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Feud with landlord could close down Bierhaus POPULAR DOWNTOWN BEER GARDEN COULD BE GONE THIS FALL; OWNER CONSIDERING LAWSUIT earlier this year when the Tran family submitted plans to the city ven though it may be filled of Mountain View to redevelop to the brim with patrons, the site into a four-story office the popular downtown building. In response, Finley pub Bierhaus is being threatened went public with his concerns with closure in the next couple of about the office project, saying months. The owners of the 383 it would ruin the appeal of BierCastro St. location have put the haus as well as the city’s downbeer garden on notice that the town core. The conflict has taken on a lease will not be renewed, warning that it will need to clear out political dimension amid the larger question over Mountain by the end of September. The fight brewing between View’s bustling downtown. LivBierhaus owner Mike Finley able Mountain View, a group and his landlord has gone from skeptical of downtown redevelsour to toxic in the past several opment, came to champion Biermonths. The landlord and res- haus as a business that deserves taurant owner now communi- protection. Earlier this week, the Tran cate through attorneys, and the conflict seems destined for a family felt the need to explain their side of the story. Khoe lawsuit. Tran and Nghiem Finley says he Truong and their wants to sign a short-term lease ‘I’m willing to two adult children attended a packed and is willing to pay market rate pay market rate Old Mountain View Neighborrent to stay put, ... this doesn’t hood Association but his landlord meeting on Monwill no longer do business with make any sense.’ day and detailed their plans to him. Finley is now MIKE FINLEY, rebuild the site. alleging that his BIERHAUS OWNER The meeting was landlord is planreportedly organing to essentially steal his successful business nized by former Councilman concept by kicking him out and Mike Kasperzak, who is consultopening a duplicate beer garden ing for the family on the project. They emphasized their humble at the same site. “Bierhaus is like my first born origins as an immigrant famchild — I put all my money and ily who scrimped and saved to an incredible amount of work buy the former Wienerschnitzel and intellectual property into building in 2007. Speaking to it,” Finley said. “To yank this the Voice, daughter Dana Tran away from me, that’s simply an said her parents put their life savings and home equity into injustice.” Finley’s landlord, the Tran the purchase. She insisted that family of San Jose, said they her family wasn’t trying to turn are simply trying to manage a quick buck on the property. “If we only wanted to make their property and they are fully within their rights not to renew money on this property, we the Bierhaus lease. Their relationship took a dive See BIERHAUS, page 10 By Mark Noack

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Faith Martin-Ware, holding daughter Skylar, her sister Erika Martin (holding dog) and their children were delivering care packages to the homeless after attending church services when they were falsely accused of stealing by Safeway staff in Mountain View. Pictured with them at Christ Temple Community Church in Palo Alto are, from left, Christopher Flemming, Amir, Nyla and Taylor Ware.

Family accuses Safeway of racial profiling MV RESIDENTS SAY THEY WERE WRONGFULLY REPORTED, QUESTIONED AND SEARCHED By Kevin Forestieri

unnyvale resident Erika Martin says she and her family were on an altruistic mission to help local homeless residents earlier this month, dropping off care packages and dog food for a homeless man

and his dog outside the Safeway on Shoreline Boulevard. The well-intentioned trip soured, however, when Martin found herself blocked into her parking space by multiple police cars and questioned by officers. Employees at the grocery store had called in a

possible theft in progress, and Martin and her family members found themselves the suspects in the investigation. Police officials described the interaction as friendly and cordial, saying that officers See PROFILING, page 11

Four arrested in armed assault By Kevin Forestieri

ountain View police arrested four people in connection with a violent attack on a Sunnyvale man inside an RV on Crisanto Avenue earlier this month, according to a statement released Wednesday, July 18. Three of the four suspects, two of whom are minors, were arrested in a traffic stop on Saturday, July 14, while the fourth was arrested Tuesday, July 17. All

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in and struck him in the face with pistols multiple times, causing injuries to his face and hands. The teen who reported the incident told police that he was accosted multiple times in the area that evening, according to the statement. He said people inside a Chrysler sedan and a Honda sedan attempted to attack him near Ortega Park, and he was later accosted and threatened by a teenager in the parking lot at See ASSAULT, page 6

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A 53-year-old Palo Alto man was arrested Sunday for allegedly threatening two people who refused to buy him alcohol. The victims, two Redwood City residents who arrived in downtown Mountain View on a motorcycle, told police they were confronted by the suspect shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 22. The pair told police that the man approached them and asked questions about the motorcycle before asking the driver to buy him alcohol, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. When the driver refused, the man allegedly became confrontational and threatened to attack and shoot the victims, Nelson said. Officers arriving on the 400 block of Castro Street to talk to the victims spotted the suspect walking away from the area and detained him. He was later arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats, and was booked into Santa Clara County jail. He was being held with a bail set at $25,000 as of Wednesday morning, and had a court date for Wednesday afternoon, after the Voice’s press deadline. —Kevin Forestieri

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The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District on July 17 announced the hiring of two new administrators to oversee the special education department after the director and the assistant director left for other opportunities. Kristen Hardy has been tapped to replace Frances English as the director of special education. Hardy has worked numerous jobs pertaining to special education throughout her career, including as principal at Triton Academy in Camarillo and an elementary school in Simi Valley. Hardy’s most recent position was the director of special education in the Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City, where she worked for two years. Beverly Tom, whose background spans more than 30 years in education, will take over as the assistant director of See COMMUNITY BRIEF, page 11

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Complaint alleges conflict of interest for councilman RESIDENT ARGUES JOHN MCALISTER’S VOTES FOR LASD SCHOOL SHOULD BE VOIDED By Mark Noack

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Marilyn Ozawa and other members of the Mountain View Buddhist Temple rehearse a traditional dance to be performed at the Obon Festival held July 21 and 22.

City inspectors force Buddhist temple’s Obon Festival to downsize By Mark Noack

housands of people flocked to the annual Obon Festival, but this year’s event was missing some of its signature foods and features. The Japanese celebration, which for 66 years has been hosted by the Mountain View Buddhist Temple, was facing beefed-up scrutiny from city building and fire inspectors. As a result, organizers say they were restricted from setting up their traditional

wooden booths, and they weren’t be able to cook the same variety of Japanese dishes. While organizers described this year’s Obon as a success, the event was clearly smaller than prior years, said Mike Inouye, a temple spokesman. Normally the temple’s largest annual fundraiser, this year’s event took in about 20 percent less in revenues than last year. This reduction is partly due to new restrictions by the Mountain View Fire

Department prohibiting the temple from running gas lines for the event’s food stands. Obon organizers say this meant a wide range of traditional dishes that required deep-frying, boiling or large amounts of rice were impossible to cook in large quantities on-site. That severely limited their ability to make popular dishes such as udon, tempura, chirashi, futomaki, agesushi and spam musubi. See OBON FESTIVAL, page 10

series of high-profile Mountain View City Council votes to help establish a new public school campus within city limits is being challenged on the grounds that Councilman John McAlister should have recused himself. In a complaint letter sent to the city earlier this week, Mounta i n View resident Ellyn Berner alleges John McAlister that McAlister had a conflict of interest due to owning a stake in the Stepping Stones Preschool, which is located at leased property at the the Los Altos School District’s Covington Elementary School campus. This side business was providing McAlister at least $10,000 in annual income, according to his 2008 financial disclosure form. McAlister did not list the business in his subsequent annual reports. Based on his preschool business, McAlister should have removed himself from any vote involving Los Altos School District (LASD), Berner said. “Our city (is providing) millions and millions of dollars and building rights for LASD while not having full impartiality from Mountain View City Council,” Berner said in the letter. “Any action taken

by the City Council involving LASD where Mr. McAlister participated in the discussions or voted should be considered void.” McAlister told the Voice that he disputes the allegations, saying he had conferred with the city attorney prior to the votes on a new LASD campus. City legal staff told him he didn’t need to report his stake in Stepping Stones Preschool because it was located outside the city’s jurisdiction, he said. The Los Altos School District enrolls Mountain View residents and its boundaries include several Mountain View neighborhoods. McAlister said he believes the complaints were a new tactic by Bullis Charter School advocates to try to scuttle the 10th campus plan. “I don’t believe there’s any conflict based on a thorough understanding of the rules,” he said. “This is the Bullis Charter School trying to eliminate a vote that would have prevented them from being relocated.” In her complaint, Berner does not elaborate on her motive for filing the letter, which she forwarded to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office and the state Fair Political Practices Commission. She is not listed as a licensed attorney by the California State Bar, but her letter appears to be written by a lawyer, with numerous See COMPLAINT, page 8

City rejects rent-hike petition for Del Medio Manor By Mark Noack

petition to raise rents on dozens of apartments at Del Medio Manor in Mountain View was denied by a city hearing officer last week. Owners of the apartment complex are now appealing the decision. The case was the most hardfought conflict so far to wind its way through a public hearing process created by the city’s nascent rent control law. For many observers, the case was seen as a bellwether for how future

disputes would be adjudicated by the city. Los Altos resident Elizabeth Lindsay, who owns the Del Medio apartments with about 12 other family members, had sought to raise rents on about two-thirds of the family’s 105-unit apartment complex. In their initial petition, the proposed increases ranged from $125 to $900 a month in additional rent. These proposed rent increases were later softened in a revised petition. The final request was to increase rents on about half the

apartments in amounts ranging from $100 to $500 a month. In total, the rent hikes would have increased annual profits by $170,000 on a property that was already generating more than $1 million in net income, according to the petition filings. In response, a number of Del Medio tenants organized to protest the increases. Several longtime renters told the Voice that the rent hikes would have priced them out of Mountain View. The nonprofit Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto took up

the tenants’ cause on a pro-bono basis. In the written decision made public on Tuesday, July 17, city hearing officer Jil Dalesandro sided largely with the tenants, rejecting nearly all claims made by the Del Medio owners. She denied a request by Lindsay to grant a so-called Vega adjustment, a special increase intended for severely underpriced rental properties that are operating at a net loss. In the city’s petition process, landlords are entitled to an extra

rent increase if they can prove their upkeep costs are shrinking their profit margins. Under normal circumstances, landlords are allowed to increase rents only by the annual cost of inflation. In the case of Del Medio, city officials highlighted numerous accounting errors that resulted in inflated expenses on the books. For example, the bookkeeping provided to the city counted Lindsay and her husband, Wilson Walch, as salaried employees for See DEL MEDIO MANOR, page 8

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Google chips in $1M for homeless services in Mountain View By Kevin Forestieri

mbitious plans to transform Trinity United Methodist Church into a hub for homeless services will move forward next month, thanks in large part to a $1 million contribution from Mountain View’s largest tech company. Google officials announced the company’s major financial support, which had been in the works for close to a year and kept secret until this week, during a celebration inside the church sanctuary at the corner of Hope and Mercy streets Tuesday morning, July 24. The funding adds the final key piece to a $2 million plan to offer a cold weather shelter, on-site meal preparation, showers, case management services and job training all under one roof. The church and its on-site nonprofit, Hope’s Corner, have taken on a growing role in supporting homeless and needy residents in recent years. Hope’s Corner began providing free weekly meals at its location in Old Mountain View in 2011, and now serves more than 200 people each Saturday morning. Trinity United Methodist

Church officials agreed to take it a step further last year, opening the sanctuary space as a cold weather shelter for up to 50 homeless women and children. Construction plans to upgrade the facility, which are set to begin in a few weeks, call for building a commercial kitchen to cook food for both the shelter as well as the Saturday program, along with designated space for case management, laundry services and job training. Javier Gonzalez, Google’s public affairs manager, said the company is proud to help bring these vital services to the community, and that Google and its employees strive to be good corporate neighbors and citizens. “We’re very proud to announce a $1 million contribution to help Hope’s Corner and this community bring this facility to fruition,” he said. Google joins a growing number of agencies involved in the project, which includes Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos, Trinity United Methodist Church, Los Altos United Methodist Church, the city of Mountain View, Santa Clara County, HomeFirst, Community Health Awareness

Council (CHAC) and the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley. In a symbolic gesture, each agency had a representative put in a “piece” of the partnership on a large poster superimposed over a heart. Largely responsible for brokering the deal with Google was Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who said Google officials showed a willingness early on to pitch in however they could. Simitian stressed that every single group involved deserves credit, along with the local residents in Old Mountain View who supported the idea of a homeless shelter in their backyard. He points out that last year’s approval process for the cold weather shelter was shockingly brief because not one single person publicly opposed the proposal. “The hearing lasted seven minutes,” Simitian said. “And it lasted seven minutes because a proposal to bring 50 homeless people to the area did not generate one person in opposition.” Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel said the neighborhood not only allowed the shelter to go through, but many of the residents stepped up to volunteer

Local teens recognized for Eagle Scout achievements By Kayla Riggs

any are familiar with the Boy Scouts of America, but not everyone is aware of the work and dedication it takes to reach its highest rank — Eagle Scout. With just 4 percent of Boy Scouts earning the title, those who wish to become an Eagle Scout have to proceed through the six Scout ranks; earn 21 merit badges; attend a Scoutmaster conference; act in a troop leadership position for six months; complete a service project; and pass an Eagle Scout board of review. Three teens from Boy Scout Troop 33 and eight from Troop 30 — both based in Los Altos — recently achieved the Eagle Scout rank. To fulfill the service project requirement, members of Troop 30 gave back to the community in a number of ways. Eric Mow organized an autism awareness day at Parents Helping Parents, screening an unreleased documentary about autistic children pursuing competitive swimming; Brian Chao designed a computer application for Moffett Field Museum that includes a touchscreen interface

and information on 50 historical airplanes; Arjun Singla coordinated a basketball camp for 16 middle schoolers over the course of a weekend; Gage Rodriguez collected and refurbished pickaxes, shovels, hammers, screwdrivers and a wheelbarrow and donated them to the Day Worker Center of Mountain View; Ryan McCauley renovated a preschool garden that had been severely damaged after a car accident, building redwood planter boxes, centralizing the plumbing and repairing vegetable containers; Braydon Ross re-landscaped one side of the Moffett Field Museum, arranging a live jazz performance outside a local Safeway to raise the money needed to install a new French drain and a terrace; and Aidan Slusser built a 100foot split-rail fence for Redwood Grove Nature Preserve to keep hikers on the proper path. In Troop 33, Zach Moore brought seven young, inner-city boys on a weeklong backpacking trip in Desolation Wilderness in the Sierras; Winn Hartford established a searchable database for library books at St. Timothy’s Preschool in Mountain View, classified books by genre and

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during the cold weather months. He said the church is trying to solve an “enormous problem” through its homeless services, getting help from so many different groups and people, and acknowledged that the economic climate in Silicon Valley is exacerbating the problem. “We’re fighting an uphill battle against an economic boom that’s separating people,” he said. Mountain View’s homeless population tripled from 139 people in 2013 to 416 in 2017, the vast majority of which is “unsheltered,” meaning they are living in vehicles, encampments, along creeks or on the street, according to a census report released by Santa Clara County last year. The entire county saw a smaller increase over the same time period, from 6,760 homeless people in 2013 to 7,034 in 2017. Hope’s Corner board president Leslie Carmichael told the Voice that the nonprofit has been raising money to upgrade its kitchen since 2012, long before the number of people seeking food rapidly grew from dozens to hundreds every Saturday morning. But she said she had no idea the plans would expand

to a multimillion-dollar, allencompassing homeless services facility. “It’s really, I think, a testament to the community that all these things have come together, and we’re really happy to be part of that,” she said. Although the event was billed as a groundbreaking, real work constructing the new facility will begin in a few weeks and is expected to take about six months to complete, Carmichael said. Food and shower services currently provided by Hope’s Corner will continue as usual through the end of the year. Besides Google’s $1 million, the upcoming project had received about $1.1 million in either direct funding or forgivable loans from Mountain View, Santa Clara County, the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley and private donations to Hope’s Corner’s capital campaign. About $200,000 comes from approved community benefit funds guaranteed by planned office development on Clyde Avenue, which the county agreed to loan to Hope’s Corner until the project is completed. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com.

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a firearm and gang-related charges. Neither the victim nor the suspects have been identified as people living in the RVs along Crisanto Avenue, Nelson said, though the victim knows people who live inside one of the RVs. The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office filed three felony charges against Rosas and Ibarra-Vallejo, including one count of assault with a firearm and first-degree burglary — both of which were determined to be crimes committed with intent to benefit other gang members — as well as one count of making criminal threats, according to prosecutor Neil Layton. Rosas is facing three additional felony charges: unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle and possessing a large capacity magazine. Both men made an appearance in court on Wednesday, July 25, but neither entered a plea during the proceeding. Rosas and Ibarra-Vallejo are being held in Santa Clara County’s Elmwood Correctional facility with bail set at $325,000 and $275,000, respectively. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com

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built shelving; and Kyler Blasing renovated the Purissima Little League Junior baseball field, reconstructing the diamond backstop, re-roofing the dugouts and installing storage for players’ equipment. Though these new Eagle Scouts have achieved the highest rank in the organization, their service in the program does not end here. Troop 30 parent Ricardo Rodriguez said that “the Eagle Scouts can remain active in the troop and serve as role models for younger Scouts. One Eagle Scout is now serving as the senior patrol leader in charge of the whole troop, and this summer some are going to Northern Tier High Adventure Base with younger Scouts for an eight- to nineday hiking and canoe trip that includes portions of Canada.” Said Eagle Scout Gage Rodriguez, “When I was young, and saw older Scouts standing in the front leading the meetings, I thought to myself, ‘Wow, how do they do that?’ And now, well, now I know how they did it. It’s all been such a blur that I haven’t had the time to reflect, but now the magnitude of the progress we all have made is much clearer.” V

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he Mountain View-Los Altos High School District has been pumping millions of dollars into hiring more teachers for a growing student body, and spending more than ever to pay off the increasing cost of pensions. It may sound like a recipe for pay freezes and deficit spending, and yet it’s been nothing but smooth sailing. Robust property tax growth in recent years, as high as 10 percent annually, has buoyed the district’s budget while staying ahead of the rising tide of costs. Despite the current prosperity, district officials warn that a future economic downturn could put the district in a tough spot. The district’s latest budget documents show Mountain View-Los Altos expects to have $93.3 million in revenue for the upcoming school year, an increase of nearly 44 percent from four years ago. The vast majority of the windfall comes from property tax growth in Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. “The driving component, hands down, is the strong housing market and property values in the area,” said Associate Superintendent Mike Mathiesen. The strong revenues enabled the district to increase teacher salaries by an average of about 5 percent each year during the

last three rounds of negotiations, bringing the pay scale for some of the highest-paid teachers in the state even higher. The district’s latest salary schedule, approved last month, ranges from $82,819 on the low end to $156,497 for the most welleducated and longest-serving teachers. Mathiesen said the state is asking school districts for increasing amounts of money to pay for retirement costs, which he said now accounts for millions of dollars in added costs to the district each year. The ramp-up plan for pension contributions, which began in 2014, is expected to cost the district about $6 million each year when it peaks during the 2020-21 school year. The so-called “CalSTRS 2014 Funding Plan” was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown as a necessary move to prevent the pension program from going broke in the coming decades. The high school district has also faced major enrollment growth in recent years, putting pressure on district officials to add classrooms and hire more teachers, making the extra property tax revenue more of a necessity than a luxury. Enrollment in the district has increased by 755 students since the 2012-13 school year, and in one year, jumped by 218 students. Mathiesen said the district is expecting about 131 additional students this fall, which is largely responsible for the eight or

nine full-time equivalent teachers being added to the teaching staff. While he didn’t have the numbers available, he said, the district’s per-student spending is about the same. “On the whole we’ve been so fortunate with the property tax growth that we’ve been able to maintain our per-pupil spending, and it may have even gone up slightly,” he said. What’s worrying to district officials is that property tax growth has already begun to taper off and is expected to slow even more, but enrollment growth shows no signs of slowing. Mathiesen said the concern is that that the high school district won’t be able to rely on rapid increases in property taxes forever, and may have to tighten its belt. On the school construction side, district officials say they have spent most of the 2010 Measure A bond money, with the remaining money staked out for $200,000 in annual technology upgrades. The district is also moving ahead on plans to spend money from the $295 million Measure E bond, passed by voters last month, intended to add much-needed classroom space on cramped campuses. Plans to add new two-story classroom wings at both schools will go out to bid in the spring, in hopes of opening the doors by fall 2020. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V

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Del Medio. But the same labor was also counted in their petition as “managerial expenses” and as “owner labor,” and it was unclear how these costs could be distinguished. Dalesandro determined that many work expenses at Del Medio were actually counted twice or more. In some cases, Lindsay and her husband couldn’t provide time records to show how their labor was benefiting the property. Lindsay and her family own multiple rental properties in the area, but they could not separate out which work hours were spent at which property. At a public hearing in May, Lindsay suggested one way to solve this would be to take their listed labor costs and divide it by three. On top of that, Dalesandro pointed out that many of the expenses included in Lindsay’s petition benefited neither the tenants nor the Del Medio property. As part of her costs, Lindsay expensed $3,000 for her time spent at Mountain View City Council and Rental Housing Committee meetings, in which she was advocating against the city’s rent control law. The petition also included $17,000 in

attorney fees that stemmed, in part, from a lawsuit brought last year by Lindsay and other landlords seeking to overturn Mountain View’s voter-approved Measure V rent control law in court. After eliminating many of the expenses listed in the petition, Dalesandro concluded that Lindsay did deserve a small rent increase of about $5 per unit based on inflation adjustments. Tenant advocates celebrated the decision as vindication for the city’s rent control law, which has faced intense opposition since its passage in November 2016. Nan McGarry, a Community Legal Services attorney who litigated the case, said her group was currently working with tenants to fight against other rent increase petitions in the city. The city currently has nine active petitions for rent increases, according to city staff. “This sends a clear message to Mountain View tenants that if they fight to enforce their rights, then they’ll win,” she said. “Mountain View voters have been hearing a lot of misinformation about (rent control) not protecting vulnerable residents. This decision shows that is false.” In a letter reportedly submitted late last week, Lindsay

notified the city that she wanted to bring her case before the Rental Housing Committee for a new decision. Speaking to the Voice on Monday, Lindsay criticized the city’s hearing officer who administered her case, saying she did not receive a fair review. Among her complaints, she said the hearing officer excluded many expenses in her petition that deserved consideration. A copy of the appeal letter was not immediately available. City officials say the appeal documents would not be disclosed until they finish a preliminary review. Under the city’s rent control law, any decision by a hearing officer can be appealed to the five-member Rental Housing Committee. The committee can either affirm, reverse or modify the decision. Lindsay has repeatedly warned that an adverse decision could lead her to sell off her property. “Unfortunately, the decision does not allow for a fair rate of return based on the expenses of an older building and the value of the asset,” she said to the Voice. “We will evaluate our options and make a business decision to determine the future of the building.” V

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citations of state law, city code and case law precedents. She did not immediately respond to emailed questions from the Voice. In recent months, the council has taken multiple steps to facilitate the purchase of land for a new school campus near San Antonio Road. Earlier this year, the council approved the sale of about $80 million in development rights to help defray the purchase price of the expensive land. An additional $23 million would come from Mountain View’s park funds, in exchange for use of the new school’s field. In June, the council approved the district’s plans to use that financial support to help purchase 9.6 acres of the San Antonio Shopping Center, land currently occupied by Kohl’s and several restaurants. During

that discussion, three council members wanted to set conditions on what kind of school could be built, in light of the city’s significant financial assistance. Among their stipulations, they wanted a commitment from LASD that the site would be used for a new neighborhood school, not for relocating Bullis Charter School from Los Altos. McAlister opposed those conditions, swinging a 4-3 vote to approve the land acquisition. If complaints over McAlister’s conflict of interest are found to be valid, it could force the council to revisit a string of decisions on the proposed school site. City Manager Dan Rich acknowledged the city has received the complaint letter, but he declined to comment on its arguments. The merits of the letter could be considered only by the state Fair Political Practices Commission, he said. V

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n attorney for Brock Turner, the former Stanford University student who served three months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus, argued in the state’s 6th District Court of Appeal in San Jose on Tuesday that there was insufficient evidence that his client committed the three felony crimes he was convicted of in 2016. Mill Valley attorney Eric Multhaup, who filed an appeal on Turner’s behalf in December, argued that the jury had to engage in “speculation” to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the crimes. “They filled in the blanks in the prosecution’s case,” Multhaup told the three presiding justices. “That’s imagination. That’s speculation.” A Santa Clara County jury found Turner guilty of assault with the intent to commit rape, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration with a

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Meanwhile, building inspectors required the festival to obtain separate building permits for each booth structure. In prior years, the festival used traditional wooden booths to host carnival games, concessionaires and other attractions. For this year’s event, organizers had to rent smaller canopies. Some carnival games, such as the coin-toss booths, were not featured this year. In addition, changes to the electrical wiring and lighting forced the festival to limit its hours of operation. City inspectors were simply enforcing the existing code requirements for the Obon’s Festival’s temporary use permit, said senior city planner Diana Pancholi. In prior years, this event permit was processed by the city Recreation Department, but this year the review included staff from the building and fire departments, she said.

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foreign object of an unconscious person. He served half of his sixmonth sentence, which incited global outrage and led to the contentious recall this June of the judge who oversaw the case, Aaron Persky. Multhaup and Deputy Attorney General Alisha Carlile, on behalf of the Attorney General’s Office, presented their respective oral arguments in front of Associate Justices Franklin Elia, Wendy Clark Duffy and Adrienne Grover on Tuesday. While in the appeal Multhaup argued that Turner was deprived of his right to due process and that the jury was prejudiced for several reasons, including the exclusion of evidence of Turner’s credibility and honesty and the prosecution’s repeated descriptions of the assault taking place behind a dumpster, the attorney focused Tuesday on two separate points. He argued that because Turner was fully dressed when two Stanford graduate students observed him “engaged in aggressive thrusting” on top of the partially unclothed, unconscious woman, “We want to make sure that we have safe operating conditions and that this event can be organized in a safe manner,” Pancholi said. “We’ve been talking about them for a long time now after the last event, so this shouldn’t be a surprise.” While disappointed, organizers for the Obon Festival said they accepted the changes with a philosophical perspective. Inouye said the Buddhist congregation wanted to ensure that their guests weren’t upset to find some regular features of the festival missing this year. They tried their best to adapt to the new rules. This year’s event featured various new teriyaki dishes and “Japan dogs.” Other temples in San Jose and Palo Alto volunteered their kitchens to help prepare sushi and spam musubi off-site. Pointing to the Buddhist concept of impermanence, temple president Sterling Makishima said the community was finding ways to move forward. “It makes me a little sad that my grandkids are not going to have the same memories of Obon that I had and my children had, growing up at the temple all these years,” said Makishima. “But that’s what they tell us, right? That nothing stays the same.” Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V

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known anonymously as Emily Doe, outside a fraternity party in 2015, he was engaging in “outercourse” rather than demonstrating an intent to commit rape. Multhaup defined outercourse as a “version of safe sex” during which the participants are fully clothed and there is no “penile contact.” Associate Justice Franklin Elia rejected this argument, telling Multhaup that the Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant’s exposure of him or herself is not required to provide intent to commit rape. For the other two charges, Multhaup argued that there was no concrete evidence to prove at what point Doe lost consciousness and could thus not consent to being digitally penetrated by Turner. Multhaup said the jury had to “speculate” about when that happened in what he said was a 30-minute period after Turner and Doe left the fraternity party. During the trial, the jury heard a slurred, incoherent voicemail Doe left for her boyfriend on Jan. 18, 2015 at 12:16 a.m. Shortly after,

two Stanford graduate students intervened after they saw Turner on top of an unmoving Doe. Turner testified that Doe was conscious and consented throughout their interactions. Associate Justice Wendy Clark Duffy questioned Multhaup’s time frame, suggesting that he was asking the justices to “draw the inference” that Doe could have lost consciousness toward the end of the 30-minute period, when Turner himself told a police officer that night that he and Doe were outside together for about five minutes. The three justices repeatedly reminded Multhaup that their role is not to reweigh evidence that was presented during the trial or consider alternate conclusions the jury could have reached. Carlile similarly argued that Multhaup was asking the court to “act as a super fact-finder” and reject the jury’s verdict in favor of his own “far-fetched version of events.” The evidence was “ample” for the convictions, she argued, from the graduate students’ testimony

that Turner fled after they confronted him and did not offer an explanation for why he was with Doe to the fact that she was unconscious for several hours and had a blood alcohol level three times the legal driving limit in California of 0.08. Multhaup countered that Turner fleeing — or him kissing Doe’s younger sister without permission at the fraternity party earlier in the evening — does not amount to “affirmative evidence” that would prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to rape Doe. There is rarely direct evidence to demonstrate intent to commit a crime, Elia told Multhaup. “You look at the entire circumstances. You can’t just surgically remove these” pieces of evidence, the justice said. The court has 90 days to issue an opinion. Alaleh Kianerci, the Santa Clara County deputy district attorney who prosecuted the Turner case, attended the hearing. She declined to comment. Email Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@paweekly.com

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her parents became frustrated with Finley because he never would pay his rent on the first of the month, even after they had issued warnings. Finley said he has never missed a payment. The language in his lease gives him latitude on when he makes his monthly payments, he said. Finley has his own set of grievances against the Tran family. He blames them for failing to maintain the property, particularly in 2016 when a sewer line under the building ruptured. The incident forced Bierhaus to close for days, but the Tran family refused to fix it, he said. He eventually had to pay $30,000 for repairs. He could have sued, but the costs of taking it to court would have made any damage award a Pyrrhic victory. “Practically speaking, the (sewer) lateral lasts at least 30 years and my lease was over in two years,” he said. “They receive the economic benefit of my investment. That is not fair.” Finley alleges that the Tran family has repeatedly ignored the language in their own lease. They were initially pressuring Bierhaus to close down in June, but attorneys working for Finley alerted them that his lease remains valid until the end of September. Finley’s attorneys have also pointed out that the Trans agreed in their lease that they would negotiate a new lease

in good faith. By a wide margin, Bierhaus should be the obvious choice to remain at that site until it is redeveloped, they said. Based on the community input, Dana Tran said it was abundantly clear that residents appreciated the concept of Bierhaus as a casual gathering place. The family is currently working on a new restaurant concept that would maintain that appeal, she said. They were in talks to open a new beer garden with a group of partners whom she declined to identify. In effect, would that be stealing Finley’s idea for Bierhaus? Tran said that wasn’t the case. “I don’t think he came up with the beer garden concept. That’s been around everywhere,” she said. “I don’t believe that’s his concept.” Finley doesn’t agree, and he says there is considerable “intellectual property” invested in his pub concept. Working with his dad and sister, he is launching a second Bierhaus in Oakland in the near future. But he wants to keep his business open in Mountain View. He is currently considering a lawsuit based on violations of his lease that could be ready to file by the end of this week, he said. “I’m willing to pay market rate, and this is a 40-year-old building that no money has been put into,” he said. “This doesn’t make any sense.” Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com

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would have sold it to developers years ago,” Tran said. “We’re trying to do what we can to keep this in our family. This is our American dream.” Following the purchase, the Tran family signed a 10-year lease with Mehmet Degerli, who initially opened a Turkish cafe at the location. That eatery didn’t pan out, and Degerli later entered into a partnership with Finley. Degerli and co-owner Scott Snyder are currently silent partners in Bierhaus, Finley said. Tran said her mother, Nghiem Truong, was in charge of managing the lease, but she quickly encountered problems. Degerli often could not make his monthly rent payments as his restaurant struggled in the postrecession economy. Her mother would try to be compassionate and she sometimes let the rent payments slide, but her charity eventually bottomed out, Tran said. “She kept saying that when the market is better, they would pay on time. But it just continued going on,” Tran said. “She was trying to help them out, but now we think that she was taken advantage of.” Finley inherited some of that resentment after taking over the lease and opening his successful beer garden concept. Tran said

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quickly found that the reports were unwarranted and sent the family on their way. But Martin and her family members say they are upset over what they believe is just one of multiple racial profiling incidents they have faced while living in the Bay Area. “We don’t feel comfortable going back to this Safeway, especially the children, because of what happened to us,” Martin told the Voice shortly after the incident. “We were there to do a good deed and we left feeling embarrassed, hurt and shocked.” The theft report and police stop occurred around 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 8. Martin and her sister, Mountain View resident Faith Martin-Ware, parked in the Bailey Park plaza after attending a church service at Christ Temple Community Church in Palo Alto, intending to drop off a package of hygiene products for homeless people near the Safeway. Martin, who works at Google, also brought dog food for a homeless man with a dog who frequents the plaza. After spending several minutes in the parking lot talking from inside her vehicle, Martin said two police cars — and later a total of five officers — pulled up right next to her to ask probing questions to determine whether she, her sister or their children were complicit in a reported grocery store heist. The heavily redacted incident report states that employees and customers in the store believed that the family had sent in their children to “grab goods from the shelves” and take them back to the car, and that they had reportedly stocked up a cart full of goods as a ruse intended to create a distraction. The reports implicated Martin, her son and her sister’s children as playing a role in the alleged theft. Martin and Martin-Ware contend that many of the details in the report are inaccurate, including the amount of time they were stuck in the parking lot and allegations that they were collaborating with a black man inside the store to conduct the heist. Police were told that Martin entered the Safeway and headed

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special education. Like Hardy, Tom was the principal of several schools in the Bay Area, including Valle Verde Elementary School in Walnut Creek and Alamo Elementary in San Ramon. She most recently held the positions of interim assistant superintendent and

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Christopher Flemming, 9, was afraid that police had stopped his family because he had asked for a free cookie at the bakery counter of the Safeway on Shoreline Boulevard.

toward the back of the store, and at one point “made eye contact” with a suspicious man also considered a potential shoplifter, who was described as a black man in his 30s, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. Trouble is, Martin said she never got out of her car at any point, handing off the dog food through her window to the homeless man. She was also wary of exiting her car when police were present, wanting to avoid escalating the situation. “If they were to look at the Safeway footage it would show that I never got out of my car and I never went into the store,” Martin said. “What description was given to them? I have no clue. They never told me the description of the person. No one ever told us the items that were taken out of the store.” Police say officers spent 10 minutes talking to Martin and her sister, while Martin said it

was closer to half an hour. The incident report states officers concluded that the theft reports had no merit and left after about 26 minutes. The children referred to in the report were likely Martin’s 9-year-old son and her nieces and nephews, who she said went into the Safeway for a free cookie from the bakery staff — a common practice at the grocery store chain. Martin said her son was getting increasingly worried that his denied request for a cookie was the reason for the police stop, and said he felt the need to confess it to officers. “He was so nervous, you could barely understand what he was saying,” she said. The Voice reviewed the body camera footage from two of the officers involved in the police stop, and found it largely corroborates the family’s version

school support specialist in the Mount Diablo Unified School District. Both Tom and Hardy were “selected for their ability to build personal connections with students, families and colleagues, and to provide programs that will meet the needs of each student in the program,” said MVLA spokeswoman Cynthia Greaves.

If the appointments are approved by the district board of trustees Aug. 13, Hardy and Tom plan to start in the fall, supervising roughly 450 students who are currently enrolled in MVLA’s special education program. The duo would report to MVLA’s associate superintendent of education services, Margarita Navarro. —Kayla Riggs

of events. Police never accuse Martin of stealing, but state she is “associated” with a reported theft. Officers can be seen talking to the store manager inside the Safeway, who told police she saw a woman taking things from the store but could not tell officers what was taken. Given the flimsy evidence against her, Martin said she believes that profiling played a role in the accusations and ultimately led to her getting stopped by police in the parking lot. She and her sister frequent the Safeway and know many of the store employees by name, which she said made the theft allegations all the more troubling. What’s more, she said, store employees and customers frequently witness thefts and nobody calls police, yet they took the extra effort to report her family. Nelson said police have responded to a total of 10 theft calls at the Shoreline Safeway over the last 12 months, of which seven involved a theft from the store itself. Only three of those incidents involved a suspect described as a black man or woman, while the others are described as either Hispanic, white or Asian, Nelson said. The city’s online crime-tracking data website, CrimeReports, shows only six theft cases at the Safeway in 2018, which is relatively low compared to the Safeway on San Antonio Road and the Nob Hill on Grant Road. Martin-Ware said she was upset over the incident, in part because it wasn’t the first time she has faced accusations of stealing, with a similar incident occurring inside a Walmart while she was with her 11-year-old son. She said she’s seen and even recorded people bounding out the door with baskets full of alcohol and nobody bothered to call police, leading her to believe it was racially motivated. “I’m just shocked it happened right after we were getting out of church and helping out homeless people,” Martin-Ware said.

Martin-Ware said officers talked amongst themselves before approaching her and saying she fit the description of the person accused of stealing, and asked if they could search her car. She said she gave them permission to look through the window to see what was inside, and allowed them to check the trunk. She said police likely didn’t have a probable cause to start looking through her things, but she was nervous about not complying with officers. “I found it very weird, but I thought if I didn’t let him search that I would get arrested,” she said. Shoreline Safeway employees declined to comment on the incident, instead referring the Voice to Safeway’s corporate office in Pleasanton. Safeway spokeswoman Wendy Gutshall said in a statement that the company apologizes for the misunderstanding and has since “been in contact with a customer involved in the incident.” The statement did not mention Martin or her family, instead stating that local law enforcement was called concerning an “adult male with a history of suspected shoplifting at the store who had a shopping cart full of merchandise.” The initial call to police stated that the suspect inside the store, described as a black man in his early 30s, may have known Martin and her family, which aroused suspicions that they might be working together. Officers concluded that the man was not involved in any theft, either, Nelson said. Nelson maintains that officers responded appropriately to the reported theft and the information given to them, and that they never directly accused Martin and her family of stealing. She said the police officers were quick to find the reports had no merit, and that the family was both cooperative and compliant. “We did our due diligence in responding to a call, and (Martin) was very helpful in allowing us to resolve the situation quickly and without any issues,” Nelson said. V

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He’s now the avid leader of his own group that makes thousands of bottles of wine each year, the grapes crushed, fermented, pressed, aged and bottled in his Los Altos Hills home. Since 2012, Beyer has recruited friends and family to assist with what is now a serious home winemaking operation. He now has seven partners, none of whom have worked in the wine industry. There’s a retired physician, former tech executives, a general contractor, a real estate agent and engineers, all hailing from Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto, save one who lives in Santa Cruz. They each pay about $1,500 per year to cover the cost of raw materials, from grapes and barrels to additives and lab testing. They sometimes call themselves “the startup winery.” The group purchases grapes from growers, from Napa and Sonoma to Paso Robles, though they prefer to buy locally. Early on, Beyer realized that quality wineries prefer to sell in tons rather than pounds, hence his motivation for forming a group. They now buy about four to five tons each year. Each fall, as harvest kicks into high gear, Beyer’s Los Altos Hills home becomes a hive of activity. As soon as they get the call from growers, the men jump into trucks to harvest their grapes — mostly red, but not exclusively — and bring them back to Beyer’s house. A concrete, covered patio overlooking the rolling foothills is turned into a “crush pad” where they mash the grapes and put them into containers to ferment. Once fermentation is done, the group presses the wine and pumps it into barrels to age. They typically age red wines for two

years in the barrel and one in the bottle. The bottles are stored in a refrigerated cellar elsewhere on Beyer’s property. A downstairs room that Beyer and his wife originally built as a casual space to enjoy wine has been transformed into a full-blown wine cellar, with more than a dozen American and French oak wine barrels, a bottling machine and a clean-up room stocked with wine-making equipment and chemicals. Everywhere are wine bottles, glasses and wine-related art (including, hanging on one wall, a patchwork quilt featuring colorful bottles). In one drawer are stacks of wine labels drawn by Beyer’s daughter, including a black-and-white tree with the name “Romanbauer,” a nod to Rombauer Vineyard’s famed chardonnay. It was in this 255-square-foot room that Beyer first thought about making wine. After building the addition to the house, he realized he couldn’t fill it with just bottles, and wondered what he would have to do to get a barrel. He reached out to a friend who happened to make wine at home. The friend was leaving his winemaking group, so Beyer, impressed by the quality of their wine, took his place. Winemaking quickly became more than a fleeting hobby. Beyer left the group two years later to start his own troop of hobbyist winemakers. Beyer is still a “data collector” at heart. He coordinates blind tastings to check the wine’s progress and creates schedules to organize who is doing what during the busiest times. He consults with experts, including Woodside Vineyards’ Brian Caselden, who Beyer considers a mentor, and a local Home Vintners Association. He sends

other members what one called “homework” — mostly articles and books about winemaking. “I think because I’m a problemsolver, the engineering side of solving these different problems in making the wine is what I found fascinating,” Beyer said. “Even today it’s a matrix of many, many different possibilities and problems that you can come up with.” There is very little regulation of home winemaking for personal consumption. Under federal law, they can’t make more than 200 gallons a year for a household with two or more adults or 100 gallons for a one-person home, but are otherwise left to their own devices. The members love both the

technicality and camaraderie of winemaking. Most of their children help out with the harvest and bottling every year. Marc Anker, a retired doctor who lives in Palo Alto, knew near nothing about wine when he joined and was skeptical about the quality of homemade wine. Now, he said he no longer buys wine. He brings their bottles to restaurants and social gatherings. “It’s great to know how to make wine. But I would love this whole process if it was mediocre wine,” Anker said. “This is not mediocre wine.” The group’s wine has won local awards, including a 2013 chardonnay from Woodside that took home “double gold” for best

white wine in the Santa Clara County Fair’s annual amateur winemaking competition. Over a recent lunch on the patio, Beyer, Anker and David Lautzenheiser (a semi-retired tech executive who’s looking forward to his fifth harvest with the group) uncorked recent vintages. They moved from a freshly crisp 2016 Vermentino from Los Carneros to a deep but drinkable 2014 merlot from Jaeger Vineyards in Napa and finally, a peppery Barbera from a grower in Plymouth, just outside Sacramento. They sipped each wine with unbridled enthusiasm, enjoying the fruits of their labors. Email Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@paweekly.com. V

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‘Mission: Impossible’ ups the ante CRUISE PUSHES HIS BODY TO ITS LIMITS, YET AGAIN 0001/2 (Century 16 & 20) Know when you’re beat. This advice to super spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) goes unheeded, of course, in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” the sixth in a series of action extravaganzas based on the 1960s TV show. Hunt’s cando spirit in the face of seemingly impossible odds becomes a prominent motif this time out. It’s also part of the design by writer-director Christopher McQuarrie to let “Mission: Impossible” be “Mission: Impossible” in an old-school sense, with elaborate long cons perpetrated on clueless bad guys (with the occasional wrench in the works) and, in the new school sense, with bad guys pulling the rug out

from under our heroes. “Fallout” proves deliberately dizzying, not just with its often vertiginous action, but in its outrageous plotting, its deliriously absurd entanglements of double agents, double crosses, and just plain doubles (wearing those masks that, this time, earn the Impossible Missions Force a derisive comparison to Halloween). Because those twists drive the picture, it wouldn’t be fair to spoil them. Suffice it to say that McQuarrie also wrote and directed 2015’s “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” and “Fallout” follows directly from it, retaining most of that film’s key characters, including Rebecca Ferguson’s British spy Ilsa Faust, Sean Harris’

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anarchist antagonist Solomon Lane, and Alec Baldwin’s IMF boss-man Alan Hunley. McQuarrie and Cruise are obviously simpatico in planning and executing these giantscale action films, which finally cracked the code of the hugely successful James Bond franchise. Hunt is the American Bond, a little more cocky than cool, a little more flappable than not. “Fallout” considers, once again, the risks and the costs of what Hunt does, but it also lionizes him as a man who cares as much about one life as about hundreds of millions. Hunt recklessly refuses to believe in the no-win scenario, which makes him just the man to accept “impossible” missions – while also serving as a more appealing hero than those who kill first, ask questions later. A la the Bond films, “Fallout” travels the world, maximizing fabulous locations (this is a production with the clout to shut down major thoroughfares in Paris) and staging astonishing stunt sequences: hand-to-hand pummelings, shootouts, vehicular mayhem and the sky-high thrills that literalize the title. The whole cast commits (from core team members Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames to newcomers Henry Cavill, Vanessa Kirby and Angela Bassett), but none more so than Cruise, worth every penny he earns as star and producer in his audience-pleasing instincts and his willingness to push his body to its limits. It’s anyone’s guess if Cruise himself will know when he’s beat, but when he’s truly in the driver’s seat, we’re in no hurry to find out. Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action, and for brief strong language. Two hours, 27 minutes. — Peter Canavese

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Blindspotting (R)

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Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Unfriended: Dark Web (R)

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Q HIGHLIGHT ‘HOLD THESE TRUTHS’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off its 2018/19 season with “Hold These Truths” by Jeanne Sakata, an inspiring true story following Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese-American student who fought internment to a relocation camp during WWII. Through Aug. 5, times vary. $35-$60. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. theatreworks.org/201819-season

CONCERTS Songs of Nostalgia A cohort of musicians will perform popular songs from Iran and throughout the Middle East. The performance will feature Iranian singer Nasser Sabouri and professor of ethnomusicology Ken Habib and will be followed by a wine reception with the performers. July 28, 8-10 p.m. $60. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Search brownpapertickets.com for more info. Lunar Octet Ann Arbor-based Lunar Octet will play jazz, Cuban and Puerto Rican salsa, rock, African high-life music and Brazilian sambas. Almost all of the band’s music are original compositions and arrangements with a strong focus on soloists’ improvisations. Portola Vineyards will pour tastes of their wines; winetasting is included in the price of an adult ticket. July 29, 6-7:30 p.m. $12-$24. Portola Vineyards, 850 Los Trancos Road, Portola Valley. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Overture 2/2: Mozart and Mendelssohn, Plus Meet-the-Artists Wine Reception Music@Menlo will inaugurate the new series of Overture Concerts, in which young International Program artists collaborate with established chamber musicians. The program will include Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor and Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat major and feature artists like the M-Prize winning Calidore String Quartet. Aug. 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $32. Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. Search meetup.com for more info. Summer Jazz 32nd Anniversary Concert Series Stanford Shopping Center hosts weekly rhythm and blues concerts showcasing a variety of jazz musicians and local favorites in the courtyard between Nordstrom and Crate & Barrel. Thursdays through August 23, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Stanford Shopping Center, 660 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto. simon. com/mall/stanford-shopping-center Taylor Eigsti Trio and Friends Pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti will perform music with some of his closest friends and longtime band mates. July 31, 8-9:30 p.m. $15-$59. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr, Stanford. events. stanford.edu/events/783/78393 Andrea Motis Quintet with Wycliffe Gordon and the SJW 50/50 Jazz Orchestra Directed by Joan Chamorro, Spanish jazz singer and trumpeter Andrea Motis will return to Stanford Jazz Workshop accompanied by her own band, which will include founder of the famed Sant Andreu Jazz Band, Joan Chamorro. She will also be joined by SJW 50/50 Jazz Orchestra. Aug. 4, 8-10 p.m. $25-$98. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. Chris Stapleton Country artist Chris Stapleton will perform as a part of his nationwide concert tour “All American Road Show.” July 28, 7 p.m. $35-$90. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. 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. Aug. 3, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/ plazaevents G-EAZY: The Endless Summer Tour Rapper G-Eazy will headline “The Endless Summer Tour,” which will include performances from rappers Lil Uzi Vert, Ty Dolla $ign, YBN Nahmir, Murda Beatz and P-Lo. July 29, 6:30 p.m. $29.50-$99.50. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Halsey: hopeless fountain kingdom American alt-pop singer Halsey will perform as part of her “hopeless fountain kingdom”

tour. July 27, 8 p.m. $27.50-$750. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Niall Horan & Maren Morris Pop singer Niall Horan and country artist Maren Morris will perform together following their duet single, “Seeing Blind,” from Horan’s new album “Flicker.” Aug. 4, 7-10 p.m. $17-$9128. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Search facebook. com/events for more info. SJW All-Star Jam An annual tradition at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the All-Star Jam will feature various jazz artists including Wycliffe Gordon, Melissa Aldana, Taylor Eigsti and more. $15-$59. Aug. 3, 8-10 p.m.Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. Search arts.stanford.edu for more info. Carte Blanche Concert IV: Paul Neubauer and Michael Brown Violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Michael Brown will collaborate for Music@Menlo’s season’s final Carte Blanche Concert. The program will include pieces like Dmitry Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata and works from English composer Benjamin Dale. July 29, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $35-$82. Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. musicatmenlo.org Charles McPherson Quintet Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson will perform traditional jazz with his band. July 29, 8-9:30 p.m. $15-$59. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. Search events.stanford. edu for more info. Concert Program V: ‘Berlin’ Music@ Menlo will explore Berlin’s musical history with their concert “Berlin,” featuring works by Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. Artists will include the Calidore String Quartet, pianists Wu Han and Gilles Vonsattel and San Francisco Opera flutist Stephanie McNab. July 28-29, 6-8 p.m. $20-$72. The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, 555 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. musicatmenlo.org Concert Program VII: ‘Vienna’ The 2018 season’s final Concert Program will pay homage to Vienna with works by Mozart, Brahms, Schubert and Schoenberg. Aug. 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $20-$72. Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. musicatmenlo.org Encounter III: Budapest and Vienna Scholar John R. Hale will make his Music@ Menlo debut, leading the season’s final Encounter — an exploration of two Central European capitals. July 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $25-$52. Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. musicatmenlo.org Yosvany Terry Afro-Cuban Sextet AfroCuban saxophone and chekeré (a West African percussion instrument) player Yosvany Terry will share new compositions and arrangements with a band. July 30, 8-9:30 p.m. $15-$59. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. Concert Program VI: ‘Budapest’ Music@ Menlo will present music from “Budapest,” featuring works by Kodaly, Bartok, Ligeti and Dohnanyi. Artists will include the Calidore String Quartet, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic Anthony McGill, pianist Gilles Vonsattel and violinists Bella Hristova and Wu Jie. July 31, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $20-$72. The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, 555 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. musicatmenlo.org Jeb Patton Trio and Tupac Mantilla’s Point of View with Melissa Aldana The Jeb Patton Trio, consisting of pianist Patton and bassist David Wong will perform with drummer Eric Harland. Colombian percussionist Tupac Mantilla, Cuban bassist Yunior Terry and Chilean guitarist Camila Meza will also perform alongside Patton’s unit. Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana will also join both trios as a special guest artist. Aug. 1, 8-9:30 p.m. $15-$59. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info.

Schola Cantorum Hosts Group SingAlong Jeffrey Benson, director of Choral Activities at San Jose State University, will conduct Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem,” and Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem.” Participants will be invited to sing-along and scores will be provided. July 30, 7:30 p.m. Free-$17. Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. scholacantorum.org Seminario Institute Showcase Concert This summer San Francisco-based wind quintet Quinteto Latino will convene a group of classical musicians of color from around the country for the first ever Seminario Institute. In collaboration with the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, Quinteto Latino will spend three days rehearsing, presenting workshops and teaching up-and-coming artists. The program will culminate in a performance with Quinteto Latino and two guest quintets. July 28, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/events Stanford Summer Orchestra The 2018 Stanford Summer Orchestra, led by Paul Phillips, the Gretchen B. Kimball Director of Orchestral Studies, will perform a program including Jean Sibelius’ “Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7” and Alexander Borodin’s “Symphony No. 2 in B Minor.” The Summer Orchestra’s roster will include Stanford students and community members and the featured violin soloist Stanford Symphony Orchestra 2018 Concerto Competition winner Aditya Chander. July 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10$25. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info. Terrence Brewer: ‘Acoustic Jazz Quartet’ Guitarist and Stanford Jazz Workshop Faculty Artist Terrence Brewer will present his new project, “The Acoustic Jazz Quartet.” The project consists of original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban compositions. July 27, 8-9:30 p.m. $15-$30. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search events.stanford.edu for more info.

FOOD & DRINK Pizzeria Delfina Summer Pig Roasts Pizzeria Delfina will have an open seating, family-style dinner with roasted pig from a local farmer, summertime side dishes and Peroni on tap. They will also have regular dinner, wine, beer and cocktail menus available for purchase a la carte. There will be two seatings a night. July 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and 7:30-9:30 p.m. $30-70. Pizzeria Delfina Palo Alto, 651 Emerson St., Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

Shoots & Roots Bitters Workshop at Hidden Villa Shoots & Roots promotes biodiversity through research, teaching and the creation of science-based botanical blends that draw from ecology, cultural practices and flavors around the world. Learn the history and cultural relevance of bitters, explore the aromatic side of Hidden Villa’s native and cultivated flora and aspects of their traditional use. July 28, 2-4 p.m. $50. Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills. hiddenvilla.org/calendar

TALKS & LECTURES Book Launch with Meg Waite Clayton Best-selling author Meg Waite Clayton will discuss her new novel “Beautiful Exiles,” which explores the relationship between Ernest Hemingway and journalist Martha Gellhorn. July 31, 7-9 p.m. $24.95 Books Inc., 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. booksinc.net/event Andy Weir: Best-Selling Author of ‘The Martian’ and ‘Artemis’ Andy Weir, author of “The Martian” and “Artemis,” will discuss how he combines his love of space, science and humor to create science fiction novels. July 31, 7-8 p.m. $5-$40. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Meet Ibtihaj Muhammad Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim-American woman in hijab to compete for the U.S. in the Olympic Games and the first female Muslim American to medal at the Olympic Games, will discuss her new book “Proud.” “Proud” tells the story of how Muhammad overcame obstacles and racism throughout her career. She will be in conversation with Hana Baba, host of KALW’s Crosscurrents. July 29, 3-4:30 p.m. $10-$35. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info.

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Gallery Talk: Gawain Weaver ‘The Preservation of Archival Photographic Materials’ Photograph conservator Gawain Weaver will discuss the photographs in the exhibit “We Shot the War: Overseas Weekly in Vietnam.” Weaver will describe what the photographs are made from, how they deteriorate, how they are preserved at the collection level and conservation treatments to save individual images. The role of digitization will also be discussed. Aug. 3, 1-2 p.m. Free. Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion (next to Hoover Tower), 434 Galvez Mall, Stanford. Search eventbrite.com for more info. July 27, 2018 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q

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997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RACHEL MEGAN TAYLOR Case No.: 18PR183641 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RACHEL MEGAN TAYLOR. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MILES R. TAYLOR in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: MILES R. TAYLOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 August 10, 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 Boulevard, Suite 216 Los Gatos, CA 95032 (408) 358-1900 (MVV July 13, 20, 27, 2018) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WEL CHONG SIM Case No.: 18PR183715 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WEL-CHONG SIM, BEN WEL CHONG SIM. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: WEE LIN SIM in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: WEE LIN SIM 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 August 29, 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: Shirley Tam

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95 South Market Street, Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 977-7766 (MVV July 13, 20, 27, 2018) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BEVERLY AGNETTA BEAMES, aka SOLVAY A. BEAMES Case No.: 18PR183773 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BEVERLY AGNETTA BEAMES, aka SOLVAY A. BEAMES. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOHN M. KOT and JEFFREY O. KOT in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JOHN M. KOT and JEFFREY O. KOT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

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