Palo Alto Weekly November 7, 2014

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Residentialists claim victory in City Council race Slow-growth proponents win seats; Kou and Wolbach vie for final spot

by Gennady Sheyner n a sweeping victory for critics candidate enjoyed a razor-thin of recent development trends, lead in a race that on Wednesday Palo Alto voters elected on was still too close to call.

DuBois and Filseth, two MidTuesday three City Council candidates backed by a slow-growth west natives, became involved in citizens group — Tom DuBois, Palo Alto politics last year out Eric Filseth and Karen Holman of frustration with the council’s — plus incumbent Councilman policies on growth and developGreg Scharff. For the fifth and ment. Incumbent Councilwoman final seat, another “residentialist” and residentialist Karen Holman

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cruised to re-election victory with the most votes in a 12-candidate field. Scharff, who was not backed by the citizens group, also coasted to a second term, but Mayor Nancy Shepherd fell short in her bid for re-election.

The race for the fifth seat was a dead heat as of Wednesday afternoon, with Lydia Kou and Cory Wolbach locked in a tight battle.

While Wolbach, who is a legislative aide for state Sen. Jerry Hill, led by nearly a hundred votes on

Tuesday night, Kou had a lead of 33 votes by Wednesday at 5 p.m., with hand-delivered absentee and provisional votes yet to be counted by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

Like DuBois and Filseth, Kou is affiliated with the group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning, which formed last year in opposition to a housing development on Maybell Avenue.

Election night was less jubilant for candidates backed by the city’s

political establishment, aside from Scharff’s victory. Shepherd and attorney A.C. Johnston finished seventh and eighth, according to early results. Each enjoyed a long list of endorsements from past mayors, commissioners, school trustees and community activists.

Of the four candidates endorsed by “Palo Altans for Good Government,” only Scharff emerged victorious, with Wolbach (who also (continued on page 13)

ELECTION 2014

Dauber elected; second seat too close to call As of early Thursday, Foster trails Godfrey by a mere 71 votes in school board race

by Elena Kadvany

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Palo Alto school board candidate Ken Dauber shakes hands with Betsy Bechtel, far right, as Bechtel congratulates Dauber for his lead in the polls, and fellow candidate Gina Dalma, far left, speaks with Joan Polinsky at an election party on Nov. 4.

ELECTION 2014

Smaller Palo Alto council? Voters say ‘yes’ Measure D approved, reducing number of members from nine to seven

by Gennady Sheyner

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alo Alto voters agreed to reduce the size of their City Council from nine to seven members when they passed Measure D this week.

With 11,883 votes counted as of late Wednesday, 6,416 were in support of the measure and 5,467 were against it.

The change will take effect in 2018.

The idea of shrinking the council size had been floating around for years before it finally landed on the ballot thanks to a 5-4 council vote in June. Championed by longtime community volunteer Roger Smith, it had won the support of dozens of past council

members, neighborhood leaders and state representatives. Former mayors Sid Espinosa, Peter Drekmeier, Judy Kleinberg and Joe Simitian all endorsed it, as did Councilman Larry Klein and Vice Mayor Liz Kniss.

Reducing the size, proponents maintained, would bring efficiency to council meetings and align Palo Alto’s council size with the governing bodies in communities of similar size. Menlo Park and San Mateo, for example, have five council seats, while Mountain View and Sunnyvale have seven.

Smith told the Weekly he was “very pleased” with the results, even as he acknowledged that

there are many votes left to count.

“People understand that this will save time, effort and money,” Smith said. “My hope is it will make staff more effective. I’ve never talked to someone who prefers to have nine bosses to seven bosses.”

John Fredrich, a council candidate who opposed Measure D, said Tuesday he was on the “side that promotes representation and democracy.”

“I wonder if Roger Smith and proponents will move on to the Supreme Court, where there’s nine people and they seem to be (continued on page 11)

ith all precincts reporting, Ken Dauber has been elected to the Palo Alto school board, but the second seat remains too close to call, with Terry Godfrey 71 votes ahead of Catherine Crystal Foster.

Dauber, two years after a first unsuccessful run for a seat on the Board of Education, had 29.53 percent of the vote, with 6,629 of the 22,445 votes counted as of Thursday morning.

“I’m pleased about the results,” Dauber said Wednesday morning. “I’m really looking forward to working with other board members to get to work on the important issues that are facing the district.”

Though Godfrey and Foster were neck and neck for much of Tuesday evening, Godfrey has pulled slightly ahead with 6,026 votes (26.85 percent of the vote).

Foster has drawn 26.53 percent with 5,955 votes. Thousands of mail-in and provisional ballots are still to be counted, however, so the second board seat is too close to call.

Candidate Gina Dalma received 14.22 percent of the vote, or 3,191.

Jay Blas Cabrera has a reported 644 votes, or 2.87 percent.

Foster, reached by phone over the din of an election party at her home early Tuesday evening, wasn’t surprised by the dead heat.

“There are some great people running for school board. I never expected it to be anything other than a close race,” she said.

Terry Godfrey said the same Wednesday morning.

“It’s a close race. I guess I knew

it was going to be ... but having never been in a campaign before, I didn’t quite think that I wouldn’t know yet,” she said.

A group of more than 30 supporters for Dauber and Dalma gathered at Dalma’s house Tuesday evening, many crowding around a large flat-screen TV, analyzing the early batch of results from the registrar.

“I feel a tremendous sense of gratitude and camaraderie and hope. ... Look at all of us together here,” Dauber told the supporters, gathered in Dalma’s living room. “We’re all here for our students. We’re all here for our community.”

In a somber moment, he referenced the early morning death Tuesday of a Gunn High School junior.

“We have suffered a loss today, and it’s a loss that we are too familiar with,” he said. “I think our hearts and our thoughts are with the student, the parents, the staff, the teachers of Gunn, and they’re going to continue to be with them.”

Dalma and Dauber thanked lists of people who made their campaigns possible, from spouses and children to friends and volunteers — and even each other.

“Back in February, I decided to write an article that was published in the Palo Alto Weekly because something had happened in a high school that I did not agree with,” Dalma said, referring to a guestopinion piece she wrote on delaning of English classes at Palo (continued on page 9)

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FIND PRIDE ... A coalition of local nonprofits, lead by the Palo Alto Family YMCA, are teaming up to host a free community festival this Saturday, Nov. 8. The festival will feature a range of activities and performances designed to help children and youth find pride in the things that make them unique, such as ethnicity, faith, religion, family status, gender, language, sexual orientation and/or a disability. A new art exhibit showcasing work submitted through the Palo Alto Art Center’s youth challenge will be unveiled at the festival. A youth fashion show will feature cultural-heritage apparel, and all youth are invited to wear clothes that showcase their cultural identity. Even the food will “reflect and celebrate the rich cultural ethnic diversity” in the community, according to a YMCA press release.

Positive cultural identity is one of the 41 developmental assets that the YMCA of Silicon Valley has identified as critical to ensuring children and teens thrive socially and emotionally. “Ensuring that youth feel comfortable with and proud of their unique identities is absolutely critical to helping them build self-confidence and develop a strong sense of belonging, which will ultimately help them succeed in school and life,” Palo Alto Family YMCA Executive Director Lee Pfab said in the release. This first community festival is being organized by Abilities United, Castilleja School, Midpeninsula Community Media Center, Outlet Adolescent Counseling Services, Palo Alto Adult School, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto Family YMCA, Palo Alto University and the YMCA of Silicon Valley’s Project Cornerstone.

STREET QUALITY ... Palo Alto streets are in good condition, according to a recent state report.

The city received an overall Pavement Condition Index (PCI) score of 78 (“good”), according to the California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment 2014 report from the California State Association of Counties. The statewide average PCI stands at 66 (“at risk”). Palo Alto is praised for “proactively managing and investing in its streets maintenance program,” according to a press release. Annual funding for street maintenance increased from $1.7 million to $5.1 million since fiscal year 2009, according to the statement. “The focus on

improving our street conditions is having an impact, and with the increased funding approved by the City Council, we will meet our goal of citywide excellent streets two years earlier than first projected,” Palo Alto Public Works Director Mike Sartor said.

SELF SERVICE ... The new Mitchell Park Library will officially open on Dec. 6, but the automated materials return machine is already up and running. Items from Palo Alto’s five library locations are processed with an RFID tag, which means the new machines are able to “read” the tag and provide a receipt to confirm the return. The machines are open 24 hours, seven days a week.

SHAPE THE CITY’S FUTURE ...

East Palo Alto leaders are inviting the community to help shape the city’s future this weekend and throughout the fall and winter through a series of workshops on its “Vista 2035” general plan update. The city will host seven workshops on critical community topics ranging from neighborhood traffic and parking to parks and recreation facilities and land use and economic development.

The city is also encouraging the public to take a short survey about their ideas and priorities for the future of East Palo Alto. The general plan update will be the city’s guiding vision through the year 2035. It is expected to be completed in late 2015. The document establishes policies, goals and programs for the long-term physical development of the community; it will serve as a blueprint for implementing the community’s vision for what residents and other stakeholders want the city to be for future generations. Vista 2035 will replace the 1999 General Plan, which was adopted as an update to the city’s first general plan that was completed in 1986. “We’ve seen great participation at our general plan workshops so far, and we’re counting on that level of involvement continuing and expanding as we enter this critical phase of the process,” East Palo Alto Mayor Laura Martinez said.

“Now is the time for every community member to think about the future of our city, to reflect on their concerns as well as the opportunities that can make our city better, and to share their thoughts on what they want our city to be for the generations to come.” Q

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ELECTION 2014

Incumbents re-elected to East Palo Alto City Council Challenger vows to run again

by Sue Dremann

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onna Rutherford and Ruben Abrica have been reelected to the East Palo Alto City Council, according to the San Mateo County Registrar of Voters.

The third City Council candidate, Kimberly Carlton, ran a strong race with 29.3 percent of the vote — 711 — but could not overcome the incumbents. Rutherford garnered 36.1 percent, or 877 votes, and Abrica 34.6 percent, or 841, as of the registrar’s unofficial Thursday morning results.

Abrica said Wednesday morning that public safety continues to be one of his top priorities, and he was particularly pleased that the city announced on Election Day the hiring of a new police chief following a nearly one-year vacancy. Abrica had pushed for a quick replacement to maintain stability, but controversy over former city manager Magda Gonzalez slowed the process down, he said.

“I’m happy that we have a new police chief,” Abrica said. “This year has been challenging in that area. I feel strongly about keeping our own police force.”

The City Council and the city manager will be tasked with making sure the department improves and public safety is addressed, he said.

Abrica and Rutherford both stressed that crime cannot be fully addressed without eliminating school truancy. He and Rutherford are on a council subcommittee that will try to eliminate truancy “once and for all,” he said.

“It’s just unconscionable,” he said of the ongoing truancy.

Students who habitually miss school “either become victims of crime or they themselves become involved in crime,” Abrica said.

Rutherford echoed that senti-

ment. She said she will work collaboratively with the Ravenswood City School District to continue to reduce truancy rates.

“Thirty percent of our population is under 18,” she said, noting that among her priorities will be programs for youth and seniors using Measure C funds and working with the city’s nonprofit organizations.

For older residents, there was talk at one point of closing the East Palo Alto Senior Center and merging it with Belle Haven’s, but Rutherford said she has heard “loud and clear” that seniors love their center, and they want to keep it open.

“We will Donna continue to Rutherford chip off and get to be the city we’ve always wanted to be,” she said of its longstanding problems. “East Palo Alto is a beautiful place, and I’ve always known that. That’s why I’ve continued and wanted to be involved.”

The city will also face affordable-housing challenges, which Rutherford called “a really big issue.” About 60 percent of East Palo Alto residents are renters, and making sure that low-income residents and renters can remain in the city will be a top priority, she said.

Rutherford also wants to hire more code-enforcement officers.

The illegal conversion of garages to living spaces is another balancing act, she said.

“We certainly don’t want to have tragic accidents,” she said.

Rutherford also said she is concerned about water issues.

“To have development we need

to have enough water for everyone,” she said.

Both Rutherford and Abrica said the city has recently discovered an additional source of water beneath IKEA. That underground water appears to be potable and will allow the city to build additional development, which is needed for residences and to bring in commercial revenue for its parched coffers.

Abrica, who has spearheaded flood control and levee rebuilding along San Fr a ncisqu it o Creek, saw another victory this past week when the Regional Water Quality Control Board announced it would grant a Ruben permit for the Abrica San Francisquito Creek Restoration Project, following a one-year delay.

Abrica hailed the breakthrough as an example of successful regional collaboration among East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Palo Alto on a project that will benefit people across counties and city borders.

“We’ve worked very hard. I think we’ve finally managed to get our message across,” he said of the regional board’s decision.

Third-place candidate Kimberly Carlton, the former head of an East Palo Alto nonprofit and product of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, said on Election Night that she is pleased with the results despite not winning.

“I have no regrets about running. It’s not a bad showing. I’ll be back,” she said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

ELECTION 2014

Palo Alto voters pass hotel-tax hike City Council plans to use new revenues to pay for infrastructure improvements

by Gennady Sheyner

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alo Alto voters gave their leaders a boost in solving the city’s infrastructure problems on Election Day, overwhelmingly supporting a proposal to raise the city’s hotel tax rate from 12 percent to 14 percent.

The change snagged an emphatic victory, with more than 75 percent of the 12,334 voters

supporting it, according to results released Wednesday by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

Though the tax hike garnered opposition from the local Chamber of Commerce, it also had the endorsement of the entire City Council, which sees Measure B as a major component of a

recently approved plan to fund infrastructure.

The city expects the tax increase to generate additional revenues of about $2.2 million a year, with the proceeds earmarked for infrastructure projects and repairs. When added to revenue expected from new hotels, the city is expected to

Three veterans of education elected to Ravenswood school board Current board members, former superintendent win in East Palo Alto area election

by Sue Dremann

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na Pulido, Charlie Mae Knight and Marcelino Lopez — all veterans of the Ravenswood City School District — were elected to the school board representing East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park public schools Tuesday.

Pulido had 27.05 percent of the vote, Knight had 20.95 percent and Lopez garnered 20.30 percent, according to results released by the San Mateo County Registrar of Voters as of Thursday morning. Candidate Nicholas Valdes won 15.9 percent of the vote, while Isaiah Vi came in close behind with 15.81 percent.

Pulido is the current school board president, and Lopez is a member. Knight is the district’s former superintendent.

Pulido, a product of East Palo Alto schools, said during a candidates’ forum that since joining the board, she and other members have hired a new superintendent to increase academic success, and revamped courses and services.

The school district has developed a more well-rounded curriculum, adding more science, arts and other programs to engage students. It is also developing a master plan of its facilities, Pulido said.

The board has expanded early literacy to kindergarten through second grade. It is looking at expanding earlyliteracy programs through the eighth grade, Pulido said.

District improvements are still a work in progress, she said.

Lopez agreed the district “is

get about $4.6 million annually, which would be leveraged to get $64.6 million for projects that include a new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101, rebuilt fire stations near Rinconada and Mitchell parks and new garages downtown and near California Avenue.

The proposal to raise the tax rate did not stirred much community debate in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Council members had quibbled in May over whether the new rate should be 14 percent or 15 percent, but after the lower hike prevailed, the council unanimously voted to place the measure on the ballot.

improving a lot, but it is not enough.” He vowed to continue making progress with mandated Common Core State Standards for education.

During Pulido’s next term, she wants to create interventions that will help address issues students have outside of the classroom that affect learning.

Lopez said he supports more parent involvement to help address student stress and to improve learning.

Knight, who was the district’s superintendent for more than 17 years, said her re-election represents a vindication after years of bad press and surviving conflict-of-interest charges after she tried to help teachers get housing using private funding.

She authored the Ravenswood School Improvement Plan, the district’s response to a 2000 court settlement over special education, and said she would be in the best position to assist in orchestrating its achievements.

Knight said she is not satisfied with progress of still-failing students in core subjects such as math and English, which is what sparked her to seek a seat on the board again.

Pulido said the improvement plan has cost the district millions of dollars that could have been used for education. Those funds went to court-appointed federal monitors.

“We’ve had the best report of compliance in the last 17 years. ... We’re looking at getting rid of the existing monitoring mandate by the government,” Pulido said. Q

Palo Alto’s hotel-tax rate will now be on par with rates in San Francisco and Oakland.

The city last raised its hoteltax rate in 2007, when voters approved changing it from 10 percent to its current level of 12 percent.

In addition to the hotel-tax measure, voters approved Measure C, which eliminates a discounted utility users tax rate for large commercial users. The measure also specifies that the tax applies to a broader range of telecommunication technologies and reduces the tax rate from 5 percent to 4.75 percent. Eightyfour percent of the voters backed Measure C. Q

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Palo Alto Historical Association project aims to ‘ignite passion for history’ Students learn local history while preparing curriculum to teach it

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hose fascinated by the history of Palo Alto are fortunate to have a historical society with an archive of 13,000plus photographs depicting life in Palo Alto and historians who can talk about the backstory of local neighborhoods and streets.

The Palo Alto Historical Association, a nonprofit organization established in 1948 as a successor to an earlier group founded in 1913, is dedicated to recognizing and preserving the city’s history.

In its efforts to collect and make available the history of Palo Alto, the organization financed — with the help of a $5,000 grant from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund — the “Out of the File Cabinet, Into the Classroom” project to provide third-grade students and teachers primary sources to study local history. One goal was the creation of lessons that align with the Common Core Standards’ emphasis on a strong knowledge base, incorporation of evidence and critical thinking, according to a Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA) newsletter.

Four students — Julian Moran and Maya Miklos from Gunn High School and Zofia Amad and Kenton Kwok from Palo Alto High School — spent the summer working on the project under the direction of Gunn teacher Brian Tuomy and PAHA historian Steve Staiger.

Moran, Miklos, Amad and Kwok collected old maps, photographs, newspaper articles and other documents to develop a curriculum surrounding four themes: early Palo Alto, the Stanford family, childhood and schools.

The idea was to use primary sources, such as documents and physical objects that were written or created during the time under study, including photographs,

official records and interviews, Staiger said.

Moran got involved with the project after Tuomy recommended it to him.

“I was thrilled not only by the possibility of gaining further understanding of local history but also the work experience I would gain by participating,” he said.

The history interns explored a PAHA collection known as the Guy Miller Archives and were tasked with choosing interesting primary sources — or “artifacts” as the students called them — that would entice thirdgrade students to learn and care about Palo Alto history.

“Both Mr. Tuomy and Mr. Staiger were invaluable resources throughout the entire process,” Moran said. “Mr. Tuomy was there whenever I needed to bounce an idea off but also whenever I needed confirmation that I was working toward the right direction.

Mr. Staiger’s seemingly limitless knowledge of Palo Alto history often helped expedite research.”

Moran, whose focus was local schools, concentrated on the history and evolution of institutions.

“While we each worked independently on a theme, almost all of our themes overlapped at least a little,” Moran said. “When one of us felt that we had information that would benefit another we were more than willing to share it with each other. Some of the artifacts that I used were maps of early Palo Alto school districts, a series of report cards from 1917, photos of early schools and photos of graduating classes from long ago.”

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ach year since 1994, the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund has helped local nonprofit organizations serving children and families through generous donations from the Palo Alto community. This year’s fundraiser is launching Nov. 7 with a goal of $350,000.

Since its inception, the fund has given more than $5 million in grants to local organizations.

The holiday fund strives to reach out into corners of the community that often go unnoticed.

It has supported DreamCatchers’ tutoring program in expanding a healthy-eating program for lowincome Palo Alto middle school

students and groups like East Palo Alto Kids Foundation, which gives microgrants to teachers in the low-income Ravenswood City School District for special projects and classroom needs.

“The donations by residents and businesses help foster positive change to make the Palo Alto area a better place for all,” said Bill Johnson, founder and publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly.

Grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 were awarded to 52 organizations in 2014.

The fund is a partnership with Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

The money raised last year in-

The interns spent the majority of the time working at the archives, “sifting through the dozens of cabinets looking for something (they) felt would interest third-grade students,” but a lot of the writing took place at their homes, Moran said.

Moran said he is proud of what the team accomplished and believes the crafted lessons will “help teachers ground many aspects of local history for the students.

“While many students have difficulty understanding an abstract theme such as history, the artifacts and accompanying writing should help make these concepts more approachable,” he said. “The most important outcome, however, would be that the artifacts will ignite the same passion for history that I have developed.”

Tuomy reflected on his work with the four students in a PAHA newsletter, saying, “I am proud as an educator, Palo Alto native, and community member to be a part of this effort, and to see that kids can be passionate about this community.”

“Because of the work of these high school students, the third graders in this town are able to have some knowledge of what was literally beneath their feet many generations ago,” he added.

Staiger said the next step is getting the sources into a format for teachers to access, including putting it on the PAHA website and/ or the Palo Alto school district’s website.

“It’s something we are working toward,” he said. Q See page 36 for more information.

Digital Editor My Nguyen can be emailed at mnguyen@ paweekly.com.

cluded an anonymous $100,000 donation from a Palo Alto family foundation for the third year in a row.

Each tax-deductible gift that the Weekly’s readers make is doubled due to matching grants from local foundations, including the Packard and Hewlett foundations and the Peery and Arrillaga family foundations. Administrative costs are absorbed by the Weekly, so 100 percent of each donation goes to the nonprofit organizations, which will be chosen early next year.

People may donate to this year’s Holiday Fund online through PaloAltoOnline.com/ holidayfund.

The campaign runs through early January 2015.

Upfront ELECTION 2014

Precincts split in votes for top three school board candidates Tight race shows near-even support in some neighborhoods

by Elena Kadvany s voters await the final count that will determine whether Catherine Crystal Foster or Terry Godfrey becomes the school district’s second new Palo Alto school board member, election results point to just how evenly divided voter support has been in some areas of town.

Foster and Godfrey have each tentatively won the majority in three out of six precincts in the city’s northeast — the area

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In two of those, the leads are razor-thin. Foster has 140 votes in precinct 2090 -- a portion bounded by Oregon Expressway and Embarcadero Road — closely followed by Godfrey’s 136 votes. In precinct 2078, which is in Foster’s

home neighborhood of Duveneck/ St. Francis, Godfrey has pulled only one more vote than Foster.

Godfrey won her home precinct in Evergreen Park by a comfortable margin (206 votes to Dauber’s 135 and Foster’s 133).

Godfrey overall retained a 71vote lead as of Wednesday evening, but scores of mail-in and provisional ballots that the county registrar’s office is still counting this and possibly even next week

could tip the results.

Newly elected school board member Ken Dauber’s support was spread throughout Palo Alto, with strong vote counts in most neighborhoods west of Alma Street, including College Terrace, Barron Park, Green Acres and Charleston Meadows. He also dominated in southeast Palo Alto, winning five out of the Midtown and Palo Verde seven precincts, although in a few Midtown pre-

cincts, Godfrey’s vote totals rivaled his.

Los Altos Hills voters, though few, also backed Dauber.

Dauber won none of the precincts in northeast Palo Alto, which included voter turnout that was among the city’s largest in percentages.

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spite the loss — she later joked that she had been telling her children she was “winning fourth place” — she was excited to have participated in what’s been an “incredible race.”

“I came into the race late and I came in (without) a built-in network in the community, so I’m incredibly proud of the campaign I ran,” she said.

“The level of debate was incredibly high,” Dalma added.

“I think there was an overlap in most of the candidates’ views on key issues. Now it’s just a matter of making sure that the candidates that win really implement and take it on.”

Dauber told the Weekly that he felt like the community con-

versation has shifted since he ran for a board seat in 2012, and he commended all the candidates for campaigns that kept the election focused on key issues, such as a need for strong, data-driven decision-making; the expansion of foreign language instruction; students’ social-emotional wellbeing; and the Common Core State Standards.

“I think the voters clearly responded to this message that I brought to put students first,” he said Wednesday. “I think they want a school board that’s focused on the issues that really matter to students well-being and to their learning and to their social and emotional health. I also

think that it was a campaign that let the voters focus on the issues that really matter.

“I really want to compliment all the candidates in the race for very well-run campaigns that I think gave voters a clear sense about what their options were and how people felt about the direction of the district.”

Later Tuesday evening, four of the five candidates — Dalma, Dauber, Foster and Cabrera — gathered at City Hall for an interview with former Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier and current Vice Mayor Liz Kniss.

Kniss called Cabrera the “dark horse” of the campaign.

“I certainly was running an alternative campaign,” he said.

“I felt like my goal of being a valid choice, but not necessarily people’s first choice, was fully successful.”

Dauber and the second new board member will join Camille Townsend, Heidi Emberling and Melissa Baten Caswell at the dais, serving four-year terms starting Dec. 9.

Board President Barb Mitchell and member Dana Tom, who both won their seats in 2005, did not run for re-election.

The two new board members will also join new Superintendent Max McGee, who within the first 100 days on the job has taken a fresh tack on communication, created a committee to address the district’s achievement gap and resolved in less than two weeks the most recent complaint filed with the federal Office for Civil Rights against Palo Alto Unified School District. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Alto High School. “I received this random call from a guy (Dauber) who said, ‘Let’s go have coffee.’”

“It’s been a campaign of issues.

It’s been a campaign of ideas,” Dauber said, “and the first person I want to honor in that is Gina Dalma. ... Gina has really elevated the tone of this campaign. She’s elevated the content of this campaign. For me, she’s given me an example of someone to aspire to in terms of commitment and intelligence and thinking about what we need in our schools.”

Dalma told the Weekly that de-

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Corrections In the Oct. 31 story about California Avenue merchants, the story incorrectly stated that all construction would halt from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. The contractor will be working on the east end of the street, at Park Boulevard and the plaza, during the holidays.

The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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COMMUNITY MEETING

Upfront

Community Garden Water Main Line Project (Rinconada, Eleanor Pardee and Johnson Park)

ELECTION 2014

The Community is invited to review and discuss the scope of work and schedule for this project

Kremen wins Santa Clara Valley Water District seat

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 6 PM – 8 PM Downtown Library 270 Forest Avenue

Meeting hosted by City of Palo Alto Public Works Department

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 2014 7:30 PM

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Simon: Conductor Mayumi Hama: Marimba Cubberley Theatre

@ Cubberley Community Center 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

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We welcome to our first PACO concert a world famous marimba virtuosa, Japan’s Mayumi Hama, to perform Rosauro’s sizzling Brazilian Concerto for marimba and strings. From 18th century Austria, a brilliant divertimento from young Mozart and from the Soviet Union of the mid-20th century, Shostakovich’s powerful and deeply personal String Symphony (Eighth String Quartet).

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he founder of Match.com, Gary Kremen, has won a seat on the Santa Clara Valley Water District board, with 51.3 percent of the vote to incumbent Brian Schmidt’s 48.7 percent, with all 212 precincts reporting. The seat represents the cities of Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Gatos.

While provisional and handdelivered absentee ballots are still being counted by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, Kremen led all Tuesday night as votes were tallied. He had garnered 19,339 votes as of Thursday morning to Schmidt’s 18,361.

On Wednesday morning, Schmidt said he had provisionally congratulated Kremen. “It’s highly likely he’s won,� he said. With 20 percent of absentee ballots uncounted, the election result could change, but he thought it unlikely. Schmidt said he does not have plans to run again. “It’s a very different campaign from the one I ran four years ago.

And quite frankly, I need to earn more than $32,000 a year. This was a significant pay cut from doing environmental nonprofit work,� he said.

In a race that no one would have predicted would be so contentious, both candidates said the personal nature of the attacks was wounding and detracted from the issues.

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Match.com founder to join board that will address droughts, flooding in coming years

Santa Clara Valley Water District Board candidate Gary Kremen, left, talks to supporter Mark Platshon at an election-night party held at Stein’s Beer Garden on Tuesday night, Nov. 4. “It’s been brutal,� Kremen said on Tuesday night. “I guess I’m an idiot to do this. All I wanted was to do something about the drought and about water. I didn’t think it would get so personal with all of the campaign finance stuff. I got pummeled.�

The huge discrepancy in campaign funding between the two candidates made headlines.

Kremen, a serial entrepreneur, outspent Schmidt 22 to 1 during the race. As of Oct. 18, Kremen had spent $397,993 to Schmidt’s $17,229.

Schmidt predicted that big money will play an increasing role in special-district races. “I think it’s a significant problem,� he said. That amount of money detracts from voters getting fair representation of the issues and amplifies the impact of misleading messages, he added. “It’s not going to be the last time, especially as we see an increase in (economic) inequality,� he said.

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cause they don’t have the spending limits seen in some other races, such as for county supervisor, he said. A month ago, Schmidt submitted a request for the board to look at spending limits and at the best models it could implement.

Schmidt said he took pride in the campaign and in his wife, who was his campaign manager, and his volunteers. “I’m proud of what I did, running it to a near draw while being outspent 22-to-1,� he said.

But he didn’t entirely blame losing the election on money. Low voter turnout meant that about half as many people cast ballots for the race as when he ran four years ago.

And he would not choose to put a maximum cap of $500 on contributions to his campaign. He could have done another mailing with the extra money, he said. “I wish I’d had more time to do more outreach,� he added.

Schmidt, an environmental attorney, served on the board since 2010 and is its current vice president.

Kremen, board president of the Purissima Hills Water District in Los Altos Hills, said on Wednesday that he will focus on four main issues: making sure the water district is fully supportive of getting San Francisquito Creek fixed in a way that serves all constituents; creating a short-, medium- and long-term plan for the drought and securing a stable water supply; working to make the California State Water Project tax fair to districts that don’t get any benefits and receive equity; and bringing business sense and innovation to the board’s $4 million budget.

As he looks forward to his new role, Kremen said of Schmidt, “I want to thank my opponent for his service.� Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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bloviating quite a bit,” Fredrich said at a special election event hosted by the Midpeninsula Media Center at City Hall on Tuesday night.

The proposal had split both the community and the council, with four members opposing even placing the issue on the ballot. Marc

Berman was the swing vote.

During the campaign, opponents of Measure D argued that Palo Alto benefits from having extra seats because it allows a greater diversity of views and makes it easier for council members to recuse themselves if they have connections with Stanford University and the council is discussing an item that has to do with Stanford.

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Pat Burt had all opposed placing the measure on the ballot. Mayor Nancy Shepherd supported sending the item to the voters but said she has no strong opinion on what the size of the council should be.

Palo Alto last changed its council size in 1972, when the number of seats was reduced from 15 to nine. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

TRUNK SHOW

East Palo Alto appoints new police chief Albert Pardini is the new police chief of the East Palo Alto Police Department, city officials announced this week.

Pardini, who comes to East Palo Alto from the San Francisco Police Department where he served for 32 years, will start on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

“East Palo Alto’s new Chief Albert Pardini brings a remarkably wide range of law enforcement experience to the community,” Interim City Manager Carlos Martinez said in a press release. “We’re confident that with his proven leadership and outstanding record of success, he’ll generate new and effective solutions to the challenges we face.”

Pardini said “as a law enforcement professional, reaching out and engaging youth has always been a priority for me.”

“Such early intervention can have dramatic positive effects — that’s an area of focus that will get long-term results,” Pardini said in the release. “I’m excited to join this great team, to build upon the impressive reputation of the East Palo Alto Police Department, and to work with the people of this city to reach our shared objectives for a safer, more secure and healthy community.

Pardini has held several leadership roles including his present assignment as the commanding officer of the patrol division at San Francisco International Airport Bureau, according to the release.

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Cal Ave train station robbery injures one Police are looking for a man who allegedly punched a commuter in the face and robbed him as he waited for a train on Sunday, Nov. 2, according to a joint statement by the Palo Alto Police Department, Transit Police Bureau of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and Caltrain.

The robber approached the male victim who was at the California Avenue Caltrain station at about 1:27 p.m., assaulted him, took his wallet and escaped on a non-motorized scooter, police said. The victim sustained minor injuries.

Officers responded to the incident, but were not able to locate the robber.

The victim received a small cut and swelling around his left eye. He was treated at the scene by the Palo Alto Fire Department and released.

A witness described the robber as a black male, about 25 years old, wearing a white shirt and light-colored blue jeans. The man was unshaven and had dreadlocks. He was riding a silver scooter with electric-blue wheels. The victim and witnesses last saw the suspect on the train platform headed south.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office anonymous tip line at 800-547-2700.

Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984. Q — Sue Dremann

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Cameron Lee, a 16-year-old Gunn High School student, died on the train tracks early Tuesday morning.

He was struck by the last southbound train just south of the California Avenue station at about 1 a.m., Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said.

Superintendent Max McGee sent an email alerting parents at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday that “a junior from Gunn High School had just lost their life to suicide.”

“We have informed all of our schools and our entire staff will be watching for any signs of students who may need support and care following this tragedy,” he wrote. “Our counselors are prepared to work with any student or family at a moment’s notice, and we ask that you inform your school’s principal or psychologist if you believe any child you know is at risk.”

Counseling support from the school district’s Project Safety Net partners — nonprofit Adolescent Counseling Services, grief counseling organization Kara and Stanford University Medical Center’s Dr. Shashank Joshi — was provided at Gunn as well as the schools of the young man’s siblings, McGee said.

Palo Alto High School Principal Kim Diorio also sent a message to parents and students, offering on-campus support and resources.

Members of Paly’s Crisis Response Team are available to meet with individual or groups of students in the coming weeks, she said.

Mayor Nancy Shepherd said the city immediately extended the hours for track guards at crossings along the Caltrain right-of-way from the first train in the morning at approximately 5 a.m. to the last train in the evening at approximately 1:15 a.m. The extended hours will include rail crossings at Churchill Avenue, Charleston Road and East Meadow Drive. Q — Elena Kadvany

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Upfront ELECTION 2014

Analysis: How they won — and lost What Palo Alto’s precincts map tells about Election Day 2014

How did the “residentialists” triumph?

The slow-growth revolt may have launched near Maybell Avenue last year, but as the geographical election results make clear, its ramifications continue to play out in just about every corner of the city. Holman, the only incumbent endorsed by the citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning, emerged victorious in every neighborhood and finished either first or second in almost every precinct, from Downtown North to Adobe Meadow.

Tom DuBois and Eric Filseth, who were both involved in last year’s Measure D battle, also demonstrated on Election Day that their campaigns weren’t rooted in NIMBY support (unless the “backyard” in the acronym refers to most of Palo Alto). Both did exceptionally well in Barron

by Gennady Sheyner Park, where opposition to Measure D was based, but they didn’t stop there.

First-time candidate DuBois, who lives in Midtown, won in his neighborhood — in one precinct with 210 votes, two more than Holman and significantly more than anyone else. Filseth, who lives in Downtown North, outperformed DuBois and most of the field in several downtown precincts (though Holman and fellow incumbent Greg Scharff at times did as well or better).

In one precinct in the Duveneck area, along Embarcadero Road, Filseth received 213 votes, the same as Scharff and one behind Holman. He also performed well in his own precinct, trailing only Holman and finishing ahead of Scharff and DuBois. Though he didn’t fare as well as DuBois in Midtown, he edged him out in some parts of north Palo Alto, including Crescent Park.

Holman, meanwhile, did equally well in the mansions of Old Palo Alto and the Eichlers of Palo Verde. She led the entire field in more precincts than any other candidate. Though she trailed Scharff or DuBois by a few dozen votes in one precinct or another, her base of support is disparate and extends even to the energized skeptics of Barron Park, where other incumbents were generally frowned upon.

The precinct data underscores, however, that the wave of criticism of the council is broader than Maybell. Significantly, all three “residentialists” who triumphed on Election Day — Holman, Filseth and DuBois — live outside of Barron Park.

Certainly, Tuesday evening was a triumph for Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning, the city’s newly energized critics of development.

The results confirmed that the citizen movement, like the defeat last year of the Maybell Avenue project, isn’t so much “not in my backyard” as “not in my city.”

What went wrong for the mayor?

Nancy Shepherd did reasonably well downtown and in some of the Midtown precincts. Though she wasn’t the top vote-getter in any of these precincts, she consistently competed for the fourth and fifth spots and in some cases edged out Kou. In one Crescent Park precinct, for instance (2065), she had 168 votes compared to Kou’s 145.

In another one, she finished with 161 votes, compared to Kou’s 129.

Around Midtown, she picked up numbers on par with Wolbach’s and Kou’s, even though she consistently lagged behind winners Holman, Scharff, DuBois and Filseth.

But her fortunes soured in the southwest quadrant of the city, particularly in the Barron Park and and Greenmeadow neighborhoods that spearheaded opposition to Measure D last year.

She was trounced in the precincts west of El Camino Real and just north of Arastradero Road, where anxieties about new developments have been particularly acute.

In one Barron Park precinct she picked up just 98 votes, almost three times fewer than Kou, who lives in the area and who led all candidates there with 277 votes (this was Kou’s strongest precinct). Though the public’s anger over Maybell extended to the entire council (with the possible exceptions of Holman and Greg Schmid), Shepherd fared particularly poorly. DuBois, Holman and Filseth all cleaned up in this Barron Park precinct (with 270, 266 and 248 votes, respectively), while Scharff received a more modest 183. Both he and Shepherd were characterized by Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning as casting votes that were “resident-unfavorable” (each received a score of 30 percent on the group’s scorecard, far below Holman’s 85 percent).

A similar storyline held in other Barron Park area precincts, where Shepherd consistently trailed the

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ith the dust still settling on Election Day and scores of provisional and hand-delivered absentee ballots still being tallied, the composition of Palo Alto’s next City Council remained to some degree uncertain Thursday. The major question that remains hanging with Lydia Kou and Cory Wolbach running neck-in-neck for the fifth open seat, is whether slow-growth “residentialist” candidates will have a mere majority or downright dominance of the council.

But whoever wins (Kou was up by 33 votes on Thursday morning), the Nov. 4 vote signaled a political shift in Palo Alto, with Karen Holman and Greg Schmid poised to give up their long-held status as members of the council minority. A precinct-by-precinct analysis of the election results (based on numbers that were available Wednesday), helps explain how this shift occurred and which neighborhoods contributed the most to the changing of the guard at City Hall.

Palo Alto City Council member Greg Scharff talks with Peter Drekmeier following an interview at the Midpeninsula Community Media Center on Election Day. Scharff won re-election to the council. frontrunners by a sizable margin.

In one, Holman received more than twice as many votes as Shepherd. In another, the mayor was decisively defeated by Wolbach (who is in not affiliated with the Barron Park “residentialists”), 193 to 109. In yet another, Shepherd received just 54 votes, while each of the four PASZ-endorsed candidates received more than 150.

Whether this was Barron Park’s way of signaling a disagreement with Shepherd’s policies on development or its response to Shepherd saying at one memorable council meeting last year that she would not be “bullied” by critics, the neighborhood’s overwhelming rejection of Shepherd turned what could have been a competitive bid for re-election into a Tuesday night rout.

What went right for Greg Scharff?

Scharff had a fairly pleasant Election Night, his place on the next council nearly assured when the early results came out showing him in second place (he later slipped to third, just behind DuBois). For his strong showing, he has the affluent neighborhoods of Crescent Park and Old Palo Alto to thank.

Crescent Park, along with the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhoods east of downtown, came out strong for Scharff, who led the entire field in one Crescent Park precinct and finished second only to Holman in another.

Though Holman also did well in these neighborhoods, at times leading the field, Scharff consistently outperformed DuBois, Filseth and Kou here. In his strongest precinct, just west of U.S. Highway 101, Scharff received 297 votes, three more than Holman and about 50 more than either DuBois or Filseth.

In one St. Francis precinct, Scharff edged out Holman for first place, 184 votes to 175, with the DuBois and Filseth taking third and fourth place, respectively.

Old Palo Alto was particularly kind to Scharff. He finished first in several precincts and, in one case, received 261 votes to Holman’s 207 and DuBois’ 201 (no one else was close).

The heavy support he received

from Palo Altans with mansions and manicured lawns largely compensated for his less-thanstellar showings in the Eichlerdominated neighborhoods of south Palo Alto and Barron Park.

These votes helped him stay on par with DuBois in this year’s election, though as of Wednesday he was in third place, to DuBois’ second.

Whose votes will decide the battle for fifth?

Lydia Kou and Cory Wolbach in some ways perfectly epitomize Palo Alto’s battle over City Hall.

Kou, a longtime neighborhood activist, worked her way to politics from the grassroots level and took part in last year’s “No on Measure D” campaign. She lives in Barron Park, where passions about highdensity developments run particularly deep, and ran a campaign that focused on slowing down growth and restoring the people’s trust in their government. She draws her strongest support from south Palo Alto, including the area’s growing Asian population.

While she, like the other residentialist candidates occasionally sounded angry and frustrated in talking about the council’s recent land-use decisions during the campaign, Wolbach is at his most passionate, strangely enough, when talking about civility. Though he lives south of Oregon Expressway in Midtown, he received broad support from Palo Alto’s political scions and elected leaders, including Anna Eshoo, Rich Gordon and Joe Simitian.

While Kou is affiliated with Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning, Wolbach is part of Palo Alto Forward, a new group that advocates for more housing and transportation options. If there is such a thing as “the establishment” in Palo Alto, Wolbach is its last hope to avoid a sweep from the PASZ candidates.

The two candidates have been locked in a razor-thin race since the first results were released. Absentee returns and early in-person voting showed Wolbach enjoying a lead of fewer than 100 votes heading into late Tuesday night.

By Wednesday morning, Kou was up by 34 votes. By evening, her (continued on page 16)

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speed rail and have helped to get the city “working well.� She said that she has worked hard to do what the public asked the council to do. “I’m very grateful for the time I have spent on the City Council,�

Shepherd said. “I think there’s clearly something that’s not allowing people to see the activity that the City Council is doing.�

Kou, whose team gathered at the Elks Lodge, said she was proud of her campaign, whatever happens. “I’m very optimistic,� she said. “No matter if I win or lose, the whole point is that so many people stepped up for me in the community. They believed in me.�

Wolbach said Tuesday that he, too, was proud of his campaign, which he said has “tried to exercise civil discourse.� “Win or lose, I feel we had a positive impact on the discourse, not only in tone, but in content,�

Wolbach said. “There’s a need for the council to creatively find solutions to the jobs and housing imbalance that is recognized by all the candidates and it must be addressed by all on the council in a creative and collaborative way.�

The field also included retired teacher John Fredrich, three-time candidate Mark Weiss, retired Boeing engineer Seelam Reddy and Ventura resident Wayne Douglass, whose campaign focused on bringing more attention to the issue of homelessness. All four trailed the rest of the field by a considerable margin, with none receiving more than 1,500 votes.

Voter turnout in Palo Alto was about 36 percent Tuesday, with more than 13,000 registered voters participating. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann contributed to this report.

On the cover: City Council candidates Karen Holman, left, Eric Filseth and Tom DuBois smile as election results start coming in showing them in the top five open slots on election day, Nov. 4.

Photo by Veronica Weber.

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has broad establishment support) still awaiting the final vote count.

Tuesday culminated in victory speeches from all three slowgrowth candidates whose elections were all but secured shortly after 8 p.m., when results from mail-in ballots were released by Santa Clara County. Holman, who has been one of the council’s leading critics of new developments, will have new council colleagues in January who share her skepticism. At a campaign party at the home of Janet Dafoe, Holman said she felt “gratified� and tired. She also said she felt “really like the people’s voices have been heard.� “This is where the community has been for a number of years,�

Holman said, “but there hasn’t been an issue that galvanized people to change the council majority.�

In the future, she said, she wants people’s differences to “inspire us and inform us rather than divide us. “It’s time to heal and bring people together and learn from our mistakes, learn from our differences and bring the community together,� she said.

Filseth, a retired semiconductor executive who lives in Downtown North, called the results “a reality check� for the current council — but said he wasn’t too surprised. “To me, the best part of the campaign is that when we talked to people, most of them agreed with us,� Filseth said.

DuBois, a business consultant who lives in Midtown, was upbeat and said that in terms of dollars per vote, “We did pretty well.�

His campaign revolved around increasing council efficiency, improving transparency and (along with the rest of the residentialist group) curbing the impacts of new development. “I campaigned pretty clearly on these issues, and I see this as a mandate for me to govern on these issues,� DuBois said.

Scharff, a local attorney who served as mayor last year, had to withstand criticism from the community during the campaign for not being as strident in his opposition to new developments as Holman and Schmid.

Scharff said the council has worked hard to address all of the issues that citizens had long been complaining about, particularly parking and traffic. The council “pivoted� after last year’s Measure D election and has launched numerous initiatives to address these issues, he said. He finished third, just 28 votes behind DuBois, as of Wednesday’s release of unofficial election results. Filseth finished fourth, 502 votes behind Scharff.

Scharff said he was “honored� to be re-elected.

Shepherd was more subdued after the early results came in showing her out of the top five spots.

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Palo Alto set to appoint a slew of commissioners City prepares to name new members to boards dealing with development, architecture

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ith the new City Council preparing to take the helm in Palo Alto come January, the existing one will have a chance Monday to leave a lasting imprint on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future when it appoints new members to all three boards that review new developments.

Commission appointments, which are generally a humdrum affair, have special significance this year, with residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anxieties about growth on the rise and all three commissions experiencing turnover at the same time thanks to the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent decision to bring the terms into alignment. On Monday, the council will make two appointments to the Planning and Transportation Commission, two to the Architectural Review Board and four to the Historic Resources Board.

The historic board is unlikely to see much turnover, with four incumbents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Martin Bernstein, Roger Kohler, Michael Makinen and Margaret Wimmer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dominating the five-member field, along with architect Iqbal Serang. But things could get more interesting on the planning commission, where just one incumbent is looking for re-appointment. Carl King is not seeking a second term, and Vice Chair Arthur Keller, a wonky and deeply skeptical numbercruncher who is known for questioning plannersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; assumptions and finding flaws in developersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposals, barely survived his re-appointment the last time around, squeaking by with a 5-4 vote in 2010. Keller joined the commission in 2006 and is by far its longest serving member.

On Monday, he will be one of eight residents seeking a seat on the planning commission, which is responsible for issuing recommendations on new developments, parking programs and traffic initiatives. The field also includes Asher Waldfogel, a tech entrepreneur who has been serving on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Utilities Advisory Commission for the past six years; Claude Ezran, a former member of the Human Relations Commission; Kate Downing, an attorney who until recently worked at VMWare and is affiliated with Palo Alto Forward, a nascent citizens group advocating for more housing and transportation options; and James Schmidt, former president of Friends of the Library and member of the 2010 citizen commission that analyzed the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure needs.

Downing has been a passionate speaker at recent meetings on the topic of development, telling

by Gennady Sheyner the council at an August meeting that if we â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow for growth, Silicon Valley as we know it today will cease to exist.â&#x20AC;?

Downing told the commission during her interview that she has been busy in recent months meeting community residents and talking about their visions for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future. At times they have been surprising. She cited a recent meeting in which several residents in their mid-50s complained about the fact that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough live music in Palo Alto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So much of our conversation lately has been problem-focused,â&#x20AC;?

Downing said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have traffic issues, parking issues. But some of this is opportunities: Here is something we can do for our culture, our city, our community.

Something that can bring people together.â&#x20AC;?

Also on the list are Lyn Tillery, a health care worker who noted in her interview that she has no problem with taller buildings and denser construction downtown; Adrian Fine, a Nextdoor employee and College Terrace resident with a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in regional planning; and Jeff Schnebble, an investor at Silver Lake Partners with a doctorate in engineering.

The appointments to the commission come at a time when residents seem to be paying more attention to the bodies. The decision by the council in 2012 to replace the skeptic Susan Fineberg with Michael Alcheck, who is far more lenient on the subjects of building height and density, on the planning commission has been cited by the slow-growth citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning as an example of the council membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;residentunfriendlyâ&#x20AC;? leanings. Tom DuBois, a member of the group who was elected to the City Council this week, concluded his victory speech Tuesday by asking supporters to run for boards and commissions.

The different styles of the candidates were on full display during the interview process, with Keller providing large pockets filled with transportation, census and jobs data and peppering his introductory comments with statistics about transit ridership. He cited his â&#x20AC;&#x153;powerful combination of decision-making based on data and creative problem-solvingâ&#x20AC;? and reiterated his often-made argument that placing jobs near transit encourages transit use much more effectively than housing near transit.

Waldfogel also touted his dataanalysis skills, which heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exemplified at meetings of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

utility commission (Councilman Greg Scharff called Waldfogel during the interview â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most data-driven memberâ&#x20AC;? on the commission). He also shared the commonly voiced frustration about the less-than-stellar quality of new buildings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have style biases.

I have quality biases,â&#x20AC;? Waldfogel said in response to a question from Vice Mayor Liz Kniss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get projects that are less good than we deserve.â&#x20AC;?

Fairly or not, some of the blame for this trend has fallen on the Architectural Review Board, which is saying farewell to two veterans.

Past Chair Clare Malone Prichard and current Chair Lee Lippert are both concluding their terms this year and not seeking re-appointment.

The board has been at times embattled in recent years, with many critics accusing it of being too lenient about approving design exceptions and supporting boxy, modernist designs. On Oct. 20, as the council was interviewing candidates for the board, Lippert noted in his public comments that in recent months the â&#x20AC;&#x153;thanks have been coming fewer and fewerâ&#x20AC;? from the council. He called the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision on new board members â&#x20AC;&#x153;probably one of the most important appointments youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be making.â&#x20AC;?

Vying for the two open seats are eight candidates, only one of whom has a name familiar to observers of local politics. Mark Weiss, who has just concluded his third run for the City Council (he finished ninth in a 12-candidate field), is seeking a seat. Also running are Catherine Ballantyne, principal at the firm Ecological Design and member of a leadership committee charged with facilitating public outreach on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comprehensive Plan update; architect Matthew Harris, who wrote in his application that the board should promote a â&#x20AC;&#x153;fairly liberal environment for architectural expressionâ&#x20AC;?; Qiming Huang, whose background is in computer science and has built several houses in Palo Alto; Kenneth Huo, an architect who has worked for the city; Kyu Young Kim, a member of Palo Alto Forward who wants to bring in â&#x20AC;&#x153;a younger point of viewâ&#x20AC;? to the board; Flore Schmidt, an architect who recently arrived to the city from France; and Richard Schoelerman, a Realtor and architect who told the council heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to navigate â&#x20AC;&#x153;the middle ground between the concerns of residents and property owners who want to develop their properties.â&#x20AC;? Q

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College Terrace market operator named Grocer Miki Werness not to be part of community market

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he convoluted evolution of the College Terrace Centre and the market that will replace the beloved JJ&F Market took another turn on Wednesday night when the propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager named a member of the Chavez family as the potential grocer.

Miki Werness, owner of the nowdefunct Mikiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm Fresh Market at Alma Village, previously had announced that he was planning to run the market when it is built. But on Thursday he confirmed he has pulled out of the project.

Uriel Chavez, a member of the Chavez family of grocers, is being brought on board, property manager James Smailey told members of the College Terrace Residents Association Wednesday night.

Chavez has more than 25 years of experience operating his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s markets, including Chavez Family Markets, La Hacienda, Mi Rancho, Artegas and Mi Pueblo markets throughout northern California and the Peninsula.

The new store will be called College Terrace Market.

College Terrace Centre includes 40,000 square feet of office space, 13,000 square feet of retail and eight below-market-rate housing units. About 8,000 square feet of retail is reserved for a market.

Construction is contingent upon securing a market comparable to JJ&F, which was part of the 2009 approval of the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planned community (PC) zone. The agreement guaranteed the store would be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;public benefitâ&#x20AC;? in exchange for denser development.

Chavez said he will have a 20year contract to operate the store, which will be owned by Smailey, who does not have experience running a market. Chavezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family owns 40 stores with an estimated gross revenue of more than $200 million per year, he said.

The sizes range from 8,000 to 30,000 square feet, he said. The College Terrace Market will have a delicatessen, grab-and-go meals, a kitchen for freshly made foods and an outdoor seating area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would have more of a Draegerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selection with a limited size,â&#x20AC;? he said.

College Terrace residents at the meeting urged him to consider a price structure that would not be as high-end as Draegerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, noting that many college students and workers would be coming to the market, as well as local families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely not a Draegerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;?

Chavez said of the price points.

The store would offer household products such as paper towels and toilet paper along with comestibles, he said. Chavez said he has geared his community markets toward customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs. A market in Menlo Park on Menalto Avenue includes more organic items and a taqueria and items for the Latino clientele who frequent the store, he

by Sue Dremann said. He said his stores are clean and service-oriented.

Reached by phone on Thursday morning, Werness said he chose not to be part of the project about two weeks ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have my reasons,â&#x20AC;? he said, without much elaboration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it will be a wonderful market. I love the location; I love Palo Alto. It just has to be made a total shop. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of good foot traffic. ... I just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel I would fit in with the group.â&#x20AC;?

The City Council must approve the new grocer before construction can begin.

On Wednesday, Smailey brought in well-known developer Jim Baer as a project consultant. Baer said he would be assisting with the approval process, but he did not have a financial stake in the project.

Residents were skeptical at the

College Terrace meeting. The 13page â&#x20AC;&#x153;vision and valuesâ&#x20AC;? handout Baer and Smailey brought to the meeting was the equivalent of a public relations piece that did not detail the actual lease agreement or how the project would ensure the grocery store would be there â&#x20AC;&#x153;in perpetuity.â&#x20AC;? Residents and board members said they do not want to see the grocery store fold in six months after the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction is completed and for the Smaileys and the developer, Brian Spiers, to walk away.

Neighborhood association board membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concern over the project have been amplified by a confusing chain of ownership and responsibility related to the development. Smaileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Patrick Smailey, was the on-record (continued on page 16)

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A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a joint session with the Parks and Recreation Commission; appoint candidates to the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board and the Planning and Transportation Commission; consider adopting the 2015-23 Housing Element; approve a letter of intent with Friends of the Junior Museum & Zoo for construction of a new building; and review the City Hall remodeling project. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hold a special meeting to discuss the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lease of Cubberley Community Center. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m., with 30 minutes of closed session and 30 minutes of open session, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. The board, a facilitator and Superintendent Max McGee will also meet at the Garden Court Hotel from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in closed session for the superintendentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mid-year evaluation on Wednesday. The Board Policy Review Committee will also meet Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at district headquarters to discuss the Conflict of Interest code.

PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear an update on the East Palo Alto and Menlo Park General Plans; hear an update on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bicycle-boulevard program; and consider the proposed residential-parking-permit program for downtown.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss an inventory of city-owned properties and consider the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies about unsolicited offers to lease or purchase city land.

The committee also plans to review the Draft Legislative Program Manual. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss priorities for the Community Development Block Grant five-year strategic plan; continue its discussion on the Low Income Housing Study; and review its work plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Downtown Library, 270 Forest Ave.

Hillary E. Gitelman Director of Planning and Community Environment

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Historic Resources Board [HRB] 8:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/planningprojects; contact Diana Tamale for additional information during business hours at 650.329.2144.

251 Lincoln Avenue [14PLN-00301]: Request by Margaret Wimmer, on behalf of Donna and Harry Schmidt, for Historic Resources Board review and recommendation regarding proposed alternations and additions to a residence, initially constructed in 1903, that is listed on the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Historic Inventory in Category 4 and located in the Professorville Historic District. The project would include relocation of the house on the site seven feet from Ramona Street. The project is subject to the regulations of the Single Family Individual review (IR) program. Environmental Assessment: Categorically Exempt from the provision of CEQA, Section 15331. Zoning District R-1.

2555 Park Boulevard [13PLN-00381]: Request for Historic Resources Board Review of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) Prepared Regarding a Request by FGY Architects on Behalf of Campbell Avenue Portfolio LLC for Architectural Review of a Proposal to Demolish an ,_PZ[PUN ZX M[ ;^V :[VY` 4PK *LU[\Y` 4VKLYU 6É&#x2030;JL )\PSKPUN HUK *VUZ[Y\J[ H 5L^ ZX M[ ;OYLL :[VY` 6É&#x2030;JL )\PSKPUN >P[O One Level of Below Grade Parking and a Roof Terrace in the Community Commercial (CC(2)) Zone District. The Architectural Review Board has Recommended Approval of the Application, Which Includes a Design Enhancement Exception Request to Allow Two Stair Towers and a Roof Top Canopy Structure to Exceed the Height Limit by 10 Feet and 13 Feet Respectively. Environmental Assessment: The Initial Study and Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) Were Published on September 5, 2014 for a 45 Day Initial Public Comment Period. The Initial Comment Period on the DEIR has Been Extended Through November 19, 2014, to Allow Input by the PTC and Historic Resources Board.

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A Community Conversation About Our City’s Future

Community Workshop The City of Palo Alto is hosting a community workshop to review the plan line concepts and alternatives prepared to improve safety along the Charleston / Arastradero Corridor.

Please join us to review the options and provide your input.

Community Workshop Details: Wednesday, November 12, 2014, from 6:30 - 8 PM at Herbert Hoover Elementary School in the multipurpose room. Hoover Elementary School is located at 445 East Charleston Road in Palo Alto.

The workshop will be hosted by the Engineering Services Division of the Public Works Department. For more information, visit www.cityofpaloalto.org/cacorridor, call (650) 329-2295 or email pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org.

over the lease-payment guarantee.

But resident Bill Ross wanted to know if the lease guarantee stipulates the use and occupancy of a grocery store. Without a letter of credit or a performance security, the agreement would be meaningless, he said. Smailey did not confirm if such a provision exists.

Ross also questioned if a fund could be set up that would have cash available for maintaining a grocery store in the same way a city has funding to maintain a park.

Baer called the lack of such a guarantee a recurring flaw in the city’s drafting of planned-community zoning ordinances. Q

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lead was 33.

The differences between the two candidates vying for the fifth seat are accentuated by the city’s map of precincts. Kou’s council bid received a huge swell of support from south Palo Alto, where she bested Wolbach and most of the other candidates. In one Barron Park precinct, she received 277 votes while Wolbach received 170. In another, Kou received 235 votes to Wolbach’s 193.

Her success in some ways makes sense. South Palo Alto saw a boom of residential construction in the years before the Great Recession and now enjoys a greater share of the city’s Asian population than the north and a greater number of new residents.

In one such precinct, an area west of Middlefield Road and north of Charleston Road, Kou had 173 votes to Wolbach’s 116.

Wolbach, by contrast, did fairly well in just about every part of the city and did not have one particular area that came out strongly in his favor over all other candidates.

In most precincts, he did better than Kou and finished in the top five. He did well downtown and in Crescent Park, winning 217 votes in a precinct on the eastern end of University Avenue compared to Kou’s 129. He also had significant leads over Kou in Old Palo Alto and in the Duveneck area, where one precinct gave Wolbach 205 votes to Kou’s 145.

In Midtown, it was a mixed bag.

Kou received 173 votes in a precinct west of Middlefield, while Wolbach received 116. In another Midtown precinct, Wolbach held a slim edge, 113 votes to Kou’s 94.

In his own neighborhood, Wolbach’s lead over Kou was more substantial: 151 votes to 109 in one precinct; 145 to 109 in another.

Overall, Wolbach edged out Kou in more precincts than she did him, but when Kou won, she won big.

The precinct map is some ways highlights the two candidates’ differences. Kou’s campaign tended to stoke passions, particularly among neighborhoods most critical of the current council. Wolbach’s tended to reach far and wide, with broad appeal but less sizzle. Q

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San Francisquito Creek project sees breakthrough on much-delayed permit Effort to improve flood protection finally set to receive certification

by Gennady Sheyner

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n effort by Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park to improve flood protection around the volatile San Francisquito Creek earned a hard-fought victory on Oct. 31, when officials learned that the project is on the verge of earning a permit from a state agency that has been withholding it for more than a year.

The determination by the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board was announced at a special meeting at Stanford University, which brought together top staff from the water board and the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, the agency that is spearheading the $37 million flood-control project.

Though the project still has to receive the approval from several federal regulatory agencies, most notably the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, the certificate from the water board removes what so far has been the steepest obstacle for the project and clears the way for other agencies to issue their own permits.

The project includes rebuilding and modifying levees near the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, installing new flood walls and removing sediment from the

creek channel to improve water flow. The project aims to protect the particularly vulnerable areas downstream of the creek, between U.S. Highway 101 and the San Francisco Bay, including a portion of East Palo Alto and Palo Alto’s Crescent Park neighborhood.

When the water board issues the certificate, as the board’s Executive Officer Bruce Wolfe assured the three cities it would, it will end a process that was launched in March 2013 and continuously surprised and frustrated council members and residents from the affected cities.

In March of this year, after months of negotiations and repeated requests for new information and further analysis, the water board rejected without prejudice the application for the flood-control project. Officials from the three cities have long maintained that many of the requests fall far beyond the scope of the water agency and that the water board’s actions are endangering the lives and property of thousands of residents who live near the volatile creek.

The creek authority made some design modifications in response to the water board, including raising the flood walls to protect the Faber

gestion that the creek authority deemed as infeasible because it would substantially change the project and require the agency to redo much of its work.

On Oct. 31, Wolfe acknowledged that while some of the questions in the August letter of incompletion pertained to issues that needed to be resolved for certification, others were there mainly to help the water board answer questions from the public.

He said five different staff members worked on putting together the letter and explained that this is why it seems like it was written “by committee.”

Most importantly, Wolfe made it clear that he now has all the information he needs to give the creek authority the certification it has long been seeking. The certification is to be issued as soon as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases its official public description, which is expected to happen in the coming weeks.

The built-up tension between the water board and the creek authority was on full display at the meeting, with staff from the two agencies offering their own histories of the project and explanations for the delays. Waterboard staff also fielded repeated

Tract from flood runoff (thus protecting endangered species living in the tract), and submitted a new application on July 31.

Dozens of East Palo Alto residents, including those whose homes suffered massive flood damage in the February 1998 flood, made a trip to Oakland in August to make their case for the project to the regional water board.

At that meeting, the board of directors of the state agency agreed that the project should move forward as soon as possible and affirmed that the decision to issue the certificate would be made by Wolfe rather than by the board.

Two weeks after that meeting, Wolfe issued another letter finding the latest application incomplete and requesting more information. The board’s August letter brought up dozens of new questions and demanded more information, including details about monitoring methods, flood-wall designs and assurance that the proposed levee would not provide inferior protection to East Palo Alto than to Palo Alto, as some critics have maintained.

It also proposed splitting the project into two phases, with the bulk of the work on the East Palo Alto side taking priority, a sug-

accusations from local officials about the lack of transparency in the process, with Palo Alto City Manager James Keene and creek authority Executive Director Len Materman taking the lead.

Materman and Kevin Murray, project manager at the creek authority, argued that the entire process was marred by secret meetings between the water board, project opponents and other regulatory agencies — meetings from which the creek authority was explicitly barred. This, they maintained, led to great confusion, unacceptable delays and unexpected denials and requests. In many cases, previously answered questions and analyzed design options re-emerged time and time again as obstacles to approval. This included proposals to use more land from the Palo Alto golf course and Palo Alto Airport for the flood-control project.

Greg Stepanicich, attorney for the creek authority, argued that the water board’s denial of the application should never have occurred. If the water board had concerns, it should have raised them and the creek authority would have dealt with them, Stepanicich said.

Wolfe had explained that the denial was dictated largely by the calendar and board’s determination that the permit could not be granted within the required one-year timeframe. But both Stepanicich and Materman maintained that the surprising denial in March prompted all the other federal regulatory agencies to halt their work on the project, significantly setting the project back.

“Simply, it makes no sense to us when the denial comes out of

BUSINESS

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ith protecting retail now a pressing priority in Palo Alto, members of the City Council wrestled on Monday with the questions of what exactly constitutes “retail” and how exactly to preserve it.

The discussion took place during the council’s consideration of its update to the Comprehensive Plan, the broad land-use document that establishes the city’s goals and policies for future development. Though typically the Comprehensive Plan (commonly known in other communities as the General Plan) serves as the basis for new zoning changes, Palo Alto’s update has taken so long that officials are now thinking of changing some zoning rules in advance of the update.

On Monday, in the first of two meetings on the subject, council members considered what these near-terms changes should be.

Though there was no clear consensus, and no votes were taken, much of the discussion centered on the retail sector, particularly

by Gennady Sheyner in the city’s two primary commercial districts: downtown and California Avenue. Planning Director Hillary Gitelman had identified retail preservation and the elimination of remaining parking exemptions as two areas where changes can be made in advance of the Comprehensive Plan update, which the council first agreed to undertake in 2006 and is now scheduled to be completed in early 2016.

Much of the heavy lifting on the new document will begin in January, when planning staff kicks off a series of public meetings on the subjects of growth and development. These meetings will help the city formulate a land-use vision that will be in place until 2030 and guide Palo Alto’s policy. In addition to exploring various growth scenarios, Gitelman recommended using this time to consider the city’s policies on major infrastructure projects such as Santa Clara County’s plan to expand expressway capacity and the possible

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trenching of the Caltrain tracks.

But as Monday’s conversation indicated, even the low-hanging fruit of retail protections and parking exemptions won’t be all that easy to pluck. While council members Karen Holman and Greg Scharff continued to advocate for new policies to encourage retail, Councilman Larry Klein wasn’t convinced.

“I don’t see the evidence yet that there is a problem,” Klein said. “Maybe there is; maybe there isn’t.”

Klein also sought more clarity on the word “retail.” Does it include, he asked, establishments like restaurants and banks?

“What are we really talking about when we talk about ‘retail preservation’?” Klein asked.

The answer to the question of what is “retail” came from council watchdog Herb Borock, who read to the council a section of the zoning code that explicitly describes the types of establishments that fall into that category (the long list, as defined, includes

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City officials look to move ahead with new rules to keep stores from shuttering

Palo Alto officials voted on April 8 to require ground-floor retail on the 600 block of Emerson Street, a downtown strip whose tenants include Gordon Biersch. food, apparel, jewelry and many which means more retail. She other consumer items). Borock cited a number of businesses on also noted that one of the prob- California Avenue that have relems that the city’s land-use crit- cently left after being priced out ics are concerned about isn’t that by high rents. In addition, sevthe city’s Comprehensive Plan is eral downtown restaurants have outdated but that it’s not being fol- recently closed and their spaces have been converted to offices, lowed by the council.

“It doesn’t make much sense which fetch higher rents (Zibibbo for the council that’s going to be and Rudy’s Pub are two such exelected tomorrow to go to a lot of amples). Scharff advocated for trouble in creating a new Compre- expanding the ground-floor retail hensive Plan if it’s going to ignore zone in downtown and for amorit,” said Borock, speaking one day tization of buildings that don’t have retail tenants, including the before Election Day. Holman argued that the city Wells Fargo building.

“We should figure out not just should zone for what it wants,

Upfront the blue,” Stepanicich said. “It changed the whole ballgame here when we had a denied application.

That is what disrupted the process with the federal agencies.”

Wolfe disagreed and maintained that because of “streamlining requirements,” the water board had 30 days to respond to the city and because it determined that it could not issue its ruling within this time frame, he felt denying the application was the best way to keep the process moving along.

“I stand by that action,” Wolfe said.

After Wolfe declared that he now has everything he needs to deem the application complete, Stepanicich asked if he can have a letter putting that in writing this week. Wolfe agreed.

The U.S. Army Corps had also indicated last month that it deems the creek authority’s recent application to the Corps to be complete, Wolfe said. Once the Corps issues its official description of the project, which it is expected to do in the next two weeks, the certification from the state board will be issued.

Wolfe said the water board’s concerns about protecting the endangered species — clapper rail and salt marsh harvest mouse — in the Faber Tract have been “largely resolved,” not 100 percent but “close enough that we can move forward.” He noted, however, that the National Marine and Fisheries Service has indicated that it has its own concerns about protecting species in the upper portion of the creek channel and that it could take months to resolve those issues.

The meeting included three board members from the water

how to protect existing retail but how to expand retail downtown and have more choices,” Scharff said.

One proposal that staff will explore is a new restriction on chain stores on California Avenue, a proposal that has become popular in recent months. A petition by area merchants to create a limit on chain stores has gathered more than 100 signatures and has won the support of Mayor Nancy Shepherd and most of the candidates running for council.

While most council members talked about retail policy and reducing density in commercial areas, Councilman Greg Schmid suggested focusing the city’s energy on the big issue of growth and determining how much development the city should allow.

“It seems to me we ought to deal with the base issue,” Schmid said. “The base issue that is on everybody’s mind in the city is growth. We should start with the guidelines for growth.”

That topic will come up in January, when the council holds a special work session to consider the city’s growth management program for commercial development. The broader public conversation about the Comprehensive Plan will stretch throughout

board, including board Chair Terry Young, who led the meeting and reminded the public that “we’re not here to talk about the past” but to “get through to the future.” Board members Newsha Ajami and Margaret Abe-Koga, a Mountain View city councilwoman, also participated in the roundtable meeting. Representing the creek authority’s board of directors were Palo Alto City Councilman Pat Burt and East Palo Alto City Councilman Ruben Abrica.

‘It changed the whole ballgame here when we had a denied application. That is what disrupted the process with the federal agencies.’

— Greg Stepanicich, attorney, San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Both Burt and Abrica spoke about the re-emerging question of whether East Palo Alto and Palo Alto would get equal flood protection from the project. The levee on the Palo Alto side would be larger by a few inches because it would be a new structure and would need to settle, while the one on the East Palo Alto side is built on top of an existing levee, Burt explained.

He noted that the explanation has been offered time and time again over the past eight months, but the question keeps returning, most recently in the August letter from the water board that asks

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spring and will consider future housing sites, new goals and policies to be included in the document and a series of planning scenarios, some of which include building a trench for the train tracks and increasing the capacity of the city’s expressways.

Klein argued against studying the trench alternative, noting that the price tag for this design would be between $500 million and $1 billion. He said that the city isn’t likely to get this kind of funding any time soon.

Council members Pat Burt and Gail Price strongly rejected this logic, with Burt noting that some of the funding could come from a tax increase that Santa Clara County’s business leaders are contemplating to fund a broad range of transportation improvements. Price also said the option should be studied.

“If we were not to do it, we’d be limiting our options and we’d not be doing the city and the commu-

whether the project is sufficient to protect the health and safety of the two communities. Burt noted that it would offer protection to the area from a 100-year flood, a goal that the communities have been pursuing for more than 15 years.

“The implication is that this is still a concern, and it’s still confusing, despite the amount of times that the settling of levees (question) has been asked and re-asked,” Burt said. “I want to put that to rest.”

Abrica agreed and said that recent back-door insinuations that East Palo Alto isn’t getting as much protection as its neighbor is based on bad information and has “revived some very strong reactions in our community.” East Palo Alto council members, he said, have been working with their partner cities for more than five years to finalize this project, and they fully support it.

Wolfe said later in the meeting that he feels the issue of adequate protection for East Palo Alto “has been addressed” and called it a “local issue.”

Keene focused on the board’s transparency of deliberations and urged that the “bias should be toward completion as opposed to delay.” The water board should focus only on its own purview, he said, rather than anticipate the concerns of other agencies and delay its approval based on those concerns.

Materman made a similar point in his presentation.

“We believe the quickest way to complete all the permits is if each agency completes its permit,” Materman said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyne can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

nity members a favor or the businesses a favor, because it is in fact our responsibility to look at these scenarios,” Price said.

The Comprehensive Plan update was originally intended as a modest revision of the current plan, but the process morphed into a far broader overhaul in the past two years, with planning commissioners editing the plan’s list of goals, policies and programs and planning staff proposing four different growth scenarios to explore. In September, several council members rejected the scenarios and suggested less significant revisions to the landuse document.

Though the Comprehensive Plan update gained some momentum earlier this year, when the city hosted a series of community meetings as part of an outreach initiative called Our Palo Alto, Monday’s discussion was a subdued affair. Vice Mayor Liz Kniss said she found it “disappointing” that so few people are engaged in the process, as witnessed by the sparse attendance.

“We’re talking about no dramatic changes, but we are talking about some,” Kniss said. “I just find it puzzling that there isn’t a group that’s here, and for far lesser reasons we’d fill the Chambers.” Q

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Oct. 29-Nov. 4 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft related Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 5 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Alcohol transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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technique at the time. The pulse oximeter – much smaller and lighter – is now used worldwide and changed patient care. During the 1970’s he served as part of a multidisciplinary team that conducted pioneering work on the effects of occupational exposure to anesthetics.

Towards the end of his career, he became a fervent advocate of compassionate end-oflife care and was active in the Death with Dignity movement.

Following his retirement in 1990, he became active as a member of Stanford residential community, serving on the Board of Directors of Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders and developed a keen interest in community emergency preparedness.

He was able to devote time to his extensive collection of antique farm machinery that he maintained at his campus home, including numerous antique tractors and a horse drawn grader said to have been used on Leland Stanford’s Horse farm. He, together with close friends in the “old iron” community, set a new standard for the restoration of old farm equipment and raised the bar for all sharing his passion.

He had a respect for the dignity of life, and a strong belief in independence, self-sufficiency, and hard work. He was able to create rapport with people from all different walks of life, and to give them support and encouragement whenever they needed it. He will be missed.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lue Eiche Whitcher; his children Bruce Whitcher, DDS, of Templeton, California, Sarah Chenkin, PhD, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Douglas Whitcher, PhD, of Winterthur, Switzerland; stepchildren Greg Aitken of Eugene, Oregon, and Katy Eiche, of British Columbia, Canada; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, David.

A celebration of his life will be held in November.

If desired, memorial donations may be made to “Compassion and Choices”.

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Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Menlo Park

VIOLENT CRIMES

Oct. 29-Nov. 4 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sexual assault attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 7 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/undefined . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Narcotics investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Graffiti abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Palo Alto El Camino Real, 10/29, 5:15 p.m.; domestic violence/violation of court order.

Redwood Circle, 10/31, 9:29 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

185 University Ave., 11/1, 2:38 p.m.; battery/simple.

Allen Court, 11/3, 10:31 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Menlo Park 400 block Ivy Drive, 10/29, 1:25 p.m.; battery.

100 block El Camino Real, 10/30, 12:47 a.m.; attempted sexual assault.

Hamilton Avenue and Hazel Street, 11/3, 4:48 p.m.; battery.

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Charles (Chuck) Whitcher, MD Charles (Chuck) Whitcher, MD, who trained a generation of anesthesiologists at Stanford School of Medicine for 29 years, died at Stanford Hospital on October 13, following a stroke. An emeritus professor of anesthesia, he was 91.

Born on March 28, 1923 in Santa Barbara, he attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate and then earned an MD from the University of Buffalo in 1949. After a two-year stint in the Army, he completed residencies in anesthesia at the University of North Carolina and Duke University.

With the opening of the new medical school on the Stanford campus in 1961, he joined the faculty as an assistant professor of anesthesia as the fourth member of the department. At that time, there were four ECG machines for fourteen operating rooms, and those four machines were infrequently used. Precordial stethoscopes were commonly used, a new monitoring device for him at the time. His early work in physiologic measurement and recording in anesthetized patients inspired others to become anesthesiologists and later join the faculty. He was devoted to resident education and highly regarded as an educator and mentor, receiving the Resident Teacher of the Year Award in 1978.

When he was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesia in 1966 he became the first clinical professor in the department, in recognition of his dedication as a clinician. He provided anesthesia for Norman Shumway’s patients on many occasions.

Early in his career at Stanford, he conducted research including a spectral analysis of Kortkoff sounds and distortion of sounds by stethoscopes during blood pressure measurement. He recruited engineering students to assist with the development of innovative methods of patient monitoring. He developed a special interest in pulse oximetry, an innovative monitoring

Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Disobeying court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Public incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sick and cared for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 5 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

OBITUARY

July 30, 1963 – October 29, 2014 Sunnyvale Passed away October 28, 2014 in Sunnyvale, CA. Services will be held Friday, November 7th at 10AM at Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverly St. in Palo Alto. Interment at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, 695 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.

Celebration of life to follow at the Sheridan Hotel, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.

In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Chris to www.oceanconservancy.org/support-us/ or peninsula openspacetrust.org.

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Albin Joseph Slakis July 5, 1925-October 30, 2014 Albin “Al” Slakis, a resident of Palo Alto and Mountain View and formerly of Illinois, died on October 30 in Palo Alto, California. He was 89.

Al was born on July 5, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the US Navy during World War II as a hospital corpsman. Al later graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Food Technology and worked in both the pharmaceutical and food industries, including Abbott Labs and US Army Natick Labs. After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Mountain View, California to be close to their grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ann Slakis, and his children Susan (Slakis) Paul of Palo Alto and her husband John, his son Tom Slakis of Danbury Connecticut, and his two grandchildren, Emily Paul and John Michael Paul.

A Memorial Mass in celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, November 8th at 11 am at St. Joseph’s Church, 582 Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041.

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Transitions Births, marriages and deaths

Reuben Schadler Reuben Schadler, a longtime resident and teacher in Palo Alto, died on Oct. 9 in Merced, California. He was 75.

He was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, on April 9, 1939. He grew up in Tacoma, Wa s h i n g t o n, and he met his future wife, Jolene McRorie, in high school there. They married in 1958.

He went on to study at the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, playing basketball there his first year. He studied chemistry and German and graduated in 1962, with plans to become a teacher. He taught those subjects and some mathematics in Washington for a few years.

Later, he enrolled in a National Science Foundation program at San Jose State University to be trained to teach math over three summers. He got a job teaching math at Jordan Junior High (now Middle) School, moving to Palo Alto in 1967. In the following decades he also taught at Cubberley, Gunn and Palo Alto high schools. He also coached golf at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools.

At Jordan, he was given the nickname of “Shades” for his somewhat alternative appearance inspired by the ‘70s, which included long hair and a beard.

For one yearbook at the school, the students placed him on the centerfold wearing his signature “hot pants,” or short shorts.

Following the urging of his friend Dale Seymour, he also wrote a number of math books that were published by Creative Publications in Palo Alto and Dale Seymour Publications in Menlo Park.

After his retirement in 1995, he moved to Merced. There he joined the Merced Golf and Country Club, for which he served on the board of directors. Throughout his life, he enjoyed attending teachers’ parties and playing recreational league

sports, his guitar and bridge.

He is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Jolene Schadler of Merced; two daughters, Shannon Schadler of San Mateo and April Bishop of Fremont; four grandchildren; two sons-in-law; one great-son-inlaw; and many friends.

The family chooses to mourn privately. Per his request, his ashes were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Jim Hildebrand James “Jim” A. Hildebrand died on Oct. 20 due to complications from brain cancer, at home with his wife by his side. He was 84.

Born in Bay City, Michigan, on Jan. 8, 1930, he grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1954 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and was inducted as a junior into the Order of the Barristers, a Senior Honorary Society.

At the end of the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army as a personnel specialist in a medical laboratory in Tokyo. He gave detailed tours of the city to fellow soldiers and visitors, and he also worked briefly for an American attorney there.

After the war, he moved to California, living on the San Francisco Peninsula. He served as the city attorney for Palo Alto throughout the Vietnam War protests and for Sunnyvale during a boom of Silicon Valley development. He enjoyed his public service and was recognized by attorney groups for this legal work. He lived in Palo Alto while working here, as well as Sunnyvale and Foster City, where he was living when he died.

Outside of work, he loved to spend time in nature and observe birds. He took part in efforts to save the butterflies on San Bruno Mountain and supported efforts to help California sea otters, as

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well as the Monterey Bay Aquarium. His other pastimes included spending time with family, traveling, playing golf and pulling pranks.

He was predeceased by his brothers, Max and Tom; his sister, Salle; and his former wife, Jackie. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, June Hildebrand of Foster City; her family; his nieces and nephews; and by Jackie’s sister, Francine Bearden.

A memorial service will be held on Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in his honor to the First Congregational Church Capital Fund or to the American Cancer Society.

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Sarah Atwood Henderson Wiehe Born in Cape Neddick, Maine on October 29, 1949, Sarah Atwood Henderson Wiehe died from a heart attack on October 20, 2014 while at her home in Palo Alto. Sarah was the daughter of artist and musician Elyot Henderson and community volunteer Sydney Elliot Henderson, and was raised with her elder brother Peter and younger sister Anne at their family’s farmhouse in Cape Neddick, Maine. Sarah graduated with honors from York High School in 1967, proceeding to Goucher College, a women’s college in Baltimore, Maryland.

While working on a theatrical co-production between Goucher College and Johns Hopkins University in the fall of 1967, Sarah met her future husband, Philip Wiehe. She graduated in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in music theory and composition. An accomplished musician, composer and arranger, she was proficient on piano, flute, piccolo, recorder, and electric bass, and throughout her life maintained a keen ear that could discern nearly imperceptible variations in pitch and tempo.

Married in 1970 and living in New Haven while Philip studied at Yale Divinity School, Sarah composed many short pieces for her church and local community, as well as a full-length rock opera that was performed across New England. In New Haven she also began a career as a registered nurse and later embarked with Philip on exotic travels to Fiji, Tahiti, Jamaica, Panama and New Zealand. Sarah and Philip twice crossed the USA by open Jeep – often rising at 4am before it was too hot in the desert – and sailed an Able 20 sloop along the New England and Southern California coasts, with their golden retriever aboard.

Upon moving from the East Coast to Los Angeles in 1976, Sarah worked in pediatrics at Pacoima Hospital before moving to Palo Alto, where the light of her life, Kristin Elisabeth, was born in 1981. Sarah became an active single mom after she and Philip divorced, finding time to coach her daughter’s softball team and serve as a frequent volunteer in her daughter’s

classrooms in Palo Alto.

In 2001, Sarah began enrichment studies at Foothill Community College. It was there that an astronomy class led to her participation for over a decade with the Peninsula Astronomical Society (PAS). As a student representative to the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees, Sarah was active in the expansion of the college’s infrastructure, especially in conjunction with the activities at Foothill led by PAS. Starting in March of 2003, Sarah served for many years on the PAS Board of Directors, including several years as Vice President of the Board and liaison with Foothill College. She was instrumental in working with the college during the transition to the new modern 16” Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope now being used at the Foothill Observatory. The remake of the Board Room downstairs at Foothill Observatory, as well as the purchase of computers, eyepieces, and the H-alpha Solar Telescope were very much due to her labors. Sarah adored astronomy and its ability to bring together people from disparate backgrounds – “From researcher to backyard observer, there is wonder beyond our horizons, if we just look!”

Unfailingly quick-witted and passionate, Sarah’s loves were music, flowers, sports, travel, art and astronomy, and most of all, her daughter Kristy. She was looking forward to attending the World Series on her 65th birthday (October 29) with Kristy. Together, they were planning a trip this autumn to Alaska to see the Aurora Borealis and another trip to Italy at Easter to see the early Christian mosaics in Ravenna.

Sarah gained strength and acceptance through her abiding faith and from her church, St. Mark’s Episcopal, as well as from the communities of the Unity Community Church chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous and the Peninsula Astronomical Society.

Contributions in memory of Sarah would be welcomed at the Peninsula Astronomical Society, P.O. Box 4542, Mountain View, CA 94040.

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Editorial A yearning for change Election results signify an inflection point in local politics

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n a shifting of the power dynamic in our community not seen for more than 40 years, Palo Alto’s traditional political movers and shakers suffered a humiliating defeat this week as unhappy voters expressed their desire for change, more transparency, broader representation, less arrogance and greater accountability.

The realization that voters would opt for a new direction set in among political insiders during the final days of the campaign, mostly as a result of feedback candidates were getting as they talked to voters door-to-door.

Incumbent Karen Holman, whose strong concern about growth and development has put her on the losing side of many council votes and who is often marginalized by her colleagues, was the big winner.

She was not only the top vote-getter among the 12 candidates, but substantially out-polled her colleagues Greg Scharff (currently in third place) and Mayor Nancy Shepherd (seventh).

With the election of neighborhood activists Tom DuBois (currently second) and Eric Filseth (fourth), those who favor tougher restrictions on development will make up a majority of the new council come January.

The fifth seat is currently too close to call and may take days to settle. Lydia Kou, a Barron Park resident and Realtor who has been active in emergency-preparedness efforts and opposed the Maybell development proposal last year, is about 30 votes ahead of Cory Wolbach, a Palo Alto native who is an aide to state Sen. Jerry Hill and whose campaign focused on bridging political divides in the community and moving forward with greater civility in addressing issues.

The election results were an embarrassing blow to two officials who weren’t on the ballot: Vice Mayor Liz Kniss and Councilman Larry Klein.

Each of them worked hard to recruit and campaign for candidates they felt would most closely replicate the political perspectives of the current council.

Klein, who is termed-out and will leave the council, even spearheaded an independent campaign committee of previous council members and other well-known city leaders to support a slate of four “independent” candidates: Scharff, Shepherd, Wolbach and attorney A.C. Johnston (who finished eighth).

Ads placed by the group, calling itself Palo Altans for Good Government, criticized the use of political labels such as “establishment” and then attacked the “slate” of candidates (DuBois, Filseth and Kou) as advocating no-growth and asserted that, if they were elected, it would mean no new public-safety building, fewer new housing opportunities and a “serious hit to our economic vitality.”

Kniss similarly attempted to energize her political boosters to support these same four candidates, in part because her ambition to be elected mayor in January hung in the balance. Now, in a remarkable turnaround, it is likely that Karen Holman will be elected mayor and lead the newly constituted council majority.

Perhaps the most interesting and surprising result from the election is the decisive passage of a measure reducing the size of the City Council from nine to seven beginning in 2018.

The proposal hadn’t generated much interest nor was there any opposition campaign, but civic activist and former Silicon Valley Bank founder Roger Smith single-handedly (and at his own expense) waged an effort first to get it on the ballot and then to convince voters the reduction would save the city money and improve the efficiency of city government decision-making.

The measure’s passage is especially surprising given the concerns raised during the council campaign that Palo Alto politics is overly dominated by a relatively small and insular group of insiders. Some viewed the council-size-reduction measure as designed to preserve this structure.

But voters seemed to be more motivated by their unhappiness with the inefficiencies of having a nine-member council, longwinded discussions and meetings that go late into the night. The reduction will directly affect the five candidates elected this week because when they reach the end of their terms in 2018, only three seats will be available.

Palo Alto elections rarely center around meaningful differences on issues, instead tending to focus on the touting of resumes and endorsement lists. This year, voters seem to be emphatically saying they want more than well-meaning, likable candidates. They want people who are running to fix problems, broaden community engagement and transparency, and preserve the qualities that make Palo Alto unique.

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Residents object Editor, Residents demand relief from commercial parking intrusion into their neighborhoods as they desire to park in front of their own homes. The City Council ordered staff to implement a Residential Parking Program with “poles in the ground” by January 2015. The city spent six months designing a Residential Parking Program residents do not want.

Another successful city project.

Paul Machado Stanford Avenue, Palo Alto

A comparison Editor, I read with interest the remarks by Palo Alto City Council members of trenching versus underpasses for Caltrain. The city would need to “take” 32 homes from owners to acquire land for underpasses.

Councilman Marc Berman called the idea an absolute nonstarter and devastating to any community. His views were widely shared by colleagues.

(Liz) Kniss and (Karen) Holman stressed that when a huge project like underpasses comes up, money is just one concern to be factored in. Vice Mayor Kniss said, “There’s a monetary cost but there’s also going to be a neighbors-screaming cost and I think that’s very real.” Holman said, “There’s the cost, and the emotional cost and the community cost. Those need to be fully integrated.”

As part of Friends of Buena Vista, I couldn’t help but compare the views above, regarding taking of 32 homes, to the possible loss of Buena Vista’s 125 homes (four times as many).

When the City Council holds its hearing on Buena Vista, will members be as concerned, vociferous and determined that Buena Vista Palo Altans should not have their homes taken from them?

Will Council find it as “devastating to any community” and an “absolute nonstarter”? Will the cost to our community “be fully integrated” before decisions are made? We shall see. As Vice Mayor Kniss says above, there is the “neighbors-screaming cost” to consider.

Winter Dellenbach La Para Avenue, Palo Alto

Granny matters Editor, I read with interest the article about granny units. We have one, which was built in 1947 when our home was in unincorporated Santa Clara County. It’s an affordable-housing unit giving us income and our tenants a great

place to live.

A few years back someone in our neighborhood tried to build a 900-square-foot cottage with a 900-square-foot garage that included a full bath and an 1,800-square-foot attic that had 8-foot ceilings. Not quite the spirit of the granny-unit ordinance, and the city managed to turn down the plans on technical grounds.

But, I was sorry to read about the Whittons backflow device.

Unfortunately, those who regularly install these devices like to put them in the middle of the front lawn. The actual requirement is that they have to be between the city meter and the house main shut-off valve. When ours was put in I told them I wanted it right up against the house. They acted like they’d never done anything like that, but realized there was no reason not to honor my request.

So, it tucks in nicely behind a big plant about 6 inches out from the house, and no one knows it’s there except the man to whom we are required to pay $80 every year to inspect it.

Sue Allen Grove Avenue, Palo Alto

Losing character Editor, The City Council is ignoring the issue that is cropping up in neighborhoods now. Businesses are buying homes, as it is cheaper than renting, and using the homes as a place of business. There is no one occupying the home in the evenings or weekends and lots of folks during the day, as well as parking issues. What does the city want to attract? Does it care about keeping the residential neighborhoods safe and quiet? Feels like pretty soon our downtown neighborhood North Palo Alto will be all office buildings because the rent is pricing companies out of the area and retail is going away.

I went to Oakland last week and it was so refreshing to see so many fun, ingenious shops compared to our boring selection.

Janine Bisharat Hawthorne Avenue, Palo Alto

What you voted for Editor, Congratulations to those who defeated Measure M. Now all the (continued on page 24)

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Improving Palo Alto’s stakeholder group process

by John Guislin t the end of October I completed six months as a member of the RPP Stakeholders’ Group — a group of residents and business owners tasked with recommending a model for a Residential Permit Parking program for the neighborhoods surrounding the downtown commercial core.

We will not fully understand the results of our efforts until the new regulations are adopted by the City Council late this year, the completion of a six-month trial beginning in early 2015, and then full implementation in mid-2015.

I applaud the city for bringing together interested parties to address complicated local issues, and I hope more people will consider serving in these groups. Local knowledge and insight are invaluable in creating solutions to local issues.

However, based on my experience, there is much we can do to improve the process.

Below are recommendations to strengthen and accelerate the impact of citizen-guided solutions.

First, stakeholder groups would benefit from independent and competent group facilitation. The city hired Circlepoint Consultants to support our group, but it quickly became clear that the Circlepoint facilitator

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was not up to the job, and the role was eliminated. This put an extra burden on Palo Alto’s parking manager to both moderate and participate in the discussions, slowing our progress.

Recommendation No. 1: Ensure that competent, independent group facilitation is offered to future groups.

Second, after generating a list of issues to be addressed, members were assigned to groups, each to propose solutions for a subset of issues. All groups included both resident and business representatives, ensuring multiple points of view. I found this to be the most productive group exercise and a powerful tool to create consensus from divergent views. Unfortunately, this process was abandoned after four meetings, resulting in the loss of much of the collaborative spirit that had been created.

Recommendation No. 2: Get opposing sides talking quickly and task them with proposing solutions that could be acceptable to the entire community.

Third, at our July meeting, city staff proposed a survey of residents and businesses near the commercial core to collect data on how people view the permit parking proposal. The concept is fine but the execution was terrible. The city lacks surveying expertise. At the launch of the survey, the permit proposal was incomplete, the questions failed to address the complexity of the issues and the city used a mailed, paper survey that, to many, looked like junk mail.

When questioned about their expertise in survey use, staff simply said that they do surveys all the time but admitted lacking

specific training or expertise.

Recommendation No. 3: The city needs to acquire expertise in survey design, implementation and analysis in order to more accurately understand resident opinions.

Lastly, at our initial meeting the city asked the stakeholder group members to comply with the “spirit of the Brown Act” (a 1953 law mandating the public’s right to participate in legislative meetings). A stakeholder group is advisory and has no legislative authority. It’s both unrealistic and counterproductive to discourage stakeholder participants from talking about issues with as many people as possible outside of the meetings.

Recommendation No. 4: Encourage more dialogue, not less.

Our group has just been shown a revised draft of the RPP Ordinance and it is clear that, for the most part, staff listened to our guidance and priorities. However, there is one key area where the proposal utterly fails. Section 4C, b, ii states: “The Director (of Planning and Community Environment) will limit commuter permit sales according to a threshold listed in the Administrative Regulations ...”

The Administrative Regulations are yet-to-be-written rules for administering the parking district. Giving a city staffer authority to set the number of commercial parking spaces allowed in residential neighborhoods is not an acceptable model. Proposing a model that’s unlike most residential permit parking programs, Palo Alto’s stakeholder residents have recommended allocating up to 20 percent of parking ca-

pacity to commercial parking in residential areas in order to support a vibrant downtown core while other solutions are developed. This is a generous offer, and an allocation must be reduced over time.

After months of difficult discussions, it is unrealistic and unfair to grant a city staffer the power to determine the acceptable volume of commercial parking intrusion into residential neighborhoods. Staff has missed the mark on this issue.

If you are a Palo Alto resident, then you are by default a stakeholder in the regulations and ordinances that govern our community life. If asked to participate in a stakeholders’ group, I encourage you to accept. If you do, please remember that speaking out for what you believe is fair is your right and obligation.

In the group, you’ll get a glimpse of the sausage-making that is local government, work with other concerned citizens and perhaps make some surprising new friends from the “other side” of whatever issue you tackle. Q John Guislin is a resident of Palo Alto.

He can be reached at jguislin@gmail.com.

TALK ABOUT IT If you have served on a City of Palo Alto stakeholder group, or a similar group, talk about your experience — what worked and what didn’t — on Town Square, the community discussion forum on PaloAltoOnline.com.

Streetwise

What was the most memorable election you recall voting in?

Asked at Palo Alto High School. Interviews and photos by Jennah Feeley.

Mike Forster

Shelley Chryst

Susan Cole

Michael Eager

Karen Mcnay

Stanford Avenue, Palo Alto Retired

Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto Stay-at-home mom

Stanford Avenue, Palo Alto Teacher

Park Boulevard, Palo Alto Computer consultant

Southgate neighborhood, Palo Alto Retired

“The first I think of is 2008 because that was the first black president.”

“I can’t remember the exact election, but the lines were forever long.”

“The one that comes to mind is 2000 because it was such a disaster. ... I lost a lot of faith in the system.”

“I’ve worked a lot of elections — one I remember where I was a precinct inspector here and had to set up all the machines here in the morning.”

“I guess each one is important for its own reasons. This one was the most important because it is current.”

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PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp (TENTATIVE) AGENDAâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;REGULAR MEETING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; COUNCIL CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 10, 2014 - 6:00 PM STUDY SESSION 1. Joint meeting with the PARC SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 2. Partner Presentation on Veterans in the Arts 3. Appointment of Candidates to the Architectural Review Board, Historic Resources Board and Planning and Transportation Commission CONSENT CALENDAR 4. Policy & Services Recommendations Regarding Early Release of Council Agenda Packets 5. Finance Committee Recommendation to Adopt Design Guidelines for the 2014 Water Utility Drought Rate Cost-of-Service Study -YVT -PUHUJL! :[HŃ&#x153;ÂťZ -VSSV^ \W 9LZWVUZL [V 0U]LU[VY` (\KP[ 7. Adoption of a Resolution Summarily Vacating Public Easement which has been Relocated at 1050 Page Mill Road +PZHWWYV]HS VM OPZ[VYPJ KLZPNUH[PVU YLX\LZ[ MVY 7(33 ZP[L H[ 4PKKSLĂ&#x201E;LSK 9. Approval of a Resolution in Concurrence with the City of Menlo Park to name the Mike Harding Bridge 10. Approval of Contract with Concern EAP 11. Approval of the Renewal of a Public-Private Partnership Agreement between the City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto Players for the Cooperative Use of the Lucie Stern Community Theatre 12. Approval of the Renewal of the Public-Private Partnership Agreement Between the City of Palo Alto and West Bay Opera for the cooperative use of the Lucie Stern Community Theatre (WWYV]HS VM H ;OYLL @LHY *VU[YHJ[ ^P[O +V^U[V^U :[YLL[Z 0UJ PU H ;V[HS (TV\U[ 5V[ [V ,_JLLK VM MVY 4HPU[LUHUJL :LY]PJLZ MVY [OL *P[`ÂťZ -P]L +V^U[V^U 7HYRPUN .HYHNLZ +V^U[V^U Sidewalks and Alleys, Lytton and Cogswell Plaza, the Stanford/Palo Alto Playing Fields, and the Old Community Garden, and Provide Outreach Case Management Services to the Downtown Core with [OL 0U[LU[ VM 3PURPUN /VTLSLZZ 0UKP]PK\HSZ [V *VTT\UP[` HUK /V\ZPUN :LY]PJLZ 9LX\LZ[ MVY (WWYV]HS VM H )SHURL[ 7\YJOHZL 6YKLY ^P[O ;4; ,U[LYWYPZLZ PU HU (TV\U[ 5V[ [V ,_JLLK of $2,009,085 to be the Primary Supplier of Construction Materials and Hauler of Construction Debris MYVT [OL 4\UPJPWHS :LY]PJL *LU[LY [V 6Ń&#x153; :P[L 9LJ`JSPUN HUK +PZWVZHS MVY [OL <[PSP[PLZ *VTT\UP[` :LYvices and Public Works Department for a Three Year Period from October 27, 2014 through October 26, 2014 (WWYV]HS VM *VU[YHJ[ 5V * ^P[O 94* >H[LY HUK ,U]PYVUTLU[ PU H ;V[HS (TV\U[ 5V[ [V ,_JLLK [V 7YV]PKL 7YVNYHT 4HUHNLTLU[ :LY]PJLZ MVY 7YVQLJ[Z <UKLY [OL 3VUN 9HUNL -HJPSP[PLZ 7SHU VM [OL 9LNPVUHS >H[LY 8\HSP[` *VU[YVS 7SHU[ Âś *HWP[HS 0TWYV]LTLU[ 7YVNYHT 7YVQLJ[ >8 HUK MVY 7YVQLJ[Z <UKLY [OL 6YNHUPJ -HJPSP[PLZ 7SHU VM [OL 7HSV (S[V 3HUKĂ&#x201E;SS 7YVQLJ[ 9- 11001 (KVW[PVU VM H )\KNL[ (TLUKTLU[ 6YKPUHUJL PU [OL (TV\U[ VM ___ ___ MVY *VU[PU\H[PVU VM [OL ;YPHS Caltrain Go Pass Program (WWYV]HS VM *VU[YHJ[ 5V * >P[O *HYVSSV ,UNPULLYZ 7 * PU [OL ;V[HS (TV\U[ 5V[ [V ,_JLLK $291,335 to Provide Design Services for Old Pumping Plant (OPP) Rehabilitation at Regional Water 8\HSP[` *VU[YVS 7SHU[ *HWP[HS 0TWYV]LTLU[ 7YVNYHT 7YVQLJ[ >8 .YHU[ MYVT [OL 0UZ[P[\[L VM 4\ZL\T HUK 3PIYHY` :LY]PJLZ MVY [OL (Y[ *LU[LY (WWYV]HS VM [OL :\ITPZZPVU VM H 5H[PVUHS ,UKV^TLU[ MVY [OL (Y[Z 6\Y ;V^U .YHU[ (WWSPJH[PVU *:+ ACTION ITEMS 7<)30* /,(905.! (KVW[PVU VM H 9LZVS\[PVU (TLUKPUN [OL *P[`ÂťZ *VTWYLOLUZP]L 7SHU [V <WKH[L [OL Housing Element for the Period 2015-2023 in Compliance with State Law -YPLUKZ VM 1\UPVY 4\ZL\T HUK AVV 3L[[LY VM 0U[LU[ 22. Approval of a Two-Year Contract with Flint Strategies For a Communications and Outreach Contract [V :\WWVY[ [OL 6\Y 7HSV (S[V 0UP[PH[P]L HUK [OL 7SHUUPUN HUK *VTT\UP[` ,U]PYVUTLU[ +LWHY[TLU[ H[ H *VZ[ 5V[ [V ,_JLLK 9L]PL^ VM *P[` /HSS 9LTVKLS 7YVQLJ[ *46 *VU[PU\LK MYVT CLOSED SESSION 24. Mitchell Park Library and Community Center STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS ;OL 7VSPJ` HUK :LY]PJLZ *VTTP[[LL 4LL[PUN ^PSS IL OLSK VU 5V]LTILY ' ! W T YLNHYKPUN 0U]LU[VY` VM 3HUKZ 9LJLP]L YL]PL^ PU]LU[VY` VM SHUKZ KVUH[LK [V [OL *P[` 7YVJLK\YL MVY :HSL Transfer of, and Surplus City-Owned Real Property, Leased Use of City Land/Facilities, 2) Legislative Program Manual Addendum. ;OL *V\UJPS (WWVPU[LK 6Ń?JLYZ *VTTP[[LL ^PSS IL TLL[PUN VU 5V]LTILY H[ ! WT YLNHYKPUN [OL PU[LY]PL^Z VM [OL *P[` *SLYR YLJY\P[TLU[ Ă&#x201E;YTZ

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Letters (continued from page 22)

Menlo Park City Council has to do is to figure out how to ease the inevitable increase in traffic on Middle and Santa Cruz avenues.

Those who have to use either of these roads to go anywhere are going to be in a traffic pickle leaving no easy egress from their homes. And what about the exit from Safeway onto Middle? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already a bit of a muddle. Oh, and how is El Camino Real going to be able to handle this? Thanks (all sarcasm meant).

Mimi Kugushev San Mateo Drive, Menlo Park

Happy fruit Editor, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenging to find the right words to capture the fairytale that was Page Mill YMCA. Before being a gym, it was our home, our â&#x20AC;&#x153;University,â&#x20AC;? a place of healing.

Such a magical house! It was natural to develop best friendships and encounter mentors there. A distraught parent could bring in their teen struggling with substance abuse. We could call a trainer still in sleep at 5 a.m., and they would show up immediately on their own personal time to provide encouragement and advice. People without shelter heard about Page Mill. They often came in tired, hungry â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and sometimes in tears. We (as staff) would give

them our personal money, packed lunches and friendship. We felt gratified to see the same people leave rested and cheerful.

The variety of membership and culture provided a potent education. My managers Matt, Cait, Kelly and Nichelle were patient and consistent in teaching me to be a better person. They were compassionate leaders that demonstrated active understanding.

With humor, positive expectation and honesty, they provided a foundation for self-improvement that I applied to my other jobs, and also in my personal life.

People opened up to each other: doctors, interns, Stanford professors, single parents working to see their kids through school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this diverse family brought together eclectic lessons. From one perspective, its closure is a significant, profound loss. Analysis should be made to define the factors that created Page Mill, this â&#x20AC;&#x153;community homeâ&#x20AC;? that is essential to maintain balance and provide humanity in any thriving, evolving community.

Another perspective is that those who experienced and felt Page Millâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic have the opportunity now to ignite this in the other places. We were a happy, bright fruit in a crowded, noisy tree. A storm came and shook us out. But now we will grow more fruit trees.

Clif Chung South California Avenue, Palo Alto

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A LONG TERM LEASE TO AVENIDAS FOR CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 450 BRYANT STREET, PALO ALTO Notice is hereby given that the Palo Alto City Council will consider entering into a new lease for a City owned building at 450 Bryant Street with Avenidas, a provider of senior services to the community. Avenidas has been providing senior services at this location for the past thirty seven (37) years. This public notice is required according to Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Policy and Procedure Section 1-11/ASD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leased Use of City Land/Facilities. A copy of this notice will be mailed to property owners and tenants within 300 feet of the subject property in accordance with Section 18.77.080(d) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC). The City Council will YL]PL^ HUK HWWYV]L [OL Ă&#x201E;UHS SLHZL H[ H YLN\SHY *V\UJPS meeting on December 15, 2014.

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Found in translation Theatre Flamenco speaks the international language of dance Courtesy Theatre Flamenco

Carola Zertuche, the artistic director of Theatre Flamenco, says her art form transcends cultural and linguistic borders.

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

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t’s no secret that San Francisco in the mid1960s was a hub of counterculture. Yet the flower children of HaightAshbury were just one example of a massive shift in American society. Out of that same era emerged many forms of creative expression that had hitherto been virtually invisible to the American mainstream — among them the Hispanic arts.

In 1966, a group of artists began to offer flamenco performances in San Francisco. They were the first American company to stage full productions of Spanish dance in the U.S. They called themselves Theatre Flamenco. Today, the company is one of the oldest dance troupes in California. On

Saturday, Nov. 8, Theatre Flamenco comes to Mountain View.

Their latest show is “Solo Flamenco,” a production that draws together some of the best-known flamenco dancers (“bailaores” and “bailaoras”), singers (“cantaores”) and guitar players (“tocaores”) from the U.S. and Spain.

Artistic Director Carola Zertuche, who also dances in the production, explained that though flamenco originates in the gypsy culture of Andalusia, it is an art form that speaks to artists and audiences across the world.

Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Zertuche studied flamenco in Mexico City and in Spain and toured internationally before settling in San Francisco and taking the helm of Theatre Flamenco

er,” said Zertuche of Ríos. “She is super-feminine; she’s strong and she’s very expressive. When she dances, you can tell she’s telling you a story. She stands on the stage, and her presence is so strong that you get goosebumps — and she hasn’t even moved.”

Joining Ríos and Zertuche onstage will be performer, choreographer and teacher Alfonso Losa, whom Zertuche describes as “an elegant dancer with exquisite footwork,” and Cristina Hall, a San Francisco native now based in Spain who’s a regular Theatre Flamenco collaborator.

In addition to the world-class cast of dancers, Zertuche is bringing to the Bay Area Ismael Fernández and José Méndez, singers from two of Spain’s most famous flamenco families.

Fernández is the nephew of Curro Fernández, a patriarch of a flamenco dynasty in Seville, while Méndez hails from the legendary Méndez clan of Gypsy flamenco singers from Jerez de la Frontera.

They will be joined by guitarist José Luis Rodríguez, who is considered one of the best flamenco musicians and composers of his generation. Zertuche spoke in glowing terms about Rodríguez’s contribution to the show.

“I have been working with him for three years, and every time he plays a note it’s like you want to cry,” she said, adding that Rodrí(continued on next page)

Courtesy Theatre Flamenco

Courtesy Theatre Flamenco

Singer José Méndez hails from a famous Gypsy flamenco family.

in 2007.

“Flamenco is a very strong art form — it’s emotional and personal — so even if people don’t understand the lyrics of the songs, they feel the language of the music and the dance,” she said.

In selecting artists from across the world to collaborate on a single production, Zertuche has relied on new technology: Digital video footage helps dancers see the choreography and helps musicians know how to complement the energy and expression of the dancers. Real-time video conferencing lets Zertuche talk with the cast across oceans and time zones.

“That’s the good thing about this era,” she noted, adding that though there is a lot to coordinate in advance, flamenco also relies on improvisation, and each artist will be given the space to respond spontaneously in the moment.

The name of the show, “Solo Flamenco,” indicates Zertuche’s focus on traditional flamenco as well as her vision of presenting each dancer in the show as a solo artist. The lineup of international talent is one of the most extensive Theatre Flamenco has yet presented. Among the performers Zertuche will bring to the Peninsula is internationally celebrated Sevillan dancer Manuela Ríos, who is also Zertuche’s former flamenco teacher and one of her artistic role models.

“To me, she is the best representation of a female flamenco danc-

Manuela Ríos is an internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer.

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guez also has an unusual ability to interpret a dancer’s movements and deliver just the right musical tone.

Courtesy Theatre Flamenco

Courtesy Theatre Flamenco

Dancer Alfonso Losa will also teach a flamenco workshop as part of his U.S. visit.

San Francisco native Cristina Hall will travel from Spain for the production.

“As a dancer, when you have that support you feel like flying,” she said, struggling to find the right word in English before resorting to her native language.

“The word in Spanish is ‘arropado,’ or blanketed, like when you pull up the covers in bed.”

That sensation of being surrounded by the music — or filled with it — has a special term in flamenco: “duende.” Ask a flamenco artist to define the word, and you’ll get poetic descriptions of connection and focus, a sense of soaring or oneness of spirit.

“Duende is a magic that happens on the stage,” Zertuche said.

“It’s when you feel something you’ve never felt before. You are there in your own world with the music and the singing, and then when you finish it’s like you come back to reality.”

Flamenco audience members report a comparable experience of being transported — it’s one of the reasons spectators often cry “Olé!” in the midst of a performance.

According to Theatre Flamenco’s board president and former artistic director Miguel Santos, who at 89 years old remains intimately involved in the company, duende isn’t limited to flamenco.

“Duende is experienced by all kinds of artists,” he said. “It’s a deep feeling that comes from the soul.”

Santos has been with Theatre Flamenco since 1968, two years after its inception. He spoke of his performing career, when he toured internationally, danced in films and even performed in Spain for then-dictator Francisco Franco (“They told us to stop dancing when he walked into the room, so that’s what we did,” Santos recalled).

As Zertuche sees it, having Santos’ institutional memory is a great benefit to Theatre Flamenco.

“It’s motivating,” she said of Santos’ energy and dedication to the company he joined nearly 50

years ago. “If he’s still involved, then I know I need to do better, to keep it going.”

As part of “Solo Flamenco,” Losa and Ríos will teach workshops at Zertuche’s San Francisco school, La Solea. Santos, who still teaches classes himself, plans to attend the workshops.

“I’m almost 90, but I don’t feel that old,” he said proudly. “I’m still jumping around. I can outdance my dancers.”

Luckily for prospective audience members, neither Santos’ dance ability nor his intimate knowledge of flamenco are required in order to enjoy the performance — or even, if you’re lucky, to experience duende. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly. com.

What: Theatre Flamenco presents “Solo Flamenco” Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View When: Saturday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m.

Cost: $45 Info: Go to mvcpa.com or call 650-903-6000.

For information on workshops, go to theatreflamenco.org.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kimberly Akimboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; brings black comedy to aging and identity

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Take Kimberly Levaco, his high school classmate with a rare genetic disorder causing her to age prematurely. Scramble the letters of her name; rearrange them and you get â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cleverly Akimbo.â&#x20AC;?

Jeff is the unlikely hero of David Lindsay-Abaireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2001 play: a social outcast whose disregard for the superficial and interest in the heart of the matter offer an alternative to suffering and selfinvolvement.

In the Pear Avenue Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production, directed by Caroline Clark, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear the real dysfunction is in the Levaco family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not in Kimberlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cells. Gas-station employee Buddy (James Kopp) and pregnant Pattie (Gretta Stimson) hurl insults across the kitchen table of their New Jersey apartment. Wedged between them sits their teenage daughter, Kimberly (Patricia Tyler).

Lindsay-Abaire wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kimberly Akimboâ&#x20AC;? shortly before the birth of his first child, and the play has the feel of an extended prenatal anxiety dream â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a nightmare spun by a catastrophizing mind. A century after Oscar Wildeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cautionary tale â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Picture of Dorian Grayâ&#x20AC;? and F. Scott Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equally disturbing â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,â&#x20AC;? this dark comedy offers a new angle on timelessly troubling questions: Does old age render us unlovable? What happens when the ordinary laws of aging and mortality no longer apply?

Subsisting on a diet of takeout, breakfast cereal and beer, the Levacos are too preoccupied with their own struggles to take much notice of Kimberly, their smart, sarcastic teenager who looks (and often acts) more like their mother than their daughter. Buddy (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a good guyâ&#x20AC;?) is trying his best to

THEATER REVIEW care for Kim; sadly, his best consists of forgetting her 16th birthday and making up for it by stumbling home drunk at 3 a.m. with a half-squashed cake. Meanwhile, Pattieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hyperactive hypochondria has her convinced sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dying of cancer, and recent carpal-tunnel surgery has left her with two bandaged paws and a victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attitude.

She has to be spoon-fed and have her ass wiped â&#x20AC;&#x201D; visceral metaphors for a woman who has abandoned her adult responsibilities.

Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aunt Debra (Kristin Walter), the law-flouting drifter who pops up â&#x20AC;&#x153;like a bad rashâ&#x20AC;? to draw Kim into her latest scheme.

In the midst of this emotional and domestic squalor, Jeff (Anthony Stephens in his debut appearance) is a balm: a dorky boy whose origins are no less grim than Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s but who sees her for who she is â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and likes her for it.

Under Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction, the tension in the Levaco household hisses and pops like a downed power line, though at its climax (conveniently punctuated by Pattieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s screaming contractions), all that coiled anger seems to fizzle out rather than ignite. Tyler tackles a tough role and conjures up moments of gut-wrenching pathos, particularly when she emerges in an â&#x20AC;&#x153;old womanâ&#x20AC;? disguise yet with the body language of a teen: eyes rolled heavenward, knees hugging each other apologetically.

In addition to directing, Clark does the scenic design, offering up a cramped apartment with nauseatingly bold plaid wallpaper (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like you live in a giant thermos,â&#x20AC;? sniffs Aunt Debra, who herself has spent the past 10 days camping out in the public library).

Walterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Debra is all swaggering nervous energy and grandiose plans of escape â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a thin protec-

tive shell encasing her despair.

And while Kim sees straight through the childishness of her adult role models, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jeff who offers actual alternatives: studying, Dungeons and Dragons and a visit to the safari park. Jeffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s antidote to a dead-end life lies in playfulness, fantasy and the lesson of the anagram: Even oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very identity can be rearranged to form something new.

In a poignant scene halfway through the play, the Levacos gather in Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedroom to celebrate her birthday, albeit belatedly and in their own dysfunctional way. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an oasis of near-normal family warmth.

The real wounds in this play have little to do with Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illness or her impending death; they come from the absence of healthy family bonds, and ultimately, from Pattieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rejection of her firstborn child whose unusual condition is too stark a reminder of her own mortality.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question this is dark material, but zinging one-liners keep the dialogue zipping along, and though love may not exactly conquer all, like the headlights of the car that finally carries Kim and Jeff into the night, it banishes the darkness. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly. com.

What: David Lindsay-Abaireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kimberly Akimboâ&#x20AC;?

Where: The Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Mountain View When: Through Nov. 23, Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cost: Tickets range from $20$30.

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Worth a Look At “Immigrant Stories,” Kim Le speaks about her childhood escape from Vietnam and her time in a refugee camp.

new exhibition. Opening Friday, Nov. 7, “Science, Technology and the Future of Art” explores the intersections between the two disciplines. Take for example Scotty Gorham’s “Pulse,” an interactive light installation that responds to the viewer’s heartbeat by flashing in sync, or his “Pink Clouds,” which offers passersby a chance to watch digital videos by scanning bar codes with their smartphones.

The show is curated by Gail Wight, an associate professor of art at Stanford who specializes in experimental media. Though many of the more than 50 works rely on digital media, the show also includes pieces in more traditional genres, including painting, drawing and sculpture.

The Pacific Art League is located at 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Nov. 7, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The show then runs through Nov. 28. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, go to pacificartleague.org or call 650-321-3891.

Storytelling ‘Foreign Correspondents: Immigrant Odysseys’

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Artist Scotty Gorham created “Pulse:” a sculptural light array that flashes rhythmically to the viewer’s heartbeat.

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Gordon Craig

Between its status as an international technology hub, the pull of Stanford University and the attraction of year-round sunshine, Silicon Valley draws immigrants from around the world. That makes it a container for some incredible stories. This Sunday, Nov. 9, from 3 to 5 p.m., the Midpeninsula Community Media Center will host “Foreign Correspondents: Immigrant Odysseys,” an afternoon of true, dramatic tales told live by six community members who immigrated to the region.

Among this month’s storytellers are a dentist, a submarine engineer, a nonprofit founder and a septic-tank installer. They’ll be bringing stories from as far away as Bolivia, Turkey and Ethiopia.

The free afternoon event includes a reception and will be filmed as part of a nationwide online archive project, “Made Into America,” which collects the stories of U.S. immigrants in order to document an integral part of our nation’s history.

The Media Center is located at 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. To reserve a seat, go to tinyurl.com/ ob3rdko or email editor@madeintoamerica.org. To learn more about Made Into America, go to madeintoamerica.org.

Oskar Soderberg, left, as Pantalone and William Kast as Truffaldino in Paly’s production of “Server of Two Masters.”

Theater ‘Server of Two Masters’ Yes, you read that right: It’s “server,” as in computer software. This week, Palo Alto High School’s theater department opens a farcical production based on Carlo Goldoni’s 18th-century Commedia dell’Arte play, “The Servant of Two Masters.” Set in Silicon Valley, Paly’s “Server” spoofs the high-tech culture of our region. Director Kathleen Woods says she saw an obvious connection between the chronically overworked and underfed Truffaldino of Goldoni’s original and today’s young computer programmers as they struggle to secure jobs. Writer Tony Kienitz (who last year co-founded the Palo Alto-based youth film and theater academy A Theatre Near U) wrote the adaptation, while Paly’s theater students helped supply many of the icons of Silicon Valley culture referenced in the play.

“Server of Two Masters” runs Nov. 7 and 13-15, at 7:30 p.m. at Palo Alto High School’s Haymarket Theatre, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors.

For tickets, go to palytheatre.seatyourself.biz, email palyboxoffice@gmail.com or call 650-329-3857. Q — Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Eating Out

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Dark cravings Artisan chocolate shops offer tastings, classes and more

By Sheila Himmel ou might think three artisan chocolate shops in downtown Palo Alto is at least one too many. Think again.

Alegio Chocolaté, the Chocolate Garage and Timothy Adams Chocolates offer a wide variety of products and experiences.

In other good news for chocolate lovers, scientists recently boosted the belief that dark chocolate may be a health food. They found that memory skills among older individuals were 25 percent higher for those who drank a mixture high in cocoa flavanols, which have antioxidant qualities.

The happy finding comes just in time for the holiday shopping season. Here is a primer on where to go based on the kind of chocolate available, the ambiance and

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For the most cinematic, biodynamic, plantation-to-bar storyline, go to Alegio Chocolaté on Bryant Street. This is the second Alegio shop. Panos Panagos, from the broadcasting world, and Robbin Everson, from high tech, started this business in Berkeley.

They get their chocolate from Claudio Corallo, who moved his family from Tuscany to São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off the coast of West Africa that is one of the poorest countries in the world. A tropical agronomist, Corallo previously ran a coffee plantation in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. He left Zaire in the grim 1990s, and bought an abandoned plantation in the island rainforest. Today he has several hun-

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dred employees there, sustainably tending the heirloom cacao trees (descended from seeds brought from Brazil in 1819) and producing some of the purest chocolate in the world.

News outlets from National Geographic to the BBC have featured Corallo.

Alegio is a shrine to Corallo, with photos and stories, but also a tasting experience for up to 28 people. They’ve had team-building and family events nestled around a marble tabletop in the warmly painted Palo Alto store.

The chocolate comes in a few varieties, but only cane sugar is added. It can be bought in bars and boxes. For the holidays, Alegio will also feature chocolate truffles. Prices for the bars start at $12.50. The truffles will be

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Top: The Chocolate Garage carries more than 175 varieties from artisan makers around the world.

Right: Timothy Adams makes all of their chocolate truffles by hand daily.

$34.50 for nine, $49.50 for 18.

Tasting notes: This is like tasting wine. First you notice the aroma. Let the chocolate melt on your tongue, and it gives off different flavors, from savory to nutty. It is never bitter, waxy nor too sweet.

Alegio Chocolaté 522 Bryant St., Palo Alto 650-324-4500 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m. alegio.com/home The Chocolate Garage is a convivial, closet-size tasting room with couches and a coffee table. Out front are picnic tables provided by the neighboring nonprofit collective, UnaMesa. It is open only Wednesday evenings

and Saturday mornings.

Sunita de Tourreil credits her parents with instilling a need to know where food comes from, and how much the farmer gets paid.

She grew up near Montreal, though her father is from Switzerland and her mother is from India. She has a master’s degree in molecular biology and human genetics.

The Chocolate Garage stocks more than 175 chocolate bars from artisan makers all over the world.

The brands include Askinosie, Åkesson, Bar au Chocolat, Bonnat, Dandelion, Dick Taylor, Domori, Francois Pralus, Fresco, Fruition, Grenada, Madre, Momotombo, Pacari, Patric and Rogue.

Besides offering the widest selection, the Chocolate Garage’s distinguishing feature is the Future Chocolate account. Buying into

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Tasting notes: On a recent Saturday, the free tasting included three flavored chocolate bars. One featured fleur de sel, one licorice and one coffee. A wall-mounted world map showed where each originated. I bought a 2-ounce bar of Dandelion’s Ambanja, Madagascar 2013 Harvest for $11. It starts out tasting a little lemony, then mellows into very slight nuttiness. Dandelion (origin: San Francisco) sells it for $8.

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The Chocolate Garage 654 Gilman St., Palo Alto 650-603-0824 Hours: Wednesdays, 5-9 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. thechocolategarage.com Taking the place of Monique’s Chocolates on Bryant Street, forming a chocolate power center with Alegio, is Timothy Adams Chocolates. Don’t try scoring a freebie by saying you’re a friend of Timothy Adams. The name is a mashup of co-owners Timothy Woods and Adams Holland, who live in Sausalito and had been selling their homemade chocolate at farmers markets.

An interior designer, Holland remade the shop in bright skyblue, pink and white. Jewel-toned candy boxes line the walls like Pop art. There are tables for two, and tables for six.

Timothy Adams offers classes in hands-on chocolate making as well as tasting parties.

All truffles ($2.25 each) are made by hand every day. Each looks a little different. There are about 20 varieties at any one time.

Some are seasonal, such as the fall-flavored poached quince and apple, covered in dark chocolate and dusted with pistachio. Milk chocolate crème fraîche is a perennial favorite, as is salted caramel. Not to mention mint.

Timothy Adams also has dairyfree and gluten-free chocolate candies called mendicants, and will stock candy bars for the holidays.

Befitting its seating arrangements, Timothy Adams also serves coffee and tea. Rusty’s Hawaiian coffee comes in medium roast ($3.50) and dark roast ($4.50). The decaf ($3.50) comes from Chromatic Coffee. Tea Forte supplies Earl Grey, chamomile citron and two other teas ($2.50).

Have-it-your-way hot chocolate is a special treat, with five choices in the milk department, six varieties of Guittard chocolate, and marshmallows made in-house.

Tasting notes: My in-house hot chocolate fanatic fell into a swoon over his sipping chocolate ($4.50). He chose 2 percent milk and the Coucher du Soleil chocolate. I also recommend the crème fraîche truffle.

Timothy Adams Chocolates 539 Bryant St., Palo Alto 650-323-8282 Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; ThursdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. timothyadamschocolates.com

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Referring to the distinction between time spent on Earth and during intergalactic travel, a NASA scientist in “Interstellar” cracks (with no apologies to Porky Pig), “That’s relativity, folks!”

The same could well be said of audience reactions to the latest from Christopher Nolan. Your space-time mileage may vary.

The darling of Warner Bros.

Pictures since shepherding a trilogy of hugely popular Batman films, Nolan has won himself carte blanche as a director and co-writer (with brother Jonathan) of big-budget mainstream fare.

Nolan expends his post-Batman cachet on this apparently megaexpensive space epic.

Die-hard Nolan fans should definitely plan a day-trip to San Francisco’s authentic IMAX screen at the Metreon, but the unconvinced may wish to avoid “Interstellar” entirely. Even the former group may stumble out wondering if their emperor has no clothes or, at least, fewer than once assumed. For the admittedly eye-popping “Interstellar” proves heady and hokey in something close to equal measure as the Nolan brothers nakedly attempt a foolhardy hybrid of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and Nolan’s own “Inception.”

Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, a widowed former NASA pilot and engineer who now works as a farmer in a near-apocalyptic America. Earth’s ability to sustain life is rapidly waning, so when Cooper stumbles into a secret

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NASA program to save humanity by relocating it elsewhere in the universe, he has little choice but to submit to the overtures of astrophysicist Professor Brand (Michael Caine). The Hobson’s choice means leaving behind his own family to play nice in space with Brand’s daughter, also a Dr. Brand (Anne Hathaway).

In the early going, “Interstellar” compellingly posits what life could look like in the last days of the American Empire, and how, if we’re lucky, a space program could provide hope. But when Hathaway shows up in her designer pixie cut, it’s the first in a series of false notes that tediously erode “Interstellar”’s proud scientific verisimilitude and capacity for wonder. Shortly thereafter, Nolan stages a scene in which Cooper’s agonized goodbye includes the line, “Once you’re a parent, you’re the ghost of your children’s future.” Yeah, that’s exactly the kind

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Anne Hathaway plays Dr. Amelia Brand in “Interstellar.” of comforting sentiment that trips right off a father’s tongue in a moment of emotional duress.

Unfortunately, the female characters are even more poorly written than the male ones (Hathaway gets the gloppier end of an absurd philosophical discussion of love), and Nolan seems less desirous of a coherent thematic point than that critics and audiences will believe, at last, that he’s not modern cinema’s heartless Tin Man. Technically speaking, Nolan swings for the fences here, and his ambition is to be applauded.

Yet his blithering message for humanity stands poised somewhere between Dylan Thomas and the Beatles: go ahead and “rage, rage against the dying of the light,” but in the end, “all you need is love.” There you have it, folks: Love is what’s really between the stars.

Rated PG-13 for some intense perilous action and brief strong language. Two hours, 49 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

Movies The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly:

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Late bloomer Rom com ‘Laggies’ is surprisingly satisfying (Aquarius)

“If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!”

As per that musical manifesto, perhaps no modern myth resonates more with contemporary America than that of “Peter Pan.” And “Peter Pan Syndrome” isn’t just for boys anymore, as proven by the new Lynn Shelton film, “Laggies.”

Directed by Shelton (“Your Sister’s Sister”) but scripted by firsttimer Andrea Seigel, “Laggies” offers Keira Knightley a choice role that the ever-waifish actress surprisingly nails. Knightley usually comes across on screen as some kind of photo-ready supermodel wet blanket, a bit of a bore who’s typically relegated to dully unimaginative period pieces. But in “Laggies,” Knightley plays a modern American underdog: a loser, but our loser, who laments how much the world sucks but hasn’t yet committed to making it — or even her own life — better.

Knightley’s 28-year-old Megan is trying not to feel the burn of a

quarter-life crisis. Despite holding an advanced degree, she’s reduced to spinning an advertising sign for her CPA father (Jeff Garlin) and playing reluctant bridesmaid to a judgmental friend (Ellie Kemper). But on the wedding night, a proposal from her uninspiring boyfriend (Mark Webber) sends Megan dashing into the night for a breather.

There, she’s plied by teenagers who want her to buy them booze, and before you can say, “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” Megan bonds with the equally needy 16-year-old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz). After doing Annika a couple of big solids, Megan earns the right to her own big ask: a place to “lay low” for a week to avoid her responsibilities, including facing up to the reality of that marriage proposal. And so it is that Megan begins bunking out on Annika’s bedroom floor.

Megan’s “laggie” lifestyle and hijinks with Annika make for some drily funny scenes and an intriguing premise based around an unusual female friendship.

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Simply running with that might have made “Laggies” more interesting than what it turns out to be, which is, in large part, a rom com.

Still, that the romantic comedy pairs a suddenly likeable Knightley with the always likeable Sam Rockwell (as Annika’s bemused single dad) means that even the film’s turn toward convention satisfies, goosed as it is by Rockwell’s spontaneous acting style.

Throw in an anorexic tortoise (that Megan also bonds with), and “Laggies” quickly takes on a “what’s not to like?” air. Though hardly profound in its implications, the picture proves different enough — in content and verbal style — to be quirky. While the borderline silly material could

easily have sunk like a lead balloon, Shelton and her actors sprinkle enough pixie dust to make “Laggies” fly.

Rated R for language, some sexual material and teen partying. One hour, 39 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

Birdman 000 Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” may be something less than the sum of its dazzling parts, but it is an entertaining farce of life as an actor in the time of Marvel Studios. In a role that holds a funhouse mirror up to his own life, the idiosyncratic Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, a faded movie star looking for artistic redemption by adapting, directing and starring in a Broadway play based on Raymond Carver story. Thomson’s fall from Hollywood grace corresponded with his abandonment of the “Birdman” superhero franchise, which (like Keaton’s “Batman” collaborations with Tim Burton) predated the genre’s peak in the escalating civil war between Disney-aligned Marvel and Warner Brothers-owned D.C. The absurdity of this genre of cinematic art, the pretentiousness of actors and the way the former has threatened to swallow the latter whole fuels “Birdman”’s fire. While occasionally scintillating, the screenplay feels strangely secondary to the jazzy style born of Iñárritu’s fertile imagination and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki’s wizardry in capturing and stitching together long takes into a film that appears to be one unbroken shot.

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As a music teacher and residential faculty for boarding students, Amanda gets her inspiration from seeing the “a-ha” moments with students; like when they realize that they can play their favorite song on guitar, or after a great performance in the Performing Arts Center, or when they solve a challenging problem during study hall in the dorms.

When Amanda isn’t teaching, she loves playing volleyball, hiking, rock climbing, and getting out on the water. She also loves playing and listening to music, playing her guitar or clarinet, attending concerts, symphonies, or musicals, and learning new music.

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Movie reviews (continued from previous page) Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than a pinch of â&#x20AC;&#x153;8 1/2â&#x20AC;? in Iùårrituâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-ring circus, complete with a gaggle of women (including Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan and Lindsay Duncan) circling Keatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ringmaster. In addition, Edward Norton proves once more brilliant in a self-mocking turn as a truly great actor and truly pathetic man.

Though scattershot, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Birdmanâ&#x20AC;? tells a relatable story of one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempt to get something right, while functioning as a useful critique of the entanglement of art and commerce on stages and screens. Rated R for language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence. One hour, 59 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 31, 2014)

Citizenfour 0001/2 Just about everyone has heard of Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old NSA consultant infrastructure analyst who blew the whistle on the U.S. governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program of warrantless mass spying on its own citizens. But Laura Poitrasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exemplary documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Citizenfourâ&#x20AC;? shares with us the privileged access Snowden (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I go by Edâ&#x20AC;?) granted to her and Guardian reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill. That weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing this footage only now is partly due to Snowdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concern that he would become the story, distracting from the incendiary revelations he enabled out of his own idealistic sense of duty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and at great personal cost.

Snowden unceremoniously holds court in a Hong Kong hotel room over what Poitras calls an eight-day â&#x20AC;&#x153;encounter,â&#x20AC;? beginning on June 3, 2013. Perhaps the most striking element of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Citizenfourâ&#x20AC;? is

language that sounds like hyperbole but isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, like Snowdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assertion that the NSA is â&#x20AC;&#x153;building the greatest weapon of oppression in the history of man ... a system whose reach is unlimited but whose safeguards are not.â&#x20AC;? The filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centerpiece is its footage of Snowdenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s testimony and consideration of how best to share it, but Poitras also includes select footage of legal actions and public forums that offer contextual (and Snowden-friendly) perspectives on NSA overreach. Her approach can be assailed for not being fair and balanced, though it includes a few passing government â&#x20AC;&#x153;defensesâ&#x20AC;? in PR and legal situations. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just as true that the facts Snowden revealed are cause for outrage and were issued with a convincingly sincere intent of exposing and opposing the clandestine misuse of state power.

As such, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Citizenfourâ&#x20AC;? is a film every single American â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and, indeed, every

world citizen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; should see. Rated R for language. One hour, 54 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; P.C. (Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014) Whiplash 0001/2 What does it take to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the greats?â&#x20AC;? This is the question at the dark heart of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whiplash,â&#x20AC;? an indie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amadeusâ&#x20AC;? set in a New York City music conservatory. Fearsome instructor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) makes it his mission to inflict punishment on students, doling out emotional and physical injury in order to help them achieve greatness as musicians (and, by extension, to secure his own legacy).

One of the Shaffer Conservatory of Musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most brilliant students, Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) quickly learns to want precisely what he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have from Fletcher: Respect. Fletcher lays psychological traps for Andrew as he draws the student into the complex web that is the

competitive studio band, where students live in a constant struggle for â&#x20AC;&#x153;first chair.â&#x20AC;?

Andrew begins as a devoted player and an intent studier of Buddy Rich recordings, but under Fletcher these practices become obsessions that drive out all human connections. Seduced and abused by his new spiritual father, Andrew comes more deeply to resent his own father (Paul Reiser) for his lack of â&#x20AC;&#x153;success,â&#x20AC;? and determines that new girlfriend Nicole (Melissa Benoist) isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth the time and head space she takes up. The theater-of-cruelty narrative culminates in a wildly intense capper to the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series of increasingly taut confrontations (including a family-and-friends dinner at which Andrew blows up in frustration over cultural definitions of success).

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Movies 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.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 5:55 & 8:05 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:25 & 3:45 p.m.

Big Apple Circus: Metamorphosis (Not Rated)

Century 20: Sat 12:30 p.m.

Big Hero 6 (PG) Century 16: 9:50 & 11:50 a.m., 12:40, 2:40, 5:30, 6:15, 8:20 & 9:05 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:10 p.m. In 3-D at 9 & 10:40 a.m., 1:30, 3:30, 4:20, 7:10 & 10 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:45 p.m. Century 20: 9:40 & 10:45 a.m., 12;20, 2, 3, 4:45, 7:05 & 9:10 p.m. In 3-D at 10:10, 11:15 & 11:45 a.m., 12:55, 1:35, 2:30, 3:35, 4:15, 5:10, 5:50, 6:25, 7:30, 8, 8:35, 9:55, 10:20, 10:45 & 11:10 p.m.

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Birdman (R) +++ Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7 & 8:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m.

The Book of Life (PG) Century 16: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 4:10, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:50, 4:20, 6:45 & 9:25 p.m.

Citizenfour (R) +++1/2

Guild Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m.

Dear White People (R) +++ 11:55 a.m., 2:35 & 5:20 p.m.

Century 16: 8 & 10:40 p.m., Sat & Sun 9:10 & Century 20: 10:15 p.m.

Fury (R) +++ Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 1:35, 4:40, 7:45 & 10:50 p.m.

Century 20: 1, 4:05, 7:20 & 10:25 p.m.

Gone Girl (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 9 a.m., 12:20, 3:55, 7:15 & 10:35 p.m.

Century 20: 4, 7:20 & 10:35 p.m., Fri 12:40 p.m., Sat & Sun 12:30 p.m.

Gone With the Wind (1939) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Sat & Sun 2 p.m.

Interstellar (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9, 10 & 11 a.m., noon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6:10, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 10:50 p.m.

Century 20: 9:50, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m., 12:10, 1:30, 2:15, 3:15, 3:55, 5:20, 6, 7, 7:40, 9:05, 9:45 & 10:35 p.m. In X-D at 12:45, 4:30 & 8:15 p.m.

John Wick (R) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m.

Century 20: 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m.

The Judge (R) ++1/2 Century 20: 7:10 p.m., Sun 1:10 p.m.

Laggies (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m.

The Maze Runner (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 20: 10:20 p.m., Fri & Sun 10:25 a.m., Sat & Sun 4:25 p.m.

Nightcrawler (R) Century 16: 11:05 a.m., 1:55, 4:45, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:50 & 10:40 p.m.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) (R) Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 p.m.

Ouija (PG-13) Century 16: 9:30 a.m., 7:30 & 9:50 p.m., Sat & Sun 12:05, 2:25 & 4:55 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:20, 3:40, 6, 8:20 & 10:40 p.m.

St. Vincent (PG-13) Aquarius Theatre: 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 & 9:25 p.m.

Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:15 & 10 p.m.

Whiplash (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 5:05, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 2:25 p.m., Sat & Sun 9:05 a.m., Sat 11:45 a.m.

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Movie reviews (continued from previous page) in film with this bracing draft of cold air in what’s thus far been a largely airless year at the movies. Rated R for strong language including some sexual references. One hour, 46 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Oct. 24, 2014) Dear White People 000 At this point in American history, we’d like to believe we’ve come a long way on the subject of race. But as “Dear White People” wades into those still roiling waters, viewers will have to confess we’ve still got a long way to go.

Set in fictional Ivy League college Winchester University, writer-director Justin Simien’s debut presents a believable school setting (and American microcosm) peopled with colorful characters.

Among them is Sam White (Tessa Thompson), the DJ/blogger flogging the titular gimmick “Dear White People” (e.g. “Dear white people: The minimum requirement of black friends required to not seem racist has just been raised to two...”). By doling out wisdom to whites

about their racial and cultural presumptions, Sam becomes a campus hero to some and a pariah to others. Meanwhile, plans are afoot among some of the school’s white students — represented by Kurt Fletcher (Kyle Gallner), son of the school president — for a black-themed Halloween party predicated on mocking racial stereotypes.

This hotbed of tension sets the stage for political, journalistic, romantic and domestic dramas to play out amongst the students and, in some cases, their parents. The power struggles allow Simien opportunity for satire, but also for sincere attempts at understanding between characters and improved self-knowledge. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams) exemplifies this in shyly exploring his own homosexuality as he attempts to find his place in campus life. For her part, Sam is carrying on a romance on the down-low with a white student (Justin Dobies’ Gabe), race giving both of them unnecessary pause due to their own hang-ups and the school’s charged environment. Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use. One hour, 40 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Oct. 24, 2014)

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Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund.

Last Year’s Grant Recipients 10 Books A Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 Ada’s Café . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20,000 Adolescent Counseling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000

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ach year the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund raises money to support programs serving families and children in the Palo Alto area. Since the Weekly

Bayshore Christian Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,000

and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation cover all the

Breast Cancer Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,000

administrative costs, every dollar raised goes directly to

Building Futures Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,000 CASSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000

support community programs through grants to non-profit

Children’s Center of the Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,200

organizations ranging up to $25,000.

Collective Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500

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from local foundations, including the Packard, Hewlett,

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InnVision Shelter Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000 JLS Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,500 Jordan Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,500 Kara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,000

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NOVEMBER 2014

LivingWell A monthly special section of news

& information for seniors

Veronica Weber

Michael Chan, instructor at the Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto, leads a demonstration of the various postures of Tai Chi before beginning a lesson at Rinconada Park.

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Lingling Juang, left, Randolph Directo and other members of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s linkAges TimeBank community learn how to do Tai Chi at Rinconada Park in September.

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etired from the computer industry, Palo Alto resident Mary Ahrens was scouting for new activities when she stumbled on an unusual way to share her talents and meet new people.

A friend told her about linkAges, an online time-banking network sponsored by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, in which participants can offer a “neighborly service” — say a ride to the airport, knitting lessons or help with gardening — and later can

receive a service of their choice from other time-bank members.

Ahrens joined the online exchange and soon found herself imparting Sudoku tips to a much younger member. Taking up the offer of a different time-bank member, she began playing European board games with a group of women at the Sunnyvale Senior Center.

“I’ve just found it kind of fascinating,” Ahrens said. “Ruby (the time-bank member who originally posted the board-game offer) and I have finally gotten past

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the point where we meet at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, and after a couple of months she invited me to come play board games at her house.

“Now we’re just a group of people who like doing the same things,” she said.

Recently Ahrens, who is a cat owner, posted a new offer on the time bank: She’ll take care of your cat while you’re away.

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Living Well Robert Brown, center, instructor at the Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto, leads a beginner lesson in Tai Chi at Rinconada Park for members of PAMF’s linkAges TimeBank.

Veronica Weber

Timebank (continued from page 37)

if I could find someone else who’d like catsitting,” she said. “Not only is it difficult to find people, but it would be nice to pay with

time instead of with dollars. So I’ve posted an offer to do cat-sitting.”

Ahrens was among the first members of the time bank, launched by PAMF last year as part of a larger initiative to support older adults and family caregivers in the community.

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The time bank emerged from research and brainstorming by officials at PAMF’s David Druker Center for Health Systems Innovation, which aims to “leverage technology to create scalable solutions that address the pressing health challenges of our time.”

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The group focused on addressing issues raised by the aging of the population because of the huge number of people, locally and nationally, turning age 65 over the next ffew senior ew years, said id Vandana Vanddana Pant, seni iorr director of strategic initiatives for the center. A medical ethnographer led the design process, observing and interviewing local seniors and family caregivers.

“We heard again and again from seniors that the issue becomes isolation,” Pant said.

“We heard a very poignant phrase from one person in particular — ‘the world starts to close in’ — which we felt encapsulated the problem. They’re here, but becoming invisible and no longer in a place where they’re able to give back. People feel like a burden on an ongoing basis.

One said, ‘I’m tired of being the recipient of volunteer services because all I do is receive,” contributing to that sense off lack of value.”

They chose the name linkAges in hopes that the project would attract users of all ages.

The time bank creates opportunities for seniors to contribute in ways that work for them, Pant said. For example, her own 84-year-old mother offered to knit scarves.

On behalf of her mother, Pant asked a 28-year-old time-bank member who recently moved to the area from India to come play Scrabble with her.

“They met around Scrabble and finished the game in 45 minutes, but they were

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Living Well together for two hours,” Pant said. “It was an opportunity for the young woman, who had just moved here because of her husband’s tech job, to start to get to know her community.”

Time-bank members also may donate earned hours to a “community pool” to make services available for frail seniors who need someone to check in on them or help with errands.

In its second year of a threeto five-year pilot, the time bank has about 260 members, aged 18 to 92, who have completed more than 600 hours of exchanges.

About 40 percent of members are older than 65.

Now the push is on to attract more members to the free network.

A recent orientation meeting for prospective time bankers at the Red Rock cafe in Mountain View drew about 15, including some young time-bank staff members.

Several newcomers said they’d recently retired and were looking for new ways to meet people.

“When you retire, you have a group of friends that are still working and you need to find a bunch of people who now have the day open,” Ahrens said.

When she signed on last year, the time bank was just getting started and had few members.

“You really do need a critical mass of people in order to find the cross-section of what people offer to do and what people want to request, and I think they’re just getting to that point,” she said.

Though prospective members are subject to background checks, guidelines advise time bankers to exercise the same caution they would use when interacting with a new friend or neighbor for the first time.

“No one has access to your phone number or address unless you give it to them,” said Christina Araiza, community engagement manager for the PAMF center for health systems innovation.

“The only geographic indicator is your city.”

The linkAges TimeBank also schedules monthly activities for members, which recently included a free tai chi session for beginners at Rinconada Park that attracted several dozen participants.

“We want our members to get to know each other and to feel comfortable calling on each other if they need help and support,” Araiza said.

The PAMF team also has made its time-bank software available to other groups, including the El Camino YMCA in Mountain View and Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills.

In late September, Beth Am launched “LinkAges Beth Am,” a private time bank limited to congregation members.

“We’re a big congregation and people don’t necessarily know each other,” Beth Am board member Stephanie Hannaford said. “There are so many really talented people but nobody knows what their talents are, who’s got

some free time, who doesn’t — everybody’s so busy. This is a really nice way for people to get introduced to each other, and they have something in common from the get-go.

“We just started and we’re not really booming yet, but I think over time we may be able to help our elders more and also utilize the talents of our teenagers and the in-between people, so that’s my dream.”

The PAMF LinkAges TimeBank will hold an orientation session for prospective members on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Hobee’s, 4224 El Camino Real in Palo Alto. To register for the session visit timebank.linkages.org/component/dtregister.

More information about the program is available at timebank/linkages.org and 650-934-3556. Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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Channing House today, Nov. 7, is holding a dedication ceremony for its new, 47,000-square-foot health center. The new center, with underground parking, will have space for 27 assisted-living residents on its ground floor and 26 skilled-nursing residents on its second floor, mostly in private apartments. Both floors will have full-time nursing staff. Physicians from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation are scheduled to visit patients four mornings a week. The new center will replace the assistedliving and skilled-nursing services that currently exist on the second floor of the facility’s main building.

Occupancy is tentatively set for December, pending licensing approvals from the California Department of Social Services and the California Department of Public Health, according to administrator Julie Jones.

VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE ... Join Avenidas for a free Veterans Day

screening of the documentary “Remembering World War II: First Person Account” on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 450 Bryant St., from 2:30 to 5 p.m. You will hear stories of people who experienced the war more than a half-century ago. This project was born out of the need to help the war come to life for high school students.

The film honors members of the generation who worked and fought to preserve the freedom Americans enjoy today.

‘BRAIN GAME’ BUYER BEWARE ... Six Stanford University neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists were among 69 scholars from around the world to sign a statement expressing skepticism about the effectiveness of so-called “brain game” products.

The statement was issued jointly by the Stanford Center on Longevity and the Berlin-based Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

As Baby Boomers enter their golden years, companies are all too often promising quick fixes for cognition problems through products that are unlikely to produce broad improve-

ments in everyday functioning, said Laura Carstensen, Stanford professor of psychology and director of the longevity center. “It is customary for advertising to highlight the benefits and overstate potential advantages of their products,” she said. “But in the case of brain games, companies also assert that the products are based on solid scientific evidence developed by cognitive scientists and neuroscientists. So we felt compelled to issue a statement directly to the public.” Also signing from Stanford were psychology professors Gordon H. Bower and Anthony D. Wagner, neurologist Michael D. Grecius, education professor Richard J. Shavelson and psychiatrist Jerome Yesavage.

NEW RELATIONS? ... Palo Alto’s Lytton Gardens and Portola Valley’s The Sequoias may soon become sisters. The parent organizations of the two senior living facilities, Episcopal Senior Communities and Northern California Presbyterian Homes and

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The boards’ announcement said they expect to complete the merger by March 31, 2015.

CAREGIVING REFRAMED ... Multiple losses are part of the landscape caregivers navigate. Avenidas Care Partners Manager Paula Wolfson will help reframe the language used to describe this complicated role in a free workshop Thursday, Nov. 13.

How does caregiving add meaning to one’s life? How does being a caregiver reflect values, strength and family legacy? Call 650-289-5400 to RSVP for the workshop, which will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto.

FREE PRE-HOLIDAY RIDES ... The local office of home-care service provider Home Care Assistance is offering free rides to Avenidas members on Wednesday, Nov. 26, the day before Thanksgiving, to help with shopping and errands. The offer is in support of Avenidas’ campaign to encourage discussions about senior driving safety. Rides will be available between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and can be scheduled by visiting homecareassistance.com, calling 650-462-6900 or visiting the company’s office at 148 Hawthorne Ave., Palo Alto.

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MOBILITY ‘DESIGN CHALLENGE’ ...

The Stanford Center on Longevity has issued its second annual “design challenge” to students around the world: Design a product or service to improve the mobility of older adults. Initial submissions of ideas are due Dec. 5 and “a small number of finalists” will be announced in mid-January. Finalists will be given $1,000 toward their research costs plus $1,500 in travel expenses to attend a Stanford conference in April, where they’ll be judged on their presentations. First-, second- and third-place teams will win $10,000, $5,000 and $2,000 respectively.

Last year’s design challenge, seeking products or services for older adults with cognitive impairment, attracted 52 teams from 31 universities in 15 countries. Taking first place was Sha Yao of San Francisco’s Academy of Art University for “Eatwell,” specially designed and colored tableware to make it easier for Alzheimer’s patients to eat without spilling. Q

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Canopy is recruiting volunteers to prune and re-plant the soundwall along Highway 101, from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 8, meeting at the corner of Ralmar Avenue and East Bayshore Road in East Palo Alto.

Info: Trained pruning volunteers can RSVP by email to Natalia at natalia@canopy.org; to learn how to become a trained pruning volunteer, email Maika at maika@ canopy.org.

TREE WALK ... Arborist Deborah Ellis will lead a free tree walk from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 8, through the West Bayshore neighborhood, meeting at Ohlone School, 950 Amarillo Ave., Palo Alto. Expect to see White Mulberry, Red Ironbark, Carob, Patmore Ash, Briottii Red Horse Chestnut, River She-oak and more. Info: Canopy at 650964-6110 or canopy.org THE DIRT ON DIRT ... UC Master Gardener David Peterson will give a free talk called “All About Garden Soil Basics” from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. He will cover the properties of garden soils, how to diagnose kinds of soil, dealing with problematic soils and watering during the drought. He’ll also deal with compost and mulch.

Info: Master Gardeners at 408282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org WINTER IN THE GARDEN ... UC Master Gardener volunteers will offer a three-session class, “Winter in the Vegetable Garden,” from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays, Nov. 10, Dec. 8 and Jan. 12, at Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto.

The class is recommended for those who have already taken the “Sustainable Vegetable Gardening” class. Each session will include a one-hour talk, followed by a Q&A. Cost is $60. Info: 650329-3752 or paadultschool.org KUDOS TO COLDWELL ... Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agents, managers and staff volunteered 600 hours between April and July for Habitat for Humanity, earning the firm honors for winning the 2014 Build It Challenge, according to a press release. That was six times the goal set by the company.

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Clockwise, from top left: A charming centerpiece can be made from an uncut pumpkin, using a hot-glue gun to attach succulents; various dried greenery, including red and pampas grass, breadseed poppies, cone flowers and grape leaves can be used in holiday arrangements; UC Master Gardener Roberta Barnes will be demonstrating how to make holiday flower arrangements using materials from one’s yard on Nov. 14 at Avenidas.

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he trick to creating interesting holiday flower arrangements is to walk around your garden and see what you’ve got, UC Master Gardener Roberta Barnes advised during a recent stroll through the Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, adjacent to Eleanor Pardee Park.

“Don’t be so eager to clean up your garden. There might be something you can use here,” she said.

Barnes will offer a free workshop on “Holiday Flower Arrangements” next Friday at Avenidas and will bring samples to show just how one can “think beyond the box” and choose more than holly and pine.

While not much is at the peak of blooming season in November and December, many plants offer intriguing textures and shapes, as well as a whole gamut of greens.

“The last of the lavender would look good in a fall arrangement,” she said, as would many of the Australian plants shown in the waterwise garden. Grevillea lanigera boasts dark pink blooms, and leucadendron salignum offers beautiful foliage, she said.

“Rosemary looks good as a holiday green,” she added, pointing to a low-growing ‘Mozart’ plant with lilac blossoms in early November.

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Holiday centerpieces,

naturally Pick a pod, a cone, a branch or a bloom to create decorations from the yard story & photos by Carol Blitzer terpieces begins with a mediumsized uncut pumpkin. She then chooses a variety of succulents, and uses a hot-glue gun to attach them to the top.

One could also add succulents with blooms, dried flowers or dried chili peppers, she said.

“These will last quite a long time” without any water, she added.

“Last year, for the Western Horticultural Society, we used white pumpkins. These lasted for months,” she said, noting that eventually they used pieces of the centerpieces to start new plants. And the pumpkins could be cooked and eaten.

If they had cut a hole in the pumpkin they wouldn’t have lasted more than a week, she said.

For the Avenidas class, Barnes said she’ll focus on creating low and wide centerpieces. “We want people to be able to look over it,”

she said, and it needs to be attractive all the way around.

As an example, she began with a low basket, added a plastic liner (these are available at nurseries, but one could use any plastic container that fits the basket, she said) and then dropped in Oasis floral foam. The foam is moistened and helps to both support and hydrate the plants that will be inserted.

A base of greens “covers the mechanics,” then flowers and dried materials from the yard are tucked into the foam.

Attractive greens to tuck in could include Pennisetum ‘rubrum,’ a red grass; breadseed poppies, which she called “big, unique, really beautiful”; cone flowers, with the dried petals picked off; crocosmia blooms that have gone to seed; pepper berries; eucalyptus foliage and seed pods; and even rose hips.

Barnes, who started out as a

home gardener who was hired by neighbors to tidy up their gardens, went on to become a “fine gardener” specializing in light pruning, a “little design” and maintenance.

She took some courses at Foothill College, but mostly, she said, she learned by doing research and being hands-on.

Twelve years ago she completed training through the University of California Master Gardener Program, which is committed to passing on home-horticulture and pest-management information to the public. The Avenidas class is part of Barnes’ volunteer duties that encourage sustainable, organic gardening practices.

The Los Altos resident has been very involved in Palo Alto’s waterwise garden and proudly pointed to the plants that were thriving, despite current drought conditions.

“This may not be a great year for leaf color, because it’s been so dry,” she remarked.

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Garden Tips How one looks at beauty — or a garden — is what counts

by Jack McKinnon am a late bloomer.

I didn’t know Gary Snyder had gone to Kyoto until just this morning.

I also didn’t start collecting unique plants until a couple of years ago. I never appreciated Rothko or Pollock until a few years ago when a girl friend said it would be good to know about these guys. I went to the new Anderson collection over at Stanford last week and was amazed. The landscape is nothing to write home about but for the Goldsworthy sculpture on the Palm Drive side of the Cantor Museum. Be careful as you approach, you could fall into it.

Gary Snyder wrote about observations like how trees were cut in Japan just like here, how people are in ways like they have always been and how they can wake up. For me, finding new plants to cultivate in my small forest container garden on my deck is as exciting as the estates around the Bay Area that I walk through for my work.

Size really doesn’t matter. Attention does.

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or in the garden, the beauty is only partially in the object itself. How we look at it is so important. The questions we ask when we meet a new (to us) design or creation can take us many places we never knew existed.

This month’s garden tips will be some of my observations. If they inspire you to ask questions of your own, then I have done my job.

1. I have noticed that depth in art and in a landscape is quite important. To notice the contour of the ground where there is a berm adjacent to a swale, while subtle, makes a big difference in the quality of the design.

2. Layers of paint on a canvas make one think differently than if it is all on one plane.

The questions we ask when we meet a new (to us) design or creation can take us many places we never knew existed.

The same goes for how plantings are placed, even in a small bed near a window. Windows are to be looked out more than in. They also provide a frame for the view.

3. Color contrasts and complements create movement even when everything is still. To

study color theory even just a little, we learn that placing secondary colors like orange, green and purple next to primary colors red, yellow and blue causes a vibration. It reads as more alive.

4. Pink camellia sasanquas are one of few fragrant camellias. Because of that, for me, the fragrance is all the more special.

5. It is important to have comfortable furniture in your garden.

6. Over-watering creates the same symptoms as under-watering. Knowing how much to give your plants demonstrates how much you care.

7. Shopping for plants is different than buying plants. Try leaving the checkbook in the car. Loving without wanting is heaven; wanting without loving is hell.

8. Walking in a garden with someone else shows us a different garden. Depending on the person we are walking with, we can have a life-changing experience.

9. Everything can be explained mathematically — not necessarily by me.

10. My parents said, at least a thousand times, “Look it up.” Now I find myself saying it all the time. Look it up. Develop the skill of asking questions, then find the answers.

Good Gardening. Q Garden coach Jack McKinnon can be reached at 650-455-0687 (cell), by email at jack@jackthegardencoach.com. Visit his website at www.jackthegardencoach.com.

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to use what’s in the garden,” she said.

And if there just isn’t enough color in the garden to create a centerpiece, one can slip out to Trader Joe’s or a nursery and pick up a few contrasting blooms. Q Associate Editor Carol Blitzer can be emailed at cblitzer@paweekly.com.

What: Holiday Flower Arrangements When: Friday, Nov. 14, 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Where: Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto Cost: Free Info: Master Gardeners at 408-282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org

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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.

East Palo Alto

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $301,000 Highest sales price: $301,000

Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $420,000 Highest sales price: $1,598,000

Los Altos

Palo Alto

East Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $2,411,000 Highest sales price: $3,000,000

Los Altos

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,700,000 Highest sales price: $2,700,000

480 E. O’keefe St. #302 A. West to S. Dzotsenidze for $301,000 on 9/30/14; previous sale 3/09, $199,000 766 Arroyo Road Conn Trust to K. & M. Kozo for $2,411,000 on 10/10/14 170 Frederick Court C. Pfister to H. Hou for $2,413,500 on 10/10/14 659 Tomi Lea St. Kong Trust to J. & T. Lee for $3,000,000 on 10/9/14; previous sale 4/87, $312,000 539 Valencia Drive Caron Trust to Y. Dai for $2,475,000 on 10/15/14; previous sale 1/00, $1,050,000

Los Altos Hills

13521 Wildcrest Drive Nazari Trust to R. & D. Jaros for $2,700,000 on 10/10/14

Menlo Park

211 Chester St. W. & D. McLennan to C. & C. Seeber for $1,485,000 on 9/30/14; previous sale 7/12, $830,000 260 Hedge Road J. & J. Whitlinger to Francis Trust for $1,300,000 on 9/30/14; previous sale 5/88, $267,000 675 Sharon Park Drive #314 Kawas-Moradian Trust to J. Snell for $785,000 on 9/30/14; previous sale 7/07, $590,000

Mountain View

137 Avellino Way Tri Pointe Homes to O. & Y. Rodeh for $1,170,000 on 10/14/14 505 Cypress Point Drive #74 Pam Trust to J. Chan for $429,000 on 10/10/14; previous sale 5/02, $215,000 505 Cypress Point Drive #92 Y. Clearwater to S. & J. Yang for $445,000 on 10/10/14; previous sale 8/05, $330,000 181 Del Medio Ave. #114 Leong Trust to Wei Trust for $420,000 on 10/15/14 1864 Doane Ave. S. Navarette to Payman Trust for $905,000 on 10/15/14 835 Warner Court Warner Limited to A. Li for $1,150,000 on 10/15/14; previous sale 9/00, $2,100,000 1042 Williams Way Rooker Trust to P. Chiang for $1,598,000 on 10/14/14; previous sale 9/06, $906,000

Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $905,000 Highest sales price: $2,600,000

Los Altos Hills

Redwood City Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $702,000 Highest sales price: $1,100,000 Source: California REsource

Menlo Park Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $785,000 Highest sales price: $1,485,000

C. Xie for $1,100,000 on 9/30/14; previous sale 10/13, $855,000 2014 Hastings Shore Lane #212 V. March to J. Cohn for $702,000 on 9/30/14; previous sale 3/04, $475,500

595 East Meadow Drive B. Tarbell to B. & T. Liaw for $1,800,000 on 10/15/14; previous sale 5/00, $725,000 2563 Greer Road Anisgard Trust to Y. Han for $1,876,000 on 10/10/14 540 Guinda St. M. Kilani to T. Ohtsuki for $905,000 on 10/10/14; previous sale 2/06, $575,000 340 Kipling St. T. & J. Williamson to V. & J. Leung for $2,500,000 on 10/14/14; previous sale 1/12, $1,400,000 3880 Louis Road C. Roberson to T. Simon for $2,170,000 on 10/10/14 424 Margarita Ave. Bigornia Trust to Su Trust for $1,500,000 on 10/15/14 435 Sheridan Ave. #202 S. Quintini to X. Zhang for $1,500,000 on 10/14/14; previous sale 6/09, $760,000 1737 University Ave. Mo Trust to Candy Guo Limited for $2,600,000 on 10/10/14

BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto

3064 Middlefield Road reinforce kitchen ceiling frame during construction, $n/a 432 Webster St. remodel kitchen, $15,907.38 834 E. Meadow Drive install roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 4131 Thain Way re-roof, $24,207 522 Thain Way re-roof, $20,591 542 Thain Way re-roof, $27,302 925 Waverley St. replace rail at all units due to dry rot, $24,000 502 Thain Way re-roof, $14,640 202 Emerson St. re-roof, $n/a 1300 Cowper St. re-roof, $15,750 3473 Rambow Drive electrical, rewire patio room, $n/a 2075 Tasso St. re-roof, $3,172 2764 Byron St. re-roof, $17,000

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908 Colorado Ave. Takaoka Trust to Y. Wang for $2,200,000 on 10/14/14 422 Deodar St. N. Phan to D. & J. Turner for $2,200,000 on 10/10/14; previous sale 4/11, $1,301,000

floor, $n/a 1734 Webster St. convert garage into carport, garage, $24,000 415 California Ave. addition of seating plan, $n/a 3412 Ross Road install supplemental cooling, replace roof condensing units, install fan coil units above ceiling, $56,000 700 Clark Way install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 1441 Hamilton Ave. re-roof pool house, $1,000 1176 Palo Alto Ave. remodel, including master bath, add skylights, convert wood-burning fireplace with gas insert, upgrade lighting, $74,000 1445 Alma St. install three windows, $2,677 1411 Tasso St. install Level 2 electrical-vehicle charging station in garage, $n/a 2896 Waverley St. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 1030 Hamilton Ave. new inground spa, $24,500 4162 Thain Way re-roof, $21,621 826 Wintergreen Way remodel guest bathroom, $7,883 323 Manzanita Ave. install new mini split system with one condenser and two fan coils, $n/a 852 La Para Ave. install new mini split system with one condenser and two fan coils, $n/a 566 Hawthorne Ave. add additional A/C unit outside dining room, $n/a 330 Melville Ave. Professorville: re-roof, $10,978 180 El Camino Real, Suite 705 revise plans for Health Dept. requirements, revise seating and add low wall, $n/a 3225 Kipling St. remodel kitchen, two bathrooms, replace furnace, $30,000 3056 Greer Road install heat pump on roof, $n/a 2355 Louis Road remodel kitchen, $12,000 4332 Silva Ave. remodel kitchen, bathroom, dining room, including new exterior door and front door, $20,000

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Residential real estate expertise for the mid-peninsula.

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250 Walter Hays Drive re-roof, $14,271 787 Florales Drive remodel, including kitchen, convert two bedrooms into master bedroom suite with bathroom and study, remodel bathroom, $58,192 3264 Ross Road install R-6 wireflex duct to supply registers, $n/a 3355 Waverley St. add two spread footings below house, $2,000 715 Torreya Court re-roof, $21,696 3645 Ramona St. add overhang in guest room, $n/a 3157 Louis Road remodel kitchen, $17,000 2137 Bowdoin St. re-roof garage, $2,500 1568 Channing Ave. re-roof, $14,072 4307 Miranda Ave. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 2293 Santa Ana St. remodel kitchen, widen doorway to living room, move wall, $18,192 540 Guinda St. remodel condo, including kitchen and bath, add

washer/dryer, $55,000 467 Everett Ave. structural changes to four piers at front porch, $n/a 991 Loma Verde Ave. install roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 925 Moraga Court remove footing, repair beam, coffer in master bedroom, $n/a 875 Blake Wilbur Drive reroute cyberknife, other electrical, $n/a 2400 Hanover St. floating ceiling to deck, $n/a 1302 Forest Ave. change of shed roof line to gable, $n/a 1881 Page Mill Road owner site-accessible improvements, $28,700 967 Dennis Drive re-roof, $17,000 796 Greer Road vehicle damage repairs in garage, including gas line and replacing water heater, $n/a 301 High St. add foundation for future flexibility, add rough plumbing to facilitate future tenant improvement, $n/a 1530 Hamilton Ave. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 518 Bryant St. re-roof, $36,272 2230 Webster St. replace wall at rear; add sliding door, $7,000 440 Coleridge Ave. re-roof, $24,999 3495 Deer Creek Road revise plans to include new shower rooms, electrical work, $n/a 840 Melville Ave. re-roof, $15,800 467 Lincoln Ave. revise shear wall lengths at new bedroom and master bedroom, revise holdown at mud room, new beam and piers to support attic dormer, revise rafter and hip at porch, $n/a 763 Florales Drive remodel kitchen, $56,000 3165 Porter Drive Stanford School of Medicine: tenant improvement, relocate restroom door, $4,500 1854 Bryant St. install secondstory bay window in master bedroom, revise window on first floor, revise sloped roof to flat roof over bay window on first

Before you select a real estate agent, meet with Michael Repka to discuss how his real estate law and tax background benefits Ken DeLeon’s clients.

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Managing Broker DeLeon Realty JD - Rutgers School of Law L.L.M (Taxation) NYU School of Law

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Exquisite English Tudor

1266 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto

This estate home is one of Crescent Parks premier properties. Built in the 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1266 Hamilton is a stately English Tudor built by craftsmen of a bygone era: soaring roof lines, hand-cut beam tudoring, handcrafted leaded glass windows and a slate roof. The home features 4,500 Sq Ft, 1/3 acre lot, beautifully renovated gardens, and walking distance to Downtown and Eleanor Park.

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650-245-2448 CalBRE# 00862018

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By Appointment Only

196 Patricia Drive

Central Atherton

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30 to 4:30 Remodeled ranch home in central Atherton | Gated landscaped grounds with pool on approx. 0.75 acre 4 bd, 3 ba main residence of 2,965 sf | 3 room pool house with kitchen and bath: 565 sf | 2-car garage: 435 sf Beautiful hardwood floors throughout

WWW.196PATRICIA.COM | OFFERED AT $4,800,000

MARY GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 mary@apr.com License# 00373961

BRENT GULLIXSON 650.888.4898 brentg@apr.com License# 01329216

gullixson.com #6 Team in North America, The Wall Street Journal, 2014 Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable.

However, neither seller nor listing agent has verified this information. If this information is important to buyer in determining whether to buy or to purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation.

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services.

Holmes Ranch, Davenport

6 Quail Meadow Drive, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

$25,000,000

$22,800,000

Price Upon Request

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

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280 Family Farm, Woodside

25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside

10800 Magdalena, Los Altos Hills

$9,998,000

$8,750,000

$6,995,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

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PENDING

13195 Glenshire Drive, Truckee

18630 Withey Road, Monte Sereno

302 Atherton Avenue, Atherton

$6,900,000

$6,500,000

$5,995,000

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

Listing Provided by: Albert Garibaldi, Lic.#01321299

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120 Doud Drive, Los Altos

38 Hacienda Drive, Woodside

195 Brookwood Road, Woodside

$4,498,000

$4,495,000

$3,995,000

Listing Provided by: Ethel Green, Lic.#00631757

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019,

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5721 Arboretum Drive, Los Altos

850 Vista Hill Terrace, Fremont

11650 Par Avenue, Los Altos

$3,888,888

$3,299,950

$2,598,000

Listing Provided by: Gail Sanders & Denise Villeneuve Lic.#01253357 & 01794615

Listing Provided by: Albert Garibaldi, Lic.#01321299

Listing Provided by: Pamela Blackman, Lic.#00584333

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Surrounded by Open Space and California State Parks, these seven parcels overlook Ano Nuevo State Park.

Rare, old growth Redwood trees inhabit a beautiful section of the land and constitute nearly 8 million board feet of wood. Perfect for a private residence, a few homesites, a retreat center or a donation to the state which would create the largest coastal trail in California. A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to own approximately 658 pristine acres on the California Coast.

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Offered At $25,000,000

Dana Cappiello, REALTOR®

415.264.5464 dana.cappiello@yahoo.com www.DanaCappiello.com Lic.#01343305

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OPEN HOUSE SAT / SUN 1:00-4:00

Presenting: 1348 Oxford Street, Redwood City

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Charming traditional-style 2-bedroom home with an open floor plan and a beautiful park-like rear yard ideal for entertaining. The home boasts oak hardwood floors, dual-pane windows, ample storage space, inside laundry room, wood-burning fireplace, a remodeled bathroom, and a close proximity to beautiful downtown Redwood City. Home: 1,010 sq. ft.; Lot: 6,200 sq. ft.

Schools: Hawes Elementary School, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Woodside High School.

This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not veriďŹ ed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify school availability.

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Presenting: 848 Nash Road, Los Altos

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This masterfully-designed contemporary home by Brocchini Architects blends comfort, elegance, and exquisite architecture in captivating ways. Details both large and small add up to a space exceptional in how it joins art, movement, and a sense of resort-like peace. Built for ease in both everyday living and entertaining, the home offers an open floor plan, two master suites, a custom gym & an office (could be used as bedrooms), a state of the art chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen, a lush yard with a covered heated terrace and outdoor kitchen, and a detached four-car garage (could fit 6 cars with lift). Completing the appeal of this fun and unique home is its close proximity to all downtown Los Altos has to offer. Living space: 2,845 sq.ft. Garage: 1,018 sq.ft. Lot size: 19,166 sq.ft. Top-rated Los Altos Schools. $SSRLQWPHQW 2QO\ This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not veriďŹ ed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify school availability.

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Saratoga $29,000,000 12.98 acres of rolling hills, bordered by 60 acres of open space, close to downtown Saratoga 3 BR/2 BA Debbie Nichols CalBRE #00955497 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $5,998,000 220 Tennyson Ave Newer estate-like home in the prestigious Old Palo Alto. Appr 5200 sf spread over 3-levels Julie Lau CalBRE #01052924 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,398,000 2620 Marshall Dr Stunning, Brand New, Custom Built Home to fill every need. 5 bedrooms with 2 suites. 5 BR/3.5 BA Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

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By Appointment $3,888,000 Listed 2013 for $8,000,000 Now $3,888,000! www.222PortolaStateParkRoad.com Hurry! 38 Acres Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Menlo Park Sun 1 - 4 $3,298,000 1057 Windsor Dr Gorgeous Two Story Home in West Menlo Park!

Walk to downtown MP! Award winning MP schools! 5 BR/4 BA Keri Nicholas CalBRE #01198898 650.323.7751

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,750,000 4011 El Cerrito Just Listed! Custom designed rustic ranch w/beautiful drought-tolerant landscaping. 3 BR/2.5 BA Gwen Luce CalBRE #00879652 650.324.4456

Menlo Park $1,895,000 Fabulous ranch-style home on a uniquely lrg corner lot. Expansion possibilities. 3 BR/2.5 BA Lyn Jason Cobb CalBRE #01332535 650.324.4456

MENLO PARK Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,688,000 1255 Trinity Dr Spacious townhome overlooks tranquil setting.

Community pool & tennis. 1255Trinity.com 3 BR/2.5 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961

Palo Alto $1,599,000 3BD/2BA, park like setting on a 5,932 sf lot. Best Palo Alto Schools!

Terri Brown CalBRE #01387483 650.325.6161

San Carlos Sun 1 - 4 $1,299,000 1120 Royal Ln Sparkling, updated Mediterranean townhm. LR, DR, FR. Great views! 1120royallane.cbrb.com 3 BR/2.5 BA Elaine White CalBRE #01182467 650.324.4456

Redwood City Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,295,000 2 Eagle Hill Terrace Mt Carmel home w/ fabulous views, open floor plan, remodeled kitchen & private backyard. 3 BR/2 BA J Hickingbotham IV CalBRE #01203333 650.323.7751

Redwood City Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,098,000 2553 Hampton Av Beautifully remodeled home w/ 1,550 sq. ft of living space. Close to schools & shopping! 4 BR/2 BA Silvia Mirabal CalBRE #01366372 650.323.7751

San Jose $875,000 Sprawling estate, soaring ceilings, gorgeous kitchen, spacious master, park like grounds. 4 BR/2.5 BA Gordon Ferguson CalBRE #01038260 650.325.6161

Redwood City Price Reduced! $695,000 Extensively modernized bungalow. Desirable cul-de-sac, hdwd floors, new windows & doors. 2 BR/1 BA Chris Taelemans CalBRE #01139598 650.851.2666

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $599,000 2140 Santa Cruz Ave #C109 Desirable 55+ community. Large common rm, fitness, pool, spa, and beautiful gardens. 2 BR/2 BA Karin Riley CalBRE #01725481 650.324.4456

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APTOS 4 Bedrooms

1348 Oxford St Sat/Sun 1-4 Sereno Group

PALO ALTO

FEATURED

2 Bedrooms

CUPERTINO

612 Palo Alto Av Sun Deleon Realty 770 Bryant St Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

4 Bedrooms

3 Bedrooms

757 Via Palo Alto Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$1,725,000 (813) 662-6522

22003 Rae Ln Sat/Sun 2-4 Sereno Group

HOME OF THE WEEK

4011 El Cerrito Rd Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,950,000 947-2900

2 Bedrooms Call for price (408) 295-3111

6 Bedrooms 789 Manor Wy Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$4,590,000 325-6161

MENLO PARK 2 Bedrooms - Condominium 2140 Santa Cruz Av #C109 $599,000 Sat 1-4/Sun 1:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker 324-4456

4011 EL CERRITO RD, PALO ALTO OPEN SAT/SUN Custom designed, beautifully landscaped 3 BR, 2.5 BA rustic ranch nestled on a coveted Barron Park double cul-de-sac.

Offered at $2,750,000

3 Bedrooms 1255 Trinity Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 1000 Middle Av Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

Gwen Luce 566-5343

$1,688,000 851-1961 $1,795,000 324-4456

$2,750,000 324-4456

3 Bedrooms

$3,498,000 325-6161 $3,600,000 462-1111 $2,573,000 462-1111 $2,498,000 323-1111

All economic indicators, though not stellar, are positive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The economy is not yet quite in gear, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely an improvement,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Appleton-Young.

California has come a long way since 2009, when distressed sales made up most of total home sales; today, equity sales account for 91 percent of total sales. In Palo Alto, which has seen home prices skyrocket, data from PropertyRadar.com indicates as of Oct. 14, there was only one home in the pre-foreclosure stage, two homes scheduled for auction, and no bank-owned properties (REOs).

Even a gem has its repercussions, said Appleton-Young, because higher home prices are impacting affordability for first-time home buyers. She explained inventory is a major driver of Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

5 Bedrooms

$5,998,000 325-6161

PORTOLA VALLEY $1,895,000 851-2666

Sun 1-4

Sereno Group

$399,000 (408) 335-1400

housing market and right now, there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much of it, especially in Silicon Valley.

Home sales have been flat since the spring of 2014 because inventory is so tight that the strong demand has caused prices to rise higher than they should be, making it near impossible for first-time buyers to enter the marketplace.

Appleton-Young cautioned that the market cannot stay healthy if first-time buyers cannot get into homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are being priced out of the opportunity to grow wealth in their lifetime,â&#x20AC;? she lamented.

California needs 165,000 new units a year to meet the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demographic demand, she added.

Appleton-Young forecasts next year will be more of the same. While forecasters have been expecting interest rates to rise, she believes if they do rise, they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rise by much; in fact, she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if they drop a bit. There will be more sales growth, but she repeated that much will depend on inventory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all going to be about inventory,â&#x20AC;? said Appleton-Young.

Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORSÂŽ. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

2 Bedrooms 1345 Norman St Sat Coldwell Banker

2355

$695,000 851-2666

$1,299,000 324-4456

SUNNYVALE 2 Bedrooms 646 S Ahwanee Te Sun Coldwell Banker

3 Bedrooms

220 Tennyson Av Sun Coldwell Banker

REDWOOD CITY

50 E. Middlefield Rd. #20

1120 Royal Ln Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

6 Bedrooms

140 Durazno Wy $2,295,000 Sun Intero Real Estate Services 206-6200 445 Portola Rd $2,300,000 Sat/Sun 12-5 Intero Real Estate Services 206-6200

1 Bedroom - Condominium

SAN CARLOS

WOODSIDE

3 Bedrooms

MOUNTAIN VIEW

626 Lombardy Wy $3,088,000 Sun 1-4 Stafford & Haight Realty, Inc. 275-3307

2620 Marshall Dr $4,398,000 Sun Coldwell Banker 325-6161 3190 Waverly St $4,198,000 Sun Keller Williams Palo Alto 454-8500

377 Wayside Rd Sun Coldwell Banker

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5 Bedrooms 128 Audiffred Ln $3,295,000 Sun Coldwell Banker 851-2666 37 Upenuf Rd $1,748,000 Sun 1-4 Intero Real Estate Services 206-6200

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Pacific Union, the Bay Area’s leading luxury real estate firm, proudly supports our professionals’ donations to local charities.

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Allied Arts Guild

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation

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Bayshore Christian Ministries

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Ronald McDonald House at Stanford

Children’s Health Council

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Sequoia Hospital Foundation

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Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

St Anthony’s Padua Dining Room

Costano School

Music@Menlo

Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club

Deborah’s Palm

One Million Lights

Village Enterprise Fund

Eastside College Preparatory School

Palo Alto Partners in Education

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monicacorman.com Rarely available four bedroom and four bath single-level home on quiet west Menlo cul-desac. Beautifully remodeled and updated with very large living room, generous master suite, inviting and well-equipped kitchen with breakfast nook, comfortable family room, well designed office, and three additional bedroom/bath suites with doors to a private, sunny garden. The well-landscaped garden has a sparkling pool and fine patio for outdoor entertaining. Close to the elementary and middle schools.

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32 PALM COURT, MENLO PARK

Offered at $3,600,000

Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Sq. ft. and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. Neither seller nor listing agent has verified this information. If this information is important to buyer in determining whether to buy or the purchase price, buyer should conduct buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own investigation. www.PaloAltoOnline.com â&#x20AC;˘ Palo Alto Weekly â&#x20AC;˘ November 7, 2014 â&#x20AC;˘ Page 57

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The top real estate team in the Northern California is also the most fun. DeLeon Realty hopes that you and yours had a wonderful and safe Halloween!

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Designer furniture, surround sound, amazing lighting, and sound proof walls. Frame-less glass Deck makes for unobstructed views of ocean during day, and lights of Monterey and Moss Landing at night. Great commute location. 40 minutes north to Silicon Valley or south to Carmel and Pebble Beach. Quality & Materials you would expect to see in Multi Million Dollar Homes. Simply Stunning! Tennis Courts, Volley ball, Game Room, 24 hour security, spa, are just some of the amenities Pajaro Dunes offers.

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“The Palo Alto Weekly is THE best vehicle to highlight my real estate practice in the mid-peninsula.” – Miles McCormick “With more than $1 billion in Residential Real Estate sales since 1995 and the #1 ranked team at Keller Williams nationally out of 75,000 agents, I know what works. The Palo Alto Weekly is an integral part of my marketing campaigns and custom tailored presentations of homes in the mid-peninsula. In any price range, my clients deserve a first-class presentation. With its high integrity, the Palo Alto Weekly provides this.”

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Town & Country University Ave Caltrain NUMBERS Home: 1,608 Sq Ft Lot: 7,868 Sq Ft SCHOOLS Addison Elementary Jordan Middle Palo Alto High

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140 Lost & Found

Stanford, 285 Santa Teresa St, Nov 8th, 10am-1pm

Found Leatherman on Middlefield Found a Leatherman multitool on Middlefield Road on 10/22 near Hamilton Ave.

215 Collectibles & Antiques

Found light colored cat Found Orange Cat near Gunn High

115 Announcements Pregnant?

Considering Adoption? Call us first.

Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7.

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Thinking of Adoption? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide.

LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions.

866-413-6293. Void in Illinois/New Mexico/Indiana (AAN CAN) Author Event: Ty Cobb’s grandson Dance Expressions Ages 3 - 18 Foothill College Fall Plant Sale

Found: Light Orange Kitty Youngish stray blonde/orange tabby found in the Crescent Park - Woodland Triangle area.

Traumatized and skittish by whatever his ordeal has been and still somewhat undernourished but seems otherwise healthy.

Awkward with other cats. VERY affectionate! Tends to be vocal about missing his people. Smart. Knows how to open an unlatched screen door. Responds to several voice commands such as “stop” and “no” and will walk along side you like a dog if allowed.

Is he yours? If so, please call 650-575-1529 and leave a message include some identifier unique to your cat along with how best to reach you.

Edelstein Bavarian China - $500.00 Green Glass Dishes from the 50’s $175.00

Kid’s Stuff

Hey!, Meet The Swinger Camera! $45.00 or

330 Child Care Offered

Open Studios Allied Arts Guild

Bright Start Child Care!!!

230 Freebies

Mind & Body

Clay Pots - FREE Compost Bin - FREE Platform (or stage) - FREE Used Red Bricks - FREE

240 Furnishings/ Household items

403 Acupuncture

4 Designer Michael Taylor Chairs 4 Stunning Designer Michael Taylor Chairs in great condition! Michael Taylor, as quoted, ““Michael Taylor made decorating history. Whatever he did or didn’t do made news. He changed the way we live. Opened it all up. Aired it out. Declined reverence. Scorned pretense. He gave himself to design with intensity and passion.” Paige Rense, Former Editorin- Chief Architectural Digest - Will Deliver within 150 miles.

new Holiday music

145 Non-Profits Needs

Open Studios, Allied Arts Guild

Dancers Needed

original ringtones

DONATE BOOKS/HELP PA LIBRARIES

Part 2 vaccination webinar

WISH LIST FRIENDS PA LIBRARY

Priory’s David Copperfield

150 Volunteers

Restaurant Job Fair Nov 3rd

Fosterers Needed for Moffet Cats

Stanford music tutoring

FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO LIBRARY

substitute pianist available

Hospice Volunteers Needed

Bookcase - $20

To vaccinate or not?

JOIN OUR ONLINE STOREFRONT TEAM

Screen Door - $60

415 Classes

245 Miscellaneous

Mixed-Level Belly Dance Classes

DirecTV starting at $24.95/mo. Free 3-Months of HBO, starz, SHOWTIME and CINEMAX. FREE RECEIVER Upgrade! 2014 NFL Sunday Ticket Included with Select Packages. Some exclusions apply - Call for details 1-800-385-9017. (Cal-SCAN)

425 Health Services

FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY AFTER SALE

130 Classes & Instruction Airline Careers begin here - Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN) German Language Classes Instruction for Hebrew Bar and Bat Mitzvah.

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

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.HopeStreetMusicStudios.com

For Sale 201 Autos/Trucks/ Parts Ford 2004 Mustang - 2000

202 Vehicles Wanted Cash for Cars Wanted: Vintage convertibles, Mercedes, Porsche 356 Speedster 912 911 Carrera, Jaguar, Alfa, Lancia, Ferrari, Corvettes, Mustangs, early Japanese Cars, Contact 714-267-3436 or michaelcanfield204@ gmail.com Finders fees gladly paid.

(CalSCAN)

210 Garage/Estate Sales

Piano lessons in Menlo Park Experienced piano teacher.

Reasonable rates.

All levels, all ages welcome.

(650)838-9772 Piano lessons in Menlo Park

135 Group Activities 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) Scottish Dancing Palo Alto Thanks St Jude

Mountain View, 3436 Churin Drive, November 8, 10-3 Moving Sale will include bedroom furniture, bedding, entertainment center, kitchen supplies, vacuumn cleaner, golf training equipment, possibly a washer and dryer, jewelry and many other miscellaneous items.

If interested in the furniture, you will need to bring a furniture dolly and a truck!! All items must be bought,sold and taken that day. Only cash will be accepted. All sales are final!!

Mountain View, Flea Market 433 Sylvan Ave., Saturday Nov. 8th, 8-2 Palo Alto, 2670 Cowper St., Nov. 7, 12-6; Nov. 8, 10-4 Palo Alto, 50 Embarcadero Rd., Nov. 8, 9-3

Aloe Vera of America Customers! If you Have Used FOREVER LIVING Dietary Supplement Products Please Call Environmental Research Center Now for Information. www.

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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) Donate Your Car, Truck, Boat to HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. FREE 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care of.

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DISH TV Retailer Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & High Speed Internet starting at $14.95/month (where available.)

SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 1-800-357-0810. (Cal-SCAN)

Treatments for Alzheimers Acupuncturist Jay Wang PhD, specialized in chronical illness for seniors.

Call 650-485-3293 for a free consultation. 747 Altos Oaks Dr., Los Altos

Beautiful ExTra Tiny little baby Beautiful ExTra Tiny little baby-Doll Face Female Yorkie... She is Full of herself...

Great Personality, with that short little nose, short legs , cobby little body, & heavy Black & Gold non-shedding coat...

Dad is Only 2 1/2 lbs. Started on Crate Training.... $850 Cash...

HACHIYA PERSIMMONS - $0.25 each Seasoned, Split Hard Firewood Oak Firewood for sale Cut, split and seasoned $250/cord Please call (650)533-7997 Pick-up and cash only SoleusAir Halogen Heater + More - $39

270 Tickets 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.

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PT to start, becoming FT. $15 per visit. Must have reliable vehicle and be able to work most any time OR day, weekends and holidays. Email resume only.

Must live in my service area, Sunnyvale, Mt. View, and Los Altos or very close by.

Technology Hewlett-Packard Company is accepting resumes for the position of Research Engineer in Palo Alto, CA (Ref. #PALFBAL1). Investigate, design, develop, execute and implement scientific research projects.

Design mechanisms for deployment of cloud services. Mail resume to Hewlett-Packard Company, 3000 Hanover Street, MS 1117, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address and mailing address. No phone calls please.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

Technology TIBCO has the following opportunities in Palo Alto, CA: Sr. Operations Manager, Engineering [Ref PCA82] Design, implement and maintain monitoring systems.

Member of Technical Staff [REF PCA84] Design and develop test plans.

BPM Senior Architect [Ref PCA86] to Lead large implementation projects.

Sr. Support Engineer [Ref PCA87] Support TIBCO ActiveMatrix product set.

Sr. Support Engineer [Ref PCA88] Provide technical consultation.

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Architect/Principal Engineer[Ref PCA89] Design and develop enterprise mobile.

Struggling with Drugs or alcohol? Addicted to pills? Talk to someone who cares. Call The Addiction Hope & Help Line for a free assessment.

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Member Technical Staff [Ref PCA91] Develop the Server features.

Software Engineer /Java Polaris Wireless, Inc. has openings for the position Software Engineer /Java with Master’s degree in Computer, Science, Engineering (any), Technology or related and 1 yr of relevant exp to develop, create and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency using Java based platform and other relevant technologies.

Work location is Mountain View, CA with required travel to client locations throughout USA. Please mail resumes to 301 North Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA-94043, USA or email to dtapia@polariswireless.com.

Senior Member Technical Staff [Ref PCA90] Design, implement, extend, and maintain software.

Database Administrator [Ref PCA92] Perform maintenance activities.

Architect [Ref PCA93] Architectural design and lead implementation of Big data.

Senior Member of Technical Staff [Ref PCA94] Participate and help design, implement software.

Staff User Experience Interaction Designer [Ref PCA95] Design User Experience applications.

Sr. Cloud Operations Engineer [Ref PCA96] Support of production infrastructure.

Mail resume to TIBCO Software Inc., C. Ramirez, HR, 3307 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304. Must include title & Ref# to be considered and have unrestricted U.S. work authorization.

No phone calls, pls.

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560 Employment Information $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. Apply now! www.OneWorldCenter.org 269.591.0518 info@OneWorldCenter.org (AAN CAN) Drivers: Attn: Drivers Average $1000+ p/wk. KW 680’s Arriving. BCBS + 401k + Pet & Rider.

Home For Christmas! Spanish/English Orientation Available. CDL-A Req (877) 258-8782 meltontruck.com/drivers (Cal-SCAN) Drivers: No Experience?

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Let’s Talk! No matter what stage in your career, it’s time, call Central Refrigerated Home. 888-891-2195 www.

CentralTruckDrivingjobs.com (CalSCAN) 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)

Business Services 624 Financial Do You Owe $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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Cook/ Caregiver wanted Cook / Caregiver wanter for 93 year old gentleman in south Palo Alto.

Light housekeeping, shopping and cooking-meal preparation MUST be VERY GOOD COOK Mornings 5 days a week, live in or out call Will 650-862-0753

Trouble with IRS? Are you in BIG trouble with the IRS? Stop wage and bank levies, liens & audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, and resolve tax debt FAST. Seen on CNN. A BBB. Call 1-800-761-5395. (Cal-SCAN)

628 Graphics/ Webdesign

748 Gardening/ Landscaping J. Garcia Garden Maintenance Service Free est. 21 years exp. 650/366-4301 or 650/346-6781 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 Orozco Landscapes All Outdoor Garden Needs Landscape Design/Maintenance Call Lalo (650)387-3981

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.

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

636 Insurance

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Lic. 903303. 650/388-8577

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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

Real Estate 801 Apartments/ Condos/Studios Menlo Park - $4,500 Portola Valley, Studio - $1400/mont

805 Homes for Rent

R.G. Landscape Yard Clean-ups, debris removal, maintenance, installations. Free est.

650/468-8859

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)

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650/207-7703

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Two year lease with one month security deposit. Available immediately. Lynn Levin, Prudential Ca. Realty, BRE#00885447, 510-593-7377 Mt. View, 3 BR/2.5 BA - 3800

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815 Rentals Wanted PA Area: Room Wanted in exchange for child care. Degree in ECE. Willing to work weekends. Will purchase own food. CDL, refs. 650/799-1543

825 Homes/Condos for Sale Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000 Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000 Sunnyvale, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000

840 Vacation Rentals/Time Shares Did You Know 144 million U.S. Adults read a Newspaper print copy each week?

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850 Acreage/Lots/ Storage

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

Shasta County 5 acres — trees, views, dirt road. $5K down, $521.35/mo. (Cash price, $49,500). ALSO 20 acres w/well (OWC).

Owner, 530/605-8857

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 597078 The following person(s)/ entity (ies) has/ have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s).

The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): BLUE WHALE CO. 267 Ballybunion Way San Jose, CA 95116 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 03/30/2010 UNDER FILE NO.: 536120 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S)/ENTITY(IES): JINGDONG LI 267 Ballybunion Way San Jose, CA 95116 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: An Individual.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 1, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 2014) ACME CHILDREN CENTER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 596975 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Acme Children Center, located at 4101 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ACME EDUCATION GROUP, INC. P.O. Box 700189 San Jose, CA 95170 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 September 29, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 2014) ACME LEARNING CENTER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 596977 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Acme Learning Center, located at 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ACME EDUCATION GROUP, INC. P.O. Box 700189 San Jose, CA 95170 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 September 29, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 2014) COMFORT INN PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597069 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Comfort Inn Palo Alto, located at 3945 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JAI JINENDRA INVESTMENTS, LLC. 3945 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05-29-2004.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 1, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 2014) BRITE ENERGY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597327 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Brite Energy, located at 6691 Owens Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588, Alameda County.

The principal place of business is in Alameda County and a current fictitious business name statement is on file at the County clerk-recorder’s office of said County.

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The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): BRITE ENERGY SOLAR, INC. 1035 N. 3rd St., Ste. 101 Lawrence, KS 66044 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 October 10, 2014.

(PAW October 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2014) JJ CPA ACADEMY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597252 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: JJ CPA Academy, located at 535 Arastradero Rd. #201, 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): IL YONG AHN 535 Arastradero Rd. 201 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/04/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 8, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2014) EVERGREEN PARK RESTAURANT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597273 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Evergreen Park Restaurant, 451 California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): EVERGREEN PARK HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC 451 California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 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 October 9, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2014)

Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): DAVID SCHNEIDER 1239 Cedar Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/21/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 21, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2014)

CALIFORNIA SAFARI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597785 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: California Safari, located at 1010 Emerson St., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: Joint Venture.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MLF ASSOCIATES INC. 1010 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 DOME CONSULTING LLC P.O. Box 45392 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/23/14.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 24, 2014.

(PAW Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2014)

MIGHTY STUDIOS MIGHTY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597866 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Mighty Studios, 2.) Mighty Product Development, located at 2509 Emerson 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): TARK ABED 2509 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 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 October 28, 2014.

(PAW Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014)

QUANTUM AGE WATER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 597635 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Quantum Age Water, located at 1239 Cedar Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An

997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 114CV272052 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ALEISTER CAMERON KLINE

THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ALEISTER CAMERON KLINE to ALEISTER CAMERON PAIGE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: March 3, 2015, 8:45 a.m., Room: Probate of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.

A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: October 17, 2014 /s/ Aaron Persky JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2014) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KATHLEEN M. O’FARRELL Case No.: 1-14-PR 175320 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KATHLEEN M. O’FARRELL. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BRENDA MARIE STELLE in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA

CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: BRENDA MARIE STELLE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on December 11, 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/ Tamami K. Hansen Silicon Valley Elder Law, PC 1960 The Alameda, Suite 175 San Jose, CA 95126 (408)248-7878 (PAW Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2014) Civil Code 1988 Notice is hereby given that a public sale of the following described property will be held. The property belonging to Moorman and Company, an Accountancy Corporation was abandoned at: 2370 Watson Ct. Suite 120, Palo Alto.

Inventory to include general office furniture consisting of: a reception desk, modular desk sets, file cabinets/drawer units, cubicle walls and office appliances including a refrigerator, microwave and Bizhub 420 copier. This property will be sold at a public auction located at: 2370 Watson Court, Palo Alto CA 94303 on the following date and time: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 11am.

This notice is given in accordance with provisions of section 1980 et.seq. of the Civil Code of the State of California.

(PAW Nov. 7, 14, 2014)

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Sports Shorts OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Pomona-Pitzer senior outside hitter Allie Frappier of Atherton earned the SCIAC Volleyball Athlete of the Year Award for the second year in a row, it was announced Wednesday by the league office. Frappier, who was a first-team American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III All-American last season, is currently leading the nation in kills per set at 5.39. A year ago, she led the nation (all divisions) with 5.96 kills per set, including a school-record 40 in a four-set win over CMS, which tied the Division III record for kills in a four-set match during the 25-point era. A native of Atherton and a graduate of Menlo School, Frappier attended Yale for two years before transferring to Pomona. She was a secondteam All-Ivy League selection as a freshman in 2011, but did not play as a sophomore due to injury. Also named to the All-SCIAC team was Palo Alto High grad Megan Coleman of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The senior setter made the first team.

Two weeks ago, Coleman was selected by the AVCA as the Sports Imports/AVCA Division III Women’s Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 20-26 . . . Macalester College placekicker Michael Abramson from Menlo-Atherton High has been named Midwest Conference Special Teams Performer of the Week for his role in the Scots’ 34-17 win over 24th-ranked Carroll University on Saturday. Abramson was perfect in the win over Carroll as he connected on four extra-point attempts and a pair of field goals, accounting for 10 of Macalester’s 34 points. Both of his field goals gave the Scots 10-point leads, including a 19-yarder with 4:40 to play in the, making the score 27-17 to give his team a twoscore lead . . . Middlebury College’s Katherine Hobbs of Menlo Park has been named the NESCAC Player of the Week. Hobbs, a graduate of Castilleja, picked an opportune time to score her first career goal. The sophomore’s tally in the 39th minute against Amherst proved to be the game-winning goal as Middlebury knocked off the Jeffs by a 1-0 score in a NESCAC quarterfinal playoff match.

ON THE AIR Friday Men’s soccer: Washington at Stanford, 5 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks High school football: Terra Nova at Menlo-Atherton, 7 p.m.; KCEA (89.1 FM) Women’s volleyball: Arizona at Stanford, 7 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; KZSU (90.1 FM)

Saturday Men’s water polo: Stanford at Cal, 10:30 a.m.; Pac-12 Networks

Sunday Men’s soccer: Oregon St. at Stanford, 3 p.m.; Pac-12 Bay Area

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A No. 1 ranking isn’t goal Cardinal men’s soccer looks to crucial Pac-12 home matches

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nis at age 7. “I don’t let the other player dictate how I play.”

Instead, it was Choy’s patience over Yao’s power that ultimately decided the match as Choy remained unbeaten this season and became the first Sacred Heart Prep player to win the WBAL

tanford men’s soccer coach Jeremy Gunn and his group of hard-working players won’t be letting Soccer America’s latest poll go to their collective heads. There’s still too much at stake.

Soccer America had Stanford ranked first in the nation following UCLA’s loss against California. The Cardinal and Bruins tied, 2-2, two days earlier in Westwood. Freshman Corey Baird scored twice in the match and was named Pac-12 Player of the Week.

Stanford also beat San Diego State, 1-0, on Austin Meyer’s overtime goal. The redshirt senior recorded his second career goal, and his first in two years.

For Stanford’s purposes, Soccer America’s rankings are secondary to the NSCAA, a coaches’ poll.

Stanford (10-2-3 overall, 3-1-3 Pac-12) ranks 10th there.

Perhaps most importantly, the Cardinal ranks sixth in the NCAA RPI, which figures to guide the selection committee when it comes to the postseason.

Being among the top 10 is rare in itself for the Cardinal, which last appeared in the upper echelon in December of 2002.

What Cal’s win did was open a door for Stanford to compete for the Pac-12 title. The Cardinal needs to take care of business this weekend with its final two home matches of the regular season, beginning with Friday’s 5 p.m. match, to be televised by the Pac12 Networks, with Washington (11-3-1, 4-2-1), currently ranked third by the NSCAA and fifth by Soccer America.

The Cardinal has not beaten the Huskies in six years. The last Stanford victory in the series was on Nov. 7, 2008, perhaps a portent for good things Friday.

Stanford, unbeaten in six matches since losing at Washington in early October, can win the conference title by successfully navigating its last three matches.

That’s also the scenario for both the Huskies and Golden Bears.

UCLA, with one match remaining, benefits if the three teams beat each other.

Oregon State (9-6-1, 2-4-1) comes to town for a 3 p.m. match Sunday, when the Cardinal honors its five seniors — Zach Batteer, Matt Taylor, Jimmy Callinan, Bobby Edwards and Meyer — before the contest.

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Sacred Heart Prep freshman Sara Choy returns a shot during her 6-1, 6-1 tennis win over Menlo School senior Elizabeth Yao in the singles final of the WBAL Individual Tournament on Tuesday.

PREP TENNIS

Freshman delivers a TKO SHP’s Choy wins WBAL title; M-A is double trouble in PAL finals

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he singles finale of the West Bay Athletic League Individual Tournament was like a boxing match on Tuesday at Menlo School.

In one corner was Elizabeth Yao, whose heavyweight tennis credentials included winning last year’s Central Coast Section singles crown.

In the other corner was a relative flyweight in terms of size and high school experience, Sacred Heart Prep freshman Sara Choy.

While the size differential was significant — Choy stands only 4-foot-10 and Yao seemed at least a foot taller — the title match proved to be style over substance.

Think butterfly stings like a bee.

“I’ve played in a lot of tournaments,” said Choy, who is ranked No. 13 in the nation in the 14-under division. “I play girls who are older and bigger than me. The bigger they are, the more power they have.”

Menlo-Atherton freshman Lanie Van Linge reached the singles finale at the PAL Individual Tournament on Thursday.

And, as they say, the bigger they are the harder they fall.

That loud thunk at Menlo School was Yao falling to Choy, 6-1, 6-1, as the diminutive Choy registered her third TKO over Yao this season.

“My type of game is counterpunches,” explained the 14-yearold Choy, who started playing ten-

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PINEWOOD SCHOOL

The senior golfer fired a 5-under-par 68 while registering seven birdies to earn medalist honors by one stroke and lead the Titans to a four-stroke victory over rival Palo Alto in the SCVAL Tournament.

The junior running back carried 17 times for 312 yards and scored five touchdowns (and produced 32 points) in a 78-38 victory in a MTAL eight-man football game that moved the Panthers into a tie for third place.

Honorable mention Emma Cockerell Palo Alto tennis

Kirby Knapp* Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Maddy Johnston Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Malaika Koshy* Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Erica Watkins Gunn water polo

Michelle Xie Palo Alto golf

Ben Burr-Kirven* Sacred Heart Prep football

Eli Givens Palo Alto football

Mason Randall* Sacred Heart Prep football

Noah Riley Gunn football

Michael Swart* Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Ari Wayne Gunn water polo * previous winner

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

cess is the great junior program at Palo Alto Golf Course. On any given day you’ll find a bunch of kids over there taking lessons and practicing.”

Castilleja just missed a NorCal berth by taking fourth with 421 strokes. Menlo School was fifth with 425 and Menlo-Atherton seventh with 438.

Menlo freshman Sophie Siminoff was among the leaders with a 72, but missed out by one stroke of advancing to NorCals as an individual. Castilleja senior Chloe Sales shot 75 while Jessica Koenig of Sacred Heart Prep and Jessie Rong of Menlo carded 77s. Abbey Pederson led Menlo-Atherton with a 79.

Girls volleyball Menlo-Atherton successfully defended its PAL Bay Division title with a 25-11, 25-16, 25-11 victory over visiting Sequoia on Tuesday night. The Bears improved to 13-0 in league (24-3 overall) with only Thursday’s match against visiting Woodside remaining. M-A went into the Sequoia match holding a two-game lead over Burlingame, and came away with a relatively easy vic-

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tory after the team’s went to five sets in their first meeting. Senior Devin Joos produced 15 kills and 21 digs while hitting .310 for the Bears. Ally Ostrow finished with 16 kills and 11 digs and hit .500.

Alexa Roumeliotis had 16 digs, Kaitlin Tavarez 12 and setter Kirby Knapp had 11 digs plus 47 assists. The Bears served up 10 aces and hit .400 as a team with only eight hitting errors.

“My girls knew that they would clinch the league,” said M-A coach Ron Whitmill. “And, since we’ve already beat Burlingame twice, we really clinched it the match before.

“I think the big motivating factor last night was we knew last time we played Sequoia we didn’t have a very good match. And we weren’t playing very good volleyball by our standards the first half of league play.”

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singles title since Sam Rosekrans accomplished the feat nine years ago.

Choy’s goal was simple in the final.

“I wanted to qualify for CCS,” she said.

And? “I wanted to win it,” Choy added, with a big smile.

The key to the match was “returning her serves,” Choy said.

“Her serve is one of her strong points.”

Choy kept returning shots while Yao got frustrated and tried to force the issue, which usually resulted in forced errors. “”It’s frustrating when you play someone who gets everything back,” said Menlo coach Bill Shine. “She (Choy) doesn’t miss.

She gets to everything. It’s frustrating (to opponents). She’s really a good player. She’s not afraid to win. She’s not intimidated. Here’s a freshman playing a senior, the defending CCS champ, twice her size.”

It made no difference to Choy, who swept through all four tournament matches while dropping only four games combined.

“She’s probably the best player ever to come through Sacred Heart Prep,” said veteran SHP coach Losaline Mafileo, who can’t remember any previous player finishing the regular season undefeated — certainly not a freshman.

Choy’s third win over Yao, the two-time defending WBAL singles champ, was the most impressive.

“This is probably the only match in league that challenges her,” said Mafileo. “The confidence is there.”

Choy’s victory gives her an automatic berth into the CCS Individual Tournament, which runs Nov. 24-25. Yao will have to receive an at-large bid in order to defend her title.

Also qualifying for CCS was Menlo’s doubles team of sophomore Alice Yao and freshman Kathryn Wilson, who bounced teammates Mia McConnell and Sadie Bronk in the title match, 6-3,

7-6 (8-6). McConnell and Bronk also will have to receive an atlarge bid to qualify for CCS. Yao normally plays No. 2 singles for Menlo while Wilson is a member of the No. 3 doubles tandem. McConnell and Bronk, meanwhile, make up the Knights’ No. 1 doubles duo.

In the third-place singles match, Julia Owens of Pinewood dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Vi-Van Nguyen of Notre Dame-San Jose.

At the SCVAL El Camino Division Individual Tournament at Mountain View High, Palo Alto’s Avanika Narayan was second in singles while teammates Maddie Lee and Halle Biorn finished fourth in doubles.

At the Peninsula Athletic League Individual Tournament at Burlingame High, MenloAtherton was well-represented in the finals on Thursday. Freshman Lanie Van Linge reached the singles finals following a pair of 6-0, 6-0 wins on Wednesday. In the doubles, it was an all-Bears affair with Sami Andrew and Julia Marks taking on teammates Julia Chang and Taylor Noble.

The winners will advance to the CCS Individual Tournament. Before that happens, the team event will take place starting next week.

The CCS seeding meeting will be Saturday, which may be as competitive as the tournament.

“Saratoga is unbeaten and has to be the favorite,” said Shine. “After that, there are six teams that have a chance. We could be seeded No. 2 or seeded sixth.”

Menlo compiled a 16-4 record this season while winning its 19th straight league title under Shine.

Palo Alto, however, also went 16-4 while winning the SCVAL El Camino Division crown and Menlo-Atherton put together a 16-6 mark and won the PAL Bay Division with a 14-0 record. Sacred Heart Prep also has a shot at making the field with a 15-6 record.

“This tournament is going to be exciting,” said Shine, whose team reached the CCS and NorCal finals last season before losing to Monta Vista. “It’s the first time in a long while that more than two teams have a chance. I predict there will be a lot of 4-3 matches, mark my word.” Q

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by Keith Peters he golf season continues for the Palo Alto and Gunn girls, which is a very good thing with two championships remaining on the schedule.

Both squads will be competing at the 15th annual NCGA/ CIF Girls Golf Championship on Monday at The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch in Salinas after highly successful efforts at the Central Coast Section finals on Tuesday as Rancho Canada (East Course) in Carmel Valley.

Palo Alto senior Michelle Xie successfully defended her individual title while helping her team finish third. Gunn advanced to Monday’s next stop by taking second.

Xie earned medalist honors with a sizzling 5-under-par 67, two shots lower than what she shot last year while helping her team win the title. This time, the Vikings finished third with a 410 total, one stroke behind runner-up Gunn while St. Francis took the team crown with a 385 score.

Xie made the most of her final opportunity in the section finals by holding off Katherine Zhu of Harker (69).

Xie, who started on the 10th hole, was 5-under on the back nine before shooting even-par on the front. On the par-5 18th hole, Xie stuck her approach shot 2-3 feet from the hole and made the putt for an eagle.

“It was going to be tough to beat St Francis, they are just to loaded with good players this year,” said Paly coach Doyle Knight. “I was excited for the girls making it to NorCals again. They have worked really hard this year.”

Gunn senior Anna Zhou, who won the SCVAL Tournament last week, was six shots back of Xie and tied for sixth with a 1-over 73. The Titans also got a 79 from freshman Lydia Tsai, an 80 from Lianna McFarlane-Connelly an 87 from Tiffany Yang, and 90 from Margaret Redfield for a 409 total.

“Tough, windy conditions at Rancho Canada today,” said Gunn coach Chris Redfield. “I am very happy with the way the Gunn girls played. Great poise.”

Palo Alto kept its season alive with a 76 from Emily Hwang, an 82 from freshman Stephanie Yu, an 89 from Elise Kiya and a 96 from Celia Willner.

“Pretty cool to see both Gunn and Palo Alto advancing again to NorCals,” Redfield added. “One of the secrets behind all this suc-

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SHP freshman Sara Choy (right) is congratulated by Menlo School senior Elizabeth Yao following their WBAL singles final.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Gunn girls, Paly boys race to titles

SHP plays for PAL Bay title

Titans defend team title despite dealing with death of classmate

A win over Burlingame also will send Gators to CCS Open Division

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he Gunn girls successfully defended their title and the Palo Alto boys moved up two places and claimed a championship, as well, at the SCVAL El Camino Division Championships in cross country on Tuesday at Crystal Springs in Belmont.

Meanwhile, Gunn junior Gillian Meeks won her first individual title and Palo Alto senior Lucas Matison won his second straight crown to pace their teams.

All in all, it was a championship day all around for the Gunn and Palo Alto programs, with all four varsity teams qualifying for the Central Coast Section finals Palo Alto senior Lucas Matison (far left) and sophomore teammate Kent Slaney (behind Matison) on Nov. 15 at Toro Park in Salinas. finished first and seventh, respectively, at the SCVAL El Camino Division Championships on Tuesday.

The day was especially meaningful for all the Gunn teams, will run Division I with Gunn at which competed despite dealing CCS, with the top three teams adwith the tragic death of a school- vancing to the CIF State Meet.

The Paly girls finished third mate earlier Tuesday morning.

“It was an extremely difficult with 72 points as junior Bryn and emotional day,” said Gunn Carlson finished sixth in 19:16.1 coach PattiSue Plumer, “but the and sophomore Maddie Feldmeier was ninth in kids were simply 19:58.1 to pace the amazing. I am very, Vikings. very proud of them In the boys’ race, and, not just beMatison was just cause they ran fast. a second slower They ran for each than his winning other and supported time from last year each other. I really while clocking don’t have any other 15:31.2. His time way to describe it.” ranked No. 3 on Plumer had no the day in the comidea how her athbined standings, letes were going to as Chris Foster of perform after they Los Gatos won the had learned of one De Anza Division of their schoolmates finals in 15:10.7 dying early in the and Steve Sum of morning.

Saratoga was next The Titans, howin 15:14.0. ever, put the tragedy Paly sophomore behind them — at Kent Slaney was least for the moment Paly’s Bryn Carlson seventh in 16:19.6, — and performed well beyond Plumer’s expecta- sophomore Naveen Pai was 11th in 16:39.0, senior Aaron Chan- Gunn senior Emily Aiken was tions for the day.

Gunn junior Gillian Meeks won In the girls’ race, Meeks cruised dler (16:56.5) was 17th and junior second in 18:20.1. her first league title. to victory over the rolling 2.95- Sam Desre (17:06.4) was 22nd to mile course in 17:32.1. It was her wrap up the Vikings’ title with 58 tough season leading up to leagues day, also at Crystal Springs, with due in large part to injury. Kent varsity races going off at 3 (boys) second-fastest time on the course points.

The Gunn boys were second Slaney was out with a broken toe and 3:30 p.m. (girls). The Sathis season. Her 17:30 on Oct. 15 ranks as the fastest girls’ time with 72 points as Reid Kovacs led for most of the season, Lucas bat- cred Heart Prep boys look to be the way in 10th (16:37.5). Team- tled some tendinitis and a few of favored for team and individual there this season.

Senior teammate Emily Aiken mates Ryan Araghi (16:43.5), my other boys dealt with injuries honors with senior Daniel Hill was second in 18:20.1, sophomore Jonas Enders (16:43.8) and Josh throughout the season. Everyone leading the way.

The Menlo School girls, meanIlli Gardner was seventh (19:27.2), Radin (16:47.6) finished 13th, came ready to run (Tuesday) and junior Maya Miklos 11th (20:14.5) 14th and 15th, respectively, while there were outstanding perfor- while, aren’t expected to defend their team title but Lizzie Lacy and freshman Emma Chiao 14th Dylan Latham-McGraw wrapped mances across the board.

“Our main goal going into CCS will take a shot at individual hon(20:27.1) as the Titans scored 35 up the scoring in 20th (17:05.8).

“It was a great day for the Paly is to continue the trend of running ors after finishing second last points, six less than last year’s cross-country teams,” said Paly personal-best times and, if we hap- year. title-winning team.

The rolling course in Belmont Combining the De Anza and coach Kelsey Feeley, a former pen to be one of the three teams El Camino Divisions, Meeks still standout runner at Gunn. “Both that makes it on to the state meet, will host the PAL Championships on Saturday, as well, with the ranked No. 1 while the Titans of the boys teams were league it will be the icing on the cake!”

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by Andrew Preimesberger lot more will be at stake than just the PAL Bay Division football title when Sacred Heart Prep visits Burlingame on Friday night in a showdown between unbeaten teams.

Both squads will bring 8-0 records into the 7 p.m. kickoff, with the winner automatically advancing to the Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs.

The Gators enter the game ranked No. 2 in the Division III North football game rankings, according to CalHiSports. SHP played in that division last year when it reached the state finals.

While playing in the Open Division is quite an undertaking for SHP, players like senior Ben BurrKirven welcome the challenge.

“I don’t mind playing with the big boys,” he said.

Sacred Heart Prep has won the past two CCS Division IV titles and is 33-3 since the start of the 2012 season.

SHP is coming off a 31-21 victory over visiting Menlo-Atherton last week as junior quarterback Mason Randall threw for 235 yards.

Menlo-Atherton (1-2, 2-6) will host Terra Nova on Friday at 7 p.m.

In the Mission Trail Athletic League eight-man action, Priory will visit Pinewood on Friday (2:30 p.m.) to wrap up the season. Priory (4-2) is coming off a 52-12 loss to Trinity Christian while Pinewood (4-2) thumped North Valley Baptist, 78-38, as junior running back Aidan Lucero rushed 17 times for 312 yards and scored five touchdowns. Lucero, however, dislocated his right should in practice on Tuesday and won’t play Friday.

Gunn (1-3, 1-7) will host Mountain View on Friday (7 p.m.) for Senior Night after posting its first victory of the season over Lynbrook, 28-19. Gunn quarterback Noah Riley threw three touchdown passes to Guy Kasnik to lead the victory. Riley was just 4-of-8 for 134 yards, with Kasnik accounting for every one of them.

Kasnik caught scoring passes of 18, 37 and 62 yards.

Palo Alto (2-2, 3-5) will host powerhouse Milpitas on Friday (7 p.m.) in a must-win game for the Vikings, who are coming off a 55-26 win over Santa Clara.

Menlo School (1-2, 4-4) will host Sequoia on Friday (2:45 p.m.). The Knights dropped a 5635 PAL Bay Division decision to host Terra Nova last week. Q

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California a week from Sunday.

The Cardinal ranks eighth in the nation in assists per game (2.07) and 16th in total assists (31). Jordan Morris and Eric Verso lead the way, each averaging 0.42 per game, among the top 32 in the country.

Morris, who has missed three games because of a commitment to the U.S. national team program, has 12 assists in 33 career games, almost double any other current Cardinal.

Stanford is 7-0-4 in its past 11 games at home dating to last season, and 16-7-5 at home under Gunn.

Batteer has a point in five of his past six matches after recording one point in his first eight games of the season. He’s the Cardinal’s active career leader in both goals scored (19) and points (45).

volleyball and stop playing good enough to win,” Whitmill said.

“So, the team felt like they had a little something to prove to Sequoia. And gearing up for playoffs, we have stopped looking at scoreboards and our record and started to just focus on playing good volleyball every point. And I think our results since they have changed focus have been great.

Hopefully it’s enough to take us deep into the postseason. If nothing else, it will get us as far as we’re supposed to go.”

In the West Bay Athletic League (Foothill Division), Menlo School remained tied for first place with Harker following a 25-21, 25-13, 21-25, 25-17 victory over host Mercy-San Francisco on Tuesday.

The Knights (8-1, 18-14) got 16 kills from Lida Vandermeer plus 41 assists and nine kills from fellow senior Elisa Merten. Jessica Houghton produced 20 digs with Kristin Sellers adding 15. Payton Mack and Ashley Dreyer combined for seven blocks.

Menlo went after a share of its third straight league title against visiting Castilleja on Thursday.

The Knights can win the title outright if Sacred Heart Prep upsets Harker.

Harker (8-1) was coming off a 25-11, 25-21, 25-23 win over Castilleja (1-8, 13-20) while Sacred Heart Prep (4-5, 17-12) posted a 25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 25-16 victory over visiting Notre Dame-San Jose. Victoria Garrick had 22 kills and 13 digs while fellow senior Natalie Marshall produced 42 assists. Kendall Reich had 13 kills with 17 digs and Mamie Caruso added 23 digs.

In Portola Valley, Priory wrapped up its season on Senior Nighty with a 25-17, 19-25, 25-11, 25-21 loss to visiting King’s Academy. Seniors Anna Brett and Jane Ross led the Panthers with 10 kills

Women’s volleyball Top-ranked and undefeated Stanford hosts Arizona on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in another Pac-12 Conference test.

The Cardinal (23-0 overall, 13-0 Pac-12) took care of business Wednesday night with a victory over Arizona State and is four matches short of matching the program’s best start (27-0 in 1991).

The Wildcats (18-6, 7-5) won 14 of their first 15 matches, including their first three conference matches. They own road victories over Kansas State, UCLA and Utah.

Arizona, which has not beaten Stanford in seven years, is hitting .244 as a team and lead the conference in digs (16.52).

Stanford and Washington appear to be headed for a showdown in Seattle on Nov. 26, the only meeting of the season for the two powerhouses.

The Huskies are also undefeated this year and ranked second behind the Cardinal.

Even before that match, though, Stanford goes on the road to play at USC and UCLA in a rare Wednesday-Thursday schedule next week. Stanford is in the midst of playing five matches within 11 days.

Junior setter Madi Bugg, sixth on Stanford’s alltime assists list, leads the nation with 12.07 assists per set while redshirt freshMadi Bugg man middle blocker Merete Lutz leads the country with a .468 hitting percentage. Junior middle blocker Inky Ajanaku is No. 3 nationally with a .462 attack percentage.

Inky Ajanaku recorded three of Stanford’s final five points as the topranked Cardinal staved off visiting Arizona State’s upset bid Wednesday. make waves this year.

The men enter the meet ranked 10th by collegeswimming.com, while the Badgers are 16th. The women are ninth, while Wisconsin is No. 23.

Palo Alto grad Andrew Liang heads the list of rookie for the men’s side. He is joined by fellow CCS champion Curtis Ogren, Patrick Conaton, who participated in the Youth Olympics over the summer in China, Liam Egan, Sam Perry, Wesley Olmstead, Brock Turner and diver Ted Miclau.

The women loaded up on talented, highly decorated freshmen with the likes of Sacred Heart Prep grad Ally Howe, Simone Manuel, who can boast of wins over Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin, Janet Hu, Lindsey Engel, Gracia Leydon-Maloney, Alexandra Meyers, Heidi Poppe and diver Sammy Gallagher.

Field hockey No. 4 Stanford looks to extend its 11-game winning-steak and claim the conference tournament title this weekend at the NorPac Championship, hosted by Pacific.

The Cardinal (17-1, 4-0 NorPac West) will be pursuing a singleseason best at the tournament after matching the program-high of 17 over the weekend with a 2-1 victory against UC Davis.

Stanford’s defense has been dominant, limiting opponents to one or fewer goals in 17 of 18 games. Dulcie Davies has been terrific in goal and is ranked first in the NCAA with a 0.67 GAA and .836 save percentage.

Stanford’s offense has produced three or more goals in 11 of 18 games. Alex McCawley leads the team offensively with 32 points and 14 goals, while Maddie Secco boasts a team-high eight assists.

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at least one goal.

Jessica Chisholm scored the game-winning goal against the Tigers, with a hard shot off a penalty corner in the 48th minute.

Fran Tew scored the first goal of the game. It was Tew’s fifth score on the year, matching her career high from a year ago.

The Cardinal improved to 26-2 in NorPac regular-season play under head coach Tara Danielson.

Stanford plays the winner of Thursday’s match between UC Davis and Pacific. The championship game will take place Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Men’s water polo Nationally No. 2 Stanford (19-3, 5-1 MPSF) heads to Berkeley for the Big Splash against No. 5 California (20-4, 4-2 MPSF) on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., in a match televised on the Pac-12 Networks.0 Stanford is off to its best start since starting 20-2 in 2009. A win Saturday would give the Cardinal 20 wins for the 29th time in its history, the eighth time under head coach John Vargas and for the second season in a row.

Stanford’s 11-10 come-frombehind victory in last season’s event ended a two-match Big Splash winning streak for Cal and nudged the Cardinal ahead 8-7 in the series since the Steve Heaston Trophy was established for the winner. Saturday will mark the third meeting of the season between Stanford and California, with the Bears holding a 2-1 edge.

Stanford junior Bret Bonanni was named MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week for the Cardinal’s victory over Long Beach State.

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and 21 digs, respectively. Ross added five aces. Senior Liz Schilling returned to the court after being sidelined seven weeks and produced nine digs and three aces.

Setter Nadia Faisal contributed 23 assits and seven digs with Samantha Sargent adding eight kills.

In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Palo Alto avenged its loss to former head coach Dave Winn by beating his Mountain View squad, 25-23, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-7 on Tuesday. The Vikings improved to 3-8 (17-11 overall).

Boys water polo Menlo School got four goals from Chris Xi while cruising to a 20-8 victory over Sequoia in the PAL playoffs at Burlingame High on Tuesday. The Knights (19-6) had 13 players score, with Eric Luxenberg scoring three times.

Menlo played in the semifinals on Thursday, as did host MenloAtherton. The playoff finals are Saturday at Burlingame at 6:30 p.m.

The West Catholic Athletic League playoff finale will be Saturday at Bellarmine Prep at 7:30 p.m.

Girls water polo Castilleja got six goals from senior Anna Yu in a 14-2 victory over Sequoia in the second round of the PAL playoffs on Tuesday at Menlo School. The top-seeded Gators (16-5) also got three goals from Celia Aldrete and two from Maddie Macdonald while goalie Maddie Tarr had 10 saves.

In another second-round match, No. 2 seed Menlo-Atherton moved on to Thursday’s semifinals at Woodside with a 10-1 romp over Half Moon Bay. Freshman Nadia Paquin scored six goals and sophomore Annabelle Paris added two for the Bears (11-12), which got 12 saves from goalie Francesca Gilles. The playoff finals will be Saturday at Burlingame at 5 p.m.

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Castilleja senior Anna Yu poured in six goals to pace the Gators to a 14-2 victory over Sequoia in the second round of the PAL playoffs.

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4103 OLD TRACE RD $11,888,000 www.4103OldTraceRoad.com Beautiful 1.03 Acres Palo Alto rare Zoned R-E Density Residential. Opportunity to build your own special project. New Price!

HUGH CORNISH 650.619.6461

hcornish@cbnorcal.com CalBRE #00912143

CalBRE #01001476

1010 SHARON PARK DR $3,998,000 8LMW QEKRM½GIRX LSQI SJJIVW E KVERH PMZMRK room, 2 family rooms, mstr bdrm w/ amazMRK ZMI[W SJ PEOI [IWXIVR LMPPW 8VERUYMP

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ZACH TRAILER 650.906.8008

www.ZachTrailer.com CalBRE #01371338

CalBRE #00856563

63 S PALOMAR DR $3,250,000 Close in country retreat, 6yr new, luxury deXEMPW 0I'SVRYI MR JEFYPSYW OMXGLIR 3YXHSSV IRXIVXEMRMRK [MXL ZMI[W WYRVMWIW

GWEN LUCE 650.224.3670

gluce@cbnorcal.com CalBRE #00879652

PORTOLA VALLEY | OPEN SUNDAY

JEAN & CHRIS ISAACSON 650.387.8427

jisaacson@cbnorcal.com

CalBRE #00542342/01754233

377 WAYSIDE RD $1,895,000 Approached through a dramatic redwood GER]SR XLMW FIEYXMJYPP] VIQSHIPIH WMRKPI PIZIP 2BD/2BA home rests in a sunny woodland setting of aprx. 1.5 ac.

204 UNIVERSITY DR $3,498,000 &6 &% LEPJ&% ` 7* ` 7* 0SX 2); 46-') 2I[ 'SRWXVYGXMSR MR 1IRPS 4EVO 8VEHMXMSREP EVGLMXIGXYVI QIIXW QSHIVR LMKL IRH ½RMWLIW

PALO ALTO | OPEN SAT & SUN

REDWOOD CITY

SHAWNNA SULLIVAN 650.325.6161

ROD CREASON 650.325.6161

rod@rodcreason.com CalBRE #01443380

MENLO PARK | OPEN SAT & SUN

MENLO PARK

WENDI SELIG-AIMONETTI 650.465.5602

737 WESTRIDGE DR $7,795,000 7TIGXEGYPEV ZMI[W SJ ;MRH] ,MPP *YPP] VIQSH 4bed/4ba expanded country estate with 7TERMWL ¾EMV -RGP HVEQEXMG 06 (6 GLIJ ´W OMXGL VIG QIHME VQ

LOS ALTOS | OPEN SAT & SUN

4011 EL CERRITO RD $2,750,000 Custom designed 3 BA, 2.5 BA rustic ranch with beautiful drought-tolerant landscaping RIWXPIH SR E GSZIXIH &EVVSR 4EVO HSYFPI cul-de-sac!

WOODSIDE | OPEN SUNDAY

ERIKA DEMMA 650.740.2970

edemma@cbnorcal.com CalBRE #01230766

www.lorendakin.com CalBRE #01030193

1645 JAMES AV $1,298,000 Elegant remodeled Craftsman-style home [MXL PEVKI STIR ¾SSV TPER

128 AUDIFFRED LN $3,295,000 This beautifully updated 5BD/3BA home is WMXYEXIH SR E UYMIX GYP HI WEG [MXLMR [EPOMRK distance to town. The best of California MRHSSV SYXHSSV PMZMRK

DOWNTOWN PALO ALTO | OPEN SUN, 1-4PM

TERRI COUTURE 650.917.5811

www.TerriCouture.com CalBRE #01090940

101 ALMA ST #1201 $2,100,000 8LMW MRGVIHMFPI &6 &% GSRHS SJJIVW E ZMI[ SJ XLI &E] %VIE XLEX [MPP XEOI ]SYV FVIEXL E[E] )RNS] JEV VIEGLMRK ZMWXEW JVSQ 7ER *VERGMWGS XS 7ER .SWI

SUNNYVALE | OPEN SUNDAY

REDWOOD CITY

LOREN DAKIN 650.714.8662

789 MANOR WY $4,590,000 Beautiful new construction! Outstanding custom built with great attention to detail.

Completed basement w/ bedroom suites and pre-wired home theater

GORDON FERGUSON 650.325.6161 CalBRE #01038260

646 S AHWANEE TERRACE $607,000 *IEXYVMRK GVS[R QSPHMRK FIEYXMJYP KVERMXI GSYRXIV XSTW RI[ PMKLX ½\XYVIW KPEWW FEGOWTPEWLIW ERH RI[ ZERMXMIW GEV KEVEKI FEGO]EVH FEPGSR]

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