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Vol. XXXV, Number 51 Q September 26, 2014

School district’s legal costs soar Page 5

Through Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto, people reconnect with the body and with each other

Pulse 20

Transitions 21

Spectrum 22

Movies 27

Eating Out 29

Puzzles 63

Q News Election: Residents rate council on votes

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Q Home Old and new on Old Mountain View house tour

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Local news, information and analysis

School district’s legal costs soar Board of Education begins lobbying elected officials over Office for Civil Rights

by Elena he Palo Alto school district spent more than $200,000 in the first seven months of 2014 in legal fees related to its cases and conflicts with the federal Office for Civil Rights, including more than $50,000 for attorneys to research, develop and follow up on its June resolution criticizing the agency.

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Kadvany Details of the expenses emerge from legal bills through July reviewed by the Palo Alto Weekly and include work by four lawyers and a communications consultant hired by Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost, the district’s law firm handling the Office for Civil Rights matters.

Following a Public Records Act

request made by the Weekly, the district also released a 12-page document in its board packet for Tuesday’s school board meeting restating its grievances against the Office for Civil Rights. The document was prepared in July by attorneys, district staff, board President Barb Mitchell and Vice President Melissa Baten Caswell.

Titled “Recommendations: Suggestions to Improve Collaboration between School Districts and the Department of Education

Office for Civil Rights,” the document summarizes in 20 sections the board’s complaints against the Office for Civil Rights, which has “disrupted rather than facilitated” the two groups’ “shared mission to safeguard the civil rights of all students.”

The document recommends changes the agency should make to its procedures.

According to the district, the recommendations have been sent with cover letters to a range of

elected officials and organizations, from the local to the national level: Arthur Zeidman, regional director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education in San Francisco; Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary and head of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C.; U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo; state Assemblyman Rich Gordon; state Sen. (continued on page 13)

ELECTION 2014

Group grades council’s ‘residentialist’ credentials Karen Holman and Greg Schmid win top grades in Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning survey

by Gennady Sheyner ith seemingly every candidate in the City Council trying to run under the “residentialist” banner, the citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning (PASZ) has released a scorecard that seeks to quantify each council members “pro-resident” record.

The group, which was formed during last year’s divisive Measure D referendum campaign, identified 20 votes that the council has taken since 2012 that relate to land use and development.

It gave each council member either a “1” for what it called a “resident-favorable” vote or a “0” for a “resident-unfavorable” one.

In the survey, favorable votes tend to be those that oppose new developments, promote solutions to downtown’s traffic and parking woes, and resist “upzoning” of local sites to enable denser developments.

Councilwoman Karen Holman and Councilman Greg Schmid earned the highest scores from the residents group, with each scoring 85 percent. Councilman Larry Klein and Councilwoman Gail Price scored the lowest, with 20 percent each.

The rest of the council scored as follows: Q Marc Berman — 56 percent Q Pat Burt — 55 percent Q Liz Kniss — 38 percent Q Greg Scharff — 30 percent Q Nancy Shepherd — 25 percent The survey’s scope is limited by both its time frame (it doesn’t cover incumbents’ votes before 2012 or after June 2, 2014), its list of issues (the group chose 20 out of

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Pilot Jennifer Julian raises the seat in a Cessna plane before her flight. Julian is working towards her instrument-rating certification at the Palo Alto Municipal Airport.

TRANSPORTATION

Transplant survivor is flying high Annual Palo Alto Airport Day inaugurates new era of city operations ennifer Julian sat in the flight simulator’s cockpit and soared through the clouds. Before her, the large computer screen was a blank sea of gray. Dialing in coordinates on the instrument panel, she called out headings to flightinstrument instructor Chuck Hellweg: “Initial heading 0-6-0; transponder on for 5-0-5.”

Cleared for takeoff, she steered the plane down Palo Alto Airport’s Runway 31.

“This plane really cranks,” she said, as the simulated engine roared and she lifted off into the sky.

Taking to the air is doubly special for Julian. Eight years ago she was gasping for breath, waiting for a double-lung trans-

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by Sue Dremann plant. Last year the Federal Aviation Administration cleared her for solo-pilot takeoff, finding her “fit to fly” with help from the Stanford Hospital transplant team and a final flight check with an FAA examiner.

“I got a second chance. My attitude is: Go out and kick butt!” she said, over the engine’s hum.

Julian has spent the last three years learning to fly out of Palo Alto Airport — the third busiest in the region with 180,000 annual takeoffs and landings, according to Airport Manager Andrew Swanson. Some people think the airport is a waste of public money that only serves the wealthy, but for people like Julian, it is a godsend.

“That airport is used by Stanford Life Flight and Angel Flight, and they fly in organs for transplants. ... For flying in patients and retrieving of organs, it’s a huge asset,” she said.

Without Palo Alto Airport, its supporters say, Stanford’s and other emergency flights would lose precious time while trying to save lives. The airport has also been a boon to many businesses that rely on quick access to small planes for trips to manufacturing plants and other outposts.

Stanford Life Flight helicopters do roughly 600 transports per year, and it launches twice as many trips for potentially life(continued on page 11)

the hundreds of votes taken) and the group’s specific view of what it means to be “pro-residential.”

For example, it views the council’s approval of the redevelopment of Edgewood Plaza in 2012 (which in addition to its residential and office space includes a new supermarket) as unfavorable to residents, an assessment that would likely be disputed by neighbors who have long worked with the applicant to come up with an acceptable plan to restore the dilapidated plaza.

Likewise, the group deems as resident-unfavorable the council’s brief consideration in 2013 of jointly developing a garage with developer Charles “Chop” Keenan, even though the plan was sparked by an upswell of residents’ concerns about insufficient parking. Similarly, council members who in June opposed adoption of new laws regarding wider sidewalks and greater setback of buildings from El Camino Real received unfavorable grades. The fact that the dissenters didn’t really oppose the reforms but merely wanted them to be explored later, as part of a broader conversation about zoning changes, does not get captured in the “no” vote.

At the same time, the group scored as favorable those votes that promote reform to the city’s much criticized “planned community” (PC) zoning (which allows developers to request zoning exemptions for negotiated public benefits); support a parking-permit program for residents; and support a requirement to preserve (continued on page 14)

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Upfront

3Re-elect

Greg

Scharff for City Council www.GregScharff.com

We Support Greg! and on the City Council, “AsGregMayor has led the effort to prioritize a new Public Safety Building, 911 Communications Center, and replace seismically unsafe fire stations to keep all Palo Alto residents safe” Annette Glanckopf, Midtown Residents Association Greg has proven his ability to make thoughtful decisions at City Hall that reflect his commitment to our community and his support of Palo Alto’s outstanding schools.”

Dana Tom, Palo Alto Unified School District Trustee

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listens to all sides of an issue “Greg and then makes common sense decisions which are in the best interest of Palo Alto residents and neighborhood preservation.”

Lanie Wheeler, former Palo Alto Mayor I support Greg Scharff. He listens. He understands.

He leads. And he makes the hard decisions to protect Palo Alto.”

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— Liz Kniss, Palo Alto vice mayor, of the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s reason for delaying local flood-control and golf-course projects.

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Around Town

15 and GIFTED ... He isn’t old enough to drive or vote, but this week Arun Jambulapati, 15, started his first day of grad school at Stanford University, according to a report by KPIX 5. Jambulapati, of Memphis, is studying applied mathematics at the prestigious university after earning his bachelor’s degree in math from the University of Memphis. Jambulapati, who realized he was gifted when he was in first grade, skipped high school and went straight to college at the age of 10. His family, including his father, mother and younger sister have also relocated from Memphis to Palo Alto to be by his side.

LET’S TALK ABOUT MURDER ... Jon Parsons, an attorney living and practicing in Palo Alto, will speak on “Notorious Murders in Palo Alto” at the Palo Alto Historical Association meeting on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m. Parsons will provide a look back at significant murders in the city’s history before speaking on the 1958 “urge killing” of Cubberley High School student Deena Bonn by a 19-year-old Stanford student.

The case resonates with the famous 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder, where two University of Chicago students kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy in Chicago because they wanted to commit the perfect crime.

Parsons has been practicing law for the past 35 years and is currently working on a book on historically compelling murders in Palo Alto. The free meeting is open to the public and will be held at Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

BREAKING THE PATTERN ...

Statewide education research and advocacy organization Education Trust-West, which does work around the achievement gap, has identified Palo Alto Unified School District as one of 11 districts that are “breaking the pattern” when it comes to serving English learners. A report released Tuesday, “The Language of Reform: English Learners in California’s Shifting Education Landscape,” categorized Palo Alto as a top “other/multilingual district” where more than 50 percent of English learners speak

languages other than Spanish and/or at least three languages are spoken by 10 percent of English learners. In that category, Palo Alto was one of the top four districts in the state, along with Arcadia Unified, La Cañada Unified and San Marino Unified.

The report also looked at the percentage of “Ever-EL” students (a group consisting of both English learners and those who are Reclassified-Fluent-English Proficient, or RFEP) who scored proficient or advanced on the English language arts portion of the 2013 California Standards Test (CST) in third, eighth and 11th grades. (Education Trust-West said it selected those grades because third grade is the first tested grade, and eighth and 11th grade represent outcomes for the highest tested grade levels in the middle and high school grade spans.) Sixty-one percent of Palo Alto’s third-graders in this group scored proficient or advanced, as well as 81 percent of eighthgraders and 67 percent of high school juniors. “Our hard-working, dedicated staff members are to be commended for developing programs and practices to serve our array of English language learners,” Superintendent Max McGee said in a statement. “We are proud of this recognition and hope we can share our best practices with other schools and districts as well as continue to learn and to improve upon our own efforts.”

CULTURE OF JAPAN ... Palo Alto will host the Japan Tsuchiura Festival on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its relationship with sister city Tsuchiura, Japan.

Sixteen delegates from Tsuchiura will be at the festival to help mark the occasion. Palo Alto Mayor Nancy Shepherd and Tsuchiura Vice Mayor Goto Hideaki will present the delegation with a plaque and the two cities will exchange flags to solidify their bond. The free event will feature a tea ceremony, Zen meditation, anime-drawing contest, martial arts demonstrations, bonsai demonstrations, silent auction, food trucks and children activities including face painting, origami and Koinobori making. Q

Upfront ELECTION 2014

Board hopefuls: more needed for minorities, special education Five school board contenders discuss achievement gap, rebuilding trust

by Elena Kadvany Saturday morning school board debate hosted by two Palo Alto parent groups that represent specialeducation students and students of color took on a personal tilt, with almost all of the five board hopefuls sharing their own experiences with the district’s specialeducation offerings and treatment of minority students.

Jay Cabrera, Gina Dalma, Ken Dauber, Catherine Crystal Foster and Terry Godfrey are in the running for two open seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education in this November’s election.

Cabrera introduced himself Saturday to a group of about 20 to 30

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community members as a recent product of the Palo Alto school district who had trouble in school but did not receive the help or resources he needed until he was diagnosed with dyslexia in college.

Dalma referenced her son’s hearing impairment, which led her family to seek out an Individualized Education Program (IEP), which she said was a successful, positive process. Two of Dauber’s five children also had IEPs, and Godfrey said her children, too, have been “involved in special ed.”

In many of the candidates’ comments Saturday — in response to questions posed by the Palo Alto Community Advisory Committee for Special Education (CAC), Parent Advocates for Student Success (PASS) and the audience — they overlapped in opinion. They agreed the district has significant work to do on addressing the achievement gap, providing equal opportunities for students with disabilities, hiring and retaining a more diverse teacher pool and better implementing and managing inclusion programs. They all stressed that evaluation, data and

IF YOU’RE GOING The board candidates will next appear publicly in two forums hosted by the Palo Alto Council of PTAs. The first is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Gunn High School and will focus on secondary education. The second will focus on elementary education and is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. at an elementary school to be determined.

fresh leadership will pave a more fruitful path to actually accomplishing these goals.

Many of them pointed to decisions that new Superintendent Max McGee has already made that indicate his commitment to, and their confidence in, spurring concrete change. Godfrey said that he has asked staff who work on special education to report directly to him; Foster said he is “taking a stand” on the district’s efforts to recruit more teachers of color; Dauber said McGee has committed to doubling the rate of

equity training of teachers.

“It isn’t always easy to talk about this,” Dauber said. “(McGee) is taking a risk in raising the issue of unconscious bias because it’s difficult to hear. I think that our job as board members and a community is to get behind that kind of realism and compassion and really support him in that work.”

Such optimism was in stark contrast to many of the candidates’ criticisms of problematic leadership that has kept the district from moving forward on the issues most important to special education and minority students and families in Palo Alto.

“What we have here with the achievement gap in our schools is, as I’ve often said, a shame on our district,” Foster said in response to a question of getting all graduating high school seniors, especially African-American and Hispanic students, to meet course requirements for entering state universities.

Cabrera also condemned current district leadership for “not meeting the community on this particular (achievement gap) issue.”

“We need to empower people who are of the demographics and of the community who need to make the changes ... that means that as a school board, our goal needs to be to provide the resources and funding and staff to empower leaders in our community,” he said.

Dalma said if elected, she would ensure that the goal of recruiting a more diverse teacher population is added to the district’s Strategic Plan. She said the district’s biggest challenge in regards to supporting students of color and children with special needs is that “we believe we’re the bestperforming school district and the biggest challenge of that is to see where we can learn and grow.”

One audience question pointedly expressed “extreme distrust” in the district as a result of an experience with the IEP process.

“I had to hire an advocate to get the accommodations my child required,” the person wrote. “What will you do to ensure my very negative experience is not repeat(continued on page 16)

We Support A.C. Johnston for Palo Alto City Council

Larry Klein former Mayor, current councilmember

Walt Hays Sustainability advocate As a managing partner of the Palo Alto office of a major law firm, there is no doubt that A.C. has the ability to deal with the complex issues facing Palo Alto. He is also strong on the environment, and will bring needed balance and moderation to the council.

Also pictured, Peter Drekmeier, former Mayor A.C.’s extensive professional experience and excellent negotiating skills make him the right choice for city council this year and indeed any year.

Liz Kniss Vice Mayor

Sid Espinosa former Mayor During these times of change, Palo Alto needs real leadership — and that’s exactly what A.C. can provide. He is ready to fight to ensure Palo Alto is economically sound, family-friendly, innovative, walkable and bikeable. Vote for A.C.!

Jackie Wheeler

Community Activist and Greenmeadow resident

John Kelley and Lisa Van Dusen

Community Center residents

A.C. has all the qualities I believe are essential for public service: proven leadership and an independent, thoughtful approach to decision-making. He will be a valued addition on our council.

Bruce Swenson & Betsy Bechtel

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Upfront PARKS AND RECREATION

Palo Alto looks to unleash local dogs with shared-use park City’s parks commissioners propose an experimental dog run og owners yearning for new places to let their companions run free might soon get a little treat from the city.

Responding to years of complaints and requests from local dog lovers, Palo Alto is consid-

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ering an experiment that would temporarily add a dog park to an existing recreation area. The sixmonth trial would create a shareduse area at a city-owned location, according to a proposal that the city’s Parks and Recreation Com-

mission discussed Tuesday night.

The three likeliest locations now under consideration are the Baylands Athletic Center, Greer Park and Hoover Park. Both parks already have small dog runs; the city’s proposal would expand these areas and include new signs and fencing.

Parks commissioners on Tuesday emphasized that the experiment is, at best, a temporary solution to the puzzling problem of insufficient dog recreation areas.

The City Council’s recent attempt to build a new dog run at the renovated El Camino Park faltered because of the site’s proximity to endangered species, and officials hope to come up with new ideas as part of the city’s work on the new Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan.

Once completed, the document will evaluate recreational needs and opportunities. In the meantime, the city staff is recommending the pilot program.

Details for the new dog park need to be hashed out, including the exact location and enforcement and outreach strategies. But commissioners, who did not vote on the proposal Tuesday, agreed that the plan is worth pursuing.

“It’s really about taking a sixmonth period of time and looking at it in totality,” said Abbie Knopper, member of an ad hoc committee that is refining the pilot program.

The city would measure the costs

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by Gennady Sheyner

Dogs play at the dog run at Palo Alto’s Hoover Park in 2013 and benefits of the program and then consider whether it’s worth making permanent, Knopper said.

The proposal is fairly modest, with the shared-use area open for two morning hours from Monday to Friday. Yet plenty of questions remain unanswered. Commissioners wondered Tuesday whether the new dog run would add to the city’s maintenance costs and, if so, who would foot the bill. The ad hoc committee favored asking the city’s nascent citizens group, Palo Alto Dog Owners, to coordinate, manage and fund a cleanup service like one used in Menlo Park, where a dog owner’s group pays about $6,000 a year.

Rob De Geus, assistant director of the city’s Community Services Department, said there is a benefit to having local dog users chip in because it would signal to other field users that the group is “organized and committed and contributing to the field.” He also said he has some concerns about using staff.

“We struggle to keep up with athletic fields as they are,” De Geus said.

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the dog group should not have to finance this project.

“I think it’s setting the wrong precedent here,” Crommie said.

“I think people who own dogs are fully entitled to services within our city.”

Otherwise, she said, she was happy to see the trial start.

The parks commission has been considering new opportunities for canines for years. In 2009, members held a public meeting with about 100 dog owners. According to staff, many residents expressed a strong desire for off-leash dog recreation areas in all areas of Palo Alto and for possible use of fenced athletic fields by off-leash dogs during non-peak hours. The conversation continued this summer, when the ad hoc committee met with Palo Alto Dog Owners, which has about 300 members.

The city’s existing dog amenities are limited to the two small dog runs in Greer and Hoover parks (0.12 and 0.14 acres, respectively) and a half-acre area in Mitchell Park. The new shareduse park would be significantly larger — at least 0.9 acres.

Howard Hoffman, a member of Palo Alto Dog Owners, said his group is pleased with the commission’s proposal but suggested that the new facility be located close to where people live. In other words, not in the Baylands.

“We don’t feel this is going to be the total solution, but we’re happy to see something,” Hoffman said.

“We know the city is in the middle of a major effort of doing a new master plan for parks. We hope it’s going to include some opportunities for dog recreation, particularly since (the pilot) doesn’t address north of Oregon Expressway.”

Former commissioner and enthusiastic dog owner Daria Walsh also said she was pleased about the proposed pilot. She noted that it’s not just dogs that benefit from the facilities.

“Recreational dog facilities allow a really deep connection between people,” Walsh said. “It’s just a way you can connect with people that is beyond a lot of other options in the city.” Q

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Superintendent calls for exploration of new elementary school Recommendation comes in conjunction with enrollment report

by Elena Kadvany he Palo Alto school district’s debate over opening a 13th elementary school, defined by years of delays in decision making, took a new turn Tuesday night with Superintendent Max McGee recommending the board convene a committee to examine the need for a new school.

The majority of the school board got behind McGee’s recommendation, which came in conjunction with the 14th-day enrollment report for this school year. The report shows continued growth, overflow of students to schools farther away from their homes and limited classroom space in the areas of the district that are the most crowded. Projected future growth means continuing to overflow elementary school students to keep class sizes small; and using portables and sharing classrooms at Palo Alto’s near-capacity middle schools.

“I’ll tell you my experience in looking at this data: I do think it’s time we address this,” McGee said.

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He called to either reconvene a past study committee that worked on the issue or create a new advisory team to look at a path forward on a new 13th elementary school as well as possibly a fourth middle school — “and/or other innovative, educationally sound ways of managing our growth.” McGee said the committee should launch this fall and provide the board with recommendations in the spring.

All board members, with the exception of Camille Townsend, expressed a similar urgency addressing the situation.

“It’s been very hard for our school sizes to be at a comfortable level, and I think they’ve been at that level for awhile,” board member Dana Tom said. “Given the expected growth that we will likely see, the question of a fourth middle school and 13th elementary school is a question of when, and not if.”

Tom, whose term ends in November, suggested that the new board look at a demographer’s report in early December, which will provide updated projections,

and then “make a high-level call” before convening a committee.

President Barb Mitchell, whose term also ends this fall, said she doesn’t think the demographer’s report will shed new light and urged the next board to move forward on a facilities master plan for enrollment growth, which the district does not have. Mitchell remembered an advisory committee that in 2007 warned the board it had “passed the trigger point” on building a new school.

“It’s time to act and to get some action items on the board agenda as opposed to information items,” she said.

Vice President Melissa Baten Caswell said when her son started five years ago at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, “it felt pretty packed.” Both JLS and Jordan Middle School now enroll about 1,100 students and are projected to continue to grow.

“I’m concerned that we don’t have a strong plan for how we’re going to manage middle school growth over the long term,” Cas-

well said. “I’m actually more worried about that than I am at the elementary level.”

Though Townsend expressed her support for building new elementary and middle schools, she described this year’s enrollment numbers as “calm.”

She warned McGee to be careful as he moves forward.

“There’s nothing more upsetting than talking about boundary changes, which could be envisioned or not envisioned in a school,” she said.

“The demographer’s report may or may not be helpful, but we get them for a reason because they are experts and we’re not,” she added. “I have seen committee work early on be very hard when we don’t have values laid out. ... I don’t want to jump into this without being very thoughtful.”

McGee’s call came despite the fact that this year’s enrollment numbers show growth in Palo Alto’s middle schools and a shrinking population in elementary schools.

Total middle school enrollment this year is 2,952 students — 165 more than last year. Chief Budget Officer Cathy Mak said they expect this growth pattern to continue for the next two years, with increases at every grade level, and then taper off.

Total enrollment in kindergarten through fifth grade this year is down by 131 students, from 5,816 last year to 5,685 this year.

Mak characterized this drop as temporary, attributing it to a large outgoing fifth-grade class of 1,005 students and a smaller incoming kindergarten class. A decline in kindergarten, first- and second-grade enrollment is also temporary due to the state’s new kindergarten-age law that moved students’ entrance date back, McGee said. The numbers in this report are thus 11-month cohorts, and beginning next year, the kindergarten and future classes will again be 12-month cohorts.

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COMMUNITY

Resilience, relationships mark Athena winner’s success Sand Hill Global Advisors co-founder Jane Williams became one of the nation’s top financial advisers despite prejudice

by Sue Dremann

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ceive the 28th Athena Award from the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. An international award named for the Greek goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, strength, strategy, arts and skill, the Athena recognizes a woman who has attained and personifies the highest level of professional excellence in business and the community.

Williams’ experience in the investment field stretches back more than 38 years. She is a recognized expert for her work with women and couples in financial transition, and she testifies in family courts on financial topics.

She formed Sand Hill with two partners in 1982, including nowretired CEO Gary Conway.

“He was my big booster. He really believed I wouldn’t get respect until my name was on the door,” she recalled.

While they believed in her, Williams also very much believed in herself. She grew up in Winchester, Virginia, the second of five children in a family whose roots date back to Williamsburg.

She got her passion for investing from her father, a certified public accountant whose first love was the stock market, she said.

But she got her resilience from the steely examples of her mother and grandmother.

“My mother was a firebrand.

When she was stricken with polio, she was told by her doctor at age 11 that she would never walk again. She said, ‘The hell I won’t.’

My grandmother would say, ‘Have you burned your bra yet?

Courtesy Sand Hill Global Advisors

ike many women in the 1970s, investment adviser Jane Williams faced significant career challenges in what was deemed a man’s profession. It didn’t matter that she had a degree in economics from Boston University or that she had been a member of the university’s Economics Honor Society. In the financial world, the men considered her gender a liability. Most employers wanted to know how fast she could type, she said.

But despite the rejections, Williams made a self-empowered move that would kick-start her career. She co-wrote a book on banking innovation through the Economic Council of Canada.

Merrill Lynch, which had rejected her four times in different cities, called to offer a job, she said.

Fast-forward nearly four decades.

Williams is chair and co-founder of Sand Hill Global Advisors in Palo Alto. She is now regarded as one of the most influential women in investment advising.

Williams was named to Barron’s List of Top Women Financial Advisors in the nation in 2014 and to the San Francisco Business Times’ and San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal’s lists as one of the 100 most influential women in business in the San Francisco Bay Area.

On Oct. 2, Williams will re-

Jane Williams Has your boyfriend burned his draft card?’ They always encouraged that you can do it another way,” she said.

Sand Hill is not a female-focused firm, but some of Williams’ most meaningful work relates to helping women who are going through significant life transitions

such as divorce and widowhood, she said.

“The era of equal opportunity works great in theory, but not so well if the family decision was for the woman to stay home and raise the children,” she added.

Willia ms was struck by how gaining financial control so greatly impacted her clients’ lives.

She recalled an older-looking woman who shuffled into her office one day.

“When I learned she was my age, I was blown away. She was really weakened. She was not supported by her husband, and now the marriage was ending. She was frightened. I told her that she could do this,” Williams said.

When the client returned the next week, she dressed differently and had a new demeanor.

“She said, ‘You know, I have a Stanford MBA. You’re right — I can do this.’ Stanford MBA or not, we can all take control of our financial choices,” Williams said.

About 20 percent of the company’s work is about strengthen-

ing nonprofits, she said.

Williams’ own volunteer work has included the Peninsula Community Foundation board, through which she helped shepherd its merger with Community Foundation Silicon Valley in 2006 to create the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. She is currently on the advisory board for Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto and is a member of the Philanthropy Advisors Council for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

Success aside, Williams has a personal reason for her philanthropic work and help to women.

“The reason I do it is it makes me feel good,” she said.

When Williams receives the Athena Award at Palo Alto’s Garden Court Hotel, Jacquetta Lannan, owner and founder of hot-dog truck and soon-to-be California Avenue restaurant Chez Franc, will be the first recipient of a new honor, the Athena Young Professional Leadership Award. It recognizes emerging leaders.

The Palo Alto Weekly is a sponsor of the Athena Awards.

More information and tickets to the event can be found at paloaltochamber.com. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Palo Alto to reconsider closed sessions for labor talks City Council agrees to a broad policy discussion on negotiations fter weathering criticism for a controversial closeddoor discussion in 2012, Palo Alto officials agreed on Monday to reconsider their policy for holding meetings on labor negotiations out of the public eye.

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Instead, the council agreed to con-

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by Gennady Sheyner sider on Oct. 6 the city’s policies for such discussions.

The proposal not to hold the closed session Monday was made

by Councilman Greg Scharff, with Councilman Pat Burt concurring. The council then voted 8-1, with Vice Mayor Liz Kniss dissenting, to hold a broader policy discussion about meeting behind closed doors when discussing compensation for nonrepresented employees. Once that discussion takes place, the council will schedule a closed meeting to discuss the status of negotiations.

Monday’s abandoned closed session was one of two that the council was scheduled to hold that night. It went ahead with the second, on the status of the city’s negotiations with the Palo Alto Police Officers Association. Scharff said that city is prohibited by law from discussing its negotiations with the police union publicly.

The decision about closed meetings came a week after the council officially responded to

a stinging audit from the county Grand Jury, which criticized the city for insufficient transparency in its negotiations with developer John Arrillaga in 2012. The negotiations involved Arrillaga’s illfated proposal for an office-andtheater complex at 27 University Ave., as well as his offer to buy a 7.7-acre parcel of city-owned land near Foothills Park. In response, the council had agreed earlier this month that its Policy and Services Committee should consider the broad topic of when to go into closed sessions.

The Monday decision concerned itself specifically with labor negotiations for non-unionized workers. Scharff told the Weekly that while the Grand Jury report sensitized him to the topic of closed sessions, he had similar concerns during recent closeddoor sessions on the city’s lease with the school district over a section of Cubberley Community Center.

He noted that the city’s com-

pensation changes for the managers and professionals group typically mirror the adjustments the city makes to its agreement with the Service Employees International Union, the city’s largest labor group. As such, there’s nothing particularly controversial about this, he said. “For this item, I see no reason why we should go into a closed session,� Scharff said. “I think it would actually help them to have the public understand what we’re doing.�

Kniss, the sole dissenter, said she felt the council’s vote to have a full discussion about this topic is pre-emptive. The council, she said, has never discussed the idea of holding public discussions about labor negotiations. She told the Weekly she felt the idea should have been vetted first by the council’s Policy and Services Committee. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

CITY COUNCIL

Palo Alto to establish business registry City seeks ‘simple’ program to answer complex questions

by Gennady Sheyner t’s no secret that Palo Alto’s population doubles or even triples every weekday, with thousands of workers making their way toward the city’s tech corridors, restaurant strips and frozen-yogurt shops.

Yet getting even a rough estimate of how many workers arrive every day and how they get here remains a mystery, one that has puzzled city planners for decades. The uncertainty has become particularly obvious in the last two years, as the City Council has sought to establish a range of programs aimed at calming traffic, freeing up parking space and quashing resident anxieties about the rapid pace of development.

On Monday night, the council took a long-awaited step toward getting answers when members unanimously approved a city staff proposal for establishing a business registry. Modeled after similar programs in surrounding cities, Palo Alto’s would require each business to obtain a registry certificate by completing an online form and paying a nominal fee, which officials expect will be between $35 and $75.

A key component of the program will be a questionnaire. A draft version that staff unveiled Monday requires each business to disclose the number of workers on site, the number of parking

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spaces provided and the types of commuter benefits it provides.

The idea of creating a business registry has been floating around for years, long preceding the city’s recent period of commercial growth. In 2009, the city tried to establish a business license tax that aimed to both provide employee information and raise revenue. The proposal was shot down by voters that fall.

The new program is starkly different. For one thing, it does not seek to make money. Rather, the fee only covers the cost of maintaining the database. And unlike the somewhat convoluted tax proposal in 2009, the new one aims for simplicity.

Businesses will be able to register online, a process that will include creating a profile, answering the questionnaire, affirming in an affidavit that the facts presented are true and making a payment.

A new report from the office of City Manager James Keene states the expected benefits of the registry. “With such data, the city can begin to measure employment trends, business growth and activity throughout the city in a cohesive and coordinated manner,�

Keene’s report states. “Its availability is vital for developing and measuring the effectiveness of transportation-demand manage-

ment programs, and other transportation planning efforts.�

Thomas Fehrenbach, the city’s economic development manager, stressed this point during Monday’s discussion. In recent months, staff has been trying to refine its estimate of the number of companies operating in Palo Alto, with the most recent number at 11,500.

The data would be used to assist in fields ranging from land-use planning and economic development to emergency response and disaster preparedness, Keene’s report states.

Unlike the 2009 proposal, the business registry hasn’t been particularly controversial. Of the few speakers who addressed the council on the subject Monday, not one spoke out against it. Though residents and council members offered suggestions for revising the questionnaire and simplifying the ordinance, everyone agreed that the registry is long overdue.

Downtown resident Elaine Uang urged the council to gather more information about the types of businesses that exist in Palo Alto. “The nature of work is changing,� Uang said. “We have a number of people who work in this town, and we need to understand what their needs are.�

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Upfront ELECTION 2014

Palo Alto City Council incumbents, challengers vie in debate aking no bones about their desire to shake up the Palo Alto City Council, self-described “residentialist” council candidates came out swinging Monday at the first debate of the campaign season, offering sharp words about how the city’s been run over the past several years.

“We need a new majority on the council focused on residents’ concerns,” said business consultant Tom DuBois, one of nine challengers out of a field of 12 candidates. DuBois got involved in city issues through last year’s successful referendum of a development on Maybell Avenue, which had been approved by the council.

“I want to fight for the soul of our city,” he said of his bid for one of five seats in the Nov. 4 election.

Realtor Lydia Kou, who was also involved in the Measure D referendum, explicitly called for new council leadership. Saying the culture at City Hall is faulty, she criticized the council’s decisions over the past several years on development and, citing a recent county Grand Jury Report, its failure to deliberate in a transparent manner.

If elected, she said, “I’ll establish expectations of what the culture is going to be.”

Joining DuBois and Kou at the debate, hosted by the Rotary Club of Palo Alto, were retired technical writer Wayne Douglass, technology executive Eric Filseth, retired

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saving work that are canceled, Michael Baulch, manager, said.

“We spent $40,000 to $60,000 per quarter on fuel alone. If we didn’t have Palo Alto, we’d have to fly to (the) San Jose airport.

The fuel is more expensive, and we can’t have fuel services on campus. There’s too many regulations. The folks at Palo Alto know us and know our mission and priority. In San Jose, we would be in line with corporate jets,” he said.

Stanford Life Flight will show its helicopter and services to the public at Palo Alto’s Airport Day, an open house on Sunday, Sept.

28, that offers the community a chance to see the inner workings of the municipal airport. Visitors can take control-tower tours, go on Experimental Aircraft Association Young Eagles introductory flights for kids ages 8 to 17, see a raptor demonstration by the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, and look at displays of unusual and vintage aircraft and formation flybys of light planes.

This year’s event marks the first

by Jocelyn Dong teacher John Fredrich, councilwoman and historic conservation consultant Karen Holman, attorney A.C. Johnston, councilman and attorney Greg Scharff, mayor and former managerial accountant Nancy Shepherd, business owner Mark Weiss and legislative staff member Cory Wolbach. Engineer Seelam Reddy, the 12th candidate, did not participate.

Among numerous civic issues, the debate touched upon development, city finances, homelessness and quality of life. But the dominant undercurrent was the performance of the city staff and council over the past four years.

The three incumbents, for their part, rebuffed characterizations of their work as favoring developers at the expense of residents.

Scharff said he has always been a residentialist, thinking about how each potential decision will affect those who live in Palo Alto.

The City Council candidates will square off next at a League of Women Voters of Palo Alto public forum on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Congregation Etz Chayim, 4161 Alma St., Palo Alto.

The candidates will also debate two days later, on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave., in an event sponsored by the group Palo Alto Neighborhoods.

He pointed to his December 2012 vote to enforce standard parking requirements for two redevelopment projects downtown rather than allow the buildings to provide fewer parking spaces. His was one of five votes in the split decision.

Likewise, Shepherd said she has been active in the current revision of the city’s Comprehensive Plan, Palo Alto’s guiding land-use document, so that its regulations will produce the kind of city residents want.

Defending her work on the council to solve encroaching traffic, parking and over-development problems, Shepherd said: “Our city has been resilient about getting back to where we want to be.”

Holman, meanwhile, tried to reassure the audience that she understands the mistrust that people have with City Hall.

It’s not just traffic and parking that trouble residents, “it’s the pace of changes that are of great concern,” Holman said.

She said that her priority in a second council term would be to create a more inclusive and effective process of assessing the benefits and drawbacks of proposed plans.

Challenger Filseth, whose civic involvement was sparked by parking problems in his Downtown North neighborhood, sought to strike broader themes during the debate, saying that citizens’ dissatisfaction with the city goes beyond one issue or project.

since the City of Palo Alto took over management of the airport in mid-August. For nearly 50 years, it was leased and operated by Santa Clara County.

Airport users and businesses wait with a mix of excitement and trepidation over the city’s plans.

Some businesses expressed concern for their leases; others said they think the city’s takeover will bring the airport to its full, most lucrative potential.

Through Advantage Aviation, a 400-member flying club located at the airport adjacent to the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, Julian learned to fly three years ago.

An avid scuba diver, now she is going for her instrumentation certification, which will allow her to fly in clouds and fog.

Julian has wanted to fly since she was a very young girl, she said. Her father, a private pilot, was killed in a plane crash when she was 5.

After her lung transplants, friends encouraged Julian to fulfill her dream. She got her license in 2013.

She chose Palo Alto Airport after interviewing several instructors. She volunteers regularly as a adviser for Stanford Hospital and for the California Transplant Do-

nor Network, she said.

The city’s takeover is a huge benefit for the airport, she said.

“I was excited. It needs a little love and attention and TLC. It’s a robust airport with some very talented air-traffic controllers,” she said.

The airport is home to five flying clubs, and some of their graduates have gone on to become astronauts. The 800-strong West Valley Flying Club displays photographs and a club flight jacket worn by former student and astronaut Kalpana Chawla, a former aerospace engineer at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. Chawla, a mission specialist, died on the Space Shuttle Columbia during a re-entry accident when the spacecraft caught fire.

Steve Blonstein, general manager for West Valley, said that Palo Alto has a larger number of women who are learning to fly.

“Nationally 6 percent of pilots are women. Our club has significantly more,” he said. A notice board of recent achievements showed five women out of six students who recently completed their first solo flights.

Many flights out of Palo Alto are

Upcoming debates

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Challengers strike ‘residentialist’ themes in Palo Alto Rotary Club debate

Palo Alto City Council candidate Lydia Kou speaks while, from left, candidates Wayne Douglass, Tom DuBois, Eric Filseth, John Fredrich, Karen Holman, A.C. Johnston, Greg Scharff, Nancy Shepherd, Mark Weiss and Cory Wolbach look on at the Elks Lodge Sept. 22.

“There’s a growing disconnect between City Hall and the values and priorities of residents,” he said.

The Maybell referendum was “a microcosm of all the wrong things,” including the city not paying attention to residents’ wishes.

Debate moderator and journalist Diana Diamond took the liberty of asking each candidate one question designed to target a perceived weakness.

Johnston was asked whether he could list any civic engagement prior to this campaign.

“I do not have the same experience as the incumbents and even some of the people running,” he admitted. But, he added, as an attorney he has experience resolving complicated disputes, “which I think would be very helpful to the city now.”

Weiss was asked about his familiarity with city issues outside of the arts. He responded that he’s written extensively on policy on his blog, “Plastic Alto.”

“I’ve been to more meetings than anyone on this panel, including incumbents,” he said.

Wolbach urged the city to provide more low- or moderate-

income housing. If young adults can’t return to Palo Alto to live and if retirees cannot afford to stay in town when downsizing, he asked, “What is it going to mean for the long-term character of the community?”

Frederich was asked to evaluate the work of City Manager James Keene.

“Keene is doing a good job,” Fredrich said, agreeing with other candidates that it is the council’s job to give the city manager clear direction.

The debate’s most poignant moment came when Douglass, when asked why he was suddenly jumping into the race, said he was emerging from isolation following the death of his wife.

The city’s car-camping ban galvanized him to run for council, to urge the city to make room for its homeless and low-income residents.

“That’s my cause,” he said.

“That’s why I’m here.” Q A longer version of this story is posted on PaloAltoOnline.com.

Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong can be emailed at jdong@ paweekly.com.

business-related. Pilots from hightech companies such as Google commute to Los Angeles and the Central Valley or out of state to meetings and factories, said Carrie Ferguson, co-owner of aircraftmaintenance firm West Valley Aircraft Services. She got her love of flying from her mother, who was a pilot and whose picture standing next to plane is prominently displayed in her office.

Partner Kevin Pinger recently dismantled an engine in the cavernous hangar where several aircraft from vintage to modern awaited repairs and maintenance. The hangar dates to the 1920s and was moved to its current location in the mid1930s after Palo Alto’s first airport at Stanford University was closed.

Ferguson pointed to the old redwood timbers.

“We call this our ‘good luck hangar,’” she said.

As the City of Palo Alto considers its airport future, Blonstein, Julian and Ferguson said they look forward to more consistent management and improvements that will continue to serve the city and surrounding communities. The future remains uncertain, however, as city staff works

to decide on how it will manage and maintain the facility.

The city could choose to bring in a fixed-base operator to handle all of the fuel, maintenance and management, which could shut down the mom-and-pop businesses such as Ferguson’s.

Blonstein said he believes the airport could become highly lucrative if the city makes strategic improvements.

Julian said she will continue to fly out of Palo Alto, and she anticipates making longer trips to places such as Montana and Idaho.

On Tuesday, she looked forward to boarding a plane with Hellweg to test out her newly honed skills.

“I get excited filing a flight plan and hopping in the plane. I’ll just have the biggest grin on my face,” she said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com What: Palo Alto Airport Day Where: Palo Alto Airport, 1925 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto When: Sunday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Silicon Valley incomes have increased for the second straight year after a three-year downward trend, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, part of the nonprofit think tank Joint Venture Silicon Valley.

The new study, an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013 American Community Survey, shows a significant increase in Silicon Valley households earning at least $150,000, up by 25,000 between 2012 and 2013.

The increase in the number of high-income Silicon Valley households, however, was nearly fives times greater than the increase in total households overall, said Rachel Massaro, Joint Venture vice president and senior research associate for the Institute, in a press release.

The median household income increased 1.3 percent in 2013, to nearly $95,000, but the uptick was less than the statewide rate of 1.7 percent, the group reported.

The U.S. census listed Palo Alto’s annual median household income as $122,482 and its median home value as $1 million. The disparity between job growth and housing has driven up prices throughout Silicon Valley, according to Bena Chang, director of housing and transportation at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a public policy business trade organization. Chang spoke at a panel discussion in Palo Alto in April.

She said the recovery has come at a cost, with many longtime Palo Alto residents priced out of their homes and many professionals unable to afford local rents. Chang noted that the approximate annual income necessary to purchase a median-priced home in Palo Alto is about $375,000.

Wednesday’s Joint Venture report also indicates a decrease in the region’s poverty rate and an uptick in those with health insurance. Q — My Nguyen

Kleinberg to head Palo Alto Chamber Judy Kleinberg, an attorney and former Palo Alto City Council member and mayor, will be the new CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, it was announced at the Chamber’s Sept. 18 board meeting, said Jon Kiya, chair of the board.

Kleinberg will replace David MacKenzie, who was asked to step down this week, the Weekly has learned. MacKenzie, who was hired on an interim basis in July 2012 and later assumed the permanent position, declined to discuss the reason for his departure or whether the move was voluntary.

Kiya told the Weekly that the board had been considering a leadership change for several months. He said the board is grateful for MacKenzie’s two years of service but said the board is “thrilled to have Judy join the Chamber.�

Kleinberg, who in 2010 became program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, specializes in nonprofit law.

She had previously served as vice president of InSTEDD, a startup focused on disaster response. She had also served as vice president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a policy-analysis organization that examines the region’s economy. She is also a past vice president of California Women Lawyers.

Kleinberg will become the Chamber’s fourth CEO in three years. Q — Gennady Sheyner

City officials blast water board for project delays Frustrated by permit delays that continue to plague two long-awaited construction projects in the Baylands, furious Palo Alto officials on Monday berated the state agency that they hold responsible for the lag.

The City Council on Monday officially gave up on its plan to start the reconfiguration of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course this year when it voted unanimously to cancel all the bids it has received for the project. The decision was prompted by the refusal of the Regional Water Quality Control Board to issue a permit for both the golf-course reconfiguration and for a flood-control project that Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park have been pursuing for more than a decade and that they were hoping to start this year.

With both projects stuck in bureaucratic purgatory and the water board repeatedly demanding more information and proposing new alternatives to be explored, the council unleashed their ire at the state agency, with one councilman making a case that its executive director, Bruce Wolfe, should be fired.

Councilman Marc Berman called the water board’s latest actions “an embarrassment.� He vowed to lobby state officials to fire Wolfe, whom Berman accused of being unable to come up with a process that’s “actually attainable and achievable.�

Vice Mayor Liz Kniss said she was puzzled by the failure of the water board to move the projects along. “That’s the biggest puzzle to all of us — what seems to be a lack of either understanding, coordination or just downright meanness,�

Kniss said. “I’m not sure what it is but it’s really troubling.� Q —Gennady Sheyner

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Parents, board candidates repeat pleas to repeal resolution Board members defend resolution as consequence of failed collaboration

by Elena Kadvany the district’s relationship with the Office for Civil Rights has engendered.

“We will not be able to build a relationship with the OCR, that as (Superintendent Max) McGee suggests ‘is about working to benefit our young men and women and making sure policy and procedures are in compliance,’ with a standing resolution that clearly states that the OCR is ‘purposefully confrontational and disruptive and with no regards to instruction,’ that it acts ‘with the intention to promote confusion and concern,’ that ‘questions the integrity and honesty of the lawyers of the OCR.’ “These words connote confrontation, not collaboration. I urge the board to change our focus to

instead of what I see as working collaboratively with them to fix our broken system.

“I don’t see what you’re expecting to gain,” she told the board.

“It’s not too late to accept responsibility and correct mistakes.”

She said her daughter has recovered from the assault but is cynical that things will change at Gunn.

She didn’t want to return to Gunn this year — and didn’t think Palo Alto High would be any better.

“I think if the district put a fraction of time and effort into my daughter’s case as on this (the resolution), she might have felt cared for at school last year, and she wouldn’t be as cynical as she is today,” the mother said.

She said she is still holding out hope that with a new superintendent, the district might still decide to change course.

Parent Andrea Wolf compelled the board: “Please cease and desist.”

“The board stance towards the Office for Civil Rights continues to be disheartening to me,” Wolf said. “I’m here to reiterate the request I made to you last June: Please stop spending taxpayer money on instructing OCR on how to do their job.”

Legal bills reviewed by the Palo Alto Weekly revealed that the district spent more than $200,000 in the first seven months of 2014 in legal fees related to its cases and conflicts with Office for Civil Rights, including more than $50,000 for attorneys to research, develop and follow-up on its resolution criticizing the federal agency and recommending a raft of changes in how the agency should operate. (See main story,

page 5.)

School board candidate Ken Dauber, who has said he is committed to repealing the resolution if elected, also framed the argument Tuesday in terms of resources. He said the $50,000 spent on resolution preparation and followup alone could pay for 1,700 hours of tutoring at $30 per hour.

“Teachers are paying for construction paper and paperback books and crayons and pencils. $50,000 would have gone a long way to meet those needs that teachers are paying for out of their pocket. I think we can all agree that there are needs in our district — that students have and that teachers have — that this money would have been far better put towards.”

Board candidate Gina Dalma spoke to the community distrust

Legal costs

documents, as well as the work done after adoption of the resolution on June 17.

Repeated email and telephone conferences were held between the district’s attorneys and Mitchell and Caswell from May 22 through the end of July, the last month for which records are available.

The billing records also provide insight into the district’s growing frustration with the Office for Civil Rights’ investigations, as lawyers spent substantial time compiling information requested by the agency, researching the agency’s legal authority and developing strategies for how the district might resist the agency’s investigation.

The documents show two attorneys spent more than 100 hours in May prepping staff at Palo Alto High School, Gunn High School and district administrators and then accompanying them to interviews with the Office for Civil Rights investigators looking into the two schools’ handling of sexual-harassment incidents.

In a memo to the school board distributed with the board packet for Tuesday’s meeting, McGee committed to providing the public with monthly updates on Office for Civil Rights matters, beginning this week. The memo provides little indication of McGee’s opinion about the district’s conflicts with the agency, stating only his commitment to “transparent, open, and frequent communications.”

But in an interview Monday, McGee, who began work on Aug. 4 — after Mitchell and Caswell and district lawyers had started spreading word of the board’s resolution and distributing the 12page summary document — said he wants to “dispel the notion that we’re fighting OCR.” “This is not about an adversarial relationship; this about working to benefit our young men and young women and making sure

policy and procedures are in compliance,” he said.

McGee said Monday he is “just getting up to speed” on the district’s legal expenses associated with the Office for Civil Rights and could not yet comment on them.

“If somebody were to ask me, ‘How much have you spent fighting OCR?’ I would say, ‘Zero.’

If they asked, ‘How much have you spent responding to OCR requests?’ (I would say) ‘We’ll figure that out.’”

According to McGee’s memo, the district still has two open investigations with the Office for Civil Rights at its two high schools, both related to sexual harassment, and there has been no new activity on either since the agency conducted on-site interviews for both cases in May. McGee also disclosed a new Office for Civil Rights complaint, involving a student’s 504 plan (provided to students with special needs) and placement, that was filed on Aug. 21 but said that the district “inquired as to the specific nature of the problem and discovered it could be quickly resolved.” He said the Office for Civil Rights had informed him that the case would likely be closed soon.

Unrelated to the Office for Civil Rights cases, the district has spent upwards of $30,000 since March on its litigation with the family of a student with autism who, after moving to the district in 2013, sued Palo Alto for denying inhome education for the student.

The family of “S.C.,” a 12-yearold boy with autism, moved to the district in March 2013 and sought the same type of at-home educational program for their son that he had received in his previous school district, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit describes him as having “deficits in the areas of fine and visual motor skills,

District’s legal fees paid to Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost (January-July 2014)

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Jerry Hill; and officials at the California School Boards Association (CSBA) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA).

The district released one of the letters, dated July 29, from Mitchell and Caswell to Eshoo, asking the congresswoman to “examine OCR’s investigative processes carefully and to request active participation in discussions and review of ways those processes might be improved for all.” The letter references an August 2013 meeting with Eshoo, which was not known publicly until now, and requests a second meeting with her.

Mitchell said Monday that their outreach to Eshoo “is focused on requesting support to have these kinds of conversations at the federal staffing levels, which only she could do,” whereas communication with Hill and Gordon are to keep them informed and to encourage collaboration “when federal and state policy guidance creates confusion or isn’t consistent.”

Mitchell said the board has begun to schedule follow-up meetings with some of the recipients of this document.

She said that the delay in releasing the recommendations to the public — two months after they were prepared — is due to the fact that the board had no meetings during the summer. The district was also waiting for the Office for Civil Rights to respond to two pending appeals of its Freedom of Information Act requests and the board wanted to give new Superintendent Max McGee time to “get his arms around the matters.”

The legal bills paint a detailed picture of the activities of the district’s lawyers and of Mitchell and Caswell as they prepared the June resolution and accompanying

Source: Palo Alto Unified School District

s the Palo Alto Board of Education moves forward on efforts promised in its June resolution against the federal Office for Civil Rights, it does so in spite of community members who vehemently oppose the resolution.

A parent who filed one of the district’s two still-open Office for Civil Rights complaints, a sexualharassment case at Gunn High School, spoke pointedly to the board Tuesday night about her disappointment in the resolution, calling it the “final slap in the face” in a distressing, flawed process.

The parent, who asked not to be identified, criticized Gunn faculty, who “didn’t really have a clue what to do during the situation.”

But, she said, “The final slap in the face for me came when the board voted to pass this resolution

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$49,000

Legal fees paid to prepare June board resolution and related materials, meet with board and then prepare lobbying materials and consult with board President Barb Mitchell, Vice President Melissa Baten Caswell and district staff (through July 31)

$31,000

Legal fees paid for attorneys to prepare teachers at Paly and Gunn, as well as district staff, for Office for Civil Rights interviews about sexual-harassment issues, and for attorneys to be present at the interviews (May)

$113,000

Legal fees paid for legal research, memos to school board, letters to Office for Civil Rights and preparation of documents mostly relating to Title IX sexualharassment issues at Paly and Gunn, and public records requests and disputes (January-April)

$95,000

Legal fees paid for other special-education disputes (January-July)

Approximately $288,000

Total legal fees paid to Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost

Not included: Fees paid to Lozano Smith, the law firm handling personnel and general law matters for the district.

Note: Categorization of legal expenses was done by the Weekly and is only an approximation because billing records do not always provide complete details.

sensory processing, behavior, and speech and language. He lacks the ability to communicate verbally and has a history of severe allergic reactions to food which is complicated by (his) pica behaviors.”

Palo Alto district officials refused to continue the Pajaro Valley Unified School District’s program, instead offering the child a classroom placement that it deemed “comparable.”

The family initially appealed the district’s offer of an in-school program to the California Office of Administrative Hearing, which sided with the school district in a decision issued Dec. 31, 2013.

The family filed a lawsuit in federal court in March, claiming the district violated federal law. The family’s lawyer, Brian Sciacca, cited case law suggesting that the “stay-put” provision — meaning the same type of educational placement as before — should apply when a special-edu-

cation student transfers to a new district and a dispute arises about the most appropriate educational placement in the new district.

In July, a federal judge sided with the family in an interim ruling, ordering Palo Alto Unified to provide in-home services pending resolution of the family’s dispute with the district. The judge agreed with the family’s “stay-put” argument and rejected the district’s position that it is required only to provide services that are “comparable,” not identical, to the student’s prior Individualized Educational Program (IEP).

The largest chunk of district money spent on the case was at this time. In the month of July, the district paid law firm Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost a total of $10,395.50 to research and prepare an appeal of the “stay-put” provision. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Shepherd

Berman

Burt

Klein

Kniss

Price

Schmid

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Direct staff to develop a Residential Parking Program ordinance for implementation no later than January 1, 2015

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PC and Zoning Reform: Suspend any upcoming that allows larger buildings to be built

2/3/2014

PC and Zoning Reform: Suspend use of Planned Community zoning district until the process and requirements are revised

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ground-floor retail space in commercial areas.

The survey, which took months to compile, claims to have evaluated “all votes involving land use and development policy where there was a potential adverse impact to residents,” according to the group’s press release. But even if “all votes” is a bit of an overreach, the survey does succeed in quantifying what most City Hall observers have long suspected: Holman and Schmid are the council’s chief skeptics when it comes to new developments. Each has a long record of casting the lone dissenting vote on land-use matters (occasionally, as on the Lytton Gateway development, they provide the

council’s only two dissenting votes). The survey also reflects Klein’s tendency to tread carefully on ordinances that may challenge property owners’ rights and Price’s view that the city should encourage more housing, even if it means relaxing height limits for new buildings (whether these positions can be characterized as unfavorable to residents is open to debate).

Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning’s membership includes three candidates in this year’s council race: Tom DuBois, Eric Filseth and Lydia Kou. Though Holman joined her council colleagues in approving last year’s Maybell Avenue development (which the voters ultimately shot down), she has become closely aligned with the PASZ candidates during the campaign season, occasionally joining them at campaign events.

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In a statement, PASZ President Cheryl Lilienstein emphasized the importance of voting records in establishing the “residentialist” credentials of council members.

“Voting records are the factual record of an elected leader’s positions,” Lilienstein said. “PASZ members carefully researched the information on this scorecard in order to give voters an historical perspective regarding the positions of existing City Council members. We urge all voters to look carefully at the voting record of all candidates for City Council, and only vote for leaders whose positions most closely align with your own.”

More information about the group and the survey is available at paszaction.com. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

A rating of several decisions by Palo Alto City Council members, excerpted from a scorecard compiled by the grassroots group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning.

Councilmember

2012-14 Score

Schmid

85%

Holman

85%

Berman

56%

Burt

55%

Kniss

38%

Scharff

30%

Shepherd

25%

Klein

20%

Price

20%

City Council Average

46%

The citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning has released a scorecard that seeks to quantify each City Council member’s “proresident” record.

Courtesy Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning

Holman

12/16 2013

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cycle means projected growth in enrollment of anywhere from 74 to 82 students in next year’s kindergarten class, Mak said.

A total of 132 K-5 students were overflowed this year, meaning there was insufficient room for them to attend their neighborhood school. With 50 overflowed students from past years who have still not been able to attend their neighborhood school, that means the district’s K-5 overflow number is really closer to 200.

Tom cautioned that the next board should not see opening a 13th elementary school as a panacea to the overflow situation.

“Some amount of overflow is due to year-to-year variation in

Business registry (continued from page 10)

both concerns and suggestions.

Councilman Larry Klein was one of several to criticize the proposed requirement that businesses display their registry certificates.

No business today, he said, would want certificates of this sort behind their reception desks.

Klein was one of several council members who expressed unease about a proposed provision that empowers city inspectors to walk into businesses and check for certificates.

“The IRS doesn’t need the right to walk into the businesses to enforce the tax code,” Klein said.

“They find ways to find people who haven’t filed returns without having inspectors walk around buildings.”

He also recalled the defeat of the business-license tax in 2009 and argued that it’s critical for the city to get it right this time around. This, he said, means keeping things simple.

“One of the reasons the business-license failed that year is that the city attorney drafted something too complicated for people to understand and gave people too many opportunities to find fault with it,” Klein said. “If we want this to be successful, we really

students per grade level per attendance area and has nothing to do with school capacity,” he said. “The only way to reduce those overflows is having more classrooms that are smaller than the 23-24 (students) we target or larger than 23-24,” with the first option having a financial cost and the second an educational cost.

With significantly higher elementary growth in the district’s southern and western clusters of schools — 31 percent and 20 percent over the past 10 years, respectively — and little available space in those areas, Mak said overflow will continue.

Board members also referenced variables in the new-school equation that must be considered, such as the impact of the potential closure of Buena Vista Mobile Home

Park on its 101 students enrolled in Palo Alto elementary, middle and high schools; and the uncertain future of the school district’s portion of Cubberley Community Center.

High school enrollment only jumped by 15 students, but Mak cautioned that there will be substantial growth at Palo Alto’s two high schools over the next five years as a large middle school bubble passes through the system.

McGee said he is ready to get started on committee work and would be planning the application process and contacting former committee members between now and the next board meeting on Oct. 7. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

need to spend time on it.”

Others echoed the simplicity sentiment, including Councilman Marc Berman and Vice Mayor Liz Kniss.

Mayor Nancy Shepherd, citing confusion surrounding the 2009 proposal (much of the public debate swirled around whether home-based entrepreneurs and teens manning lemonade stands would have to fork over a share

of their gross receipts to the city), said the new program should explicitly apply to non-residential areas of the city. That way people won’t think that the registry applies to a business based in someone’s bedroom or garage, she said.

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one of real collaboration in benefit of all our kids,” Dalma said.

The community’s comments came after McGee characterized the resolution as an effort in the best interest of students and staff.

The board released with its Tuesday agenda a new lobbying document that summarizes the board’s complaints against the Office for Civil Rights.

“These are not confrontational (words),” McGee said. “These are recommendations, recommended reasonable suggestions to improve

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ed for other students?”

Godfrey said her neighbors had gone through a similarly frustrating process for their 13-year-old daughter.

“We felt as a team supporting her that we weren’t getting all the information. There were things we should be asking that we didn’t know to ask ... and that really feels wrong,” she said.

Godfrey advocated for establishing a school board liaison to the CAC, a member who would sit in on CAC meetings and hear

the community along on the path we took to that resolution,” board member Dana Tom said. “However, the biggest roadblocks have been our limitations on what we can say about student matters and what we can say when there’s ongoing negotiation with the OCR. Also, we were attempting to work very directly with OCR to address our concerns without shining a public light on it.

“Our first goal was to try to work collaboratively with them, resolve the issues and move forward. When it became clear that we were not making any progress, we were left with very few choices,” Tom said. Q

collaboration and communication.”

Board President Barb Mitchell said the board spent a year in meetings and correspondence, written and verbal, with the Office for Civil Rights “without getting clarity on our questions of a procedural nature.”

She and other board members described the resolution as a means to help the federal agency and other districts learn from their experience.

Members also reiterated that part of their challenge has been navigating a balance between transparency and student confidentiality.

“As I reflect back on our journey here, I wish we could have brought

actly where our school district has not done the best job.”

She and other candidates added that setting concrete goals, collecting data, getting direct feedback from students and parents, and learning from other highachieving districts’ inclusion programs will help improve Palo Alto’s. Q

directly how such processes need to be improved.

The candidates also discussed a subject of particular interest to special-education parents, inclusion programs, with all agreeing that investing in more professional development for teachers will yield more successful programs.

“High-functioning schools and districts are those that provide the least restrictive environment for all students and are as inclusive as the needs of students allow,” Dalma said. “We know that full inclusion is a best practice, but it assumes that a certain support system is in place. The more I talk to parents and teachers, that’s ex-

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Sept. 22)

Registry: The council approved the staff proposal for an online business registry and directed staff to return with a budget amendment to fund the new program. Yes: Unanimous Golf Course: The council rejected the bids for the reconfiguration of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course. Yes: Unanimous Street sweeping: The council approved the outsourcing of the city’s streetsweeping operations and a reduction in street sweeping during the non-leaf season in residential and light commercial areas. Yes: Unanimous

Board of Education (Sept. 23)

Superintendent’s contract: The board voted to approve an amendment to Superintendent Max McGee’s contract and revisions to the 2014-15 budget. Yes: Unanimous

Council Policy and Services Committee (Sept. 23)

Budget: The committee discussed the fee structure for local community rooms and directed staff to return with more information. Yes: Unanimous Packets: The committee approved a proposal to release staff reports for upcoming City Council meetings a week earlier than is current practice. Yes: Unanimous

Parks and Recreation Commission (Sept. 23) Byxbee Park: The commission discussed proposed capital improvements at Byxbee Park. Action: None Dogs: The commission discussed a six-month pilot program that would create a shared-use dog exercise area at a local athletic field. Action: None

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Men sentenced for threatening child with gun

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Police arrested a Palo Alto man for sexual battery after he allegedly groped a woman last month on a sidewalk while walking his dog. (Posted Sept. 22, 2:25 p.m.)

Palo Alto to offer more grants to low-income entrepreneurs City Hall may seem like an unlikely destinations for innovative dreamers looking for seed funding, but that’s exactly what Palo Alto officials are trying to encourage with a grant program that officials are planning to expand in the coming months. (Posted Sept. 21, 8:33 a.m.)

New zoning law targets Palo Alto plating shops Responding to concerns from the Barron Park neighborhood about potential hazards of a nearby plating shop, Palo Alto officials are considering a new zoning law that would ban such operations near residential areas. (Posted Sept. 20, 10:04 a.m.)

East Palo Alto men plead not guilty to beating elderly cyclist Two 18-year-olds who allegedly punched a 68-year-old man off his bicycle and kicked him in the chest during a robbery pleaded not guilty to a string of felonies on Sept. 17, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s office. (Posted Sept. 19, 11:27 a.m.)

Auditor finds flaws in Palo Alto Police Department’s internal probe Palo Alto’s independent police auditors raised flags this week about the way the Police Department investigated an allegation that a detective threatened a suspect during an interrogation in 2012. (Posted Sept. 19, 9:58 a.m.)

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PLANE NOISE ... Citizens of Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park and unincorporated North Fair Oaks plan to make their voices heard during a community meeting on Sept. 30 regarding Surf Air planes, which residents say have been making loud, low-altitude flights over their homes.

A citizens’ group, Calm the Skies, is sponsoring the meeting. Surf Air CEO Jeff Potter has confirmed he will attend, according to organizers.

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at Holbrook-Palmer Park Pavilion in Atherton. More information is available at calmtheskies.com.

BIKE PALO ALTO RETURNS ...

The 5th Annual Bike Palo Alto will take place Oct. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. starting at El Carmelo Elementary School. The annual event is a chance to explore Palo Alto’s bike routes and meet new families and friends. Free treats will be available along the way. The event includes bike-safety information, a free helmet fitting, a bike-safety check, basic bike maintenance and a local bike map for best routes from Palo Alto to Menlo Park. Palo Alto Neighborhood Green Teams hosts the event. More information is posted at pagreenteams.org/bikepaloalto; for volunteer information, contact joan_marx@arczip.com.

100 years of faith and friendship Palo Alto Buddhist Temple celebrates its golden anniversary with an open house

by Sue Dremann t was born out of an idea discussed in a cemetery and it grew as a place of worship for Palo Alto’s Buddhist community.

It became a decades-long refuge from racism for Japanese and Japanese-American residents and has grown into a diverse spiritual community embraced by all races.

The Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, at 2751 Louis Road, will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Oct. 12 by doing what its practitioners have always emphasized as part of their faith: It is opening its doors to the greater community in gratitude and appreciation with workshops, a service, children’s events, Obon dances and taiko drumming. The activities are aimed at non-Buddhists, temple President Wayne Montgomery said.

The 250-household congregation has long been the host of the annual Obon festival, a wellknown celebration of Japanese culture with drumming, dance, food and bonsai demonstrations.

But its inner workings and its community deeds are perhaps less known.

The Buddhist temple got its start in Palo Alto’s Alta Mesa Memorial Park in spring 1914. A dozen Issei men (first-generation settlers) had gathered for a Hanami Bosan Kai, or flower-viewing ceremony. The nearest Buddhist temple was in San Francisco,

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES ...

El Carmelo Elementary School is co-hosting an Emergency Preparedness Home Safety Faire on Sept. 28, partnering with Palo Alto Emergency Service Volunteers.

A dozen organizations and more than 20 stations will offer safety information on topics ranging from how to build emergency-supply kits to bike safety and maintenance. Residents can learn how to plan prior to an emergency and keep children and pets safe. A Scoop Microcreamery ice cream truck, gift bags and raffle prizes will be available at the free event, which will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the school’s multipurpose room at 3024 Bryant St., Palo Alto.

Information is posted at facebook. com/events/688901597857104.

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Wayne Montgomery, president of the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, sits in a pew on Sept. 24. and the men asked Bishop Koyu Uchida to start a place to worship in Palo Alto, according to the book, “Palo Alto: A Centennial History.”

Uchida commuted from San Francisco to lead monthly services in members’ homes. By 1915, membership grew and services became weekly at the Kaneda Home Laundry, which was located on Emerson Street.

Members rented a home on Ramona Street in 1925, and then purchased another Ramona residence in 1927, Floyd Kameda, past president, told the Weekly.

But it was not called a temple at that time. Named the Japanese Buddhist Church of Palo Alto and later, the Palo Alto Buddhist Church, members sought to abate the prevailing racism of the time by blending in as a church.

“It was a choice to better fit in

CONGRATULATIONS, GREENMEADOW ... Palo Alto’s Greenmeadow neighborhood celebrated its 60th anniversary this month with a luau and two roasted pigs.

The neighborhood was built by developer Joseph Eichler and includes a pool, community center, park and day care center, which are on the National Register of Historic Places. Q Veronica Weber

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The Palo Alto Buddhist Temple on Louis Road was built in 1954.

and not stand out,” Eimi Okano of the Buddhist Women’s Association, said.

Members continued to worship at the Ramona home until 1942, when many of the city’s Japanese immigrant and Japanese-American families were forced into internment camps, Kameda said.

Fearing that its organizations would be considered subversive, temple members burned letters and documents and stored sacred articles in San Francisco, according the Palo Alto centennial history book.

Kameda recounted the stories of his family from that time: “My family evacuated to Colorado and a Caucasian woman offered her farm up for sharecropping, but a great majority of Japanese-Americans were imprisoned,” he said.

The internments left families penniless and shattered the congregation. But a few members returned to Palo Alto after being released from the camps in 1945 and again started gathering in homes to worship. As more returned, temple members assembled in the Native Sons Hall in downtown Palo Alto in 1946 and began the Dharma School to enhance spiritual education.

“It was difficult for people to move back. Realtors wouldn’t sell to Japanese-Americans,” Kameda said.

Buddhism stresses compassion and wisdom, and self-examination over blaming others, and the Issei and Nisei (second generation) who were forced into the camps and who lost all of their

possessions did not talk about their experiences, Kameda said.

Instead, they rebuilt their congregation one member at a time.

In the post-war years and succeeding decades, they still faced prejudice. The temple became not only a place for spiritual community, but a community center as well, he said.

“In schools, students weren’t allowed to participate in sports, so we had athletic activities — basketball, baseball,” he said.

Members began to discuss building a house of worship, Kameda said. They purchased an empty lot on Louis Road and constructed the current temple, which was dedicated in 1954.

“The temple started out as very strongly Japanese-American. There was a lot of social interaction, and attendance of high school kids was very strong here,” he said.

But as members became more assimilated and felt “more American,” the temple became less of a social hub, he said. In the 1960s and 70s, young people found a voice and pushed for change, forming Asians for Community Action and other groups. Sensei — third-generation Japanese Americans — pushed for redress from the federal government for those who were interned.

The temple also changed. It dropped its “Japanese” appellation in recognition of its wider, non-Japanese membership, and by the 1970s it had adopted (continued on page 18)

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the name Palo Alto Buddhist Temple. It dropped its Japaneselanguage services except for a short monthly service for older members.

The temple’s demographics began a major shift starting in the 1980s. An increase in mixed marriages brought in new membership, past president Charles Dene said, as mates began joining Buddhist spouses and adopting the faith.

Today, members hold food drives and reach out in other ways to the wider community, Kameda said.

The women’s group prepares food baskets and delivers barrels for the Ecumenical Hunger Program and the Palo Alto Food Closet, and they bring school supplies to East Bay communities. Project Linus makes colorful fleece blankets for children in hospitals. The Dharma School’s students cook meals from scratch and deliver and serve the food at a shelter.

A good neighbor “is someone who thinks and speaks and acts in an unselfish way,� Kameda said.

The temple community has tried to reflect its Buddhist teachings in its interactions with the neighborhood. The temple considered allowing a cell phone tower on the property, as other religious organizations have done, providing monthly income generated by the leases. But temple leadership decided against a tower because neighbors opposed it, Montgomery said.

The cavernous gym where teams of youth found camaraderie is more empty than in the past, and the ceiling tiles are spotted and grayed. But teams still play here, and a stage at the back end still hosts taiko drumming concerts and other events, Montgomery said.

On Tuesday, Montgomery unlocked the doors to the sanctuary, or hondo. With its ornately carved altar and incense stand, the sanctuary gave off an aura of peace.

In this 100th year, the temple and its grounds are undergoing a makeover, with plans for a new kitchen and revitalized classrooms and senior center. The sanctuary recently got its pews reupholstered, he said.

As a boy growing up in Palo Alto, Montgomery used to ride his bike past the temple and came faithfully to its annual Obon festivals; he didn’t know the temple or its people. But he was drawn here, and he married a Buddhist woman and joined the faith. “I never dreamed I would have come here and become temple president. It was just a church I came to once a year to eat chicken,� he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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John Leo Martin, the eldest of Mary Harty and Leo Dennis Martin’s three children, was born on January 7, 1925 in Fort Dodge Iowa. He had a sister, Marilyn Bray, and a brother, Jim, both deceased.

As a young boy, John loved to play the trumpet, and he looked forward to working with his dad and playing baseball. After graduating from high school, John served in World War II as a combat engineer. He returned from Europe and attended the University of Iowa. He was accepted to medical school, but ultimately pursued his true calling in the School of Education. He dedicated the next 40 years to children.

In 1947, he met Maureen McGivern (Micky) at a Newman Club dance. A year later, they were married. In 1950, John and Micky and their year-old daughter drove from Iowa to Coronado, California, where John accepted his first teaching job, instructing junior high school students in science and mathematics. In 1952, John accepted a job teaching at Hillview School in Menlo Park and later became the school’s principal. John served as a math consultant for the Palo Alto School District, the principal of Sonoma Elementary School in Livermore, the principal of Terman Jr. High in Palo Alto, and finished out his impressive career with a 25 year stint in the PAUSD district office as the Assistant Superintendent in charge of Curriculum.

A loving husband and father, John was devoted to his family. He is survived by his wife, Micky, and his six children: Ann Sonne (Scott) of Coronado, Chris (Beth) of Palo Alto, Mary Henry, M.D. (Clarke) of Mission Hills, KS, Kathy Collado (John) of Houston, TX, Jay of Palo Alto, and TJ (Suzanne), also of Palo Alto, 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

John was a man of great faith. Active in Our Lady of the Rosary Church, he was a longtime lector and led the singing at daily mass. He was also his grandchildren’s number one fan in all of their activities.

John loved parties and people and was always the last one on the dance floor. A poster child for the Greatest Generation, John Martin was a humble man of extraordinary character and energy. He valued family, faith, honor and personal responsibility and lived his life accordingly. He will be deeply missed.

He passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 22, 2014. Services for John Martin will be held on Saturday, September 27, at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 3233 Cowper, Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Palo Alto Community Foundation or the charity of your choice.

Ellen Brittingham Wyman of Palo Alto died Sunday September 14th.

Ellen was born in Danville, IL on November 25, 1927 to Virginia Esther Brittingham and Samuel Elver Brittingham.

She graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree and then moved to Chicago where she worked in the then new field of opinion research. On a trip to California Ellen met Tom Wyman. They married in the Stanford Memorial Church in 1955.

Ellen and Tom initially lived in Bakersfield, CA where Ellen taught business at the local junior college and ran the job placement bureau. During her years in California she enjoyed hiking, sailing, backpacking and other outdoor activities.

In 1958 Ellen and Tom moved to Alaska where Ellen taught high school English and History. In Alaska Ellen was introduced to the League of Women Voters, an organization that she remained very involved in for many years.

After two years in Alaska, Ellen and Tom moved to San Francisco where Ellen helped to create a non-partisan voter’s guide for the League of Women Voters and personally distributed 10’s of thousands of copies.

In 1965 she moved to Palo Alto where Ellen became a very active member of the Palo Alto community and a champion of slow growth. From the mid 60’s to the ‘80’s Ellen was a major force in shaping the future of Palo Alto. In 1969 she helped to form ABC — Association for a Balanced Community with the goal of balancing residentialist and business interests. In the late 60’s and early ‘70’s she hosted dozens of grassroots political meetings in her living room. During this time Ellen was president of the Palo Alto Civic League. In 1988 she cofounded Palo Alto Tomorrow which succeeded in limiting the amount of future growth Downtown — a limit that still stands. Of all her political efforts, Ellen was most proud of defeating the PA Medical Clinic hospital proposed to be built in Professorville in 1969. She derived great satisfaction from a make-it-up-as-you-go grassroots organization prevailing over the establishment and deep pockets that supported the new hospital.

In 1992 Ellen adjusted her focus to include Friends of the Palo Alto Library where she increased book sale revenue from $10,000 annually to $100,000. In 2002 Ellen was president of FOPAL. In addition to her passion for local politics and libraries, Ellen was a collector of arts and crafts ceramic tiles. Ellen will be remembered by her family as being a supportive, loving and inspirational wife, mother and grandmother.

Ellen is survived her children Tom and wife Susie of Boulder, CO and Susan of New Braunfels, TX and her four grandchildren, Casey, Mackenzie, Sammy, and Macey.

A memorial service followed by a reception will be held 2:00 - 5:00 on October 12th in the Lucie Stern Community Center Ballroom, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Friends of the Palo Alto Library. http://www.friendspaloaltolib.org/ PAID

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Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Attempted auto theft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 8 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 9 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Alcohol transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. muni. code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menlo Park Sept. 17-23

Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Attempted burglary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mail theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drug registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS cross report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

La Para Avenue, 9/19, noon; domestic violence/battery.

Porter Drive, 9/19, 7:09 p.m.; domestic violence/violation of court order.

California Avenue, 9/21, 4:23 a.m.; sexual assault/rape.

Grant Avenue, 9/22, 10:04 a.m.; suicide adult/misc.

Menlo Park

700 block Willow Road, 9/18, 9:41 a.m.; battery.

1100 block Carlton Ave., 9/22, 11:41 p.m.; spousal abuse.

1000 block El Camino Real, 9/23, 4:18 p.m.; battery.

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Former mayor Alan Henderson dies at 89

lan Henderson, former Palo Alto mayor, businessman and environmental advocate, died on Sept.

13 from complications related to a stroke at The Sequoias Portola Valley. He was 89.

As a moderate city councilman and member of numerous boards in Palo Alto, Henderson fought for environmental and social causes, including open space preservation, restrictions on new development, bike lane development and affordable child care.

Paul Alan Henderson, known as Alan, was born on June 20, 1925, in San Francisco. Until age 6 he lived in Burlingame with his parents and older brother, Richard. The Depression forced the family to move to Sacramento, where his father could work with his grandfather at Henderson’s Delicatessen.

He graduated from C.K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento in 1943 and then enrolled at Stanford University. A year later he was drafted by the U.S. Army to fight in the Pacific Theater of WWII. After returning to the U.S., he resumed his studies at Stanford, where he was also a competitive runner and high jumper. In 1949, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Soon after, he met Patricia “Pat” Rom through a family friend, and the two married in December 1950. They had two children, Nancy and Wayne, and the family settled in Redwood City while he worked at California Packing Company for the Del Monte brand in San Francisco, beginning in 1950. In 1955 the family moved to Palo Alto.

In 1956, he took a new job with Sunset Magazine & Books in Menlo Park, and in 1965,

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June Lee June Eng Lee, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died on Aug. 26.

She was 92.

She was born on Aug. 6, 1922, in Seattle and grew up in the city’s International District.

Later she studied at Linfield College, and in 1940, she graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in sociology.

Soon after she moved to San Francisco and began living at the Chinatown YWCA. She worked at the department store Gump’s.

She met Dan Lee, a drafter and graphic artist, and they married in 1949 and had two children together — Debbie and Stuart.

A few years later Dan took a job as a manager at Ming’s Res-

he helped a colleague launch George Pfeiffer and Associates, a company that published American West magazine, among other publications. In 1968, Henderson became business manager for the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, a think tank on the Stanford campus, where he worked until his retirement in 1992.

He got his start in local politics as part of a City Council slate organized by the Association for a Balanced Community in 1971.

His successful campaign centered on his opposition to residential development in the Palo Alto foothills and high-rise development along University Avenue. He served from 1971 to 1975 and 1977 to 1981, including as mayor from 1979 to 1981.

Current City Councilman Larry Klein, who served briefly in 1981 with Henderson, said he thought that Henderson’s “fairmindedness” moved the council away from the divisive years of the early 1970s.

“Alan was a person who really could reach out and talk to everybody on the council,” Klein said.

Among many initiatives he aided as a councilman were the rezoning of Stanford’s Coyote Hill property and the Palo Alto Baylands to open space, the creation of bike lanes throughout the city, the Open Space Ordinance limiting development in the foothills, a city-subsidized child care program (California’s first), a revised budget format and Palo Alto’s 50-foot height limit.

In the years after his city council terms, he served as chairman of the Regional Water Quality Control Board from 1982 to 1983 and president of the Palo Alto Housing Corporation Board of Directors from 1986 to 1989. taurant in Palo Alto, and the family settled in Palo Alto in 1956.

For about 20 years, June helped to run the restaurant, making ginger sauce for sundaes and flower arrangements. In 1966 she bought with her husband a home on Dana Avenue. The couple divorced in 1972.

During the last two decades of her life, June resided at Channing House.

She was predeceased by her brother and four sisters. She is survived by her former husband, Dan Lee of Palm Desert; her children, Debbie (Bill Tamayo) Lee of San Francisco and Stuart (Kristen) Lee of Laguna Niguel; her grandchildren, Araceli, Lorenzo and Natasha; and extended family

He was also on the boards of the Palo Alto Civic League, Peninsula Conservation Center, Palo Alto Community Child Care, the Palo Alto YMCA and Avenidas. He also was a member of the Palo Alto Weekly Board of Contributors, writing occasional guest opinions for the newspaper.

For his myriad efforts in Palo Alto, he was chosen as Palo Alto Citizen of the Year by the Palo Alto Civic League in 1974, received a Tall Tree Award from the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce in 1982, was bestowed with a YMCA Red Triangle Award in 1991, and was honored with an Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement award in 1999.

Alan and Pat divorced in 1977, after which he reconnected with an old acquaintance from Sacramento, Myrene Depew. They married a year later. Together they traveled around the globe and participated in many local activities, before Myrene died in 2001. In 2010, Alan moved from Palo Alto to The Sequoias Portola Valley.

An avid fan of Stanford sports throughout his life, he helped as a spotter at football games and an assistant announcer at men’s basketball games.

He is survived by two children, Nancy Henderson (Ivars) Peterson of Washington, D.C., and Wayne Alan Henderson of San Diego; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren — as well as four step-children, 11 step-grandchildren and a step-great-grandchild. He is also survived by his first wife, Patricia Khanati of San Diego.

A memorial service will be held on Dec. 28 at 3 p.m. at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Peninsula Open Space Trust (openspacetrust.org) or Pathways Hospice, 585 N. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. throughout the country.

A memorial service was held on Sept. 7 at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Chinese Historical Society, Hakone Gardens or the Ecumenical Hunger Program.

Memorial service Michael Davis, dedicated member of the Downtown Streets Team in Palo Alto, died on Sept. 18. He was 65.

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After attending the University of Georgia for two years, she moved to Washington, D.C. in the early 1960s, and worked for North Carolina Congressman Horace R. Kornegay. On a blind date in D.C., she met her husband, Dr. Howard H. Sussman. Following a lengthy courtship, Neilda joined Howard on the West Coast in 1970 when he accepted a faculty position at Stanford University School of Medicine. They were married in San Francisco in February, 1970, and soon moved to Portola Valley, where they made their home and raised their three children, Sarah, Rachel Sue, and Daniel.

Neilda was a full participant in life. In Washington, she kept up with politics and closely followed the capitol scene her whole life.

When she moved to California and married she took up tennis, biking, and hiking, and later walking and bridge. However, her main project was her family. She thrilled in her children’s accomplishments as well as their day-to-day lives, and loved being a mother and grandmother. She also set an example of community engagement and of treating everyone with kindness and respect. She spent thousands of hours volunteering for her children’s schools, Ecumenical Hunger Program, Prevent Blindness of Northern California (iCare), Allied Arts Guild, Women’s Committee of the Jewish Federation, Hadassah, and local Democratic political campaigns. Neilda was very involved in the Jewish community and her temple, Congregation Beth Am, where she co-chaired the Caring Committee for 8 ½ years.

Neilda kept in touch with everyone--seeking out and welcoming long-lost relatives, remembering birthdays, and providing support during rough times. She was equally delighted to be a true member of Howard’s extended family, and kept in touch with what seems like hundreds of cousins. Neilda treated everyone like family, and was a wonderful friend, confidant, walking buddy, symphony and theater partner and gracious hostess. On her passing, multiple people discovered that they all claimed the same best friend for decades: Neilda. She made time to have true relationships with many more people than most of us even know.

Neilda Sussman leaves behind the love of her life, Howard, daughters Sarah (Nicolas Saint-Arnaud), Rachel Sue (Bernie Corace), son Daniel (Patricia), sisters Ceevah Sobel and Lubah Cohen, and grandchildren Alec, Magali, Ariella, and Avigdor.

Her funeral was held at Congregation Beth Am on September 12, 2014. The Sussman family appreciates donations in Neilda’s memory to: Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, 10495 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 100, Los Angeles, CA 90025, (800)813-0557, give.mazon.org; Prevent Blindness Northern California, Attn.: April, 1388 Sutter St., Ste. 408, San Francisco, CA, 94109, (800)338-3041; and Congregation Beth Am, 26760 Arastradero Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, www.betham.org/give.

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Editorial The meaning of ‘fight’ As school board runs up legal bills, supe takes a different tack t took newly arrived Palo Alto school district Superintendent Max McGee about six weeks to figure out what the school board still hasn’t: The way to head off costly legal entanglements when problems arise is to communicate quickly, acknowledge mistakes, make corrections and stay focused on the needs of every student.

That’s how McGee opted this month to solve the newest complaint of a frustrated Palo Alto parent who turned to the federal Office for Civil Rights for help after believing district staff had not handled the child’s disability accommodations properly.

McGee didn’t bring in the lawyers. He didn’t try to question the appropriateness or authority of OCR’s involvement, nor the motivations of the family. He didn’t cost the district a dime.

Instead, he quickly pulled together a chronology of what had happened, including the errors made by the district in handling the student’s 504 plan accommodation, and outlined what the district had already done to both fix the problem for this particular student and to change procedures so it wouldn’t happen again. He provided all this to the OCR, which he says appears to have resolved the matter.

McGee also proved that a complaint can be publicly disclosed and discussed while at the same time fully protecting the identity and privacy of the student. The school board and its attorneys have consistently used student privacy rights as the reason for refusing to discuss or comment on complaints or on the district’s behavior in dealing with complaints.

Board members and district lawyers, please take note of how problems can be handled in a different way from the path you have chosen.

For more than three years, you have taken the exact opposite approach. You have declined early opportunities to resolve problems. You have questioned the motivations and veracity of families bringing complaints. You have publicly accused one complainant of criminal conduct without offering a single piece of evidence, alleging that an email exchange between the family and the district had been altered because your lawyers are certain they saw a document at an OCR interview with the school principal that didn’t match their copy. This in a case long ago closed in the district’s favor.

You have selectively released correspondence with OCR while refusing to release others. You have criticized those, including parents, the media and especially the Weekly, who have resorted to making formal requests under the Public Records Act as the only way to penetrate the wall of secrecy you have constructed around your actions and deliberations.

But the worst thing you have done is spent huge amounts of taxpayer money for lawyers to pursue these tactics.

Hundreds of hours of attorney time costing hundreds of thousands of dollars have been devoted over the last two years to legal research, legal memos and communications with OCR attorneys and the board aimed at challenging or resisting OCR’s authority and developing strategies for limiting their investigations. More than a hundred hours of attorney time was charged to the district just to prep and then sit with school staff being interviewed by OCR in connection with the sexual harassment issues at the two high schools. What in the world did attorneys fear teachers might say if they weren’t present?

And through July, just under $50,000 was spent for lawyers to prepare and advise board President Barb Mitchell and Vice President Melissa Baten Caswell on the resolution passed in June critical of OCR practices, to prepare materials for lobbying legislators and to confer with the National School Board Association, an organization whose top legislative priority is to diminish the federal Department of Education.

Superintendent McGee Tuesday night emphatically proclaimed that the district is not “fighting” the federal government but merely helping it and other school districts to avoid the problems we’ve experienced with OCR investigations.

While McGee’s actions have been right, his statement is wrong.

He need only review the documents, including the legal bills, to see that we have been in a fight with OCR for a long time. A carefully polished memo outlining grievances and recommended changes in OCR practices does not erase almost two years of resisting OCR, nor Mitchell’s statements that OCR was “purposely confrontational and disruptive,” that its work “promotes confusion” and that OCR was “strong arming policy agreements.”

“Resolve by struggle” is the dictionary definition of “fight.” Sadly, that describes perfectly the folly of this board’s money-wasting and divisive strategy. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

First things first

Curiouser, curiouser

Editor, Caltrain has asked for input on its proposed electrification program (caltrain.com/emu). My response was the following letter: While I think electrification is an admirable objective, I feel it’s putting the cart before the horse.

In my opinion, only one thing will improve Caltrain service — to eliminate all the road crossings. The crossings cause the following: a death a month, innumerable accidents, intolerable delays in train service, incredible whistle noise, ever-increasing automobile delays and the impossibility of running California high-speed rail.

I realize that the expense and technical difficulty of eliminating the crossings is an enormous obstacle, but electrification does not remove any of the above problems. It may even intensify these problems by providing faster acceleration and more trains.

It may also increase the cost of later removing the crossings.

Gary Breitbard San Jude Avenue, Palo Alto

Editor, It is interesting the city attorney gave precautionary legal advice to the City Council candidates regarding the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park project before the election.

It is unfortunate the city attorney did not give precautionary legal advise to city officials as they met secretly with a developer regarding 27 University Ave. This resulted in an embarrassing Grand Jury investigation and report. It also cost taxpayers a quarter of a million dollars.

Paul Machado Stanford Avenue, Palo Alto

Co-location is better Editor, The so-called stiff opposition reported by The Post is based on the fact that a group has in fact tried many tactics to delay or derail the efforts to provide cell services at the Palo Alto Little League Park. Their concerns have been noted, legitimate or not. Their suggestions have actually resulted in significant revisions and in many ways degradation of the ultimate design.

1) Co-location of other services on a common tower is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan to minimize tower numbers. The tower will be too thin for colocated services. 2) The backup power source is a hydrogen fuel cell with a discharge time of 100 hours. It would be used instead of a conventional diesel generator requiring minimal service and have a potential on-time limited only by the size of its fuel tank — typically 30 days so no auxiliary generator will be needed.

As service demands increase to support all mobile devices, it is likely the need for other antennas will accelerate — on top of the library or at the adjacent substation. Permitting co-location now would have deferred that need for awhile. Landlines are going away faster than we realize. I encourage the powers that be to recommend and permit co-location of services and a diesel backup generator.

Ken Allen Grove Avenue, Palo Alto

Questionable judgment Editor, During my recent attempts to read articles on Palo Alto Online, I was startled to find Mr. Simitian’s endorsements for the re-election of Greg Scharff, former mayor, and Nancy Shepherd, mayor of Palo Alto. These advertised endorsements show up on

top of articles that describe in explicit details all the recent unscrupulous actions by the City Council, including their bypassing of the Brown Act during their discussions with Arrillaga, trying to sell public land donated to the City for park and community uses without public disclosure, etc. These articles also delineate how the City Council’s employee, City Manager Mr. Keene, collaborated and coaxed the City Council into all these actions without any reprimand for his actions.

These actions were found to be unlawful and reprehensible by the Santa Clara County Grand Jury as stated in various articles and editorials in recent issues of the Palo Alto Weekly. I wonder, did Mr. Simitian, honorable member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, read any of these reports, or does he consider these actions attributes of good leadership? We would expect better ethical judgment from our elected office holders.

Laszlo Tokes Thain Way, Palo Alto

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Off Deadline Arnold zaps ‘ideological foxholes’ in U.S. politics at climate symposium

by Jay Thorwaldson t wasn’t a m a r ch of 400,000-plus people in New York City, but the 250-seat auditorium in Sacramento overflowed with spectators, TV cameras and other journalists on Sept. 8 to see a rare showing of California bipartisanship — and to see former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Governor Jerry Brown, on stage with Schwarzenegger, credited him for the big turnout. He recalled days when it was hard to get even two reporters to attend hearings or events on climate change and the environment.

Schwarzenegger spoke with pride about his steps to cut greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. He agreed with Brown that climate change (or “global warming”) is among the most urgent and danger-laden topics facing today’s state, national and world leaders. They urged not just discussion but effective action. “Effective” means making a difference, unlike recent studies showing greenhouse-gas emissions at an all-time high, despite all the talk and hot air about them.

They agreed, also with pride, that California is leading the world in taking actions to reduce the causes of climate change, despite fears that whatever is done will be “too little, too late” to avoid serious consequences of rising sea levels, increasingly volatile weather patterns, droughts, floods,

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food and water shortages, and displacement of populations.

They were supported by panelists from government, business, universities and nonprofit organizations.

The symposium, entitled “Global Climate Negotiations: Lessons From California,” was co-sponsored by the University of Southern California’s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy, the California Environmental Protection Agency and the nonprofit environmental group R20 Regions of Climate Action.

Behind the media-show aspect of the symposium was an urgency of a political nature: There will be a United Nations summit conference on climate change in early December in Lima, Peru, following up on a U.N. conference last Tuesday preparing for it — the reason for this week’s massive demonstrations across the nation.

There will be an even bigger U.N. conference on climate change in early December 2015 in Paris, France.

And the U.N. is watching California, along with other states and nations, Brown and Schwarzenegger agreed — confirmed by a written message from U.N. Inspector General Ban Ki-Moon. Ki-Moon said he is “inspired by California’s innovative policies.

“As we work towards a meaningful universal new global climate agreement at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015, cities, countries and regions need to learn from the many successful initiatives pioneered in California and elsewhere,” he said.

“Change is in the air,” he added.

Schwarzenegger, who as governor pushed major changes in energy and climate policies, cited a third-annual “Na-

tional Climate Assessment” report discussed last April 8 at USC by 60 scientists and local officials. He compared the report to annual physical examinations, which he said he realizes are more important for him now that he’s gotten older and realizes “that I’m less and less of a machine.”

The NCA report “is our physical,” he said. “These scientists have done thorough research, and they can tell us our condition and give us a prescription for what we need to do to improve the health of our climate.” A draft of the NCA Southwest Region Chapter report is available via globalchange.gov/ncadac.

Alarming predictions, cited by speakers at the symposium, include sea-level rise of 3 to 5 feet by 2100, which would affect $100 billion in property along the California coast, endangering 480,000 people, vast wetlands and critical infrastructure.

As California’s water supplies dry up, from reduced Sierra snowpack and subsurface reserves, agriculture is at risk, threatening the state’s production of 95 percent nationally of apricots, almonds, walnuts and other high-value crops. Heat-related illness, increased wildfires and other effects will plague the state, the report warns.

“I think this is the first report that has the opportunity to get a lot of attention and get people concerned about these issues,” warned Hilda Blanco, interim director of the Center for Sustainable Cities and a lead author on the NCA report for the Southwest region. She noted that in 1990 Congress mandated that the U.S. Global Change Research Program conduct a national assessment every four years to evaluate the impact of climate change.

“The fact that climate change is occur-

ring faster than ever imagined makes for a very scary type of report,” she said. Five other speakers at the symposium were part of the group that prepared the report. One speaker, Philip Duffy of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, outlined the climate modeling used for the report and acknowledged that scientists and weather experts don’t know everything about climate change.

But uncertainties will always exist and should not be used as an excuse for doing nothing, he said.

Schwarzenegger said it’s no accident that California leads the nation in energy efficiency by 40 percent and in reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions. As governor, in 2006 he pushed the Global Warming Solutions Act that progressively reduces emissions.

He tweaked national leaders: “While the politicians in Washington can’t get anything done because of being stuck in those ideological foxholes, we here in California have two governors from two different parties in the same room fighting for the same green-energy future.”

He said if the whole nation enacted California policies it would be possible to close two-thirds of coal-fired power plants.

Yet despite the increased attention to climate change/global warming, a major counterattack is underway. To see the intensity, check out “UN Climate Propaganda At Full Throttle” — at tinyurl.com/ p9m68kw.

The foxhole-digging gets even deeper. Q Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jthorwaldson@ paweekly.com and/or jaythor@well.com.

He also writes periodic blogs for PaloAltoOnline.com.

Streetwise

Do you think Palo Alto should do anything to protect small, local business? Why or why not?

Asked on California Avenue. Interviews and photos by Sam Sciolla.

Steve Dabrowski

Rachel Miller

Kwesi Mercurius

Darlene Rutherford

Bob Duvall

Channing Avenue, Palo Alto Retired

Monroe Drive, Mountain View Radiation therapist

Holyrood Drive, Oakland Biochemist

Golden Oak Drive, Portola Valley Retired

Bayview Avenue, Sunnyvale Engineer

“Absolutely. Without that the vitality of the city just evaporates. It’s pretty dreary when you just have offices and chain stores.”

“I do, because, me personally, I like to do business close to home.”

“Absolutely. ... Small business provides diversity ... and keeps a larger community going.”

“I think we should because this is a country where everyone should have an opportunity to work and have a successful business.”

“In general, yes, because I think small business makes a more attractive environment. What they should do is an entirely different question.”

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The ecstasy of embodiment S

earch the world over for a hotspot of mind/body integration, and you’ll likely settle on the Bay Area. This region is home to the Esalen Institute, where the human potential movement was born and where workshops are still offered on everything from yoga to biofeedback. It’s where the California Institute for Integral Studies trains graduate students in somatic psychology and expressive arts therapy.

Geographically speaking, Palo Alto is positioned at the center of it all. Culturally, though, this region is better known for producing fast-paced scientific and

technological innovations than for exploring the links between physical movement and emotional well-being.

Yet for more than four years, Peninsula-dwellers have gathered for a weekly practice that seems more Santa Cruz than Silicon Valley. Programmers, entrepreneurs, academics and artists alike flock to Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto to discover the healing powers of dance and the hidden connections between their bodies and their minds.

“When we started, it was three people and a boom box on a carpeted floor,” said organizer Wendy Marie Dando, who has

Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto offers a way to reconnect with the body — and with each other Story by Elizabeth Schwyzer/Photos by Veronica Weber

watched the weekly gathering grow to 40, sometimes 50 participants. The group now meets on Sunday mornings in the ballroom of the Lucie Stern Community Center, where they spend two hours moving to a range of danceable electronic tracks mixed live by a DJ. From an outsider’s perspective, ecstatic dance sounds like a nightclub for morning people. In fact, the practice has little to do with “dance” as it exists in a social context. Instead, participants describe ecstatic dance as a form of meditation: a practice in which music and movement facilitate a profound state of being present

Top: Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto participants describe the experience as joyful, freeing and safe.

Left: A dancer moves to the beat of the music.

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and connected.

The concept of ecstatic dance isn’t original to the Silicon Valley.

Born in Hawaii out of a synthesis of conscious dance and electronic music, it has become an international movement that has spread across the West Coast and beyond.

The roots of ecstatic dance reach back to the 1970s to the work of the late American dance artist Gabrielle Roth, founder of the 5Rhythms dance practice. Roth drew on traditions of shamanism and trance dance to guide participants into moving meditations.

Today, there are many related offshoots: Ecstatic dance, conscious dance, intentional dance and soul dance groups all offer some form of guided or unguided improvisational movement with an aim to evoke higher states of consciousness (for a peek at what conscious dance looks like, check out vimeo.com/88050006). Many of these groups, including Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto, attract those interested in contact improvisation: a style of partner dance with no set choreography where dancers use their instincts and each other’s bodies in a continuous and often gymnastic duet.

For many, though, ecstatic dance is simply a safe place to explore movement of any kind without pressure to perform or fear of judgment. What continues to bring people to Ecstatic

Dance Palo Alto, Dando says, isn’t a desire to get fit, look good or impress anyone. Instead, it’s a yearning to feel reconnected to their own bodies and to those around them.

A 40-something-year-old native of Saratoga with a lifelong interest in dance and communitybuilding, Dando talks about the way the culture of the region has shifted since the dot-com boom of the late ‘90s, a change she describes as replacing “nature and community with industry and technology.” Dando sees ecstatic dance as an important challenge to the cultural norms of today’s Silicon Valley.

“Technology is great, but we also need to be in our bodies,” Dando noted, describing Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto as a way of “returning people to a connection with themselves and to each other.”

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ntrigued by Dando’s description — and not a little dubious about what sorts of “connections” I might discover — I ventured out to the Lucie Stern center last week with the aim of taking in the experience as a participant-observer.

It wasn’t hard to locate the room; even from the parking lot I could hear the bass reverberating through the walls. Just outside the ballroom, I came across a group

Arts & Entertainment of children clustered on the floor, intently drawing on butcher paper.

Beyond them sat row upon row of shoes, neatly stacked. At the door, next to a tub of free earplugs, sat a list of guidelines.

“No dance experience needed,” it read. “Move any way you wish.

Respect the space and the people in it.” The rest of the guidelines were straightforward: no speaking, shoes, alcohol or drugs, phones or cameras. There was even a suggested method for communicating your desire to dance alone: Simply press your palms together in prayer position.

Sounded doable.

Once inside, I made my way barefoot to the back of the room, where someone had set up an altar with candles, tarot cards, flowers and driftwood. I pulled out my notebook and surveyed the scene.

About 25 people dotted the dance floor. They ranged in age from children to elders. A few stood facing each other; most seemed to be lost in a state of reverie, alone in their experience. Strings of lights festooned the edges of the room, and from the speakers at the front issued the steady beat of drum and bass blended with world music.

I began by finding a spot in the corner of the room where I could lie down on my back and stretch.

Eyes closed, music flooding my consciousness, I slowly felt myself relax. I circled my ankles. I yawned. I peeked to make sure nobody was watching me. Nobody was.

By the time I opened my eyes again, the crowd had grown to more than 40 people. The music shifted to a faster tempo, my body responded, and I found myself rising to my feet and dancing the way I might dance alone in my bedroom. My lack of self-consciousness surprised and delighted me.

This state of deep comfort and mild euphoria lasted for the rest of the session, including a brief interlude of dancing with a complete stranger — something I had been quite sure I would not welcome.

Somehow, through moving my body to music in the company of others equally absorbed in their own process, I had quieted the incessant chatter of my mind, and found in its place a sense of calm and joy.

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or some, the experience is nothing short of transformative.

Longtime Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto participant Shankar Hemmady said he credits the weekly dance session with his health. In 2002, the software designer’s feet started to hurt. After consulting multiple specialists, he was diagnosed with an acute case of plantar fasciitis, and told by a leading UCSF doctor that it was time to “get more grounded.”

“At the time, that made very little sense,” Hemmady remembered. Nevertheless, he dutifully began looking for ways to stop prioritizing intellectual accomplishments and to reconnect with his own body.

“I realized that I rarely used my body — except for designing computer chips and software, like many of my friends here in Silicon Valley,” he explained. “I felt the need to really be present to the sensations and feelings that were welling up from within.”

Eventually, his search led to Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto. For Hemmady, it was the beginning of a new way of life.

“I have never stopped ever since,” he said. “In all honesty, I cannot imagine a life with no dance and music anymore.”

Clinical counselor Liza Lichtinger, who was visiting Ecstatic

Peter Weinstein, a resident disc jockey for Ecstatic Dance, mixes tracks for the weekly dance at the Lucie Stern Community Center.

Dance Palo Alto for the first time, also offered to share her experience. She described feeling permission “to express myself authentically, without judgment, in a safe and empowering setting.

“I entered a sacred space where there was no correct or incorrect way to be,” she said, adding, “I leave feeling a playful connection to my essence, and immense gratitude and compassion.”

It’s reactions like these that keep Dando returning to the Lucie Stern center on Sunday mornings to host the event, though financing the rental of the ballroom is an ongoing challenge. Her hope is to secure a more affordable dedicated space. In the the meantime, Dando says she will continue to offer this space for whoever comes.

“This is a calling for me,” she said. “I see it as a service to the community. Every decision I

make has to do with helping people come back to themselves.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly. com.

What: Ecstatic Dance Palo Alto Where: Lucie Stern Community Center ballroom, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto When: Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon, with a movement class at 9 a.m. and closing circle noon to 12:30 p.m. No dance Sept.

28, Oct. 26 or Nov. 16.

Cost: $15 to $20 sliding scale; scholarships available.

Info: Go to ecstaticdance.org/ paloalto or email wendy.clubconscious@gmail.com.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER EXPANDS HOURS ... Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center is now open six days a week.

The museum has expanded its hours to include Mondays as well as most holidays. The new hours of operation are Wednesday through Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., plus Thursday evening until 8 p.m. The Cantor will be closed only on Tuesdays, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Admission remains free to the public.

Current exhibitions at the Cantor include POP Art from SF MOMA’s Anderson Collection, midcentury American photographs by Robert Frank, miniature Indian court paintings and “The New Landscape: Experiments in Light” by Hungarian-born American artist and designer Gyorgy Kepes.

To learn more about the Cantor Arts Center, go to museum. stanford.edu or call 650-7234177.

CUBBERLEY ARTIST STUDIOS PROGRAM RELAUNCHES ...

The City of Palo Alto recently announced the selection of 28 incumbent and new artists for its artist residency program.

Among those chosen are 13 Palo Alto residents. The genres represented range from the more traditional arts — painting, sculpture and printmaking — to costuming, video, mixed-media installation and graphic-novel writing and illustration.

The residencies begin in October. In exchange for subsidized rental fees, artists agree to donate four volunteer hours per month as well as one work of art per residency to the City of Palo Alto’s Public Art Program.

HEAD OF ART CENTER CHOSEN FOR ELITE CLASS ... Karen Kienzle, director of the Palo Alto Art Center, was selected this month to join an elite class of 50 exceptional leaders in the Chief Executive Program, sponsored by National Arts Strategies. The organization culled through applications from 13 different countries in the highly competitive recruitment process before identifying the top executive cultural leaders from around the world. “I am tremendously honored and humbled by this,” Kienzle said. “These are people who are incredible leaders doing incredible work.” Under Kienzle’s leadership, Art Center attendance has steadily risen and currently shows an increase of 10,000 people per year. In addition, the glass-enclosed Gallery Shop located in the lobby of the Art Center — which offers an assortment of jewelry, ceramics and glassware — is also getting more attention. “And once Rinconada Library reopens, we’re expecting our customer base to become even larger,” Kienzle said. Q

Though there is no speaking on the dance floor, some participants make physical contact; others prefer to dance alone.

Karin Moriarty (right) and Daniela R. practice contact improvisation during an ecstatic dance session.

— Elizabeth Schwyzer and Daryl Savage

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Arts & Entertainment The Palo Alto Art Center is located at 1313 Newell Road and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free. For more information, go to cityofpaloalto.org/ artcenter or call 650-617-3530.

Worth a Look

Festival Autumn at Filoli

STYLE MEETS FUNCTIONALITY

Image courtesy of The Estate of Joan Brown

Autumn is officially upon us, and how better to celebrate the season than with a visit to the historic gardens of Filoli? The Woodside country estate’s annual harvest celebration and fundraiser takes place this Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Established as a private residence in 1917 and opened to the public in 1976, Filoli’s 654-acre property is now managed by the Trust for Historic Preservation. In addition to taking a docent-guid-

Joan Brown’s “Joan and Donald” (1982) is among the works on display at the Palo Alto Art Center.

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Art “I’ll Show You Mine” Subtitled “Contemporary Artists Explore Family Portraiture,” this exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center holds its opening reception Sept. 26 from 7 to 10 p.m. and runs through Dec. 14. Stop by the main gallery on Friday night to meet the artists involved in this show, which explores the impact of family connections on artistic creation. The works on display give a peek into the personal lives of the artists at the same time as they touch on universal issues, among them love, identity and mortality.

As part of the reception, artist David Sandoval of San Francisco will invite members of the public to engage in “awkward dinner conversation” with help from karaoke-style prompts. Among the other participating artists is Los Angeles-based Amir H. Fallah, whose collage and painted portraits showcase personal possessions and mysteriously obscured figures.

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A girl uses a cider press to make apple cider at Autumn at Filoli.

ed tour of the extensive grounds, festival-goers can press cider, try their hand at autumnal floral arranging or taste heirloom fruits from Filoli’s Gentlemen’s Orchard. Kid-friendly activities include face painting, magic shows and bobbing for apples. Those with extra energy may want to explore the estate’s hiking trails, while younger visitors can choose and decorate a pumpkin from the Filoli Pumpkin Patch.

Admission to Autumn at Filoli is $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers and $5 for children between the ages of 5 and 17. Children 4 years and younger are free.

Space is limited; advance reservations are recommended but not required. Go to filoli.org or call 650-364-8300, ext. 508.

Parimal Phadke (left) and Shambhavi Dandekar blend Indian classical dance traditions in “Nritya Sangam.”

Dance “Nritya Sangam” North and south, feminine and masculine come together in a classical Indian dance production this Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. “Nritya Sangam”

features acclaimed Indian dance artists Shambhavi Dandekar and Parimal Phadke in a show that borrows from the Kathak dance tradition of northern India and the Bharatanatyam style of the south.

After decades of performing, choreographing and teaching in India, Dandekar relocated to Mountain View two years ago, where she opened Shambhavi’s International School of Kathak.

“Nritya Sangam” has toured nationally and internationally; this weekend marks its Bay Area premiere.

Those interested in the music of India will note the blending of Hindustani and Carnatic traditions in this production. The power of “Nritya Sangam” lies in these stylistic contrasts, as well as in the tension between the graceful Laasya (feminine) dance and the more vigorous Tandava (masculine) dance. At the same time that the show draws on ancient dance traditions, the artists incorporate modern themes, western music and dance.

Catch “Nritya Sangam” on the Peninsula while you can; there’s only one show at 2:30 p.m., followed by a post-performance “chat and chai” with the performers.

To learn more about the artists, go to kathakshambhavi.com or parimalphadke.com. For tickets, go to mountainview.gov/mvcpa or call 650-903-6000. Q — Elizabeth Schwyzer

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PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12th GRADE ON ONE CAMPUS 2014 Open House Schedule

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Liam Neeson plays private eye and former cop Matthew Scudder in “A Walk Among the Tombstones.”

A Walk Among the Tombstones 001/2 (Century 16, Century 20) At one point in the new crime thriller “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” someone asks Liam Neeson’s private eye what it takes to be a good detective. “Patience.

Instinct. Blind luck, mostly,” he replies. These same qualities could be said to apply to writerdirector Scott Frank trying to get a foothold in the marketplace with a crime thriller aimed at an adult audience.

At the outset of “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” audiences are likely to be rooting for Frank, long one of Hollywood’s cleverest screenwriters (“Dead Again,” the Elmore Leonard adaptations “Get Shorty” and “Out of Sight”) and lately one of its most promising writer-directors (“The Lookout”).

Frank swiftly establishes a throwback tone redolent of finely crafted ‘70s/’80s cinema (something in the vein of Sidney Lumet): patient,

thoughtfully photographed and edited, well-acted and with a certain essential intelligence applied to the material — and assumed of the audience.

That material derives from Lawrence Block’s series of detective novels about unlicensed private investigator, ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder, who does everything in reaction to his still-unforgiven original sin. Here played with weary resignation by Liam Neeson, Scudder makes a reasonably compelling protagonist, expending old-fashioned shoe leather as he tracks down witnesses and clues in the case of the kidnapped and murdered wife of a drug kingpin (Dan Stevens, late of “Downton Abbey”).

Scudder made it to the screen once before, portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the poorly received Hal Ashby film “8 Million Ways to Die,” but Frank’s take proves considerably more faithful to

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Block — overhauled climax aside — by retaining Scudder’s 1990s New York City setting and putting a strong emphasis on the cultural context and 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. What’s best about “A Walk Among the Tombstones” is atmospheric: the moody, evocative cinematography and the haunted performances by Neeson, Stevens, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as a person of interest, and David Harbour and Adam David Thompson as the killers.

What’s worst about the film is its sense of generic luridness (though Frank is careful and wise not to glorify violence). And what’s in between is the film’s inability to create much in the way of thematic red meat, aside from the pre-9/11 NYC setting being used for ho-hum portentousness: On the eve of Y2K, the evildoers reflect, “People are afraid of all the wrong things...”

“A Walk Among the Tombstones” conjures memories of more distinctive urban crime dramas of recent years, whether more operatic (“Mystic River,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) or more relatable (“Prisoners”), but peel away the stylishness of the filmmakers, and the film skews closest to the trio of dully trashy “Alex Cross” adaptations (“Kiss the Girls,” “Along Came a Spider,” “Alex Cross”).

If only there were more to grab onto from the diffuse story, which — with its nearly unredeemed brutality — will make more sensitive viewers wonder why they bothered to subject themselves to the feel-bad film of the summer’s dog days.

Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity. One hour, 53 minutes.

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(Century 16, Century 20) Apart from cops and robbers, two kinds of characters have overpopulated crime movies for years: the serial killer and the vigilante. Both are extremely rare in reality and absurdly plentiful on the big screen.

Denzel Washington plays the latest vigilante, a dubious “good guy” in the violent vengeance fantasy, “The Equalizer.”

Adapted from the 1985-1989 TV series starring Edward Woodward, “The Equalizer” tells the story of Robert McCall (Washington), an ex-operative of “the Agency” who now freelances protecting the little guy. At the film’s outset, erstwhile spy McCall marks time as an employee of hardware retailer Home Mart and a frequenter of an all-night greasy spoon. There, his budding friendship with teenage prostitute Teri (Chloë Grace

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Denzel Washington plays an ex-CIA operative who finds himself called back into action in “The Equalizer.”

Moretz, in a surprisingly affecting turn) winds up pulling him back into a lifestyle he has held at bay: dispensing violence to those who “deserve” it.

The early scenes establishing McCall and Teri may be silly, but they are compelling on the

strength of the actors and the direction by Antoine Fuqua (who directed Washington to an Oscar in “Training Day”). You can take the man out of the Agency but not the Agency out of the man, as we

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learn by McCall’s fastidiousness: He’s religious about using the stopwatch function of his digital wristwatch, he cleans sneakers with a toothbrush, and he’s working his way through a list touting the hundred best novels (including portentously significant titles like “The Old Man and the Sea” and “Don Quixote”).

Lonely, “kinda lost” widower McCall also operates from an emotional resiliency that emerges in flashes of humor, and a core compassion that compels him to help his fellow woman (Teri) and man (Johnny Skourtis’s Home Mart employee, Ralphie). McCall preaches “body, mind, spirit,” and doles out diet tips and life lessons (“Doubt kills,” he proclaims, and, “You gotta be who you are in this world, no matter what”). But as soon as McCall begins to dish out cold violence — reluctantly, and yet with an unmistakeable

relish — interest drains from the picture. The story becomes one of just another “unforgiven” killer trying to even out the karmic scales via dubious means.

By strongly suggesting that McCall’s victims deserve to die for their immorality and sheer foolishness in crossing him, “The Equalizer” itself becomes immoral and distasteful, albeit in ways audiences are so familiar with by now that they’re likely not to notice. Aside from the odd compelling detail (McCall sealing a wound with boiling honey, a running joke about Gladys Knight and the Pips), most of the film’s two-hour-plus run time is one big wash of been there, done that.

The boilerplate plot is elevated by key performances from Marton Csokas (as intense Russian mob middle manager Teddy), Moretz and Washington, whose supremely confident performance fits him, glove-like, to the role (or, more likely, the role to him). The star makes the film something of a guilty pleasure, but Washington’s performance — and touches like the film-opening Mark Twain quotation — form little more than a gilded cover wrapped around pure pulp.

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Two hours, 11 minutes.

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MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday – Sunday only unless otherwise noted.

For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies.

Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest.

A Walk Among the Tombstones (R) Century 16: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 & 10 p.m. Century 20: Fri & Sat 11:45 a.m., 5:10 & 10:35 p.m.

Aagadu (Not Rated)

Century 16: Fri & Sat 3:30 & 9:55 p.m., Sun 3:10 p.m.

The Boxtrolls (PG) Century 16: 11:05 a.m., 4:35 & 7:20 p.m. In 3-D at 1:50 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:10 & 9:45 p.m. In 3-D at 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15 & 10:45 p.m.

Boyhood (R) ++++ Aquarius Theatre: Fri & Sun 1:20, 4:40 & 8:15 p.m., Sat 2:30, 6 & 9:30 p.m.

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri 7:30 p.m.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (R) Century 16: 12:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 7 p.m. Century 20: 2 p.m.

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Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) ++ Century 16: 10:40 a.m., 1:20, 4:05, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m.

Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

The Drop (R) Century 16: 10:55 a.m., 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Fri & Sat 1:40 & 4:25 p.m.

Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:25 & 10:15 p.m.

The Equalizer (R) Century 16: 12:20, 3:50, 7:10 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:40, 5:45 & 8:50 p.m. In X-D at 1:15, 4:20, 7:30 & 10:35 p.m.

Gone with the Wind (PG) Century 16: Sun 2 & 7 p.m.

Century 20: Sun 2 & 7 p.m.

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 1:25, 4:20, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 5 & 7:50 p.m. In 3-D at 2:10 & 10:40 p.m.

The House of Fear (1945) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Fri 6:10 & 9:15 pm

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) ++1/2 Century 20: 12:50, 3:45, 6:45 & 9:35 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m.

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Century 20: Fri & Sat 2:35 & 7:55 p.m.

Mas Negro Que La Noche (R) Century 20: 11:40 a.m. & 7:45 p.m. In 3-D at 2:20, 5:05 & 10:30 p.m.

The Maze Runner (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:45 a.m., 12:05, 1:30, 2:50, 4:15, 5:35, 7:25, 8:40 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 12:45, 2:30, 3:30, 5:15, 6:15, 8, 9 & 10:45 p.m. In Escape at 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 & 10 p.m.

My Old Lady (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:25 & 10 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m.

No Good Deed (PG-13)

Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 4:50, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m.

The Old Dark House (1932) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Red Dust (19320 (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 5:55 & 8:55 p.m.

The Skeleton Twins (R) +++ Century 20: Noon, 2:25, 4:55, 7:35 & 10:05 p.m.

Guild Theatre: 2:15, 4:40, 7:15 & 9:40 p.m.

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This is Where I Leave You (R) Century 16: 11:15 a.m., 1:55, 4:40, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m.

Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 12:25, 1:40, 2:55, 4:15, 5:30, 6:55, 8:05, 9:30 & 10:40 p.m.

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Aquarius Theatre: 1, 3:30, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m.

When the Game Stands Tall (PG) ++1/2 Century 20: Fri & Sat 11:45 a.m., 5:10 & 10:35 p.m. Sun 11 a.m.

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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information about films playing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies ON THE WEB: Up-to-date movie listings at PaloAltoOnline.com

Eating Out Doing good with food Palo Alto’s newest restaurant pairs fusion cuisine with feminist principles

by Elena Kadvany oodanthropy has arrived in Palo Alto.

It’s not some trendy new hybrid dessert, but rather, the marriage of two worlds — food and philanthropy — in an unusual new downtown restaurant. alkymists is the brainchild of Thierry Fassiotti, a native of France with a still-strong accent and a different view of the world. alkymists is not only a restaurant, but also a place where he will host free monthly brunches for low-income, battered or homeless women and their children. He plans to teach them about nutrition and how to eat healthily on a budget, and hopes to partner with local organizations to do so.

The kitchen will be serving up world fusion food, and will also serve as a space for the alkymists “culinary program” — cooking classes and internships for these women to provide them with experience and references to help them get jobs.

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alkymists founder Thierry Fassiotti revamped the space at 140 University Ave. with repurposed wood, bookshelves and potted plants.

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on shelves behind the bar. Each mixture has been assigned a number, based on the number of ingredients inside, which will correlate to the “number nine,� for example, on the cocktail menu.

At a soft opening last week, bar manager Kelly Boisvert (a holdover from Palo Alto Grill) was serving bourbon with orange peel, black pepper and clove; vodka with mint, lavender and basil; and rum with sage, rosemary and coriander. (Warning: Ordering these mixtures straight-up or on the rocks is not for lightweights.) “Our glory is going to be our cocktails,� Boisvert said, but they’ll also have six types of beers from Schubros Brewery in San Ramon and a range of wines, also from a single winery.

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them) but rather, on personal connections. “If you believe that hospitality and philanthropy can be one, then let’s talk,� Fassiotti said he tells applicants.

Fassiotti was brought in by Palo Alto Grill owner Luka Dvornik to flip the space at 140 University Ave., and took the opportunity to launch a deeply personal project.

The restaurant officially opened for business this Wednesday.

Fassiotti was born in France to a father from North Africa and mother from Seville (hence the world fusion concept). During Fassiotti’s childhood, the family operated a hotel restaurant/bar. “I grew up in this business,� he said. “My parents were very generous philanthropists. They helped a lot of low-income families find jobs through our business, so I’m doing exactly the same.�

Fassiotti said his life’s work has been dedicated to food and philanthropy. He managed restaurants in Paris, and after moving to Los Angeles, worked at Wolfgang Puck’s foodie haven Chinois on Main and at Mario Batali’s Osteria Mozza, among other prime establishments.

Philanthropic organizations he has supported in the past include Restaurants du Coeur (Restaurants of the Heart) in France, which feeds low-income and homeless people; Meals on Wheels; 1736 Family Crisis Center in Los Angeles and Save the Children. Fassiotti also said he himself was homeless for a year in Paris.

At alkymists, Fasiotti has honored the first philanthropic organization he ever worked for — called Dragonfly — with a small dragonfly icon that appears throughout the restaurant: on table corners, walls, the bar and the top of each menu.

As a women-centered philanthropy, alkymists is also a tribute to Fassiotti’s late mother, he said. The name is his take on “al ci mi� (pronounced “alchemy�), which means “her near me� in Esperanto. In the women’s bathroom at alkymists, you’ll find 30 photographs — portraits of

women from around the world — wrapping around the walls. The men’s bathroom did not get the same attention.

Fassiotti has brought in Jared Combs, a 33-year-old Los Angeles native and Le Cordon Bleu graduate, to head the kitchen. He’s cooking up an enormous range of food, from pork belly tacos with curried corn and fried pork manchego dumplings to pizza, sandwiches and short ribs. Pita bread is baked in house (as all bread will be), and served with pistachio baked bean hummus, roasted bell pepper romesco and olive tapenade.

The 100-seat dining room has been redone, by Fassiotti and staff themselves, to do away with what he called the “masculine� color scheme and feel of Palo Alto Grill. The walls are now a deep terracotta red. The lighting has been softened. Fasiotti has also added a large communal table and “lounge� area where diners can peruse books or sit and chat while waiting to be seated.

The bar top is stamped with Fassiotti’s own blueprint-like sketches of place settings. With Palo Alto Grill’s full liquor license, Fassiotti is experimenting with liquor-and-herb mixtures, stored in large glass jars

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Home Front HARVEST FESTIVAL ... The annual Friends Harvest Festival is slated for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 957 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. The festival includes a rummage sale, books by the inch, music, storytelling, plants, children’s toys, collectibles, a bake sale and a veggie beauty contest. Info: quakerharvestfestival.org BEE-AUTIFUL ... Teresa Lavell, a certified Integrated Pest Management Advocate and bee enthusiast, will offer tips on transforming a garden into a safe spot for bees, birds and other pollinators from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27. The free class, which is sponsored by the City of Palo Alto Watershed Protection, Our Water Our World and Common Ground, will be held at Common Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Info: 650-493-6072 or commongroundinpaloalto.org BOOK LAUNCH ... A reception to launch the new book “Gamble Garden: Landscape of Optimism” by Susan Woodman will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28, at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. The reception and booksigning are free, and the book, with 136 pages and 200 color photographs, costs $40 plus tax.

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This Old Mountain View home, top, was recently built with insulated concrete forms (ICF), and will be featured on the upcoming home tour to benefit the Mountain View Educational Foundation; above, the downstairs of the home features an open kitchen that merges with the family room and looks out onto the backyard through double doors; right, the daughter’s bathroom features a brightly colored sink and sleek-looking fixtures.

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by Carol Blitzer / photos by Veronica Weber What: Mountain View Educational Foundation house tour When: Sunday, Sept. 28, 1 to 5 p.m.

Where: Seven homes in Old Mountain View Cost: $25 Parking: Street parking is limited to three hours; parking available in the garage at California and Bryant streets.

Info: mvef.org, click on “Home Tour”

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even homes, dating from 1895 to just last year, highlight the upcoming Mountain View Educational Foundation house tour through Old Mountain View this weekend.

The homes on Franklin and Villa streets, within easy walking distance of each other, include a Victorian with a chicken coop; a 1907 home remodeled in 1998; a Craftsman with many original details; a couple from the 1920s, each recently remodeled; and two newly constructed homes.

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Malik and Kapil Verma, is made of insulated concrete forms (ICF) and includes many eco-friendly features: the photovoltaic panels on the roof, radiant heating in the floors, solar water heater and an emphasis on using local suppliers.

The couple opted to build after scouting the Old Mountain View area and finding mostly 40- to 50-year-old homes.

“We were looking for a longterm house that we wouldn’t have to keep fixing,” Verma said.

What they found was a pair of older apartment buildings on

a 10,000-square-foot corner lot.

Working with Plateau Building Group, a local design/build firm, they had a 3,200-squarefoot home built along with a 450-square-foot in-law unit.

While the exterior of the home fits with the traditional streetscape — “We liked Craftsman style,” Verma said, “and we have lots of touches” — inside the vibe is distinctly modern.

A key piece to the design was creating a great room, where the (continued on page 34)

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Home tour (continued from page 32)

kitchen and family room flowed together into a central family-oriented space. They also chose to site the master suite downstairs, all part of an â&#x20AC;&#x153;aging-in-placeâ&#x20AC;? strategy, Verma said.

At the front of the house, an office (with a magnetic whiteboard for listing tasks to do or for childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art) is sited to the left of the foyer and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;music roomâ&#x20AC;? to the right.

But the heart of the house is that great

room where the family of five congregates around a huge kitchen island. The island is where most action happens â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from food preparation and eating family meals to creating kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; art projects.

The fresh design includes a stainlesssteel farmers sink, a microwave in a drawer, a backsplash made of recycled tiles and a pot filler over the Thermador dual-oven stove. Countertops are made of dark gray Caesarstone, contrasting with the white cabinets and white oak flooring.

Hanging over the island are three pendant lamps, made to resemble mason jars.

Recessed ceiling lights are fluorescent in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;kitchenâ&#x20AC;? area and incandescent, with a dimmer switch, in the family room.

Off the great room is a formal dining room, with built-in cabinetry for a bar and glassware. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so subtly placed one doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t notice it even exists until one is practically in the room.

Looking out from the great room, a stone-faced wall announces the change from public to private space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted a separation from the main home to the master suite,â&#x20AC;? Verma said.

The coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large walk-in closet includes a stacked washer/dryer and an island for folding laundry. A second laundry area is located upstairs, as part of the guest bedroom suite.

The adult space includes a steam shower with glass blocks affording privacy from the street and two sinks sitting atop the counter.

Upstairs are a guest suite, two childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedrooms and a playroom that can be converted to a bedroom when the boys are old enough to want their own rooms.

Outside, the couple has created additional seating areas, with a barbecue and table next to cushioned patio furniture.

Highlight for the children is the trampoline â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and of course, the chicken coop and vegetable garden.

Although they had owned a home before, this was the first time they chose to build one.

Glancing around the kitchen, Verma said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see 10,000 things. Each was a decision. Some take two seconds and some two months to process.â&#x20AC;?

He described his wife as the one more conscious of the color scheme, while he

was more into project management, but there were no major disagreements, he added.

The whole project took a year to raze the buildings on the property and design, then another 16 months to build.

Proceeds from the house tour support K-8 programs in the Mountain View-Whisman School District, including art, music, science, after-school sports and technology. Q Associate Editor Carol Blitzer can be emailed at cblitzer@paweekly.com.

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Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.

Atherton

3421 El Camino Real #28e Toman Trust to S. Sheikh-Bahaei for $885,000 on 8/19/14; previous sale 5/96, $320,000 88 Shearer Drive Kaye Trust to M. Hara for $3,900,000 on 8/22/14

East Palo Alto 1982 W. Bayshore Road #210 R. Bergner to E. Ko for $441,000 on 8/20/14 2231 Brentwood Court Y. & G. Tang to E. Grinenko for $614,000 on 8/15/14; previous sale 9/10, $310,000 1028 Laurel Ave. Lam Trust to R. & A. Garcelon for $551,000 on 8/15/14; previous sale 9/08, $275,000 123 Mission Drive R. Jones to H. Do for $510,000 on 8/13/14; previous sale 6/96, $134,500 944 Mouton Circle Curry Trust to R. & A. Schellinger for $795,000 on 8/21/14; previous sale 12/00, $581,000 912 Oakes St. V. & M. Ellis to C. Chen for $774,500 on 8/21/14; previous sale 7/05, $749,000

Los Altos

633 Almond Ave. D. Blackburn to A. Bourgan for $3,125,000 on 9/5/14; previous sale 12/98, $1,472,000 1417 Ernestine Lane L. McAllister to M. Shing for $1,425,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 7/05, $775,000 1236 Heritage Court Boniface Trust to C. Chng for $2,351,000

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SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Los Altos Hills

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $885,000 Highest sales price: $3,900,000

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $3,880,000 Highest sales price: $4,525,000

East Palo Alto

Palo Alto Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $485,000 Highest sales price: $5,557,000

Menlo Park

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $441,000 Highest sales price: $795,000

Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $442,000 Highest sales price: $3,825,000

Los Altos

Portola Valley Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,000,000 Highest sales price: $2,000,000

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $1,425,000 Highest sales price: $3,125,000

Total sales reported: 11 Lowest sales price: $498,000 Highest sales price: $1,562,000

Redwood City Total sales reported: 16 Lowest sales price: $445,000 Highest sales price: $2,310,000 Source: California REsource

on 9/4/14; previous sale 6/87, $412,500 2212 Las Campanas Court Haughey Trust to P. & M. Romeo for $2,150,000 on 8/29/14 2036 Louise Lane Kehoue Trust to G. Ikeda for $2,467,000 on 9/5/14 494 Rosita Ave. Newcomb Trust to L. & L. Aronovitz for $2,575,000 on 9/3/14; previous sale 11/10, $1,605,000

Los Altos Hills

12861 Alta Tierra Road M. & K. Kirk to Bonforte Trust for $4,525,000 on 9/2/14; previous sale 10/11, $1,550,000 12111 Hilltop Drive V. Liu to C. Bonwick for $3,880,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 9/89, $879,000

Menlo Park

2270 Camino a los Cerros Goldsilverisland Capital to Dholakia Trust for $3,825,000 on 8/15/14 32 Henderson Place D. Backey to S. Kannan for $442,000 on 8/26/14

20 Iris Lane Trammell Trust to K. & A. Nguyen for $1,000,000 on 8/22/14 2020 Liberty Park Ave. Arnold Trust to K. Hiremath for $1,501,000 on 8/13/14 2140 Monterey Ave. D. & C. Koo to J. & J. Kunihiro for $2,566,500 on 8/22/14; previous sale 7/08, $2,050,000 6 Sweet William Lane Araki Trust to J. Straton for $1,601,000 on 8/22/14; previous sale 11/09, $1,000,000 34 Willow Road R. Leavitt to H. Young for $2,206,000 on 8/21/14; previous sale 3/04, $1,268,000

Mountain View

118 Avellino Way Tri Pointe Homes to M. Rudman for $1,562,000 on 8/29/14 147 Centre St. T. Annesley to P. & D. Vanmunn for $765,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 9/09, $320,000 1354 Dale Ave. #13 P. Joseph to R. Bond for $745,000 on 9/5/14; previous sale 5/09,

$513,000 339 Higdon Ave. Vu Trust to Fang Trust for $920,000 on 9/5/14 468 Loreto St. F. Wymore to K. & C. Park for $1,450,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 10/99, $607,000 411 Lotus Lane Lagerstrom Trust to B. Chen for $900,000 on 9/3/14 500 W. Middlefield Road #154 L. Rose to A. Srinivasan for $610,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 5/08, $430,000 1943 Mt. Vernon Court #204 Teplitz Trust to G. Chen for $656,000 on 9/3/14; previous sale 12/93, $150,000 361 Pacific Drive R. Shah to Patel Trust for $1,150,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 5/09, $650,000 274 Pamela Drive #21 G. Kuchcinski to E. & R. Ortiz for $498,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 3/01, $310,000 2071 Plymouth St. #E K. & K. Garcia to L. Xue for $725,000 on 9/5/14; previous sale 12/07,

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Palo Alto

2979 Alexis Drive Agrawal Trust to H. Pang for $5,557,000 on 9/5/14; previous sale 4/08, $2,900,000 2456 W. Bayshore Road #9 J. Kao to A. Ma for $650,000 on 9/2/14; previous sale 10/99, $227,000 4250 El Camino Real #A109 Gordeev-Gordeeva Trust to T. Gordeeva for $485,000 on 9/5/14; previous sale 4/12, $425,000 820 Hamilton Ave. R. Bachman to N. Belmore for $2,900,000 on 9/2/14; previous sale 6/77, $135,000 4217 Manuela Ave. J. Althoff to J. Holtman for $3,625,000 on 9/5/14; previous sale 6/12, $3,000,000 726 Montrose Ave. R. Feldman to M. Thawani for $2,125,000 on 8/29/14; previous sale 5/06, $1,318,000 4358 Silva Court Murdock Trust to J. Mu for $1,750,000 on 8/29/14

118 Westridge Drive J. & J. Rooney to Rooney Trust for $2,000,000 on 8/19/14; previous sale 1/02, $2,000,000

Redwood City

1013 8th Ave. Levie Properties to CREI Limited for $688,000 on 8/14/14 671 Chestnut St. Wilson Trust to J. & E. Love for $600,000 on 8/15/14; previous sale 3/93, $178,000 4 Clinton Court L. Mancini to J. Son for $475,000 on 8/15/14 1138 Davis St. T. & M. Gottshall to M. Robb for $780,000 on 8/22/14; previous sale 7/06, $661,000 540 Douglas Ave. H. Yuen to J. Bhote for $480,000 on 8/25/14; previous sale 2/09, $245,000 4024 Farm Hill Blvd. #4 M. & K. Heintz to S. & S. Delcarlo for $640,000 on 8/19/14; previous sale 10/09, $430,000 406 Iris St. Zucker Trust to J. & B. Wang for $1,470,000 on 8/21/14; previous sale 7/06, $875,000 742 Loma Court Tseng Investment to D. & P. Couch for $1,320,000 on 8/19/14; previous sale 11/98, $575,000 425 Luff Lane Matreyek Trust to L. & J. Streb for $1,335,000 on 8/15/14 136 Nueva Ave. Kearnan Trust to R. Galbreath for $975,000 on 8/21/14; previous sale 10/04, $715,000 30 Palomar Oaks Lane P. & L. Auerbach to L. Kober for $2,310,000 on 8/25/14; previous sale 3/09, $1,950,000 847 Portwalk Place Dalal Trust to A. Cheung for $525,000 on 8/19/14; previous sale 9/00, $355,000

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en, bathroom, re-roof, including remove interior wall and enlarge a window, $40,299 740 Center Drive re-roof, $51,700 2070 Waverley St. remove breezeway connecting house and garage; garage to become detached garage, $n/a 4148 Baker Ave. remodel master bathroom, repair water damage to family room and first-floor bedroom, $14,553 520 Loma Verde Ave. re-roof, $10,800 3077 Country Club Court change bath to half bath, add full bath, $n/a 3977 Fabian Way, Bldg. 7 Space Systems Loral: re-roof, $110,856 753 Alma St. replace 390 windows, $189,000 2100 Emerson St. re-roof, $26,544 501 Forest Ave. replace pool pump, $n/a 16 Crescent Drive install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 250 University Ave. The Shade

Store: tenant improvement, including replacing track lights, removing partition wall, replacing toilet, $22,500; install illuminated cabinet, $n/a 650 Clark Way revision to high/ low accessible drinking fountains near restrooms, $n/a 306 Iris Way re-roof, $22,106 734 Marion Ave. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 180 El Camino Real, Ste. 400 install four halo illuminated wall signs, $n/a 530 Emerson St., Ste. 100 Bare Bowls: tenant improvement, $95,000 2135 Alma St. install five windows, $4,310 164 Heather Lane remodel two bathrooms, $16,500 3316 Kenneth Drive remodel kitchen, remodel hall bath, $48,148 926 El Cajon Way re-roof, $9,385 271 Santa Rita Ave. add skylight over stairwell, $n/a 755 Forest Ave. make garage slab-on-grade thicker and stronger, $n/a

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Rare opportunity to own approx 100 ac of cultivated and raw land comprised of 3 parcels with riparian rights to Pine Gulch Creek, a pond and farm buildings. Ideal spot to build a secluded country estate on one of several building site options on the oldest certified organic farm in CA. Approximately 45 minutes from San Francisco. www.BolinasEstate.com Offered for $12.5M Call M Stornetta 707 815 8749 or M Marchetti 415 699 8008

Spectacular Setting in Central Woodside 289 Kings Mountain | Woodside | Price Reduced to $6,575,000 Classic 4BR/6.5BA approx 6,088 sq ft Central Woodside home with spectacular views of Western Hills on fully usable approx.

3.54 acres close to Woodside Town Center shops, restaurants, freeway access and acclaimed Woodside School. Mainly on one level, this efficient floor plan includes “his & hers” master suite, separate living & family rooms, eat-in kitchen, covered outside deck overlooking large pool & integrated spa. Separate 1 BR/ 1 BA guest house, detached accessory unit and separate barn.

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6 Quail Meadow Drive, Woodside

$22,800,000

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10800 Magdalena, Los Altos Hills

13195 Glenshire Drive, Truckee

$8,750,000

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12733 Dianne Drive, Los Altos Hills

302 Atherton Avenue, Atherton

12390 Hilltop Drive, Los Altos Hills

$6,398,000

$5,995,000

$5,249,000

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600 Hobart Street, Menlo Park

195 Brookwood Road, Woodside

25333 La Loma Drive, Los Altos Hills

$4,600,000

$4,098,000

$3,598,000

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9 Sylvian Way, Los Altos

932 Governors Bay Drive, Redwood City

$3,400,000

$3,298,000

$1,850,000

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787 F LORALES D RIVE P ALO A LTO OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 1:30 - 4:30PM

Welcome Home!

Move right in, remodel or rebuild! The convenient floor plan and nearly 9,000 square foot lot afford many options and plenty of room to grow. Award-winning schools and delightful parks are close-by. This pleasant home is away from noisy streets, freeways and the railway and yet has a great commute location. t Four bedrooms, two baths include a private master suite and a second over-sized bedroom. t Living room with hardwood floors, a wood-burning fireplace and double-paned windows with views out to the neighborhood. t Eat-in family kitchen with newer gas range, hood and refrigerator has direct access to the attached two-car garage for unloading groceries. t Ample dining area off the kitchen can seat a large group of family or guests. t An office area between the dining room and master bedroom provides enough space for a student study desk or library shelving. t Schools: Juana Briones, Terman Middle and Gunn High (subject to availability).

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D ANTE D RUMMOND Cell: (650) 400-9390 ddrummond@apr.com www.DanteDrummond.com CalBRE #00656636

3 4 2 3 C O R K O A K WAY, PA L O A LTO Spacious and Light-Filled Atrium Eichler

Unique and Highly Desirable Floor Plan • Five bedrooms – Master suite with walk-in closet • Two and one half bathrooms – Rarely available in Eichler’s • Living room/dining room combination with walls of windows overlooking backyard • Light and bright “Family Kitchen” seamlessly flows into the backyard • Large backyard with inviting swimming pool, mature landscaping and ample room for entertainment and play

• Welcoming and serene atrium entry • Located in the much sought after Los Robles neighborhood – Quiet and low traffic streets – Underground utilities – Near parks, schools, new library, and shopping • Excellent Palo Alto Schools including Gunn High School • 2,057 sq. feet living space approx.

• 8,308 sq. foot lot approx.

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$2,495,000 LISTED BY Timothy Foy

BRE# 00849721

Cell: 650.387.5078

Tim@midtownpaloalto.com

Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • WWW.MIDTOWNPALOALTO.COM

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5 5 5 S T. C L A I R E D R . , PA L O A LTO Inviting Home on a Tree-Lined Street

Ready to move in and enjoy with loads of upside potential • Three bedrooms – Large finished attic can easily be used as a fourth bedroom • Two bathrooms • Large living room, dining room combination with wood burning fireplace • Spacious and welcoming front patio • Gleaming hardwood floors

• Detached two car garage • Located on a beautiful tree-lined street • Excellent Palo Alto Schools including Gunn High School • 1,336 sq. feet living space approx.

• 7,000 sq. foot lot approx.

O F F E R E D AT

$1,995,000 LISTED BY Timothy Foy BRE# 00849721 Cell: 650.387.5078 Tim@midtownpaloalto.com

CO-LISTED BY Sherry Sisemore BRE#1906779 Cell: 650.575.5909

sherry@midtownpaloalto.com

Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • WWW.MIDTOWNPALOALTO.COM

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COMING SOON IN COLLEGE TERRACE Exquisitely Restored and Renovated 1980s Victorian.

A Labor of Love Executed to Perfection

Old world charm, character, and craftsmanship

Truly a unique and one of a kind home! Originally built in the 1890s with loads of old world character and charm.

Masterfully and lovingly renovated in 2014 blending today's modern luxury and conveniences with old world craftsmanship, quality and warmth. Excellent floor plan, stunning "chef's" kitchen, gracious master suite and a large, beautifully landscaped backyard. Special in everyway!

2764 RANDERS CT., PALO ALTO

Midtown Cul-de-Sac • • • • • • • •

Two Bedrooms One Bathroom One Car Garage Excellent opportunity to expand or build your dream home Centrally located near schools, parks, shopping and transportation Excellent Palo Alto Schools 775 Sq. ft. Living Space approx.

6,014 Sq. ft. Lot Size approx.

LISTED BY Timothy Foy

BRE# 00849721

Cell: 650.387.5078

Tim@midtownpaloalto.com

Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • WWW.MIDTOWNPALOALTO.COM

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12012 ADOBE CREEK LODGE RD, LOS ALTOS HILLS

26181 MOODY ROAD, LOS ALTOS HILLS

5 BD / 4.5 BA / 5,400+/-SF Premier property with 5 fireplaces, wine cellar, pool, jacuzzi and more Presented by Dolores Shaw. $5,899,000.

4 BD / 4.5 BA / 5,998+/-SF Grand home with faux-finished walls that add an Old World element Presented by Ed Graziani $5,498,000.

25555 WILLOW POND LANE, LOS ALTOS HILLS

12100 OLD SNAKEY ROAD, LOS ALTOS HILLS

4 BD / 5 BA / 5,289 +/-SF Beautifully renovated in 2005 by DeMattei Construction with attention to detail Presented by Marc Roos. $6,995,000.

4 BD / 5 BA / 4,700 +/-SF Private & tranquil estate boasts award-winning landscaping & spectacular views Presented by R. Brendan Leary $6,495,000.

W W W. S E R E N O G R O U P. C O M WWW.SERENOGROUP.COM/ONEPERCENT

twitter.com/serenogroup facebook.com/serenogroup PALO ALTO // LOS ALTOS // SARATOGA // LOS GATOS // WILLOW GLEN // SANTA CRUZ // APTOS This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not verified this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Sereno Group BRE # 01519580.

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Offered at $1,250,000 115 CIMA WAY, PORTOLA VALLEY www.115CimaWay.com

Summary Features Include: 4 Bedrooms & 3 Bathrooms Living Room with fireplace Living area: 1990 sq ft plus 1210 sq ft garage Lot Size: 13,066 sq ft per county records Excellent Por tola Valley Schools This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not verified this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy.

Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer should verify school enrollment.

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731 De Soto Drive, Palo Alto Offered at $2,788,000 Elegant Home in Duveneck/St. Francis 4 bedroom, 2 and 1/2 bath home of 2,569 sq. ft. (per appraisal) on a 6,935 sq. ft. lot (per county), featuring a paver walkway, slate tiles, and hardwood floors. The grand chef ’s kitchen has 3 skylights, high quality cabinetry, a Sub-Zero side-by-side refrigerator and freezer, 6-burner Viking range, and granite countertops, center-island, and menu planning center. Enjoy the spacious family room, with a fireplace and easy access to the rear patio. The master suite, with a soaring ceiling and skylight, offers a dressing area (convertible into a walk-in closet), spa-like bath, private patio, and hot tub. One bedroom is currently staged as a sitting area. Laundry center, newer roof, and 2 car garage. Nearby are Eleanor Pardee Park, Rinconada Park, and Edgewood Shopping Center. Duveneck Elementary (API 956), Jordan Middle (API 934), and Palo Alto High (API 905) (buyer to verify enrollment).

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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Michael Repka Mi h lR k CalBRE #01854880

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595 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto Offered at $1,398,000 Park Side Living in Palo Alto 3 bedroom, 1 bath home of 1,120 sq. ft. (per county) on a 6,572 sq. ft. lot (per county), featuring oversized windows, and an energy saving photovoltaic solar electric system. The living room offers a warm and inviting fireplace and built-in bookshelves, and flows seamlessly into the dining area. The remodeled kitchen has high quality cabinetry, a Bosch dishwasher, and granite countertops. The layout of the home is ideal, with the bedrooms located in their own wing, providing for great privacy. Enjoy the vibrant and lush landscaping from the front and rear patios, and the mature peach, apricot, nectarine, fig, and orange trees. Across the street is Mitchell Park, and nearby are Mitchell Park Library and Charleston Shopping Center.

Fairmeadow Elementary (API 953), JLS Middle (API 943), and Gunn High (API 917) (buyer to verify enrollment).

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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OPEN HOUSE

Ken D K DeLeon L CalBRE #01342140

Mi h lR k Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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station with built-in patio furniture and an array of palm trees that enhance the secluded setting.

This private, yet close-in location provides convenient access to town and toprated Palo Alto schools (Walter Hayes Elementary, Jordan Middle & Palo Alto High schools – buyer to verify/confirm availability)

www.400Miramonte.com Offered At $3,388,000

1270 Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto Offered at $4,988,00 Resplendent Mediterranean in Crescent Park This 4 bedroom, 4 bath home is 3,040 sq. ft. (per county) on a 9,711 sq. ft. lot (per county). Exquisite details include a wrought iron front gate, Crema Marfil marble foyer, hardwood floors with inlays, Roman columns, and walls of windows and glass doors. The main floor offers a spacious home office, formal living room with a barrel vaulted ceiling and fireplace, formal dining room, grand chef ’s kitchen, family room, guest bedroom, and bath with Crema Marfil marble floors. Upstairs find a meditation room, and 3 bedroom suites with limestone countertops and floors in the baths. Luxuriate in the master, featuring a jetted tub, 3-sided fireplace, and large balcony. Amenities include laundry center, surveillance cameras, sprinkler system, and 2 car garage.

Duveneck Elementary (API 956), Jordan Middle (API 934), and Palo Alto High (API 905) (buyer to verify enrollment).

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.1270Lincoln.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon K DL CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka Mi h l R k CalBRE #01854880

Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary Lunch & Lattes Served

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Perched atop 80 acres, the 4BR ,5.5BA home features hand custom designs throughout.

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330 Dedalera Dr Sun Coldwell Banker

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1 Portola Green Ci Sun Deleon Realty

$3,988,000 543-8500

630 La Mesa Dr Sun Coldwell Banker

$1,695,000 324-4456

115 Cima Wy Sun Sereno Group

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3886 Magnolia Dr Sun Coldwell Banker 908 Colorado Av Sun Coldwell Banker 925 Middlefield Rd Sat/Sun Patrick Farris,realtor 595 East Meadow Rd. Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty 555 St. Claire Dr Sat/Sun Midtown Realty 595 E Meadow Dr Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

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630 Bair Island Rd #104 Sun Coldwell Banker

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27 Madera Av Sun Coldwell Banker

2620 Marshall Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

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869 Altaire Walk $1,498,000 Sat/Sun Keller Williams - Palo Alto 454-8500

953 Roble Ridge Rd $5,898,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474

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$4,498,000 324-7863

$1,675,000 462-1111

536 Gerona Rd $3,500,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 847-1141

1499 Oak Grove Av #401 $1,198,000 Sat/Sun 1-4:30 Coldwell Banker 851-2666

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1026 Lakeview Wy $2,298,000 Sat 10:30-1:30 Coldwell Banker 851-2666 21 Inyo Pl $1,495,000 Sat/Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 847-1141

335 Woodside Dr Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

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230 Grandview Dr Sun Coldwell Banker

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$3,295,000 851-2666

6+ Bedrooms 38 Hacienda Dr Sun 1-4 Intero Real Estate

$4,495,000 206-6200

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115 Announcements Did You Know 144 million U.S. Adults read a Newspaper print copy each week? Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN) Did You Know that not only does newspaper media reach a HUGE Audience, they also reach an ENGAGED AUDIENCE. Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN) Did You Know 7 IN 10 Americans or 158 million U.S. Adults read content from newspaper media each week? Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN) Did You Know Newspaper-generated content is so valuable it’s taken and repeated, condensed, broadcast, tweeted, discussed, posted, copied, edited, and emailed countless times throughout the day by others? Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN) Pregnant?

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German Language Classes

210 Garage/Estate Sales

Mime and Pantomime Lessons Beginners welcome. 650/328-8369

133 Music Lessons Christina Conti Private Piano Instruction (650) 493-6950 Hope Street Music Studios In downtown Mtn.View. Most Instruments voice. All ages & levels 650-961-2192 www.

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425 Health Services

Cash for Diabetic Test Strips and stop smoking items. Free Shipping, Best Prices, 24hr Payment. Hablamos Espanol. Call 888-440-4001 www.TestStripSearch.com (AAN CAN)

240 Furnishings/ Household items Media Center Cabinet - $15.00 Natural Beige PlushRound Cat Bed

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Young Adult and Women’s Clothes $7-50

250 Musical Instruments

Mountain View, 180 N. Rengstorff Ave, SATURDAY SEPT 27TH 8:00-3:00 PA: 728 Middlefield Rd., 9/27, 8am Loads of good old stuff. Tools, CDs, collectibles, accordian, Dux chair, Bugaboo donkey stroller, lamps, books, more. No parking on Middlefield PA: 774 Talisman Ct., 9/27, 9-2 Lots of hsehold and decorative items; furn.; new/used clothes; Annieware; lots of misc. No early birds. x-Ross Road Palo Alto, 774 Talisman Ct, Sept 27, 9-2

Piano lessons in Menlo Park Experienced piano teacher.

Reasonable rates.

All levels, all ages welcome.

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Kawai Digital Piano Model CN24. 1 year old, perf. cond. Bench and lamp incl. $1500. 650/424-4363

270 Tickets SF Opera tickets (2) - $50 each.

Kid’s Stuff 330 Child Care Offered Nanny Availabe 20 years exp. w/twins and caregiver for other family members. 408/826-2080

350 Preschools/ Schools/Camps Waldorf Homebased Family Program

135 Group Activities

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Safe Step Walk-in Tub Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation.

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245 Miscellaneous

SoleusAir Halogen Heater + More - $39

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Red bricks - $500

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Mixed-Level Belly Dance Classes

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Los Altos, 996 Crooked Creek Dr., Sep. 26,27,28, 9am-3pm Huge Estate Sale- Whole House, Everything Priced to Sell. Grandma’s Attic- 60 Years Worth of Collecting.

Furniture, Orientilia, Furniture, Collectibles. Cash Only.

Los Altos, St. Simon Church Rummage Sale, 1860 Grant Road, 9/26: 10 am - 4 pm, 9/27: 9 am - 2 pm.

Jews For Jesus

Stanford music tutoring

Cash for Cars Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com (AAN CAN)

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202 Vehicles Wanted

Art School of SF Bay

Music Lessons at Opus 1 Music Private & Group Piano, Violin, Guitar, Voice Lessons for All Ages.

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Fine Art Show—Bay Area Artists Cafe Zo Redwood City presents Bay Area artists: Cynthia Hamilton, Hilary Mills, Massimo Mazzon, Mark Nardini in a compelling and glamorous exhibit. Pieces include figurative, landscapes and stills.

Must see!

Where: 2074 Broadway st., Redwood City, 94063 When: Thru October 19th Painting by Massimo Mazzon Shown

For Sale

8-Week Mindful Parenting Series

Instruction for Hebrew Bar and Bat Mitzvah.

For Affiliated and Unaffiliated. George Rubin, M.A. in Hebrew/Jewish Education 650/424-1940

220 Computers/ Electronics 235 Wanted to Buy

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Jobs 500 Help Wanted Administrative Assistant Position Available Property Management office for Homeowners Association in Portola Valley is seeking an Assistant for a parttime position. Applicants should have computer experience including Word and Excel; general clerical and office skills including typing; excellent people and communication skills, both verbal and written; and be a team player, organized, detail and process oriented with the ability to multitask. Email resumes to: Leo-ranchmgr@pvranch.org or Fax:(650)851-2056.P:851-1811.

Customer Service Courtesy Clerk Entry Level Position for Upscale Grocery StorePiazzas Fine Foods located in Palo Alto Pizza Cooks/Line Cooks - Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria in Menlo Park TOP PAY! Experience preferred but will train the right candidates w/ great attitudes and desire to learn.

Hand stretch pizza experience a BIG plus. Bilingual (English & Spanish) preferred!

Apply in person at 880 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, or send resume to jobs@amicis.com.

Preschool Teacher Menlo School is seeking an experienced early childhood professional to join our play-based Child Care Center. We are looking for a teacher who LOVES working with four and five year olds! We are looking for a solid professional who has a nurturing demeanor and a dedication to the profession, young children, and their families.

Candidates must have a minimum of 12 units in Early Childhood Education and at least 3 years experience working with children preferably the preschool years.

A Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood or Human Development is preferred.

Prior experience working at CCLC is a plus!

Salary commensurate with education and experience. Superb benefit package.

Please send a resume to: jobs@menloschool.org Retail: Hassett ACE Hardware Palo Alto. Apply at hassetthardware. com/careers.html

Treatments for Alzheimers Acupuncturist Jay Wang PhD, specialized in chronical illness for seniors. Call 650-485-3293 for a free consultation.

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Senior Software Engineer TheFind, Inc. has an opening for Senior Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA. Research, design, develop and test computer software systems, algorithms, and services for a high-performance distributed search engine. Mail resume to Human Resources, 2301 Leghorn Street Mountain View, CA 94041.

Refer to Job# 1479.16.

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Across 1 Chow’s chow, perhaps 5 Western loop 10 Dr. Frankenstein’s gofer 14 Canal to the Red Sea 15 First name in b-o-l-o-g-n-a 16 Florida city, familiarly 17 He plays Tom Haverford on “Parks and Recreation” 19 Sent a quick note online 20 Verb finish 21 [Your comment amuses me] 22 Reuben’s home 23 Item in a nest in barn rafters 26 All over again 28 Madhouse 29 1970s soul group The ___-Lites 30 Long time period 32 High school wrestling team equipment 34 Nutella flavor 37 Ward, to the Beav 38 Persian poet Khayyam 39 Put into law 42 Altar exchanges 45 0, in soccer scores 47 Superhero in red and yellow 49 Downloadable show 53 Number in the upper left of this grid 54 “Born Free” rapper 55 “Ceci n’est pas ___ pipe” (Magritte caption) 56 Film on ponds 58 Like an infamous Dallas knoll 60 Academic period 62 Ms. Thurman 63 Made it into the paper 64 Acapulco assent 65 Second man to walk on the moon 70 Sneaker problem 71 John on the Mayflower 72 Party with glow sticks and pacifiers 73 Gram’s nickname 74 Put up with 75 Ogled

Down 1 Blind ___ bat 2 Light, in La Paz 3 JFK Library architect 4 Harriet’s husband 5 Too far to catch up to 6 Total jerk 7 Teatro alla ___ (Milan opera house) 8 Asian wrap 9 The Who’s “Baba ___” 10 “The same place,” in footnotes 11 Wednesday’s father 12 American wildcat 13 They’re all set to play 18 Broadway backer 23 Cuatro y cuatro 24 1980s duo 25 Country singer-songwriter who wrote hits for Merle Haggard 27 2000s Iraq war subject, briefly 31 Cloister sister 33 Inbox stuff 35 “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” author Carle 36 Work on your biceps?

40 Comedian Margaret 41 Amount equal to a million pennies 43 Ending for psych 44 One-horse carriage 46 Vegas headliner?

48 Born to be wild?

49 Dons, as clothes 50 New York silverware city 51 Goes diving, casually 52 Ruckus 57 Miata maker 59 “Open” author Agassi 61 Actress Sorvino 66 “Your Moment of ___” (“The Daily Show” feature) 67 Sliver of hope 68 “___ got a golden ticket...”

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525 Adult Care Wanted Caregiver needed Caregiver needed for elderly gentleman in Palo Alto.

Primarily cooking MUST be very good cook/ Light housekeeping Live in or out. Call Kevin 650-387-6751

550 Business Opportunities Avon Earn extra income with a new career!

Sell from home, work, online. $15 startup. For information, call: 877-830-2916. (Cal-SCAN)

Identity Protected?

Is Your Identity Protected? It is our promise to provide the most comprehensive identity theft prevention and response products available! Call Today for 30-Day FREE TRIAL 1-800-908-5194. (Cal-SCAN) Reduce Your Past Tax Bill Reduce Your Past Tax Bill by as much as 75 Percent. Stop Levies, Liens and Wage Garnishments. Call The Tax DR Now to see if you Qualify. 1-800-498-1067.

(Cal-SCAN) Trouble with IRS? Are you in BIG trouble with the IRS? Stop wage and bank levies, liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, & resolve tax debt FAST. Seen on CNN. A BBB. Call 1-800-761-5395. (Cal-SCAN)

636 Insurance Lowest Prices Lowest Prices on Health & Dental Insurance. We have the best rates from top companies! Call Now! 888-989-4807.

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640 Legal Services Suffered a Stroke?

If you or a loved one suffered a stroke, heart attack or died after using testosterone supplements you may be entitled to monetary damages.

Call 877-884-5213. (Cal-SCAN)

Home Services

Medical Alert Distributorship Own your own Medical Alert Company.

Be the 1st and only Distributor in your area! Unlimited $ return.

Small investment required. Call toll free 1-844-225-1200. (CalSCAN)

715 Cleaning Services

560 Employment Information

Isabel and Elbi’s Housecleaning Apartments and homes. Excellent references. Great rates. 650/670-7287 or 650/771-8281

$1,000 Weekly!! mailing brochures from home.

Helping home workers since 2001.

Genuine Opportunity. No Experience required. Start Immediately www.mailingmembers.com (AAN CAN) Africa, Brazil Work/Study!

Change the lives of others and create a sustainable future.

1, 6, 9, 18 month programs available.

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748 Gardening/ Landscaping HOME & GARDEN 30 Years in family

LANDSCAPE

Yard clean up • New lawns Sprinklers • Tree Trim & Removal, Palm & Stump Removal

650.814.1577 • 650.455.0062

Drivers: New Kenworth Trucks APU equipped. Earn up to 50 cpm Plus Bonuses! Full Benefits + Rider/ Pet Program. CDL-A Required (877) 258-8782 www.ad-drivers.com (Cal-SCAN)

J. Garcia Garden Maintenance Service Free est. 21 years exp. 650/366-4301 or 650/346-6781

Drivers: Start With Our training or continue your solid careers. You Have Options! Company Drivers, Lease Purchase or Owner Operators Needed. 888-891-2195 www.

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LANDA’S GARDENING & LANDSCAPING *Yard Maint. *New Lawns. *Rototil *Clean Ups *Tree Trim *Power Wash *Irrigation timer programming.

18 yrs exp. Ramon, 650/576-6242 landaramon@yahoo.com

Drivers: Truck Drivers Obtain Class A CDL in 2 ½ weeks.

Company Sponsored Training. Also Hiring Recent Truck School Graduates, Experienced Drivers. Must be 21 or Older. Call: (866) 275-2349. (Cal-SCAN) Proctors Now seeking proctors for the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress. To apply visit http://www.westat.com/careers/ field-data-collection-jobs. Search by state then find the NAEP Assessment Administrator position. For more information, call 888-237-8036. WESTAT EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/ Disabled (CalSCAN)

Business Services 604 Adult Care Offered Caregiver for Elderly Late afternoon or overnights. 25 years exp. All levels and stages of care.

408/241-4334

624 Financial Do You Owe $10,000 Do you owe over $10,000 to the IRS or State in back taxes? Get tax relief now!

Call BlueTax, the nation’s full service tax solution firm. 800-393-6403.

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Orozco Landscapes All Outdoor Garden Needs Landscape Design/Maintenance Call Lalo (650)387-3981 R.G. Landscape Yard Clean-ups, debris removal, maintenance, installations. Free est.

650/468-8859 Tired of Mow, Blow and Go? Owner operated, 40 years exp. All phases of gardening/landscaping. Ref. Call Eric, 408/356-1350

751 General Contracting A NOTICE TO READERS: It is illegal for an unlicensed person to perform contracting work on any project valued at $500.00 or more in labor and materials. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertising. Check your contractor’s status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less than $500.00 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

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757 Handyman/ Repairs • Complete Home Repairs • Remodeling • Professional Painting • Carpentry FRED 30 Years Experience • Plumbing • Electrical 650.529.1662 • Custom Cabinets 650.483.4227 • Decks & Fences

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759 Hauling J & G HAULING SERVICE Misc. junk, office, gar., furn., mattresses, green waste, more.

Lic./ins. Free est. 650/743-8852 (see my Yelp reviews)

767 Movers Sunny Express Moving Co. Afforable, Reliable, References Lic. CalT 191198. 650/722-6586 or 408/904-9688

771 Painting/ Wallpaper DAVID AND MARTIN PAINTING Quality work Good references Low price Lic. #52643

(650) 575-2022

Glen Hodges Painting Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. #351738. 650/322-8325 H.D.A. Painting and Drywall Interior/exterior painting, drywall installed. Mud, tape all textures. Free est.

650/207-7703 STYLE PAINTING Full service painting. Insured.

Lic. 903303. 650/388-8577

775 Asphalt/ Concrete Mtn. View Asphalt Sealing Driveway, parking lot seal coating.

Asphalt repair, striping, 30+ years.

Family owned. Free est. Lic. 507814.

650/967-1129 Roe General Engineering Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, artificial turf. 36 yrs exp. No job too small. Lic #663703. 650/814-5572

779 Organizing Services End the Clutter & Get Organized Residential Organizing

by Debra Robinson (650)390-0125

789 Plaster/Stucco Stucco Patch and crack repair, texture match, windows, doors. 30 years exp. Refs. avail.

Small jobs only. 650/248-4205

790 Roofing Tapia Roofing Family owned. Residential roofing, dry rot repair, gutter and downspouts. Lic # 729271. 650/367-8795 www.Tapiaroofing.net

Real Estate 801 Apartments/ Condos/Studios Sunnyvale, 2 BR/1 BA - $2195.00

805 Homes for Rent Mt. View - $4300 Palo Alto Home, 4 BR/2 BA - $4700. mon Redwood City - $4500.00

820 Home Exchanges looking for a nice place to live

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825 Homes/Condos for Sale Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000 Mountain View, 4 BR/2.5 BA - $1,688,888 Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000 Sunnyvale, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000

845 Out of Area Income In The Redwoods Rstrnt/Store/Gas sta/3 homes Ministor pot. Hiwy 1 frontage Leggett

850 Acreage/Lots/ Storage Historic Oceanfront Ranch Restaur/Store/Gas/3 homes Mini storage pot. Hiway 1 front Leggett Gregg Kuljian 707-964-5992 BRE 01952631 Vivian Reese BRE 01234092 North Coast Land

855 Real Estate Services All Areas: Roommates.com Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com!

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement MOUNTAIN TWILIGHT COMPANY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 595819 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Mountain Twilight Company, located at 1111 W. El Camino Real, Unit 109-349, Sunnyvale CA 94087, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JOANNE MONTAGNE 435 Florence Street Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/01/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 26, 2014.

(PAW Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014) BODY REBOOT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 595889 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Body Reboot, located at 665 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MELANIE PEDDLE 620 Central Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/13/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 27, 2014.

(PAW Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2014) THRIVE! Counseling Services: Individuals, Couples, Youth & Families THRIVE! THRIVE! Counseling FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 596149 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) THRIVE! Counseling Services: Individuals, Couples, Youth & Families, 2.)

THRIVE!, 3.) THRIVE! Counseling, located at 117 S. California Ave., Suite D201, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): KATHRYN HEDJASI 4198 Kingspark Dr. San Jose, CA 95136 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/4/14.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 5, 2014.

(PAW Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2014)

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RJB3 CONSULTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 595747 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: RJB3 Consulting, located at 1090 Butte Ct., Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ROBERT J. BEETEL III 1090 Butte Ct. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 25, 2014 .

(PAW Sept. 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 2014) MacAli Data Consulting FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 596345 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: MacAli Data Consulting, located at 881 Dorthel St., Sebastopol, CA 95472, Sonoma County.

The principal place of business is in Sonoma County and a current Fictitious Business Name Statement is on file at the county clerk-recorder’s office of said county.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JEAN M. TILLINGHAST 881 Dorthel St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/15/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 11, 2014.

(PAW Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 2014) NUTRITIONAL WELLNESS SOLUTIONS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 596690 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Nutritional Wellness Solutions, located at 608 Fulton Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): LARA STEPHENSON 608 Fulton Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/01/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 19, 2014.

(PAW Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 2014) GO FLOAT WELLNESS CENTER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 596309 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Go Float Wellness Center, located at 242 Sea Biscuit Ln., San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): WOLSIE A. BOGLIN 2109 Hanover St. Palo Alto, CA 94306 FREDERICK EARLE 242 Sea Biscuit Ln.

San Jose, CA 95111 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on September 10, 2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 10, 2014.

(PAW Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 2014)

997 All Other Legals SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) Case Number: 614FL013025 (Numero del Caso) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Aviso al Demandado): JAWED I KHAN You are being sued. Lo estan demandando.

PETITIONER’S NAME IS (Nombre del demandante es): SHAHANA RAZI You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

Tiene 30 DIAS CORRIDOS despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion, para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 o FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica no basta para protegerlo.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas.

Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California(www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO: Las ordenes de restriccion que figuran en la pagina 2 valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.

NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees.

AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manutencion, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todos las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a peticion de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidadde solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas.

1. The name and address of the court are: (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): Superior Court, County of Santa Clara 605 W. El Camino Real Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Mailing: 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direccion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): SHAHANA RAZI 5001 Great America Pkwy #310 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Date (Fecha): August 6, 2014 Clerk, by (secretario, por): /s/__________________ Deputy(Asistente) David H. Yamasaki, Chief Executive Officer/Clerk (seal) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIO LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega se realiza You are served as an individual.

(PAW Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2014) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARY JANE KELLY Case No.: 1-14-PR-175028 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARY JANE KELLY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN KELLY BARNES in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: SUSAN KELLY BARNES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be

held on October 15, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: /s/ Richard J. Schachtili, Esq. Hopkins & Carley, ALC 200 Page Mill Road, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650)804-7600 (PAW Sept. 12, 19, 26, 2014) SUMMONS (Citacion Judicial) Case Number: 114CV262027 (Numero del Caso) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: QING ZHANG AND DOES 1 to 20 (Aviso al Demandado):

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services

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a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara Unlimited Jurisdiction 191 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95113 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado es): William S. Ginsburg, SBN 99704 Berg Injury Lawyers 2440 Santa Clara Avenue Alameda, CA 94501 (510)523-3200 (510)523-8851 Date: March 12, 2014 (Fecha): David H. Yamasaki, Chief Executive Officer, Clerk Clerk, by D. Wendel, Deputy (secretario) (Adjunto) (PAW Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2014)

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program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The courts lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

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COLLEGE SOCCER

The goal is giving up none

UP FOR AWARDS . . . Stanford juniors Maggie Steffens and Bret Bonanni have been named among the six finalists for the FINA Women’s and Men’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year, it was announced this week.

Awarded by the FÈdÈration Internationale de Natation (FINA) and FINA Aquatics World Magazine, voting is carried out by FINA member federations and everyone who holds a FINA position. The winner is slated to receive the award at a special ceremony in Doha, Qatar ahead of the World Swimming Championships set to start December 3. Steffens has the unique opportunity to be the first two-time winner of the award, which was inaugurated in 2010. She was also named the FINA Women’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year in 2012 before making her collegiate debut with the Cardinal. Bonanni represented his country as part of the USA Men’s Senior National Team during the summer of 2014 at the FINA Intercontinental Qualification Tournament, the four-game series with Serbia in Northern California (June 4-8), the FINA World League Super Final and the FINA World Cup. He was named to the All-Tournament Team at the FINA World Cup in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Aug. 19-24) after leading the U.S. to a fourth-place finish by scoring 13 total goals.

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Stanford sophomore keeper Jane Campbell (left) leads the nation with a goals-against average of 0.00 as the Cardinal remains the only women’s soccer team in the country that has not allowed a goal.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

STANFORD VOLLEYBALL

Stanford’s No. 1 defense will be tested

It’s time for Boukather to shine

By Rick Eymer

By Rick Eymer

hile Stanford football possesses the nation’s best defense, the Cardinal most likely will give up more points, more yards and more first downs against Washington this weekend than it has in any game this season — and may very well be playing even better.

The unranked Huskies (0-0, 4-0) have scored 59, 44 and 45 points in their past three games, all at home. The 16th-ranked Cardinal (1-0, 2-1) is headed for Husky Stadium, which may be one of the top two loudest venues (along with Oregon) in the Pac-

enior Morgan Boukather has played and started alongside seven AllAmericans during her Stanford women’s volleyball career. Ask her to name them, well, they’re just teammates to her, she doesn’t know the specifics.

She also knows the Cardinal plays in one of the top conferences in the country, but ask her how many teams are ranked among the top 25?

“We’re still No. 1, right?” Boukather asks Stanford’s Sports Information Director Regina Verlengiere, who nods in agreement.

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by Rick Eymer fter eight matches, the Stanford women’s soccer team remains unscored upon this season. The shutout streak, which stretches to last season, stands at a school-record 852 minutes, 12 seconds for the No. 4-ranked Cardinal.

“I’m not shocked at all,” Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe said.

“I’m always shocked when we concede a goal. I want us to have shutouts, and I think we’re capable of shutouts, and we’re showing it.”

Stanford (8-0-1) broke a school record with its ninth consecutive shutout, a 2-0 nonconference win over visiting Cal Poly on Sunday before 2,279 at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.

The Cardinal will be out to keep their streaks alive when it opens the Pac-12 season on Friday at Utah (7-0-2) at 2 p.m. Stanford has the nationís top defense, but the Utes have allowed only three goals this season.

“It’s the whole team, playing good soccer, keeping the ball for long periods of time,” Ratcliffe said of the nine-match shutout streak. “The whole back four is a good group, they’re cohesive, they’re communicating well. And Jane’s having a solid year, too.”

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CARDINAL NOTES . . . Johnny Dawkins not only will be back this season to coach the Stanford men’s basketball team, but he’ll be around for some time after having his contract extended by the school. Terms of the contract were not revealed.

Dawkins, however, did sign a twoyear extension in July 2011 that took him through the 2015-16 season.

Dawkins (117-87 in six years) is coming off a season where he led the Cardinal to the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. In 2012, Stanford won the Postseason NIT championship . . . Former Stanford standout Nnemkadi Ogwumike was named the 12-member 2014 USA World Championship Team when the roster was finalized on Tuesday in Prague, Czech Republic. The U.S. squad, which posted a 4-1 record in exhibition games and began training camp on Sept. 8, will travel to Turkey for the 2014 FIBA World Championship, which will be held Saturday through Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul.

Stanford is only women’s team in U.S. that is unscored upon

Stanford senior Morgan Boukather (left) is stepping into the spotlight for the top-ranked Cardinal this season.

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12 Conference, for Saturday’s 1:15 p.m. kickoff.

“Their offense is explosive,” Stanford linebacker A.J. Tarpley said. “They have guys at every skill position who can take it the distance on almost any play.”

Stanford has not allowed an opponent to score more than 30 points in any of its past 26 games, the longest streak in the country.

Still smarting over its conference loss to USC, the Cardinal cannot afford to slip again if it still has eyes (and it does) on reaching its third consecutive Pac-12 championship game.

Stanford ranks first nationally in scoring defense (4.3), total defense (204.3), passing defense (66.0) and first down defense (11.3).

Washington averages 41.2 points, 418.0 offensive yards, 178.8 passing yards and 21.8 first downs a game.

“I think we’re doing a good job and we’re always trying to get better,” Tarpley said. “At the same time it is only three games.”

The Huskies are also a plus-8 in turnover margin and average 24.5 points a game as a result of the turnovers. Stanford, which has lost five fumbles and had one pass intercepted, is a minus-1 and averages 5.7 points as a result of turnovers.

“We need to create more opportunities for ourselves,” Tarpley said. “Whether we get zero turnovers or four turnovers, we always want more.”

Shaw thinks Stanford’s ability to keep possession of the ball went a long way in creating the success of the program the past several years.

“The two biggest things that go under-appreciated in the last four years with how many games we’ve won is how great we’ve been on defense and how we haven’t turned the ball over,” he said. “If you play great defense and not turn the ball over, there’s a good chance you win.”

One other tiny detail worth mentioning is that Washington has scored in each of its 19 trips into the red zone. Stanford has scored in eight of its 14 trips (57 percent) into the red zone and

“The whole team worked hard during the offseason,” Boukather said. I learned a lot from watching Rachel and others. I always listened and could see what people needed on the court. I’m excited to be a greater part of this team.”

It’s the kind of cohesiveness that may pay dividends by the end of the season, with the Cardinal dreaming large as it prepares for another tussle of a conference season.

Talent alone doesn’t get the job done in the Pac-12, where every member entered the week with an overall winning record. Every school will still have a winning record after the week is over, too.

“I think it’s the best conference in the country,” Boukather said.

“It’s such a great conference that you learn never to overlook an opponent. Every single weekend is a challenge.”

With seven teams ranked among the top 25, and that doesn’t include Oregon State or Utah, both of which have won 10 of its first 11 matches, there’s not much margin for error.

Washington State (9-3) is Stanford’s next opponent. The Cougars visit Maples Pavilion for a 7 p.m. first serve Friday night.

“That’s what I love about this conference,” Ajanaku said. “It’s been like this for years. Every team goes all out against you. I love the challenge.”

Ajanaku led Stanford with 14 kills against the Golden Bears, including one that may have put a dent into Stanford’s court and ended the second set with extreme authority.

“We practice those hits and I thought I’d crank it up if I ever tried it in a game,” she said.

Ajanaku also had a hitting percentage of .632 for the match, giving her the Pac-12 lead in the category at .591. She surpassed freshman teammate Merete Lutz, who is now second at .563. Washington’s Lianna Sybeldon is third at .435.

Senior libero Kyle Gilbert, who had 13 digs against the Golden Bears, leads the conference in digs per set at 4.33 while junior setter Madi Bugg is second in assists per set at 11.76.

Boukather added nine kills and hit .368 against Cal. “She has stepped up her game,” Ajanaku said. “It’s her time to shine.” Q Bonta and Megan Turner scored second-half goals off crossing passes from the right side. LaBonta’s came in the 47th minute from Liedle and Turner’s was a 74th minute volley off a pass from Mariah Lee. The goal was LaBonta’s third this season and Turner’s first.

Stanford takes on Utah as the only team in the country that has not allowed a goal. Campbell leads the nation with a 0.00 goalsagainst average. Stanford is 4-0-1 against ranked teams, including 1-0 overtime victories over current No. 7 Florida and current No. 9 North Carolina. Q (Dave Kiefer of Stanford Athletics contributed)

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the season (she’s shared two with Sarah Cox) and 13th of her collegiate career. That moved her into a tie for eighth with Erin Bryla (199596) on Stanford’s all-time list.

Stanford volunteer assistant Nicole Barnhart, who rejoined the Cardinal last Friday after leading FC Kansas City to the National Women’s Soccer League title followed by a stint with the U.S. national team, is tied for the NCAA record with 18 shutouts in a season.

The NCAA team record for a season is 22, by North Carolina twice, in 1987 and 1997, and the

nals, so they better know the hand signs. Every week they’ve gotten better.”

Andrus Peat (6-7, 316), Joshua Garnett (6-5, 325), Graham Schuler (6-4, 287), Johnny Caspers (64, 297) and Kyle Murphy (6-7, 298) will line up against one of the biggest, most physical lines in the conference.

“Hopefully they play better than they did the game before,” Shaw said. “The big word is cohesive.

Individual talent on the offense line depends on the talent next to you. To be effective, everybody has to be on the same page and in the right spot every single play.”

While linebacker Kevin Palma returns to action from an injury, linebacker Joe Hemschoot and cornerback Ra’Chard Pippens have been declared out. Q

NCAA mark for consecutive shutouts is 16, by Santa Clara in 1998.

The responsibility for the streak is shared. Of course, there’s Campbell. And there’s the backline of Stephanie Amack, Kendall Romine, Maddie Bauer, and Laura Liedle. All have had time in the U.S. national team youth system. All are athletic, strong on the ball, and composed in pressure situations.

“We have good leadership back there, they’re communicating well, and they’re all talented players,” Ratcliffe said. “They have a desire to compete at the highest level and they’ve proven that this year.”

The work of freshman Andi Sullivan — co-captain of the U.S.

U-20 World Cup team this summer, a team that included Amack and Campbell — also aids in the defensive cause because of her ability to stifle the point of the opposing attack.

The high pressure of the forwards and the work rate of players like midfielder Alex Doll all add up to the team’s early success, allowing Stanford to keep possession and take the opponent out of its rhythm.

“We’re just clicking,” said Amack. “We work a lot on passing and finishing, and it’s translating to the game.”

Stanford has met five of the seven other former NCAA championship teams during the nonconfer-

ence schedule — North Carolina, Portland, Notre Dame, Florida, and Santa Clara — and emerged nearly perfect, with only a 0-0 draw against the Irish blemishing its perfect record. The Cardinal still has former champs UCLA and USC in conference play.

“I’m really proud of the team,” Ratcliffe said. “I hope they realize what an accomplishment it was to go undefeated with the strength of our schedule. But, we have a lot more goals ahead of us. We want to win a Pac-12 championship. We want to win a national championship. So, we’ve got to keep working hard, keep enjoying every game, and see where it leads us.”

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that is something that has been addressed by the Cardinal coaching staff.

“It’s not the play-calling,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. “We just need to do things better in the red zone.”

Stanford’s offensive line, which misfired at times against the Trojans, faces its toughest test of the season at Washington, which ranks fourth nationally in sacks — averaging nearly five a game.

A Cardinal strength the past several seasons, the offensive line, already has allowed six sacks this year. It gave up 16 all of last year and that was in 14 games.

“This is the next thing for them,” Shaw said. “They’re playing against a good front seven and in a loud environment. Sometimes they are not going to hear the sig-

Boukather’s personality fits the culture at Stanford. Blissfully unconcerned about anything outside the program, Boukather seems to enjoy everything about Cardinal volleyball and, specifically, playing and practicing with her team.

“She’s one of those players who you just can’t teach the way she hits the ball,” said Stanford junior middle blocker Inky Ajanaku, one of the four All-Americans currently on the team. “She hits at angles that are unteachable and she save balls that seem to be hopeless. She can terminate the ball.”

Boukather came to Stanford as a high school All-American out of Corona del Mar. She started 19 matches as a freshman and sophomore before starting just once as a junior.

This season, Boukather has started all nine matches in which she has appeared, including Tuesday night’s 25-16, 25-20, 25-16 victory over visiting California in the Pac-12 opener. She’s more than held her own.

Boukather has 88 kills, including 15 against then-No. 1 Penn State earlier this season. She had 11 kills all of last season.

“It’s definitely worth it every single day,” Boukather said. “Last year showed me how much I love volleyball and how it’s so nice for this opportunity. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. The team is really what makes it all worthwhile.”

To take advantage of the team’s talent last year, Rachel Williams was moved to opposite from outside hitter, where Carly Wopat was a force.

“Rachel had a great year,” Stanford coach John Dunning said.

“For Morgan, it made her all the more ready to play this year.”

It’s also led to giving Stanford one of its most experienced teams in recent memory. There are usually upperclassmen at every position, with a sophomore or freshman sprinkled in.

Boukather stepped back into her starting position and began producing from Game 1. She’s recorded her first three career double-doubles (in kills and digs) this year. She reached double figures in kills just four times in her first three years combined.

Stanford linebacker A.J. Tarpley (17) and his defensive teammates will be facing an explosive Washington offense on Saturday.

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Sports PREP FOOTBALL

Lavorato goes for 100th win

Paly dips into its past to find coach for future Ex-Viking Fukuhara will join forces with his former coach, Tony Brewer

SHP coach can reach milestone on Saturday with Gators’ fourth win

by Keith Peters uring his days as a member of the Palo Alto High baseball team, Pete Fukuhara never made it to a Central Coast Section championship game.

The Vikings came close once, in 1994. That was Fukuhara’s senior year. Paly won its first two games in the Division II playoffs before losing to Terra Nova, 5-2, in the semifinals. The Tigers went on to lose to Sequoia in the finals.

While Fukuhara didn’t reach the finals as a player, he’ll do his best to get the Vikings there as a coach after being named to take over the program on Monday by new Paly Athletic Director Jason Fung.

“The new AD, Jason, and I went to school together and I played football with him,” said Fukuhara. “My baseball coach at Paly, Tony Brewer (who co-coached with Mark Ginanni), said he’d help out. It was a package deal.

He was in my wedding and he’s one of my best friends. I wouldn’t have done it without him.

“I’m definitely excited about coming back. I was born and raised here.”

Fukuhara, 38, comes to Paly after spending the past five years as an assistant varsity baseball at St. Francis, where the Lancers sent more than 20 players to Division I colleges.

“Coach (Mike) Oakland is a

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by Andrew Preimesberger here have been numerous milestones in Pete Lavorato’s coaching career at Sacred Heart Prep. The Gators reached a state championship game last season and won a school-record 13 games. The year before that, SHP lost only once for the second time ever.

Another milestone is awaiting Lavorato on Saturday when Sacred Heart Prep puts its 3-0 record on the line against visiting King’s Academy (2-0) at 2 p.m.

Should the Gators defeat their foe from the PAL Lake Division, Lavorato will have the 100th victory of his 12-year SHP career.

The Gators are 99-32-1 under the veteran coach.

SHP is coming off a thrilling 27-21 nonleague victory over Salinas last Friday in Atherton as junior quarterback Mason Randall found Nick O’Donnell in the back of the end zone with nine seconds left in the game for the winning TD. SHP found itself trailing 21-13 in the fourth quarterback before staging a remarkable comeback.

The Gators made it 21-19 when Randall capped a scoring drive with a four-yard run. The SHP defense held the Cowboys to a quick three-and-out with just over two minutes left in the game.

Randall led the Gators’ final drive that started from their own one-yard line. He completed nine of nine passes on the drive, hooking up with senior wide receiver Mitch Martella four times for 46 yards in the drive. Randall finished 27 of 34 for a career-high and school-record 382 yards.

Andrew Daschbach caught eight passes for 131 yards.

In games Friday: Priory (1-0) hosts North Valley Baptist (3 p.m.) and Pinewood visits Anzar (7 p.m.), both in eightman action. Menlo School (2-1) visits Half Moon (2-1) at 7 p.m.; Gunn (0-3) is at Prospect (1-1) at 7 p.m.; Palo Alto (1-2) plays host to Palma at 7:30 p.m.; and MenloAtherton (1-2) visits Monterey at 7:30 p.m.

Menlo School is coming off a 48-18 loss to Alvarez last week, which saw Jack Marren catch 10 passes for 251 yards and two TDs and QB Austin D’Ambra throw for 353 yards in a losing cause.

M-A is coming off its first win, 21-20 over host Riordan. Junior quarterback Robbie Beardsley led the Bears by completing nine of 22 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns. Q

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

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Victoria Garrick SACRED HEART PREP The senior produced 104 kills and 113 digs during a 6-2 volleyball week, which included 77 kills and 72 digs as the Gators went 4-2 and finished second to stateranked Pitman at the Harbor tournament.

Spencer Witte MENLO SCHOOL The senior goalie had 82 saves during a 6-0 week in water polo, which included 67 saves, nine assists and eight steals as the Knights went 4-0 and won the 17th annual Scott Roche Invitational title.

Honorable mention Mehra den Braven Pinewood volleyball

Devin Joos Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Kirby Knapp Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Natalie Marshall Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

Avanika Narayan Palo Alto tennis

Lydia Tsai Gunn golf

Robbie Beardsley Menlo-Atherton football

Nick Bisconti Menlo water polo

Andrew Daschbach Sacred Heart Prep football

Chase DelRosso Menlo-Atherton football

Daniel Hill Sacred Heart Prep cross country

Mason Randall* Sacred Heart Prep football * previous winner

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

fantastic coach,” Fukuhara said.

“I learned a lot over there . . . he definitely helped me become a better coach.”

Fukuhara said he didn’t have any thoughts of leaving St. Francis, where he was very content.

But, when Erick Raich left Paly after five successful years, “it just seemed like the timing was right,” Fukuhara said.

Fukuhara and his wife, fellow Paly grad Julie Stern, have moved from Mountain View and are living once again in Palo Alto in their old neighborhood — only a short drive to school.

After graduating from Paly in 1994, Fukuhara was picked by the Houston Astros in the 74th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

He passed on the pros and instead played at Canada College, where he earned All-American honors and was named the JC State Player of the Year after batting .451 with 14 homers. He led the Golden Gate Conference in hits, runs, doubles, stolen bases and home runs.

Fukuhara then played two seasons at Cal State Fullerton, batting .320 in 1997 with 57 hits and 32 RBI and .383 in ‘98 with 54 hits and 47 RBI. Fukuhara moved on and signed with the Chicago Cubs. He played three seasons in the minor leagues, where he averaged .269 with 16 homers, 94 RBI and 199 hits. Q

Gunn girls snap volleyball losing streak to Palo Alto

by Keith Peters or quite some time, the Gunn girls volleyball team has been only the secondbest squad in Palo Alto as the crosstown Vikings dominated the rivalry.

From 2006 through last season, Palo Alto beat Gunn 16 straight times in SCVAL De Anza Division action. The last time the Titans prevailed was Oct. 25, 2005.

That eight-year losing streak finally came to an end on Tuesday night as the Titans handed the visiting Vikings a 25-21, 25-23, 2521 defeat in the division opener for both teams.

“It was a great night,” said Jill Naylor, Gunn’s athletic director.

“Both schools played incredibly well. The (Gunn) student cheer section ran onto the floor and surrounded the girls with incredible celebration. It gave me the chills.

Looked like something you’d see after a college game.”

“It was so rewarding to see the students charge the floor,” said Gunn coach Craig Bankowski.

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“I’ve never seen that for high school volleyball.”

The Titans (1-0, 9-4) were led by seniors Meghan Mahoney (14 kills), Jessica Dinneen (six kills and numerous blocks), and setter Nicole Brigham (28 assists). Gunn led from the start in close, hardfought games. Middle blocker Elise Griffin was solid up front, as well, for Gunn.

“We practice hard and prepare well for our season in the toughest division,” Bankowski said. “I was impressed we beat Paly in straight sets as our players were confident with high energy every point.”

Also contributing to the victory was senior Tahra Knudsen, junior Anna Tevanian, junior Rachel Gates and sophomore Emma Munch.

Paly senior captain Jade Schoenberger led the Vikings (01, 10-4) in kills.

“Both Gunn and Paly had injuries to star players, but we saw great defense on both sides of the net,” Bankowski said. “We will continue to focus on the next play,

the next practice, the next match . . . one day at a time constantly improving as a team.”

In another league opener, Menlo-Atherton opened up defense of its PAL Bay Division title with a 25-17, 25-16, 25-23 victory over host Burlingame on Tuesday night.

Senior Devin Joos paced the Bears (1-0, 10-1) with 18 kills and 16 digs while sophomore setter Kirby Knapp finished with 45 assists and nine digs. Ally Ostrow had 12 kills and hit .450 while Leanna Collins had 10 kills.

Water polo Eight local teams will be busy in three tournaments this weekend as the season shifts into another gear.

The Palo Alto, Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo School boys will be busy at the two-day St. Francis Invitational, which brings together many of the top CCS and NCS teams. The championship match is Saturday at St. Francis High at 3 p.m. Sacred Heart Prep (2-0) is the defending champion. Paly

won the Silver Division last year.

At the 20th annual Amanda MacDonald Invitational, host Menlo School will be joined by Castilleja, Menlo-Atherton and Palo Alto in the 16-team, twoday event being held at Menlo and Woodside. The title match is Saturday (4:35 p.m.) at Menlo.

The Sacred Heart Prep girls, meanwhile, will take their 8-0 record to the California Capital Challenge at Woodcreek High this weekend in the Sacramento area. SHP tuned up by romping to a 10-1 win over Gunn on Wednesday as junior Malaika Koshy scored four goals.

The Menlo boys (6-0), meanwhile, are coming off a 4-0 weekend that saw the Knights win the 17th annual Scott Roche Invitational with an 11-10 victory over two-time defending champion San Ramon Valley.

Nick Bisconti scored 16 goals in the four tourney wins while fellow senior Spencer Witte had 67 saves, including 28 in the final two matches. Q

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