the project without conditions could spell doom for Morocco’s, one of the site’s current tenants. Morocco’s owner, Jawad Essadki, said his family and employees had received no assurances they could reopen once the development proceeds even though they had met informally with the development team on four occasions. He asked the counSee MOROCCO, page 8
School board approves big superintendent pay raise NEW CONTRACT INCLUDES 10 PERCENT SALARY BOOST By Kevin Forestieri
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n a 3-2 vote last week, Mountain View Whisman School District trustees agreed to increase Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph’s pay by 10 percent following his first year on the job. Board members Greg Coladonato and Steve Nelson cast the opposing votes.
The contract approved at the June 16 meeting sets Rudolph’s annual salary at $220,000, up from $200,000 last year. The contract includes a provision for administrative coaching, paid for by the district, by the firm Peter Gorman Leadership Associates. Rudolph had not served as a superintendent before his hiring by the district, and board mem-
bers agreed to foot a $57,000 bill for coaching services last year. The cost of coaching services for the coming year is also set at $57,000. “I appreciate your continued faith in the direction of the district, and I am excited to continue moving forward,” Rudolph See CONTRACT, page 18
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Mary Ellen Webster, 94, of Mountain View Mary Ellen Webster, a most dear and delightful mother and friend passed away in her sleep June 10. Born in Watonga, OK on Easter Sunday 1922 by the light of an oil lamp which also lit her path as she made her transition. Mary Ellen grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. She met her husband, James Rice Webster while working in Dallas for the Army Intelligence Agency. She and James moved to Fort Worth, TX where they had their two children, the family also lived in Winston-Salem, NC and Houston TX before moving to Mountain View in 1964. As a prolific artist, she was an active member the Palo Alto Art Club also she sang into her eighties with the Peninsula Chorus. She is survived by her daughter Linda Webster Williams; son-in-law David Williams of Mountain View, CA; grandson Sean Webster Williams (Juliette) and great grandson Colton James Williams of Cardiff, CA; grandson Casey John Williams (Andrea Susman) of San Jose, CA, daughter-in-law Elaine Franco of Woodland, CA; sister-in-law Blanche Coker of Dallas, TX as well as many nieces and nephews. Mary Ellen was pre deceased by her son Paul, her husband James, her brother Bob Bailey and her sister Barbara Chaney Mosltedt. All those who knew and loved her will miss her greatly. A Celebration of Her Life will be held at the home of her daughter Linda on Sunday June 27 at 1:00. Donations to Life Springs Hospice Care of Fremont, CA or Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org) are requested in lieu of flowers. PA I D
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os Altos School District board member Tamara Logan announced last week that she is resigning more than two years before her term expires, leaving a school board vacancy to be filled in the November election. Citing “various personal reasons” for stepping down, Logan said she plans to send her letter of resignation to the county later this month, and said she wants to allow voters to choose her successor. To minimize the disruption caused by her vacancy, Logan said she would be willing to defer her departure to make sure there is a five-member board “as long as possible.” Logan, who joined the board in 2009, told fellow trustees at the June 13 board meeting that the school district has made strides towards planning for future enrollment and new facilities, successfully passing the $150 million Measure N bond and rigorously searching for new real estate to site a new school. Earlier in the meeting, the board agreed to keep the prospects of land acquisition alive, and proceed with negotiations to buy a nearly 4-acre site at 5150 El Camino Real in Los Altos. At the same time, Logan
said, the district has greatly improved its relationship with Bullis Charter School in recent years, ending litigation between both parties and coming together on deeply contentious issues related to providing adequate facilities for the more than 700 charter school students. “The timing seems right for leaving,” Logan said. Logan served on the board through some of the district’s most contentious years, marred by disputes with Bullis over facilities and shared space, and hostile letters and lawsuits — conflicts that cost the district millions in legal fees. Several board members, including Logan, in 2014 brokered a five-year agreement with Bullis, prompting what some called a “cease fire” between the two parties. The agreement lays out enrollment projections at Bullis and specific details on how field space will be shared with the charter school at both Egan Junior High School and Blach Intermediate School. Logan won her November 2014 bid for re-election by the largest margin among the field of candidates, with 25 percent of the vote. In past years, Logan has not shied away from controversy. In 2013, she approached the
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A patrol officer alerted to a possible mail theft in Palo Alto trailed a vehicle that matched the description provided by a witness of the potential theft, following the vehicle until it stopped on Miller Avenue and San Antonio Road in Mountain View, police said. When the officer got out of his cruiser, however, the driver sped off, going east in the westbound lanes of San Antonio, before crossing back into the eastbound lane and continuing east, police said. The officer did not pursue it, but soon found the car crashed into the concrete divider on the off-ramp from eastbound San Antonio to southbound Central Expressway, police said. When the officer went over to investigate, two men and a woman ran from the car. Police chased the three and were able to apprehend the woman and a man, but the second man, the driver of the car, got away. Police conducted an area search
Mountain View City Council suggesting that the city and the school district could work together on building an urbanstyle school at the current location of the Target department store at 555 Showers Drive, despite no indication that the land owner — former Mountain View mayor Matt Pear — was interested in the plan. Earlier this year, Logan also fought to keep negotiations alive with the Los Altos City Council on whether the cityowned Hillview Community Center site could be used for a new school. The council eventually rejected the possibility of a school anywhere on the civic center site. When Bullis’ charter was up for renewal with Santa Clara County in 2011, Logan criticized the charter school for not doing enough to enroll students throughout the district, suggesting the focus was on enrolling kids from wealthy families living in the Los Altos Hills area. At a board meeting earlier this month, Logan indicated that the charter school did not serve any low-income students. Superintendent Jeff Baier suggested that the board hold a special meeting on June 27 to plan for the vacancy on the board. V
with a K-9 but were unable to locate him. Police searched the vehicle and reportedly found items that appeared to have been stolen from residential mailboxes in Atherton and Menlo Park. The woman had a driver’s license that belonged to a woman from Menlo Park and a cellphone that belonged to a man from Redwood City, police said. The items, which were determined to be lost or stolen, were returned to their owners. Yesenia Molina, 30, who has no permanent residence, and Luis Gregorio Calvillo, 46, of East Palo Alto, were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail. Police are investigating the case to identify and locate the second male suspect. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the police department at 650329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984. —Palo Alto Weekly Staff
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he City Council on Tuesday approved the city’s new budget for the upcoming fiscal year — but not without some controversy on utility-rate hikes and some pet projects for discretionary spending. The 2016-17 budget lays out the city’s master plan for what looks to be an auspicious year. City officials are optimistically projecting a total of $118.7 million in revenues — a 10.8 percent increase over the current year.
enough funding for every fulltime employee to receive $500 while part-time workers would get a lesser prorated amount. Council members asked for new tools to help in hiring new talent after hearing in recent months that city departments are struggling to attract and retain experienced workers. Currently, the city has 39 vacant positions. On Tuesday, the council approved plans to add $100,000 for potential rewards in bonuses for referrals and new hires. An additional $50,000 would go toward unspeci-
‘From my perspective the biggest challenge we’ve faced has been the tremendous strain in the workforce and workload.’ CITY MANAGER DAN RICH
Based on that picture, city staff laid out a spending plan to bring back an assortment of staff positions across various city departments, and to attempt to make current employees more less inclined to leave Mountain View for other jobs. In previous meetings, City Manager Dan Rich portrayed these steps as necessary to restore the city’s workforce to its status prior to the 2008 recession. Since that year, many city workers have had to carry extra work, and morale could use a boost, he said. Originally, Rich proposed a plan to bring back the equivalent of 20 full-time positions. At the June 21 meeting, he presented an expanded plan that increases staffing to about 24 new full-time employees. “From my perspective the biggest challenge we’ve faced has been the tremendous strain in the workforce and workload,” he said. In recent budget meetings, much of the council discussion has focused on what to do with a $2.5 million fund earmarked for future property acquisitions but available for other projects the council wants to undertake. In an idea pitched by Councilman Ken Rosenberg, the city would give its full workforce a pay bonus as a reward for what city officials describe as an overwhelming workload over recent years. Rosenberg originally proposed allocating $500,000 toward this goal, but by this week the amount had dropped to about $262,000. That amount should provide
fied “employee empowerment,” “learning and development,” and “senior management relations.” For now, this fund is being treated as a placeholder budget for priorities that are still being discussed, staff noted. The discretionary funds were also tapped for $250,000 for the council’s efforts dating back to earlier this year to address the rise in the number of homeless people living in their cars on city streets. Starting this sum-
mer, city officials say they will begin keeping public restrooms at Rengstorff Park open until midnight. Around the same time, the city will also hire a mobile shower service for people living in their vehicles and a portable pump truck to collect waste. Councilman John McAlister expressed frustration that the budget didn’t include money for some kind of scholarship program for youth summer camps. Just $11,000 could send 50 children to summer camp; if the city redirected the $250,000 for employee bonuses, more than 1,300 youth could benefit, he said. Repeating a previous criticism, he blasted his colleagues’ decision to budget $93,000 to continue the local Bike Share program through November despite dismal ridership numbers. “Our priorities should be to help the quality of life; we need to put a little more money where the real need is,” McAlister said. He made a motion to draw $20,000 from the employeebonus spending and reallocate it for youth camp scholarships, but it died without a second. Other council members said McAlister’s scholarship push felt like a “willy-nilly” spending decision made at the last minute. Councilman Mike Kasperzak said he didn’t see evidence that there is a clear
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need or the desire among local children to participate. “We do have subsidies for the day camp, but my impression is it’s not fully used,” he said. “We could spend for 1,000 children, but there may not be 1,000 free kids who’d (participate.)” In its budget report, the city Recreation Division noted that it has an active financial aid program to subsidize 75 percent of activity costs for qualifying children. In the 2014-15 fiscal year, about two-fifths of the children in summer camps received city financial aid. The city has no cap on how much it will spend for these programs. The council approved the 2016-17 budget in a 6-1 vote with McAlister opposed. Utility rates to rise In a related agenda item, the council also approved a series of utility-rate increases, including a 19 percent hike in sewer rates, a 10 percent increase for water service, and an additional surcharge that could go as high as 20 percent for garbage bins. City officials say the sharp increase in sewer costs came as something of a surprise. Public works employees say they learned recently that the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant is hiking its fees by about 26 percent, or about $1.3 million more than they originally budgeted. The cause
for this was partly due to the state’s ongoing drought — more ammonia has been appearing in the wastewater stream, forcing the utility to purchase more cleansing chemicals. The treatment plant also reportedly hired new staff and repaired aging infrastructure, including pipes that were originally installed in the 1950s. The water rates come primarily as a result of cost increases from the Hetch Hetchy water system, which provides about two-thirds of the city’s water supply. As Mountain View and other cities have conserved water during California’s drought, the San Francisco Public Utility Commission, which sells water wholesale throughout the Bay Area, has notched up its prices to counterbalance the diminished revenues. City Manager Rich said Mountain View had little power to protest the higher rates. “They’re the operator, and they have the ultimate control,” he said. A small group of local ratepayers felt similarly powerless to protest the city’s plan to push those higher rates onto waterusers’ monthly bills. Reading his protest letter before the council, Bindu Madhavan, an electrical engineering professor, said the current system is effectively punishing consumSee BUDGET, page 18
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One hundred years of ‘a great life’ By Perla Luna and Anna Laman
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ary Peterson may have just celebrated her 100th birthday, but her social life, positive attitude, determination and humor reveal her as a woman inspirationally young at heart. Born on Jan. 9, 1916, the 71-year Mountain View resident and her friends celebrated the centennial event with a party at the Sunnyvale International Church. Peterson spoke to the Voice last week in the Mountain View
home she and her husband, Thomas Peterson, built decades ago. She remained in the house after her husband’s passing in 1978, and insists on remaining there now, with the help of caretakers who come in during the day to help her with the household chores. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Peterson is a role model to many seniors in the MidPeninsula Widows and Widowers Association, the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (now called Menlo Church), and the Mountain View Senior Center.
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cil to make it a condition for approval that GPR Ventures provide a written agreement for a new restaurant space. “We still have no idea about the proposed impact of this development on our operations, employees, families and livelihood,” Essadki said to the council. “We hoped these exchanges would clarify things, but there has been no progress in this dialogue.” In the lead-up to the council meeting, Essadki had rallied support from many local residents by laying out his concerns in social media posts, including a short video of himself stating his grievances. But GPR Ventures President Glen Yonekura told the council his firm couldn’t offer the 8
Morocco’s owners a deal until it had city approval for their project. The restaurant still has 12 years on its lease at the site, and they would have to reach a compromise one way or another before the redevelopment could commence, he said. “Morocco’s has a long-term lease, and unless we reach an agreement, the project we want can’t get built,” Yonekura said. “We will continue to explore options to see if something feasible can happen.” Yonekura said that the site’s other main tenant, Khuu Dermatology and Dentistry, was amicably participating in discussions under a spirit of “mutual trust.” His company’s intention, he said, was to offer a “discounted” rate to current tenants, but he couldn’t acquiesce to demands for a “99-year lease.”
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Up until about 10 years ago, she was on the bowling team Holy Rollers, which she named. Since she has no close family members in California, she formed a family in the people she has encountered every day by engaging in such activities as baking cookies and teaching others to crochet. Among her new family is Edith Frost, a retired teacher whom she met through the Widows and Widowers Association. “Her biggest fault is that she has to give something to everyone she meets — she can’t leave anybody without making them smile,” Frost said. “Her favorite thing to do is make cookies for those who help her. She would drive to visit the sick and on their birthdays give them cards and sing happy birthday.” Frost isn’t the only special person in Peterson’s life. She has a long-distance romance with Frank LeBlanc, who is currently living in an assisted living facility in Redwood City after suffering a heart attack. It’s difficult for them to see each other now that she’s given up driving, but the two still make it work and call each other two or three times a day. Peterson said that the last time they saw each other, he told her: “Honey, we’ll have to work out something — I put six kids through college so they better take me down to see you.” The limitations of her age finally caught up with her last September, when a late-night fall landed her at Stanford Hospital for surgery and caused her to lose some of her freedoms. Chief among them was the loss of her car, an emblem of freedom for As the discussion continued, some council members theorized that there was more at play in what had caused the relationship breakdown between the landlord and tenant than they were being told. But the majority of council members indicated they couldn’t wade into the dispute since they had limited authority to dictate any binding outcome to a private business relationship. Councilman Mike Kasperzak said the situation with Morocco’s brought to mind a similar conflict that erupted in 2014, when Merlone Geier’s San Antonio shopping-center redevelopment threatened the Milk Pail market. In that case, a cherished small business was imperiled by a larger development project, but the city avoided imposing direct conditions on the developer.
her ever since she learned to drive as a teenager, behind the wheel of a Ford Model T. “I miss driving,” Peterson said. “I drove around all the time. I would give anything if I could just get in my car and just go around. When I got in the car to run it, like my boyfriend said I should — good Lord, I was ready to get in and drive. I was itching to drive.” Frost added, “I’m glad the car is sold now because that’s what I
a positive attitude towards life and death. Growing up with a preacher for a father and a mother who taught Sunday school, faith has always been important to her. She continually expresses her thanks to God and her family for giving her guidance in times of need. When asked why she thinks she’s been so healthy for so long, she credited her adherence to long-ago direction from her father: “My dad called me
‘Enjoy life, be good to people. Always help others.’ MARY PETERSON, REFLECTING ON 100 YEARS OF LIVING
worried about every day — that she was going to get out and drive the car.” Despite the fall she took, Peterson refuses to move into an assisted living home. “Here I’m my own boss; I don’t have anybody saying I’ve got to do this or that,” she said. “I can go out, go to the bank, go walking. Of course, after I fell I can’t do it as often as I did. I was gone all the time, just out having a ball, calling up the girls asking them to go to lunch. Having a lot of fun living.” Although she laments the increase in traffic and endless housing developments in Mountain View, she’s come to appreciate the positive changes that have occurred over the years, the booming downtown restaurant scene among them. Another favorite Mountain View locale is Shoreline Park, where Widows and Widowers members walk six miles every Saturday to keep active before heading to lunch at Michael’s cafe. Peterson has seen the best and worst of America during her time, but she still possesses
as a child and asked one single favor of me. He said, ‘Don’t ever smoke or drink,’ and I told him that wouldn’t be a problem.” No one could persuade her to have a sip of alcohol, even at her 100th birthday celebration. At the party, she found a quiet moment for herself among the guests to give thanks to her father for inspiring her. When describing this moment, she welled up and admitted she wanted to hug him because he was so important to her. The second oldest of six children, Peterson can now reflect back on her life fondly. She says she may never have acquired fame or excessive wealth, but she filled her life with good people and can be satisfied knowing that she’s done her part in the world. As for the rest — well, she says, that’s up to the younger generations. “Enjoy life, be good to people. Always help others. If somebody needs help I’ll drop what I’m doing and go. Other people come first,” she said. “It’s been a great life that way.”
Morocco’s is one of his favorite dining spots, Kasperzak said, but he added that the city would be stepping outside its authority if it tried to give the restaurant a favorable deal by intervening in a private dispute. A majority of other council members echoed that sentiment. Councilman Chris Clark pointed out that the the developer would now have a strong incentive to sign an agreement with the restaurant since it would be one of the last obstacles for the project to move ahead. But Councilman Ken Rosenberg said that it makes little sense for the city to green-light the project while this dispute with the developer’s tenant remained unresolved. Over its four years of business, Morocco’s has been a “model small business” in the
city by participating in neighborhood events and nonprofit fundraisers, and he indicated it deserved some aid. “I’m going to stand with you, and I’m going to vote no on this project,” he said. “If they can’t do anything because of a lease I don’t see a purpose of approving anything now.” Rosenberg was joined in “symbolic” opposition by Councilman John McAlister, who said Morocco’s deserved more clarity as to its future business location. The council approved the project in a 5-2 vote with McAlister and Rosenberg opposing. Contacted fafter the vote, Essadki declined to comment except to say he was proceeding with negotiations with his landlord. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@ mv-voice.com
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lion in state Proposition 41 grant funding specifically intended for veterans’ housing. The rest, about $7 million, would come from the city. Assuming all that funding comes through smoothly, the project is expected to be completed in late 2018. Despite some uncertainty with the funding, Palo Alto Housing officials point out the project cost has dropped considerably in recent months. When they first approached the city with their plans last December, they estimated the apartment building would cost $32 million, making it by far the most expensive affordable-housing project to date in Mountain View. But since then, city officials have agreed to waive a variety of development fees and the project’s contractor put forward estimates that were much lower than originally anticipated, Gonzalez said. The project’s new projected cost of $28 million is a “conservative” estimate, she said. When built, just under half of the housing would be reserved for military veterans earning under 30 percent of the area’s median income, or about
$23,450. The remainder of the apartments would be designated as below-market-rate housing for those earning under 60 percent of the area’s median, or about $46,000. In praising the project, city officials noted it was wellsituated for residents to make use of mass transit, cycling or walking for their errands. The project would come with 74 bicycle spaces, and all residents would be provided VTA Eco Passes for unlimited rides on transit routes, Gonzalez said. The project also comes with 31 parking spaces in an underground garage. Council members agreed to a number of building exemptions for the subsidized housing project. The proposed five-story building would exceed local construction limits for height and setback rules. Given the half-acre size of the parcel, the project also needed an additional waiver because it couldn’t fulfill the city’s requirements for common-use open areas. As with any subsidized housing being built these days, applications for the 67 apartments are likely to far exceed the number of units. In an interview following the meeting, Gonzalez said her nonprofit typically sees
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pation to finance $30 million in construction, to be paid off using future lease revenue. Scrapping together all of this money, the district has an extra $51 million in funding, which is more than enough to pay for the anticipated construction costs. Much of this money was earmarked for the general fund, and could have been used to fund academic programs in the coming years. But board member Bill Lambert called the new plan a good use of funds that allows the district to satisfy the facilities needs of all the schools. Board president Ellen Wheeler praised the plan for being “comprehensive” and finally laying a path to opening a new school. “It’s extremely meaningful to me that I’m on the board that’s going to be able to re-open Slater,” Wheeler said. The meeting marked a big change in tone from that of the last year of construction talks, which had at times pitted the school communities against one another. Parents and teachers at Theuerkauf and Stevenson, as well as parents and expecting parents in the northeast quadrant of the city fighting
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for a school at Slater, have often attended board meetings to compete for resources amid the tight bond program budget. Theuerkauf teacher Leslie McClellan told board members that the new finance plan — including a $30 million certificate of participation — is the only option on the table that’s fair to all of the schools. Earlier this this month, McClellan pointed out, board members suggested cutting down the scope of work on the multipurpose room at Theuerkauf, bringing it below the districtwide standard, in order to reduce costs. “It may not seem like the fiscally responsible thing to do, (but) it’s the only responsible thing to do when you consider the community and making sure we have parity and equity.” Board member Greg Coladonato continued his call for a half-way campus in the interim at Slater, saying there needs to be relief for overcrowding in schools sooner than 2019. He pointed to wait lists at Huff, Bubb and Landels this year, which show that many families had to be rejected because of encumbered kindergarten classes — including families that were rejected from their own neighborhood schools.
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“While this plan takes major steps to fix that by 2019, that’s four school years from now. And there’s going to be a lot of families that live across the street from their school that don’t fit,” Coladonato said. The board unanimously approved the budget plans, along with schematic designs for Huff, Bubb and Landels. The Stevenson and Theuerkauf construction plans — which call for swapping the location of Stevenson and the district office — received a 4-1 vote, with Steve Nelson dissenting. Nelson said he was still uncomfortable, even with adequate money set aside, with approving a Stevenson and Theuerkauf campus that goes $9 million over the original budget allocation. He said it’s unfortunate that extra funding, including money from the Shoreline Regional Park Community tax district, has to be used up entirely on construction when it could have financed technology upgrades in the classroom. The multiple motions in favor of the new plans were met with applause from the crowd of parents attending the meeting. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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be fully paid off by 2055. Cities and nonprofits seeking bond funding would enter a competitive process with priority given to proposals that demonstrate “project readiness” and are able to leverage other grant programs. Ninety percent of the funding would go toward projects specifically geared to serving the homeless population and those subsisting on less than 30 percent of the area median income — which is $23,450 for a single person or $33,500 for a four-person household. The remaining 10 percent of funding from bond revenue would go toward developing housing units for those classified as low income. That would include those earning up to 50 percent of the area median income — $39,100 for a single person, or $55,800 for a four-person household. Some speakers and advocacy groups urged the supervisors to devote more of that
funding pool to so-called workforce housing needed for employed people not earning enough to afford current housing prices. Speaking for the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors, government affairs director Vince Rocha said the county could provide critical money needed to bridge the down-payment hurdle for potential home buyers. “All segments need assistance, including the homeless but also the average worker who needs to save up and buy a home,” he said. Supervisor Cindy Chavez said the bond money was targeted to address the neediest and most vulnerable segment of the population. She described the housing funds as a “compromise” that would bring more funding to also benefit moderateincome households. “I one-hundred percent believe this is a game-changing opportunity,” she said. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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told the board after the contract was approved. Board president Ellen Wheeler said she believed that the 10 percent salary increase was a matter of fairness. She said that when the district advertised for a new superintendent in 2015 it listed the salary at $220,000, and that Rudolph had “generously” agreed to come to the district for less than that amount. “Now that you’ve worked here for a year, it’s only fair to bring
district afloat, but student performance and other measures still need to be addressed. “Now that he has a strategic plan to execute on, next year we’ll find out if he is doing a great job against those goals and maybe he’ll deserve a good raise.” Nelson said he wanted the salary increase to match the 8 percent offer to teachers. He said he was also concerned about teacher survey results that he believes show “large teacher dissatisfaction” with the district office. Nelson conceded, however, that the problems were not caused by Rudolph, and BRILLIANT CONCERTS JUNE 17 – AUGUST 6
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Above: Chez TJ Executive Chef Jarad Gallagher plates Morro Bay halibut with fava beans, potato, spring onions and a truffle sauce. Right: From left, Chez TJ’s yuzu caramel, ilanka truffle, carrot and passionfruit pate, and matcha choquette.
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n a recent spring afternoon in the kitchen of Chez TJ, chef Jarad Gallagher — sporting stitches from a recent surgery following a 140-mile-per-hour motorcycle accident that would keep most people away from work for weeks — is using tweezers to delicately place greens in just the right place on a plate of Morro Bay halibut. The fish is surrounded by fava beans, potato, spring onions and a truffle sauce — all of which have been grown, raised or sourced within 100 miles of the Michelin-starred French restaurant in downtown Mountain View. The dish was served that night on the restaurant’s 10-course seasonal menu, as well as the more extensive (and expensive) chef’s tasting menu, which Gallagher describes as “avant-garde.” This is not meant to be a pickand-choose prix fixe; Gallagher and his staff craft the menu purposefully and carefully, like a symphony, he said in a recent interview. “Chez TJ is like the Chez Panisse of the Peninsula,” Gallagher said. “I would like to say that we lead the fine dining for the Peninsula in the particular area of what we do.” Gallagher, 38, has been the chef at Chez TJ for the past four years, and unlike the majority of his predecessors, he says he’s there to stay. The successful careers of many of the chefs who led the kitchen before him — including Joshua Skenes of Saison in San Francisco, Christopher Kostow of Napa Valley’s The Restaurant at Meadowood, Bruno Chemel of Baume in Palo Alto (all Michelin-starred restaurants) — have created a reputation for the restaurant as a “star incubator.”
Weekend This took a toll, Gallagher said, on the longtime finedining restaurant, which owner George Aviet opened in 1982 with then-partner and chef Thomas J. McCombie in a charming Victorian home on Villa Street, built in 1894. McCombie, the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s namesake, died of a heart attack in 1994. Aviet has run the restaurant with dedication ever since, and lives in a small cottage in the back. When Gallagher arrived in 2012 (not too long after a very public falling-out between Aviet and Chemel, who was chef when the restaurant lost one of its two Michelin stars), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chez TJ was a little disconnected from what it needed to be,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It had definitely seen the effects of having a different chef almost every year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of it being about me and what I want to do with Chez TJ, I got here and quickly realized that I had to do it the other way,â&#x20AC;? which meant asking the questions: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What has Chez TJ been for 30-plus years? How do we restore it and reconnect it to its being an old Victorian home and taking advantage and opportunity for what it is instead of working against it?â&#x20AC;? Gallagher â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with tattooed arms and a straightforward, determined, no-nonsense demeanor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; came to Chez TJ with lifelong experience. A second-generation cook with a chef father and a waitress mother, his first-ever kitchen job was at Dennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (his mother helped him forge his birth certificate so he could get hired), and he started cooking professionally when he was just 13 years old. He worked his way up through various restaurants until he was a day sous chef at 19. At that point, he realized it was time for some professional training, so he attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and London. While there, he spent time cooking at the acclaimed Bras Restaurant in Laguiole, France; three Michelin-starred The Fat Duck in England; and with yet another Michelin-accomplished chef, Gordon Ramsay. After his return to the United States, Gallagher worked for a restaurant company in Seattle that his father had started, which eventually brought him to the Bay Area in 2006. The company had five restaurants in the area; he moved to oversee all five and serve as chef at one. He went on to cook for Michael Mina, then to One Market in San Francisco; he helped open Lake Chalet in Oakland and ended up at the Plumed Horse in Saratoga. Both One Market and Plumed Horse have
Chez TJ Executive Chef Jarad Gallagherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rack of spring lamb with mushrooms, cauliflower purĂŠe, eggplant, date, caramel with cacao nibs and Bordelaise sauce.
received Michelin stars, One Market while Gallagher was chef de cuisine there. Gallagher said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been drawn to fine dining because, simply put, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of drive to master the best burger,â&#x20AC;? he said. Fine dining is about creativity and design, much more so than execution and presentation, Gallagher said. The dishes at Chez TJ are beautiful, but presentation is at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to the kitchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priorities, Gallagher said. This didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop him from rushing into the dining room on a recent afternoon to rearrange a single green leaf on a plate of beef carpaccio, however. Gallagher said his first few years at Chez TJ were spent restoring and embracing the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic identity. He steered the kitchen away from Chemelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bent toward molecular gastronomy, got rid of a service approach that he said was â&#x20AC;&#x153;skirting the lineâ&#x20AC;? of being snobby, and transformed the beverage program so the number of wine bottles the
restaurant offers went from 80 to somewhere in the thousands. He went through seven pastry chefs before settling on one who met his standards. All changes had to make sense within Chez TJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique physical space, which offers diners an often hours-long, intimate experience in four small dining rooms, each with its own feel. Gallagher also changed the menu â&#x20AC;&#x153;dramatically,â&#x20AC;? he said, shifting the restaurant to the tasting-menu model that tells diners: We know best. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This restaurant is meant to be at its best success on experience and that experience is not meant to be you come and design your own experience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re egotistical and we want you to have our experience, but ... because we calculate it and extend it through each little detail,â&#x20AC;? Gallagher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only way that we can make this experience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from ambiance, food, service and beverage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; really make it worth its price point is for us to be able to control those little details. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not meant to dine
here and go, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, that chicken was really good.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually meant to go through the peaks and valleys of what you love, what you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like, what was here in the middle. Think of (it) like a symphony, right? And then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to leave with a whole picture of what the meal was â&#x20AC;Ś seeing it as a whole picture instead of individual little pieces,â&#x20AC;? Gallagher said. Both the seasonal and chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tasting menus are entirely driven by the availability, quality and inspiration of the products currently in season. Gallagherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day begins around 6 a.m., when he starts getting calls about the products he ordered the day before â&#x20AC;&#x201D; take, for example, black cod, which his fish provider might say isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t great that day; the provider might suggest halibut instead, which then changes that dishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s composition entirely. Produce comes from three local sources: Chez TJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own garden in the back of the restaurant (which mostly provides herbs and blossoms), Gallagherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own 5-acre ranch in Hollister, or the 3 acres of land
that he leases and has Heirloom Organics tend. In April, the seasonal menu put this bounty on display: a rack of spring lamb with mushrooms, cauliflower puree, eggplant, date, caramel with cacao nibs and a Bordelaise sauce; a thin circle of beef carpaccio topped with oyster, egg, almond, rice and fermented watermelon radish; and the Morro Bay halibut, perfectly seared on one side. Diners who ordered from the chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tasting menu might also get Hudson Valley foie gras, duck liver mousse, Monterey Bay abalone, diver scallops, Liberty Farms duck. Both the seasonal and tasting menus also offer small canapĂŠs between courses, a cuisine that Gallagher describes as CaliforniaFrench fine dining. Gallagher and his predecessors have been able to thrive at Chez TJ because of the environment created by Aviet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have carte blanche here so we create what we want. There is no formula,â&#x20AC;? Gallagher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very much a chef-driven, passion-driven restaurant.â&#x20AC;? There will likely come a day when Gallagher opens his own restaurant, he said, but he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it without Avietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direct involvement. He said the two will â&#x20AC;&#x153;be together for quite some time, if not for the rest of our careers.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been talk of opening a wine- and Latin-focused restaurant on Castro Street. His own leanings are toward an authentic Japanese restaurant that appropriately separates ramen from sushi from yakitori from tempura, unlike most Americanized versions of Japanese cuisine. And regardless of any future projects, Chez TJ will continue to fill a niche on the Peninsula: a Michelin-starred dining experience in a quaint 19th-century Victorian house, where the chef rushes back from a broken collarbone to prepare that dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exquisite menu. V
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Q MOVIETIMES Central Intelligence (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:45, 4:50, 6:15, 7:30, 9 & 10:15 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 2 p.m. Sat. 2:05 p.m. Century 20: 10:20 & 11:30 a.m., 1:15, 2:10, 4, 5:05, 6:45, 7:55, 9:30 & 10:40 p.m. Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 3:25, 7:05 & 10:20 p.m. The Conjuring 2 (R) 1/2 Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:15, 4:30, 7:50 & 10:55 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:05 a.m. Century 20: 10:05 a.m., 1:10, 4:20, 7:30 & 10:35 p.m. Copa America Centenario Finals 2016 (PG) Century 16: Sun. 5 p.m. Finding Dory (PG) +++ Century 16: 8:20, 8:40, 9:40, 10:15 & 11 a.m., 12:20, 12:55, 1:40, 3, 3:40, 4:20, 5:40, 6:20, 7, 8:20, 9, 9:40 & 11 p.m. Fri. 11:25 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:20 & 11:15 a.m., noon, 2:40 & 11:40 p.m. Sat. 11:30 a.m. Sun. 10:40 & 11:20 a.m., 2 p.m. In 3-D at 9 & 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 10 & 10:40 a.m., noon, 12:45, 1:20, 2:45, 3:30, 4:10, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 8:20, 8:55 & 9:40 p.m. In 3-D at 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. RICHARD MAYER
The actors from the Palo Alto Players production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” include (from left to right) Judith Miller as Masha, Walter M. Mayes as Vanya and Jimmy Mason as Spike.
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loom, doom and insecurities that reach comedic proportions plague three middle-aged siblings in Christopher Durang’s farce “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which the Palo Alto Players premiered at the Lucie Stern Theater on June 10 (performances continue through June 26). The story revolves around a mash-up of characters from Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s best-known works and brings his classic melancholic themes to a country estate in modern-day Pennsylvania, where siblings Vanya (Walter M. Mayes) and Sonia (Patricia Tyler) are living a boring existence until their narcissistic movie-star sister Masha (Judith Miller) and her much younger boy toy Spike (Jimmy Mason) make a surprise visit one weekend. Vanya, Sonia and Masha — named after Chekhov characters by their theater-loving parents — quickly turn the quiet household into chaos as they bicker over sibling rivalries, rub salt into old wounds and bond over their mid-life crises while Spike energetically runs around half dressed showing off his six-pack abs to anyone and everyone who will look. The cleaning woman, Cassandra (Damaris Divito), adds to the turmoil with her frequent and long-winded gloomy prophecies. “Beware of the ides of March. Beware the middle of the month. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Oh my God, I see something imminent ... Beware,” she cries out, warning against everything from bad weather to Masha’s arrival.
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Things heat up further when the youthful Nina (Kelsey Erhart), who is an aspiring actress, wanders over from her aunt and uncle’s house next door, fueling Masha’s insecurities and jealousy. The show, which opened off Broadway in 2012 and won the Tony Award for best play a year later, relies on dialogue and character development, rather than a complicated plot with lots of action, to push the play along. We learn about the siblings’ dysfunctional relationships and somber mood swings within the first moments of the play, when Sonia coolly (and humorously) hurls her brother’s coffee mug against the wall during their absurd morning ritual of bickering over the mundane. “I dreamed I was 52, and I wasn’t married,” Sonia whines. “Were you dreaming in the documentary form?” Vanya replies. Mayes brings an added dimension to the role of Vanya with his dry tone and looming stature, which contrasts against his character’s generally meek and quiet persona. This contrast hits a humorous level when he agrees to dress as one of the “Seven Dwarfs” to appease Masha at a costume party. His 6-foot-plus frame almost has to duck when he enters the morning room, dressed as “Doc.” Palo Alto-native Mason as Spike offers plenty of energy and a carefree attitude that the other characters lack, and his interpretation of the “dumb boy toy” brings a lot of comic relief. He’s loud, obnoxious and amusingly annoying. Mason played Spike
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in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Playhouse a year after the show closed on Broadway alongside playwright Durang (who starred as Vanya) and developed his particular nuances for the character while working with him. With set design by Kuo-Hao Lo, all scenes take place in the morning room of the family’s farmhouse in Buck’s County. The room is located on the back side of the home’s exterior stone wall and boasts books on a shelf and comfortable wicker chairs. Although there are no set changes, shadows and light cast against the stone fireplace indicate changes in the time of day, setting the mood and separating scenes in the first half of the play. The play’s slow pace, which unfolds with the nearly constant bickering between characters over the course of two days, could easily have become tedious, but the cast’s chemistry and comedic timing is spot on, prompting laughter throughout the performance. Under Linda Piccone’s direction, the characters come across as deep and likeable, despite the absurd context. Even those who don’t know much about Chekhov’s works should still enjoy this witty performance. Q I N F O R M AT I O N What: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” presented by Palo Alto Players When: Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m; and Sundays at 2 p.m. through June 26. Where: Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto Cost:$32 - $46 Info: Go to paplayers.org
Free State of Jones (R) Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:15, 4:25, 7:35 & 10:50 p.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3:40, 7:15 & 10:30 p.m. Genius (PG-13) Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:30 p.m. The Great Garrick (1937) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 5:50 & 9:25 p.m. Independence Day: Resurgence (PG-13) Century 16: 10 a.m., 1, 4, 6:10, 7, 9:15 & 10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:15 a.m. In 3-D at 8:30, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m., 1:45, 2:30, 4:45, 5:30, 7:45, 8:30 & 10:45 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 10 a.m., 12:55, 2:20, 3:50, 6:50, 8:15 & 9:50 p.m. In 3-D at 11:20 a.m., 12:05, 3, 5:15, 6 & 9:05 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 10:35 a.m., 1:35 & 7:30 p.m. In X-D at 4:30 & 10:30 p.m. In DBOX 3-D at 12:05, 3, 6 & 9:05 p.m. In DBOX at 10 a.m., 12:55, 3:50, 6:50 & 9:50 p.m. The Jungle Book (PG) +++ Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 6:55 p.m. Light in the Piazza (1962) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 3:55 p.m. The Lobster (R) +++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 2, 5:10, 7:05, 9:45 & 10:15 p.m. Love & Friendship (PG) Palo Alto Square: 1:55, 4:30 & 7:10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:30 p.m. Maggie’s Plan (R) Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:20 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:40 p.m. The Man Who Knew Infinity (PG-13) ++ Aquarius Theatre: 2:45, 4:35 & 7:50 p.m. Me Before You (PG-13) + Century 16: 3:30 p.m. Fri. 8:45 a.m. Century 20: 1:25, 4:05, 7:20 & 10:05 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 10:40 a.m. The Neon Demon (R) Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:55, 4:55, 7:50 & 10:45 p.m. Now You See Me 2 (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: 10:10 a.m., 1:20, 4:25, 7:25 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 a.m., 1:15, 4:15, 7:25 & 10:35 p.m. The Shallows (PG-13) Century 16: 10:25 a.m., 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:25 a.m., 12:40, 3, 5:25, 8 & 10:25 p.m. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PG-13) Century 20: 10:15 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:35 p.m. Sun. 9:55 p.m. Warcraft (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. & Sat. 1:55, 4:55, 8 & 10:55 p.m. Sun. 10:55 a.m., 7:10 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 1:40, 4:40, 7:45 & 10:40 p.m. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) (G) Century 16: Sun. 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. X-Men: Apocalypse (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 9:10 a.m., 12:30, 3:45 & 10:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 7:10 p.m. Century 20: 12:30, 3:45, 7:10 & 10:25 p.m. AQUARIUS: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (327-3241) CENTURY CINEMA 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CINEARTS AT PALO ALTO SQUARE: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) STANFORD THEATRE: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) For show times, plot synopses and more information about any films playing at the Aquarius, visit www.LandmarkTheatres.com 0 Skip it 00 Some redeeming qualities 000 A good bet 0000 Outstanding
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Q HIGHLIGHT ‘WALK OF DREAMERS: AN EVENING OF STORIES’ Six storytellers will share personal experiences about their lives as DREAMers, youth who came to the U.S. as children and hope for a pathway to citizenship. Midpen Media Center’s Made into America project and the Palo Alto City Library partnered to offer this program. June 29, 7-9 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. madeintoamerica.org/rsvpmaker/walk-of-dreamers-an-evening-of-stories/
THEATER A Theatre Near U: ‘A Beautiful Glass’ A Theatre Near U presents “A Beautiful Glass,” a musical that explores the problem of recent teen suicides from youth, cultural and historical perspectives — and seeks to inspire respect for the modern teen and hope for the future. June 10, 11, 18, 23, 24 and 25, 7:30 p.m.; June 19, 2 p.m. $22 adult; $20 educator; $17 senior, student. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. atheatrenearu.org ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ The Los Altos Stage Company’s 20th season closes with “Bat Boy: The Musical,” a comedy/horror show about a half boy-half bat creature discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. May 26-June 25, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $30 adult; $18 youth, student. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. losaltosstage.org/batboy-the-musical/ Peninsula Youth Theatre: ‘Sweeney Todd’ Peninsula Youth Theatre presents six performances of the iconic Stephen Sondheim musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” a dark tale about a man who is wrongfully exiled and returns to exact his revenge. July 7 and 8, 7:30 p.m.; July 9, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; July 10, 1 and 6:30 p.m. $20 adult; $18 senior, age 12 or under (plus service fees). Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Second Stage, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. pytnet.org TheatreWorks: ‘The Velocity of Autumn’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley wraps up its 2015-16 season with the new dramatic comedy “The Velocity of Autumn” by Eric Coble. The production follows an elderly artist who, during a conflict with family over where she will live out her days, barricades herself with Molotov cocktails. Visit the website for specific dates and times. June 1-26. $19-$80. Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. www.theatreworks.org/shows/1516-season/thevelocity-of-autumn/ Palo Alto Players: ‘Vanya and Masha and Sonia and Spike’ Palo Alto Players stages comedy master Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a play about family that melds indulgent melancholy, classic Chekhov themes and comic mayhem. Visit the website for specific prices and discount details. June 10-26, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $32-$46. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. www.paplayers.org
MUSIC Concerts on the Plaza Community members are invited to come to the Civic Center Plaza to enjoy a musical performance during each Concerts on the Plaza series event. There will also be food trucks, a “Pop Up Park” area for children, and beer and wine for adults. The July 1 event will feature Rahmil & Barley. First Friday of the month, May 6-Sept. 2, 6-7:30 p.m. Free admission. Mountain View Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/plazaevents Sing and Play Along Ukulele Beginning ukulele players and enthusiasts are welcome to take part in this group, which meets on the fourth Monday of each month to sing and play together. Participants can bring their own instrument or use one of the Mountain View Public Library’s. Registration is appreciated but not required. June 27, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/librarycalendar Thursday Night Live The Thursday Night Live Series in Downtown Mountain View will close Castro Street between Mercy and Villa streets to traffic so the public can enjoy restaurant dining, shopping, children’s activities, a farmers’ market, live music and a custom/classic car show. Visit the website for more details. June 30 and July 14 and 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Downtown Mountain View, Castro Street, Mountain View. mountainview.gov/thursdaynightlive Vadim Kolpakov and Co. with an evening of Russian Gypsy and Jewish
music Samovar Hall will present a performance of Russian Gypsy, Jewish and Russian music by guitar virtuoso Vadim Kolpakov, who will be accompanied by gypsy dancer Marina Kolpakova, Shawn Oshmiansky (clarinet/sax) and poet/ songwriter Sergey Agababyan. July 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $30 in advance; $35 at the door. Samovar Hall, 1077 Independence Ave., Mountain View. www.samovartickets.com The Village at San Antonio Center Summer Concert Series The Village at San Antonio Center will hold its second annual Summer Concert Series, every other week offering free public music performances ranging from Top 40 to a cappella. On June 26, Roem Bauer will perform soulful tunes. June 12 and 26, July 10 and 31, and Aug. 7 and 21, 4-6 p.m. Free. The Village at San Antonio Center, 685 San Antonio Road, Mountain View. www.facebook.com/ TheVillageSAC/
TALKS & LECTURES Aircraft noise community forum At this meeting on aircraft noise moderated by Supervisor Joe Simitian, the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals will hear public input, review proposals by the Federal Aviation Administration, and make recommendations on arrival issues that impact the South Bay. Four advocacy groups will present, and the community members will be able to comment. June 29, 6-9 p.m. Free. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. www.facebook.com/ events/519367651582758 Author Virginia Hefferman on ‘Magic and Loss’ Virginia Hefferman, a journalist and former New York Times staff writer, will talk about her book “Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art,” which presents an original analysis of what the internet is and does. June 29, 7-9 p.m. Free. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. www. booksinc.net/event/virginia-heffernan-books-incmountain-view ‘How to Spy on 600 Million People: Hidden Vulnerabilities in Chinese IT’ Drawing from over a decade of research on the the history of modern Chinese information technology, professor Thomas Mullaney of Stanford University will discuss vulnerabilities in Chinese IT that allow for surveillance by the government and private parties. July 7, noon1:30 p.m. Free. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www. computerhistory.org/events/
FAMILY Circus Camp For the Love of Dance in Mountain View will offer a Circus Camp for children ages 3 to 5, during which a professional teacher will lead them in a dance class, crafts and games. There will also be stories and a snack. July 5-7, 10 a.m.-noon. $95. For the Love of Dance, 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, Mountain View. www.fortheloveofdancemv.com Gymboree National Day of Play During National Day of Play at Gymboree Music & Play, expert instructors will lead young children and their guardians in complimentary play, art and music. Attendees can enjoy refreshments and learn about special offers. June 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Gymboree Play & Music, 664 Los Altos Rancho, Los Altos. www.gymboreeclasses.com/ en/booker/28911/calendar/ Linden Tree Summer Concert Series Linden Tree Books will host performers on each Wednesday as part of its summer concert series. The June 29 event Jump for Joy Music, and the July 6 event Happily Ever Laughter. Visit the website for a full schedule. Wednesdays, June 15-Aug. 3, 10:30-11 a.m. Suggested book donation for Reading Partners Book Drive. Linden Tree Books, 265 State St., Los Altos. www. lindentreebooks.com/2016/05/19/concerts/ Summer Outdoor Movie Night: ‘Minions’ The City of Mountain View’s Summer Outdoor Movie Night series will kick off with a showing of the animated film “Minions,” rated PG. Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on. July 8, 8:30 p.m.
(or when dark). Free. Cuesta Park, 615 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ summermovies
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Art walk and demo with Karen Wong Artist Karen Wong — whose exhibit “Transitions” is on display through September at the Los Altos Hills Town Hall — will give a walking tour of the show. After a short break (with coffee and cookies), she will also give a brief demonstration of her process, including her tools and paint application. June 30, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Los Altos Hills Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills. losaltoshills.ca.gov Paintings by Valerie Patten in ‘Reclusive Child’ An exhibit of paintings by Valerie Patten called “Reclusive Child” is currently on display at the Community School of Music and Arts’s Mohr Gallery. May 27-July 10, 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
GALLERIES Gallery 9: Gene Zukowsky and Tony Coluzzi Gallery 9 in Los Altos brings together the work of two veteran artists, oil landscapes of Northern California scenes by Gene Zukowsky and the black and white infrared photography of Tony Coluzzi. Through June 26, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. gallery9losaltos.com Gallery 9: Oil paintings by Nicole Jakaby Local artist Nicole Jakaby will bring her recent oil paintings to Gallery 9 for an exhibit during the month of July. Her work aims to bring nature to life with color, detail and depth. On July 1, 5-8 p.m., there will be a public reception for the artist. June 28-July 31, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. gallery9losaltos.com ‘Texture + Flow - Contemporary Landscapes’ Viewpoints Gallery has on display “Texture + Flow - Contemporary Landscapes,” an exhibition showcasing the work of Kathleen Mitchell. Through June 26, Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Mountain View. www.viewpointsgallery.com
DANCE Music & Movement Ballroom Dance Show The Arete Dance Center’s annual summer show Music & Movement will share ballroom and ballet dancing performed by amateur couples, pro-am couples and professional dancers. The program will include varied and thematic show routines. Attendees are asked to arrive 20 minutes early. June 25, 8 p.m. $28 general. Arete Dance Center, 979 Fremont Ave., Los Altos. aretedancecenter.com/uncategorized/2016upcoming-events/ So You Think You Can Dance Camp During this weeklong summer camp program at For the Love of Dance, dancers ages 9 to 17 will try out ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern and musical theater styles of dance. June 27-July 1, 12:302:30 p.m. $165. For the Love of Dance, 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite B, Mountain View. www. fortheloveofdancemv.com
FILM ‘That Sugar Film’ The Mountain View Documentary Film Club will next offer a screening of “That Sugar Film,” an entertaining and informative account of one man’s experiment involving sugar consumption. June 28, 6-8 p.m. Free. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View.
LESSONS & CLASSES Coloring for Grown-ups Adults are invited to participate in these coloring events, a new trend in stress relief. Participants can choose from a selection of coloring sheets designed specifically for adults. Colored pencils and crayons will be provided. June 30, July 27 and Aug. 31, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585
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Pear Theatre: ‘August: Osage County’ The Pear Theatre presents “August: Osage County,” the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy about a family whose secrets and lies emerge over the course of a month in Oklahoma. The June 24 performance is the opening gala ($35). See the website for specific dates. June 23-July 10, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $30 general; $25 senior, student. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. thepear.org/plays/august-osage-county. In the photo are Betsy Kruse Craig, left, and Diane Tasca. Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ librarycalendar Digital Art Boot Camp: Digital Painting Offered by Art School of SF Bay, this four-day evening program for adults and teens will help students get familiar with Photoshop, a fundamental software for digital art. Basic techniques and operations will be covered, and participants will create a digital painting. July 5-8, 5-8 p.m. $180. Art School of SF Bay, 2105 Old Middlefield Way, #D, Mountain View. www. artschoolsfbay.com Writing Anxiety: What it is and How to Overcome it Joan, Dean and Ernest from the Black Hats Writers Group will address writing anxiety (aka writer’s block), including possible causes and solutions and personal experiences with it. The program is geared towards writers of all levels interested in participating in National Novel Writing Month. June 25, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ librarycalendar
HEALTH & WELLNESS Bellydancing Fitness for All Taught by a native professional, these classes will teach the ancient and beautiful art of Egyptian bellydancing. All ages, genders, skill levels and body types are welcome. Students should wear comfortable exercise clothes and bring a hip wrap or large scarf. June 6, 20 and 27, July 25, Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29, noon-1 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. www.sccl.org/ losaltos Complementary Therapies Day During this free event, Bay Area Cancer Connections will inform, inspire and connect community members to different therapies that support wellness during and after cancer treatment. Community experts will address a variety of topics, including skin care, mindful eating, moving stories, acupuncture and more. June 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. bcconnections.org/events/ctd/ Integrative Yoga Certified instructor Lauren Palladino will teach a weekly yoga class for all levels of health and fitness. A focus is placed on gentle movements to improve strength and mobility. Attendees should bring a yoga mat and preferred props. Chairs are available for a safe and supported practice. Tuesdays, May 10-July 26, 1-2 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. www.sccl.org/losaltos
SPORTS Mountain View Tennis Club June Tournament The Mountain View Tennis
Club will organize a one-day men’s doubles and women’s doubles tournament. The event is open to all play levels, and breakfast and lunch are included. Those interested should register online. June 25, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. $20 general; $15 member. Rengstorff Park, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. www.mvtc.net Pickleball for Seniors The Mountain View Senior Center offers weekly lessons for seniors ages 55 and older in pickleball, a growing sport that is social, low impact and easy on the joints. No experience is necessary, and all equipment is provided. Players should wear court shoes. Wednesdays, May 18-Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Rengstorff Park, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/seniors
TEENS Summer Book Club: A Story Within a Story In this summer book club program, teens in grades six to nine will discuss three books — “Hour of the Bees,” “Greenglass House” and “Where Futures End” — over the course of four meetings. Space is limited, and registration by phone (650-949-3390) is required by June 30. The program is run by Beyond the Box Learning. July 7 and 21, and Aug. 4 and 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $165 (includes $58 of hardcover books). Linden Tree Books, 265 State St., Los Altos. www. lindentreebooks.com/2016/05/23/bookclub/
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Meditation and Self-Development with Paul Sibcy Offered by Pathways to Self Healing, this weekly class is appropriate for both beginning and more experienced meditators. Thursdays, May 5-July 7, 7-8 p.m. Donations accepted. The Healing Center, 2495 Old Middlefield Road, Mountain View. psh.org Sunday Mornings for Spiritual Health with Paul Sibcy Offered by Pathways to Self Healing, these morning sessions provide an opportunity to practice methods for cultivating inner peace, love and compassion in a nondenominational community. Each Sunday includes a morning meditation and service, followed by refreshments. Sundays, May 8-July 10, 9 a.m.noon. Donations accepted. The Healing Center, 2495 Old Middlefield Road, Mountain View. psh. org
COMMUNITY GROUPS Roving Readers Librarian Ellen Thayn leads these easy, 30-minute walks where participants can share what books they have been reading and discuss new titles and old favorites. Tuesdays, June 7-28, 9:30 a.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/librarycalendar
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COOKABLE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 617595 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Cookable, located at 718 Telford Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): BIRTE SENGES 718 Telford Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 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 May 18, 2016. (MVV June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016) GAN TORAH PRESCHOOL CHABAD OF PALO ALTO CHEDER CHABAD OF PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 617794 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Gan Torah Preschool, 2.) Chabad of Palo Alto, 3.) Cheder Chabad of Palo Alto, located at 2015 Latham St., Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAY 3070 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/12/2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 24, 2016. (MVV June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016) MINERVA VENTURES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 617927 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Minerva Ventures, located at 575 S. Rengstorff Ave. #148, Mountain View, CA 94040-1916, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MARIANNA GROSSMAN 575 S. Rengstorff Ave. #148 Mountain View, CA 94040-1916 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Jan. 16, 2016. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 31, 2016. (MVV June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2016) STEM Speak FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618204 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: STEM Speak, located at 945 High School Way Apt. #10, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): RUSS EDWARD CARPENTER 945 High School Way Apt. #10 Mountain View, CA 94041 Registrant began transacting business
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BETTY JEAN DRURY Case No.: 1-16-PR-178294 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BETTY JEAN DRURY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JAMES J. RAMONI, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JAMES J. RAMONI, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on July 22, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Mark A. Gonzalez 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95110 (408)758-4200 (MVV June 10, 17, 24, 2016) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JAMES THOMAS CANFIELD, aka JAMES CANFIELD Case No.: 1-16-PR 178890 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JAMES THOMAS CANFIELD, aka JAMES CANFIELD. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KEVIN CANFIELD in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: KEVIN CANFIELD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
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GOLDEN SPIDER BOOKS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618532 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Golden Spider Books, located at 288 Leslie Court, Unit 2, Mountain View, CA , Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): TOM BROSZ 288 Leslie Court, Unit 2 Mountain View, CA 94043 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 June 16, 2016. (MVV June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2016)
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