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City lays out $81 million plan for El Camino Real NEW BIKE LANES, CROSSINGS PLANNED IN COMING YEARS By Mark Noack
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l Camino Real, the historic roadway that runs through more than a dozen Peninsula cities, has its share of problems as well as opportunities. It is considered dangerous for cyclists, unpleasant for pedestrians, slow for drivers and inconvenient for bus riders. Despite that, El Camino is bustling with activity, and developers seem to be falling over each other for the chance to rebuild properties lining the avenue. A potential win-win solution has been obvious for a long time. More than 15 years ago, the nonprofit think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley urged Peninsula cities to seize a “golden opportunity” by harnessing the demand for redevelopment to transform El Camino Real into an urban neighborhood corridor. Slow but steady, that plan reached a major milestone in Mountain View last week, as the City Council approved a new set of guidelines for redesigning El Camino to meet its current needs. This so-called “streetscape” plan
lays out $81 million in future improvements along the roadway with much of that funding expected to come from future developers. In particular, the road map for El Camino Real calls for a series of new protected bikeways that would be built out over the next three years. At this stage, these new bike lanes would be built along about a 1.5 mile stretch from Sylvan Avenue to Castro Street. In addition, El Camino Real would be built out with three new bike and pedestrian crossings at Pettis Avenue, Bonita Avenue and Crestview Drive. More bike improvements could come in future years as part of street repaving performed by Caltrans or through new development projects that are submitted to the city. To make room for those bike improvements, city officials would not take away any of the six traffic lanes. Instead, public works officials say they intend to gradually remove on-street parking along El Camino Real, which See EL CAMINO, page 11
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Second graders at Gabriela Mistral Elementary learn Spanish at the dual immersion school. Tests show a big drop in English fluency among a cohort of native Spanish-speaking students in the program.
Falling short on fluency NEW REPORT SAYS ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RATE STAGNANT OR DROPPING AT MV WHISMAN SCHOOLS By Kevin Forestieri
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ountain View Whisman School District students learning English saw their language proficiency languish or even regress last year, with a steep
decline among students attending the district’s choice programs — Mistral and Stevenson elementary schools, according to a recent report. District officials say more needs to be done to ensure its students are proficient in
English by fifth grade, calling it a surefire way to close the achievement gap. The district’s revised goal states that 75% of English learners should to be fluent in the language after attending district schools for six years. Reaching fluency in English is one of the most significant factors in academic achievement, with Mountain View See FLUENCY, page 10
Driver faces murder charges in attack at Rancho San Antonio park SUNNYVALE MAN, 77, WAS WALKING ON TRAIL WHEN HE WAS RUN OVER REPEATEDLY, ACCORDING TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY By Kevin Forestieri
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he Santa Clara woman who struck and killed a pedestrian at Rancho San Antonio last week is accused of intentionally driving onto park trails and swerving into pedestrians, according
to court documents. A statement by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office alleges that the driver of the black Audi, identified as 50-year-old Mireya Orta, was acting “erratic” and intentionally when she hit one one of the victims and nearly struck a second victim at the
park on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Orta was denied bail last week, and remains in custody at the Elmwood Complex Women’s
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to a disturbance call and the account of a witness who saw the Audi sedan hit a man walking on Permanente Creek Trail around 12:42 p.m. The man who was hit, 77-yearold Sunnyvale resident Lawrence See CHARGES, page 7
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The Palo Alto Art Center’s current exhibition, “Encounters: Honoring the Animal in Ourselves,” explores the complexities of human/nonhuman animal interactions and relationships through a great variety of media, styles and tones from more than a dozen artists. Photographer Corey Arnold, who also works for months at a time as a commercial fisherman, said at a recent “Art, Ecology and Animals” talk at the Art Center in conjunction with IMAGE COURTESY OF EL GATO CHIMNEY the exhibition that his relationship with the animal El Gato Chimney’s “On My Way” world is always lurking painting is part of the Palo Alto Art “deep in his psyche” and Center’s “Encounters” exhibition. almost constantly present in his art. The seeming incongru- Shiva Ahmadi’s hypnotic aniity between his love and respect for mated short film “Ascend” uses animals and his role in “millions the ancient Indian epic poem of fish deaths” is something, he “The Ramayana” to reflect upon said, he is continuing to reckon the 2015 tragic drowning death of with. This uneasy reckoning is a 3-year-old Syrian refugee, Alan reflected in his photography, some Kurdi (whose name, in Arabic, of which depicts fishermen with means “ascend”). In the film, a band of watercolor warrior montheir catches in gruesome detail. Kara Maria’s bold and colorful keys play with bubbles and among animal paintings are inspired by leaves, set to a mesmerizing, droncomic books and Japanese wood- ing soundtrack. block prints. Her monoprint in In addition to the main exhibithe exhibition, “The Animal That tion, visitors can draw animals Lives in Your Heart,” from Palo and recall animal encounters of Alto’s Smith Anderson Editions, their own, then pin them on a wall depicts a human arm overlapped organized by taxonomy. They can by images of the animals in the also view former Art Center intern Chinese zodiac, believed to influ- Victoria Yao’s appealing drawings ence human personalities and of adoptable animals, available life paths. Samuelle Richardson’s from Pets in Need. On Oct. 27, Ghost Dog sculptures, made of the Art Center will host a “Zoo discarded materials (old sweaters Family Day,” involving handsand tree branches), are a poignant on activities, performances and tribute to the scrappy, resourceful appearances by animals from the stray dogs she’s encountered in her Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo. travels. Back in the large gallery, North It’s impossible not to notice Bay artist Christopher Reiger’s the large mixed-media sculptures ink-and-watercolor “Familiar” of Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor, series plays upon both the notion monumental beasts created from of animal “familiars” in witchcraft old knit blankets, rope and other and the idea of becoming familhousehold textiles. Her looming, iar with the wild animals living half-monstrous, half-endearing around us. Alluding to the somecreations, with their larger-than- times tense connection between life heads and humanoid bodies, humans and the wider, wilder seem ready to spring into action. world, he said of his work, “I want Patricia Piccinini’s sculptures, people to be drawn to it but then including The Bond, in which a made slightly uncomfortable.” long-haired woman cradles an The free exhibition runs odd, fetal pig-like baby, challenge through Dec. 29, with open hours the human notions of the beauti- Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. ful and grotesque. to 5 p.m. (open until 9 p.m. on In El Gato Chimney’s paint- Thursdays). For more informaings, animals appear in dream- tion, go to cityofpaloalto.org/ like, surreal and folklore-inspired gov/depts/csd/artcenter. ways. And in the side gallery, —Karla Kane
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NOT GUILTY PLEA IN TENANT EVICTION SCHEME A Mountain View landlord has pleaded not guilty to charges that she and her accomplices staged a home invasion against her tenants in an attempt to coerce them into leaving. At a Sept. 27 court hearing, defendant Reenu Saini and her alleged accomplice, Steven Carling, both denied all charges made by Mountain View police. Both defendants were arrested in August in what police described as an brazen intimidation plan to evict a family from a Rock Street apartment that she managed. When the tenants refused to leave, Saini turned off the power to the apartment, and Carling began breaking down the front door, according to the police report. Saini has said that her tenants had taken advantage of her by failing to pay rent, and claims that authorities refused to help resolve her situation. Her case is next scheduled to be heard in court on Thursday, Oct. 10. In related news, Saini has filed a small-claims lawsuit against the tenants. The case alleges the family owes Saini thousands of dollars in unpaid rent for staying in a different Mountain View apartment under her management. There is no date scheduled yet for when the case will be taken up. —Mark Noack See CRIME BRIEFS, page 8
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Fighting tumors with brain implants EL CAMINO DOCTORS TURN TO RADIATION ‘TILES’ IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BRAIN TUMORS By Kevin Forestieri
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Visitors explore the Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” at the Wings of Freedom Tour’s stop at Moffett Airfield on May 20. The vintage World War II plane was on tour in Connecticut when it crashed on Oct. 2.
‘Wings of Freedom’ plane involved in fatal crash B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ CAME TO MOFFETT FIELD ANNUALLY, CRASHED IN CONNECTICUT WHILE ON TOUR By Mark Noack
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vintage World War II plane that visited Moffett Field as part of the Wings of Freedom tour was involved in a fatal crash in Connecticut last Wednesday. The plane, a B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber, reportedly experienced an engine failure just minutes after taking off from Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut, on Oct. 2. The aircraft ended up crashing into
an airport building, reportedly killing seven people and injuring seven others. The B-17 plane was owned by the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit that maintains a large collection of World War II vintage aircraft. The organization is best known for coordinating an annual Wings of Freedom tour to showcase its historic planes at airports across the country. The Wings of Freedom tour has visited Moffett Field each May for more than a decade.
The B-17 was one of the event’s main attractions, and it was promoted as one of the last bombers of its type that was still airworthy. During visits to Moffett and other airports, the Wings of Freedom organizers offered visitors short rides on the B-17 and other vintage aircraft at the cost of $450 per person. It was reportedly during one of those paid flights that the B-17 ended up crash See CRASH, page 8
Google launches new $10 million Bay Area charity contest By Mark Noack
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ocal nonprofits can now drink from a new firehose of philanthropy. In an announcement Monday, Google officials launched their biggest grant program to date for Bay Area charities looking to grow their reach. The company’s new “Bay Area Impact Challenge” is putting forward $10 million to help fund the work of regional nonprofits.
In total, Google plans to award grants to 35 nonprofits, including five that will receive $1 million apiece. The grants are being made through the company’s charity arm, Google.org. This is not the first time the company has put forward this kind of money for Bay Area dogooders. Similar regional impact challenges were offered in 2014 and 2015. Among the top ideas that came out of those competitions were
SubArt, an effort to bring public art to BART and Muni stations, and Literacy Lab, which provides digital books to low-income families in Santa Clara County. Large grants were also given to City Year, an East San Jose program to prevent high school dropouts, and Kiva, a no-interest loan initiative for Oakland small businesses. The Bay Area Impact Challenge See CHARITY, page 8
l Camino Hospital physicians are taking a new approach to stubborn brain tumors that keep coming back, debuting a surgical treatment last month that plants a radioactive device directly into the patient’s brain. The treatment, called GammaTile Therapy, involves removing a malignant tumor and implants radioactive material in its place to finish off any residual cancer cells that, if left alone, could bring the tumor right back. The small implant is just 2 centimeters in size, and is outfitted with a low-energy isotope that decays in about a month. Neurosurgeons have long grappled with recurrent brain tumors, removing malignant growths in a patient only to find a new tumor develop in the same spot within weeks. So-called primary brain tumors, which originate in the brain tissue rather than metastasizing from other organs, have a high chance of growing right back after removal, said Dr. Robert Sinha, a radiation oncologist at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. Hitting the affected area with chemotherapy and other targeted and biological treatments can reduce the chance of it coming back, but it’s hardly a guarantee, he said. “They almost always recur, and that is a very significant problem,” Sinha said. The frustrating recurrence rate is rooted in the fact that healthy brain tissue surrounding cancerous tumors is too important to lose. Residual cancer cells left behind after a malignant growth is removed are the culprit behind recurrent brain tumors, but they are invisible to neurosurgeons, even under a microscope. Physicians can’t take out what they can’t see, Sinha said, and what they can’t see is leftover abnormal cells. Carving out an extra layer of healthy tissue just to be on the safe side is out of the question when you’re talking about brain tissue, said Dr. James Doty, a neurosurgeon at El Camino. He said anything removed beyond
the tumor itself can have “dire consequences,” particularly if it’s near a part of the brain that controls motor function. “We don’t want to remove normal brain which could be part of a critical structure,” Doty said. The new tech, designed by the Arizona-based company GT Medical Technologies, is a small collagen plate containing four “seeds” of cesium-131, commonly used in the medical field for cancer treatments. The low-energy element is ideal for penetrating a couple millimeters of the brain without harming surrounding tissue, Sinha said, and it decays quickly. The half-life of cesium-131 is only 9.7 days. The first patient to receive the treatment at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View last month was, in many ways, an ideal candidate for the treatment, Sinha said. She had esophageal cancer that was in remission and a brain tumor that had previously been taken out. Despite being treated with radiation, the tumor had returned. The growth was located near the motor cortex, meaning any damage to nearby healthy tissue could cause serious problems. “This is a case that was ideal,” Sinha said. “She really did not have any other options.” Though it will take many months to determine whether the GammaTile was a success, early MRIs are showing she is completely free of cancer, Sinha said. The implant is the result of years of research and development by GT Medical Technologies, and is the flagship product of the medtech startup company. The venture was founded by a group of brain tumor treatment specialists who were frustrated with the limitations of treating brain tumors, said Ashley Hupman, marketing director for the company. The treatment is particularly useful for patients whose brain tumors have returned more than once and can no longer be safely treated with standard chemotherapy treatment, Hupman said. Although external “beam” See TUMORS, page 7
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tanford University has agreed to a “groundbreaking” settlement with a group of students who sought through a class action lawsuit to reform allegedly discriminatory policies affecting students in mental health crisis. Disability Rights Advocates in San Francisco, which brought the case on behalf of the Stanford Mental Health & Wellness Coalition and individual students last
spring, called the agreement the “most comprehensive (settlement) ever to protect college students with mental health disabilities from unnecessary exclusion.” The lawsuit alleged that Stanford repeatedly violated state and federal anti-discrimination laws in its response to students with mental health disabilities, including those who have been hospitalized for suicide attempts. Student-plaintiffs criticized Stanford’s involuntary leave of absence policy and procedures as punitive
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and “onerous.” Under the settlement, which is not an admission of liability, Stanford agreed to revise its involuntary leave of absence policy, ensure sufficient staffing to support students with mental health disabilities, increase training for anyone involved with implementing the policy and pay $495,000 for the plaintiffs’ legal fees. The new policy will take effect when the winter quarter starts. The settlement, crafted through confidential mediation and in consultation with students and mental health and higher education experts, marks “a significant step forward not only for Stanford, but for colleges and universities across the country,” said Disability Rights Advocate staff attorney Monica Porter. “At a time when colleges and universities across the nation are experiencing large increases in the prevalence and severity of mental health disabilities, many campuses have struggled to serve their student bodies,” Disability Rights Advocates said. In a message to students on Monday, Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole said “we believe the new policy provides students with agency to advocate for their interests, as well as a thoughtful and collaborative university process.” She added that Stanford hopes the new policy, which will replace the current dean’s leave and housing hold policies, will provide more consistency, clarity and transparency. Stanford requires involuntary leaves when there is “significant risk” to the health and safety of the student or to others, or a student’s behavior “severely disrupts” the campus environment. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit said they had felt pressured to take involuntary leaves and were unfairly asked to move out of their campus housing during times of crisis. Under the revised policy, Stanford will give students who are being considered for an
involuntary leave the option of taking a voluntary leave and “will not discriminate against students with mental health disabilities” who choose to do so, the agreement states. There will now be a two-day revocation period and information on how to revoke a voluntary leave decision. The new policy lays out in detail the implications an involuntary leave will have for a student’s housing, coursework, transcript, tuition and meal plan. Stanford must also review its procedures for visiting and communicating with students who are in psychiatric hospitals “to ensure compliance with all applicable law,” the settlement states. The policy now allows for the opinion of students’ treatment providers to be given “significant weight” regarding their ability to function at school. The dean of students will also consult with the Office of Accessible Education prior to making a decision to see if other accommodations could allow a student to stay at Stanford. The agreement seeks to bolster the staff who interact with students with mental health disabilities, including by ensuring that the Office of Accessible Education is sufficiently staffed so that employees with expertise and training in working with students with mental health disabilities are available to help them consider alternative accommodations that could prevent a leave of absence. Stanford will also make available a person who is knowledgeable about the leave of absence procedures but not part of the decision-making process to answer students’ questions. Stanford is also now required to train all current and incoming staff who are “likely to be directly involved” in implementing the leave of absence policy, with at least annual training updates. The university must also provide a copy of the training materials to Disability Rights Advocates for review, though Stanford is not
obligated to make any suggested changes. The court will monitor the agreement for two years to ensure its enforcement. The agreement also ensures that Stanford will provide Disability Rights Advocates with regular data on the implementation of the policy, including how many students are placed on involuntary leaves, how many are re-enrolled following a leave and redacted summaries that describe the university’s reasoning for involuntary leaves of absence. Harrison Fowler, one of the plaintiffs in the case, said he had felt forced into a leave of absence. A residence dean visited him at Stanford Hospital, where he had been admitted after reaching out to campus counseling services for help with suicidal ideation, and suggested he take a year off, the lawsuit alleges. “I thought my release from the hospital was contingent on me signing this form,” Fowler said in an interview last year. “I wasn’t presented with any other options. (When) I got out of the hospital ... they had already moved my stuff out of the dorm.” He left Stanford for his hometown in Texas, which he described as a difficult, isolated environment. The lawsuit described the implications of him reaching out to the university for psychological support — “being isolated from Stanford and falling an entire year behind in his studies and career plans” — as “too severe.” “Thanks to this settlement, what happened to me won’t happen again,” Fowler said in the Disability Rights Advocates announcement. “I’m glad to be an advocate, and I am excited that future students will know they can have access to the accommodations they need.” In her message, Brubaker-Cole thanked students and others who came forward to share their experiences and concerns with Stanford’s leave policies. V
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Lupash, was taken to Stanford Hospital about 40 minutes after the collision. He was pronounced dead at around 1:50 p.m. Orta reportedly drove away from Lupash and “swerved and attempted to hit another person” who was walking on the trail. The man evaded the vehicle and was not hit, but had to dive to the ground to avoid being struck and took cover behind an oak tree, according to the report. His injuries were abrasions on his hands. Orta allegedly continued to drive erratically through the park and eventually returned to Cristo Rey Drive, the primary road through Rancho San Antonio. Cortez describes how it appeared Orta was leaving the park, but then began heading
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radiation therapy can target the site of brain cancer, it still has to go through healthy tissue. There’s a maximum amount of radiation patients can be exposed to before it risks killing off important brain functions, and that’s when physicians have to candidly tell patients there’s nothing more they can do, she said. Hupman described how one patient had a glioblastoma tumor that was removed and came back within a month. The neurosurgeon took it out a second time and treated the area with external radiation only for it to return in full — in the same spot — within a month. The third time the tumor was removed, a GammaTile was implanted, and the tumor has yet to return, she said. Glioblastoma is the aggressive and incurable type of cancer that killed Sen. John McCain. Whether or not the treatment will work for patients is dependent on how old they are and, more importantly, the location of
a patrol car and remained in the vehicle, according to the statement. She was taken into custody by deputies and taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center before being transferred to jail. Orta is being charged with murder using a deadly weapon and attempted murder of the second victim. Prosecutors allege that the attempted murder charge was premeditated. If convicted, she faces 33 years to life in prison. Rancho San Antonio is the Peninsula’s most popular open space preserve, drawing 700,000 visitors each year to its winding 24-mile network of trails. The next court date for the case is Nov. 7. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com
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MAN GRABS WIFE OUTSIDE HOSPITAL A Santa Clara man was arrested after he allegedly confronted his wife outside El Camino Hospital last week, grabbing her and attempting to drag her through the parking lot. He is also accused of taking her cellphone when she tried to call police. The man, 34, was reportedly sitting on a bench outside the hospital on Grant Road as his wife was leaving the hospital around 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The wife told police that he grabbed her arm and tried to get her to come with him, taking her purse during the altercation, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. The man allegedly took her cellphone to prevent her from calling 911.
The man reportedly let go of his wife after he saw someone nearby calling for help and drove away in a Nissan sedan. He was later found in Santa Clara and arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, false imprisonment and domestic battery charges, as well as preventing the use of a communication device. The couple was apparently separated at the time of the incident, Nelson said. The woman was not injured. —Kevin Forestieri
BANK ROBBERY GUILTY PLEA An Oakland man pleaded guilty in federal court last Thursday to charges that he robbed or attempted to rob 19 banks across Northern California, including in Palo Alto and Mountain View, between March 2018 and February 2019.
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Duane Makela, 50, admitted in the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer that he committed 10 armed bank robberies, seven unarmed bank robberies and two attempted bank robberies in his crime spree, which mostly occurred at banks and credit unions in the Bay Area but also in towns in or near the Sierra Nevada. Federal prosecutors said that as part of his plea Makela agreed that he entered the banks and credit unions and demanded that employees hand over money. Prosecutors said Makela also acknowledged that during each armed robbery he brandished what appeared to be a handgun, directed employees of the banks and credit unions to hand over money and stole a total of $69,000. A federal grand jury indicted Makela on May 7, initially for five of the robberies. Two of the robberies took place in Palo Alto: one at the Comerica Bank at 250 Lytton Ave. on April 13, 2018 and another at Wells Fargo Bank at 505 California Ave. on Feb. 4. One occurred in Mountain View at Meriwest Ciredit Union at 580 N. Rengstorff Ave. near West Middlefield Road on Oct. 19, 2018.
The 50-year-old man admitted to stealing $2,843 from the Wells Fargo Bank, which faces El Camino Real in Palo Alto, according to the indictment. The theft triggered a neighborhood search by police involving a K-9 unit, but they were unable to find Makela. The Oakland man brandished a black handgun in the Mountain View robbery, where he stole a total of $1,100. He dropped a note later retrieved by authorities that read in allcapital letters: “I have a gun, will use it. Pass all $ now! Both drawers. You deviate, I’ll be back 4 U. No alarms (sic) I’m watchin (sic) your hands Dont (sic) even think bout (sic) button.” Makela is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 15. The prosecution resulted from investigations by the FBI with assistance from multiple police departments, including those in Pleasant Hill, Orinda, Daly City, Oakland, San Ramon, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Burlingame, Mountain View, South San Francisco and Alameda. The sheriff’s offices of Contra Costa, El Dorado, Marin, and Alameda counties also assisted in the investigation. —Bay City News Sevice
Christopher G. Ogaz April 12, 1916 – September 24, 2019 103 yrs. old passed to see the Lord on Sept. 24th at 2:20pm. He was born in Albuquerque NM on April 12, 1916 in a neighborhood called Five Points, he attended St. Mary’s school. Worked on the family farm and mountain ranch during the depression. Chris joined the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1940. He helped with the construction of Ft. Ord. Served in North Africa, Italy, and Europe during WWII and was discharged honorably as a T/ Sgt. in 1945. Chris went to UNM on the GI Bill. He married Helen M. (née) Sanchez at San Felipe de Neri Catholic Church on Sept. 20, 1948 in Old Town Albuquerque. He then had two children Michael ‘51 and Elizabeth ‘53. Chris and Helen moved to SF and he worked for the Boys Club. He then started his career at NASA Ames as a calibration technician for pressure instruments and settled in Mountain View in 1956; he was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. A devout Catholic, he volunteered at church as an usher and at the school festival, men’s club, and the PTG. He had two more children Phillip ‘58 and Jerry ‘63. He also volunteered as a scout leader. He retired from Lockheed Missiles and Space in 1981. Chris was a good man, loving husband, devoted father, and grandfather. He recently celebrated his 71st wedding Anniversary from his bed. He is survived by his wife Helen, four children, and seven grand children. A Funeral Mass was held Fri., Oct. 4 at St. Joseph Church, Mtn. View, Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery Los Altos. In lieu of flowers the family would like Mass Intentions for Chris, or donations to the garysinesefoundation.org(military non-profit). PAID
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landing at the Connecticut airfield. In a brief statement, the Collings Foundation representatives said they were working with authorities investigating the crash. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were on that f light,” the organization wrote. “The Collings Foundation f light team is fully cooperating with officials to determine the cause of the crash of the B-17 Flying Fortress.” On Oct. 4, the foundation announced on its website that it was suspending its f light operations for the remainder of 2019 and is processing refunds for people who had reser ved f lights through December. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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was tabled for a few years, but the idea of having charities compete for large grants was implemented for other programs. Last year, Google. org launched an “AI for Social Good” grant program to find ways to harness machine learning for the betterment of mankind. Locally, Google and other tech companies partnered in 2017 to launch “Inspire Mountain View,” a similar contest for nearby charities that could offer ideas to strengthen the community. In total, Google.org representatives say they have doled out more than $250 million in grants and employee donations to Bay Area nonprofits. The Google team also highlights the company’s $1 billion commitment to help foster Bay Area housing. “For over 20 years, we’ve partnered closely with Bay nonprofits, supporting those who are on the front lines of addressing the Bay Area’s most pressing needs,” said Jacquelline Fuller, Google.org president. To appraise the worthiness of each idea, Google.org is bringing on a judging panel with some familiar names. Among the nine judges are former 49ers safety Ronnie Lott, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife, chef and actress Ayesha Curry. An extra $1 million prize will be given to the finalist that wins a “People’s Choice Award” through a public vote. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V
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students who have yet to master reading, writing and speaking English falling far behind their peers in both math and English language arts, according to years of standardized testing data. Ensuring students learn English as quickly as possible came to the fore as a top priority for the school board in 2016, and district administrators launched several new programs aimed at improving language fluency. That goal aimed to fix something that was broken: In 2015, a report by a consulting firm blasted the district for having English language development programs that were “ineffective, inconsistent, and, in many cases, counterproductive.� Parents of English learners told school board members at the time that they worried their children were languishing in remedial classes,
permanently behind their peers and missing out on enrichment activities like elective classes. Three years and several initiatives later, district officials say there are still “issues� that need to be resolved, with many of the district’s English learners still falling behind and failing to reach reclassification — a formal designation for students who have reached fluency and no longer need special instructional support for English language development. Although each school district determines the terms for reclassification a little differently, the shared metric is the state’s English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) test. Acing the test with a performance level of “four� is the gateway for students seeking to reclassify as fluent, according to district staff. Following a cohort of 583 English learners from the 2017-18
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are close to reclassification get over the final hurdles is suppressing the number of kids reaching English fluency. The district has launched several academic initiatives in recent years to bring up English literacy rates, including individualized education classes called Response to Instruction (RTI) and teacher training in a language-focused instructional model called Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP). At the Sept. 19 board meeting, Smith said these programs are all successful in their own right, but the way they’ve been implemented isn’t working. “We realize these efforts are in isolation and aren’t working in concert the way they should,� Smith said. Rudolph suggested that the district may need to restructure its process for reclassification, giving students who succeed on the ELPAC test multiple opportunities to meet the remaining criteria to be deemed fluent. In addition to the standardized test, students must also receive a teacher’s recommendation, a parent agreement and a second “objective measurement� determined by the district’s assessments that shows the student no longer needs support in English language development.
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The new goal recommended by Rudolph and district administrators is that 75% of English learner students who entered the district in kindergarten should be reclassified as fluent by fifth grade, increasing to 85% by eighth grade. That’s a high bar compared to other school districts around the state. In California’s largest district, Los Angeles Unified, about 64% of students who spent six years in the district reclassified as English fluent, according to data spanning 14 years and more than one million students. Research shows it generally takes students between four and seven years to reach academic English proficiency needed to meet grade-level content. Board members worried that the high bar was still too low, at least in the context of Mountain View Whisman. After all, as of the 2018-19 school year, 78% of students who enrolled in kindergarten had reclassified as of fifth grade — exceeding the standard recommended by staff. In other words, the school district is already exceeding its own prospective goal for English learners. “Why would we set a goal below what has already happened, before we have even taken a close look?� asked trustee Devon Conley. Rudolph caution that the performance last year is not a sign of things to come, and that the 78% reclassification figure was unusually high. What’s more, he said the state assessments for measuring English language fluency completely shifted in 2018 with the roll-out of ELPAC, which could be more challenging than prior standards. District administrators are also hoping to remedy the precipitous drop in English proficiency among English learners at Mistral Elementary, home to the district’s Dual Immersion language program. The school previously taught students in lower grade levels in primarily Spanish, which Rudolph said was delaying Spanish-speaking students from getting the English skills they needed to reclassify. He argues that delaying substantive amounts of testing and exposure to English until fourth and fifth grade automatically puts English learners behind on reaching English fluency. “At the time when we had the greatest opportunity to reclassify kids, which is younger grades, we’re not doing it,� he said. Converting Dual Immersion to a so-called “50/50� model that evenly splits instruction between Spanish and English from kindergarten through fifth grade at the school should give English learners a boost, he said. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V
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would free up space for bike lanes, wider sidewalks and other upgrades. In total, city officials identified 556 parking spaces along El Camino Real that could eventually be removed. One challenge flagged by City Council members is how bike lanes will coordinate with bus stops. This can be dangerous because bike lanes can often overlap with where bus drivers need to pull over for a passenger stop. In this situation, a bicyclist can either stop and wait for the bus, or risk trying to ride around it in traffic. To fix this, Public Works staff say that they want to build special bus “islands” on the roadside to separate bus stops from bike lanes, but it would depend on the available space along the curbs. “The bus-bike conflict has always been a challenge,” said Councilman Lucas Ramirez. “This bus island concept is a way to mitigate that, and it sounds like we’re going to do that to the greatest extent possible.” While those safety improvements were important, council members also prodded city staff to make the roadway a pleasant place to be. Councilwoman Alison Hicks said she took a stroll
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The service is available countywide, except in Los Gatos and Campbell. Those last two jurisdictions are working on launching the text service by the end of the year, according to Heather Plamondon, communications director for the Santa Clara County Fire Department. Plamondon said the county had been piloting and testing the new technology for the last several months. “The ability to have that secondary communications mechanism was something we wanted to be really confident with before we rolled it out publicly like this,� she said. As of last Wednesday, the system is live and running. “We want to be leaders in this industry,� she said. While the technology for texting 911 is new to the county, the dispatchers on the line with
people in need are not, county communications spokesman Nicholas Baham said. It’s still the same people answering the phones, but now they can text back. “It’s very straightforward. For the public, there’s not much change,� Baham said. Depending on your location at the time of the text, a person in need will get the local jurisdiction’s dispatcher. For San Jose residents, Baham said, “if you typed ‘I have an emergency’ or ‘help,’ you would get San Jose (police) right now.� He added that the service doesn’t mean dispatchers can track your location via text. “It’s used off of cellular data, and we actually can only triangulate you off of the [cell] tower itself. We don’t track your location, its very difficult,� Baham said. While first responders aren’t tracking your location, county officials say when someone
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COUNTY WORKERS STRIKE CONTINUES Santa Clara County workers continued striking this week, with Monday marking the fifth day of the strike over what workers say are unfair labor practices. Starting at 8 a.m. Oct. 7, workers from seven sites within the county’s Social Services Agency walked off the job at 1867 Senter Road in San Jose, officials with Service Employees International Union local 521 said. “We are proud to join the thousands of county workers who were on the line last week in protest of the county’s unfair labor practices that hurt our ability to reach an agreement,� Griselda Galindo, an eligibility worker, said in a statement. “Our residents should know that there is a widespread staffing crisis across our county departments impacting our ability to provide adequate service — our workloads are unattainable and we cannot hire and retain staff. We have dedicated our lives to service and know firsthand the needs of our residents, we will continue to bring to light the obstacles in our workplaces keeping us from doing our jobs,� she said. According to union officials, workers have been without a contract for months and “have seen no real commitment by the county to bargain in the best interest of children, seniors, families and those who provide critical services.� On Oct. 4, Santa Clara County filed an unfair practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board
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to two weeks of training and who have themselves experienced mental or emotional health issues. The Warm Line has been serving an average of 2,000 people per month in the Bay Area since 2014, according to its website. The new funding will expand the service statewide in order to provide support to all California residents. At a Monday morning news conference held at the headquarters of the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, which runs the line, Warm Line manager Sarah Jean Flynn said callers come from a wide range of backgrounds but all need the support and counseling that many people find difficult to access due to a lack of resources or insurance coverage. “Over and over again we hear the same thing,� Flynn said. “The Warm Line was there when nobody else was.� To talk to a Warm Line counselor, people can call or text 855-845-7415 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
HOME SALES SLIP Home sales in the Bay Area hit a nine-year low during the month of August, according to new data released Thursday by financial services firm CoreLogic. The data show that in August, 7,247 homes were sold in the Bay Area, the lowest for that month since August 2010 when just 6,698 homes were sold in the region. “Although Bay Area home sales in August fell nearly 6% from a year earlier, the recent drop in mortgage rates likely helped temper that decline,� Andrew LePage, an analyst with CoreLogic, said in a statement. The data also showed that for the past 13 consecutive months, sales have fallen on a year-overyear basis. “Some buyers no doubt remain parked on the sidelines, concerned about the possibility of buying near a price peak, and affordability remains a huge hurdle for many,� LePage said. The median price for homes sold in the Bay Area in August was $810,000, which is down 0.7% from July 2019 when the price was $816,000 and down 2.4% from $830,000 in August 2018, according to the data. “(August’s) 2.4% annual decline in the median reflects both lower home prices in some areas as well as a shift toward a lower share of sales occurring in some of the region’s more expensive areas,� he said. According to the data, Contra Costa County had the highest number of homes sold with 1,529. —Bay City News Service
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You are invited to a special tour of our new Taube Pavilion, home of the Scrivner Center for Mental Health & Addiction Services. The two-story, 56,000-square-foot facility is designed to reflect our unique approach to providing care: patient and family centered with the adaptability to respond to the changing needs of the community. The nurturing, protective care environment is filled with natural light, enclosed gardens and many other features that cater to the unique needs of patients and their families. El Camino Health is committed to providing quality, personalized care, and the Taube Pavilion will house a wide range of essential mental health and addiction services. It also features a dedicated women’s specialty unit with a focus on perinatal mental health conditions. The open house is your opportunity to tour this new, stateof-the-art space and learn more about this vital resource in your community.
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A cultural cruise ‘MARK TWAIN’S RIVER OF SONG’ IS A MUSICAL JOURNEY DOWN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI By Karla Kane
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isitors to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts this month can temporarily leave modern life behind and embark on a journey through the American past, thanks to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s West Coast premiere of “Mark Twain’s River of Song,” a musical tapestry in the form of a steamboat trip narrated by Twain himself. Directed by co-author Randal Myler, the structure of “River of Song” is largely one of a north-south journey through the antebellum U.S. The trip is guided and punctuated by Missouri-raised Twain’s evocative, wise and usually humorous anecdotes about his own life on the Mississippi, as well as tidbits from his famous novels, real snippets of oral history from common folk of the 19th century and a pleasant mix of songs both traditional and new, composed by Dan Wheetman, who also performs in the show. Played by Dan Hiatt, Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens) is the recognizably avuncular,
rascally fellow beloved as one of the United States’ most important cultural figures. Hiatt’s Twain, proves an amusing, laidback and insightful host. Wheetman is joined by Valisia LeKae, Tony Marcus, Rondrell McCormick and Chic Street Man in the ensemble. All of the ensemble members wear many hats (literally and figuratively), not only acting, singing and dancing but playing instruments as well, an old-timey mix of acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddles, mandolins and percussion. LeKae, providing the sole female perspective, deserves MVP honors for her velvety vocals and range to portray everyone from a heartbroken slave to a sprightly Huckleberry Finn. The voyage takes us to the headwaters of the northern forests of Minnesota, where lumberjacks reign, then to the agricultural territory of the plains states, where farmers toil to make a living and feed the nation. We meet boatmen, gamblers and many more, but the most arresting and interesting parts of the show are in the second act, as the great
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An ensemble cast takes the audience on a musical journey in TheatreWorks’ production of “Mark Twain’s River of Song,” playing at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts through Oct. 27.
steamboat rolls south, where we encounter cotton plantations, runaway slaves and a wrenching scene from Twain’s masterpiece “Huckleberry Finn” between Huck and his fugitive slave companion Jim, who escape together for a river-raft adventure. The music, representing an assortment of traditional styles from bluegrass to delta blues and Wheetman’s stately country-and-folk compositions, prove a pleasing staged playlist of sorts, and the family-friendly show could no doubt make an effective field trip for U.S. history and literature students. The whole thing has a charmingly old-fashioned, mellowly educational vibe. Viewers of the recent Ken Burns “Country Music” documentary on PBS will enjoy hearing some familiar tunes pipe up, including folk standard “The Unfortunate Rake,” known by nearly countless other titles as well
and here used as “The Wild Lumberjack.” The musical numbers, at the opening weekend performance I attended, sounded sometimes as if the kinks were still being worked out (some booming/ feedback issues plaguing the mix didn’t help) but the slightly ragtag feeling is appropriate for the folksy setting. It’s always fun to see the musicians on stage as part of the action rather than hidden in a pit, especially with this cast giving some lively and engaging performances. Please, audience members, try to remember to heed the many posted signs and pre-show announcements about turning off mobile devices. You do not want to be the person whose phone started — and wouldn’t stop, for an agonizingly long time — ringing during LeKae’s most quiet, emotional and poignant monologue, as fellow audience members began to audibly lose patience. Awkward
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all around, but LeKae gets bonus MVP points for carrying on unruffled. Steven B. Mannshardt’s lighting infuses everything in a nice nostalgic glow, with Jill C. Bowers’ costumes (again, with LeKae modeling the most changes) pleasing to the eye. Hiatt as Twain sports exactly the hair and suit you’d hope for, and David Lee Cuthbert’s set boasts moss-draped oak trees and a variety of sceneappropriate projections. Due to its pastiche nature, “Mark Twain’s River of Song” doesn’t get to go, if you’ll pardon the water metaphor, very deep into Twain or the themes touched on (more — any? — perspective on the Native American experience would be nice). But overall it’s a wellcrafted introduction to an enjoyable meander through a quintessential time, place and voice in American culture. And it’s a fitting tribute to what is, after all, the show’s most important and central character, the mighty Mississippi River itself. Roll on. Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com. V
Q I N F O R M AT I O N What: “Mark Twain’s River of Song.” Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Through Oct. 27. Show times vary. Cost: $35-$95. Info: theatreworks.org.
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“You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” These words were spoken by Chanel Miller as she stared across a courtroom at Brock Turner in March 2016. Rapists can be movie stars, teachers, athletes and even the people we love. The ‘sentencing’ of Brock Turner in June 2016 brought into sharp focus how race, privilege and power influence the scales of ‘justice.’ It also shines a light on how those
accused of sexual assault can continue to sustain and gain power even in the highest offices of our land. Victims are not to be believed. We continue to deny the pervasiveness of sexual assault. Some consider it inevitable. And some accept it as normal. This is perhaps the only reasonable explanation for the shameful lack of funding for rape crisis centers in California. The state contributes just $45,000 from its general fund to resource rape crisis centers. That’s right, $45,000, or about one-tenth of a cent for each resident in California. The state has funded at this level for decades. In Gov. Jerry Brown’s final year, this was finally increased by $5
million — but since cut back to $45,000 under Gov. Gavin Newsom. This lack of funding is reprehensible. For the last two years, sexual assault and domestic violence service programs across the state have been advocating for $50 million in increased funding from the state of California to support the difficult work we do to support crisis intervention and prevention of violence. In Santa Clara County, local politicians listened, took action, and are to be commended. Yet this highlights the significant equity issues for survivors in our state. Where you live, and the privilege you have, is determining
access to services. Gov. Newsom, her name is Chanel Miller. Know her name. Hear her story. Do not deny the pervasiveness of sexual assault. Do not accept your government’s lack of action as normal. Do the right thing and fund rape crisis centers. Counties shouldn’t be picking up the slack where the state has failed to invest, and the federal government under President Donald Trump should not be outpacing California’s commitment to ending rape. Tanis Crosby is the CEO of YWCA, Sarita Kohli is president and CEO of Asian Americans for Community Involvement, and Erin O’Brien is president and CEO of Community Solutions.
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The origin for the drive to ban RVs remains a mystery (“Amid protests, Mountain View council passes RV ban,” Sept. 27). Mayor Matichak and Vice Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga, as well as Councilwoman Ellen Kamei, make reference to those who, during their campaign for election to the council, urged them to pursue the ban. And they comment on all of the favorable communication they are receiving about their current efforts. I am wondering why there is virtually no public testimony at council meetings favoring the ban. This forum welcomes open communication, and the mayor has made it clear that all opinions will be respected and that seems to be holding. I can understand and do share the concerns of those who mourn the loss of the ‘old’ Mountain View following the huge influx of jobs and insufficient housing. But most of those on our streets do not choose to be there! Is there no groundswell for the ban? Or has there been insufficient opportunity for a respectful exchange of concerns? If our council members are responding to the arguments in favor of a ban, why is their rationale weak, citing a nonexistent public safety crisis or a potential public health crisis? What are the real concerns? At the second reading of the
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ban at the City Council meeting on October 22, I call upon those in favor of the ban to share their concerns in testimony. I also call upon the council members to elaborate on their rationale for the ban beyond their current comments, which seem superficial and uncaring. Hopefully they can share the thoughts of constituents who are in touch with them on this issue. Mountain View deserves a more thorough discussion on this issue. Mike Fischetti View Street
LUDWIG’S DELAYS As a loyal customer of the old Bierhaus, I was extremely upset about the messy closing of my favorite spot to drink great beer, hang out and people watch on Castro. I was thrilled to hear Ludwig’s was ready to open a similar type of business in the same spot. After reading the article “Ready, set, delay” (Sept. 27), I am thoroughly disgusted by the lack of cooperation by our local planners at Mountain View City Hall. Instead of supporting an upcoming local business, they seem to be going out of their way to make things difficult for the new owners and drain them of their financial resources. The building could be bringing in revenue for the city, employment
and revenue for residents and vendors such as myself, not to mention be a happy place for its citizens and workers. Instead, it’s empty and desolate and becoming a hangout for the homeless. Among the many ridiculous contingencies holding up the permit are the removal of the Greek-style pillars costing $18,000! Any local is familiar with these quirky items left over from the old Wienerschnitzel days. No more offensive than the hideous color palette of tans and browns the city imposes on its buildings. Why get so uptight about a building that will most likely be flattened for another office block and chain restaurant at the end of its lease anyway? Mr. Bate showed tremendous restraint in his comments, no doubt worried he might upset someone at City Hall and further delay the process. I and many others don’t have to show this restraint. Hey city planners — this stinks! What are you going to do about it? Ian Bimpson Crane Avenue
SJ POST RECORD STORY I applaud Mark Noack for his wonderful and extensive report, “’No human being actually reads’ it” (Oct. 4). This report shows how Mr. Noack is a news
reporter who does not limit himself to just writing about the “daily or current” events but goes beyond the ordinary to find and report facts as few others do. It is incredible that Mountain View officials have been running public notices during a quarter of a century on a paper that has a distribution of fewer than 50 copies. And most people do not know it exists, much less read it since it is not found in Mountain View. It is also hard to believe, but I am not surprised by what Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga does and says: When she does the bidding for legal advertising, she will go for the “lowest responsible bidder,” even though the bidder publication is nowhere to be found in Mountain View. She has “to be mindful of taxpayers dollars,” but she does not care about the fact that the taxpayer has the right to find where to read about what he or she is paying for. Job Lopez McCarty Avenue
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Restored Alpine Inn is ‘the best version of Rossotti’s that it’s ever been’ By Elena Kadvavy
uccessfully updating a 167-year-old institution isn’t easy when generations of customers feel a strong emotional attachment to it. So when a group took over the beloved Alpine Inn in Portola Valley after its owner died, expectations were high — as were the fears, that the new owners would create something too trendy, too expensive, too out of character for what had been a casual, down-home hangout 16
for locals for decades. Judging by the crowds that have flooded The Alpine Inn, known to locals as Rossotti’s or Zott’s, since it reopened this summer, those fears have been dispelled. Zott’s may have new floors, clean bathrooms, free Wi-Fi and artisan wood-fired pizza, but the spirit of the place largely lives on. The “goal was to make this the best version of Rossotti’s that it’s ever been,” said Greg St. Claire, who was brought in by partners Lori and Deke Hunter, Jim Kohlberg, Stephanie
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Above: Hors d’oeurves at the Alpine Inn in Portola Valley, which recently reopened after undergoing an extensive renovation. Top: One of the walls inside the Alpine Inn is decorated with Stanford University memorabilia.
Weekend Harman and Fred Harman to restore The Alpine Inn to its former glory. (St. Claire owns Avenir Restaurant Group, which runs Nola in Palo Alto, Milagros in Redwood City and Town in San Carlos.) Deke Hunter, St. Claire and Fred Harman are all from the area and raised their children in Portola Valley. St. Claire grew up in Portola Valley, playing soccer and baseball at nearby fields and going to Zott’s with his father on Sundays. As family lore goes, his dad was a new freshman at
Stanford University and had been on campus for all of 10 minutes before his roommate told him, “Put your crap in the corner. Let’s go and get a pitcher of beer at Zott’s.” When Lori Hunter was a Stanford student, you could find her at Zott’s every Friday. “All the partners that went in on this have been coming here for a long time. We all were afraid it was going to either get closed or be radically changed,” she said. Locals’ love for Zott’s never
faded, but the space itself had, considerably. The new owners undertook a serious renovation project (asbestos removal included), complicated further by the fact that the building has historic status. Over several months, they tore out the tavern’s floor, built an outdoor bar, made the 250-seat beer garden wheelchair-accessible and opened up an idyllic, previously hidden view onto Los Trancos Creek, which trickles along the back of the outdoor space. Darts, a beer pong table, cornhole, large
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flat-screen TVs for game days and live music on Fridays make the backyard a draw for people of all ages. The original wooden tabletops, picnic tables and benches where decades of customers had carved their initials and names were repurposed into a wall next to the outside bar and a planter for a small herb and vegetable garden. They kept the horse parking out front (a group of locals still arrive on horseback some weekends, St. Claire said) and a plaque marking the
“beginning of the internet age” in 1976 when a crew of SRI scientists, sitting at a picnic table in the beer garden, successfully sent an electronic message from a computer. Inside, the tavern is decorated with Stanford athletics memorabilia donated by an alumnus who went to grade school with St. Claire. One wall is dedicated to framed photos of all of the former owners, starting with Felix Buelna, who opened what was See ALPINE INN, page 20
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then known as Casa de Tableta in 1852 as a “roadhouse for country men to meet, play cards, to drink and to dance;” to John and Molly Alexander, whose death in 2017 prompted the eventual sale to the group of partners. Food-wise, the new owners wanted to preserve some of the classics, like the Zott’s burger, but completely overhauled the sourcing and ingredients. The burger is now made with beef from St. Claire’s own cattle ranch in Loma Rica or grass-fed
beef from Oregon. Vegetables are organic and local, including heirloom tomatoes from nearby Webb Ranch. They added salads, a charcuterie plate and wines on tap. The kitchen is led by chef Sean Agoliati, formerly of Los Altos Grill. Facing some critical cooking limitations — a too-small kitchen and a lagging PG&E power upgrade — they brought in a massive smoker from Georgia and a 1942 Dodge Farm truck outfitted with a wood-fired pizza oven to shoulder some of the burden. All of the food and drink is served in compostable containers given
that there’s not enough space for a commercial dishwasher. (The next project will be to build a bigger kitchen, the owners said.) They’ve been overwhelmed by the community response, in a good way. By Sundays, St. Claire said, the kitchen basically runs out of ingredients and the bar out of beer. They’re regularly doing six times the volume of the old Alpine Inn at its peak, St. Claire said. “It reaffirmed what we were feeling,” St. Claire said, “that it’s such an important part of the community.” Email Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@paweekly.com V
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A wood-fired pizza from Zott’s in Portola Valley.
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Documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s new film “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” looks at Miles Davis’enduring influence: The trumpeter, composer, and bandleader practically defined jazz in his own image as the ultimate in cool sophistication that never stopped innovating. Coming in at just under two hours, the film functions as a primer rather than a deep dive. On these terms, Nelson does a fine job of compressing Davis’ nearly 50-year career (1944-1991), following some personal history context. Mostly though, “Birth of the Cool” hurtles through the “milestones” of Davis’ career, touching on his key romantic relationships and struggles with addiction. Not MPAA rated. One hour, 55 minutes. — P.C.
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Antonio Banderas stars in “Pain and Glory.”
No ‘Pain,’ no ‘Glory’ FILMMAKER PEDRO ALMODÓVAR RETURNS WITH A PERSONAL STORY 0001/2 (Aquarius) For forty years, Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has made feature films with distinctive flair: literally and figuratively colorful, witty, sexy and sex-positive, and deeply personal in style and substance. At home and abroad, the writer-director has embodied the post-Franco hedonistic freedom of “La Movida Madrileño” (“the Madrid scene”) that coincided perfectly with his rise. Almodóvar’s latest, the semi-autobiographical “Pain and Glory” (“Dolor y Gloria”), finds the filmmaker contemplating his own creation as a man and an artist. Although it has its amusements, “Pain and Glory” mostly finds Almodóvar, now 70, in his contemplative mode. Appearing in his eighth Almodóvar film, Antonio Banderas portrays a thinly veiled version of the filmmaker. As celebrated Spanish filmmaker Salvador Mallo, Banderas wears Almodóvar’s clothes and frizzy white hairstyle, and putters around an apartment dressed with borrowed dÈcor from Almodóvar’s own home. Mallo finds himself in a funk. Suffering from a number of painful physical and psychological ailments (itemized in an animated monologue), Mallo has drifted into self-imposed retirement. Things begin to change when a local repertory cinema programs his film “Sabor” and requests his appearance at a post-screening Q&A. Long estranged from the film’s leading man Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia), Mallo finds himself compelled to seek out his former collaborator and bury
the hatchet. He finds Crespo — styled in long hair, goatee, tattoos, jewelry, denim and leather that invite comparison to Johnny Depp — to be a functional heroin addict, and recognizing an out from his pain, Mallo asks to join Crespo in a smoke. “These late discoveries are the worst,” Crespo warns him. It’s a warning that may just as well apply to Mallo’s late-inlife reflections on his childhood with a loving but judgmental mother (Penélope Cruz, in her sixth Almodóvar film), his prime spent with long-lost love Federico (Leonardo Sbaraglia), and his current state of despondency. “Without filming, my life is meaningless,” he muses. “But that’s how things are.” “Pain and Glory” elegantly slip-slides backwards and forwards in time to illustrate these “late discoveries,” which are memories but also, in a real sense, the stories Mallo tells himself. Federico’s story first emerges in a monologue (“The Addiction”) Mallo grudgingly allows Crespo to perform on stage, while another story, “The First Desire,” recalls his literally swoony sexual awakening at age 9 in the company of a construction worker (César Vicente) he teaches to read. Both of these stories have been in Almodóvar’s drawer, and he has noted how “Pain and Glory” forms a thematic trilogy with his earlier films “Law of Desire” (1987) and “Bad Education” (2004). “The Addiction” also recounts Almodóvar’s love affair with movies and movie stars, illustrated by clips of Marilyn Monroe in “Niagara”
and Warren Beatty in “Splendor in the Grass.” For all of his stylistic skills — that arresting use of bold colors, his capacity for campy humor and kitschy design — it is this playful, poignant, personal control of narrative that has grown Almodóvar into such an affecting, mature storyteller. Above all, “Pain and Glory” plays as a poetic remembrance of things past, a reconciliation of self, powerfully capturing the emotional essence of keenly formative experiences and deep loves. Rated R for drug use, some graphic nudity and language. One hour, 53 minutes. — Peter Canavese
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Director/co-writer Todd Phillips takes Batman’s most famous villain for a joy(less) ride in “Joker,” and the results are decidedly mixed. And yet this psychodrama, an origin story for the DC Comics character, qualifies as riveting due to its casting coup of Joaquin Phoenix as the homicidal clown prince of crime. For years, Phoenix has steadily built a case for himself as the heir to method-acting giants like Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro. Here he plays mentally ill clown and aspiring stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck (soon to be reborn as Joker), and De Niro gives his blessing by showing up as latenight talk show host Murray Franklin, a nod to the Scorsese films “Joker” references. If “Joker” has lessons to impart, they are these: Don’t bully, because your victim may be the next mass murderer; beware of the poor masses; and oh yeah, allocate more social resources to mental health. The film suggests that empathy would go a long way to solving a problem like Fleck. “Joker” isn’t the film to seriously tackle this or any issue — it’s more concerned with flair than genuine inquiry — but Phoenix’s pained, raw-nerve performance is one for the ages.Rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images. Two hours, 1 minute. — P.C.
The PBS series “Downton Abbey,” about an aristocratic English household and its servants, has returned four years after its television finale. Fans will likely delight in this big-screen reunion movie; others have no reason to bother. The movie proves so congealed from its 52-episode history that it’s hard to tell if the actors are overacting or not. Creator Julian Fellowes pens this fan-service follow up with its “Dick Van Dyke Show” plot: Uh oh! The boss is coming over for dinner. Everything has to be perfect! In this case, of course, “the boss” means King George V (Simon Jones), accompanied by Queen Mary (Geraldine James). In 1927, their royal tour through the English countryside will include a stop at Downton, the Yorkshire estate of the Earl of Grantham, a.k.a. the Crawley family. Rated PG for thematic elements, some suggestive material, and language. Two hours, 2 minutes. — P.C.
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Many high-powered companies require non-disclosure agreements that carry a threat of civil action should an employee or ex-employee spill sensitive information. But when the company is the government and the information is state secrets, the consequence of talking goes beyond a lawsuit. If we’re talking, we’re talking treason. Gavin Hood’s latest film “Official Secrets” looks at just such a case, a historic principled violation of the U.K.’s Official Secrets Act. Keira Knightley plays Katherine Gun, a translator for British intelligence who finds herself in a world-shaking dilemma during the march to the Iraq War in 2003,after her office receives an emailed memo from the U.S. National Security Agency directing the Brisith Government Communications Headquarters employees to aid in blackmailing UN officials ahead of the vote to authorize the war. Rated R for language. One hour, 52 minutes. — P.C.
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When a family launches into a cover-up of one member’s stage-four lung cancer, even a colluding doctor casually tells a skeptic, “It’s a good lie.” “The Farewell” taps a rich vein of gentle humor concerning the idiosyncrasies and foibles within family dynamics and generational differences. In the story, Billi (Awkwafina) is a firstgeneration Chinese American immigrant living in Brooklyn and struggling to make ends meet as a writer when her parents, Haiyan (Tzi Ma) and Jian (Diana Lin), reluctantly break the news that Billi’s grandmother, or “Nai Nai” (Zhao Shuzhen), hasn’t long to live, and as Haiyan explains, “The family thinks it’s
better not to tell her.” The tension of that moral decision, which must be remade in every moment with Nai Nai, suffuses every scene in “The Farewell,” pressing the audience to adopt their own moral stance. Rated PG for thematic material, brief language and some smoking. One hour, 40 minutes. — P.C.
Q NOWSHOWING Abominable (PG) ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. The Addams Family (2019) (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. Downton Abbey (PG) ++ ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. Frankenstein (1931) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. Gemini Man (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. Hustlers (R) ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. The Impatient Maiden (1932) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday Jexi (R)
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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 3273241) tinyurl.com/Aquariuspa Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View tinyurl.com/Century16 Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City tinyurl.com/Century20 CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare ShowPlace Icon: 2575 California St. #601, Mountain View tinyurl.com/iconMountainView Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org
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‘Sweat’ “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for drama, tells of a group of steel workers in Berks County, Pennsylvania, who find themselves pitted against each other in a desperate fight to stay afloat. Oct. 17-Nov. 10; times vary. $20-$35. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. thepear.org ‘The Kingdom of Cards’ “The Kingdom of Cards,” by Rabindranath Tagore, written in 1937, parodies the fascist atmosphere that hypnotized Europe and explores human responses to radical change. Oct. 11-13; times vary. $15$50. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info. ‘Mark Twain’s River of Song’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley continues its 50th anniversary season with the West Coast premiere of “Mark Twain’s River of Song.” Through Oct. 27; times vary. $30-$100; discounts available, pricing subject to change. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. theatreworks.org ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ Palo Alto Children’s Theatre presents “The Phantom Tollbooth,” which follows Milo into the fantastical world of the Lands Beyond on a quest to rescue princesses Rhyme and Reason. Oct. 17-27; times vary. $14-$16. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.org/childrenstheatre Upstage Theater’s ‘Radium Girls’ Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. This performance is two hours long with one 15-minute intermission and is appropriate for ages 5 and up due to subject matter. Oct. 18-20; times vary. $22; discount for students ages 21 and under. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info.
The Arts at St. Bede’s presents Elaine Thornburgh “A Suite Journey” takes audiences through the evolution of the suite as a solo harpsichord composition, beginning with Froberger and continuing through Louis Couperin and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, culminating in Bach’s “Partita in E Minor.” Oct. 13, 4-5:30 p.m. $20; discount for students. St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park. stbedesmenlopark.org Andrew Speight: “Bird with Strings” A performance of Andrew Speight’s “Bird with Strings,” with The Andrew Speight Jazz Quartet, The Alexander String Quartet and oboe, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Charlie Parker’s birth and the 70th anniversary of the creation of this blend of jazz and classical music. Oct. 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $45; discounts for PAJA members, students. Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. pajazzalliance.org Chucho Valdes Afro-Cuban jazz musician Chucho Valdes will perform following a pre-concert discussion with Stanford University Professor Rebeca Mauleon. Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. $32-$84; discounts available. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. live.stanford.edu 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. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at 7 p.m. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org/livemusic Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’ A love triangle set against the backdrop of ancient Babylon, “Nabucco” is the opera that propelled Verdi into international stardom as an opera composer. Oct. 18-27; times vary. $35-$92; discounts for students, seniors, groups. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. wbopera.org/nabucco-2019
CONCERTS Bob Dylan And His Band Goldenvoice, Another Planet and Stanford Live Present Bob Dylan and His Band. Oct. 14, 7-10 p.m. $69.50. Frost Amphitheater, 351 Lasuen St., Stanford. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Free Organ Recital Weekly noontime organ recitals on the two Flentrop organs at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, played by music director Rodney Gehrke. Each recital will include at least one work by J.S. Bach. Tuesdays through May 26, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free. All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. asaints.org Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra Program 1 The Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra, featuring trumpeter Brad Hogarth, will perform Chabrier’s “Fetes Polonaise,” Arutunian’s “Concerto for Trumpet” and Schumann’s “Symphony No. 1 in Bb major ‘Spring.’” Oct. 13, 2:30-5 p.m. $25; discounts for students, seniors. Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. brownpapertickets.com pluko Electronic dance music artist pluko will perform with special guest PICO. Oct. 18, 9:30 p.m. $25; discount for Stanford University students. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. live.stanford.edu Voices of Music: Virtuoso Baroque Concertos San Francisco’s Voices of Music ensemble will perform works by masters ranging from Vivaldi to Bach. Oct. 11, 8 p.m. $50; discounts available. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. voicesofmusic.org/Concerts.html
FESTIVALS & FAIRS Autotech Council Science Fair 2019 Autotech Council’s annual Science Fair allows car makers, vendors, startups, academics and investors to promote their innovations, projects and co-development products in a show-and-tell format. Oct. 14, 1-4 p.m. Free. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. autotechcouncil.com Avenidas’ 50th Birthday Bash Avenidas celebrates its 50th anniversary with a family-friendly festival, featuring a performance by the Stanford band, face painting, games, virtual reality and the Mr. Softee ice cream truck. Oct. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. business.menloparkchamber.com Gamble Garden Monarch Festival Gamble Garden presents its first-ever festival to celebrate monarch butterflies and pollinators. Activities include hands-on arts and crafts, games, education tables, live monarch life cycle displays, short talks for all ages and more. Oct. 12, 9 a.m.noon. Free; registration required. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. gamblegarden.org Local Author Book Fair The Mountain View Library presents a showcase of Bay Area authors. Attendees will be able to meet the authors, buy their books and have them signed. The book fair will feature an array of authors across different genres, including nonfiction, scifi, mystery, children’s and more. Oct. 12, 1-3 p.m. Free.
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TALKS & LECTURES ‘The Farthest World We Have Ever Explored’ Jeff Moore of NASA gives a free lecture on the most distant world space scientists have ever explored, Ultima Thule. Oct. 16, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. foothill.edu Rick Crandall Rick Crandall, the author of “The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain,” will talk about his adventures with an Australian terrier named Emme, who was responsible for him starting to hike in the hills around Aspen, Colorado, in his 60s. Free. Books Inc., 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Shoshana Berger and B.J. Miller: ‘A Beginner’s Guide to the End of Life’ B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger discuss their work, “A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death” and offer step-by-step instructions on managing the end of life. Oct. 17, 7-8 p.m. $8-$55; discounts for students, members. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Ijeoma Oluo with W. Kamau Bell Author Ijeoma Oluo and comedian W. Kamau Bell discuss the bestselling book “So You Want To Talk About Race.” Oct. 14, 7:309 p.m. $20 or $40 with book; discount for students. Spangenberg Theatre at Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. keplers.org Nic Stone with Dashka Slater Kepler’s Books welcomes Nic Stone, author of the New York Times bestseller “Dear Martin,” to discuss her new book, “Jackpot,” a romance that examines class, privilege and how a stroke of good luck can change an entire life. Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers.org
FUNDRAISERS Moonlight Run 2019 The 35th annual Moonlight Run and Walk features a 5K walk, 5K run, 10K run or half-marathon under the light of the full harvest moon. Proceeds go to the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund, benefiting local nonprofits serving families and children. Oct. 11, 7-10 p.m. $35-$55; discounts available for kids. Palo Alto Baylands Athletic Center, 1900 Geng Road, Palo Alto. paloaltoonline.com/moonlight_run
FAMILY Family Fun Day: ‘Wistman’s Wood’ After venturing through the moody mists of Tony Foster’s “Wistman’s Wood” (2013), families will have a chance to create their own artworks inspired by gallery explorations and to play with the enchanted woods-inspired sensory station. Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. The Foster, 940 Commercial St., Palo Alto. Search eventbrite.com for more info. West Bay Model Railroad Association Open House Model trains run on a scenic two-level layout while club members answer questions. Oct. 12 and Nov. 9; 1-4 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Menlo Park Caltrain station, 1090 Merrill St., Menlo Park. business.menloparkchamber.com
MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Kahlil Joseph: ‘BLKNWS’ Kahlil Joseph, a visiting artist in the new Presidential Residencies on the Future of the Arts program, presents his work “BLKNWS,” a two-
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SPORTS Palo Alto Senior Table Tennis: Free and Fun Exercise The Palo Alto Senior Table Tennis Club invites seniors, ages 55 and older, to bring a racket and pair of tennis shoes to play table tennis. Every Tuesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; suggested $1 donation. Cubberley Community Center, Gym B, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Ping Pong Singles Tournament The Mountain View Senior Center hosts a Ping-Pong singles tournament. The tournament will consist of men’s and women’s divisions. All participants must be ages 55+ in order to compete. Oct. 17, 1-5 p.m. Free; registration required. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info.
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idpeninsula real estate has not been what one would consider “normal” for most of the past decade, which draws to a close in just a few months. Robust. Torrid. Sizzling. Even stratospheric. Anything but “normal.” While local Realtors predict a healthy residential market for autumn 2019, soaring prices and appreciation, properties selling within a few days and prospective buyers lining up out to the street are a distant memory. Depending on the area, prices could increase in the single digits. “Prices have certainly evened out,” said Elyse Barca, Realtor in the Menlo Park office of Pacific Union. “Which is not a bad thing. It’s a more normal market this year.” Selma Hepp, vice president of business intelligence for Pacific Union, said what characterizes 2019 has been a “normalization” of the market compared to the frenetic activity of spring 2018. Even by the region’s lofty, pricey standards, it has become more of a buyers’ market again. Leannah Hunt, Realtor in the Palo Alto office of Sereno Group, says the fall market will be good — though probably not quite robust. Sellers of homes in higherpriced categories will likely have to consider reductions. There are many in the market, scattered around the region from San Mateo down to Los Altos Hills, in the $4 million to $5 million-and-up category, she said. Most of the action this fall, according to Hunt and her fellow Realtors, will be in the less-expensive market below $3 million and in established, more urban areas. “Interest still focuses in established neighborhoods in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Los Altos,” she said. “Trying to avoid longer commutes is one of the biggest factors.” Even in these in-demand cities, the
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red-hot market has cooled. By late summer, the median home value in Palo Alto had decreased 13.2% from a year before to $2,830,400, according to Zillow Group Inc., the Seattle-based online real estate database company. That figure was $2,223,400 in Menlo Park, an 8% decline from a year before; and $1,736,800 in Mountain View, down 9.3%. One of the factors that will buoy the market this fall is low interest rates, which, some predict, may drop even further. “Interest rates are compelling for buyers,” Barca said. “That will certainly help fuel the market. Affordability is still a problem, not only here, but around the Bay Area.” But it’s not just low interest rates,
Hepp said. Recent price declines are also stimulating a market in which entry-level housing is generating the lion’s share of activity, Hepp said. “The $3 million and above market has definitely slowed more so than entrylevel,” Hepp said. “The $1 million market is doing very well.” Clara Lee, a Realtor based in the Palo Alto office of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, said she views the fall market as softer than last spring’s, but better than fall 2018. Lower interest rates this autumn are a major advantage. “People were very nervous a year ago,” Lee said. “Things were happening. And they could still happen: trade wars, the stock market. These are events that can either motivate people to buy or remain
sitting on the fence.” But for those who need to buy this year, this is probably the most affordable market during the past six years, she said. Especially for those averse to bidding wars. “Well-priced, well-prepared properties are not typically drawing 10 or 15 offers now,” Lee said. “More like two or three.” Lee said she does see homes sitting on the market longer these days, sometimes because sellers are reluctant to reduce prices. “We’ve even seen homes near Google in Mountain View sit for 40 days or more,” she said. This year has been a cooling-off period of sorts for a market that has seen an “unprecedented run of appreciation in
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‘This has not been a crazy or insane market. There’s been an economic reason for it.’ —BRIAN CHANCELLOR, VICE PRESIDENT AND SALES MANAGER, PALO ALTO OFFICE OF SERENO GROUP
“This is a global place,” he said. “This place attracts accomplished people who tend to be well-off. They come for the quality of life, the great educational institutions, the proximity to San Francisco, Big Sur, Yosemite, southern California. This is a perfect storm — in a positive way.” That global perspective and connection also means the area’s housing market can be affected by national and international events, economics, politics and trends, Chancellor said. “Trade issues, the stock market, Brexit, electoral politics, they can all have an impact on the real estate market,” he said.
Chancellor shares his colleagues’ predictions of a steadier, less-volatile local residential market this fall. The frequent problem of low inventory should improve a bit, and with “attractive” interest rates, sales could range from reasonably good to brisk, depending on price and location, he said. Barca contends the growing popularity of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, is providing a valuable way for local and state officials to improve tight inventory. She said a client has built a 6,000-square-foot home in Menlo Park with a separate one-bedroom unit — including a kitchen, living area and its own entrance — as part of the larger structure. “A really smart and clever way to handle a lack of inventory,” she said. Barca said, regardless of big or small inventory shortages, it’s difficult for a region like the Midpeninsula to not have an active real estate market. “The economy and job market are so strong,” she said. “We have big expansions of major facilities like the Stanford Medical Center. There is so much business activity and so much demand.” A robust job market is one of the region’s — and the local real estate market’s — greatest assets, Hepp agreed. “The rate of job creation in Silicon Valley is incredible,” she said. “The Bay Area continues to be the greatest beneficiaries of venture capital. It’s all very helpful to the real estate industry.” Email freelance writer David Goll at David.w.goll@gmail.com V
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Move in and ready to enjoy, yet ample opportunity to add your own special touches in the futureâ&#x20AC;Ś Being sold by the original owner who had the home built for them, this tow-story home offers 4 bedrooms, including a downstairs bedroom next to a full-size bathroom. 3 full baths, formal entry boasting a curved stairway, large living room with yBt_sOM KOW_WbUĂ&#x203A; TdoaB_ MWbWbU odda dTT sVO OBsøWb ^WsKVObĂ&#x203A; TBaW_| odda zWsV  oOl_BKO and two sliding glass doors opening to the beautifully landscaped yard with custom pool emanating a resort-like feeling. Other features included: 3 car attached garage, WbpWMO _BtbMo| oddaĂ&#x203A; MtB_ lBbO zWbMdzpĂ&#x203A; VBoMzddM Â&#x201A;ddopĂ&#x203A; Kdal_OsOM /OKsWdb zdo^Ă&#x203A; new interior and exterior paint and more! Great house! Great neighborhood! Great living!
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Tori Ann Atwell 650.996.0123 tori.atwell@compass.com
CalBRE# 01837664
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COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE IN MENLO PARK 658 Palmer Lane, Menlo Park
Offered at $1,488,000
On a peaceful street in Menlo Park, this wonderful home offers 3 bedrooms and 2 baths across 1,200 sq. ft. (per county) of light, bright living space on a lot of nearly 5,600 sq. ft. (per city GIS map). An extended front yard plus a covered porch give this home delightful curb appeal, while inside, cathedral ceilings create a fresh, airy ambiance that flows throughout. The living room offers a comfortable gathering place, the kitchen features stainless-steel appliances, and the master suite includes access to the backyard with plenty of space for outdoor entertaining. Topping it all off, this home’s convenient location means the Facebook campus is close at hand, it’s just a short trip to both downtown Menlo Park and Redwood City, and you’ll have easy access to U.S. 101 for Bay Area commuting.
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Saturday & Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 pm
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Listed by Michael Repka of the DeLeon T Team, the #1 T Team in Menlo Park.* *Search Criteria as compiled by BrokerMetrics® using MLS Data: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018, Menlo Park, All Residential Properties.
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Classic Storybook Cottage in Crescent Park 665 Hale Street, Palo Alto 3 Bed
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At the corner of Hale Street and Forest Avenue, a few blocks from bustling downtown Palo Alto, this classic storybook cottage provides the perfect entrée into prestigious Crescent Park—one of Palo Alto’s most MOpWoBJ_O bOWUVJdoVddMpÝ 2VO soBMWsWdbB_ Td|Oo dlObp sd B _WUVs __OMÛ UoBKWdtp _WyWbU odda sVBs aB^Op B UoOBs ops WaloOppWdb BbM WbyWsOp UBsVOoWbUà b sVO BM]BKObs MWbWbU odda B yWbsBUO KVBbMO_WOo pOsp B festive tone for everyday meals and holiday celebrations alike. This quintessential 3 bedroom / 3 bath p KdssBUO O{tMOp lOoWdM KVBoBKsOo sVodtUVdtsà s B_pd dTTOop B ntWOs pOssWbU BbKVdoOM J| B aB]OpsWK oak providing cool shade in the front garden and a heritage redwood in the rear. This property presents a oBoO dlldostbWs| sd Ob]d| sVO JOps dT zVBs +B_d _sd VBp sd dTTOoöO{KO__Obs pKVdd_pÛ B yWJoBbs MdzbsdzbÛ Stanford University and proximity to leading technology companies!
Open House Saturday & Sunday 1:30 - 4:30pm 665HaleStreet.com
Colleen Foraker Realtor 650.380.0085 colleen@colleenforaker.com DRE 01349099 Rankings provided courtesy of Real Trends, The Thousand list of individual agents by total sales volume in 2018. Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity _Bzpà WKObpO !taJOo à __ aBsOoWB_ loOpObsOM VOoOWb Wp WbsObMOM Tdo WbTdoaBsWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoW OMà VBbUOp Wb loWKOÛ KdbMWsWdbÛ pB_O do zWsVdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.
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Stunning Remodeled Starter Home Close to Santana Row & Santa Clara University! Gorgeous remodeled starter or investor’s home close to Santa Clara University & Santana Row! Stunning new kitchen with quartz countertops and new white Shaker cabinets with stainless steel appliances! The completely oOadMO_OM BbM tlMBsOM Û İæø pnà Tsà ddo l_Bb includes three spacious bedrooms and one designer bath located on the huge 7,961 +/- sf lot with plenty of room to expand! Perfect for growing family, couple downsizing or investor! Recent upgrades in addition to the designer kitchen and bath includes new dual pane windows, rich carpeting, luxurious vinyl tile in the new kitchen and bath, new furnace, newly painted inside and out and mature and new landscaping. Located close to Santa Clara University all commutes and schools! Top Santa Clara Schools: Westwood Elementary, Buchser Middle & Santa Clara High School!
1412 Heatherdale Avenue, Santa Clara 95050 | Offered At $999,000
Lynn North REALTOR® 650.703.6437 lnorth@compass.com DRE 01490039
www.1412Heatherdale.com For more information, please call. www.LynnNorth.com
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