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Dalia Gamez, a special education instructional assistant, tells the crowd how the DACA program opened the door to her career at Tuesday night’s march and rally organized by Los Altos High School students in support of immigrants and Dreamers.
Students march against DACA repeal LAHS TEENS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICIES By Kevin Forestieri
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ore than a hundred student protesters marched through Mountain View on Wednesday with a clear message: the immigrant community — documented or not — needs to be protected, even if it means
fighting President Donald Trump’s administration every step of the way. The student march, which began at Los Altos High School and ended with a rally at Eagle Park, was a direct rebuke to an announcement earlier this month by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions calling for an
end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Obama-era policy granted temporary legal status and work permits to some 800,000 U.S. residents who were brought to the country illegally as children, an See STUDENT MARCH, page 8
hrough all the talk of transforming North Bayshore into an urban neighborhood of tomorrow — of Google and Mountain View partnering to bring schools, mass transit and 9,850 homes to the heart of Silicon Valley — that vision now seems to be in limbo. As a grueling Sept. 26 City Council meeting on North Bayshore stretched into the early morning hours of Sept. 27, the city’s relationship with Google became suddenly strained as the company’s representatives made clear that their offer to cooperate with the city’s ambitious housing plan was very conditional. Google representatives dropped a gauntlet, saying they needed 800,000 square feet of additional office space in North Bayshore beyond what the city was planning. If the city denied that bonus, it would be a dealbreaker for any housing getting built, warned Joe Van Belleghem, senior design director at Google. “Just to be clear: no new office; no new residential,” Van Belleghem told the council. “We’ve been very clear all along that we needed this extra office space to make this work.” At that moment — about 1 a.m. — Mountain View’s years
of planning for North Bayshore turned into a big game of chicken. Was the city really asking too much from one of the world’s wealthiest companies? Would Google really pull out of building housing even though it would benefit the company’s own workers? Some council members made clear they thought they should call Google’s bluff. “I think the housing will get built,” said Councilman Lenny Siegel. “Adding more offices doesn’t make any sense to me. Once Google looks at this, they’ll realize they need the 10,000 homes to add even a portion of what they want.” The Tuesday night study session represented one of the last steps before the city finishes its precise plan for the North Bayshore area. For years, Mountain View has drafted its plans around adding 3.6 million square feet of new offices to an area already packed with corporate offices and clogged with traffic. Following a series of approvals and property swaps, Google was able to obtain most of this new development allocation. After a political swing in 2015, Mountain View’s City Council voted to change course and See NORTH BAYSHORE, page 9
School district struggles to keep special education staff REPORTS SHOW MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN IS ON A PERPETUAL HIRING SPREE FOR TEACHING AIDES By Kevin Forestieri
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undreds of California school districts are grappling with an everworsening shortage of special education teachers, paying out big signing bonuses and increasingly hiring under-prepared candidates to fill classrooms. But in the Mountain View Whisman School District, that’s
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on change-averse students with disabilities. The school district has had to hire 82 special education instructional aides since August 2014, according to personnel reports dating back to the start of the 2014-15 school year. Of those aides, more than half have already left the district — most resigning within one year of when they started. The average
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classrooms as well as so-called special day classes for students with more intensive needs. Manny Velasco, who served for 10 years as an instructional assistant for the district, said the job requires a huge amount of flexibility and talent in order to accommodate every student’s individual needs, and provide an See SPECIAL ED, page 10
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An unsung heroine of City Hall, Mountain View City Clerk Lorrie Brewer has announced she will be retiring from her position at the end of this year. For 28 years, Brewer has worked in local government, most recently serving as a primary liaison between the public and elected leaders. Brewer first entered public service by taking an entry-level position at the city of Santa Cruz Public Works Department. She later became deputy city clerk, and ultimately the city clerk. Around 2000, she decided to take a job offer in Mountain View, after hearing nice things about the community, she said. It’s the right time to retire, Brewer said. For nearly two decades, she’s been pursuing pique assiette mosaics, an art style that involves repurposing broken glass and ceramics into new forms. She said she hopes to pursue her art while spending more time traveling in a new motorhome she just purchased. See COMMUNITY BRIEFS, page 6
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District and the Mountain ViewLos Altos High School District ountain View City found that developer fees would Council members only cover about 10 percent of the agreed Tuesday night cost of school construction, and that development plans need to that enrollment growth could include a clear strategy for hous- necessitate three new elementary ing the thousands of new stu- schools, a new middle school and dents who are expected be living a new high school. “The school districts can’t do it in North Bayshore — a region isolated by a major highway and on their own,” said Laura Blakely, a Mountain View Whisman devoid of public schools. Council member unanimously school board member. “Whether agreed to add language to the it’s in the (environmental impact North Bayshore Precise Plan report) or the amended precise that would require the region’s plan, I’m hopeful you will find a two major landowners, Google way to make sure that developand Sobrato, to submit a “local ment and building can’t hapschool district strategy” as part pen unless it includes plans for of any dense residential project, schools in the area.” These so-called school disshowing precisely how the develtrict strategy plans opers would assist would go beyond in building local, ne i g hb orho o d- ‘The schools need the typical package of commuoriented schools to be in North nity benefits that in the area. The developers promstrategy is fairly Bayshore.’ ise as a condition broad, and could include land dedi- COUNCILMAN JOHN MCALISTER of approval and would be legally cation, funding, binding in order transferring development rights or other “innova- to ensure the school district receives the resources it needs, tive strategies.” The decision comes after according to Randy Tsuda, the school district officials sounded city’s community development the alarm that Mountain View’s director. “We believe there needs to housing-rich vision for the region north of Highway 101 could add be a legal agreement that is as many as 3,500 students to the entered between the developer city’s elementary and high school and the school district to guardistricts. The problem, they said, antee that enforceability,” Tsuda is that there is virtually zero said. “Some legal framework to capacity for additional students document what that agreement at existing schools, and not even is.” Although council members close to enough money in the budget to buy land and build generally supported changes to facilities for the projected boom the precise plan requiring the city and developers to work with in enrollment. Compounding the concerns, local school districts, there were the city’s environmental report reservations about allowing the for the North Bayshore Precise transfer of development rights in Plan made a series of unreal- the region — essentially opening istic statements about school the door for Google and Sobrato impacts. Among other things, to pitch in resources for a school it claimed that the city’s plans to campus in adjacent regions, such allow up to 9,850 new homes in as North Rengstorff and Terra North Bayshore would result in Bella, to house students who live a “less than significant impact” in North Bayshore. Putting schools outside of because developer fees would offset school construction costs, North Bayshore not only creates and that the additional enroll- more traffic on the three already ment could be offset by por- congested main thoroughfares table classrooms, new attendance into the area but it also runs contrary to City Council’s goal boundaries and bus services. An analysis by both the MounSee SCHOOLS, page 6 tain View Whisman School By Kevin Forestieri
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Foothill class engineers medical aids NEW BIOMEDICAL PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS DESIGN MOBILITY AIDS By Mark Noack
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ike a pint-sized version of the Six Million Dollar Man, 4-year-old Sofia is well acquainted with lab-engineered joints. Sofia is afflicted with arthrogryposis, a condition that severely limits her ability to lift and move her arms. Everyday tasks like eating and drinking would be a challenge if not for Sofia’s exo-arms — a pair of plastic appendages that strap on to give her limbs more mobility. The exo-arms aren’t coming from a hospital R&D lab or any of the Bay Area’s myriad
biomedical companies. Instead, the custom mobility aids are being produced on a daily basis by students at Foothill Community College as part of the school’s new biomedical program. Now in its third year at Foothill, the biomedical devices program has become one of the school’s hottest new fields, and a near-guarantee of a steady job for anyone who completes the curriculum. In basic terms, students in the program are learning how to use 3-D printers to design, produce and refine an array of medical aids for the physically disabled.
In Sofia’s case, students designed a pair of plastic cuffs to fit her arms. The two parts are connected with a series of rubber bands that provide extra support, helping the girl bend her arms. Later, the class added a third part to help move her shoulders. The biomedical program is inseparable from its founder and lead instructor, Oxana Pantchenko. She holds a doctoral degree in electrical engineering and worked at the Food and Drug Administration’s fellowship program while See ENGINEERS, page 6
Foothill College named a top school in U.S. for adult students By Kevin Forestieri
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or adults looking to return to school and jump-start a new career, you can’t do much better than Foothill College. That’s according to a new survey of two-year colleges across the country, which named Foothill the third-best school for adults looking for an easy, affordable transition back into academia.
The ranking, conducted on an annual basis by the Washington Monthly, ranked two-year colleges based on factors including tuition costs, ease of transfering credits to different colleges, and how well the college provides adult students with financial aid, on-campus day care, counseling and job placement and veteran services, according to the publication’s methodology. The only two colleges to
outrank Foothill are Weber State University and Utah Valley University, both in Utah, which have tuition and fees three times higher than Foothill, according to the ranking. The next highest ranked two-year college in California is Diablo Valley College at 13th. Foothill College President Thuy Nguyen told the Voice See FOOTHILL, page 8
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working on her dissertation. Pantchenko joined the faculty at Foothill College in 2011 and she immediately sought to launch a new biomedical program. “There’s hundreds of biomedical startups in Silicon Valley, we’re the No. 1 area for this field,” she said. “It made total sense for Foothill College to be looking into this.” A few years ago, as she began to prepare the curriculum, she learned that no other community college in California had such a program. The only similar coursework that Pantchenko said she could find was at a junior college near Minneapolis. Last week, Pantchenko led a tour of her lab at Foothill where she’s taught students the basics of designing customized medical gear. The main room had just under a dozen 3-D printers, chemical baths and a row of computers for modeling. In the corner sat a large Ariel doll from “The Little Mermaid” that Pantchenko said was sometimes used as a test dummy to try out the students’ prototypes. Olga Namsaraeva, a student who completed the program and recently finished an internship with a biomedical start-up, said that she was taking graphicdesign courses when she decided to try out the new biomedical program a couple of years ago.
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of creating complete neighborhoods in the area, said Councilman John McAlister. “The schools need to be in North Bayshore. Having an elementary school on the periphery — it doesn’t help the traffic, it doesn’t help the school, it doesn’t build the communities,” he said. Allowing the transfer of development rights was added into the plan after school districts pointed out just how much land would be needed for schools in the area, Tsuda. Three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school would potentially eat up more than 80 acres of land — based on state guidelines — or about 13 percent of the entire North Bayshore region. Given the limited space, the city may need to allow some flexibility to allow schools on the periphery, he said. Council members ultimately agreed to allow to leave in the language in the precise plan, but to add that the city has a “strong preference” in favor of schools located within the confines of North Bayshore. Mayor Ken 6
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Oxana Pantchenko leads Foothill College’s biomedical devices program. Students design and fabricate medical devices to help young patients with disabilities.
She was quickly hooked. “I wanted to be a problemsolver, but I’m also very passionate about helping people,” she said. “This was a great way to fuse the two.” Namsaraeva and her classmates started by learning the basic of 3-D printing, particularly how to draw out schematics through computer-aided design programs. The students start with basic projects like designing straps and grips, and then they advance to complicated
parts like joints. The coursework also delves into the biomedical field, covering how medical devices are developed from conception to testing and clinical trials. Using her experience at the FDA, Pantchenko devotes a whole class to how medical regulation operates in the U.S. Her final course focuses on quality assurance for meeting the high standards for medical products. “My approach was to make this program as hands-on as
possible,” Pantchenko said. “My students go from understanding the needs of patients, working with occupational therapists and then building prototypes.” Nearly all students enrolled in the Foothill college program eventually land internships with startups to work on more complex projects, Pantchenko said. The curriculum was designed for students to transfer into fouryear college programs. After Namsaraeva finished her coursework and internship, she enrolled
Rosenberg said having schools north of Highway 101, just steps away from Google’s headquarters, could be a huge opportunity for the students. “Can you imagine being so close to the high-tech mecca, the advantages the students at the school would have?” Rosenberg said. Council members agreed to ensure both school districts will receive property tax revenue resulting from growth in North Bayshore. Property tax collected in the region is funneled into the Shoreline Community special tax district — rather than directly into school districts — meaning it’s incumbent on the city to make sure money makes it to public schools. Both school districts are using the same demographic firm to determine student generation rates for the 9,850 housing units that would be allowed in North Bayshore under the revised precise plan. The firm found that the units, assuming 20 percent of them are affordable, would generate 2,358 students in the Mountain View Whisman School District and 1,108 students in the Mountain View-Los
Altos High School District. Joe Van Belleghem, a senior design director at Google, told council members that the company has hired a consultant to review the school districts’ student generation reports, which should be done in the coming weeks. A lot of the units being proposed are small and may not have high student generation rates, he said. Google needs to make sure the demand is “calculated properly.” “If the demand is not there, you don’t want to put a school on the wrong side of the highway,” Van Belleghem said. Prior to the meeting, Mountain View-Los Altos Superintendent Jeff Harding told the Voice that the projections for massive enrollment growth are not cause for alarm, provided the district, the city and the developers in North Bayshore work closely together long before anyone breaks ground. “We’re not panicked,” Harding said. “But at the same time, we’re very aware that we need to plan in great detail to accommodate that number of students.” Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com
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CSA NAMES ITS HOMETOWN HEROES Community Services Agency (CSA) is holding its annual breakfast and fundraising event, Hometown Heroes, on Friday, Sept. 29, from 7:15 to 9 a.m. in the Hanh Auditorium of the Computer History Museum. Hometown Heroes honors individuals and organizations for their hard work and commitment to CSA. This year’s honorees include Mary Hayes, Maureen Wadiak, Estela Salgado and the Los Altos United Methodist Church. A video produced by Google employees featuring highlights from the agency and interviews with its clients is scheduled to be shown. Community Services Agency
in a biomedical graduate program at San Jose State University Working with California Children’s Services, Pantchenko’s class has been connected with adolescents with disabilities. This allows her students to design prototypes with a real person’s size and needs in mind. The program’s first patient was Noel, who was then 5 years old and living with his parents in San Jose. He was born with arthrogryposis, and he could barely bend his arms. The class designed more than 40 prototypes, not only because they were constantly finding ways improve the design, but because they had to rebuild parts when Noel outgrew the equipment, according to Pantchenko. The students would visit Noel nearly every week to check on how he was doing. Sofia was the program’s second patient, and students are currently working with a third patient. The advent of 3-D printers is described as integral to Pantchenko’s coursework and the growing industry as a whole. Previously, custom-made devices for individual patients were very expensive. But thanks to 3-D printing, a new exo-arm prototype could be manufactured within a day for about $100, she said. The only major drawback is the durability — printable plastics can be brittle and the material sometimes melts if it’s left in a hot car. V
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FIREFIGHTERS’ PANCAKE BREAKFAST Mountain View firefighters will host an annual fundraising event on Saturday, Sept. 30, that includes a pancake breakfast and a silent auction. The event will be held at Fire Station #4 at 229 N. Whisman Road from 8-11 a.m., and will give residents a chance to enjoy a meal, meet local firefighters and check out fire department equipment and rescue gear. Breakfast tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for children ages 12 and under. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation (AARBF). Last year, the event raised over $20,000, adding to a grand total of $150,000 since the fundraiser began in 2005. —Kevin Forestieri
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estimated 24,000 of whom live here in Santa Clara County. Los Altos high teens and school staff marched together holding flags and signs that read “education not deportation” and “we stand with Dreamers,” all while chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.” “America is so much better than what we’ve seen over the last six months,” said Los Altos high teacher Jonathan Kwan, describing what he called attacks on the country’s vulnerable immigrant communities. While the rally focused on DACA, protesters frequently condemned rhetoric Trump used on the campaign trail last year — calling illegal immigrants from Mexico drug peddlers, criminals and rapists — as well as executive orders blocking travel from majority Muslim countries. “This is not a black issue or a brown issue. This is an American issue,” Kwan said. Los Altos sophomore Jacky Ramirez, who wore a Mexican flag draped over her shoulders while she spoke, said she was overwhelmed by the huge outpouring of support from the school. She said her parents came a long way to get her here, and worked hard to provide her with food and a good education. She said she would vow to stand against negativity against people of color. Dalia Gamez, an instructional assistant at Los Altos High School, said she made it to where she is today because of DACA. It always felt like she needed to work three times as hard to accomplish her goals without legal status, she said, and the federal program
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Students and staff from Los Altos High School march down El Camino Real in support of immigrants and the DACA program on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
finally opened the door for her to be successful and thrive. “This is the permit that made it possible to accomplish my dreams,” she said. When the news came down from the Trump administration earlier this month that DACA would be terminated after a six month delay — and no guarantee that the protections would be upheld by Congress — she said it was heartbreaking. “I felt the blood in my body — everything — just fall to the floor,” she said. “I felt crushed.” Los Altos counselor Ariel Rojas said his journey into the United States as a young immigrant with no resources shouldn’t be seen as an immigration problem — he should be seen as the embodiment of the American dream. He recalled fleeing from violence in Nicaragua, traveling to Mexico, and eventually crossing the border into Texas. It took him five days of walking through desert, he said, before he was able to reach
Houston, he said, and since them he was able to forge a successful life with a good job, a home and a family through hard work. Although the American government is largely to blame for the conflicts in Central America that forced him to flee, he said he doesn’t harbor any ill-will for the people in the country. What the government does, he said, isn’t a reflection on the citizens. “I know America is better than that,” he said. “This is the greatest country on earth.” Though the protest was not an official event hosted by Los Altos High School, local school districts have adopted a firm stance against a repeal of DACA. Mountain View-Los Altos High School District Superintendent Jeff Harding denounced President Trump’s decision to suspend the program in a statement earlier this month, and said the district’s campuses are a safe place for all students, regardless of citizenship and immigration status.
after work. The school has a fairly high population of older students — about 40 percent are above the age of 25 — and the mean earnings of adult students who joined Foothill 10 years ago is $64,448, the highest of any two-year university in the top 100, according to the ranking website.
started offering live, one-on-one counseling online using a service similar to Skype. “We have definitely absorbed the innovation of Silicon Valley more quickly,” she said. “We have amazing online counseling, and a lot of colleges are inquiring about our innovation in student services are and (class) transferability.” Last year, the college set itself apart by launching a four-year bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene, the first of its kind in the state. The only similar baccalaureate programs that existed in California are at three private universities, charging $43,000 or more per year in tuition. Foothill’s sister campus, De Anza College, ranked within the top 100 schools at No. 82, scoring lower than Foothill in terms of earnings, number of older students and rate at which former students start paying off student loans.
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Jacky Ramirez, a student at Los Altos High School, wore a Mexican flag draped over her shoulders at Tuesday’s demonstration supporting the DACA program.
Last week, the Mountain View Whisman School District’s board of trustees took a similar stand, unanimously approving a resolution calling on Congress to enact legislation to continue the existing DACA program “at a minimum,” and provide DACA recipients with a pathway to permanent residence and U.S. citizenship. Although the district does not have any DACA recipients enrolled, families of students as well as staff members are affected by the loss of DACA protections, according
to district staff. The event was organized and emceed by Los Altos High School teacher Seth Donnelly, who in past years has helped facilitate marches against police brutality and racism. He encouraged students at the Wednesday rally to stay politically active, organize and make an effort to “transform” society for peace and justice. “Nothing changes until we change,” he said. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com
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last week after he collided with a four-door sedan on westbound Central Expressway, prompting lane closures in both directions, according to Mountain View police. Police and emergency crews received reports of the collision at the Farley Street intersection around 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 22. The motorcyclist was found in the center divide, and received emergency aid before being taken to a local hospital, police said. No one else was injured in the accident, and the driver of the sedan remained at the scene and was cooperative, police said. Police closed one lane in each direction of Central Expressway to investigate the collision and clear the road of debris. Lanes were reopened at 12:45 p.m., according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. —Kevin Forestieri
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Security at the store, located at 555 Showers Drive, told police that the men stole the baby formula just before 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, and were seen leaving the area in a white Dodge sedan, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. Security staff reported the crime at 6:25 p.m., more than seven hours after the incident. One of the thieves is described as Hispanic, between the age of 20 and 25, with short hair and a skinny build. The other is described as Hispanic, around the same age, with long hair in a bun.
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dramatically alter the city’s North Bayshore plans to include thousands of homes next to the tech offices. This vision called for a live-work neighborhood where tech employees could walk to work, potentially reducing the road traffic while helping ameliorate the regional housing crisis. From the start, Google representatives cheered on the idea of bringing housing to the area. And the city needed Google on board since it is the predominant landowner. Google representatives had long hinted that the city should sweeten the deal by considering extra office space as an incentive for building housing in the area. But the company never proposed specific numbers for this idea, at least not publicly. That changed on Tuesday night, as multiple council members revealed the company had asked for 800,000 extra square feet of office space in private talks. The number came as surprise to everyone else in the auditorium, including city planning staff. Mountain View Community Development Director Randy Tsuda later told the Voice this was the first time he had heard of that number come up. Up until that point, the discussion at the meeting was dominated by other considerations. Dozens of affordable housing
on the other hand, is a tall, stationary device designed to track foot traffic through busy areas including airport entries and luggage areas as well as hospital entrances. One of the major perks of the new model, Li said, is that it can detect concealed weapons, making it a powerful tool in combating illegal weapons. Hospitals in particular, Li said, don’t have the same resources as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and detection weapons on entrants can be a big deal following violent gang-related incidents. The T1 also has radiation detection, and could potentially be used to detect biochemical weapons. The other new model to debut on Tuesday is the “K7” robot, which looks like a sleek, futuristic version of a fourwheel dune buggy and stands in stark contrast to the bulky body of the K5 model. The multi-terrain vehicle is far more mobile than its predecessors, and is best suited for monitoring large areas like air fields and wind farms, Li said. A beta prototype is expected to
be complete and shipped out next year. The company declined to say how fast the K7 bot could move, or whether it can climb over or circumnavigate obstacles. Knightscope’s robots currently provide security at dozens of locations across the country, with relative close locations including the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento and the Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, according to Stacy Dean Stephens, Knightscope’s VP of marketing and sales. Stephens said numerous police departments and public law enforcement agencies have shown an interest in the bots, but they aren’t likely to pick up the leading-edge technology. “Law enforcement is not a good example of early adopters,” he said. With each new contract, Li said the company has adjusted its bots to better handle real-life situations that are challenging to predict during test runs. The bot has to figure out an appropriate response, for example, if a crowd of children run over and
surround the bot. “You have to be out in the field,” he said. “Every location we’ve learned something new.” The company issued an apology last year after parents alleged that their 17-month-old toddler
was injured by one of Knightscope’s robots while it was patrolling the Stanford Shopping Center, and soon after announced a new and improved version of the robot designed to avoid similar types of accidents.
advocates, school officials and union members spoke in support of the North Bayshore precise plan, and especially its potential to bring thousands of sorely needed homes to the area. The city’s plans to require 20 percent of this new housing to be subsidized for a range of incomes would inspire other cities to follow suit, said Pilar Lorenzana from the housing advocacy nonprofit, SV@Home. “Leadership such as yours and the policies that you taken on are felt across the Valley and the region,” she said. “We look to you to be the leaders that you need to be.” The last time the council had examined the precise plan, in June, the discussion was dominated by an idea to set an early “check-in” point to assess North Bayshore when 1,500 to 3,000 new homes were built. That idea raised a flurry of suspicion among housing advocates as well as Google officials that the city was scaling back its goal to build 9,850 homes. At the time, the council was split in a 3-3 impasse on the idea. On Tuesday, the council unanimously agreed to go a different direction and monitor development based on the traffic congestion and transportation improvements. Mayor Ken Rosenberg gave assurances to the crowd that “9,850 units is the goal, make no mistake.” The meeting veered into
uncertainty as the council members began pitching untested ideas for housing. Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga, who years ago had opposed any housing in North Bayshore, came out emphatically in support of maximizing affordable housing. Twenty percent wasn’t enough, she said, and she urged her colleagues to raise the requirement as high as 40 percent, saying Seattle had successfully set that mandate. “If we’re serious about socioeconomic diversity, I think we have to reach further,” she said. “If we never try, then we’ll never know.” It wasn’t the only new curveball city leaders threw at this late stage in the process. They asked staff to add in requirements for environmental monitoring, local hiring for construction jobs, support for union apprenticeship and more incentives for ownership housing. Google’s plans to develop restaurants and retail space also needed to come with some guarantees that the company would help these businesses survive, they said. For Google, the straw that broke the camel’s back came when the talk moved to bonus office space in North Bayshore. A thin majority of four council members were against the idea of setting up a system to consider more office growth, even if it complied with traffic limits and other requirements. Abe-Koga spoke forcefully
against the idea, describing it as a loophole for the 3.6 million square feet of office space outlined in the precise plan. She described how Google officials had told her in private meetings how they wanted 800,000 more square feet approved in the area. “If you’re serious about the jobs-housing imbalance, why would we allow more office space?” she said. “What’s the point of doing a precise plan if it’s not going to be followed?” It was a growing list of demands, and Rosenberg and Councilman Chris Clark expressed nervousness that these stipulations would discourage housing growth. They appeared to be correct. Earlier in the meeting, Van Belleghem, the Google representative, had expressed wholehearted support for the city’s 9,850-home plan. Now clearly frustrated, he returned to the lectern to warn city officials they were asking too much. Google is currently developing a new futuristic campus at Charleston East and soon intends to build similar campuses along Landings Drive and Shoreline Boulevard. Those sites would use up all of the company’s share of the 3.6 million square feet of office space, he said, but they would need to build out two new sites, one along Shorebird Way and the other on the south side of Charleston Road.
If Google had no way to make those office sites feasible, then the cost of building out residential sites wouldn’t pencil out, he said. “We can’t invest this kind of money that’s necessary for great residential, at 20 percent affordable with the kind of placemaking you want, with the kind of environmental objectives you want. We just can’t do it,” he said. “The reality is no new office, no residential.” Clark warned his colleagues they could be sending the city’s long-sought housing package off a cliff. He backed the idea of considering future office projects, which the city didn’t necessarily have to approve. “If you’re saying you want all these things, there’s going to be no housing built — If I were Google, I wouldn’t do anything.” he said. “If you want to call the bluff, then have at it ... but I think we’ll regret it.” In a straw vote, a majority of council members — Abe-Koga, Siegel, Lisa Matichak, and John McAlister — opted against adding a process to consider additional office space. Speaking after the meeting, Community Development Director Tsuda said Google could still propose additional projects through the city’s gatekeeper process. “As for what Google’s response will be, that’s really unclear at this point,” he said.
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DYING TO TAKE A STAND Christine Walter strikes a somber pose as part of a “die-in” demonstration on Castro Street in front of the Kaiser Permanente facility in downtown Mountain View Tuesday night. With mock headstones, red roses and the Raging Grannies providing a chorus of mourners, Together We Stand Palo Alto/Mountain View members aimed to make a pointed comment about the latest effort to repeal Obamacare, the Graham-Cassidy bill. In a serendipitous bit of timing, Senate Republicans dropped plans to try to pass the bill this week, after failing to come up with enough votes.
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environment that is the “most conducive� for learning. Instead of a list of clear-cut tasks, he said, the aides have to get to know each student as an individual and learn what works and what doesn’t each year. “The (aides) must understand students, predict behavior and mitigate that behavior before it escalates,� Velasco told the Voice in an email. “All while trying to adapt, in real time, the academic intake of the student and ensure they are afforded the same opportunity to learn as all other students.� Although instructional assistants may be seen as an afterthought for the community, parents of students with disabilities see them as the “front line� for taking care of their children, said Christine Case-Lo, a parent of a child with special needs. “Aides are the people on the ground who really, really get your kid,� she said. “They allow the classroom to run.� Unlike teachers, aides are given the option to work only 30 hours per week at an hourly rate ranging from $17.80 to $23.86, significantly less than salaried teaching staff. Data collected by the website Transparent California found that the highest-paid special education aide received $45,613 last year — thanks to $8,000 in overtime pay. The next highest-paid aide received $36,607. Pay for instructional aides generally falls below that of custodians, groundskeepers, maintenance workers, bus drivers and library staff, according to the website. The high turnover problem is hardly new or unique to Mountain View. Studies dating back to the 1960s found that paraprofessional jobs in special education have been characterized by high attrition, low pay, a sense of low status and friction between teachers and instructional aides. A 2007 study published in Remedial and Special Education found that the problem is felt “at every level within a school district,� from students all the way to the central office, and that it’s incumbent on districts to support instructional aides and “develop a team culture in which paraprofessionals feel valued.� But past decisions show that Mountain View Whisman has largely moved backward on supporting instructional aides. In early 2010, district administrators scaled back the hours instructional aides worked at the district’s autism program from 40 hours per week to 30, cutting benefits and reducing annual pay. District administrators
justified their decision by saying there was a “lack of work� — essentially claiming the aides had nothing to do after a sixhour shift — but parents at the time feared it would amount to short-changing some of the district’s neediest students. “The aides are often there all day,� Case-Lo said. “They don’t get enough credit, they don’t get enough training and they definitely don’t get paid enough money.� State test results have shown that there’s a huge achievement gap in the Mountain View Whisman district between students with disabilities and those without. In the case of math, for example, only 17 percent of students with disabilities met or exceeded state standards last year, compared with 66 percent of students without a disability. That 49-point difference is much larger than the overall state average, revealing a massive discrepancy in local student performance.
‘(Aides) don’t get enough credit, they don’t get enough training and they definitely don’t get paid enough money.’ CHRISTINE CASE-LO, DISTRICT PARENT
An anonymous teacher survey from late 2013 revealed that special education staff faced a constant struggle to find time for all of their responsibilities; they insisted that a single prep period each day was not nearly enough time for IEP meetings, testing, paperwork and planning. General classroom teachers said they also struggled to get students tested to see if they qualify for special education accommodations; this forced them to take on an “unstated addition� to their workload. The decision to gut hours and benefits for Slater staff prompted parents, including Case-Lo, to create a special education PTA called the Learning Challenges Committee to support special education services in the district. The committee worked in 2015 to ensure that special day classes had a permanent home at every school site — a change from the district practice of putting them at whatever campus had room — to avoid forcing students to uproot and move each year. Kids with special needs are particularly sensitive to these
kinds of changes, and having a revolving set of instructional aides entering and leaving the district each year certainly doesn’t help, Case-Lo said. “It’s incredibly traumatic for the child, because they have trouble with change,� she said. Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph said he is aware of the high turnover rate, and called it an unfortunate statewide trend. Special education instructional aides, like special education teachers, are always in short supply, he said, and districts throughout the Bay Area have to provide incentives and other perks to stand out. “They are the hottest commodity in education right now,� he said. “They really have their pick on where they want to go.� Some researchers argue that sweetening the deal doesn’t have to come in the form of a pay increase, but a promise of a better job. Desiree Carver-Thomas, a researcher at the Learning Policy Institute, said there are positive signs that paraprofessional teacher training programs, which make it easier for instructional assistants to transition into higher-paying teaching jobs, can go a long way toward retaining staff for longer periods of time. California’s state Legislature agreed to invest $30 million in the statewide Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program. A 2008 report found that the program, known as Grow Your Own, was able to successfully transition classified employees into teaching positions over a 13-year period. Among the program’s 1,708 graduates — 25 percent of whom were special education teachers — 92 percent remained employees in California’s public schools. “This is not surprising,� Carver-Thomas said. “Our research has found that participants of Grow Your Own certification programs tend to have higher teacher retention rates than national averages.� Velasco, who currently serves as president of the local California School Employees Association, said the biggest contributing factor for the high turnover is the high cost of living in the Bay Area. Living in or near Mountain View is increasingly difficult, and many employees have to commute for more than an hour to get to school. “This is especially hard on parttime employees whose paychecks are not even covering their basic necessities, let alone the gas it takes to get to work,� he said. “This is not a district issue, it is an issue we have seen grow and grow here in Mountain View.� Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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permanent to temporary housing, hoping your “neighbors” aren’t calling the police read about the recent towing of RVs from the comfort of their well-appointed from Mountain View streets, and living rooms. Imagine living in financial my empathy quickly coalesced into conditions so tenuous that you do not have $150 to repair sewage hoses resolve. Those of us fortuyour RV, and then you nate enough to be working Guest Opinion to inherit the burden of tickregular jobs and afford ets, fines, and the cost of housing find it convenient to lay blame at the feet of poor people for hocking your home out of impound so you living in leaky dwellings that can hardly aren’t arrested for sleeping on the streets. Go look at these people — you know them be called “housing” while applauding the money spent moving these RVs — and the because they serve your food, repair your people living in them — out of our collec- cars and give you manicures, and you are fine with that. Poverty is not the enemy — tive sight. Is this a Sanctuary City? We scoff at our apathy and NIMBYism is. For the cost the city is spending on tickuprooting families to send them over the national border but are more than happy eting and towing, we could lend a hand to to see them moved outside of our city bor- make these homes minimally livable. We ders. Let’s be clear: The housing crisis is no could demand that the city of Mountain longer someone else’s problem — it is yours View amend its parking policies as a temporary measure to avoid punishing our and it is mine. People working in low-paying jobs can neighbors for being poor. Yes, that means you will see them and I ill afford the time or cost of transportation to affordable dwellings three hours from will see them, but maybe that is the first their place of work. They want and deserve step toward solving the problem of skyto send their children to decent schools in rocketing housing costs that is transformcommunities where they work, and/or to ing even Mountain View into a gilded-cage stay in communities they have lived in for community. We must demand that the city build affordable local housing. For about many years. Think for a minute about the precari- the cost of taking my family out to a nice ousness and desperation of moving from dinner, basic repairs can be made to a leaky by Lisa Rogan
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hile fall is not quite in the air yet, the season’s produce is starting to show up at local farmers markets. Farm stands that have been overflowing with summer stone fruits and tomatoes are starting to fill in with squash, apples, nuts and more. “We are always sorry to say goodbye to summer, but there’s 14
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the first official day of fall, new crops of fruits and vegetables are making their way to the Palo Alto farmers market. “Grapes are really big right now, apples are really big right now, pears are really big,” Heninwolf said “These are all the traditional autumn fruits.” Pomegranates and persimmons are also coming in, she said. Look for Fuyu and Hachiya
persimmons — the former a crisp variety shaped like a beefsteak tomato, and the latter a more elongated Japanese variety. Kayla Haden, manager of the Mountain View farmers market, said she’s awaiting her “specialty persimmon guy” — Jeff Rhodes of Rhodes Family Farms in the Central Valley — to arrive in the next few weeks with his Fuyu and Hachiya
persimmons. The farm grows persimmons, tomatoes and pomegranates; persimmons and pomegranates are usually ready the last week in September, according to the farm’s website. The Hachiya is “astringent,” best eaten fully ripe and is good for baking, according to the farm. (Head to epersimmons. com/recipes.htm for Rhodes
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Family Farmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; endless persimmon recipes, from persimmon bread and cookies to curried persimmon soup.) Pears, dates and figs are also in season through the fall. For vegetables, fall (and winter) above all means the arrival of squash, from butternut and delicata to more unusual varieties like red and blue kuri squash. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you need to get a meal on the table quickly, you can simply bake one of these squash (cut it in half to make it bake more quickly), and take it out of the oven when it is soft all the way through, ready to serve,â&#x20AC;? reads a recent newsletter from Full Belly Farm, a Guinda-based vendor at the downtown Palo Alto market. In the fall, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a new crop of late-season potatoes, Heninwolf said, including purple, red rose, Yukon golds, German butterballs and French fingerlings. Later in the season are rutabagas, which Heninwolf likes to mash up, either by themselves or with potatoes in equal measure. She said she also starts making carrot soups in the fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get a second crack at carrots,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carrots get better and sweeter again in the fall because the cool temperatures bring out the sweetness.â&#x20AC;? Nuts will make their debut soon. Haden said walnuts will arrive at the Mountain View market after harvest in October. Heninwolf suggested keeping an eye out at local markets for whole nuts, like pecans. She puts bowls of them on the dining room table for a way to wind down after meals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You sit around after dinner with a nutcracker, eating and talking,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really lovely time of year, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a fall thing.â&#x20AC;? While summer produce is largely best left untouched â&#x20AC;&#x201D; simple salads or dishes that require little oven use in the warmer months â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the fall months spell a return to more substantial foods, flavors and cooking approaches. Root vegetables are prime for roasting, as are squash, which Heninwolf likes to roast whole with just butter, salt and pepper. Hearty vegetables like artichoke, broccoli, bok choy, Brussels sprouts, celery and endive will also be at local markets through the fall and into the winter. For many, the end of summer also means preserving time. At Happy Quail Farms in East Palo Alto, which primarily grows peppers, owner David Winsberg goes straight to pickling, preserving and sauce-making as the fresh produce season starts to taper off. He makes a variety of sauces (sold locally at the Menlo Park farmers market) with minimal added
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‘Made’ America great again A TALL TALE OF TOP-TO-BOTTOM GREED IN THE GO-GO ‘80S 000 The tagline on the posters for Doug Liman’s “American Made” cheekily promise it’s “Based on A True Lie,” although the film itself includes the opening title “Based on a true story.” Neither descriptor is entirely accurate; rather, the film makes a legend out of Barry Seal, a criminally corrupt pilot who — in order to save his skin — went to work for the Reagan-era government. Just in time after the debacle of “The Mummy,” Tom Cruise delivers a winningly old-school star performance as Seal, a TWA pilot who supplements his income by smuggling contraband. As the film has it, Seal gets recruited by the CIA, in the form of a handler going by “Schafer” (Domhnall Gleeson). “We’re building nations!” Schafer enthuses. “We could use someone like you.” Seal’s subsequent work as a reconnaissance pilot over Central America (and courier to and from Manuel Noriega) puts him on the radar of the incipient Medellín cartel, so Seal starts running drugs on the side for
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“Stronger” single-handedly restores humanity to the movies with moments built around human behavior. Early and often, the movie catches one off guard with the characters’ open-hearted gestures under duress, earning tears instead of jerking them. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Jeff Bauman, the 28-year-old Boston native who became a double amputee after terrorist bombs exploded along the sidelines of the 2013 Boston Marathon. Bauman was there to cheer on his on-again, off-again girlfriend Erin Hurley (Tatiana Maslany), a point that binds the two in grief and guilt, appreciation and resentment, but most powerfully by love. Rated R for language throughout, some graphic injury images, and brief sexuality.
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“American Assassin” — based on the bestselling novel by the late Vince Flynn — has a mindset trapped in the 1980s when Chuck Norris ruled the roost of disposable shoot-em-ups. This repulsive macho fantasy seems expressly designed to appeal to the readers of “Soldier of Fortune” magazine. The film’s mindless distractions are downright irresponsible in stoking fear of terrorism and making a hero out of a revenge-minded raw nerve. This origin story introduces 23-year-old orphan Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien in “The Maze Runner”) as the victim of jihadi terrorists, who shoot up
Pablo Escobar and company. Gary Spinelli’s script gives Liman the stuff for a propulsive narrative, goosed along by a snappy pace and kicky editing. The filmmakers streamline Seal’s story considerably, and given his shadowy role in history, it’s a story that invites conjecture. Depending on whom you believe, this version of Barry Seal either dumbs down a longtime CIA operator to a skilled hustler or elevates a DEA informant to a CIA operative. Either way, Seal’s story is a fascinating one worth investigating, and “Made” will draw mass attention to it. Spinelli’s Seal is apolitical, a thrill-seeker primarily motivated by the almighty dollar. As played by Cruise, he’s like Maverick gone to seed, a hotshot pilot with a hot wife (Sarah Wright Olsen) who winds up with more cash than either of them knows what to do with. Cyclically, Seal gets into trouble, gets bailed out by Schafer, then allows Schafer to get him an Ibiza beach and rob him of his fiancée of five minutes. In an utterly preposterous tall tale of American exceptionalism, Rapp immediately becomes a DIY super spy who texts and talks himself right into the terrorist cell’s Libyan stronghold. And so “American Assassin” swiftly shifts from being extremely distasteful cultural poison to being extremely clichéd cultural poison. This movie is strictly for those who feel Tom Clancy books just aren’t American enough. Rated R for strong violence throughout, some torture, language and brief nudity. One hour, 51 minutes. — P.C.
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Fear. The only way to conquer “it” is to face “it.” That’s the crux of Stephen King’s best-selling horror tome “It,” and Andy Muschietti’s big-screen adaptation of “It.” The movie is the story of seven preteens experiencing severe growing pains in Derry, Maine, a vision of small-town America where a quaint, picturesque Main Street and seemingly sedate suburbs mask horrors literally and figuratively beneath its surface. For Derry’s sewers host a powerful malevolent entity that preys most vigorously on children and most commonly in the form of the ultimate creepy clown, Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard). Although Muschietti’s film isn’t entirely beat-for-beat faithful to the source (King’s nutty post-climax gets necessarily excised), it adheres closely enough to please most King fans, especially those who have hungered for the profane and graphically violent R-rated version the 1990 television miniseries couldn’t provide. Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language. Two hours, 15 minutes. — P.C.
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into deeper trouble, like running guns to the Contras or being sent back into the belly of the Medellín cartel beast to obtain photographic evidence that’s of political use to U.S. Marine Lt. Colonel Oliver North and, in turn, Ronald Reagan, before the Iran-Contra scandal hit the fan. Meanwhile, the cinematic Seal would fit right in on “Breaking Bad” or “Ozark,” as cash overflows from his properties and the
local banks in Mena, Arkansas. The slick surface of “American Made” largely plays like another variation on the rags-toriches-to-crash-and-burn trajectory of movies like “Scarface” and “Goodfellas,” with a healthy helping of flexible history, a la “American Hustle.” As such, “American Made” works a treat. Liman, who previously teamed with Cruise on “Edge of Tomorrow,” evokes the 1980s without fetishizing them,
and his star proves again that he’s both a master reactor (much of the comedy plays off of Cruise’s facial expressions in absurd situations) and a master proactor, charging into trouble with a grimace or, more often, a wide-as-amile grin. He’s just the guy to play “the gringo who always delivers.” Rated R for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity. One hour, 55 minutes. — Peter Canavese
Q NOWSHOWING A Question of Faith (PG) American Assassin (R) 1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sun. American Made (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Century 16: Fri. - Sun.
Leap (Not Rated) Century 16: Fri. - Sun.
Battle of the Sexes (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Century 16: Fri. - Sun.
Bonnie and Clyde 50th Anniversary (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun.
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
The Lego Ninjago Movie (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Mother! (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Spyder (Not Rated)
Century 16: Fri. - Sun.
Brad’s Status (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun.
Stronger (R) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Calamity Jane (1953) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday
Two Seconds (1932) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun.
Dolores (Not Rated)
Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
Dunkirk (PG-13) +++1/2
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Flatliners (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Friend Request (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Home Again (PG-13) IT (R) +++
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Jai Lava Kusa (Not Rated)
Century 16: Fri. - Sun.
Viceroy’s House (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Victoria and Abdul (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. Wind River (R)
Century 20: Fri. - Sun.
Woodshock (R)
Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.
Young at Heart (1955) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday
Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View tinyurl.com/Century16 Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City tinyurl.com/Century20 CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (For recorded listings: 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org + Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more movie info, visit www.mv-voice.com and click on movies. September 29, 2017 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q
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Q HIGHLIGHT THE SCIENCE AND NON-SCIENCE OF STAR WARS Dr. Seth Shostak of SETI will dissect the Star Wars films and separate fact from fiction. Sept. 30, 1-2 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/librarycalendar
THEATER Cirque Exotique du Monde By Kathy Boussina Inspired by Germany’s Circus Sarrasani, this play explores the big-top of a world-renowned circus in 1936 Berlin. When a peculiar anthropologist visits Cirque Exotique du Monde seeking oddities for his own collection, the equilibrium of this patchwork family of misfits is shaken. Sept. 15-Oct. 8, times vary. $35, general admission; $27, students and seniors. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City. dragonproductions.net/boxoffice/2017season/cirquex.html ‘In the Next Room, or, the Vibrator Play’ Featuring onstage orgasms and clinical applications of electric vibrators, Sarah Ruhl’s “In the Next Room, or, the Vibrator Play” is a glimpse into a slice of American history. It was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. Sept. 8-Oct. 1; Preview, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.; Sept. 8, Gala following show; Sept. 10, talkback following show; Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $10, previews, discounts for seniors and students. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida, Mountain View. thepear.org Opera Preview: ‘Norma’ This free preview of Bellini’s “Norma” is a chance to hear about the opera and meet the artists at the reception afterwards. There are no tickets or reservations, and viewing is on a first-come-first-served basis. Oct. 5, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. wbopera.org Palo Alto Players: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ “Million Dollar Quartet” is the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the true story of the recording session where Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” brought together icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for one night of musical magic. Preview, Sept. 15; Performance dates, Sept. 16-Oct. 1; Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. paplayers.org/on-stage-now
Paly Theatre: ‘The Miracle Worker’ Palo Alto High School Theatre presents its first play of the year, the 1960 Tony Award for Best Play, “The Miracle Worker.” Immortalized on stage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller. Sept. 28-Oct. 1, times vary. $15, adults; $10, students/seniors. Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. palytheatre. com/tickets/ TheatreWorks: ‘The Prince of Egypt’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the World Premiere of the musical, “The Prince of Egypt,” by the award-winning composer of “Wicked,” Stephen Schwartz. A multi-ethnic cast will bring to life this story of Moses, his Pharaoh brother and the indomitable people who changed them both forever. Oct. 6-Nov. 5, times vary. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. theatreworks. org/201718-season/201718-season/princeof-egypt/
CONCERTS Imagine Dragons, Grouplove & K. Flay Multi-platinum, Grammy Awardwinning alt-rock band Imagine Dragons are heading to Shoreline on their Evolve Tour! Promoting their anticipated, new album of the same name, the band will be joined in support for the show by indie rockers Grouplove and cloud-hop singer K. Flay. Oct. 3, 7-10 p.m. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Jason Aldean American country music singer Jason Aldean will play at the Shoreline as part of his “They Don’t Know” Tour, featuring Chris Young, Kane Brown and Dee Jay Silver. Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale reveals a groundbreaking new work by Scottish
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composer Sally Beamish with libretto by David Harsent. The Passion According to Judas, loosely based on the Gnostic texts, offers a different perspective on the Last Supper and Jesus’ betrayer: from Judas’ sin to forgiveness and redemption. Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet was formed in 1939 and is a monument of Russian musical history. Composed of four graduates of the prestigious St. Petersburg Conservatory, the quartet champions the music of Russian composers, including Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Stravinsky. Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Free. Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/events/rimsky-korsakov-stringquartet
MUSIC Marching Band Field Shows Mountain View High School Marching Band will host its free annual “Community Thank You” performance featuring field show performances by 4 marching bands. The event features shows from Mountain View, Los Altos, Santa Clara and St. Francis High Schools. Oct. 7, 4-5:30 p.m. Fundraiser: ctytacos.eventbrite.com Free. Mountain View High School, 3535 Truman Ave., Mountain View. mvspartanmusic.net
FESTIVALS & FAIRS Silicon Valley Dance Festival “Aftershock” Silicon Valley Dance Festival “Aftershock” is curated by ZiRu Dance’s Artistic Director Philein Wang and brings Silicon Valley premieres to Peninsula-area residents as a family-friendly weekend of dance. Performances will range from contemporary ballet, modern dance, Hip Hop and more. Sept. 29 and 30, 9-9:30 p.m.; Oct. 1, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10-$75. Menlo Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. svdf2017. brownpapertickets.com
TALKS & LECTURES A Conversation with Karen Joy Fowler Karen Joy Fowler is the author of three story collections and six novels, including “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” which won the PEN/Faulkner Award as well as the California Book Award for Fiction for 2013, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize the first year the prize was open to Americans. Oct. 5, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Stanford University, Sapp Center, Room 111, Palo Alto. ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu/ events/conversation-karen-joy-fowler An Afternoon with Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh Bestselling cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi shares his secrets for making the best baked goods in “Sweet,” written with Helen Goh, with over 120 recipes for cookies, cakes, confectionery, pies, puddings and more, including gluten- and nut-free recipes. There will be a post-event book signing. Oct. 3, noon-1:30 p.m. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/ ottolenghi Big History: Introduction John Hostettler, retired professor of chemistry at San Jose State University, will lead this fivepart talk based on the Teaching Company course taught by David Christian and on the Big History Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Tuesdays, Sept. 5-Oct. 3, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/librarycalendar Latest Trends in Nutrition: The Mediterranean Diet The Mediterranean Diet is not a diet plan, but a lifestyle
that can bring positive health benefits by incorporating fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and oils. This workshop will introduce the origins and science behind the Mediterranean Dietary Lifestyle. Oct. 10, 7-8 p.m. Free, registration required. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/librarycalendar Triple Take: Three Authors, Three Genres This talk will feature authors Don McPhail (travel fiction), Robyn Bennis (fantasy adventure) and Susan Bickford (mystery/thriller). Each author will talk about their background, approach to writing and publishing, techniques and habits, how they chose their genre and more. Oct. 4, 6:308 p.m. Free, no RSVP; walk-ins welcome. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ librarycalendar What Slaveholders Think Book Talk The Freedom from Slavery Forum presents a book talk with author Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, who will discuss his new book “What Slaveholders Think: How Contemporary Perpetrators Rationalize What They Do.” Oct. 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info.
FUNDRAISERS Bus Barn Theater: Los Altos Follies Bus Barn Theater presents “A Salute to Besieged, Bothered and Bamboozled!” in a satirical musical revue of modern life and politics to benefit Los Altos Stage Company. There will be pre- and post-show receptions with food, wine and a silent auction Friday and Saturday. Oct 5, preview, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 6 and 7, 7:30 p.m. $70, Thursday; $120, Friday and Saturday. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. losaltosstage.org Out to Eat 2017 Adolescent Counseling Services’ annual fundraising gala celebrates Outlet’s 20th anniversary of service to the community, featuring keynote speaker, Juan Barajas, one of Outlet’s first directors and national LGBTQ+ movement leader, and emcees, Lillian Taylor Jungleib and Lowell Reade, former Outlet youth. Oct. 6, 6-9 p.m. $75-$125; for ticket options, please visit website. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. outtoeat.org
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Exhibit: ‘Seeing in Black and White’ “Seeing in Black and White” is a photography exhibit by local artists Tom and Marj Green. Subjects and scenes range from present day to a world of 50 to 100 years ago. Oct.-March 2018. Artists Reception, Oct. 8, 2-5 p.m.; Walk and Talk Tour, Nov. 3,10 a.m.-noon. Free. Los Altos Hills Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills. losaltoshills.ca.gov Gallery 9: Naomi Mindelzun Naomi Mindelzun continues her ongoing cycle of paintings using a variety of mediums in her exploration of common elements in natural and man-made structures. The public is invited to a Reception for the Artist, Oct. 7, 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-29, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. gallery9losaltos.com/ Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser This mid-career survey of artist Nina Katchadourian -- who is based in Brooklyn but was raised on the Stanford campus -- explores several major bodies of her work including video, photography, sculpture and sound art. Sept. 15-Jan. 7, WednesdayMonday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info.
FILM ‘Near Normal Man’ Film Screening “Near Normal Man” is a documentary film about the resiliency of the human spirit. Holocaust survivor Ben Stern faced the Nazis again in 1978, when they planned a march in Skokie, Illinois, his adopted home. There will be a post-screening Q&A with Ben and producer/director Charlene Stern. Oct. 3, 8-9:30 p.m. $10, students; $12, members and J-Pass holders; $15, public. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/nearnormalman
FOOD & DRINK MVUHS “Eagle” Alumni Day Annual Picnic This yearly picnic is for all former and present alumni, teachers and students from old MVHS, the new MVHS, Awalt HS and LAHS. Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Cuesta Park, 615 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View.
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SPORTS Bike Palo Alto All are invited to explore bikefriendly routes around town and find bicycling resources. They will discover great ways to get to city parks, libraries, shops and schools, and connect to neighboring cities. Treat stops offer bike-blender smoothies and fresh fruit. Oct. 1, 1-3 p.m. Free. El Carmelo School, 3024 Bryant St., Palo Alto. bikepaloalto.org
COMMUNITY GROUPS Star Trek Club The Star Trek Club was started in the local community in order for people to appreciate how Star Trek has socially and technologically influenced society for fifty years. This is a time for people to meet other fans, show their collections and discuss the entertaining part of Star Trek. Oct. 1, 1-2 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. startrekclubbayarea.weebly.com/
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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement KEDAR DESIGNS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633452 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Kedar Designs, located at 167 Ortega Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): RUTH KEDAR 167 Ortega Avenue Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/01/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 29, 2017. (MVV Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2017) STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File Number: FBN633448 The following person(s)/registrant(s) has/have withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the following fictitious business name(s). The information give below is at is appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): EVEREST CUISINE 425 N Whisman Rd. Ste. 100 Mountain View, CA 94043 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 08/02/2016 UNDER FILE NO.: FBN620071 Registrant(s) or entity(ies) withdrawing as partner(s): NIM B. GURUNG 425 N Whisman Rd. Ste. 100 Mountain View, CA 94043 This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 29, 2017. (MVV Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017)
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SARATOGA $3,088,800 4 BR 3 .5 BA 2 masters, huge lot, updated home with pool on a wide, quiet, tree-lined street. Jinny Ahn CalBRE #01158424 650.941.7040
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NORTH LOS ALTOS $2,500,000 2 BR 2 BA Unit 214 boasts a large open floor plan w/ high ceilings & large windows viewing 1st St. Homa Modarresi CalBRE #01351305 650.941.7040
SAN CARLOS $2,388,000 4 BR 3 BA Entertainer’s Dream Home! Updated, Energy Efficient w/ Gourmet Kitchen on Large Lot Tina Kyriakis CalBRE #01384482 650.941.7040
LOS ALTOS $1,697,000 2 BR 2 .5 BA Lovely townhome in great location! Two spacious bedrooms and two and a half baths Linda Takagi CalBRE #01280638 650.941.7040
MOUNTAIN VIEW $1,078,000 2 BR 2 .5 BA Updated Townhome-Style Condo in Downtown Mountain located within a few blocks of Castro St Kim Copher CalBRE #01423875 650.941.7040
SAN JOSE Sat/Sun 1 - 4:30 $820,000 5837 Zileman Drive 3 BR 2 BA Beautifully updated home with a fantastic floor plan. Breathtaking yard. Jim Galli CalBRE #00944554, 01925901 650.941.7040
PALO ALTO Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 Price Upon Request 520 Rhodes Drive 3 BR 2 BA Bright & Inviting Green Gables Home. Custom Kitchen & Baths. Blocks to Duveneck Elementary Terrie Masuda CalBRE #00951976 650.941.7040
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