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Mobile home residents seek rent control RENTAL COMMITTEE COULD EXPAND MEASURE V PROTECTIONS By Mark Noack
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arely a year old, Mountain View’s experiment with rent control has already faced a withering gauntlet of controversy and legal scuffles. Now it’s being primed for a dramatic expansion. On Dec. 4, the city’s Rental
Housing Commission is scheduled to consider expanding the Mountain View’s restrictions covering apartment rents to encompass the city’s six mobile home parks. The proposal could bring an estimated 1,100 more homes under the aegis of the city’s new tenant protections.
The upcoming hearing comes after months of organized efforts by residents mainly from the Santiago Villa mobile home park to press city officials to expand the law. Like apartments, mobile home parks were once an affordable housing See MOBILE HOMES, page 6
he main adversaries over the Measure V rent control law — the Mountain View Tenants Coalition and the California Apartment Association — are both facing investigations by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. The election watchdog confirmed it has open investigations into both groups based on their activities in last November’s election. The Tenants Coalition is facing a complaint filed by a Mountain View landlord alleging they failed to report in-kind donations. Meanwhile, the apartment association is being investigated by the FPPC based on unspecified “red f lags” found in a random selection of groups audited by the state Franchise Tax Board. Each year, the tax board takes a subset of registered political groups and takes a closer look at their public campaign filings, said FPPC spokesman
Jay Wierenga. Through this process, the FPPC decided in July to open an investigation into the apartment association. “Certain groups are randomly chosen by computer. If they find any red flags, then it gets referred to our enforcement division to investigate,” he said. A statewide organization, the California Apartment Association last year raised nearly $1.2 million to oppose proposed rent control measures in six Bay Area cities including Mountain View. Wierenga declined to give specifics on the nature of the case or any potential violations being investigated. The FPPC could only speak in general terms about open investigations, he said. The California Apartment Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment. More specifics are available about the case against the Mountain View Tenants See FPPC, page 8
Keeping the arts alive in local schools CSMA’S TOP PRIORITY IS GIVING ALL STUDENTS ACCESS TO MUSIC LESSONS By Kevin Forestieri
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mid the perpetual push to raise test scores and boost science and technology in public schools, one Mountain View nonprofit has fought to make sure music and art aren’t lost in the bustle. The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) has been instrumental in guiding thousands of young children towards a lifelong love of music and art for decades, providing lessons in schools from San Jose
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Through the nonprofit, kids from kindergarten through fifth grade get to break up the normal routine of academic classes and flex their creative muscles, delving into painting, ceramics, singing and playing instruments. The one-hour classes are taught by professional musicians and artists with CSMA, and students get the opportunity to showcase their work at exhibitions including the first floor of City Hall every February, according to See CSMA, page 8
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High school district may seek new bond measure MVLA HAS LONG LIST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO FUND Palo Alto Unified ($79.30), all have a significantly higher tax he Mountain View-Los rate than Mountain View-Los Altos High School Dis- Altos. The tax rate is a clear sign trict is poised to break away from decades of bite- that the district has been able to sized bond measures and frugal maintain its facilities for a long time at a fairspending on its ly low cost to facilities, as the taxpayers, said school board weighs wheth- ‘We have a history of S u p e r i n t e n dent Jeff Harder to ask voters for more than being good stewards ing. But with so $200 million of public funds and much housing growth occurin construction money want to maintain ring in Mountain View — next year. updated proA recent that reputation.’ jections say Facilities MasSUPERINTENDENT JEFF HARDING the high school ter Plan shows district should that the high prepare for 700 school district additional stucould use as much as $290 million to fix dents over the next five years — aging facilities and accom- now is the time to ask for a large modate a surge of enrollment facilities bond, he said. “We have a history of being growth, spurred almost entirely by new and proposed housing good stewards of public funds and want to maintain that repugrowth in Mountain View. Although school board mem- tation, and we want outstandbers haven’t decided how much ing facilities for our students,” money to ask voters for — and Harding said. “So we’re trying are already prepared to defer to find that balance.” The growth projections do $26.3 million in projects to stay below $260 million — it’s likely not include major plans for to be the biggest ask in recent dense new housing in neighbormemory. A report at the Nov. 20 hoods in North Bayshore, East board meeting revealed that the Whisman and even federal land high school district is arguably occupied by NASA Ames, which one of the most conservative could bring a combined 17,000 spenders in all of Santa Clara more housing units to the city and sending district enrollment County. The district currently taxes skyward in the coming decades. The school district’s frugal property owners a combined rate of $10.70 per $100,000 of approach to bond measures assessed value, which pays off has left the district with a huge debt incurred by the $41.3 mil- bonding capacity, allowing the lion Measure A bond, which district to incur a debt of nearly passed overwhelmingly in 2010. $550 million if the school board Prior to that, the district passed chooses (and voters agree). PollMeasure D in 1995, which was ing data collected by the district also fairly small and won similar earlier this year asked voters support from district residents. whether they would support According to the firm Isom a $198 million or a $268 milAdvisors, that tax rate puts the lion bond measure, and both high school district dead last received more than enough supamong all 32 school districts port among those surveyed. Despite the slim bond tax in the county. The next lowest tax rate is in the Loma Prieta rate, Mountain View-Los Altos Joint Union School District and doesn’t have a parcel tax, meanis more than twice as high at ing property owners only have $23.30 per $100,000 of assessed to pay parcel taxes for the value. Neighboring and overlap- elementary school districts ping school districts, includ- that feed into the high school ing Mountain View Whisman See SCHOOL BOARD, page 10 ($73.80), Los Altos ($46.30) and By Kevin Forestieri
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Fifth-grade students in Mistral Elementary’s Dual Immersion program learn math in Spanish. Once they move on to middle school, though, the Mountain View Whisman District has few options for bilingual students to practice and improve their language skills.
Bilingual students miss out in middle school PARENTS WANT CLASSES FOR DUAL IMMERSION CHILDREN AFTER 5TH GRADE By Kevin Forestieri
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amilies at Mistral Elementary face a conundrum when their children finish fifth grade and head off to middle school. Students enrolled in the district’s popular Dual Immersion (DI) language program make huge progress towards fluency in both English and Spanish, and can deftly perform class work in either language. But when they arrive at Crittenden and Graham middle schools, support for bilingual
students vanishes, leaving kids to either hone their Spanish skills on their own or let their valuable language skills atrophy. Mistral parents say it’s time for that to change. At a school board meeting earlier this month, parents called on the school board to support — or at least explore — the idea of having core classes at Graham and Crittenden taught in Spanish in order to support DI students. The program strikes a balance between English-fluent students and those who speak
English as a second language, with a goal getting all students fluent in both. The immersion program used to be a part of Castro Elementary, but became its own school on a shared campus in 2015. The district ought to be “extremely proud” of the DI program it has helped to build over the last 20 years, and it’s time to extend that education into sixth through eighth grades, said Mistral See DUAL IMMERSION, page 9
North Bayshore under the microscope AMBITIOUS PODCAST PROFILES LIFE AT THE CORNER OF SHORELINE AND SPACE PARK WAY By Mark Noack
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ike many journalists, David Boyer came to Mountain View’s North Bayshore to portray the complicated relationship between the city’s tech industry and its residents. In this regard, he is not unique; the odd neighborhood dominated by Google’s corporate headquarters has drawn so much media attention from across the globe that
residents have been known to groan when another reporter parachutes in. But Boyer has proven his commitment to telling the full story. For the past 16 months, the radio producer has patiently collected dozens of interviews and followed the often tedious government planning process for the area. After hundreds of hours of work, his podcast series, “The Intersection,” on Mountain View’s North
Bayshore, is finally complete. Boyer’s podcast is premised on taking one seemingly unremarkable street corner and detailing its story — its history, culture, politics and how it fits into the larger region. Boyer, a 46-year-old copywriter, had worked on similar long-form projects on San Francisco’s Tenderloin and Bayview neighborhoods. For See PODCAST, page 8
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he Mountain View High School Spartan Marching Band is marking the end of a successful competitive season with a performance at the Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade in downtown Los Altos at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26. The marching band, in addition to regular performances at the high school’s football games, spent the season competing at various events including the Irish Guard Invitational at Dublin High School, where the students took second place, and the Foothill Band Review, where they won first place in Field Show Band, second place for Field Show Color Guard, and third place for Field Show Brass, as well as a visual sweepstakes award. The title of this year’s field show is “Divinity: the Music of
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alternative, but that has been changing as park owners have begun notching up rents or leasing out furnished units for a premium. According to residents, the owners of Santiago Villa have made clear that their plan is to eventually push rents across the park to $2,200 per month, a rate that some say would make it the most expensive mobile home community in the country. This is a looming fear for many longtime residents, especially seniors living on fixed incomes, said Trey Bornmann, chairman of the newly formed Mountain View Mobile Home Alliance. “We’re trying to make it so that people can plan their lives,” said Bornmann, who lives at Santiago Villa. “Right now our owner is using dirty tactics, jacking up the space rents and trying to turn this into a rental mobile home park.” Santiago Villa management did not respond to requests for comment. Mobile home parks operate differently than other types of housing. Typically, a prospective resident must purchase a mobile home, often by taking out a mortgage. The new homeowner must then pay a monthly rent for facilities, maintenance and land provided by the park management. Despite the name, mobile homes are extremely difficult to relocate, so homeowners are basically locked in with little 6
Final Fantasy” featuring music from the Final Fantasy video game franchise, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. “Our goal was to educate our audiences on the great repertoire that can be found in games. Our show stands out from the others and the judges recognized the high level of our students’ performance,” said MVHS co-music director Jason Kneebone. The band also spent time on sharing its music with students at Oak Avenue Elementary School and Blach Intermediate School in Los Altos, and Graham Middle School in Mountain View. The Lord Mayor of London invited the band to march in London’s New Year’s Day Parade in 2019, which will mark its first performance outside of California. The students will join over 10,000 participants from the United States, Europe and beyond choice but to pay whatever rent they’re being charged. For years, Santiago Villa residents have been crying foul, saying their homes have plummeted in value as a direct result of the park’s rising rents. Many residents point to a common rule of thumb in the industry: every $100 in extra space rent means their home’s sale value has dropped by $10,000. At least 100 cities in California have some form of rent control ordinances specifically for mobile homes. An ordinance in San Jose caps space-rent increases to 75 percent of the Consumer Price Index. Just last month, the city of Vallejo adopted a similar measure. Sunnyvale, with its 12 mobile home parks, is also facing growing pressure to impose some price controls. A couple years ago, the Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, paid $151 million to acquired Plaza Del Rey, one of the city’s largest mobile home parks. Ever since, the park’s residents have been hammered by the steepest rent increases in the park’s history, said Judy Pavlick, founder of the Sunnyvale Mobile Home Park Alliance. In negotiation meetings, Carlyle executives told Pavlick they were watching nearby markets to see what prices Sunnyvale could bear. She is now spearheading efforts to get a mobile home rent control ordinance on the ballot of an upcoming election. “We’ve gone to the Sunnyvale City Council, and it’s clear they’re not interested in helping
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Ava Sakamoto, a member of the Mountain View High School Spartan Marching Band’s color guard, is among the student musicians and performers who will mark the end of competition season with a performance Nov. 26 in Los Altos.
to perform for a street audience of over 500,000 and a television audience of over 300 million. To fund the projected travel expenses, the band recently
created a community sponsorship program. Information on the band, Mountain View high’s instrumental music program and upcoming public performances,
including the Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade performance, is online at mvspartanmusic.net. Email Anna Krause at akrause@ mv-voice.com
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Torrie Bornmann takes Briggs for a walk through Santiago Villa mobile home park, where residents are seeking to be covered under Mountain View’s new rent control law.
us. They don’t believe in rent control,” she said. In the buildup to last year’s election, rent control proponents made a calculated political move, hinting that Measure V could be applied to mobile homes. The language in the measure deliberately referred to covered housing as “rental units,” not apartments, to leave this possibility open. Yet pretty much everyone seems to agree that expanding Measure V to include mobile homes would be fraught with challenges. Mobile homes are covered under a separate section of California law with their own
set of special rules, exemptions — and potential legal risks. At the Dec. 4 meeting, lawyers retained by the city from the firm Goldfarb & Lipman will deliver a legal analysis of what provisions of Measure V could be applied to mobile home parks. After weighing that analysis, the Rental Housing Committee will decide whether to move forward to study expanding rent control, according to city staff. Politically, it remains an open question whether the city’s Rental Housing Committee or the City Council would support expanding rent control to mobile
homes, even in concept. “It’s a complex, multifacted issue, so it’s really hard for me to say how this will pan out,” said Evan Ortiz, a Measure V campaign organizer who now sits on the Rental Housing Committee. “I wonder what the most effective policy decision would be, and it might not be to expand Measure V.” If city officials decline to take action, Bornmann and other mobile home residents say they intend to begin campaigning for a separate ordinance, possibly through a ballot measure. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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Judge blocks Trump’s order on sanctuary cities A federal judge on Monday ruled that an executive order issued by President Donald Trump earlier this year that threatened to block funding for sanctuary jurisdictions is unconstitutional and issued an injunction to block it permanently. President Trump on Jan. 25 issued the executive order that threatened to deny federal funding to cities and counties deemed to be sanctuary jurisdictions shielding undocumented immigrants from federal deportation. The city of San Francisco sued to challenge the law on Jan. 31 and Santa Clara County did the same on Feb. 3. The two local governments filed motions asking U.S. District Judge William Orrick of San Francisco to declare Trump’s order unconstitutional and permanently block it from going into effect. In April, Orrick issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the order from being implemented until a full trial could be held. Monday’s ruling makes the
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Coalition. That investigation is based on a complaint letter sent to the FPPC in August by Jeff Zell, a San Jose-based landlord who manages more than 190 apartments in Mountain View. In his letter, Zell alleges that the tenants coalition failed to report non-monetary donations from allied groups. Specifically, he alleges the South Bay Labor Council had helped validate signatures for the petition to put Measure V on the ballot. Meanwhile, the group Faith in Action Bay Area had also provided polling data to the Tenants Coalition, Zell wrote. None of the groups had logged the donations in their campaign disclosures, he said. In September, the FPPC
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injunction permanent. “This is a historic victory, protecting residents of the county and jurisdictions across the nation from President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional abuse of power,” Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President David Cortese said in a statement. “Our county will continue to welcome and embrace all people, no matter how much this administration tries to threaten or divide us,” Cortese said. “This is a victory of the American people and the rule of law. This Executive Order was unconstitutional before the ink on it was even dry,” San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in a statement. Santa Clara County had said in its brief that it receives $1.7 billion, or 35 percent of its budget, in federal or federally dependent funds annually. San Francisco had said it receives $1.2 billion per year in federal funds, or 13 percent of its annual budget, plus another $800 million in multi-year grants. —Bay City News Service
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wrote to Zell to confirm it would investigate the matter. Asked for comment, tenants coalition attorney Juliet Brodie described the complaints as “trivial.” “This strikes me as politically motivated by someone unhappy with the results of the election, throwing stones following a loss,” she said. “When you scratch the surface, you see that these (donations) don’t have any value and didn’t need to be reported.” The tenants coa lition reported just over $38,000 in fundraising from last year’s election. While there’s no clear timeline for the investigations to be completed, the majority of those pursued by the FPPC are wrapped up within six months, Wierenga said. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@ mv-voice.com
Sharon Kenney, CSMA’s marketing director. CSMA is one of seven nonprofit organizations that benefit from the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund. Donations to the fund are divided equally among the nonprofits and are administered by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation at no cost, so 100 percent of contributions go to the recipients. CSMA’s latest goal is to help aspiring musicians with support that bridges the gap between elementary and middle school, including an intensive three-week summer program and reducedtuition private music lessons known collectively as the Young Musicians program. While kids try recorders in fourth grade through CSMA’s in-school program and later get to experiment with brass and woodwind instruments, they aren’t always prepared to take the lead in band classes or perform in ensembles without a little extra help. Music tends to fall by the wayside when kids hit sixth grade, as academic pressure ramps up and kids have to decide whether to use their elective period on band or competing extracurricular activities, said Petra Clark, the music program manager at CSMA. She said
music unfortunately has taken a smaller and smaller role in the public education system — generally taking a backseat to other initiatives — despite being such an important part of peoples’ lives. “In the past, the arts were a real instrumental part of education for a very long time,” Clark said. “It was core, but it’s not so much anymore. It’s seen a bit more as a hobby.” Through CSMA, children can get exposed to a broad range of string instruments like the violin, the viola and the cello, or can dig into wind instruments including the flute, the clarinet, the saxophone and the trumpet. Students in middle school are able to try their hand at the French horn this year, but it’s going to be discontinued due to the difficult learning curve. “For some kids, they do feel like it’s their calling — they know they want to play the trombone, and we hope that their arms are long enough because it’s a big instrument,” she said. “Others pick their instrument randomly.” One of CSMA’s primary missions is to provide music and art for everyone regardless of family income. Children who qualify for free and reduced lunch are automatically eligible for financial aid, reducing the cost of private lessons by up to 80 percent, from $88 per hour to $18 per hour. CSMA
updated its income guidelines in the fall so everyone who needs the help can qualify, Kenney said. “We wanted to make sure financial aid eligibility reflects what is happening in Mountain View right now and the true cost of living here,” she said. CSMA’s in-school lessons for the Mountain View Whisman School District also extend to the district’s “Head Start” preschool program, with more than 160 children from low-income families benefiting from early art and music activities. CSMA’s services to the community are focused here in Mountain View, but it’s not just because of its central location within the city’s limits. Clark said there’s a robust partnership with Mountain View’s city government, the Mountain View Whisman School District, the Mountain View Education Foundation and CSMA to contribute to supporting the arts. That special partnership, she said, means they can overcome the region’s inequities and guarantee no school has to throw the arts overboard. “There’s a push, a recognition of a need for equity. Otherwise, Mountain View would be like other districts where schools like Castro or Theuerkauf might not have music and art if the PTA can’t pay for it,” she said. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com
junction between Google’s tech campus and the Santiago Villa mobile home park. He soon realized it was just one piece of a much larger puzzle. He delved back into the area’s history from its Gold Rush past to its current iteration as an intensely planned community bracing for a surge of new development. “The pace of change here was
something I never anticipated,” he said. “My suspicion is that nothing here will be the same in a few years. You could do a 360 and it will be a completely different place.” As he delved into the background, Boyer collected interviews with local residents, tech workers, civic leaders and even a former Voice reporter.
The only major stakeholder to take a pass was Google, which declined his interview requests. Boyer’s views about Google are nuanced. On one hand, the tech giant is like “Godzilla,” he says, destroying things in its path — intentionally or not. But he was also surprised by the enormous power wielded by local elected officials over the
company. One whole episode of his podcast is devoted to distilling the complex relationship between Google and Mountain View’s city government. The Intersection is being broadcast on KALW and all six episodes are available for free on Apple Podcasts. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@ mv-voice.com
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percent of United States citizens, according to a June poll conducted by the Mountain Viewbased Mozilla Foundation. “Pai’s proposal hands the internet over to the largest ISPs who can throttle, assess a toll or block content,” said U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo in a statement on Tuesday. “Repealing these protections is an assault on what has made the internet what it is.” —Mark Noack
HOLIDAY TRAIN ROLLS INTO MOUNTAIN VIEW The popular Holiday Train, presented by Caltrain and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, will take its annual ride through the Bay Area during the first weekend of December, decorated with more than 75,000 colorful lights. It’s set to roll into the Mountain View station at 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, where it will stop for 20 minutes. The festive train offers families a chance to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Reindeer, and sing with carolers and a Salvation Army brass band. Families can also hear the Peninsulaires Barbershop Chorus at the station before the train’s arrival. People are encouraged to bring new toys or books to donate to disadvantaged local children through the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program and the Salvation Army’s Season of Giving program.
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parent Trish Gilbert at the Nov. 2 school board meeting. Even small steps — like offering one core class in Spanish at all grade levels — would be enough to bring some continuity to the program and act as a bridge between Mistral Elementary and high school, Gilbert said. “What I’m asking of you all tonight is to collectively investigate, design and execute a plan that will allow us to support a dual immersion curriculum,” she said. Although the school district doesn’t offer classes like math or science in Spanish at the middle-school level, one social studies teacher at Graham has taken it upon himself to teach some of his classes in Spanish in order to support the Dual Immerson students. Graham teacher Edgar Gomez told board members he has been
For more information, go to holiday-train.org. —Anna Krause
ARTISAN MARKET OPENS UP SHOP A pop-up market featuring dozens of local artists will open up at the Clarkwood Center starting Dec. 1, and will kick off with a fundraiser for local schools. The holiday-themed market, called ArtPop, will be located at 1939 West El Camino Real in Mountain View, within the strip mall on El Camino Real between Clark and El Monte avenues. The market gives more than 25 artists a chance to sell their handmade work through Dec. 17. The market is intended to encourage residents to shop locally and give local artists a retail presence during the holiday season, according to event organizers. Opening weekend will include a ribbon-cutting event at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, and 15 percent of the sales during the event will go to the Mountain View Education Foundation, the Los Altos Education Foundation and the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District Foundation. —Kevin Forestieri
The county advises residents that a warning from the state claims the phony texts and calls are reaching and targeting beneficiaries of CalWORKs, CalFresh, General Assistance, Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, and Medi-Cal. The text message scam, according to county officials, involves a message asking the person who receives it to call a phone number; an automatic recording will ask the person to provide personal information including the recipient’s EBT16-digit card number and PIN. Once the information is sent, funds can be withdrawn from the victim’s account. In the phone call scam, someone will contact a victim, claim to be county staff or someone representing a health care provider, and ask for personal information. The county advises that nobody from its offices will ever text or call requesting personal information, to not give it to anyone, and to keep it a secret. The county says that once the benefits are stolen, they can’t be replaced. The county asks residents interested in verifying the authenticity of a call to call 877-962-3633.
that caused a higher risk of severe complications from the flu, and had not received this year’s flu vaccine, according to the county’s Public Health Department. The person’s name is not being released. No other cases of severe flu have been reported to the department so far this season. Only deaths of people younger than 65 years old that are confirmed by a laboratory to involve the flu are required to be reported in the state. Symptoms of the flu, a contagious illness caused by influenza viruses, are similar to those of the common cold but are often more severe, public health officials said. The department advises everyone 6 months and older to get vaccinated every year, especially pregnant women, children younger than 5, adults older than 65 and those with chronic medical conditions. More information can be found online at sccgov.org.
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Santa Clara County social service agencies are warning residents to be aware of fraudulent texts and calls from people claiming to be with state agencies.
Santa Clara County public health officials on Nov.16 reported that the first flu-related death of the season occurred earlier this month. The person who died was an adult under 65 years old who had other medical conditions
The Santa Clara County Board of Education named a new interim superintendent of the County Office of Education last week. Mary Ann Dewan joined the office five years ago as chief of schools officer, and in 2015 she became the deputy superintendent. During its meeting Nov. 15, the Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Dewan as the new interim superintendent. She replaces former superintendent Jon Gundry, who recently
teaching classes in Spanish at two grade levels, adding that history is a “great vehicle” for a second language. Other core content areas might be more difficult, he said, but simply offering Spanish language through an elective course like Spanish I or Spanish II is a poor fit for students who are far beyond needing to learn basic vocabulary skills. “I don’t know what it would look like, but ideally you would like to have in a a core content area,” he said. “The idea of having it as simply just a Spanish elective course wouldn’t suffice.” After the meeting, Gilbert told the Voice that the roughly 60 Mistral students who enter middle school each year are stuck in a tough situation, particularly the ones going to Crittenden where there is no duallanguage support. They either have to take an easy Spanish
class and give up taking electives like art or music, or they have to make a concerted effort work on their language skills outside of school. At one point, she said, there was a Mistral parent holding Spanish classes in her living room. “It’s a disservice to all the kids (who) could benefit from continuing their bilingual education,” Gilbert said. Board members were sympathetic and agreed to look into the idea at the next board retreat, which is scheduled for early next year. Board member Tamara Wilson said dual-language support, if it’s offered at Graham, should to be offered at Crittenden as well, and said the school board will need to take a cautious approach to any major increases in staffing costs for the narrow number of students who would actually benefit. “We’re talking about 30 kids at each middle school (for each grade),” Wilson said. “That’s
not to say it’s not valuable, it’s just that we’re supposed to make decisions for the entire school population.” Board member Ellen Wheeler said bringing dual-language support to the middle schools comes down to a question of logistics. If a history class is offered to DI students but only 27 of them show up, Wheeler said she wouldn’t want to fill up the remaining seats with students who aren’t going to benefit. Wheeler said the district could look into offering advanced Spanish courses beyond Spanish II, but it’s an open question whether they would be popular. Students may be more interested in using their single elective period to do something like music or computer programming. “I think the main point our DI parents have told us over the years is that they want their children to continue to
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reached a separation agreement with the board announced on Nov. 8. Dewan’s appointment took effect Wednesday. No specific reason for the parting of ways was given; however, the education office announced that the search for his replacement would begin immediately. “The parties decided that it was in the best interest of students, staff and the community to begin transitioning leadership in a manner that ensures a continued focus on student achievement,” education officials said in a statement. The decision was mutual, according to the office of education. In a statement, Dewan said she was honored to serve in the new position. “I look forward to working with our dedicated SCCOE staff, district leaders, and community partners to continue our important work of supporting students, schools, districts, and communities,” she said. Dewan earned a bachelor’s degree from Marian University, a master’s degree from Butler University, and her doctorate in educational administration from Indiana State University. With Dewan in the temporary position, board president Michael Chang said the board’s focus will turn to filling the position permanently by July 1. “As we move through this process, we will be in communication regularly with our stakeholders to ensure that everyone is informed and aware of our progress,” Chang said in a statement. —Bay City News Service be exposed to Spanish so that when they get to high school they can continue on with it and not have forgotten too much of it,” Wheeler told the Voice in an email. Superintendent Ay inde Rudolph said the board can set aside time to discuss the idea of teaching core classes in Spanish at the middle-school level, but cautioned that it is highly unlikely the district will be able to implement the classes by the upcoming school year. Gilbert said she was hoping the district could take action sooner, but remains optimistic. “I was hoping there was maybe a way to do baby steps for 2018-19 school year just to give students something and create some parity for both (middle) schools,” she said “But I’m not discouraged that he said it might take another year.” Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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(Kindergarten – 8th grade) January 5 – February 2 Kindergarten Information Night Kinde Wednesday, November 29 We Castro Elementary School 505 Escuela Ave Spanish: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm English: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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district. The district’s finances remain prosperous despite the lack of supplemental funding, in part because of the robust annual funding provided by the Mountain View-Los Altos High School Foundation. The nonprofit raised just shy of $2 million last year, most of it from district families. The report by Isom Advisors also shows that the property values in Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills is growing at a staggering rate, showing huge
increases over the last decade. The assessed value of properties in the district went from $21.4 billion in 2005-06 to $44.2 billion in 2016-17, averaging a growth rate of about 7 percent each year. That kind of growth is unheard of in other areas of the state, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone watching the housing prices and building patterns in the region, Harding said. “The one constant here is growth, and that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone,” he said. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com
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woman, according to the men, told them not to speak to the vendor and slapped one of them across the face, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. The suspect slapped the other man in the face “without comment” before getting back in her vehicle and driving away. The woman is described as a Hispanic adult, about 5-foot, 5-inches tall and wearing a red top. She was seen driving a four-door maroon sedan.
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Police were unable to locate an attempted auto burglary suspect who witnesses say entered an RV on Saturday and threatened the RV owner with a screwdriver when confronted. A neighboring RV-dweller on 700 block of Continental Circle called police on Saturday, Nov. 19, around 4:20 p.m. after he reportedly saw the suspect park his car in the middle of the road and enter the RV, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. The man told police that the RV’s owner was with him at the time, Nelson said. When the RV owner confronted the suspect, the man allegedly threatened him with a screwdriver before getting into his car and leaving. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, about 28 years old and 5-foot, 7-inches tall, weighing 165 pounds with medium-length dark hair. He was seen wearing a T-shirt and jeans and was driving a red car.
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is the season to be jolly. But perhaps you’re in a more contemplative mood? Whether you’re feeling merry and bright, quiet and reverent or more “bah, humbug” than “deck the halls,” there’s something for everyone on the Midpeninsula this holiday season. Featured here are but a few of the first holiday-themed events happening locally, so grab your cup of hot cocoa and start making your plans. For more event listings, or to submit your own, check out the Midpeninsula event calendar at MV-Voice.com/calendar. MUSIC ‘Christmas in Poland and the Baltics’ What: In a departure from J.S. Bach, the California Bach Society presents a program of Christmas music from Poland and the Baltic countries. Where: All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. When: Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. More information: calbach.org
‘Ubi Caritas: Where There is Love’ What: Ragazzi Boys Chorus’ holiday program celebrates the concept of universal love with musical selections drawn from diverse traditions and faiths. Where: First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave. When: Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. More information: ragazzi.org DANCE ‘It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker’ What: The professional company Menlowe Ballet and students from its ballet school, Menlo Park Academy of Dance, are performing their third annual “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker,” which blends Tchaikovsky’s ballet with Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.” New this year: some nods to today’s political climate, plus a shorter, “sensory-friendly” version on Sunday, Dec. 10, especially appropriate for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Where: Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton.
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The Community Tree-Lighting brings crowds of families to downtown Mountain View to play in snow, listen to carols and wait for the arrival of Santa.
When: Dec. 8-10 and 15-17. More information: menloweballet.org MISCELLANEOUS FESTIVITIES Ernie’s Trains What: An elaborate, five-track model train display started by the late Ernie Bianco and continued by his son John draws visitors to a block of the Monta Loma neighborhood lined with farolito lights and holiday decorations.
Where: 2387 Adele Ave., Mountain View When: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday, from Thanksgiving through Sunday, Dec. 24 (weather permitting). Tree-lighting Ceremony What: The city of Mountain View’s annual celebration of the lighting of its community tree with music, a snow zone and the arrival of Santa. Bring canned food to donate to CSA
and a camera to take photos with Santa. Where: Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View When: Monday, Dec. 4, 5:30 -7:30 p.m. More information: 650-9036331; mountainview.gov/depts/ cs/events/treelighting.asp THEATER ‘Madeline’s Christmas: A Musical’ What: Madeline and her friends embark on a Christmas adventure in this musical adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans’ book. Where: Main stage, Palo Alto Children’s Theatre,1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. When: Nov. 30 - Dec. 17. More information: bit.ly/ MadelineTickets ‘The Millionth Production of a Christmas Carol’ What: The Pear presents James Kopp’s satirical story of a small Northern California theater company struggling to pay the bills and begrudgingly putting on a production of the Dickens Christmas classic. Where: Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View When: Nov. 30 - Dec. 17. More information: thepear.org
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he end-of-year holiday season has begun — the traditional “season of giving.” It’s a good time for those of us who enjoy a degree of financial comfort to consider the circumstances of families and individuals in our community who, because of growing economic inequity or personal setbacks, are struggling now more than ever. For years, Voice readers have helped support their neighbors in need through our Holiday Fund program, which supports seven local nonprofits that help the homeless, hungry and poor; people in need of medical care they can’t afford; kids from families that don’t have the means to give them the academic support or mental health services that could make all the difference to their future; and victims of domestic violence. Last year, our readers and the foundations supporting the Holiday Fund raised about $101,000, which was divided equally among those nonprofits. The program is supported by donations from the Wakerly Family Foundation (in memory of Voice co-founder Kate Wakerly), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The donated funds are processed by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which doesn’t charge for administration of the program, ensuring that 100 percent of your gifts go straight to the nonprofits. Please consider making a donation to the Holiday Fund by using the coupon on Page 7 of this newspaper, or going online at mv-voice.com/holiday_fund. The program this year will support the following organizations:
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS Founded in 1968, CSMA provides hands-on art and music education, and reaches kids of all socio-economic levels. Its artsin-the-schools programs serve more than 16,000 children in dozens of schools throughout the region, including students in the Mountain View Whisman School District.
COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS COUNCIL The CHAC partners with seven local school districts in Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills to address problems that affect children and teens, and cause stress within their families, such depression, drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, economic hardship, and bullying.
YWCA SUPPORT NETWORK FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE This group provides safe shelter for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence. It operates a 24-hour bilingual hotline, and offers counseling and other support programs for its clients.
COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY This nonprofit provides an urgently needed safety net for area residents of all ages. It provides emergency financial help with rent and utilities, homeless support, a food pantry for low-income families and individuals, and a range of services for seniors, serving thousands of people each year. DAY WORKER CENTER The Mountain View-based center offers job training and placement services, English language lessons, workshops and guidance. It provides a secure place for workers and employers to negotiate wages and work conditions. MAYVIEW COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER This medical clinic offers primary care services for low-income, uninsured North County residents. Among its services are prenatal and pediatric care, cancer screening and chronic disease management. It serves all low-income and poor residents regardless of their ability to pay. MENTOR TUTOR CONNECTION This organization matches adult volunteer mentors and tutors with under-served students in Mountain View, Los Altos and the Los Altos Hills area. The participating students range in class level from elementary school through high school.
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MAKE HOMEOWNERS PART OF DISCUSSION For those of us who worked hard for years so that we could buy a house in Mountain View and pay tens of thousands of dollars a year in property taxes for the privilege, the thought of someone complaining about $80 that will go to the city and who otherwise pays no property taxes or rent that supports property taxes is somewhat unsatisfying. It seems like the people who are left behind in this discussion about RVs are are the property owners who have made a significant investment with their savings and lives in this community. We can’t simply drive to another neighborhood or town if the
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streets around us start filling up with RVs. Peter Kuykendall Rebecca Privada
PLACES FOR PARKING VEHICLES THAT HOUSE I have followed with mounting concern the articles and letters about the plight of those living in RVs or cars parked on city streets. Why could not some of them be permitted to park in underused parking lots? The strip mall bounded by El Camino, San Antonio, and Fayette has a large back lot that rarely has any cars parked in it; it is used mainly by drivers who want to make a protected left turn onto San Antonio. Another possibility is the lot on
the corner of Rengstorff and Central Expressway; with the Walgreen’s site vacant and unlikely to be filled any time soon, very few spaces are needed for the small businesses remaining. I am sure there are other lots scattered around the city; these are the ones I am most familiar with. Neither of these is very close to housing, so NIMBY shouldn’t be a problem. Tiny houses could also be set up in these lots. There is probably some antique ordinance on the books preventing parking lots from being used for anything other than resting places for cars, but can’t we for once put people’s needs first? Susan Barkan Laura Lane
WHERE’S THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PROJECTS? On Nov. 13, I sat through an Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association special meeting on two upcoming developments: the Minkoff Group project to replace the Tied House and Chez TJ with a four-story office building, and a five-story Robert Green hotel and office development on the city-owned parking lots on Hope Street. What is Mountain View doing here? The Minkoff Group project removes two of our signature buildings and their lovely grounds for yet another boxy office building with two trees See LETTERS, page 15
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believe that most people in Mountain View would agree that the primary purpose of city planning is to make Mountain View a great place for people to live. Other issues may be important, but creating a great place for people to live is the most important. Are we doing that well enough nowadays? I personally don’t think so. I think we used to do better and we can do so again. The key is what I have learned to call “People Focused Design.” Let me explain. People Focused Design helps create places that people love and come back to over and over again. Downtown Mountain View is one great example. On a pleasant evening, Castro Street is full of people of all ages strolling the sidewalks, lingering in cafes, and enjoying the pleasures of a great place. And people come back again and again. Why is Downtown Mountain View such a great place? People Focused Design. What is People Focused Design, and why does Downtown Mountain View have it when other places don’t? Let’s remember some history. Back in the 1970s Downtown Mountain View was not an attractive place. The Mountain Bay Plaza building that houses Bank of America sat empty for 10 years with German Shepherd guard dogs prowling behind the smoked glass. Downtown was known as “Dog City” in those days, and nobody wanted to visit. But the city and the community decided to work together to make the downtown great. A Downtown Task Force of community members began working with
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total, promising a brilliant ground-floor restaurant, like many others, that won’t go out of business. We’ve heard this story before! How is the city going to enforce this? We already have examples of what happens when promises are not kept — exactly nothing! The developers have promised to move the old Chez TJ building to Dana Street, to be rented out to our most affluent as a public benefit. The new boxy office building with its two trees is supposed to be a gateway into Old Mountain View (if you can get there during rush hour, and you believe this looks like Old Mountain View). Where is the public benefit of this? The Robert Green Hope Street development, designed to provide
Guest Opinion the city to understand the problems and fix them. Fortunately, we met Michael Freedman, an expert in People Focused Design, who helped us understand how to change Downtown Mountain View from “Dog City” to the best downtown in Silicon Valley. (“People Focused Design” is also known as “City Design,” a field of expertise that is separate from “city planning.” Whatever we call it, it is an essential element of creating great places for people to live.) City planning often focuses on regulations. Regulations about use (what you can build where), density (how much of it you can build), and capacity (how big the streets, utilities and other supporting structure must be). All these regulations are important, but they don’t necessarily create a place that is a great place for people to live. That requires People Focused Design. Recently, it seems that Mountain View’s People Focused Design is not as strong as it should be. Wandering around in Phase 1 of the new San Antonio Shopping Center doesn’t feel as nice as wandering around in the downtown. Why shouldn’t it be as good? The businesses along El Camino Real turn their backs on the sidewalk area and potential customers there. Is that what we want? Yes, I know that El Camino Real is a highway that the state controls. But the city regulates the private development along the street. Recently the city has been approving a lot of needed residential development along El Camino, but is it doing it in a way the city with revenue from two now-free parking lots is also problematical. We will lose onstreet parking and open parking lots on Hope Street during several years of horrendous construction with abusive traffic conditions. After construction we get to park in a subterranean garage, hike up several floors to Castro Street, while dealing with additional traffic from a hotel and another 200-employee office complex and enjoying the Stalinist architecture of these new buildings, designed to maximize profits for the developers and owners. The city may make some money from ground leases, but not enough to compensate for congested streets and more hideous buildings that devour sunlight and nature. Also, I recall the city gave away
that will produce a neighborhood that is a great place for new residents to live? Again, El Camino is a state highway and the state regulates what happens in the highway. But the city controls the design of private development along the sides of El Camino. Are we doing a good enough job? Are we creating a neighborhood where people can live and raise a family? I don’t think so. This is not a criticism of Mountain View’s city planning or its city planners. They are good, competent people doing what they see as best for Mountain View. But People Focused Design is a separate field of expertise from city planning, and we need to reinstate it as an essential part of our city design and planning process. Talking about focusing on people, behavioral economics is in the news because Richard Thayer, one of its creators, has won a Nobel Prize. Behavioral economics modifies traditional economics by adding a focus on people and human behavior, and it has opened a fresh perspective on economic analysis. Similarly, People Focused Design adds a focus on people and human experience, and it offers a fresh perspective on traditional planning and zoning. We don’t need a Nobel Prize to teach us the value off adding People Focused Design to our city design and planning processes. Let’s reinstate People Focused Design as an essential part of our city design and planning processes and make Mountain View a great place for people to live. Bruce Liedstrand is a former Mountain View city manager. He lives in Mountain View. the transient occupancy tax for the hotel development as part of this, as well as allowing the hotel to go to five stories in a district where projects are restricted to four stories. How does this benefit the residents of Mountain View? Do we get better streets, more police and firefighters, new parks, housing for teachers? Do we get anything at all? A last and most important comment — the City Council and city staff seem to love office complexes — they keep approving them. The workers in these offices will not live in Mountain View, they will not vote in Mountain View, they won’t pay taxes to Mountain View, and they won’t give a darn about what happens to Mountain View. Carol Lewis Oak Street
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Rocco Scordella, owner of Vina Enoteca and Tootsie’s in Palo Alto, brings an Italian sensibility to the Bay Area restaurant business.
THE INS AND OUTS OF OWNING A RESTAURANT, ACCORDING TO ROCCO SCORDELLA OF VINA ENOTECA By Elena Kadvany
oon after Rocco Scordella moved from his native Italy to take a job at famed chef Mario Batali’s Del Posto in New York City in 2005, a transit strike shut down his commute from Queens into Manhattan. So Scordella walked two-and-ahalf hours in the snow to get to the restaurant each day. “I didn’t want to miss the job,” he said in an interview. This matter-of-fact dedication paid off, as Scordella — who spoke no English when he arrived at Del Posto — moved up through the ranks, 16
becoming a “captain” overseeing his own section of the restaurant. Del Posto earned two Michelin stars the first year he was there. At 24 years old, he had accomplished his dream of working in a Michelin-starred restaurant. The threads that connect Scordella’s career continue on today — his Italian roots, a philosophy that espouses simplicity and quality and a passion for the ins and outs of running a restaurant — are evidenced in his two Palo Alto restaurants, Tootsie’s and Vina Enoteca.
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Scordella was born in Salento Puglia in Southern Italy, but grew up in Porretta Terme, a small town of about 2,000 people located between Florence and Bologna. His first restaurant job was as a server at a large hotel-restaurant. He was 13 years old. At 14, students in Italy can choose to attend schools focused on different areas designed to prepare them to go onto college, such as arts, science or vocational school. Scordella chose a five-year culinary school program. The first
three years, students learned about the front and back of the house, then decided which area they wanted to focus on. Scordella opted for the kitchen, but said he would alternate summers working in the front and back of the house. He always thought conquering both was important “if you want to open your own business.” After graduating, he spent a brief stint at a small trattoria in Manchester, England (he spoke no English and hated the weather), then worked as
a bartender in Paris before moving to New York City. He met his future wife and business partner, Shannon, at Del Posto. (Shannon, a native of San Carlos, had moved to New York herself to become a chef.) The two eventually moved to California and together opened Tootsie’s in 2009. Last year, their second act came in the form of Vina Enoteca, a farmto-table Italian restaurant. Scordella — young, approachable and energetic — described his cooking philosophy as “keep it simple and keep it fresh.”
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Rocco Scordella, right, talks about the lunch menu with Nadiv Geiger, the executive chef at Vina Enoteca.
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Stanford to build a new 7-acre garden that would supply his restaurants. Other vendors that the restaurant buys from are listed on the dinner menu. Pasta, bread and pastries are all made in-house. While the Vina Enoteca menu heavily features Italian classics like pasta bolognese and Margherita pizza, Scordella has no qualms about the fact that it is not a truly authentic Italian restaurant. It was the first restaurant on the Peninsula to serve the meatless Impossible Burger, which quickly became a popular menu item, he said. Scordella said he was skeptical when he first tried the plant-based burger, but is now playing with it like any other ingredient, creating a bolognese sauce and a meatball sandwich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In America, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be strictly 100 percent Italian,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Impossible Burger is kind of an American twist. We have to give the customer what they like, if you want to pay the bills.â&#x20AC;? These days, Scordella is more owner than chef â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primarily found on the floor during lunch and dinner services, talking with customers and problemsolving with staff â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but he is heavily involved in all aspects of the restaurant. He collaborates with Vina Enotecaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new executive chef, Nadiv Geiger from the Michelin-starred Village Pub in Woodside, on new menu items. He also steps in when needed; he has filled in as pastry chef and events coordinator, and is currently doubling as Vina Enotecaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sommelier. Scordella believes in being a present and responsive owner,
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Scordella talks with one of the regulars at Vina Enoteca.
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Dinner service is off to a bustling start at Vina Enoteca, a traditional Italian restaurant on Welch Road in Palo Alto.
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something instilled in him during culinary school in Italy. He regularly responds to negative views on Yelp and the first thing he does every morning, he said, is Google the names of his restaurants. “Sometimes they (customers) say things that could be helpful — what you don’t see or you don’t pay attention to,” he said, “and other times, it’s just people trying to find something (wrong).” He doesn’t shy away from calling Yelpers out on their “BS.” A recent poster wrote that she is “reconsidering” her friendship with a coworker who loves Vina Enoteca. She called the caprese salad “basic,” the Margherita pizza “oddly sour and sweet” and the panna cotta “the biggest disappointment: White gelatin with orange marmalade.” “No need to lose a friend over a panna cotta,” Scordella wrote in response. “Caprese salad (is) supposed to be basic, (it) is all about the tomatoes.” In response to another negative review, he apologized for missteps in service, said he would show the review to his staff and gave his email for the poster to contact him directly. Despite running two restaurants, raising three young children and getting about five hours of sleep each night, Scordella is hungry to do more on the Peninsula. He said he plans to remodel Tootsie’s soon, and expand it to more locations in the area. A pipe dream is to open a speakeasy, but he said he knows he would end up working even later than he does at the restaurants. Email Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@paweekly.com.
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Rocco Scordella relaxes with a glass of wine in the main dining room after lunch service finishes up.
Lightning round: We asked Scordella a series of quick questions. Pesto or bolognese? Bolognese. Red or white pizza? White. Aperol spritz or negroni? Negroni, all the time. Mario Batali or Alice Waters? Alice Waters. Stanford or Cal? Stanford.
In-N-Out or Impossible Burger? That’s a tough one. Impossible Burger. I love In-N-Out, but every time you go to In-N-Out, right after you’re like, ‘Why did I do it?’ Butter or olive oil? Olive oil, all the way.
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Aspiring musician Miguel enters the Land of the Dead to solve a mystery in “Coco.”
Day of the Dead has its day PIXAR’S ‘COCO’ SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 0001/2 (Century 16 & 20) Already the highest-grossing film in Mexican cinema history, Disney-Pixar’s “Coco” will be an easy target for those accustomed to decrying Disney’s powerful cultural appropriation. Setting aside the irony of that carpetbagging Mexican haul, “Coco” takes up Mexican cultural traditions within the Pixar tradition of working hard to get it right, whatever “it” may be. This time, it’s Dia de Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, dramatized in the story of a boy in search of himself by way of an ancestor. In the fictional Mexican village of Santa Cecilia, 12-yearold Miguel Rivera (a pitch-perfect Anthony Gonzalez) idolizes the town’s dearly departed claim-to-fame, singer-songwriter-movie star Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). Miguel wants nothing more than to become a singer like his hero, but the other Riveras despise
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The best advice for the legions of superhero fans heading into the hotly anticipated DC superhero team-up movie “Justice League” is this: Enjoy the details. Problems abound in this patchwork film, in which directorial credit goes to Zach Snyder (“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”), even though it was largely directed — in extensive “bless this mess” reshoots — by Joss Whedon (switching sides after directing two “Avengers” movies for Marvel).Their sensibilities aren’t a good fit, and the results are schizophrenic. The plot is suspiciously familiar: a power struggle over three mightily powerful cubes (the “Mother Boxes”), protected by our heroes
music, having been burned by a once-upon-a-time absent father who chose music over family. They promise Miguel a life working for the family’s thriving shoemaking business, but in secret, Miguel keeps his eye on the prize of musical stardom. A bit of magical realism later, Miguel finds himself in the Land of the Dead, meeting ancestors and hunting for his idol. A chance meeting with sad singer Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal) leads to a deal: Hector’s help in getting to Cruz, in exchange for Miguel bringing Hector’s photo back to the land of the living, so his soul can be remembered before he fades to “the final death,” being forgotten by the living. “Coco” can be a bit wearing in its plot mechanics — such as a tendency to keep contriving rules and adding obstacles — but overall, the movie drains
the viewer in the best ways: the “museum fatigue” of so many wondrous sights, so much color and music, and the emotional fatigue of having been put through a sentimental wringer. Particularly in the land of the dead and despite plenty of dark scenes, the spectacle carries with it a palpable wow factor. And the music, orchestrated by Pixar stalwart Michael Giacchino, gets a songwriting boost from the featured tune “Remember Me” by Robert Lopez and Kristen AndersonLopez (“The Book of Mormon,” “Avenue Q”). Director Lee Unkrich (“Toy Story 3”) and co-director/coscreenwriter Adrian Molina (also a Pixar vet) attend to a harmonious set of themes, about vocation and ambition (“Seize your moment”), the role of family (“That’s what families are supposed to do ... support you”), and the meaning
and coveted by god-like alien Steppenwolf (voiced Ciar·n Hinds). This very, very fakelooking computer-generated longhorn commands an army of flying monkeys — sorry, Parademons — and makes the least-compelling villain this new wave of DC films has yet offered up. Once the film gets down to its relevant plotting, “Justice League” starts trending toward the airless. With so many characters to serve, there’s never a dull moment in the film’s studiomandated two-hour running time. Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action. Two hours, 1 minute. — P.C.
with their own fathers, played by John Lithgow and Mel Gibson, respectively. The original movie, while hardly subversive, made hay from the chemistry of Ferrell and Wahlberg and located some edge in its premise of a “dad vs. stepdad” competition for two children’s love. The sequel finds that situation curdled into a passive-aggressive acceptance, mischievously exploited by an otherwise grumpy and insecure granddad (Gibson’s Kurt) who can see the resentments bubbling under the surfaces of Dusty (Wahlberg) and Brad (Ferrell). Brad’s dad (Lithgow) has buried his own problems yet deeper, promising his out-sized, cheery demeanor will eventually yield to a manic emotional breakdown. “Daddy’s Home 2” isn’t unbearable for adults, and it’s likely to delight kids to no end as the adults act stupid and the kids get their triumphs. Rated PG-13 for suggestive
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of life and death. Despite similarities to Fox’s 2014 “The Book of Life,” “Coco” also takes a positive cultural step for mainstream American entertainment, with its all-Latino voice cast. As obvious and familiar as this thematic territory can be,
“Coco” deals with it tenderly and sweetly, in ways that will send audiences young and old out with a song in their recently warmed hearts. Rated PG for thematic elements. One hour, 49 minutes. — Peter Canavese
material and some language. One hour, 40 minutes. — P.C.
contests, and a runaway Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson of “Dear White People”) exploits the system. Add the return of Anthony Hopkins as Asgardian ruler Odin, and you have another superhero movie bursting with riches: two Oscar winners, four Marvel superheroes (two in cameos I won’t spoil), three worlds worth of eyepopping production design, and enough gags to rule them all. “Thor: Ragnarok” doesn’t have much to offer, but it does, like “Iron Man 3,” devote some effort to rounding off a trilogy of films while opening a door to future adventures for its lead character. Above all, Waititi revs up this vehicle for a wild ride, the sort of wideeyed adventure likely to send Marvel’s giant core audience staggering out of the theater wearing a collective smile. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive material. Two hours, 10 minutes. — P.C.
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Marvel has successfully doubled down on the laughs in “Thor: Ragnarok” by mashing up Thor, Hulk and the “Guardians of the Galaxy” sensibility for a rollicking comedy.In his third (more or less) solo outing, the god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth’s Thor) tentatively teams up with his half-brother, the god of mischief (Tom Hiddleston’s Loki), to protect their realm from the their long-lost sister — uh oh — the goddess of death (Cate Blanchett’s Hela). The fast-moving plot allows for plenty of wry bouncing around the universe, Douglas Adams-style. Much of the action takes place on the planet Sakaar, a sci-fi Roman Empire where a Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) distracts from his tyrannical elitism with gladiatorial
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University Singers The Stanford Department of Music will sponsor a University Singers performance of Brahms’ “German Requiem, Op. 45” arranged for two pianos. Nov. 29, 7:30-9 p.m. $15, general; $10, students and seniors; free with Stanford ID. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Victoria Hanna Stanford Live will host Victoria Hanna, an artist who combines traditional Middle Eastern sounds with contemporary music genres in her interpretation of Hebrew and Aramaic texts. Nov. 29, 7-8:30 p.m. $10, Stanford student with ID; $30, general admission. Bing Concert Hall Studio, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search live. stanford.edu for more info.
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley celebrates the holiday season with the escapade, “Around the World in 80 Days.” Taking place in the 1870s, fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet circle the globe in an unheard of 80 days. Nov. 29-Dec. 31, times vary. $40$100. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. theatreworks.org
THEATER Ballet America’s Nutcracker-2017 Full-length, 1.5-hour production includes a cast of 100 local dancers alongside professional dancers. Ballet America’s Nutcracker Children features characters such as a gingerbread dog and a chocolate cat,w ho roam around a childlike version of heaven. Dec. 1, 7 p.m.; Dec. 2, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. $24-$49. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. foxrwc.showare.com Oshman Family JCC Presents ‘Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends: New Worlds’ Actor Bill Murray teams up with German cellist Jan Vogler for a one-night-only evening of classical music and literature in “Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends: New Worlds at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto.” Dec. 2, 8 p.m. $145-$250. Oshman Family JCC - Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/Events
CONCERTS ‘Christmas in Poland and the Baltics’ Paul Flight leads the 30-voice California Bach Society in a Christmas program, including a Baroque three-chorus “Magnificat” from Poland, contemporary works from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia and traditional and folk carols. Dec. 2, 8-10 p.m. $35; discounts for advance, seniors and those under 30. All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. calbach.org/#christmas-in-poland Flute Students of Greer Ellison Stanford University flute students are featured in this concert. Nov. 29, 12:30 p.m. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. events. stanford.edu/events/717/71713 Rolston String Quartet The Rolston String Quartet, First Prize winner of the 2016 Banff International String Quartet competition, features an evening of music and conversation. Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. Free. Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/events/ rolston-string-quartet Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble: Fall Concert Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble will present a blend of traditional and contemporary songs spanning the entire scope of the Afro-Latin genres, including classic and modern salsa, son montuno, Latin jazz, cha-cha, Cuban timba, danzon and rumba. Dec. 2, 7:309:30 p.m. $10-$15 in advance; $15-$20 at the door. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Voices of Music: Virtuoso Concerto Holiday Celebration Voices of Music will perform Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 6,”
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MUSIC Fowre Thousand Wynter Soli Deo Gloria presents “Fowre Thousand Wynter,” with narrator LaDoris Cordell in a U.S. premiere with soprano soloist, chorus and Orchestra Gloria. Also included is a Telemann cantata and a carol medley with audience sing-along. Dec. 2, 3:30 p.m. $21-26. Students in grades K-8 are free. Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto. sdgloria.org/soli-deogloria-concerts/ Marcus Cooper Musician Marcus Cooper has been performing for about 10 years, and his set is comprised of both originals and a range of covers from artists such as Jackie Greene, The Wood Brothers, Ryan Adams and Jason Isbell. Dec. 1, 8 p.m. Free. Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence St., Redwood City. freewheelbrewing.com Open Mic Open Mic takes place every Monday on the second floor of Red Rock Coffee in downtown Mountain View. It features free live music, comedy, poetry and a supportive atmosphere for experienced and new performers. Mondays, ongoing, 6:30 p.m., sign-ups; starts at 7 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee. org/calendar Stanford Symphony Orchestra The Stanford Symphony Orchestra under its new conductor, Paul Phillips, perform Saariaho’s, “Ciel d’hiver” (“Winter Sky”), Debussy’s “La Mer,” Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival Overture,” and Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations,” performed by Concerto Competition winner Danna Xue. Dec. 1 and 2, 7:30 p.m. $10-$20 in advance; $15-$25 at the door. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford. music.stanford.edu Sukay in Concert Joshman Family Jewish Community Center will host “Sukay in Concert,” featuring traditional Andean music directed by Bolivian composer and two-time Grammy nominee, Eddy Navia. Nov. 28, noon to 1:30 p.m. $20 or two punches of the Community Tuesdays Punch Card. Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/sukay
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‘Her’ and ‘Ex Machina’ Film Studies 119/319 “Synthetic Humans” will host screenings of “Her” and “Ex Machina” as a part of its Frankenstein@200 Film Festival sponsored by The Center for Biomedical Ethics, Medicine & the Muse Program in Medical Humanities & the Arts at Stanford. Nov. 29, 7:30-9:45 p.m. Free. Stanford University, History Corner, Building 220, Room 205, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Hometown Holidays The Redwood City Business Group will host its annual Hometown Holidays party to celebrate the holiday season. Event includes a parade, live entertainment, carnival rides, snow, Santa Claus photos and more. Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St, Redwood City. hometownholidays.org Marketplace: A Pop-up Boutique Benefitting Schools in Kenya Marketplace, a pop-up boutique, will sell handmade items from Africa, the U.S. and around the world. All proceeds help Maasai children in Kenya by supporting the education, health care and food programs at The Kilgoris Project schools. Nov. 30-Dec.10, varying times. Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real, Suite 115, Palo Alto. kilgoris.org/marketplace/
FUNDRAISERS Christmas Tree Lot The Los Altos High School Christmas Tree lot at the corner of Castro Street and El Camino Real, in the Chase Bank parking lot, is open starting the day after Thanksgiving. All proceeds benefit sports teams at Los Altos High School. Nov. 24-Dec. 17; 4:30-7:30 p.m. weekdays, and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends. 749 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View. Fiery Arts Winter Glass Sale Palo Alto High School’s glass-blowing program presents “Fiery Arts,” its annual fund raiser. Students have created glass candy canes, reindeer, trees, ornaments, pomegranates, pears, apples, elephants, birds, acorns and pumpkins. Dec. 1, 3-6 p.m.; Dec. 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto. paly.net/events2
FAMILY Harry Potter Trivia Night This Harry Potter trivia challenge is open to teens and adults. Individuals will be placed in a team if they don’t come with one. Space is limited. Nov. 30, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Palo Alto Library -Rinconada, 1213 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. paloalto.bibliocommons. com/events/ Santa Photos at Stanford Shopping Center Stanford Shopping Center will host its annual Simon Santa Photo Experience for children and families this holiday season. Nov. 5-Dec. 24, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free admission. Photo package costs vary. Stanford Shopping Center, 660 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto.
TALKS & LECTURES Adult Book Discussion The Los Altos library will host a discuss on Juliette Fay’s novel “The Tumbling Turner Sisters.” Nov. 28, 7-8 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 South San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Search sccl.org/Locations/Los-Altos for more info.
Mary Otto with Angie Coiro: ‘Dentistry and the broken health care system’ Kepler’s Literary Foundation will host health journalist Mary Otto and Angie Coiro for an evening addressing the links tying dental hygiene to a person’s job prospects, social mobility and education. Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m. Free but RSVP required. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search brownpapertickets.com for more info. Soviet Political Posters Gallery Talk This gallery talk with Bertrand Patenaude, research fellow, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, will highlight how the new Soviet regime pioneered the political propaganda poster. Dec. 2, noon. Free. Cantor Arts Center. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Dr., Stanford. events.stanford.edu Community Coffee with Assemblymember Marc Berman Assemblymember Marc Berman and Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin will be available to talk with community members. Nov. 30, 8-9:30 a.m. Free. FG Bakery Cafe, 2561 El Camino Real, Redwood City. a24.asmdc.org/event/ community-coffee-redwood-city Book Club Meeting The group will discuss “Shelter: A Novel” by Jung Yun (2016; 336 pages). Nov. 30, 9:30 a.m. (socializing); discussion at 10 a.m. Free. Los Altos Hills Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills. meetup.com/siliconvalleypageturners
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Art Exhibit: ‘The Crown under the Hammer: Russia, Romanovs, Revolution’ Marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 this exhibition examines the political, social and cultural upheavals that transformed Russia in the final decades of the Romanov dynasty and the first years of Soviet Communism. Oct. 18-March 4, 2018, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays; Thursdays open till 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center & Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu ‘I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story’ The exhibition tells the rich and complex stories of the first Asian laborers arriving along the Gulf and Eastern American seaboards throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. From there, it tells stories of Asian immigrants finding homes and participating in key moments of US history. Oct. 19-Jan. 7, Thursdays to Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org/exhibits/want-wideamerican-earth/ Rengstorff House Art of Gratitude The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) will be a part of the 2017 Rengstorff House Art of Gratitude exhibit, featuring student artwork from CSMA’s Art4Schools program in the Mountain View elementary schools. Nov. 1-30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. Free. Rengstorff House, 3070 North Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. arts4all.org/events/ rengstorff-house-art-of-gratitude
GALLERIES Art Shack - Artists Holiday Open Studio The Art Shack, as a part of the Second Annual Artists’ Holiday Open Studios in Redwood City and San Carlos, will be hosting an open gallery with live music, snacks and an art table with materials for a special creative project. Dec. 2-3, 12-5 p.m. Free. The Art Shack, 432 Warrington Ave., Redwood City. rwcahos.com/ the-art-shack/ Plein Air by Veronica Gross Viewpoints Gallery will present Plein Air by Veronica Gross, featuring watercolor works from throughout the artist’s career. Oct. 31-Nov. 26. MondaysSaturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. viewpointsgallery.com
DANCE Argentine Tango Alberto’s Nightclub presents Argentine Tango on Sundays. Ongoing, 7 p.m. $10 cover charge. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar ‘FOUR: New Dances by Diane Frank, Aleta Hayes, Alex Ketley, and Ronnie Reddick’ FOUR: New Dances by Diane Frank, Aleta Hayes, Alex Ketley, and Ronnie Reddick brings together the original works of TAPS’ four faculty artist-choreographers in a concert of dance, live music, video art and found objects. Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 8 p.m. $5-$15. Roble Gym Dance Studio, 375 Santa Teresa St, Stanford. taps.stanford.edu/FOUR.html New York Style Salsa On2 with Victoria (Mambo Mondays) New York Style Salsa On2 with Victoria Mambo will be held Mondays, with lessons for all skill levels. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Level 1 at 8 p.m.; level 2 at 9 p.m.; social dancing starts at 10 p.m. No partner necessary. For people 21 years and older. Ongoing. $10 cover charge. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar
FOOD & DRINK Blue Bottle Coffee Dripper - Brew Class Blue Bottle Palo Alto will host a hands-on class, led by baristas, teaching participants how to make a proper pour over with the new Blue Bottle Coffee Dripper. Nov. 27, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $20. Blue Bottle Coffee, 456 University Ave., Palo Alto. bluebottlecoffee.com The Science of Cooking: The Modern Burger This course will cover baking bread, grinding meat, melting cheese, making fries two ways, and making sous vide liquid nitrogen ice cream using a mix of traditional and modernist techniques. Students will use hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, a CVap, a Thermomix, liquid nitrogen, a blowtorch and more. Dec. 2, 11 a.m.3 p.m. $165. Los Altos. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
HEALTH & WELLNESS Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program This program is for those who have questions about Medicare or Medi-Cal. The Sourcewise Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP) helps people navigate the Medicare maze so they can understand their options and choose what’s best for them and their family. Fourth Tuesday of the month, 1-4 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ librarycalendar Heartfulness Meditation In this class, participants will learn relaxation and meditation techniques with Heartfulness Certified Instructor Radhalakshmi Ramakrishnan. Mondays, through Dec. 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. sccl. org/losaltos Parent Ed: ‘Parenting Wired Teens’ Between texting, social media, music and video, teens are spending hours at a time on their devices. This panel of experts and teens will share data and insights on how much time is too much, how parents can manage teens’ media consumption and how parents can help teens balance their time online and offline. Nov. 28, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. CHC, 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
SPORTS Pickleball Pickleball is ideal for beginners or advanced players and is a racquet sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. Two, three or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a wiffle ball, over a net. Wednesdays, ongoing, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free, Senior Center members; $3, non-members. Los Altos Senior Center - Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
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