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Rent control foes launch initiative campaign CHANGES INCLUDE BIGGER RENT INCREASES, ANNUAL INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS By Mark Noack
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ajor changes to Mountain View’s rent control law could go before voters this fall. The political action group Measure V Too Costly filed paperwork on Friday, March 30, for a November ballot initiative that would heavily modify Mountain View’s rent control program. The proposal, dubbed the “Mountain View Homeowner, Renter, and Taxpayer Protection Initiative,” seeks to curtail most limits on rent increases and create income eligibility requirements for tenants. Among the proposed changes is a provision that would likely bring a halt to using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the baseline for determining citywide rent increases on eligible apartments. Using CPI, affected apartment owners last year were restricted to no more than a 3.4 percent increase in the rents they charged. Under the proposed initiative, this CPI cap on rent increases would be lifted if more than 3 percent of the approximately
15,000 apartments in the city are vacant. In that scenario, the Rental Housing Committee would be obligated to suspend the CPI rent cap as well as the just-cause eviction protections written into the rent control law. These tenant protections could later be reinstated if the vacancy rate dips back below 3 percent for six consecutive months. The city’s vacancy rate on apartments has not dipped below 3 percent since at least 2009, according to data from the real estate tracking firm CoStar. About 4.3 percent of apartments in Mountain View are currently vacant. If the vacancy rate is above 3 percent, the new initiative would set no limit on rent increases, although landlords would still be restricted to imposing only one increase per year. Any rent increases that exceed 7 percent would be subject to a three-step mediation program that could culminate in arbitration, which would not be binding. Under this system, landlords would
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A Waymo driverless car turns onto Central Expressway near Google’s Mayfield Avenue campus. This month, California will start allowing autonomous vehicles to operate on public streets without anyone inside the vehicle who could take over the controls.
No drivers needed for self-driving cars CITY OFFICIALS WARY ABOUT NEW TEST PHASE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES By Mark Noack
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elf-driving cars have been navigating Mountain View’s streets for years, but there’s always been a catch. Up till now, the robocars have always had a human sitting in the driver’s seat,
ready to take the wheel if the autonomous systems were to fail. But that will soon be changing. Starting this month, state regulators will to begin allowing autonomous vehicles to drive on public roads on their own, without anyone behind
the wheel. In other words, driverless cars will soon be truly driverless. The change has big implications for Mountain View, home to 19 companies developing self-driving technology, See SELF-DRIVING, page 9
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Medicare payments a thorny issue for hospital patients OUTPATIENT STATUS REDUCES MEDICARE COSTS, BUT LEAVES PATIENTS WITH A BIG BILL, NO NURSING HOME COVERAGE By Kevin Forestieri
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n October, a 90-year-old man was taken to El Camino Hospital in an ambulance with back pain so severe that it prevented him from
getting out of bed. The man, who was suffering from dementia, kidney failure and a compression fracture, was reportedly screaming in pain and throwing up, and spent five days in the hospital, undergoing
an MRI scan, dialysis and a back procedure called a kyphoplasty. When he was finally released, his family was shocked to find that the hospital stay and procedures landed them with a $13,000 bill, despite the man’s
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST Police arrested a Mountain View man last week after he allegedly bit, grabbed and tried to strangle his girlfriend, and later threatened her while she was at work. The victim told police that she was attacked by the 26-yearold suspect around 1 a.m. on Thursday, March 29 in their home on California Street, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. The suspect allegedly attacked her during an argument after she said she wanted to end the relationship, and reportedly took her phone, bit her, grabbed her and tried to strangle her during the attack, Nelson said. The assault resulted in visible injuries on the victim, Nelson said. The victim did not report the crime right away, but called police on March 30 when the suspect showed up at her place of work on North Rengstorff Avenue and threatened to physically harm her, Nelson said. Officers found the suspect, who had driven a short distance away, and arrested him on charges including robbery, corporal injury causing great bodily harm and harassment. He was booked into Santa Clara County jail with bail set at $200,000.
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Teachers struggle with skyrocketing housing costs NEW HOMES FOR MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT IN THE REGION
renting and buying homes with anything less than an hour-long aced with one of the most commute each way. A family expensive housing markets of four earning $90,000 a year, in the nation, local teach- for example, makes too much ers say they are hanging on by a to qualify for deed-restricted thread and wondering whether it’s affordable housing units on the market, but doesn’t make nearly worth it to work in the Bay Area. enough to save While kids for a down payplayed outside ment after payon a recent sun‘I’ll definitely be ing for expenses ny afternoon, food, rent teachers in moving if I cannot like and health care. Mountain View and Los Altos buy a home in the The result is that middleschools were income resiin the Almond next five years.’ dents like teachElementar y MEGAN BLACH, LAHS TEACHER ers and social School library workers, who sharing perplay an essential sonal stories of tight budgets, long commutes and role in the community, are on the doubts about the future. Buying ropes, and face either living paya home with a yard, to them, felt check to paycheck or leaving the like a goal utterly out of reach on a area entirely, said Sarah Chaffin, founder of the Support Teacher teachers’ salary. “I’ll definitely be moving if I Housing initiative. She argues cannot buy a home in the next that tax credits incentivize the five years,” said Los Altos High creation of affordable housing, teacher Megan Blach. “I do want and big developers are happy to to stay here, but it’s not worth it reap the benefits of market-rate rental costs, but there’s nothing at the end of the day.” Others described how they out there for teachers and what grew up in the South Bay at a she calls the “missing middle.” “There’s this whole class of peotime when middle-class families could afford real estate at least ple who make too much money to within driving distance of work, qualify for low-income housing and lamented that the same but not enough money to ever opportunity won’t be available buy a home in this area,” Chaffin to anyone who isn’t making well told the Voice after the meeting. above $100,000 — unless they get “I’m trying to build as many allies as possible to raise awareness for a boost from wealthy parents. “It’s amazing to look at the housing and the missing middle.” Patricia Hsuan, an art teacher childhood home that my mom lives in, that I always thought I at Blach Intermediate and Egan would have, to know that’s not a Junior High schools, told the possibility,” said Natalie Cannon, crowd that the housing crunch a sixth-grade teacher at Santa affects both her and her students. She recalled an architecture Rita Elementary. Teachers shared similar sto- assignment in class where a ries throughout the Peninsula student mistook a living room Teacher Town Hall event, hosted design for a bedroom, and later by Bay Area Forward and an learned it was because the child initiative called Support Teacher was sleeping in a living room. Hsuan could sympathize — Housing on Tuesday, March 27. The meeting marks the latest in she said she slept on her couch a regional campaign to shore up for four years so her son could community support and politi- have the only bedroom in their cal will for housing affordable to apartment. She was able to buy a house after receiving financial middle-income families. At the core of the problem is help from her mother, but the that middle-class families mak- monthly payments are huge ing between 80 percent and 120 and eat up a large portion of her percent of the area’s median See TEACHER HOUSING, page 8 income have few options for By Kevin Forestieri
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MUSICAL MONDAYS Jazz guitarist Michael Blum was the featured performer at Red Rock Coffee’s open mic night on April 2. The downtown coffee shop’s weekly event, held every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m., is something of a local institution. Red Rock’s second-floor offers a gathering place where musicians, writers and comedians can come to share their work.
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he driver who died in a fiery crash on Highway 101 last week had his Tesla’s Autopilot engaged before the crash, according to a statement released by the company last week. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash and its aftermath, expressed its displeasure with Tesla’s announcement. San Mateo resident Wei Huang, 38, crashed into a highway barrier separating southbound Highway 101 from the Highway 85 carpool flyover lane shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Friday, March 23. The Tesla struck the median at freeway speeds, triggering a three-vehicle accident and causing the car to catch fire. Huang was transported to Stanford Hospital with major injuries, where he later died. Tesla retrieved the vehicle logs from Huang’s vehicle, a Model X, and determined that the Autopilot system was engaged at 9:27 a.m., moments before the collision with the “adaptive cruise control follow-distance set to a minimum,” according to a blog post from the company. As Huang approached the
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Little remained of the front end of the Tesla Model X following the crash and subsequent fire on March 23.
barrier, he received “several visual” warnings and an audible warning to take control of the vehicle again, according to the post. But data from the vehicle shows that the driver’s hands “were not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision.” “The driver had about five seconds and 150 meters of unobstructed view of the concrete divider with the crushed crash attenuator, but the vehicle logs show that no action was taken,” according to the statement. Earlier this week, ABC7 News reported that Huang’s family
said Huang had frequent trouble with the Autopilot system on the Model X, and took it to his dealer on multiple occasions claiming that Autopilot veered the car toward the same Highway 101 barrier that his vehicle collided with on March 23. A Tesla spokesperson disputed that claim, telling the Voice in an email, “We’ve been doing a thorough search of our service records and we cannot find anything suggesting that the customer ever complained to Tesla about the performance See TESLA CRASH, page 10
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Two arrested for forging rent-control petition names PAID SIGNATURE-GATHERERS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER COASTSIDE CITY’S REPEAL MEASURE By Mark Noack
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wo campaign workers who helped defeat a rent control measure in Pacifica are facing an array of criminal charges for allegedly falsifying at least 100 signatures. The charges come as a similar campaign to scale back Mountain View’s rent control law gains momentum. As in Mountain View, rising rents on housing have been a lightning rod for controversy in Pacifica. In response, Pacifica’s City Council last year enacted a rent control ordinance that largely mirrored Mountain View’s voter-approved program that passed in 2016. In Mountain View last week, a campaign opposing rent control filed its intent to put a ballot measure before voters in November. In Pacifica last year, an opposition campaign launched to halt that city’s rent control ordinance. A political action committee — the Pacifica Coalition for Housing Equality — began collecting signatures for a
referendum to prevent rent control from being enacted. That group was largely funded by the San Mateo County Association of Realtors and the California Apartment Association (CAA). The Pacifica effort to defeat rent control drew attention in Mountain View last year after it was revealed that the campaign had hired former Mountain View Councilman Tom Means, a member of the city’s Rental Housing Committee. Means was paid $1,500 to author a study portraying rent control as harmful, triggering accusations of a conflict of interest. Means has insisted the work for Pacifica was consistent with his role as an economics professor and had no bearing on his duties overseeing Mountain View’s rent control program. Law enforcement in Pacifica became involved after getting multiple calls last year claiming that signature gatherers were misleading people into signing their names, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Investigators couldn’t hang a criminal
case on those allegations, he said. However, they found other discrepancies. They determined that more than 100 people listed on the petition had not in fact signed their names. Investigators with the district attorney’s office recently arrested two people hired to collect signatures for the Pacifica referendum petition for allegedly falsifying dozens of names. The two suspects were identified as Brad and Jentry Jasperson, a married couple from Utah. The Jaspersons were arrested last month in Reno, Nevada. Together they are facing 21 criminal charges, including perjury, election fraud and identity theft, which could result in up to nine years in prison. Speaking to the Voice, Wagstaffe emphasized that his investigators found no evidence that the crimes were being directed by anyone else at the Pacifica Coalition for Housing Equality, or other groups. Based on the evidence, it appears the Jaspersons were likely cutting corners to quickly collect signatures, he said. They were paid $5 for each signature.
Shanti Singh, a spokeswoman for Tenants Together, an renter advocacy group based in San Francisco, pointed out that the referendum petition qualified by a margin of only 63 signatures. “The repeal of Pacifica’s tenant protections would not have passed without this,” she said. “We can’t go back in time and give back these protections, but I think there’s a lot of renters who have the right to be very, very upset right now.” In recent weeks, a new political group, Measure V Too Costly, has begun laying the groundwork for a Mountain View ballot measure this November modify the city’s rent control law. They began a polling campaign to gauge local interest and on March 30, filed the initiative language with the city. In order to get a measure on the November ballot, the group will need to collect about 5,500 signatures before a June deadline. Laura Teutschel, a spokeswoman for Measure V Too Costly and a San Carlos-based consultant who worked for the
group opposing the Pacifica measure, denied that the alleged law-breaking in Pacifica had any relevance to Mountain View. “These people, the Jaspersons, are not known to me or to Measure V Too Costly,” Teutschel wrote in a email. “They were employed by the signature-gathering firm hired by the Pacifica Coalition and the Coalition for Housing Equality.” CAA spokesman Joshua Howard expressed support for investigating and prosecuting the alleged voter fraud, but he said any suggestion that his organization was involved was “unfounded and politically motivated.” “CAA respects the democratic process and strongly condemns any actions taken to undermine it,” he said in an email. Rent control is expected to be a major political issue in this November’s election. Seven California cities are expected to bring forward voter measures, including Santa Cruz, Sacramento and Santa Rosa. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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paycheck each month. “The mortgage is pretty scary, half of my salary, and I have a child to feed too,” she said. Even teachers in the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, who are among the most well-paid in the state with an average salary of nearly $130,000, say they are struggling. District Teachers’ Association president Dave Campbell said a recent survey found 38 percent of teachers commute more than 30 minutes to get to work, 21 percent spend well over one-third of their paycheck on rent, and 45 percent of the teaching staff is renting a home. “If our employees are struggling to make ends meet and struggling to purchase homes, then for the rest of the teachers it’s got to be worse,” he said. Campbell said many teachers
in the district are facing a frustrating situation: they spent tons of time and money earning master’s degrees and even doctoral degrees and are experts in their fields — whether it be math or science — and yet their salaries make it difficult to buy a home in the area. Some opt to buy in a more affordable community like Gilroy or Concord and endure the long commute, he said, but others decide it’s just not worth it and either move away or change careers. Perhaps the most important thing to remember, Campbell said, is that half of the district’s teachers devote at least 10 hours to adjunct duty each week, such as coaching or chaperoning dances, and pour hours and hours into grading. Throw a long commute into the mix and there’s simply no time left to do anything else, which he said is enough to dissuade strong teaching candidates from joining the district.
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Plenty of high-cost housing The city of Mountain View, like several Santa Clara County cities, has done a good job paving the way for developers to build new market-rate housing projects. The latest update on the city’s housing development, reviewed by the Environmental Planning Commission last month, shows that the city issued permits for 2,328 homes over the last three years. Nearly 90 percent of these new units are going for marketrate, which is considered affordable to those making at least 120 percent of the region’s median income — or about $136,000 for a family of four. When weighed against the city’s housing needs, through a process called the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), Mountain View is trouncing its goals for creating market-rate housing, nearly doubling the units needed through 2022 in three short years. But virtually no housing units have been added to the market that are affordable to lowerincome families, particularly the moderate income bracket that many teachers fall under. The city’s RHNA allocation, which serves as an important benchmark for housing needs relative to job and population growth in the region, calls on the city to issue permits for 527 moderate-income housing units between 2014 and 2022. The city granted zero permits for moderate-income housing from 2015 through 2017. Mountain View may be doing its part to solve the housing shortage in the region, but it doesn’t tell the whole story, said planning commissioner Robert Cox. He said affordability remains a huge problem for middle-income families, and that it feels like an intractable problem without some kind of massive regionwide commitment to subsidize housing or fix the imbalance between job and housing growth. “You’d have to get the ninecounty Bay Area to agree to put a moratorium on offices, because if it doesn’t happen in one city, it’ll happen in another one,” he said. “We always say it’s a regional problem — that’s the kind of regional solution it would take.” Steve Levy, a local economist and a panelist at the town hall meeting, told teachers that they are a part of a growing contingent of people who really ought to be called the “forgotten middle,” disregarded by local policymakers who create the road map for future development. He said teachers need to get politically involved, and rally behind strategies that reserve housing units for middleincome families and make it easier for developers to put lower-cost
housing on the market. “Absolutely nobody is thinking about the stories you told,” Levy said. For Chaffin, the battle to build affordable housing for teachers is personal. She owns a small piece of property in San Jose, just under one-third of an acre, and last year approached the city of San Jose with a proposal to construct 16 affordable units reserved specifically for local teachers. She said she figured it would be a slam-dunk proposal that would glide through the planning process, given that she owned the land and was prepared to finance the whole project. The city’s planning staff recommended against the proposal, which would have required a general plan amendment, arguing that it would be a blow to the city’s already-anemic commercial land-use zoning. Despite overwhelming support from teachers and housing advocates, the San Jose City Council shot down the proposal in August last year. Rebuffed but not discouraged, Chaffin said her effort to build housing on her property revealed that the need for teacher housing ran deep, and that a huge number of teachers and community members were prepared to rally behind the cause. More than 1,000 people were on her mailing list, she recalled, and hundreds were ready to testify on her behalf. She launched the Support Teacher Housing initiative shortly after, and has since hosted three teacher town hall events like the one at Almond last month. “I realized that I have to keep going, that this is bigger than my project,” she said. Small solutions for a big problem None of the panelists and attendees at the March 27 meeting came armed with a single solution to help teachers afford a home, instead floating a medley of ideas that might at least take the edge off the housing struggle. Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who moderated the event, pointed to his recent effort to create a teacher housing project on county-owned land in Palo Alto. The 1.5-acre site could support between 60 to 120 units, according to his initial pitch, and could prove to be a vital resource for North County school districts struggling with teacher recruitment and retention each year. The Mountain View Whisman School District is also exploring ways to leverage publicly owned land in Mountain View in order to build workforce housing, but recently backed off an idea to develop district-owned land at Cooper Park following
intense opposition from nearby residents. Simitian told the Voice that the school district is exploring another option for teacher housing in Mountain View but declined to name the location. Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph confirmed that district staff had a new location in mind, but also declined to reveal where it is. Karen Parolek, a panelist at the town hall and an urban design consultant, said the solution may lie in housing growth that strikes a balance between detached single-family homes and tall stackand-pack apartments. Existing, historic neighborhoods in suburban Bay Area cities have lots of options for housing growth without a jarring shift in the character of the neighborhood, with modest two-story structures that can support more families in a smaller area. A great deal of the existing affordable housing options in the region are available in buildings with eight units or less, she said, but recent development seems to cast the idea of mid-sized housing projects aside. Other panelists and teachers suggested that new startup companies like Landed, which creates a pool of money to help teachers afford a down payment in exchange for equity in the home, could prove to be a useful resource for teachers looking to buy a home. Campbell said he knows of a few teachers who had some traction with Landed, but ceding a portion of the home’s equity is not exactly ideal. “We’re not looking to flip houses or anything ... but you’re not going to get a good chunk of it, which has to go to the people who fronted the money,” he said. Teacher housing projects like the one Simitian proposed would also help out, Campbell said, but it feels a little like a strategy that only picks around the edges of a much larger problem. “It’s basically a drop in the bucket,” he said. Despite it being a problem with no clear solution, Chaffin said she wants to send a message to city and county officials, along with major employers in the region, that more needs to be done to keep teachers and other middle-income earners in the community. Growing up dyslexic, she recalled how much it meant to her that teachers were able to stick around outside of school hours to help her, and said it’s difficult to imagine losing that kind of support because teachers can’t afford to live here. “The most important learning goes on outside the classroom, and when people are commuting two hours or living four teachers to an apartment, they can’t help kids the way they helped me,” she said. “What kind of a society are we to allow this to happen?” V
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some of which are routinely test-driving on its streets. The new testing phase unleashes a bevy of new questions and concerns for Mountain View officials, who acknowledge they have largely taken a backseat on the technology’s impacts up to this point. “There’s a paradigm shift happening right now, but we don’t know where this is going to land,” said Alex Andrade, Mountain View’s economic development director. “Silicon Valley is an environment where failure isn’t frowned upon. But when we’re talking about potential fatalities, that’s different.” Those watching the surging autonomous-vehicle industry surely had Monday, April 2, circled on their calendars, when the California Department of Motor Vehicles was scheduled to start allowing the new, truly driverless testing. The new phase would still require companies to have human monitors keeping an eye on their self-piloted vehicles, which could be done from a remote computer terminal. These remote monitors are supposed to take manual control of a vehicle if a problem occurs. There is no specified limit on the number of cars that can be simultaneously monitored by one person, according to DMV officials. This has led consumer advocates to warn that the loosened rules will make safeguards for autonomous vehicles into a “deadly video game.” In another big change, the DMV will also allow approved companies to begin offering rides in autonomous vehicles to regular consumers. At this point, the new regulations prohibit companies from charging riders a fee, like a taxi service would. If companies wanted to give someone a free ride, perhaps as a way to introduce the technology to the public, that would be allowed. But the response from the 52 registered autonomous-vehicle companies has been muted so far. As of this week, DMV officials said they had only received one application for this new testing phase. They won’t reveal which company until they have finished reviewing the application, which could take up to 10 days. Out of the 19 registered autonomous vehicle firms with offices in Mountain View, seven of them have contact information on file with city officials. The Voice reached out all of them to ask about their plans for this next test phase.
Only two companies responded. A spokesman for the local Honda R&D office said the company will not be testing on public roads at this time. Google’s self-driving offshoot, Waymo, responded with a prepared statement, saying the company intends to eventually deploy this technology, but declined to indicate when. Mountain View officials also appear to also be in the dark on what to expect. Self-driving cars have been operating on city streets for more than four years, but regulations and safety measures have largely been left to state authorities. Up to this point, city officials’ main engagement has been to aid the companies in finding office space or other resources they needed, Andrade said. In that time, problems have been rare. In 2015, a Mountain View police officer pulled over a slow-moving Google selfdriving car to issue a verbal warning about blocking traffic, an incident that generated international headlines. The most alarming news emerged just in recent days. On March 23, a Tesla Model X reportedly operating in the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot mode crashed into a road barrier on Highway 101 in Mountain View, killing the driver. The fatal crash came just days after an Uber self-driving vehicle hit and killed a woman who was crossing a street at night in Tempe, Arizona. Mayor Lenny Siegel said he expects a bit of a public wake-up call to come soon, as more unoccupied autonomous vehicles are
spotted driving around town. The technology is hardly flawless, he said. He observes the limitations first-hand every time a Waymo car turns onto his street in Old Mountain View. His street is apparently too narrow for the autopilot systems to navigate, and he said he has watched as the vehicles stall in the middle of the street for no apparent reason. In an interview with the Voice, Siegel listed off the numerous questions he has about this new phase of autonomous vehicle testing. Can these vehicles safely maneuver around construction zones, pedestrians or bicyclists? How many self-driving vehicles can one remote employee track simultaneously? How will these vehicles change traffic patterns for driving and parking? Mountain View seems destined to be a “laboratory” to test out these issues, he said. While it may be true that self-driving cars can reduce overall traffic accidents, it is still reasonable to be concerned about the safety measures underpinning the technology, he said. “There’s huge excitement from the companies, the public and legislators, and they’re rushing ahead, but they’re not giving us the opportunity to address the local issues that might arise,” he said. “I think once we have cars without humans, and someone gets hurt, people are going to ask me why I didn’t do something about it.” Under the new testing rules, companies are obligated to provide a variety of information to
local authorities before they can put driverless vehicles on the road. This includes specifics on the number of vehicles as well as boundaries and times for when the vehicles will be on the road.
City Manager Dan Rich said Mountain View has not received this information from any companies. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
Virginia Rooke Closs February 18, 1923 – March 19, 2018 Virginia, or Gini, was born in Steubenville, Ohio. As a child she moved with her family to Pasadena as a teenager she even marched in the Rose Parade. She went on to earn a degree in International Studies from Stanford University, and joined the Chi Omega sorority. During World War II she volunteered for the Women’s Air Raid Defense, or WARD, and was stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. There she met and wed the love of her life, Bill Tom Closs, a Marine lieutenant from Texas. Returning from the war, Bill started playing professional basketball in the newly formed NBA, and Gini became adept at raising her young family while moving between Indiana, Philadelphia and Texas. Later they moved to California where Gini worked hand in hand with Bill to start their first business, a sporting goods distribution company. This led to a new chapter in their lives with international travel and new friendships when Bill became an Adidas distributor. In retirement Gini and Bill spent much of the year at their home on Flathead Lake in Montana. As avid sports fans, they provided scholarships for numerous athletes at their alma maters, Stanford, and Rice University. They were cofounders of an innovative housing development for seniors in downtown Palo Alto, The Hamilton, where they happily spent their final years. Bill passed away in 2011 after 65 years of marriage. Gini was a vibrant, beautiful and inspiring presence in our lives. She is survived by her daughters, Linda Hovis and Libby Hatfield, and her son William Closs. Her 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren will cherish their memories of their fun and supportive “Gigi.” Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to EPATT, the after school tennis and tutoring program held at Stanford. PAID
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Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program
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The Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (Safe, Clean Water) is a voter-approved, 15-year program to implement the community’s priorities for the present and future water resources of Santa Clara County.
Notice of Public Hearing
What:
Public Hearing on Proposed Modifications to the Nitrate Treatment System Rebate Program and the Upper Penitencia Creek Flood Protection Project
When:
April 10, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.
Where:
District Headquarters, Board Room 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118
Modifications to the voter-approved program require a public hearing. Two changes are currently proposed.
Nitrate Treatment System Rebate Program The proposed modification is for Project A2, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) #3, the Nitrate Treatment System Rebate Program (Nitrate Rebate Program). The Nitrate Rebate Program provides funds to reimburse private well users for the costs of installing a nitrate treatment system to improve water quality and safety. The proposed modification will reduce the maximum program funding to align with the demand for the Nitrate Rebate Program. This reduced program funding level includes the funds spent to date to develop, administer and advertise the program, along with an annual amount of $4,000 prospectively, which will be used for rebates through the project’s completion date of 2023. This will help ensure continued assistance for well users that want to take advantage of this opportunity to reduce nitrate levels in their drinking water. The remaining funds would be reallocated to another project within the Safe, Clean Water Program.
Upper Penitencia Creek Flood Protection (Coyote Creek to Dorel Drive – San José) The proposed modification is for Project E4, the Upper Penitencia Creek Flood Protection Project. The primary objective of the project is to reduce the risk of flooding to homes, schools, businesses and highways in the Upper Penitencia Creek Watershed located in San José. The proposed modification would reduce the scope of the Upper Penitencia Creek Flood Protection Project to the planning phase only through FY19, and would reallocate the remaining funds to complete flood risk reduction along 9 miles of Coyote Creek, from Montague Expressway to Tully Road. The proposed modification would address the urgent demand for flood risk reduction along Coyote Creek. Completing the planning phase for the Upper Penitencia Creek Flood Protection Project would position the District to be able to pursue additional funding for design and construction in the future as grant opportunities and other funding sources may become available.
Proposed modification to the Key Performance Indicators: 1. Complete a planning study report for a flood protection project to provide up to 1% flood protection to 9,000 homes, businesses and public buildings.
Map of the Upper Penitencia Creek Flood Protection Project area. Shaded blue areas indicate the 1% flood areas.
Proposed modification to Key Performance Indicator #3:
For more information
Reduce number of private well water users exposed to nitrate above drinking water standards by awarding 100% of eligible rebate requests for the installation of nitrate removal systems; up to $30,000 for all rebates.
The board agenda memo regarding this hearing will be available on March 30, 2018 at www.valleywater.org. For more information on the public hearing, contact Jessica Collins at jcollins@valleywater.org or (408) 630-2200. 3/2018 BA
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of Autopilot. There was a concern raised once about navigation not working correctly, but Autopilot’s performance is unrelated to navigation.” Tesla officials argued in a blog post that while the company’s Autopilot system doesn’t prevent all accidents, it has maintained a strong safety track record since its rollout over a year ago. The blog post stated that there is one fatality for every 320 million miles traveled by vehicles with the function — significantly lower than the average in the U.S. of one death per 86 million miles traveled. “Tesla Autopilot does not prevent all accidents — such a standard would be impossible — but it makes them much less likely to occur,” Tesla officials said. “It unequivocally makes the world safer for the vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.” The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Tuesday, March 27, that it was stepping in to investigate the crash as well as the subsequent emergency response. Battery fires in electric vehicles can reach temperatures of 900 degrees and require thousands of gallons of water to extinguish. Tesla engineers came out to the scene of the crash to assist the Mountain View Fire Department in getting the battery temperature under control. Telsa apparently posted the blog last Friday night without warning the NTSB, which is “unhappy with the release of investigative information by Tesla” after the company confirmed that the Model X involved in the fatal crash did in fact have automated driving activated, a spokesman said. NTSB spokesman Chris O’Neil said that while Tesla has been “extremely cooperative” in assisting with the vehicle data aspect of investigations involving their vehicles in the past, the NTSB expects parties involved in their investigations to inform them of releases before making information public. In an initial blog post about the accident on March 27, Tesla officials stated that the attenuator barrier, a buffer designed to cushion a collision with the cement median of the Highway 85 flyover, had either been “removed or crushed” without an adequate replacement, which added to the severity of the crash. “We have never seen this level of damage to a Model X in any other crash,” Tesla officials said in the initial post. Bay City News Service contributed to this report. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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For more information about these camps visit paloaltoonline.com/camp_connection. To advertise in this weekly directory, call (650) 326-8210.
Stanford Water Polo Camps
ATHLETICS Dance Connection Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Share the joy of dance with us! Our studio is an extended family and a home away from home for many community members, and we value the positive energy and atmosphere that we strive to provide. For children and teens. Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Tap, Lyrical/ Contemporary, Children’s Combination. Events/Summer Dance Camps - Summer Session for ages 3 - adults: June 11-August 4.
www.danceconnectionpaloalto.com (650) 852-0418 or (650) 322-7032
Kim Grant Tennis Academy Summer Camps
Palo Alto Monterey Bay
Fun and specialized junior camps for Mini (3-5), Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, High Performance and Elite tennis levels. Weekly programs designed by Kim Grant to improve player technique, fitness, agility, mental toughness and all around game. Weekly camps in Palo Alto and sleep-away camps at Meadowbrook Swim and Tennis.
www.KimGrantTennis.com
(650) 752-8061
Stanford
New to water polo or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half-day or full-day options for boys and girls ages 7 and up. All camps provide fundamental skills, scrimmages and games.
www.stanfordwaterpolocamps.com (650) 725-9016
Wheel Kids Bike Camps
Palo Alto
At Addison Elem. Adventure Riding Camp for grades 1 - 8, Two Wheelers Club for grades K - 3. Week long programs from 8:30 - 4, starting June 4th. Join us as we embark on bicycling adventures for the more experienced rider or help those just learning to ride.
wheelkids.com/palo-alto
(650) 646-5435
YMCA of Silicon Valley Summer Camps
Silicon Valley
At the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Financial assistance is available.
www.ymcasv.org
(408) 351-6473
ACADEMICS
Mountain View Tennis Summer Camps
Mountain View
Harker Summer Programs
San Jose
Choose from 10 weeks of Tennis Camp – plenty of play time, focus on fundamentals & sportsmanship, talented coaches, Cuesta courts. Full day or morning camp for 7 to 14 year olds and new, morning camp for 5 to 6 year olds. Discounts for residents and registering by 3/31.
The Harker School’s summer programs for children K-grade 12 offer the perfect balance of learning and fun! Programs are led by dedicated faculty and staff who are experts at combining summer fun and learning. Strong academics and inspiring enrichment programs are offered in full-day, partial and morning-only sessions.
www.mountainviewtennis.net
www.harker.org/summer
(650) 967-5955
Nike Tennis Camps
Bay Area
(408) 553-5737
i2 Camp at Castilleja School
Palo Alto
Junior overnight and day tennis camps for boys and girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult weekend clinics available June and Aug. Camps directed by head men’s coach, Paul Goldstein, head women’s coach, Lele Forood, and associate men’s and women’s coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Join the fun and get better at tennis this summer.
i2 Camp offers week-long immersion programs that engage middle school girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The fun and intimate hands-on activities of the courses strive to excite and inspire participants about STEM, creating enthusiasm that will hopefully spill over to their schoolwork and school choices in future years.
www.ussportscamps.com
(800) 645-3226
www.castilleja.org/i2camp
(650) 470-7833
Palo Alto/La Honda
iD Tech Camps Campbell
Stanford/Bay Area
Run for Fun Camps
Run for Fun’s mission is to provide creative and engaging play for all youth by getting kids active in an inclusive community centered around outdoor fun! We pride ourselves on hiring an enthusiastic, highly trained staff who love what they do. Summer 2018 features four weeks of Adventure Day Camp and two weeks of Overnight Camp High Five. Adventure Day Camp is a new discovery every day filled with sports, crafts and nature, including explorations to Camp Jones Gulch, Capitola Beach, Foothills Park, Shoreline Lake and Great America. Camp High Five is six days and five nights of traditional overnight camp mixed with challengeby-choice activities, campfires, friendships and lots of laughter.
www.runforfuncamps.com/summer-camps-andschool-holiday-camps/camp-overview (650) 823-5167
Spartans Sports Camp
Mountain View
Spartans Sports Camp offers multi-sport, week-long sessions for boys and girls in grades 1-7, sport-specific sessions for grades 2-9, color guard camp for grades 3-9, and cheerleading camp for grades pre-K – 8. We also offer a hip hop dance camp for grades 1-7. Camp dates are June 4 through July 27 at Mountain View High School. The camp is run by MVHS coaches and studentathletes and all proceeds benefit the MVHS Athletic Department. Lunch and extended care are available.
www.spartanssportscamp.com
(650) 479-5906
The world’s #1 summer STEM program held at Stanford, Palo Alto High School, and 150+ locations nationwide. With innovative courses in coding, game development, robotics, and design, our programs instill in-demand skills that embolden students to shape the future. iD Tech Camps (weeklong, 7-17), Alexa Café (weeklong, all-girls, 10-15), iD Tech Academies (2-week, 13-18).
headsup.org
Emerson: (650) 424-1267 Hacienda: (925) 485-5750
ARTS, CULTURE, OTHER CAMPS Art and Soul Camp
Palo Alto
Art, cooking, tinkering, yoga and mindfulness. We celebrate multiple perspectives and recognize the many ways for our children to interpret their world. Summer Unplugged! is appropriate for ages 5-13 years. Located at Walter Hays School.
www.artandsoulpa.com
(650) 269-0423
Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls
www.castilleja.org/summercamp
City of Mountain View Recreation
Mountain View
www.mountainview.gov/register
Community School of Music
www.arts4all.org
Stanford EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research
Stanford
EXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford. Stanford EXPLORE offers high school students the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineering, neurobiology, immunology and many others.
explore.stanford.edu
explore-series@stanford.edu
Summer at Sand Hill School
Palo Alto
www.sandhillschool.org
(650) 688-3605
Mountain View
(650) 917-6800 ext. 0
Let’s Go Crafting
Palo Alto
Let’s Go Crafting’s Studio is where your child will have fun while learning many different fiber related arts. We teach sewing, knitting, crochet, weaving and jewelry making to children ages 8 years to 15 years. AM or PM camps $275/week. Full day camps $550/week. 5 student minimum for all sessions; 10 student maximum. Contact Connie Butner at letsgocrafting@gmail.com.
Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)
(650) 949-7614
(650) 903-6331
Community School of Mountain View Music and Arts (CSMA) Mountain View 50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, Summer Music Workshops, more! One and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment. Extended care from 8:30am-5:30pm. Financial aid offered.
Los Altos Hills
bit.ly/kcisummercamp
(650) 470-7833
Come have a blast with us this summer! We have something for everyone: Recreation Camps, Specialty Camps, Sports Camps, Swim Lessons, and more! Programs begin June 4 – register early!
KCI Summer Camp
Students ages 11-16 discover endless possibilities as they design and engineer their own projects. Hands-on learning of latest technologies including virtual reality, 3D printing, video production, and more in KCI’s new makerspace.
Palo Alto
Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls Palo Alto Casti Camp offers girls entering gr. 2-6 a range of age-appropriate activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing, crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with weekly field trips. Leadership program available for girls entering gr. 7-9.
letsgocrafting.wordpress.com
www.stanfordbaseballcamp.com
(650) 725-2054
Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing and Presentation Techniques.
(844) 788-1858
At Sunken Diamond on the campus of Stanford University. Four or five day camps where the morning session includes instruction in several baseball skills, fundamentals, and team concepts. The afternoon session will be dedicated to playing coach pitched games and hitting in the batting cages. Session 1: June 18 - 22 Session 2: June 25-29 Session 3: July 16-20
Stanford
Palo Alto Pleasanton
iDTechCamps.com
June 26 to July 20; If you’re looking for a great summer learning plus fun option for your child and you want them to be ready for fall, please join us at Sand Hill. The morning Literacy Program (8:30 to noon) provides structured, systematic instruction for students with learning challenges entering grades 1-8 in the fall. The afternoon Enrichment Camp (Noon to 4) focuses on performing arts, social skills and fun. Choose morning, afternoon or full day. Visit www.sandhillschool.org for more details and application.
Stanford Baseball Camps
Write Now! Summer Writing Camps
(650) 814-4183
Palo Alto
PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide variety of fun opportunities. We are excited to announce all of your returning favorites: Leaders in Training (L.I.T.), PACCC Special Interest Units (S.I.U.), F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts, Music and Entertainment), J.V. Sports and Operation: Chef! Periodic field trips, special visitors and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the fun offerings of PACCC Summer Camps. Open to campers from all communities. Register online.
www.paccc.org
Stanford Jazz Workshop
(650) 493-2361
Stanford
On campus of Stanford University, Week-long jazz immersion programs for young musicians in middle school (starts July 9), high school (July 15 and July 22), and college, as well as adults (July 29). All instruments and vocals.
stanfordjazz.org
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
(650) 736-0324
Los Altos Menlo Park, Palo Alto
Kids can have fun, be a character, and learn lifelong performance skills at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s Theatre Camps. Spring Break and Summer camps for K-6.
theatreworks.org/youth-programs/for-youth (650) 463-7146
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they earn less than the median income for Santa Clara County, which was $90,650 for a twoperson household last year. Only tenants earning less than the median income would be eligible for relocation assistance if they were displaced due to redevelopment of the property or other valid reasons. Currently, under a program approved by the City Council, relocation benefits are available to most displaced tenants earning at least 120 percent of the median income. The proposed initiative would require any tenants who seek rent control protections to take the extra step of filing an annual application with the city, stating that they are earning less than the median income under penalty of perjury. These changes reflect a common refrain among landlords that Mountain View’s rental protections are primarily
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have to demonstrate their rent increases are “reasonable” due to a variety of factors, such as maintenance and operation costs. The going market rate for similar apartment units in Mountain View could also be used to justify rent increases. The higher rent threshold and arbitration program bear strong similarities to Measure W, a milder version of rent control that the Mountain View City Council put on the 2016 ballot as an alternative to Measure V, which was favored by tenant advocates and won approval. Measure W fell short of passage, receiving support from only 48.6 percent of voters. Other big changes are proposed in the new initiative. Tenants would be eligible for the rental protections only if
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Summer at Sand Hill June 26 to July 19 Make sure your child is ready for fall. Join us for three weeks of great summer learning and fun afternoon options. Academics, performing arts and thought-provoking classes for parents too. For application and more details, visit: www.sandhillschool.org
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benefiting tech employees earning high salaries, not low-income families. The proposed changes would make it so restricted rents are based more on income, said Laura Teutschel, spokeswoman for Measure V Too Costly. “Folks making a lot of money are tying up a lot of apartment units in Mountain View, and that’s not fair to tenants at all,” she said. “According to the polling that we did, folks are open to an amendment, and that’s why we’re pursuing this.” Proponents of Measure V don’t see it quite that way. As written, the new initiative is a ploy to basically erase Mountain View’s rent control and eviction protection, said Steve Chandler, a spokesman for the Mountain View Tenants Coalition. “Let’s be clear: the point of the initiative is to permanently turn off meaningful rent control and just-cause (eviction protections),” he said in an email. “The result is that all the protections will automatically disappear and probably never go back into effect.” The Measure V Too Costly organization has made rent control’s expense to taxpayers its central argument for changing Mountain View’s rent control law. On its website and in promotional materials, the group has highlighted the Rental Housing Committee’s $2.59 million budget and its need to borrow start-up money from the city government. “We filed the initiative to fix the inherent flaws within Measure V,” former Mountain View mayor John Inks said in a press release for the group. “Measure V was proving to be too costly for Mountain View taxpayers and was jeopardizing general fund dollars, which are critical to Mountain View’s public safety and infrastructure budgets.” Mountain View housing staffers recently reported that the rental committee had paid back the city in full for the borrowed start-up funding. They announced they were expecting the rent control program to show a surplus and said it would likely operate on smaller budgets in coming years. Landlords are required to fund rent control’s costs through an annual fee on nearly every apartment unit in the city. For this year, the fee was set at $155, and apartment owners are prohibited from passing through those costs onto their tenants. The proposed initiative would change that rule by explicitly limiting the fee to $100 per unit for 2019. Fees can be raised in Continued on next page
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future years, but these increases must be restricted to the CPI, according to the text of the initiative. The initiative would amend Measure V with provisions that would bar the Rental Housing Committee from taking money from the city of Mountain View, unless approved by a council majority. The Rental Housing Committee members, who are unpaid, would be explicitly prohibited from receiving any compensation. The proposed initiative is not guaranteed a spot on the November ballot. The city attorney has 15 days to review it and write up a summary. After that, supporters can begin the process of gathering signatures to put it on the ballot. Signatures will need to be collected from 15 percent of the registered voters in Mountain View, which is estimated to be about 5,500 people. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com
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MOBILE HOME TENANTS FILE SUIT Attorneys working on behalf of local mobile home residents say they filed suit against the city of Mountain View late last week. They are requesting a court order to force city officials to include mobile homes under the city’s rent control program. About 1,100 mobile homes are estimated to be in Mountain View. Most residents own their mobile homes but rent a space in a mobile home park. These space rents could be restricted under a rent control program. Earlier this year, a majority of the city’s Rental Housing Committee members voted down a proposal to include mobile home park tenants in rental protections extended by Measure V, which was approved by voters in November 2016. The committee’s attorneys had advised members to include mobile homes, as the city’s rent control law, the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act, does not specifically exempt mobile home parks. No hearing date has been set yet for the case. —Mark Noack
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subsequent nursing care. If a Medicare patient is discharged from the hospital after three days of inpatient care, they are entitled to 20 days of covered, no-cost care at a skilled nursing facility, and heavily reduced costs for 100 days after that. No such provision exists for patients kept in “observation.” For the federal government, there’s a financial reason to bring down inpatient hospital claims. CMS data from 2014 shows that Medicare had to pay out $13,200 on average for an inpatient visit for a coronary stent insertion, compared to $8,300 for the same procedure in an outpatient setting. The same is true for patient visits for fainting, digestive disorders and chest pain, according to one report. There’s a long-standing dispute, with CMS on one side and patients and hospitals on the other, about when inpatient status is appropriate for Medicare patients, according to Dr. Daniel Shin, medical director of quality and patient safety at El Camino Hospital. CMS has sought for years to reduce the cost of Medicare by bringing down the number of short hospital visits that are “inappropriately” billed as inpatient visits, hiring outside companies to audit hospital medical records. The result was an adversarial situation where Medicare claims would be regularly denied and hospitals like El Camino would have to return the money. Worst of all, Shin said, it created a situation where hospitals had every reason to avoid audits entirely by keeping patients on outpatient observation status. “The company would deny your claim, you would have to send the money back to Medicare, the (auditing) company would get a percentage of the claim denied as their commission,” he said. “It was not a collaborative process.” Shin reviewed the medical records related to the November grievance letter, and concluded that the 90-year-old patient should have been given inpatient status during his stay at the hospital. He conceded that it was likely an oversight on the hospital’s part, partly fueled by hazy rules about when a patient’s visit to the hospital should switch to inpatient status, as well as an overly conservative approach from “care coordination” staff at El Camino Hospital, who for years were trained to avoid audits. The hospital’s grievance committee reviewed the letter together at a Nov. 7 meeting, and ultimately decided to waive the full cost of the bill to the elderly man’s family. “I thought he was sick enough and had enough acute medical Continued on next page
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needs that after review I said this probably should have been an inpatient admission,� said Shin, who serves an advisory role on the committee. Frustration over outpatient observation status, and the sluggish and complicated appeals process for requesting Medicare Part A coverage, are the drivers behind a major court battle that could shift the balance in favor of the patients. A Connecticut federal court judge certified a class-action lawsuit that includes all Medicare beneficiaries who received hospital services under observation status — dating all the way back to 2009 — who face major roadblocks in appealing hospital and nursing care bills. One of the big players in the suit, The Center for Medicare Advocacy, reports that hospitals are still waiting on a tremendous backlog of appeals — as many as 400,000 — related to inpatient claims. The center paints CMS’s Recovery Auditor Contractor (RAC) program as a punitive measure that pushes hospitals away from inpatient care even when it makes sense. “If an (audit) determines that a patient should have been treated on an outpatient basis instead of inpatient, the hospital must return the Medicare Part A reimbursement it received for the patient’s care and the hospital gets essentially no reimbursement for the patient’s stay,� according to the group. Shin said that the care patients receive doesn’t change, and that Medicare patients are entitled to the same level of services regardless of their status. But it can have huge consequences on older and disabled patients when they get the bill. “When the patients are here under observation or inpatient, I don’t treat them differently,� he said. “I provide the same service I normally would, the same tests, the same CAT scans. We don’t change anything we do. “What it affects is the patients’ pocketbook and their ability to go to a nursing home if they need it,� he said. Unclear guidelines In an effort to provide muchneeded clarity for hospitals, CMS introduced a new regulatory guideline known as the “two-midnight rule� in 2013, which advised hospitals to grant inpatient status to any Medicare patient who is likely to stay at least two days in the hospital. The rule has been criticized by advocacy groups and hospitals since it took effect. The time measurement is disconnected from the diagnosis, medical procedures and judgment of physicians, and
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48-hour clock that requires reassessment right after two days. Based on the November grievance letter, he said the hospital is considering changing that practice. “The conversation in the (grievance) committee is, ‘Should we do what other institutions do,’ which is call the physician at 48 hours and ask if that patient is going home that day,� he said. Shin said he doesn’t cast any blame on the hospital staff for incorrectly classifying the patient visit in October. He said El Camino, like other hospitals, has been forced to focus heavily on audits and claim denials so the hospital wouldn’t get in trouble, and the two-midnight rule didn’t do much to clarify the situation. “There’s still that feeling that a recovery audit review could occur, but then we’re also supposed to use this two-midnight rule as well,� Shin said. “I hardly blame the staff — it’s very confusing.�
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he was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine, scales and baggies, according to police. Police stopped the suspect on the 1000 block of Space Park Way around 9 p.m. on March 29 after noticing that his brake lights weren’t working. Officers learned that the suspect was on probation from a neighboring county and may have drugs in his home, prompting police to search his home on the same block, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. Inside the home, officers found baggies filled with methamphetamine, syringes and scales. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. —Kevin Forestieri
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RESPECT FOR HONESTY I respect our council member Ms. Margaret Abe-Koga for her honesty and hard work. She always explores new ideas and has a thinking-outside-the-box approach for adding new units in our already housing-tight neighborhood. Yes, it is expensive to spend $2.5 million to implement the rent control policy for our city of Mountain View. Not sure if anyone would spend $2.5 million of their own money for this purpose? Ms. Abe-Koga always asks for the ratio of cost and benefits. I applaud and thank her for her caring and spending the money like her own. Wish more residents/elected officials would think the same. Thank you, council member Abe-Koga for doing the “right things” in the “right way.” We appreciate your tireless effort and caring. Rae Tso Centre Street
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NO JUSTIFYING SEXUAL ASSAULT Judge Persky’s defenders keep justifying Persky’s lenient sentence for Brock Turner on the grounds that both Turner and his victim were both “highly intoxicated.” Really? Try this scenario: you have too much to drink at a party. You crash on a pile of coats in your host’s apartment. Another partygoer enters the room, grabs your wallet, and maxes out your credit cards. Is this crime your fault for being too inebriated to protect your belongings? Of course not. When it comes to sexual assault, however, people are quick to steer blame away from the assailant and blame the victim for the crime. “She asked for it,” is the common response, or “he was drunk, and ... you know ...”
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Shame on anyone who justifies sexual assault for any reason, including those who believe Persky should stay on the bench because Turner and his victim were both drinking. Vote to recall Persky and choose one of his opponents. Sita Stukes, Recall Persky campaign co-chair Santa Clara
IN SUPPORT OF SB 827 The average home price in Santa Clara County is now over a million dollars. We must decide if we will treat homes as investments or as places to live. In a classic tragedy of the commons, the Bay Area consists of 101 municipalities which each have made most housing illegal on most of their land. We will all be better off if we have equitable zoning laws, and especially if we legalize housing near transit as an antidote to large carbon footprints and sprawl. That’s why I agree with the Natural Resources Defense Council that our statewide problem needs a statewide solution, and I ask Senators Jerry Hill and Jim Beall to support Senate Bill 827. Jason Uhlenkott Sunnyvale
SB 827 IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPERATIVE The crazy commutes that so many residents endure are now the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The most efficient way to reverse this is to increase housing on transit corridors. Dense infill housing is great for the environment. It prevents sprawl and reduces the need to drive. Multi-family housing also allows efficient sharing of city utilities. If more people lived within walking distance from Caltrain stations, we could reduce carbon emissions, and traffic. That’s why the the NRDC recently came out in support of SB 827. I hope State Senators Jerry Hill and Jim Beall will follow suit. Karen Schlesser Sunnyvale
ENFORCING THE PUBLIC GOOD? Monopoly — not just a game, but one played by Sinclair Broadcasting big time: they own/
manage 200-plus stations across the U.S. Their company policy reveals that the news anchors are required to read one-sided statements. Whatever happened to non-biased reporting? My understanding: not much can be done with newspaper reporting, but the broadcast news is supposed to serve the public good. Can our government be persuaded to enforce the public good? Barbara Goodwin West Middlefield Road
RECALL PERSKY CAMPAIGN IS NON-VIOLENT, CONSTITUTIONAL The campaign to recall Judge Persky is not a form of “mob rule,” despite what detractors might claim. Mob rule implies violence and intimidation outside the lawful realm. In clear contrast, the campaign to recall Judge Persky is democratic, squarely within the bounds of law, and not only non-violent, but explicitly anti-violent. First, within a democracy, we as citizens have not only a right to vote officials in but
a fundamental right to vote them out. Additionally, the reason behind this campaign is because we, as citizens, have had enough with violence, especially sexual violence against girls and women. Persky has a remarkably disturbing history of allowing not just Brock Turner off, but a laundry list of other privileged men off with minimal sentences despite being convicted of violent sex crimes. Voting yes on the recall of Judge Persky is a vote against violence and intimidation. It is a vote against Judge Persky’s belief that privileged, white, male athletes are above the law. And we, as a society are using democracy, not mob rule, to do it. Natalia Lima Santa Clara
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he most intriguing restaurants are often those hidden-away spots that feel like a discovery. Or they can be the opposite: the community mainstays, with their history, lore and devoted regulars. Paradoxically, and delightfully, Dinah’s Poolside Restaurant in Palo Alto manages to feel like both. Dinah’s — tucked inside Dinah’s Garden Hotel and previously known as Dinah’s Poolside Grill — was operated for decades by the Magnuson family, becoming a local favorite for poolside brunches and fried chicken lunches. In 2012, however, lawsuits ensued when the Magnusons were evicted. Julie Handley, who inherited the mid-century, Polynesianstyle motel from her father Raymond Handley, took over the restaurant. Some regulars vowed to never again partake of a poolside mimosa, while others defended the management changeover as a difficult but necessary move critical to the future of the family-run motel. Six years after the shake-up, Dinah’s pays homage to its past while also cultivating a confident, modern vibe. I find that executive chef Gerardo Naranjo is a bit too enamored with the deep fryer and there are some areas where one could nitpick (such as the lackluster happy hour food). But for a poolside Sunday brunch, cocktails by the fireplace or a locally-sourced dinner with
wine pairings, this little motel w restaurant continues to surprise and delight. And what a delight is a Sunday brunch next to the shimmering pool, surrounded by tropical plants and strategically placed heat lamps. Hotel guests mingle with locals, many of whom are accompanied by their leashed dogs. A steaming mug of Peet’s coffee ($4) and a glass of Dinah’s fresh-squeezed orange juice ($5/$8) kick things off, while thirsty canine guests get a ceramic bowl of water from the attentive wait staff. It is all very mid-century Palm Springs or Honolulu. For an hour or two, you’re in staycation fantasy land. The morning menu offers a standard, but well-executed selection of American breakfast fare: bacon and eggs, omelets, pancakes, biscuits and gravy. The “Dinah-Mite Benedict” ($15) is two perfectly poached eggs layered with avocado, onion and every breakfast meat known to man, then topped with a creamy, lemony hollandaise. The breakfast burrito ($13) is stuffed with bacon, eggs, cheddar, black beans, avocado cream sauce and pico de gallo. The “Boss” omelet ($14) bursts with ultra-fresh spinach, mushrooms and Swiss cheese. The eggs are free range and organic. Most breakfast entrees are accompanied by a rectangle of very crispy hash browns or a small bowl of See DINAH’S, page 22
Dinah’s in Palo Alto is known for its poolside brunch, but its dinner menu includes upmarket dishes like the grilled octopus appetizer, served with pickled vegetables.
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high-quality fruit. Things tilt more upscale at dinner, with craft cocktails and a locally sourced, farm-to-table ethos. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diners will appreciate the thoughtful notations next to each entree. Thanks to the low-key, atrium atmosphere and friendly service, the up-market evening experience still feels family-friendly and unpretentious. Continue the stay-cation fantasy with a Trader Vic’s mai tai ($12), a delicious nod to another of the motel’s past
Weekend restaurants, which occupied the space now inhabited by The Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse. The cedar-planked California black cod ($29) is a nice example of chef Naranjo’s focus on California cuisine with occasional Asian undertones. Grilled and served atop a wedge of cedar, the soy-and-sherry-glazed fish was deeply smoky and flaky. Unfortunately, it was plated with not one, but two deep-fried sides: tempura vegetables and crispy rice cakes, injecting far too much oily crunch into the meal. Naranjo might consider nixing the bland rice cakes, which also accompanied the excellent cedar planked-salmon ($28), in favor of, say, some fluffy coconut rice. We tried the Dinah’s salad ($11) with tangy goat cheese, roasted grapes, hazelnuts and sherry vinaigrette, as well as the beets and berries salad ($14) with ripe strawberries, goat cheese and perfectly roasted beets. Both crunched with freshness and were large enough to share. The too-crispy truffle fries ($9) should have been extracted a minute or two earlier from the fryer, but the grilled octopus ($15), served on a bed of pickled vegetables and drizzled with a black olive tapenade, was tender perfection. My vegan dining
companion and I both enjoyed the charred cauliflower entree ($16), plated with quinoa pilaf, an earthy romesco sauce and tomato confit. The juicy, meatlike Impossible Burger ($18), made from wheat, coconut oil, potatoes and other plant-based proteins, is a recent addition to the menu. Carnivores, give it a try. We did have to venture back to the deep fryer for another tribute to Dinah’s past: the famous, and fabulous, boneless fried chicken ($19), made from a recipe originally conceived by Dinah’s Shack (where it’s said John F. Kennedy used to hang out when he was at Stanford Business School) and served with a side of honey for dipping. The chicken, with its crispy, well-seasoned shell, was accompanied by deep-fried Brentwood corn fritters, which were tasty enough, but fried chicken with fried fritters? I left feeling like I’d taken a bath in the deep-fryer myself. For dessert, the bread pudding with maple-candied bacon and vanilla ice cream ($8) was practically a meal in itself, albeit a cloyingly sweet one. The brownie sundae ($8), drizzled with Ghiradelli chocolate and topped with candied walnuts, was similarly over-sugared. Pedestrian desserts and other
small missteps can be easily forgiven at Dinah’s because the restaurant so delightfully navigates its many identities and mandates. It isn’t easy to pay homage to a storied past while also forging a fresh, 21st century identity. Serving both hotel guests and sophisticated locals can be a bit of a high wire act. Dinah’s delivers and remains one of Palo Alto’s hidden gems. V
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Gerardo Naranjo, the executive chef at Dinah’s, prepares the boneless fried chicken, one of the restaurant’s signature dishes.
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Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and her family are forced to live in silence in “A Quiet Place.”
Silent chills TERROR GETS SHUSHED IN ‘A QUIET PLACE’ 000 (Century 16 & 20) There’s plenty in the new science-fiction thriller “A Quiet Place” that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny and even more that feels conspicuously derivative. But tell that to your pants as you pee them. Director John Krasinski takes a successful turn into horror territory with his third feature,
thoughtfully crafted to work your last nerve. Krasinski and his real-life wife, Emily Blunt, play Lee and Evelyn Abbott, parents to Regan (Millicent Simmonds of “Wonderstruck”), Marcus (Noah Jupe of “Wonder”), and Beau (Cade Woodward). Three months into what amounts to an alien invasion
by giant, chittering, spindly blind beasts that hunt by sound, the Abbotts trudge barefoot through upstate New York. The family gathers supplies and inches hopefully away from danger, communicating only in American Sign Language and the lowest of whispers. But accidents will happen, and a year later, the Abbotts are doubly traumatized by what’s happened to their world. The good news: They’ve established a farmhouse homestead, tricked out with certain defenses
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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.
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and a basement workshop turned command center. The bad news: Evelyn is pregnant and, thus, a ticking time bomb. Screenwriters Bryan Woods and Scott Beck and Krasinski take care to establish some interesting family dynamics, complicated by a weight of guilt and regret. A year on, the kids are more capable of grasping the enormity of their plight, but they’re still plenty vulnerable, and still unskilled at compartmentalizing their emotions. Lee stressfully focuses on their protection as Evelyn tends to the children’s education, the family’s sanity and the life in her belly. All of this plays out with minimal dialogue and delicate sound — something that should put popcorn munchers on notice. The pin-drop tension of this much quiet and the mortal threat that comes with making a sound dramatize a life of repression and fear. On a couple of rare occasions, a character gets to sound a barbaric
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It’s not hard to see the appeal that Ernest Cline’s best-selling novel “Ready Player One” held for Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Pictures. Cline’s story proposes a virtual world populated with pop-culture figures from the 1950s to the 2010s, and at a time when intellectual property rules the movie industry — when anything with name recognition or once-upon-atime success is ripe for rebooting — a story that makes it cool for even young gamers to value back-catalog brands is just the golden ticket for rippling profits and granting “extra lives” to old games, shows and movies. But darn it all: an echo chamber isn’t as fun as it sounds, even when it’s the only game in town. That’s the case in the film’s setting of 2045, when seemingly the entire population lives less in the real world than in the virtual universe called the OASIS. Upon the death of OASIS creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the eccentric genius left behind instructions for a winner-take-all challenge within the OASIS: find three well-hidden keys and the OASIS will be yours. “Ready Player One” ultimately plays like a tricked-out “TRON” remake, pandering to gamers and geeks rather than giving them something of substance to chew on. Rated PG-13 for sequences of scifi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity and language. Two hours, 20 minutes. — P.C.
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Setting a comedy circa Joseph Stalin’s murderous regime in the Soviet Union might not seem appropriate to many, but with “The Death of Stalin,” director Armando Iannucci isn’t afraid to put on a high-wire act. Co-writers David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter Fellows set the scene in the days preceding Stalin’s stroke, as he lords over the Central Committee of the Communist
yawp, a rare privilege in the film’s new world order. Ultimately, “A Quiet Place” is a survival story, an artsy B-movie that lives on the precipice of silly. Then, too, there’s the uncomfortable recognition of the distinct similarities between the screenplay and Tim Lebbon’s novel “The Silence” (recently filmed but not yet released) and, before you even get there, some obvious comparisons to M. Night Shyamalan’s “Signs” and TV’s “The Walking Dead.” But in the moment of the movie, these thoughts recede as quickly as they arrive. Krasinski keeps the narrative tight and involving, played on the actors’ enormously expressive faces (none more so than the director’s own). In getting the job done as a high-tension family fright film, “A Quiet Place” doesn’t tiptoe. Rated PG-13 for terror and some bloody images. One hour, 30 minutes. — Peter Canavese Party in 1953 Moscow. His sycophantic underlings find themselves trapped in an endless loop of laughing at Stalin’s jokes and indulging his whims. With Stalin’s body still lying on the floor of his office, his top power players immediately begin jockeying for power, as much to save their own skins as to pursue personal ambitions. While thankfully taking some comedic liberties, “The Death of Stalin” roots itself in history, bringing to life nutty anecdotes about a concert that had to be performed twice in a row to please the dictator and Vasily’s attempt to troubleshoot the loss of the national ice hockey team in a plane crash.Most compelling, though, is that central thread of paranoia, fear and bitterness among the Committee members, which amounts to a hilarious riff on Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” that’s unafraid of laughs that catch in the throat once the implications set in. Rated R for language throughout, violence and some sexual references. One hour, 47 minutes. — P.C.
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Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (“The Danish Girl”) plays Lara Croft in this reboot of the two-film (2001-2003) Angeline Jolie franchise. Vikander’s Croft is a 21-yearold Londoner who can’t pay her bills but won’t claim her inheritance from her globetrotting archeologist father, Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West), until she finds out what happened to him. Croft soon discovers the truth about her father’s final mission: to find and protect the tomb of Himiko from an ancient militant organization named the Order of Trinity. Himiko poses a global threat should her grave be opened, but all Lara cares about is the possibility that her father may still be out there, alive but lost to the world. And away we go, on an action-adventure built for as many cliffhangers as possible. Partly because Vikander’s skills don’t lie with charismatic comedy, this “Tomb Raider” doesn’t so much grasp for fun as for thrills and melodrama, tugging mightily at the father-daughter plot thread. Mostly, this “Tomb Raider” amounts to another politely dull blockbuster, lacking in originality and wit. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, and for some language. One hour, 58 minutes. — P.C.
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Q HIGHLIGHT CONCERT ON THE PLAZA Residents can bring their blanket or lawn chair down to the Civic Center Plaza for a variety of musical performances. In addition to the music, there will be food trucks, a “Pop Up Park” area for children and for adults, beer and wine. April 6, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/plazaevents
THEATER Cowboy vs. Samurai Pear Theatre presents Michael Golamco’s “Cowboy vs. Samurai,” a romantic comedy loosely based on Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Jeffrey Lo. April 6, 8-10 p.m. $10-$35. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. thepear.org Iolanthe Singalong Past participants may have joined in recent years as a pirate, a sailor or an inhabitant of the town of Titipu. This year it’s time for the fairies to do battle with a dim-witted Parliament in Gilbert & Sullivan’s subversive political satireon how a government should be run. April 8; 2-5 p.m. $20-$33; discounts for children and groups of 10 or more. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Go to facebook. com/events for more info. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Hosts ‘Spring Theatre Camp’ Parents looking for an entertaining and enriching camp for their imaginative youngsters can find an outlet at the TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Spring Theatre Camp,” a K-5 spring break camp hosted at schools in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Los Altos. Beginning April 6, 9 a.m. $350. Nixon Elementary, 1711 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto. theatreworks.org/youth-programs TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Presents ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Tony Award-winning musical “The Bridges of Madison County,” based on the 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller about love both lost and found. It will be directed by TheatreWorks artistic director and founder Robert Kelley. April 4-29, times vary. $40-$100. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. theatreworks.org
CONCERTS Flute Students of Alexandra Hawley Flute students from Alexandra Hawley’s studio will be featured in a noontime concert. April 11, 12:30 p.m. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. Search events.stanford. edu for more info. Palo Alto Philharmonic Austrian Masters The fourth orchestra concert of the 2017-2018 season features baritone vocalist, Andrew G. Manea in Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer and Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 4. April 7, 8-10 p.m. $22, general; $18, senior; $10, student. Cubberly Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. paphil.org/performances Refugee Benefit Concert A refugee benefit concert, hosted by the Muslim Student Union, will feature the Middle Eastern Ensemble, student performers, singers and more. April 7, 7-9 p.m. $9-$15. Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
MUSIC Kronos Quartet Stanford Live is proud to be a commissioning partner in “Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire,” an initiative by the Kronos Quartet to commission new works for string quartet and distribute them online for free. The program features two of these new works by Canadian composers and artists including throat singer Tanya Tagaq as well as “The Green Fog,” a new work for Kronos by filmmaker Guy Maddin. April 6, 7:30-10 p.m. $15-$50. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search facebook.com/ events for more info. Manila Disco Fever Take a trip back in time to the Filipino disco songs of the Manila Sound, a musical genre that emerged in 1970s Filipino nightclubs and has seen a resurgence in recent years. Inspired by American disco, funk and pop, Manila Sound mixed Filipino musicality, catchy melodies and a laid-back style to create what some call the Golden Age
of Pinoy music. April 7, 7:30-10 p.m. $13-$50. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info.
MUSIC 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. April 9, 6:30 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org/calendar
TALKS & LECTURES Ethics in Innovation Conference This conference will bring some of the world’s leading thinkers for a day of talks, open discussion and expert-led breakout groups to explore the hard ethical questions. April 12, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. $20-$45. Symantec Headquarters, 350 Ellis St., Mountain View. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Rising Strong Workshops In these Rising Strong workshops, based on Brené Brown’s newest book, participants will learn what it takes to get back up after falling and how to own their stories of struggle. April 12, 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. $375. 454 Ferne Ave., Palo Alto. monicoaching.com Technology and Society Committee Luncheon Forum Max Fagin, an aerospace engineer at Made In Space at NASA Ames, gives an overview of their milestones, including building, flying and operating a 3D printer on the International Space Station and describes their work with NASA on in-space robotic manufacturing/assembly of large space structures. April 10, 11:45-1 p.m. $16-$22. Cafe Baklava Mediterranean Grill, 341 Castro St., Mountain View. tian.greens.org/TASC.shtml How to Build A Crystal Radio Students learn radio history dating back to Tesla and Marconi, as well as basic radio theory, modulation, headphone function and how to read schematics. April 7; 1:30-3:30 p.m. $75-$85. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto.
BOOKS Used Book and Media Sale Friends of the Palo Alto Library is holding their next monthly sale of gently used or new books, CDs, DVDs, games, puzzles, artwork and collectibles. Over 70,000 items for adults, teens and children will be available for low prices and be sorted by subject and genre. April 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Art Exhibit: ‘In Dialogue: African Arts’ “In Dialogue” represents the vibrant and dynamic arts of the continent and its diasporas. Drawing primarily from the Cantor’s own collection, it considers the arts of Africa to be rooted in a deep and rich history that is locally, as much as globally, connected. Ongoing until May 5, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays; open till 8 p.m. Thursdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu Art Exhibit: ‘Rodin: The Shock of the Modern Body’ This exhibition celebrates Auguste Rodin’s relentless pursuit to convey complex emotions, diverse psychological states, and pure sensuality through the nude. Ongoing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Closed Tuesdays; Thursdays open until 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu The Bay Bridge: An Engineer’s Perspective Image pairs that demonstrate the evolution of San Francisco while highlighting the permanence and artistry of the Bay Bridge will be shown. Charles
Knedel’s photos during his time as a civil engineer on the original construction of the Bay Bridge have never been on display for the public. April 10, 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Cafe Borrone, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. makintoshphotography.com/ engineersperspective
DANCE Argentine Tango Alberto’s Nightclub presents Argentine Tango on Sundays. Ongoing, 7 p.m. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/ calendar 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. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar Salsa Fridays Salsa dance lessons every Friday for all skill levels. Doors open at 8 p.m.; beginner lessons start at 8:30 p.m.; intermediate lessons at 9:30 p.m. and social dance starts at 10:15 p.m. No partner necessary. Ages 21 and older. Ongoing. $10. Alberto’s Salsa Studio, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View. albertos.com/calendar
FOOD & DRINK Fermentation 101 Workshop In this introductory fermentation class, taught by food blogger and teacher Anne-Marie Bonneau, participants will learn to make kimchi and kombucha, and sample various fermented foods. April 14, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A private home, address emailed upon registration, Mountain View. zerowastechef. com/register
LESSONS & CLASSES California Naturalist course This course offers a combination of science curriculum, guest lecturers, field trips, and project-based learning to immerse participants in the natural world of the San Francisco Peninsula. Scholarships available. March 20, 6:30-9 p.m. April 10, 6:30pm-9:00pm. $420. Palo Alto Baylands Interpretive Center (location varies weekly), 2775 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto. grassrootsecology.org/ca-naturalist Free Tennis Clinic Calling all junior and adult tennis players: Mountain View tennis coaches will be sharing some tips for tennis playing at the Cuesta courts. Attendees will have a chance to learn more about upcoming classes and summer camps. April 7, 1-3 p.m. Free. Cuesta Park, 685 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View.
components of the Filoli property. April 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. Filoli Gardens, 86 Old Canada Road, Woodside. filoli.org Hikes with the Friends Participants will convene at the Zwierlein Trailhead at 9 a.m. and explore the redwood logging and history of Huddart Park on a five-mile hike. April 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Huddart County Park, 1100 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside. huddartwunderlichfriends.org/events
BUSINESS ASES Summit 2018 ASES Summit is an annual conference focused on global entrepreneurship that brings college students from around the world to Stanford University to expose them to design thinking and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. The 2018 Summit Theme is ‘Building the Next Unicorn.’ ASES Summit is organized by Stanford’s Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society. April 8, noon-8 p.m. $600. Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
Business Mixer Business Mixers offer two hours of power networking for Chamber members. Building relationships and making business connections at these networking events are key strategies to small business success. April 11, 5-7 p.m. Free. Mountain View. chambermv.org/special-events Drop-in Tax Preparation Assistance Free help in preparing and filing your federal and state income tax returns. This drop-in service is available to households with a 2017 income of $54,000 or less. No need for an appointment. Services provided by IRS-certified VITA Volunteers. April 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/librarycalendar
COMMUNITY GROUPS Volunteer Fair Looking for a way to give back to your community or need to complete volunteer hours? Visit the city of Mountain View Volunteer Fair. April 7; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/volunteer
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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement VITALITY BOWLS 102 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN639539 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Vitality Bowls 102, located at 650 Castro St., Suite 140, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): SNC ENTERPRISE 114 Dardanelli Lane, 20 Los Gatos, CA 95032 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/01/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 1, 2018. (MVV Mar. 16, 23, 30; Apr. 6, 2018) ADMISSIONS AND THE MIND FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN640358 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Admissions and The Mind, located at 1992 Silverwood Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GRETCHEN H. WILLIAMS 1992 Silverwood Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/23/2018. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 23, 2018. (MVV Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018) SLIME OF THE DAY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN640595 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Slime Of The Day, located at 1647 Morgan Street, Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are):
HANDS ON PARENTING LLC 1647 Morgan Street Mountain View, CA 94043 Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 2, 2018. (MVV Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018)
997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DUNCAN WESLEY MILLS aka DUNCAN W. MILLS aka DUNCAN MILLS Case No.:18PR182965 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DUNCAN WESLEY MILLS aka DUNCAN W. MILLS aka DUNCAN MILLS. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CHISTOPHER MILLS in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: CHRISTOPHER MILLS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 4, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent
creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Mark A. Schmuck, Esq. Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP 2502 Stevens Creek Blvd. San Jose, CA 95128-1654 (408) 998-9500 (MVV Mar. 23, 30; Apr. 6, 2018) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WALTER E. FRIGERIO Case No.: 17PR-182138 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WALTER E. FRIGERIO, aka WALTER FRIGERIO. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CHRISTY ANN SALO in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: CHRISTY ANN SALO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain
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Continued from previous page very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 25, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Daniel L. DuRee 800 W. El Camino Real, Suite 180 Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 933-7122 (MVV Mar. 23, 30; Apr. 6, 2018)
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ALEXIS BRYCE MCADAMS aka EVERETT BRYCE MCADAMS, JR. Case No.: 18PR182759 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ALEXIS BRYCE MCADAMS. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CRYSTAL GOCKA in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: CRYSTAL GOCKA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 16, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date
of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jessica J. Poyner 16450 Los Gatos Blvd. #216 Los Gatos, CA 95032 (408) 358-1900 (MVV Mar. 30; Apr, 6, 13, 2018)
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