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VTA may scrap plans for light rail on Highway 85 TRANSIT SERVICES UNLIKELY TO ATTRACT RIDERS ALONG THE CONGESTED CORRIDOR By Kevin Forestieri
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been persuaded by compelling evidence that we need a different solution that is more costeffective for this corridor.” For the last four years, members of the advisory board have been studying ways to fix the hourslong traffic snarls that bog down Highway 85 during morning and afternoon commutes. The focus has been on the wide median of the highway, which could be converted into a transit lane or “express” lanes for highoccupancy vehicles and drivers willing to pay a toll. The committee, made up of council members from throughout Santa Clara County, decides the scope of what transit options to study, which will come to the full VTA Board of Directors for approval. While light rail had the support of advisory board members from the outset, the idea fizzled out as VTA staff and outside consultants pointed to a long list of practical and financial challenges that could plague a future rail system. Chief among them,
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Sam, 7, returns his books at the Mountain View Library on July 9. Starting this month, library patrons won’t accrue new late fees if they forget to return an item on time.
Mountain View Library eliminates late fees NO MORE ‘INEFFECTIVE’ FINES, BUT OLD LIBRARY DEBT WON’T GET ERASED By Mark Noack
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ate fines are now a thing of the past at the Mountain View Library. Starting this month, the city’s public library is eliminating fees on all overdue items in its collection, including books, movies and music.
The new policy comes as part of a larger trend by libraries slashing late fees across the U.S. In the Bay Area, the counties of Alameda, San Mateo and Contra Costa have each taken steps to get rid of library late fees in recent months. San Francisco is currently considering a similar move, while San Jose has
already eliminated late fees on its children’s materials. The reason behind this change is an evolving perception among librarians, said Tracy Gray, Mountain View’s library services director. Traditionally, late fees were seen See LIBRARY, page 6
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MayView clinic awarded $1.7M to help needy patients By Kevin Forestieri
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ayView Community Health Center, Mountain View’s local safety net clinic, is getting a big infusion of cash this year to serve a growing number of low-income and uninsured patients in need of affordable health care services
despite a robust local economy. Last month, the El Camino Healthcare District signed off on a package of grants to fund nonprofits and public agencies, including a $1.7 million grant to MayView — the largest provided through the program to date. The grant will pay for doctors, nurses and clinic staff needed to
support an increasing number of patients in need of affordable health care. MayView has partnered with El Camino ever since the hospital closed down the Mountain View RotaCare Clinic in 2016, designating MayView as the critical health care service provider for more than 9,000 primarily
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low-income patients, with the largest number coming from Mountain View. Many of MayView’s patients have difficulty accessing health care services due to lack of English proficiency, undocumented immigration status, disabilities or homelessness. MayView received just over $1 million from the health care
district last year, but the 2019-20 grants call for an extra $700,000 to hire more people and defray the high cost of serving patients regardless of ability to pay. Most of that money will go toward hiring an additional part-time medical team at the See CLINIC, page 7
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With the popularity of Outside Lands, Coachella and Bonnaroo, destination musical events have taken up the pop-cultural real estate once occupied by touring festivals. Indie rockers Cage the Elephant and singer/ songwriter Beck are doing their part to bring a broader swath of musical offerings with their coheadlining 24-city “The Night Running Tour.” The roster for this alternative mini-festival, which makes a stop Tuesday, July 16, at 6 p.m. at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, also includes fellow indie veterans Spoon and punky SoCal upstarts Starcrawler. “The reason we have the opening acts is because we wanted to get some of those bands as much exposure as we possibly could,” said Brad Schultz, Cage the Elephant’s guitarist and cofounder. “We really like to support some of the younger bands and be a platform for them.” As for the old(er) friends on “The Night Running Tour,” there are plans for them to sit in with each other nightly. “We’ve definitely talked about it with Beck, and Spoon as well,” Schultz said. “It’d be like a big family jam. I always love seeing that kind of stuff.” Tickets for the Shoreline show are $29.50-$200.50. Go to tinyurl.com/yxzcuyry. —Yoshi Kato
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Smooth sailing ahead for high school district budget SMALLER-THAN-EXPECTED ENROLLMENT INCREASE HELPS AVERT MAJOR RISE IN COSTS By Kevin Forestieri
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USGS moves into new digs NEW HEADQUARTERS AT NASA AMES OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS By Mark Noack
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aying the groundwork for a new epicenter for research, the U.S. Geological Survey this week formally kicked off plans to relocate to a new headquarters at Moffett Field. The transition, which is expected to take three years, will eventually close the USGS West Coast science center in Menlo Park and bring its 420-person workforce to the NASA Ames Research Park. At a July 10 ribbon-cutting event, USGS and NASA senior
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Four DUI arrests, three injuries in one week By Kevin Forestieri
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our people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence last week, three of whom were involved in collisions causing injuries. A 56-year-old Cupertino woman driving a gold BMW struck a silver Nissan truck at the intersection of El Camino Real and Calderon Avenue on Wednesday, July 3, and officers
believe she was under the influence of alcohol, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. The woman was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County jail. The driver of the truck complained of pain and was sent to a local hospital for treatment, Nelson said. On Sunday, June 30, two suspected DUI drivers were involved in injury crashes. Around 1:20 a.m. that day,
police received reports of a hitand-run collision at the intersection of California Street and Shoreline Boulevard involving a silver Chevrolet truck that was seen heading south on Shoreline, Nelson said. Officers spotted the truck turning onto Highway 85 from El Camino Real and Grant Road and pulled it over at the Fremont Avenue exit, according to Nelson. The See DUI ARRESTS, page 10
he Mountain ViewLos Altos High School District is projecting a long and prosperous financial future, approving a rosy budget that’s on track to double the reserve fund in three years while keeping up with rising costs. The good news comes after years of concerns among district administrators, who feared a big spike in enrollment could challenge the long-standing financial stability of the high school district. The latest round of enrollment projections shows that far fewer teens are showing up at Mountain View and Los Altos high schools than anticipated. Mountain View-Los Altos is an anomaly in more ways than one, counter-balancing unusually high property tax growth with enrollment increases that tower above every other district in the county. On the revenue side, the district has benefited from 7% to 10% in increased property taxes in any given year, boosting revenue by more than 40% since the 2015-16 school year. With revenues expected to reach $98.5 million, Mountain View-Los Altos is the only one of the three school districts serving Mountain View that isn’t adopting austerity measures this year. Along with the rising revenue, it hasn’t come without strain on the expense side as well. Enrollment has climbed from 4,028 students in 2015-16 to an estimated 4,464 students in the upcoming school year, requiring the district to hire new teachers at a total cost of about $160,000 per full-time position. Add in pay raises and rising pension costs, and the district is expected to spend $25 million more in annual personnel costs over the same period. A report released earlier this year shows enrollment in Mountain View-Los Altos schools grew by a little over 17% from the 2013-14 school year to 2017-18, the highest percentagepoint increase of any district in
Santa Clara County. Campbell Union High came close with 12.4%, while most school districts saw enrollment declines. Public school enrollment across Santa Clara County has steadily declined since 2014-15, despite an increase in the county’s population, making the MVLA high school district an outlier. Due to the state’s funding structure for schools, Mountain View-Los Altos does not receive additional funding on a per-student basis, making enrollment growth a liability rather than a blessing. The silver lining is that enrollment isn’t growing nearly as quickly as anticipated. Last year, the district’s budget contained some pretty alarming assumptions. The number of students attending the district’s high schools was expected to jump by 401 in two years, hitting a high of 4,834 in the 2020-21 school year. Increased staffing to support those students would exceed $2.7 million in annual spending. Similar numbers were frequently cited by advocates for the 2018 Measure E bond as proof that the district needed more classroom space. But the district’s latest budget, passed by the Mountain ViewLos Altos board of trustees last month, shows those numbers were off by a large margin. Instead of 227 additional students in the upcoming school year, the latest estimates are now showing a more modest 70-student bump. Subsequent years’ anticipated increases have also flattened out, with 4,585 students anticipated in the 2021-22 school year. The old numbers came from information provided by an outside demographic consultant, Jack Schreder and Associates, which provided high, low and “most likely” projections in future school years, according to Associate Superintendent Mike Mathiesen. The 227-student figure was the most updated and most aggressive projection from the demographic study, he said. Once the district See BUDGET, page 10
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as a necessary incentive to force borrowers to return items. But recently, more librarians have come to regard the fines as a deterrent that pushes away patrons, especially those who can least afford to pay them. “This goes to the philosophical side of the library profession,” Gray said. “We want books to get in the hands of people, but if patrons have blocked accounts, then they don’t have the ability to access these books.” In total, the city has about $56,000 in unpaid fines, which has caused a small number of suspended library cards. About 2% of cardholders have blocked accounts, meaning they owe $25 or more in late fees. This pales in comparison to San Jose’s library system, which revealed in 2016 that it was sending out debt collectors to rein in more than $6.8 million in late
fees. About four out of every 10 library cardholders in San Jose reportedly had some kind of late fees on their accounts. Since then, the South Bay city has enacted a series of fee reductions, but the total debt among its patrons still stands at $2.7 million. Some library experts now believe that the longstanding logic behind late fees may be flawed. A 2014 analysis by the Colorado state library system couldn’t find any solid evidence that late fines actually improve return rates. People generally return books and other materials at comparable rates regardless of whether they risk a penalty. What is more clear about late fees, according to the Colorado study, is they end up reducing public usage of a library, especially among lowincome households. An early test case for the idea of eliminating library late fees was conducted by the city of Vernon Hills, Illinois. The Midwest city lost out on about $45,000
it would normally collect in overdue fines. But that loss was negligible when library directors factored in the staff time and resources that they saved by getting rid of the fines, said Catherine Savage, a Vernon Area Public Library spokeswoman. The overall experience has been great, she said.
Library Services Director Tracy Gray remembers parents who were in tears because they couldn’t afford the $20 in late fees on their children’s books. “The world continued to turn on its axis minus the late fees that we thought we needed,” she said. “This has been gaining momentum across the country and that’s really encouraging because it does provide the widest possible access to the library.” In Mountain View, library officials had been considering an end to late fees for nearly a year, Gray said. The idea had a great reception among librarians,
many of whom consider collecting overdue fines to be the worst part of the job. In her own experience, Gray remembers having to deal with parents who were in tears because they couldn’t afford the $20 in late fees on their children’s books. Gray pointed out that the idea also makes sense for Mountain View because a large portion of the city’s collection is now digitized. Volumes like e-books are automatically returned once the time is up, making late fees irrelevant. But if there are no fines, how can a library enforce good behavior? Couldn’t a patron just borrow 100 books and never return them, or sell them for easy money? While late fees are going away, Gray pointed out that the Mountain View Library will still be charging anyone who loses an item or doesn’t return it. If an item isn’t returned in two weeks, patrons will get a bill for the full cost to replace it. Another important caveat is that old late fees will remain in place. Library patrons who have outstanding debt on their accounts will still be expected to pay them off, Gray said. “We want people not to be stressed out about returning their items,” she said. “But the policy isn’t retroactive.”
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Dr. Karina Zhuravleva measures a pregnant woman’s stomach during an exam at MayView Clinic in December. A $1.7 million grant from El Camino Healthcare District will allow the clinic to expand its staff to support a growing number of patients.
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Mountain View clinic, located on Miramonte Avenue near El Camino Real, along with subsidizing the cost of serving uninsured patients, said Ashley Peil, MayView’s director of finance. Part of the challenge, she said, is that a growing number of patients are earning a wage that is above the maximum to qualify for Medi-Cal, but not nearly enough to pay for commercial or employer-sponsored insurance. Adults making up to 138% of the federal poverty level qualify for Medi-Cal, which is a low threshold for the Bay Area. An estimated 47,448 people make below 200% of the poverty line — up to $51,500 for a family of four — in MayView’s “service area,” which includes North County cities as well as Cupertino and Sunnyvale. The profile of a patient visiting a local safety net clinic like MayView is evolving, Peil said, with a growing number of uninsured patients and working poor. Despite assumptions about who relies on MayView’s services, often times it’s people with fulltime jobs struggling to get by, she said. “One patient recently just had their rent increased on their RV parked in the city of Mountain View and can no longer afford the employee-sponsored insurance,” she said. Appointments at MayView typically include what one might expect from a routine visit to a primary care doctor with an added emphasis on preventive care, said Charlene Gliniecki, human resources director. A trip to MayView might include routine physical exams, counseling on nutrition and exercise and managing chronic illnesses like hypertension and diabetes. The clinic also provides cancer screenings for early detection.
More patients are showing up in Mountain View, which is the largest of MayView’s three clinics, so it seemed like a natural fit for the grant funding, Gliniecki said. “In Mountain View we have the demand and we have the capacity, so the additional resources will help us completely fill the available spots we have,” she said. “We need to have exam rooms and places for everyone to be.”
‘They really stepped up to support MayView.’ ASHLEY PEIL, MAYVIEW FINANCE DIRECTOR
The original plan in May was for El Camino Healthcare District to provide a $1.2 million grant to MayView, but the district’s advisory council that comes up with the funding plan met via teleconference on June 3 and unanimously voted to bump up the funding by an extra $500,000. The decision was based on the fact that MayView is the “essential safety net” for primary care within the district’s boundaries, according to a district staff report. Add in that the clinic is seeing more uninsured patients and undergoing complex changes in the health care reimbursement structure, and it made sense to increase the funding agreement by a large margin this year. The news of the bigger grant is the latest step in a year of resounding recovery and improvements at MayView, which had previously been in financial trouble and risked having to close its Sunnyvale clinic. In April 2018, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved $375,000 in “emergency stabilization funding” to pay for new hires and keep the doors open. MayView’s
employee count was reportedly dropping so quickly that it expected to lose half of its medical staff in five months. A totally revamped board of directors, a new CEO, better salaries and some significant renovations later, and MayView has not only stabilized but is growing faster than ever. Peil said the goal is to increase both access to and quality of health care services at MayView, and that the grant funding and the staff who recommended the $1.7 million deserve credit for improving the nonprofit. “They really stepped up to support MayView,” she said. El Camino Healthcare District is a public agency that collections millions of dollars in property tax revenue each year from district residents. While the original purpose was to fund the construction of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, most of the tax money today is used to provide grants for health care initiatives and community health programs. This year, the district is distributing 54 grants and sponsorships totaling $7.8 million. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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On paper, the move to Moffett Field made perfect sense. USGS has reportedly paid $7.5 million a year to lease its Menlo Park offices, and that rent was expected to spike in the coming years. The new NASA offices were reportedly a bargain in comparison. By moving to Moffett, USGS officials say they could also consolidate their divisions under one roof. But it is a bittersweet transition for USGS employees, many of whom have worked in Menlo Park for decades. When the move was first announced in 2014, Sogge said some staffers were “in tears” out of concern that their jobs would be on the line if the agency left the Bay Area. The biggest challenge now facing the agency is convincing nervous staffers that the move was a good choice, he said. The new USGS center is located at NASA Ames Building 19, a 1930s structure formerly used as a U.S. Navy barracks during the site’s days as a military base. More recently, the building has been partitioned and leased for a variety of research startups and outside contractors. At the ribbon cutting this week, the new USGS offices on the building’s second floor were still mostly vacant, an expanse of empty cubicles and offices. A new air-conditioning system and IT network was installed in preparation for the move. NASA officials at the ribbon cutting emphasized the potential to benefit from their fellow scientists at USGS. The earth sciences have plenty of overlap with the study of distant
planets and moons, said Dan Alfano, chief of NASA’s Intelligent Systems Division. In the coming months, he said his team would be working with USGS to automate aspects of their field research, such as using unmanned drones to track map changes to rivers and terrain. In turn, NASA would benefit from the immense data collected by decades of geological research. That information could be loaded into a machine-learning system to help analyze other planets’ geology. “Bringing these agencies together gives us an amazing scientific talent pool,” Alfano said. By early August, USGS officials expect at least 200 employees to be in place at Moffett, and they gave assurances the transition wouldn’t cause any interruption for their research. What will take longer to relocate is the agency’s advanced seismologic gear. In some cases, this equipment will need to be rebuilt. For example, USGS officials were still looking for a new site at Moffett Field to locate an 80-foot “seismic tower,” used to quickly relay earthquake data from a network of monitors across the country. A full transition for personnel and equipment won’t be complete until 2022, said Colin Williams, director of the USGS geophysics division. And the new building, is it seismically safe? “That was one of the first things we checked,” Williams said with a laugh. “Our seismologists, they wanted to see all the structural work of this building before they moved in.” Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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got a firm handle on enrollment numbers for the 2018-19 school year, those future estimates came way down. This comes as good news for the district’s bottom line. As a so-called basic aid district, Mountain View-Los Altos’ funding is not connected to enrollment, and a hike in student growth doesn’t come with a commensurate increase in per-student state funding. “From a budget perspective, less dramatic enrollment increases help keep costs to a smaller increase because we are not hiring as much additional teaching staff,” Mathiesen said. Even with the more modest growth projected in future years, Mountain View and Los Altos high schools are already cramped and tight on space, to the point where Los Altos High School’s former weight room is now home to two classrooms. In seeking to create more space for students, the upcoming school year is likely to be the beginning of a long construction boom at both campuses. The school board quickly signed off on the first round of projects funded by the $295 million Measure E bond, which passed in a June 2018 special
election. The first projects are for new classroom buildings at both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools, which were supposed to start this past spring. The delay, Mathiesen said, is being caused by slowerthan-expected approval from state regulators at the Division of the State Architect, which has been a common problem for school districts statewide.
Public school enrollment in Santa Clara County has steadily declined, making MVLA an outlier. Los Altos High’s new classrooms and small gym replacement is expected to cost $37.6 million. The Mountain View High classroom project was recently revised with more expensive estimates, and will now cost closer to $42.7 million, according to district documents. Next up will be the new student services buildings and small gym at Mountain View High, but the plans have yet to be approved by the board. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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driver, a 30-year-old San Jose resident, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run. The driver of the BMW that was struck in the accident, a 35-year-old Mountain View man, complained of pain to his torso. A second hit-and-run — a white pickup truck that reportedly struck a parked vehicle — was reported around 10:30 p.m. on the 700 block of Independence Avenue, Nelson said. The truck was spotted on Old Middlefield Road, and was eventually stopped on California Street. A passenger inside the vehicle had suffered facial cuts as a result of the collision and was taken to the hospital, Nelson said. The driver of the truck, a 55-year-old Palo Alto man, was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and hit-and-run causing injuries. He was booked into Santa Clara County jail with a bail set at $50,000. The week’s only non-injury DUI collision occurred when
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police arrested a transient on July 4 around 6:50 a.m. following reports that the man was slumped over the steering wheel in a turn lane near West Middlefield Road and North Shoreline Boulevard. Officers pulled over the man, 50, on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, Nelson said. The man consented to a search of his car, and officers reported finding a methamphetamine pipe inside. Officers conducted a field sobriety test before arresting the man on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance. No other DUI cases were reported shortly before or during the Fourth of July festivities in Mountain View, nor were there criminal cases reported in or around Shoreline Amphitheatre during the annual fireworks show on July 4, according to the crime-tracking website CrimeReports. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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kids zone set up by the Mountain View Library with a variety of science-based activities. The free event is scheduled to run from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at the Civic Center Plaza, located at 500 Castro St. More information about the event can be found at mountainview.gov. —Mark Noack
ESHOO HOSTS TELE-TOWN HALL WEDNESDAY Santa Clara County residents can bring their concerns directly to U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, during an upcoming Tele-Town Hall meeting set for Wednesday, July 17, at 6:45 p.m. In a public statement, Eshoo said that tele-town hall meetings are a valuable way for her to connect with her constituents. This month’s meetings are dedicated to communities within Santa Clara County that fall within her congressional district, which includes Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos Hills. Callers can listen and submit written questions through a live
webstream, which will be available for all meetings. She also invites people to subscribe to her webstream channel for updates on future meeting schedules. The webstream channel, where all recordings will be posted following the event, can be found at vekeo.com/repannaeshoo. Anyone with questions can contact Eshoo’s Palo Alto office at 650-323-2984. —Daniel Li
FRUIT FLIES DISCOVERED IN PALO ALTO San Mateo and Santa Clara County officials are inspecting areas in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park after two male peach fruit flies native to southern Asia were found in Palo Alto, with plans to begin eradication treatments this Thursday. County officials trapped the bugs in Palo Alto on June 28 and July 2, then began placing insect traps in a 4.5-mile radius from the discovery sites. “These finds are the result of early detection trapping which is key to finding and eradicating exotic pest infestations before they can become widely established,� San Mateo County
Agricultural Commissioner Fred Crowder said in a statement. Currently, the treatment plan to eradicate peach fruit flies in the Midpeninsula cities won’t affect private properties and no one will be under quarantine. Starting Thursday, trained applicators from the state Department of Food and Agriculture will place spinosad, an organic pesticide, on trees, light poles and other far-toreach, elevated locations about 8 to 10 feet above the ground within a 1.5-mile radius from where the fruit flies were found. The material is known to attract male fruit flies who die after consumption. Peach fruit flies, commonly found through most of mainland southern Asia and neighboring islands, are known to attack about 50 kinds of fruits and vegetables, San Mateo County officials said in a statement. The produce becomes spoiled when a female peach fruit fly lays eggs that hatch into larvae. The invasive bugs behave like regular fruit flies, but are considered a threat to native wildlife. San Mateo County currently has over 4,250 “exotic pest detection� traps countywide. Other bugs in the category include the gypsy moth, Japanese beetle, and
a range of non-native fruit flies. According to San Mateo County officials, exotic pests usually hitchhike on fruits and produce transported illegally from other countries. The two counties, the state Department of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will assess the bugs’ spread and use organic pesticide for extermination. —Bay City News Service
CONGRESSIONAL APPS CHALLENGE KICKS OFF Middle and high school students in the 18th Congressional District, which includes Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and other neighboring cities, are invited to participate in U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo’s annual Congressional App Challenge. The contest officially launched this week, and submissions will be accepted through Nov. 1, according to a press release issued Monday. A bipartisan initiative between Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, the first contest was held in 2014 and was established in an effort to engage more students in science, technology, engineering and math. Since then,
the competition has grown to include 222 congressional districts across 46 states. To enter the competition, students must register on the contest’s website, congressionalappchallenge.us/students and upload a short video about their app on either YouTube or Vimeo. Students can submit as individuals or as part of a team of up to four people, and must either reside or attend school within the 18th Congressional District. The apps will be evaluated by a panel of judges within the academic, software and entrepreneurial industries. The winning team will receive a $250 Amazon gift card and their app will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol building and on the House.gov website. Menlo-Atherton senior Anna Quinlan won last year’s competition with her app, “A Smarter Insulin Pump,� which helps regulate a user’s blood sugar levels by automatically dispensing insulin, notifying them when glucose levels drop too low and calculating the amount of carbohydrates they need to consume to return to normal levels. She was also invited to Washington, D.C. to present her work to the House of Representatives. —Maya Homan
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building light rail could cost around $3.8 billion to construct, and only $350 million in funding has been earmarked for improvements on Highway 85. A light rail system would also prevent any other uses of the median, such as private shuttles, and would have to be a straight shot up the highway without extending outside the corridor and onto city streets to reach more potential riders. An analysis found only 2% of Highway 85 commuters live and work within a short walk of the highway. The vote to reject light rail came shortly after the release of a scathing Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report that slammed VTA for providing some of the most inefficient
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price to pay for a system used by fewer than 1% of Santa Clara County residents. “Light rail is not efficient, it’s very slow, ridership is low, and for people to transition from their car into public transportation — that needs to be something that is fast, efficient and consistent,” McAlister said. “If you are sitting on 85, the most that light rail goes is 40 mph, and it would require frequent stops.” McAlister said he remains a big advocate for flexibility. Whatever type of transit lane makes it into the median, he said, VTA needs to have a future-proof plan that can adapt to new technologies. More locally, McAlister was a proponent to study an automated transit system that could shuttle employees from Mountain View’s downtown transit center to the city’s jobs-heavy North Bayshore area. Until then, he said, speedy bus services and private shuttles ought to take top priority for a transit lane in Highway 85’s median. “When I asked Google and Apple what they wanted, they said something with minimal transfers that operates at desirable times,” McAlister said. “People don’t want to have five or 10 stops.” Advisory board member Johnny Khamis, a San Jose council member, said the only viable option for the median is to construct express lanes, which act both as a toll lane for solo drivers and a standard carpool lane. He said committing a lane just for VTA buses would slow down traffic for the sake of infrequent public transit service, and encouraged anyone who felt otherwise to see the “horrible slowdown” caused by bus rapid transit (BRT) along Alum Rock Avenue and Santa Clara Street in San Jose. “I don’t like the idea of BRT because we know that it doesn’t work, for sure,” Khamis said. “Just come to San Jose and go down Alum Rock.”
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Private industry is ahead of the curve in solving traffic problems compared with VTA, Khamis said, and the best option may simply be to open up another lane and “let the chips fall where they may.” Public transit services can always be added later, he said. “I would like to see the transit lane be able to be used by public buses, private buses and people who will pay to get out of your way, because it’s working everywhere else,” he said. Saratoga council member Howard Miller said any use of the highway median needs to compete with the capacity of a general use lane, which is close to 33,000 daily trips through Saratoga. He pointed to the Eastridge extension as a clear example of what not to do — killing a lane that can support 20,000 daily vehicles to make room for a light rail service that may only end up carrying 611 new riders. “We can’t put a solution out that carries a few thousand (riders) and say we did a good job,” Miller said. “We can’t make stupid mistakes on Highway 85 — we get one shot at making this right.” One of the major challenges outlined in memos and staff reports is that VTA is serving large, low-density areas with transit services, which inevitably makes it harder to run
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ill deception on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter be a major threat in the upcoming 2020 election? According to Ann Ravel, former chair of the Federal Elections Commission, the troubling answer is “Yes.” Ravel spoke about the looming problem at a June 27 event at Menlo Park’s Hewlett Center titled “Digital Deception in the 2020 Election.” Now the director of the Digital Deception Project at the Berkeley nonprofit MapLight, Ravel was joined by Katie Joseff, a digital intelligence researcher at the Palo Alto nonprofit Institute for the Future. The two speakers discussed what they said were organized online deception campaigns, from both foreign and domestic sources, that significantly affected the outcome of the 2016 election. “A lot of people are unwilling to admit that these (campaigns) impacted the election,” Ravel said. “I’m here to tell you they did.” Similar campaigns targeting the 2020 election are already appearing, the speakers said. Ravel and Joseff identified several forms of election-related online deception. One is the deliberate spread of misinformation — spreading incorrect details about polling times and locations. For instance, Ravel said, one campaign in 2016 targeted African-Americans,
telling them that the voting date had changed. “We know it suppressed the vote, because the difference between (African-American voter turnout in) 2012 and 2016 was almost 8%,” she said.
‘A lot of people are unwilling to admit that these (digital deception campaigns) impacted the election. I’m here to tell you they did.’ ANN RAVEL, DIRECTOR OF THE DIGITAL DECEPTION PROJECT
Other tactics include the spread of “deep fakes,” fabricated photos or videos that aim to create a false scandal, and the use of fake accounts, through which paid operatives spread politicized messages by masquerading as regular Americans. With today’s AI technology, the speakers said, many of these are automated “bot” accounts, which can post independently and proliferate rapidly. A major goal of these tactics, according to Joseff, is to undermine faith in democracy. The strategy of “disinformation”
began in Soviet Russia as an attempt to “destabilize trust in democratic countries,” she said. Joseff also discussed another alarming tactic: harassment campaigns. In the 2016 election, hate groups and “troll farms” targeted specific demographics such as African-Americans and immigrants, and threatened them online, she said. “Targeted harassment campaigns play a role in silencing already niche communities,” Joseff said. This harassment, which sometimes involved death threats or sending law enforcement to the victim’s home, led to a significant decrease in voting turnout among these populations, she added. What is the solution? Addressing the problem of online deception and harassment, the speakers say, will require action on two fronts. The first, Ravel asserted, is to pass federal legislation requiring greater transparency online. While at the FEC, Ravel said, she argued for such a law, and was vilified by one of her colleagues, who called her the “Chinese Censorship Board.” But, she noted, such a law is not without precedent. For political speech on radio, television, and in print, there are strict requirements for disclosing the identity of the groups and funding sources behind these messages. “If you pay for (political) communications, you need to
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disclose who’s behind it,” Ravel said. Extending these requirements to the online realm only makes sense, she added. The second is for social media companies themselves to take the initiative. Whether or not they are legally required to, Joseff and Ravel say, companies like Facebook should be making active efforts to detect fake and bot accounts, correct false information, and ensure that paid and political content is displayed transparently. According to Brandi Barr, a policy communicator at Facebook, the social media giant is taking a number of steps in these areas. Facebook has blocked millions of accounts, said Barr, both of individuals suspected to have a fake account and of groups of accounts displaying “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The company has also taken down 45,000 posts “attempting to mislead people about where and how to vote,” employs thirdparty fact-checkers to identify false content, and keeps a public archive of the ads it displays and the sources and targets behind them, she said. Since 2016, said Barr, Facebook’s efforts have shifted from passive identification based on user reports to active detection of deceptive behavior using “a myriad of signals.” Governments are also turning their focus to this problem as a threat to the integrity of elections, says Jim Irizarry, assistant chief elections officer
for San Mateo County. “(We realized) you don’t have to get into the voting system if you can influence attitudes towards candidates and campaigns,” he said. Combating online deception on the government level requires a “multi-level approach,” Irizarry said. San Mateo and other counties are working with the Cyber Security Division of the California Secretary of State’s Office to report election-related misinformation on social media, he explained. Anyone who encounters misinformation can now report it to the secretary’s office through a new online system at sos.ca.gov/ elections. On the local level, he said, San Mateo County is combating disinformation with strong voter education. “We’re very aggressive in the area of voter education and outreach,” Irizarry said. The county was not significantly impacted by disinformation and manipulation in 2016, he said, and he hopes continued outreach efforts will ensure the same for next year. As a national issue, however, Ravel is not optimistic that the problem of online deception will be solved in time for the election. The reality is that repairing this situation will likely take many years, she said. “I’m trying to sound the alarm that this is not an easy fix,” Ravel said. “We need to get much more information about exactly who they are targeting and why.” V
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Milagros keeps the fiesta going Cocktails and good times keep flowing at 18-year-old Mexican mainstay
Above: From left, Milagros’ sizzling fajitas skillet with shrimp and flank steak; Sergio Mendez makes a Milagros margarita at the downtown Redwood City restaurant on July 9; chicken and sweet potato enchiladas are topped with Oaxacan mole and served with rice, beans and salsa fresca. Top: Cocktails at Milagros include, from left, the “Green Thumb,” Milagros margarita, “No Way Rosé” and red wine sangria.
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Peninsula draw. Yet Milagros, which means “miracles” in Spanish, was not always a surefire success. When the restaurant debuted in the summer of 2001, diners typically shunned moribund “Deadwood City.” An early critique from the Voice’s sister paper, the Palo Alto
Weekly, panned the restaurant’s food and service. The bleak headline: “Milagros Needs a Few Miracles.” We’ll never know if supernatural forces played a role, but 18 years later, Milagros, like the Redwood City food scene, is thriving. One earthly
explanation for the restaurant’s rise is the influence of parent company Avenir Restaurant Group. Avenir, which also owns the venerable Town in San Carlos and perennial Stanford student hangout Nola in downtown Palo Alto, has a reputation for savvy hiring and
menu development. A Milagros visit begins with a seemingly benign question: “Inside or out?” It’s worth noting that your seating choice dictates which distinct ambiance you will experience. A table in See MILAGROS, page 18
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one of the two spacious interior dining rooms or central bar will place you inside walls teeming with colorful indigenous carvings and ceramics from south of the border galleries. A Latin pop soundtrack and laughter echo throughout as the open kitchen hums with propulsive energy. For a more relaxed and significantly less noisy vibe, opt for the outdoor seating area that lines the perimeter of the restaurant and opens up onto a large eastfacing patio. Milagros boasts one of the largest al fresco venues in Silicon Valley, with seating for up to 100. A mini tequila bar located at the entrance to the main patio serves open-air cocktails during the busiest times. Once seating is settled, you’ll want to peruse the extensive beverage menu. Milagros excels at mixing crowd-pleasing libations
featuring tequila and rum. Several of the specialty cocktails are offered in pitchers yielding three to six servings. I sampled several styles of margarita over a series of visits. The “Milagros” ($10) was a quenching, slightly smoky combination of Mi Campo Blanco tequila, fresh-pressed citrus juice and organic agave nectar. The casa ($8) mixed the same juice and nectar blend with smooth, herbal flavored Sauza blue tequila. The “fire engine” ($8) — the standout sip — blended tequila with refreshing, fruit-forward red sangria. (Wacky promo alert: Diners get $2 off this drink when a sirenblaring fire engine whizzes down the street.) As you await your drink order, you may notice that chips, while sufficiently warm and salty, are served sans salsa. Milagros charges for its salsa trio ($3.95). The three dips — spicy salsa roja, tomatillo and charred pineapple
— are satisfying, if unspectacular. If you forgo them, you’ll save room for the generously portioned dishes yet to come. The convivial atmosphere at Milagros lends itself to casual communal dining. The bulk of the menu is wisely reserved for shareable small plates designed to pair with hand-crafted tacos. The taquitos de pollo ($9.95) were a highlight, featuring tender shreds of Pitman Family Farms chicken and queso fresco inside lightly fried tortilla cylinders. Crispy yucca fries ($ 6.95) also demonstrated the kitchen’s restraint with the fryer, giving the thick wedges a clean texture and allowing the chili salt, cilantro and dipping sauce flavors to more fully emerge. While the mahi mahi taco ($5.95) with habanero-mango sauce was tasty, the paltry portion rendered the dish most notable for its outsized price. Additional taco fillings include crispy coconut shrimp, chililime caulif lower, churrasco steak and Scottish salmon. The “special plates” section of the menu lists 10 larger items typically ordered as individual entrees. Sharing, alas, was far from my intention as I devoured the superb carnitas nortenas ($18.95), my Milagros MVP. The dish was composed of a heaping portion of tender, juicy Coleman Ranch pork accompanied by red rice, black beans and warm corn tortillas. The enchiladas suiza ($14.95) were also terrific, with quality cuts of Mary’s chicken and a savory roasted poblano cream. I gave a minor deduction, however, for some unwieldy, oversized slices of caramelized onion. Sizzling skillet chicken fajitas ($18) were substantial, though basic. A murky coating of chipotle cashew crema drenched the hearty vegetable medley of roasted sweet potato, baby kale, quinoa and more, served in the “super bueno bowl” ($12.95) — Milagros’ take on the trendy veggie bowl — relegating the item to mere “bueno” status. Service ranged from cheery to slightly brusque, though efficiency never wavered. Staff hustled to take orders, deliver full trays and clear tables. The kitchen crew churned out attractively plated dishes at an impressive clip. Milagros goes to great lengths to accommodate guests with dietary restrictions. It took me a few beats to realize that the bright colored dots appearing throughout the menu were not design elements, but rather markers for an impressive array of vegan, dairy-free and glutenfree options. Employee welfare is also addressed with a $1 per guest surcharge funneled
Weekend exclusively toward workers’ wages and health insurance. With its carnival-esque atmosphere and crown jewel of a patio,
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The ‘Maiden’ voyage JOIN AN ALL-FEMALE YACHTING CREW IN A RACE AROUND THE WORLD 000 (Guild) Alex Holmes’ documentary “Maiden” is an intriguing human-interest story with a wealth of concrete visual imagery that provides a fresh account of the first-ever all-female yacht crew to compete in the international Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. Holmes appropriately frames “Maiden” as a character study of Tracy Edwards, an Englishwoman who overcame long odds to achieve her dream of skippering a sailboat in the competition. Through an extensive interview and home movies, Holmes lays out Edwards’ difficult yet strangely inevitable path to becoming a yachting legend — a happy youth marked by an inspiring mother, an adolescence devastatingly disrupted by abuse and acting out, and an exhilarating and frustrating young adulthood spent trying to break in and move up in an entirely male-dominated sailing world that nonetheless held her dream of freedom and self-empowerment on the waves. After hard-won stints as a stewardess, deckhand, and first mate, Edwards found her entrÈe into the Whitbread by agreeing to serve as cook to an otherwise all-male crew (even in this capacity, she met resistance from some of the men). The principal narrative kicks in when Edwards determines that the only way to get what she wants is to do it with an allfemale crew. After assembling a 12-woman crew and restoring a salvaged yacht redubbed Maiden, the 26-year-old Edwards thrusts herself into the daunting task of funding and prepping a 19891990 Whitbread bid. Unable to drum up British patriotism or media support, Edwards at last secures funding by mining the
goodwill of King Hussein of Jordan, who became an admirer after a chance meeting with her. At 33,000 nautical miles, the Whitbread constitutes the longest race on Earth, with all the mortal dangers such a venture entails: fatigue, weather, remoteness, mechanical or human failure. Holmes gathers an impressive roster of interviewees, including much of the Maiden crew and a handful of male competitors and sports journalists from the time. Supported by Super-VHS footage shot on the Maiden and vintage news clips, the talking heads tell the story while acknowledging the best and worst of their own attitudes and those of Edwards: a phenomenally dedicated but often difficult leader operating under immense strain. Holmes examines the ugly, vocal sexism that ruled mainstream culture: The film is a coming-of-age tale of personal triumph, an underdog sports story, a human-against-the elements survival tale, and a drama of a team coalescing under an inspiring leader. It’s a tricky balance, to be sure, one Holmes strikes by not getting into the weeds (or the reefs?) of anecdotes specifying sailing technique and teamwork. Though understandable, the choice sometimes contributes to a sense of airbrushing this portrait when greater detail could add texture. Overall, though, this “Maiden” voyage’s degrees of heroism and ugly behavior and victory and defeat illuminate a gripping and inspiring story that demands to be remembered. Rated PG for language, thematic elements, some suggestive content and brief smoking images. One hour, 37 minutes. — Peter Canavese
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Q HIGHLIGHT TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE Technology Showcase is a one-day outdoor event where local tech companies and startups showcase their latest products and technologies. July 16, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Mountain View Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. chambermv.org
THEATER ‘The Language Archive’ A quirky, comic drama about communication — its potential and its limits — this modern romantic parable features a linguist at a loss for words, especially the vocabulary of the heart. Through Aug. 4; times vary. $25-$60; discounts available. Pricing subject to change. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. theatreworks.org ‘Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Carson and Beyond’ Compiled by Rush Rehm and Charles Junkerman, “Voices of The Earth” deals with the troubled relationship between humans and the natural world. Along with powerful wilderness images and soundscapes, the staged reading features environmental pioneers, nature writers and more. July 11-14; times vary. $15; discount for students, seniors. Stanford Nitery Theater, 514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. stanfordreptheater.com ‘Beat Bugs’ “Beat Bugs,” a new musical adaptation based on the Netflix animated series, inspired by the music of the Beatles, centers around five pals who explore the world and learn life lessons. July 17-Aug. 4, 6:30-8 p.m. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.org/childrenstheatre Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’ Foothill Music Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” the Tony award-winning Broadway musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible” and “Ten Minutes Ago.” July 18-Aug. 4; times vary. $36; discounts for students, seniors. Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. tickets.vendini.com PYT’s ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Two types of con men team up to fleece wealthy heiresses on the French Riviera. Whichever one of them can get $50,000 from toothpaste heiress Christine Colgate will win their bet, but a mysterious con man known as “The Jackal” tries to ruin the game. July 18-19. 7:30-10 p.m. $26; discount for students, seniors. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Zohar Performance Series 4: The Summer Festival The Summer Festival showcases choreographers from the Bay Area and beyond, featuring dynamic performances that allow the audience to get up close and personal. July 20, 8-10 p.m. $25; discounts for children, students, seniors. Zohar Studio Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info.
CONCERTS Erik Jekabson Sextet featuring John Santos Erik Jekabson Sextet, featuring Latin percussion master John Santos, will perform. July 12, 8-9:30 p.m. $49; discount for students. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. stanfordjazz.org Lisa Fischer and Taylor Eigsti It was at the Stanford Jazz Festival in 2017 that Lisa Fischer and pianist Taylor Eigsti first played as a duo. They’ve returned to craft an entire evening of music. July 20, 8-9:30 p.m. $62; discount for students. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Matt Wilson’s ‘Honey and Salt’ Drummer Matt Wilson will perform his new “Honey and Salt” project, which brings poetry and jazz together. July 14, 7:30-9 p.m.
$18-$62; discounts for students, SJW members. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. stanfordjazz.org ‘Music is Magic’ Concert Series In partnership with the city of Palo Alto, the Magical Bridge Foundation presents a summer concert series, featuring local artists and musicians. All concerts are family-friendly and sensoryfriendly. Every Friday through Aug. 30, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Magical Bridge Playground - Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Music@Menlo Concert: Juho Pohjonen Nine years after making his Music@Menlo debut with a solo recital, pianist Juho Pohjonen returns for the “Incredible Decades” season’s second Carte Blanche Concert. July 20, 6-8 p.m. $84; $35 for under age 30. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. musicatmenlo.org San Francisco Symphony: Gemma New Conducts Beethoven’s Ninth New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New leads the San Francisco Symphony in a concert featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. July 13 at 7:30 pm. and July 14 at 4 p.m. $30-$110; $15 lawn tickets for youth under 18. Frost Amphitheater, 365 Lasuen St., Stanford. live.stanford.edu Twilight Concert Series 2019 Santana tribute band Caravanserai performs as part of the city of Palo Alto’s free summer concert series. July 13, 6:30 p.m. Free. Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.org Vans Warped Tour Presented By Journeys Featuring artists like the All-American Rejects and Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, this two-day event also includes a skate ramp, wrestling and a Warped Museum. July 20-21, noon. $71 for single day ticket; $141 for 2-day ticket. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. concerts1.livenation.com Music@Menlo Concert: Beethoven Launched This program features both Beethoven and Mozart, and offers a snapshot of the 18th century’s final decade, when Haydn, the elder statesman of the Classical era, gave way to the voice of a new century. July 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $54-$74; discounts for people under age 30. The Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. musicatmenlo.org Music@Menlo Concert: Soovin Kim and Gloria Chien The husband and wife duo, violinist Soovin Kim and pianist Gloria Chien, opens Music@Menlo 2019’s Carte Blanche Concerts with a multicultural program of music composed between 1910 and 1930. July 14, 6-8 p.m. $84; discount for people under age 30. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton. musicatmenlo.org
MUSIC Hannah Cooper: Debut Album Release Tour Singer Hannah Cooper kicks off the national tour for her new album, “I’m Right Here.” July 17, 7-9 p.m. Vino Locale, 431 Kipling St., Palo Alto. hannahcoopersongs.com/home KidStock featuring Andy Z & the Andyland Band KidStock features live children’s music from Bay Area performers, games, arts and crafts, and more. July 20, 10 a.m.-noon. Mountain View City Hall, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Lil Hardin Armstrong Project/Schmoe & Co Bandleader Caili O’Doherty has a new project that focuses on the music of legendary pianist, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Australian saxophonist Sylvan “Schmoe” Elhay and his faculty colleagues will perform a swinging set. July 15, 7:309 p.m. $49; discount for students. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. stanfordjazz.org
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Open Mic @ Red Rock Coffee Performers sing in front of a supportive audience and meet fellow musicians and artists during Open Mic Mondays at Red Rock Coffee. Signups start at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at 7 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org Prelude Performances Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Representing a cornerstone of the festival’s educational mission, these concerts offer both veteran concertgoers and new listeners of all ages an opportunity to discover great music. July 13, 19, 21; times vary. Free; ticket required. The Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. musicatmenlo.org Sarah Reich: Tap Into Jazz Tap dance and jazz meet in this show by Postmodern Jukebox alum Sarah Reich. July 16, 7:30-9 p.m. $62; discount for students. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen Mall, Stanford. stanfordjazz.org
FESTIVALS & FAIRS 33rd Annual Summer Jazz Festival The Summer Jazz series showcases a variety of jazz musicians performing every Thursday in the courtyard between Nordstrom and Crate & Barrel at Stanford Shopping Center. July 18, 6-7:30 p.m. Stanford Shopping Center, 660 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto. simon.com Clay and Glass Festival in Palo Alto More than 140 juried artists will display fine and functional clay and glass work. Activities include pottery-making, ikebana and glass art demonstrations. July 13-14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; valet parking available. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. clayglassfestival.com Farmer’s Market The Downtown Los Altos Farmer’s Market, where shoppers can find fresh vegetables and fine foods, continues every Thursday through Sept. 26, 4-8 p.m. Free. Located on State Street between 2nd and 4th streets, Los Altos Hills. losaltoschamber.org Los Altos Art and Wine Festival The 40th annual Arts & Wine Festival hosts fine arts and crafts booths, live entertainment, a kids’ area, food, wine and beer. July 13-14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 88 Main St., Los Altos. downtownlosaltos.org
TALKS & LECTURES Music@Menlo Encounter Lecture: ‘Winterreise’ and ‘Classical Twilight’ Music@Menlo’s second Encounter Lecture of its “Incredible Decades” summer festival features returning speaker Michael Parloff as he focuses on Schubert’s crowning achievement, “Winterreise.” July 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $52; discount for people under age 30. Martin Family Hall, Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. musicatmenlo.org Kalyn Josephson Kepler’s Books launches Kalyn Josephson’s debut novel, “The Storm Crow,” a fantasy that follows a fallen princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring back the magical elemental crows that were taken from her people. July 13, 3-5 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Margaret Dumas Bay Area mystery author Margaret Dumas will discuss her latest book, “Murder at the Palace,” a who-dunnit mystery centered around a San Francisco movie theater haunted by the ghost of a delightful 1930s usherette. Theater-inspired snacks will be provided. July 14, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. mountainview.libcal.com
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Josiah McElheny: ‘Island Universe’ Josiah McElheny’s “Island Universe” examines both cuttingedge art and physics. The monumental installation of five hanging chandeliers is a visual response to recent theories of the multiverse, an elaboration of the Big Bang theory. Through Aug. 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu ‘Gadgets Galore! Transforming the American Household’ Los Altos History Museum presents “Gadgets Galore! Transforming the American Household,” an exhibit that looks at gadgets and where they originated, on display at the J. Gilbert Smith House. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org ‘Transformation’ by Tinna Dinesen Viewpoints Gallery presents “Transformation,” by its new artist Tinna Dinesen. Through July 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. viewpointsgallery.com
FILM Summer Outdoor Movie Night: ‘Incredibles 2’ The city of Mountain View Recreation Division and Youth Advisory Committee present a screening of “Incredibles 2” as part of the summer outdoor movie night series. July 12, 8:30-10 p.m. Free. Cuesta Park, 601 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. ‘LIKE’ “LIKE” is an IndieFlix original documentary that explores the impact of social media on people’s lives. July 12, 6:30 p.m. Free. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. computerhistory.org
LESSONS & CLASSES Goat Yoga Hidden Villa presents an hourlong yoga class led by certified instructor Jesse Muzzy, followed by 20 minutes of playtime with baby goats. July 13 and July 21, 10-11:30 a.m. $35. Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills. hiddenvilla.org
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West Bay Model Railroad Association Open House Trains will run on a scenic two-level layout while club members answer questions. July 13 and Aug. 10; 1-4 p.m. Free. Menlo Park Caltrain station, 1090 Merrill St., Menlo Park. business.menloparkchamber.com 129th Rescue Wing ‘Kids Day Out’ “Kids Day Out” is an event just for military kids to acknowledge the responsibilities they bear for being part of a National Guard family. July 20, 8 a.m.-4 :30 p.m. Free. Moffett Air National Guard Base, 680 Macon Road, Mountain View. Search eventbrite.com for more info. D.I.Y. Games Attendees will make personalized puzzles, dice and gaming accessories. All supplies will be provided; no registration is required. July 17, 6-8 p.m. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Search facebook.com/events for more info.
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COLDWELL BANKER
San Mateo | $1,799,000 This 3br/2ba home sits on an over-sized lot and offers eat-in kitchen, large family room and a flexible floor plan. It is near Cal Train and shopping.
Menlo Park | $1,725,000 Beautiful 3br/3ba home w/a bonus room & is more than 1,600 sqft. of living space on an approx. 5,634 sqft. lot.
Menlo Park | $1,395,000 Remodeled 3bd/2ba contemporary home in North Fair Oaks. Easy access to freeways, Facebook and downtown.
Ellen Barton 650.619.2756 ebarton@cbnorcal.com CalRE#00640629
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