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Vol. XXXVI, Number 7
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November 21, 2014
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2014 Holiday Gift Guide Transitions 18 Eating Out 30 Movies 34 Puzzles 56
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Q Arts Four comedians take ‘Walk of Shame’ tour
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Q Home Professorville: historic and well-located
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Q Sports Stanford soccer teams in NCAA active
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Upfront
Local news, information and analysis
Page Mill-Oregon, Foothill expressways eyed for changes County looks at installing new signals, reconfiguring ramps to ease traffic jams by Sue Dremann ome of the most dangerous to head off major traffic problems and congested sections of for the next 25 years on all of the Oregon Expressway/Page county’s expressways. Santa Clara County Roads and Mill Road from Alma Street to Foothill Expressway are being Airports officials held two meeteyed for redesign to improve bike ings in Palo Alto this week on the and pedestrian safety and ease Oregon-Page Mill expressway, traffic backups. The project is which extends from U.S. Highway part of Santa Clara County’s Ex- 101 to Interstate 280. The 2040 project proposes pressway Plan 2040, which seeks
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modifying the Alma Bridge over Oregon, improving the Interstate 280/Page Mill interchange, improving the Junipero Serra Boulevard and Page Mill intersection and reconfiguring the U.S. 101/ Oregon/Embarcadero interchange so traffic doesn’t back up onto Oregon. The county recently installed new traffic signals and improved bike and pedestrian safety along Oregon from West Bayshore Road to Bryant Street, but many of the
most troublesome spots remain to the west. Project engineers unveiled preliminary proposals for the 4.7-mile expressway at a dropin session on Monday. The Alma Bridge, which has four ramps, would be widened to six lanes to add new traffic signals and left-turn lanes that would feed traffic onto two new clover-leaf on-ramps. Two existing ramps to and from Oregon would be eliminated. At the intersection of Page Mill
and Junipero Serra/Foothill Expressway, either an underpass or overpass would be built. “It is the third worst in the entire county expressway system in terms of traffic delays,” Dawn Cameron, county transportation planner, said Monday. In one of three preliminary concepts, Page Mill would be trenched underneath Foothill. Bike and pedestrian lanes could (continued on page 16)
ELECTION 2014
Wolbach edges out Kou for fifth council seat Legislative aide joins Holman, Scharff, DuBois and Filseth on the City Council by Gennady Sheyner
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Urban tree climber Iron worker Zeferino Plancarte aligns steel column cages as they are set into place by a crane at the construction site at 135 Hamilton Ave. under a backdrop of cloudy skies on Nov. 19. A fourstory commercial and residential building is under construction.
EDUCATION
Preparing for the unthinkable School district maintenance foreman develops emergency-response system
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n the event that a shooting were to take place at one of Palo Alto Unified School District’s 17 campuses, teachers would follow a long-held safety procedure: Rush to tape a colorcoded piece of paper to the outside of their classroom doors to indicate the safety or lack thereof inside the room (green means “all are safe and accounted for,” red means “immediate help is needed”); close the doors (they lock from the outside); turn off the lights and gather quietly with their students to wait for law enforcement to arrive. They might think to call 911; they might not. To Mike Jacobs, a Palo Alto parent and longtime Palo Alto Unified maintenance employee,
by Elena Kadvany this process is archaic, inefficient and unsafe. “In a day and age like today where we have so much technology at our fingertips, it’s not practical,” Jacobs said. “We can make these (procedures) so much better.” And so, this spring, Jacobs founded Safeguard School Systems, hoping to bring school safety into the 21st century with the invention of a device that streamlines communication in the event of an on-campus emergency. The Safeguard Notifier, a discreet, small black box that Jacobs hopes will be mounted outside classrooms above their doors, is equipped with a small LED light to replace the color-coded
card system. It similarly flashes green if all inside are safe; blue if not everyone is accounted for (for example, a student may have gone to the restroom before the campus lockdown began); red if assistance is needed. The red light is accompanied by a loud Piezo horn that can immediately alert law enforcement where they need to go first. The second the device is activated — teachers do this with the push of a single button on a key fob that they can hang from a lanyard or key chain — multiple things happen. A call is automatically placed to 911. The door is locked with a 1,200-pound elec(continued on page 12)
ory Wolbach, a legislative and Eric Filseth, were elected to aide for state Sen. Jerry the council on Nov. 4. Incumbent Hill, has edged out emer- Councilwoman Karen Holman, gency-preparedness leader Lydia who was endorsed by the group, Kou for the fifth contested seat in easily won a second term on ElecPalo Alto’s heated City Council tion Day, ensuring that the counrace, according to the final bal- cil’s slow-growth wing — which lot count from the Santa Clara also includes Greg Schmid and, at times, Pat Burt — will have a County Registrar’s Office. The count, which was released louder voice next year. But Monday’s result means that Monday evening, includes the last of the 14,000 provisional ballots the group’s victory, while solid, is that the registrar had been tallying not overwhelming. Wolbach will for more than a week. Though the join re-elected incumbent Greg results fluctuated slightly in the Scharff as the two candidates not final days of the count, with Kou affiliated with the slow-growth faction. In an interview picking up a few dozen this week, Wolbach told votes, Wolbach consisthe Weekly that he wasn’t tently maintained a lead that surprised that the fiof more than 100 votes nal result came down to and finished 135 votes the wire. ahead — 8,235 votes to “We knew it was likeKou’s 8,100. ly going to be a close A resident of Palo election for someone. It Verde, Wolbach ran on turned out to be a close a platform that includes expanding the city’s Cory Wolbach one for me,” Wolbach said. “I’m definitely extransportation services, relaxing laws for construction of cited to be elected.” Wolbach said that given the granny units on large lots, creating more specific-area plans to wide range of people who won determine land uses for different the election, there isn’t a clear neighborhoods and making the mandate from the voters about civic discourse more civil. He policies. There is, however, a clear was the youngest of the 12 coun- mandate about “the need to better cil candidates and the only one af- include the residents of Palo Alto filiated with the group Palo Alto in discussions about planning for Forward, a nascent organization our quality of life and future,” he that advocates for better options said. “I have always rejected, and I for housing and transportation. Kou is a member of Palo Altans think the electorate rejected, the for Sensible Zoning, a group that idea that this election is about one was formed last year in opposition slate versus another,” Wolbach to a housing development on May- said. “Given that two people from bell Avenue and supports slow- one supposed slate and three from growth policies. Two other members of the group, Tom DuBois (continued on page 15) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 5
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To love our neighbors, we must know our neighbors. —Samina Sundas, of American Muslim Voice Foundation, on why she is organizing an Eid Festival in December. See story on page 13.
Around Town
GOT LIGHTS? ... The City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) announced Monday the installation of smart solar streetlights along El Camino Real as part of a six-month pilot program. The city has partnered with Petra Systems, a global technology provider for renewable energy, and will evaluate the performance and impact of the technology. Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules were installed near the top of the light poles last week along El Camino Real between Embarcadero Road and Serra Street. The project essentially transforms the streetlights into power generators, with each unit generating the equivalent of energy that would be consumed by two regular streetlights. The extra energy produced is injected into the city’s power grid. The system also features an LED light controller that allows the city to remotely turn lights on or off, as well as flicker a specific light to help direct emergency-response personnel when needed, according to the press release. The controller network can also notify the city of a malfunctioning light by sending a message with the type of malfunction and its location. Utilities staff invite community feedback on the lights through an online survey at surveymonkey.com/s/PET_Petra. THE CATS ARE ALL RIGHT ... It was two burglars who made the news, but a house cat has captured all the headlines. Palo Alto police on Wednesday posted a video of the Tuesday burglary of a Palo Alto home, recorded by a surveillance camera, which shows a Siamese cat peering at the front door as two men break in. Local news editors took it from there, framing the story variously: “Camera catches cat watching men break into home,” “Burglars enter, cat runs” and “Palo Alto Burglars Caught On Camera Breaking Into Home, Spooking Cats.” What? No headlines about cat burglars? Watch the video by going to YouTube.com and searching for “Palo Alto Police Department.” DIGITAL LEADER ... For the second year in a row, Palo Alto has been named a “Leading Digital City” by the Center of Digital Government, a national research institute focused on information technology policies in state and local government,
according to a city press release. The award recognizes cities that use information technologies in new ways and demonstrate improved interaction between city staff, community members, businesses and visitors. “Every department across our city organization has made significant contributions to this recognition,” Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental said in a statement. The award was based on Palo Alto’s adoption of cloud-first and mobile-first approaches to implementing new technology, the offering of more than 50 online services, its comprehensive use of social media and online tools to support and promote community and civic engagement, and innovative approaches to public-private tech partnerships, such as the Palo Alto Apps Challenge, and programs such as Pulse Point and Buildingeye, according to the announcement.
ARTFUL PROCESS ...The public is invited to view and contribute to the creative process as artists Lauren DiCioccio and May Wilson begin their residency as part of the Palo Alto Art Center’s Artist-In-Residence program this month. DiCioccio and Wilson will be working in tandem and using a wide range of fabric donated by the public to create a series of sculptures at their workshops in Room F4 at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road. The two artists will be working Sundays and Mondays from noon to 4 p.m. through Dec. 15. The artwork will be displayed at the Palo Alto Art Center’s Glass Gallery from Jan. 17 to April 12. LOCAL BEAUTY ... Gunn High School graduate Kirsten Baird will be participating in the 2014 Miss Teen Oakland/San Jose Pageant on Sunday, Nov. 23. The Palo Alto resident is competing in the 7- to 19-year-olds division, going up against other contestants in modeling routines, including casual and formal wear, and interviews capturing personality. Baird will be vying for thousands of dollars in prizes and gifts, as well as the chance to represent Oakland and San Jose at the national competition in Orlando, Florida. Baird is seeking sponsors to help fund training, rehearsals and other expenses. Q
Upfront EDUCATION
Gunn student, former teacher call for more balanced academic culture Campaign offers six steps for concrete change by Elena Kadvany
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Gunn High School student and former teacher brought to the school board Tuesday night a rallying cry to create a healthier, more balanced life for Gunn’s 2,008 students and teachers. Sophomore Martha Cabot and Marc Vincenti, who taught English at Gunn from 1995 to 2010, have launched the grassroots campaign, dubbed “Save the 2,008,” in response to two recent student deaths and a resulting community conversation about intense academic culture in Palo Alto. Both have spoken out passionately in recent weeks on the topic — Cabot in a YouTube video that immediately went viral and Vincenti in a guest opinion piece published in the Weekly. During an open forum at the school board’s meeting Tuesday night, Cabot and Vincenti offered “six steps to sanity at school” to improve the culture at Gunn, from banning students’ use of cell phones on campus to cutting the number of progress reports from
12 to four per year. “Our proposal is born of the life in Gunn’s classrooms, the way that students actually live out their daily lives, and is meant to be practical, to do no harm and to possess a broad appeal — to students, teachers, administrators and parents — and thus offer us all a way to move forward together,” Cabot told the board. “We aren’t here as leaders,” Vincenti said. “We hope to withdraw after simply placing this proposal in the community’s hands, as if we were leaving a baby swaddled in warm blankets on the doorstep of good people, people of means.” Vincenti and Cabot called for classes to be downsized until each student feels “less invisible.” “College and high school students report that ‘seeing me as a person’ was what made their best teachers the best,” Cabot said. They also suggested the creation of a confidential website, which they call “ClockTalk,” where teachers and students can
“Why rightsize course loads?” Vincenti said. “Because the costs of multiple APs include more stress; more anxiety over grades; less sleep (which can cause depression); more drugs to stay awake; less time to connect with teachers and classmates; losses in social, family and cultural life; damage to 12 of the 41 Developmental Assets.” (Developmental assets are values, relationships and behaviors that enable young people to develop into successful and contributing adults; they have been adopted as a framework by Palo Alto’s youth well-being collaborative, Project Safety Net, and others.) And instead of 12 progress reports per year, they propose shrinking that to four, because “every new grade report, including the ones online, is an injection of stress,” Cabot said. They also called for an end to the prevalence of cheating, urging the district to implement clearer rules and consequences, as well as look to other schools for best practices on reducing academic fraud.
compare notes on minutes assigned and minutes worked on homework. Before school is out for the day, teachers would input the amount of minutes assigned for their classes. That night, students can provide direct feedback, selecting “it took me exactly that time,” “it took me more time” or “it took me less time.” Use of such a website would be optional, but, “Build it and they will come,” Vincenti predicted. Cabot and Vincenti also touched on an increasingly sensitive nerve for Palo Alto students and parents: an apparent pressure to take more AP courses than is necessary and the resulting stress such a load can cause. “Students and parents headed for multiple APs will hit a flashing yellow light,” Cabot said. This will be a “written memo of understanding that spells out benefits and costs” that students, parents and counselors should be required to go over together and sign.
The pair’s fourth step diverges from academics: banning students’ cell-phone use during the school day. Vincenti characterized the constant “pins and needles” students are on because of their cell phones, whether it’s waiting for a text from a friend or worrying about checking online grades before their parents do. The district adopted a new cell-phone policy this summer, requiring students to turn off their cell phones in class unless teachers allow them for instructional purposes. “We laid this baby on your doorstep,” Vincenti concluded. “We’re ringing the doorbell. We’re praying.” Since their comments were made during open forum, the board did not respond, but President Barb Mitchell asked that Vincenti email the information they presented to the board. Read more about the campaign online at savethe2008.com. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.
LAND USE
Sunset Magazine campus in Menlo Park could be sold Time Inc. is hiring local real estate agent for properties on Willow Road
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hat will be, will be. That philosophy has a certain logic for Jim Cogan, the Menlo Park official responsible for economic development in the city. He will be taking a laissez-faire attitude if Time Inc. decides to sell its properties at 80 and 85 Willow Road, home to Sunset Magazine since 1951. The possible sale was announced last week. Asked if he would advocate to keep Sunset in Menlo Park, Cogan was brief. “The short answer is ‘No,’” he said. “I’m a big proponent of allowing the market to do what the market needs to do. “Of course, it would be a loss to Menlo Park from a cultural significance standpoint, and it is a great community builder,” he added. From Mayor Ray Mueller, the news elicited a mixture of sadness and resolve. “If they leave, I just think it’s a tremendous loss for the city,” Mueller said. “Obviously we’ll make ourselves available to see if there’s anything we can do to keep them staying, but it’s very concerning.” Sunset’s employees were informed of the situation on Nov. 7,
Jill Davison of Time Inc., Sunset’s parent company, told the Almanac. The company is in the process of engaging a local real estate agent, Davison said. Time Inc. has no plans to sell either Sunset Magazine or Sunset Publishing Corp., she said. The 7-acre property — a 5-acre parcel and a 2-acre parcel across the street from each other at Willow and Middlefield roads — is zoned C-1 for administrative and professional offices. With a sale would come property reassessment at current market rates and an increase in property taxes. “Not to be too cold, but when the property turns over, it will be a big property tax bump for the city,” Cogan said. As for buyers, among “the usual suspects” would be developer Roxy Rapp, who owns property nearby, the Sobrato Organization and Google, “which seems to be buying everything,” Cogan said. “I’d love to see maybe a cool restaurant,” he said. “The city manager is always telling me we need a movie theater in town. ... I would not be interested in having housing there.” Whatever happens, the devel-
oper will face a demanding process for any project that involves demolishing buildings, according to two commercial real estate agents. But both predicted that the current buildings will go. “It’s one story, and there are all those gardens around it,” said a broker familiar with the area and who requested anonymity. “It’s a gorgeous piece of property. ... It will really be interesting to find out what the city wants there and what they will allow.” “These places would be phenomenal if they could be developed,” the broker said, adding that any project that increases population density would need neighbors’ approval. Menlo Park residents “don’t want change,” the broker explained. “If Silicon Valley moved to Wichita, Kansas, it would please Menlo Park tremendously. ... The City Council and the people in the neighborhood will have a heavy hand as to what goes in there. “Change is going to happen whether you like it or not,” the broker said. “Managed change should be a positive.” Almost certainly, a prospective buyer would propose changing
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Time Inc., the owner of Sunset Magazine, is considering the sale of the property at 80 Willow Road that has been home to the magazine since 1951. the commercial zoning to allow residential construction, because that “drives the highest price,” said Sam Wright, a senior vice president for Cassidy Turley Commercial. Wright has sold several commercial properties in Menlo Park, including the Roger Reynolds nursery, he said. “Menlo Park real estate is at — or near — an all-time high and doesn’t appear likely to change in the near term,” he said. A Menlo Park address carries real prestige, but the city is “difficult” in terms of getting permission to build, he said. “A difficult entitlement environment does depress the value of a piece of property,” he added. In 1951, Sunset moved from San Francisco to its landmark campus in Menlo Park. In 1952, locals Bill and Mel Lane took over company operations from
their father, Laurence W. Lane, who had bought the magazine for $65,000 in 1928, when it was a fledgling travel magazine. After looking at several locations in the Bay Area — “Hillsborough wouldn’t have us,” said Mel Lane — the Lane family settled on Menlo Park. Sunset was one of the first tenants in the city’s innovative garden office zone, established under Mayor Charles Burgess, according to a 1998 Almanac article by Marion Softky. “There were no electric signs, no commercial retail and no manufacturing. It was perfect,” Mel Lane said. Residential architect Cliff May designed his first commercial building to resemble an early Spanish ranch home. Set on 5 (continued on page 14)
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Upfront
Plan for dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real revs up Palo Alto concerned about county proposal’s impact on traffic by Gennady Sheyner
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controversial proposal by Santa Clara County to create dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose is back on the table, despite strong concerns from local officials that the lanes will only increase traffic congestion. The Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is analyzing the highly controversial “dedicated bus lane” alternative in its environmental analysis for a project it calls “Bus Rapid Transit.” The goal of the project is to improve bus service on the 17mile corridor between downtown Palo Alto and San Jose and get more people to switch from cars to buses by making them more plentiful and efficient. The decision to study this configuration comes despite a strong preference by Palo Alto officials for an alternative in which buses continue to travel in the right lane and bus stops are enhanced with amenities. The dedicated-lane option would instead designate the left lane in each direction solely for buses, leaving two lanes for cars. In June 2011, VTA officials indicated at a study session that the right-lane option, known as “mixed flow,” is the preferred one in Palo Alto, even as other communities would get dedicated bus lanes. Since then, the city has been corresponding with the VTA and urging the agency to conduct further analysis on the mixedflow option. On Monday night, the council learned that the dedicated-lane plan is once again being considered for nearly the entire El
Camino stretch, Palo Alto’s reservations notwithstanding. Furthermore, because El Camino Real is a state road, the city may not have the power to prevent the shifting of two central El Camino Real lanes to bus-only use. The VTA does, however, plan to solicit cities’ opinions as to whether they would like to remove parking spots on El Camino to create bicycle lanes, John Ristow, the VTA’s director of planning and program development, told the council Monday. The Bus Rapid Transit project, Ristow said, would support the investments made by the city and private developers in the El Camino corridor and would serve as a “catalyst” for the Grand Boulevard Initiative, a regional effort aimed at transforming the congested artery into a more inviting destination for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as encouraging people to switch from cars to buses. “To us, it’s really the objective and purpose of the project to improve that transit choice and in so doing ... we really want to have a project that provides a terrific travel option that’s competitive with the automobile option,” Ristow said. The buses would run people back and forth every 10 minutes and connect work places, schools and entertainment centers, he said. The VTA estimates that its average number of weekday boardings could increase from 12,512 in 2013 to 14,588 in 2018 even without the project. With the mixed-flow option, the ridership would jump to 15,303, while the dedicated-lane option would boost
ridership to 18,616. By 2040, the projected ridership for the two design options would jump to 22,228 and 30,336, respectively. The current plan calls for having four bus stations in Palo Alto: near the University transit center, at Embarcadero Road, at California Avenue and at Arastradero Road. It would cost about $233 million to implement and require an annual operating cost of $12.9 million. The mixed-flow alternative for the entire corridor would cost $91 million to build and would come with an annual operating cost of $21.6 million. The county is estimating that having dedicated lanes would reduce the time it takes buses to travel from Palo Alto to San Jose from the current level of 85.2 minutes to 48 minutes. The time it takes to travel from the north end of Palo Alto to the south would shrink from 22 minutes to 9.8 minutes, according to VTA’s analysis. The time it takes to travel the 17-mile corridor by car is expected to go up from 40 minutes to 43.7 minutes. Though both the dedicatedlane and the mixed-flow alternative are being evaluated, VTA officials noted in the presentation that “operationally, dedicated lane is superior to mixed flow” and that car-travel speeds would be “minimally affected.” Many cars, Ristow noted, would be diverted to other routes, modes and times. For Palo Alto officials, that’s part of the problem. According to Chief Transportation Official Jaime Rodriguez, the dedicated lane would cause many people to switch from El Camino to Alma
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TRANSPORTATION
The Bus Rapid Transit system could change El Camino Real in one of two ways: a “dedicated-lane” configuration would only allow buses in the left-hand lanes; a “mixed-flow curb lane,” which is Palo Alto officials’ preferred option, would allow buses and cars in the right-hand lane. Street, prompting Alma to plummet to the Level of Service F, the lowest possible score for ease of travel. The impacts are expected to be particularly severe on intersections of Alma with Churchill Avenue, Charleston Road and Meadow Drive. “Traffic will divert from El Camino to get to parallel streets,” Rodriguez said, adding that the proposal seems “really bad for Palo Alto.” “It seems we’re much better off with it ending at Showers,” he added, referring to Showers Drive in Mountain View, where the dedicated lane was expected to terminate under the original proposal. Ristow said staff decided to analyze stretching the dedicated lanes all the way to Embarcadero in response to a suggestion from Mountain View. The presentation did little to sway Palo Alto council members from their prior position. Councilman Greg Scharff expressed frustration about the fact that VTA staff didn’t clearly spell out the different consequences of having dedicated lanes go to Embarcadero and having them stop at Showers. He also noted that it was his understanding, based on prior meetings and correspondence, that the VTA was giv-
ing “no serious consideration” to having dedicated bus lanes in Palo Alto. The inadequate information makes it difficult for the council to determine its next actions, which could include forming a committee and gearing up for a legal battle to oppose the county’s drive to convert lanes. Vice Mayor Liz Kniss, who served on the county’s Board of Supervisors before rejoining the council in 2012, wondered what influence, if any, the city will have on the final decision, given El Camino’s status as a state road. Ristow said the final project will be proposed by the VTA and would require approval from the state Department of Transportation (Caltrans). “We are not the governing board,” Kniss said. “Regardless of our comments, the decision will be made by Caltrans.” Palo Alto’s planning staff plans to draft a letter stating the city’s concerns about the project and bring it to the council for approval on Jan. 12, just before the Jan. 14 deadline for commenting on the project’s Environmental Impact Report. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Fatal shooting by police officers may not have been recorded Menlo Park police who shot Jerry Lee Matheny are identified by Sandy Brundage
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nly two of three Menlo Park police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a burglary suspect on Nov. 11 were wearing body cameras. One camera may have been turned on after the shooting, and one may have been left off, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. The shooting occurred on Willow Road, near Willow Place, in Menlo Park. Only two cameras have been submitted to the DA’s office, which is conducting a standard review of the shooting. The third
officer’s camera had been turned in for repairs, so he was not wearing one, the district attorney said. The police department identified the officers last week as Sgt. Jaime Romero and officers Scott Mackdanz and Nicholas Douglas. All three are on paid leave, as is department policy, Police Chief Bob Jonsen said. Sgt. Romero has been an officer for 18 years, Officer Mackdanz for 16 and Officer Douglas for 11. The attorney representing Romero said his camera was turned on at some point, but she didn’t know what was recorded. “I haven’t had the chance to re-
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view the footage,” Alison Berry Wilkinson said. The three officers were involved in a foot chase along Willow Road after an employee reported spotting a suspected burglar near 64 Willow Place. Jerry Lee Matheny, 52, of Riverside County, fled as police arrived. According to the report, he pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officers after they attempted to stop the pursuit with a Taser. Romero told his attorney that he heard a shot and then returned fire. All three officers fired their guns, Wagstaffe said. The crime lab has not yet determined wheth-
er Matheny had shot at them. The district attorney said his office will not be releasing further details until the investigation is concluded in four to six weeks. At the time of the shooting, Matheny was wanted by the state for parole violation related to drug charges and also had two counts of felony commercial burglary and one count of identity theft pending in San Mateo County. He had been a suspect of thefts from Palo Alto companies in October, when someone allegedly posed as an information-technology worker to gain entry.
The Menlo Park police department declined to state whether anyone had reviewed the camera footage before turning it over and referred all questions to the District Attorney’s Office. The department began using body cameras, which must be activated manually, in late 2013. Department policy requires that all on-duty contact with citizens be recorded but does allow exemptions for urgent, dangerous situations where the officer’s safety is jeopardized. Q Almanac Staff Writer Sandy Brundage can be emailed at sbrundage@almanacnews.com.
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Upfront INFRASTRUCTURE
Palo Alto officials defend City Hall remodel
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ive months after Palo Alto officials approved a $4.3 million renovation of City Hall, council members made a public case for why the project was necessary. Striking a somewhat defensive tone, several members of the City Council lamented the fact that the ambitious project became a political flashpoint during the recent election, with some members of the community criticizing the expanded scope and increased price tag of the project. The renovation, which includes a large new public room adjacent to the City Hall lobby and the refurbishment of two existing conference rooms on the ground floor, was approved on June 16 on the council’s consent calendar, with no debate or discussion. The project faced public scrutiny later in the summer after the Weekly wrote about its expanding scope and after some council members expressed surprise about how the project had morphed over the years from a simple renovation of a conference room to a complete overhaul of the ground floor. The Monday
by Gennady Sheyner night discussion was prompted by requests from Council members Karen Holman, Greg Schmid and Pat Burt for a public explanation as to why the project was necessary. City Manager James Keene told the council that the renovation “is a great project and is long overdue.� He also said the 45-yearold building urgently needed the upgrade and that the project approved by the council has “thoroughly vetted over the years.� “It’s very easy to question why you should invest in City Hall, but design does matter,� Keene wrote. “This first floor is dead space. It is unwelcoming and ineffective — unwelcoming for the public and for the staff who supports the council and the public.� He also said that the council currently “doesn’t have a good place to meet,� aside from its spacious and formal Council Chambers. The existing conference room, where local commissions and council committees often gather, is cramped and has an outdated air conditioning system that blasts cold air at participants. The council discussion has been
delayed for months because of packed agendas, and by the time the council took up the item late Monday night, the Council Chambers were mostly empty. Some members questioned whether the discussion is even worth having. Councilman Greg Scharff noted that the council didn’t get a single email about the City Hall renovation from the public before this week’s meeting (even though councilman-elect Tom DuBois wrote to the council, requesting that the item be placed higher on the agenda). Councilman Larry Klein provided a brief history of the various City Hall renovations approved by the council over the years and asserted that the city had followed all the proper procedures in pursuing the project. He called the Monday discussion “an exercise of bad procedure.� “Let’s get real. Any time that the Palo Alto Weekly runs a story, we’re supposed to bow and immediately take it up? I don’t think we should do it as a policy, particularly when we did it in accordance with procedures,� Klein said.
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Council members make a case for why the project was approved in June
The revamp of Palo Alto’s City Hall will include renovation of the lobby, with a digital media art display on a large wall near a new glass-walled meeting room. Mayor Nancy Shepherd, who did not prevail in her recent bid for a second term, also characterized the City Hall renovation as a non-issue. “I’m sorry the Palo Alto Weekly had to do an article on it,� Shepherd said. Shepherd also lamented the way the City Hall project became a “political volleyball during the campaign� because of the large amount of money being spent. Scharff agreed and called it a “shame� that this “good project really got caught up in the campaign.� But Burt and Schmid both argued that while the project has many merits, it’s important to inform the public about it. Schmid
said Keene’s presentation about the project is “effective for the public to hear.� “You’re talking to a group that spends maybe too much time in City Hall,� Schmid said. “Together on consent we can say that this building needs it. It’s sometimes good to do it in public so people can say, ‘There are four other things you can do with $4 million.’� Burt agreed and said it’s a “responsible exercise for this to be done publicly.� In a community space like City Hall, he said, the council owes the public “greater accountability.� Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
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Upfront 17 sites throughout the Bay Area rely on donations and volunteers to provide shelter and support. There are numerous ways to help out this holiday season including hosting a “party with a purpose,” decorating a shelter and more. Visit www.ivsn.org/donate/ holiday-giving/. For additional information, contact Nathan Porras at nporras@ivsn.org or call 650-685-5880. Second Harvest Food Bank: The Second Harvest Food Bank provides food for nearly 250,000 people every month, many of whom are children and seniors. The organization partners with nonprofit agencies at more than 770 sites to distribute food. The Holiday Food and Fund Drive raises nearly half of the organization’s revenues each year. People can donate to Second Harvest Food Bank or host a food and fund drive. Visit www.shfb. org or call 866-234-3663. Anyone in need of food can call the hotline at 800-984-3663. Ronald McDonald House at Stanford Wishing Tree: The Ronald McDonald House at Stanford provides a place for children and their families to stay while kids receive treatment for life-threatening illnesses at local hospitals. Every holiday season, the house creates hundreds of paper ornaments, each listing an item needed for the House or a family. The House will send labeled ornaments to those who choose to participate. Gifts are requested for babies, kids, teens and parents, in addition to household or Happy Wheels cart items.
COMMUNITY
How to share the holiday spirit Local nonprofit organizations seek donations, volunteers
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hile for many the holidays are a time for belly-filling meals, giftgiving and cheer, there are some local families who strain to buy extra food and gifts. A number of organizations are working to make this holiday season brighter for those in need, and they depend on donations and volunteers from the community to make it all possible. Here is a partial list of Palo Alto-area nonprofits seeking help. Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto: The Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto mails checks to individuals and families in need during the holidays. The recipients are referred to the bureau by social service agencies, schools and other community agencies. Recipients are Palo Alto residents and families with children at schools in the district. To make a donation, visit www. christmasbureauofpaloalto.org/ donate/ or send a check to Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto, P.O. Box 51874, Palo Alto, CA 94303. All checks must be made out to “The Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto.” Community Services Agency: Mountain View-based Community Services Agency provides safety-net services, operates a food pantry and collects holiday toys for low-income and homeless
by Jennah Feeley residents of Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and the surrounding area. During the holiday season, the organization asks community members to host food and toy drives. Monetary donations are also accepted, and abundant volunteering positions are available. For the volunteer schedule, visit ow.ly/Ezblk and then contact Alison Hopkins at ahopkins@ csacares.org or call 650-9464630 to schedule. To make a donation, volunteer or organize a toy or food drive, go to csacares.org. Non-perishable food donations may be dropped off during business hours at 204 Stierlin Road, Mountain View. Downtown Streets Team: The Streets Team organization is dedicated to diminishing homelessness by getting men and women off the streets and regaining their self-sufficiency and dignity. The organization’s annual meal, the IVSN Shelter Network Estelle Chalfin Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner, will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church, at 555 Waverley St., from noon to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Volunteers are needed to prepare food at home and on location, help serve and clean up after the meal. Food donations are also accepted.
Recipes, food lists and more information can be found at streetsteam.org/thanksgivingmeal/. To RSVP, contact Eileen Richardson at paloaltothanksgiving@gmail. com. To donate to Streets Team, visit streetsteam.org/donate/. Ecumenical Hunger Program: The Ecumenical Hunger Program is an East Palo Alto nonprofit organization that provides food, clothing, household items, case management services and more to families in need. During the holiday season, the program provides families in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Palo Alto food for Thanksgiving and toys for Christmas. The private organization depends on donations from the community for their Teen Gift Program and Holiday Food Box Distribution. To donate, contact Lakesha Roberts at lakesha@ehpcares.org or 650-323-7781. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Akala Francis at akala@ehpcares. org or 650-323-7781. InnVision Shelter Network: InnVision Shelter Network (IVSN) helps homeless families regain permanent housing with “Beyond the Bed” services that have a 90 percent success rate for program graduates to regain permanent housing and selfsufficiency. The organization’s
To participate, contact Erica Lee at elee@ronaldhouse.net or call 650-470-6011. The gift dropoff deadline is Thursday, Dec. 18. For more information, visit ronaldhouse.net/whatwedo/wishing_tree.php. St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room: The Padua Dining Room serves more than 500 hot meals daily all year long and close to 900 during the holiday season. A full Thanksgiving meal will be served from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 27. A feast will also be served from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Christmas Day. In addition to providing meals, the Padua Dining Room teams up with Menlo Park and San Carlos firefighters in a toy giveaway on Christmas Eve. Starting at 8 a.m. parents can come pick up toys for children under 14. All programs rely on donations from the community. Food (especially frozen turkeys), new unwrapped toys and cash donations help to make these efforts possible. Volunteers are also invited to lend a hand. For more information or to make a donation, visit paduadiningroom.com. Q If there is a Palo Alto-area organization whose holiday efforts should be added to this list, email ssciolla@paweekly.com for consideration. To provide year-round help to local organizations that serve kids and families, consider making a donation to the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund. See page 37 for information. Editorial Intern Jennah Feeley can be emailed at jfeeley@ paweekly.com.
DEVELOPMENT
Plan calls for demolition of two one-story buildings, construction of four-story development by Gennady Sheyner
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proposal to demolish two stout commercial buildings at the heart of University Avenue’s commercial district and replace them with a four-story development is meeting a mixed response from the community, with some downtown residents saying that the new 50-foot building will damage their quality of life, and others arguing that it’s exactly what the city needs to bring more vitality to the area. The proposal by property owners Jamie and Elizabeth Wong calls for replacing two one-story buildings at 429-447 University Ave. with a development that would include retail on the ground floor, offices on the second, three apartments on the third and a mix of residential and commercial space on the fourth. Designed by prolific architect Ken Hayes, the new building will have a “cubic framework” and a terrace on the fourth floor that will set it further
back than the bottom three stories. City planners noted in the report while the building will be taller than most others in the neighborhood, the building’s frontage on University Avenue is “compatible with the urban context.” Many
‘The first offense was the hideous Cheesecake Factory building.’ —Becky Baer, Lytton Avenue resident neighbors disagree. Some have submitted comments arguing that the proposed building is too tall and would result in severe traffic problems. The proposal comes at a time when the city is struggling to contain downtown’s parking problems and preparing to unveil a Residential Parking Permit Pro-
gram that will restrict workers’ ability to park in residential areas. Linda Anderson, a resident of Bryant Street, called the Hayes proposal “one more assault on the downtown quality of life that already has been seriously eroded by development ‘exceptions’ causing what may or may not be ‘unintended consequences.’” The new building would go up on the corner of University and Kipling Street. The buildings slated for demolition currently include the store Design Within Reach and the craft-and-jewelry boutique Shady Lane, as well as former sites of yogurt shop Red Mango and clothing store Fashion Passion. Becky Baer, who lives on Lytton Avenue, wrote that over the years, she and her neighbors “have witnessed an alarming transformation of our beloved downtown area.” “The first offense was the hideous Cheesecake Factory build-
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Mixed-use proposal for University Avenue meets mixed response
A four-story development proposed for University Avenue would include retail on the ground floor, office space on the second, three apartments on the third and a mix of residential and commercial space on the fourth. ing, which in no way reflects the style of the area,” Baer wrote. “The current proposal ... is another nail in the coffin. Already there is inadequate parking for the buildings in existence.” The sentiment is far from unanimous. The city has received comments from several residents, including developers, voicing support for the project. One was local attorney John Hanna, who wrote that the new project “is exactly what we need more of in downtown Palo Alto.” “We need more residential (space) downtown to make it pos-
sible for people to live and work in town (as opposed to commuting), and we need more parking downtown,” Hanna wrote. “This project fulfills both of those needs, and ... adds to the tax base and improves the aesthetics of that corner considerably.” The city’s Architectural Review Board was set to comment on the Environmental Impact Report for the project on Thursday but decided to continue the item to a future meeting. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
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tromagnetic door locking system (that weight is the minimum). Schools can opt to have cameras installed in classrooms; if so, they are also instantaneously activated to provide first responders realtime monitoring. “To think that we can close the door, turn off our lights, lock everything up and act like no one’s home and think that that’s sufficient enough, it’s not,” Jacobs said. “What we’re doing is we’re leaving our law enforcement professionals in the dark. When they arrive at the scene, they don’t know what to do. There’s no communication. They don’t know if the shooter is in a room; they don’t know if the folks in the classrooms are OK.” Jacobs, a father of three young children, said in the wake of the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, he felt compelled to do something to improve school safety. “I just thought to myself, ‘Something’s got to change,’” he said. So Jacobs, a maintenance/operations foreman with expertise in the electrical field, invented the simple emergency-response device. He has spent time talking to local law enforcement, teachers, administrators and students about what they would like to see in such a system to ensure it meets all of their needs. “What are the challenges that they’re facing? What are some of the things they don’t like about the procedures that are in place? One of the common problems that teachers have with current procedures is that they do have to run to the door and lock the door themselves,” Jacobs said. Jacobs is continuing these dis-
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Mike Jacobs, a facilities employee with the Palo Alto Unified School District, demonstrates at Ohlone Elementary School on Nov. 17 how his emergency response system, the Safeguard Notifier, can display three different LED lights that are used in different situations. cussions and said he’s meeting with a recently retired Bay Area police chief next month to discuss a potential partnership. Much of Safeguard’s work is also informed by a 2004 school safety report issued by the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education on preventing school violence. A major takeaway from the report is that schools should no longer approach school safety passively, said Safeguard partner and advisory board member Robert Gonzalez. Gonzalez, a corporate recruiter and father with a military background, is a longtime friend of Jacobs. He said knowing Jacobs as someone who works passionately with and for youth, from participating in youth outreach programs to working with troubled teenagers, made him immediately want to join the Safeguard team. “Eventually, when a teacher communicates the condition of their room, that specific condition notification will reach the 911 dispatch level,” Jacobs said. “Dis-
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NOTICE OF A DIRECTOR’S HEARING To be held at 3:00P.M., Thursday December 4, 2014, in the Palo Alto City Council Conference Room, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Go to the +L]LSVWTLU[ *LU[LY H[ /HTPS[VU (]LU\L [V YL]PL^ ÄSLK documents; contact Alicia Spotwood for information regarding business hours at 650-617-3168. 3864 Corina Way {13PLN-00274]: Request by Helen Koo for an Individual Review to the construct a new 3,043 sq. ft. twostory residence with an attached two-car garage on a vacant lot in the R-1(8,000) zoning district. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15303. 3832 Grove [14PLN-00241]: Request by Yi-Ran Wu on behalf of Santa Ana Investment LLC, to demolish and existing one story residence and Single Family Individual review approval of a new two story residence with an detach garage. Zone District R-1
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Hillary E. Gitelman Director of Planning and Community Environment
patch can then communicate those conditions to officers without even having to speak to teachers directly. Those officers will also be able to log into our software directly from their squad cars and make risk-informed decisions with realtime visuals into each area. The more confusion that we’re able to eliminate, the less time an attacker has to hurt someone.” The company has yet to officially approach Palo Alto Unified, or any district, to roll out the Safeguard Notifier. The company is still “in the seed stage of the seed stage,” Gonzalez joked, and struggling to find funding. “We want to take this and we want to be able to productize it,” Gonzalez said. “The major hurdle that we’re having right now is investors.” The company launched an ambitious crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo early last month, hoping to raise $150,000 by Dec. 5. The funds would help the company expand its hardware and software capabilities and pay for a pilot installation at a Bay Area school, a test they want to do free of cost but which would involve costs for manufacturing, installation, operating, permits and more. Jacobs and Gonzalez see themselves as pioneers in the still emerging field of school-safety technology. Across the nation, some companies and schools have looked at implementing automated communication systems. Just this week, 20 public schools in New York tested out a system that links school radios, phones and mobile devices to emergency-dispatch systems and allows school officials to instantly share video, audio or other data with law enforcement. Other organizations are checking out smartphone applications that target emergency response. But Jacobs and Gonzalez see Safeguard Notifier as a more comprehensive, all-encompassing system, and they said they are ready to roll it out so that kids are as safe as possible. “We want to take this (to schools),” Gonzalez said. “It’s real. ... We want to bring it out to the market and make it a reality for schools.” Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.
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POSADA ... For the third year in a row, the residents of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park will host a community Christmas Posada celebration with food, dancers, music and, of course, the candlelit procession. The 400-year-old Mexican folk celebration has origins dating to the Aztec winter solstice and Spanish Christian traditions. It commemorates holy couple Mary and Joseph’s search for a place to birth the baby Jesus. Posada takes place on Dec. 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. and includes the procession, Barron Park donkeys Perry and Niner, Raices de Mexico folkloric dancers, a piñata for children and Posada food — tamales, posole soup, warm punch and pan dulce (sweet bread). This year’s Posada could be the last if the mobile-home park’s 400 residents are evicted to make way for new construction. The event is open to Palo Altans of all ages, religions and cultures. Organizers ask that people RSVP with the number of attendees by Nov. 29 to winterdell@earthlink.net. The Posada is hosted by the Buena Vista Mobile Home Residents Association with support from Friends of Buena Vista. The Posada will be canceled if it rains.
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Samina Sundas helps Darrow Hornik put on ornate earrings and other jewelry and clothes, which Sundas was sharing with Hornik and her friend Karisa Galindo (not pictured) in advance of the Eid Festival that Sundas is organizing for Dec. 12.
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A holiday to build ‘a beloved community’ Eid Festival brings together residents for Muslim celebration of peace and sharing by Sue Dremann American Muslim Voice ll great religions encourage their fol- Foundation, of which Sundas is lowers to love their the founding executive director, neighbors,” Evergreen Park resi- is sponsoring the festival. The dent Samina Sundas said of the City of Palo Alto is a co-sponsor teaching most often expressed through a $1,000 Know Your during the Thanksgiving and Neighbors grant. Sundas said she hopes the festiChristmas season. But “to love our neighbors, we must know our val will attract 200 people. She has sought to build a community culneighbors,” she added. This holiday season, Sundas ture of hope, inclusion and peace is inviting her neighbors and any since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Palo Altan who would like to join Each year she has held interfaith in a celebration to make good on and intercultural dinners at her that idea. On Dec. 12, Sundas will home, as well as workshops and host the Eid Festival, the Muslim events she calls “peace picnics.” Her goal, she said, is “to move celebration of spreading happiness and love all around, at Lucie Stern people from fear to friendship.” The Eid festival (pronounced Community Center ballroom. The festival will include a EEd) is a chance for people to exfree gourmet Pakistani dinner, perience Islamic culture, Sundas desserts from around the world, said. Formally called Eid ul-Fitr, ethnic dress, henna art painting, the celebration takes place after Nasheed spiritual singing and a Ramadan, the Islamic month of photo booth where people can fasting, prayer and introspection. have their picture taken dressed At the end of Ramadan and before the Eid celebration begins, in ethnic attire.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MIDTOWN ... This year marks the Midtown Residents Association’s 20th anniversary. Palo Alo residents formed the organization after the Midtown Shopping District on Middlefield Road fell into disrepair. Following an initial meeting at a delicatessen, organized by Debbie Mytels, residents put pressure on city leaders to help revitalize the commercial district, founding member Sylvia Gartner wrote in the association’s fall newsletter. By the third meeting, the group had attracted 20 stalwarts. “We all threw some cash on the floor of the meeting room. I gathered it up and opened a checking account. And so began MRA,” she wrote. The association’s achievements include: the addition of murals in the neighborhood; installation of Matadero Creek sidewalk railings and bathrooms at Hoover and Seale parks; creation of Scott Meadow at Greer Park; the added bear-family sculpture in Hoover Park; establishment of a city requirement for ground-floor retail in the business district; participation in the Matadero Creek Remediation Project; and launch of emergencyservices volunteer teams. Q
Wardah Chowdhry applies a henna tattoo to Karisa Galindo during a sneak peek Thursday of the upcoming Eid Festival. Muslims pay a small amount to charity, called Zakat-ul-Fitr, as a token of thankfulness to God for helping observe fasts and for purification from indecent acts or speech. “People are required to give a special charitable donation to people who can’t afford nice things, such as clothing and shopping money,” she said. “Before you go to the mosque, you eat something, then go and pray. Then you hug each other three times and say, ‘Happy Eid,’” she said. Celebrants return home to share food and exchange gifts and sweets for three days. Although Eid does not tradi-
tionally fall around Christmas and Hanukkah — in 2014 it began on July 28 — Sundas hopes that introducing the celebration around the Christian and Jewish holidays will help people to see that Muslims also practice loving their neighbors. At a time when extremists are spreading terror and hate, building that kind of understanding has become even more important to Sundas. “Since 9/11, everyone thinks that Muslims are terrorists or are oppressed in hijabs,” Sundas said, referring to the veil covering a (continued on page 14)
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Upfront NOTICE OF A SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING of the Palo Alto Planning & Transportation Commission Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission (P&TC) shall conduct a public meeting at 6:00 PM, Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in the Council Chambers, Ground Floor, Civic Center, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. :[HŃ&#x153; YLWVY[Z MVY HNLUKPaLK P[LTZ HYL H]HPSHISL ]PH [OL *P[`ÂťZ main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org and also at the 7SHUUPUN +P]PZPVU -YVU[ +LZR [O -SVVY *P[` /HSS HM[LY ! PM on the Friday preceding the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be JSVZLK VU [OL -YPKH` Special Orders of the Day: 9LJVNUP[PVU VM 9L[PYPUN *VTTPZZPVULYZ 2LSSLY HUK 2PUN Public Hearing 1. Build to Line Ordinance: 9L]PL^ VM +YHM[ 4VKPĂ&#x201E;JH[PVUZ to Build to Line Requirements in Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 18.16 and recommendation to the City Council. This item was reviewed by (1) the Planning and ;YHUZWVY[H[PVU *VTTPZZPVU VU 1\S` HUK JVU[PU\LK [V H KH[L \UJLY[HPU HUK [OL (YJOP[LJ[\YHS 9L]PL^ )VHYK ,U]PYVUTLU[HS (ZZLZZTLU[! ,_LTW[ MYVT [OL WYV]PZPVUZ VM *,8( WLY ZLJ[PVU -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ Amy French at HT` MYLUJO'JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN 2. Review of Concept Plan Line options for the Maybell Bicycle Boulevard and the Churchill Avenue Enhanced Bikeway projects : The Maybell Avenue Bicycle Boulevard and the Churchill Avenue Enhanced Bikeway projects are priority projects in the Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation 7SHU ;OL 4H`ILSS (]LU\L )PJ`JSL )V\SL]HYK WYVQLJ[ PUJS\KLZ [YHŃ?J JHSTPUN HUK IPJ`JSL WLKLZ[YPHU improvements along El Camino Way, Maybell Avenue, Donald Drive, and Georgia Avenue. The Churchill Avenue ,UOHUJLK )PRL^H` WYVQLJ[ PUJS\KLZ [YHŃ?J JHSTPUN TLHZ\YLZ HUK MVJ\ZLK YVHK^H` JHWHJP[` PTWYV]LTLU[Z IL[^LLU the Caltrain Tracks and El Camino Real. The Planning and Transportation Commission will make a recommendation to [OL *P[` *V\UJPS -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ YHMHLS YP\Z' JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN 3. 4PKKSLĂ&#x201E;LSK 9VHK 735 : 7\ISPJ /LHYPUN VM H *VUKP[PVUHS <ZL 7LYTP[ *<7 MVSSV^PUN [OL +PYLJ[VYÂťZ ;LU[H[P]L *<7 (WWYV]HS MVY H =LYPaVU >PYLSLZZ ;LSLJVTT\UPJH[PVU -HJPSP[` HU PUJO KPHTL[LY MVV[ [HSS TVUVWVSL YLWSHJPUN HU L_PZ[PUN PUJO KPHTL[LY MVV[ [HSS SPNO[ WVSL PU P[Z J\YYLU[ location, and associated equipment in an enclosure at grade) to be located at the Palo Alto Little League Ball Field. Zone +PZ[YPJ[ 9 ,U]PYVUTLU[HS (ZZLZZTLU[! *H[LNVYPJHSS` L_LTW[ MYVT [OL WYV]PZPVUZ VM [OL *HSPMVYUPH ,U]PYVUTLU[HS 8\HSP[` (J[ *,8( WLY *,8( .\PKLSPULZ :LJ[PVUZ I HUK -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ Russ Reich at Y\ZZ YLPJO'JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN Questions. For any questions regarding the above items, please JVU[HJ[ [OL 7SHUUPUN +LWHY[TLU[ H[ ;OL Ă&#x201E;SLZ YLSH[PUN [V [OLZL P[LTZ HYL H]HPSHISL MVY PUZWLJ[PVU ^LLRKH`Z IL[^LLU [OL OV\YZ VM ! (4 [V ! 74 ;OPZ W\ISPJ TLL[PUN PZ [LSL]PZLK SP]L VU .V]LYUTLU[ (JJLZZ *OHUULS (+( ;OL *P[` VM 7HSV (S[V KVLZ UV[ KPZJYPTPUH[L HNHPUZ[ PUKP]PK\HSZ ^P[O KPZHIPSP[PLZ ;V YLX\LZ[ HU HJJVTTVKH[PVU MVY [OPZ TLL[PUN VY HU HS[LYUH[P]L MVYTH[ MVY HU` YLSH[LK WYPU[LK TH[LYPHSZ WSLHZL JVU[HJ[ [OL *P[`ÂťZ (+( *VVYKPUH[VY H[ ]VPJL VY I` e-mailing HKH'JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN.
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womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head and chest. But the Eid festival provides an opportunity to dispel such misinformation and the suspicion it brings. In an online message to the community on American Muslim Voiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, Sundas reflected on the healing power of understanding. An â&#x20AC;&#x153;inclusive and beloved community ... transcends race, religion, ethnicity, or any other characteristic which may be used to divide us. We can achieve our dream of a peaceful world simply by getting to know each other. Ignorance breeds fear; knowledge and social contact will erase these unfounded fears against us,â&#x20AC;? Sundas wrote. And a network of support, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a chorus of peace in solidarity with a promise to stand by one another â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (is) the very definition of community,â&#x20AC;? she added. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com. What: Eid Festival Where: Lucie Stern Community Center ballroom, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto When: Friday, Dec. 12, 7-9:30 p.m. Cost: Free, but RSVP is requested by emailing wardah.amv@ hotmail.com. In the sweets-giving tradition of Eid, everyone is welcome to bring a dessert to share. Info: Go to amuslimvoice.org
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acres adjacent to San Francisquito Creek, the adobe building with the patios and test kitchens was surrounded by spacious gardens designed by Thomas Church. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It became a laboratory for western living and a model for what the magazine promoted,â&#x20AC;? said Bill Lane in the 1998 article. The elegant new headquarters also became a popular tourist destination as Gray Line made it a stop on its tours, and residents brought friends and out-of-town visitors to peer into the kitchens and stroll through the gardens. There was a time when 75,000 people a year took the Sunset tour, Softky wrote. The Lane brothers sold the company to Time Warner in 1990 for $225 million. Mel Lane died in 2007 and Bill Lane in 2010. In recent years, the Sunset headquarters at 80 Willow Road has hosted an annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunset Celebration Weekendâ&#x20AC;? event for two weekend days in the spring, when thousands of people visited the campus for cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, and programs on gardening, home designs and green living. Q Almanac Staff Writer Dave Boyce can be emailed at dboyce@almanacnews.com.
News Digest School board approves new Cubberley lease The Palo Alto Board of Education voted 4-1 Tuesday night for a new five-year lease for Cubberley Community Center. Board member Camille Townsend cast the sole dissenting vote. The new lease diverges from the prior one most significantly in that it no longer includes a â&#x20AC;&#x153;covenant not to develop,â&#x20AC;? which obligated the City of Palo Alto to pay the district about $1.86 million annually to ensure that the district did not sell several of its properties throughout the city. Per the new lease terms, those funds will instead be used to â&#x20AC;&#x153;repair, renovate and/or improveâ&#x20AC;? the dilapidated campus on Middlefield Road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very bad precedent in our community and city to look to the school district and to the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating budget to fund infrastructure,â&#x20AC;? Townsend said. The school district and the city will also jointly develop a master plan for the entire campus, in keeping with a recommendation from a community stakeholders group known as the Cubberley Advisory Committee. Board member Heidi Emberling thanked Superintendent Max McGee for leading the district to an agreement after two years of discussions with the city, which she called â&#x20AC;&#x153;no small feat.â&#x20AC;? McGee said the new lease portended a good trend of future cooperation on other collaborations such as Project Safety Net and future master planning. Mayor Nancy Shepherd noted that Cubberley is badly run-down and needs the kind of attention that the school district and the city are gearing up to provide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope this gets launched quickly and we have a very good plan in five years,â&#x20AC;? she said. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elena Kadvany
Palo Alto strikes down car-camping ban Acknowledging a shift in the legal landscape, Palo Alto officials agreed on Monday night to repeal the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial ban on car camping, which was approved in August 2013 but never implemented. By a 7-1 vote, with City Councilman Larry Klein dissenting and Councilwoman Karen Holman absent, the council repealed the ban it had adopted in response to complaints from residents about people sleeping in cars and occasionally causing disturbances in front of homes. Homeless advocates, people who live in their vehicles, and local attorneys had argued that the ban is unconstitutional. In June, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit struck down a similar law in Los Angeles, placing Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly adopted ban on a shakier legal footing. Before striking down the ordinance Monday, the council heard from several residents who live in vehicles. Each asked the council to eliminate the law, which would subject them to fines. Councilman Marc Berman pointed to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;one good thingâ&#x20AC;? that has come out of the ordinance: the discussion that the city had about homeless issues. In adopting the ban last year, the council allocated $250,000 for housing and case management for homeless residents. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gennady Sheyner
Members named to achievement-gap task force Superintendent Max McGee announced Nov. 18 the more than 20 faculty, parents, community members, alumni and administrators named to a committee charged with helping the Palo Alto Unified School District close its achievement gap. McGee said there were more than 50 applicants for the Minority Achievement and Talent Development Advisory Committee. The committee will first meet on Dec. 2 and has been given the task of diving into district data on minority student achievement; gathering input by talking directly to students, families, faculty and staff; and looking to other districts and experts in the field for best practices. The following were named to the committee: Faculty and staff: Jeff Gielow, Jordan Middle School guidance counselor; Maria Powell, Gunn High School biology and chemistry teacher; Arcia Dorosti, former Barron Park English language specialist; Sandra Cernobori, Palo Alto High School college adviser; and Julie Griffin, Juana Briones Elementary School librarian. Parents: Kim Bomar, Gina Dalma, Adriana Flores Ragade, Carmen Munoz and April House. Alumni: Sharon Johnson, Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School principal; Barbara Stroud; and Teceta Tormala, Palo Alto University professor. Students: Shannon Yang, Gunn High School sophomore. Community members: Sheena Chin, Zeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ev Wurman, Avani Patel and Barbara Klausner, executive director of afterschool tutoring nonprofit DreamCatchers. Administration: Katy Bimpson, Hoover Elementary School principal; Pier Angeli La Place, Terman Middle School principal; Kim Diorio, Palo Alto High School principal; and Judy Argumedo, Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA). The committee is expected to identify key issues, potential policy changes and actionable, evidence-based recommendations in a final report to be presented to the board in the spring of 2015. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elena Kadvany
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another were elected â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I think, if anything, for me thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most gratifying thing about the election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the electorate is not pulling for polarization. I think the voters are sick of this kind of dichotomy, and they sent a mix to the council.â&#x20AC;? Kou, a neighborhood organizer who has led the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergencypreparedness program, focused her campaign on recent development trends, which she asserted are damaging the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality of life. She has argued that reports from city staff are â&#x20AC;&#x153;biased toward special interestsâ&#x20AC;? and that the council â&#x20AC;&#x153;has failed to provide the leadership to change this cultureâ&#x20AC;? Kou did not return requests for comment, and it is not clear whether she plans to request a recount. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
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The caption in the Oct. 24 article â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfriendly skiesâ&#x20AC;? incorrectly identified the airplane on the cover. It was a Piper. 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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City Council (Nov. 17)
Buses: The council heard a presentation from Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority about the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system. Action: None Vehicle habitation: The council voted to repeal the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ban on vehicle habitation. Yes: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd No: Klein Absent: Holman Labor: The council directed its Policy and Services Committee to consider different alternatives for making public the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s negotiations with its labor unions. Yes: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd Absent: Kniss
Board of Education (Nov. 18)
Cubberley lease: The board approved updated lease terms for Cubberley Community Center. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Mitchell, Tom No: Townsend
Historic Resources Board (Nov. 19)
251 Lincoln Ave.: The board took no action on a proposal by Margaret Wimmer on behalf of Donna and Harry Schmidt for alterations to a 1903 home in Prefessorville because of a lack of quorum. Action: None
Architectural Review Board (Nov. 20)
1050 Page Mill Road: The board commented on the Environmental Impact Report for 1050 Page Mill Road, a proposal by Stanford University to demolish two buildings totaling about 283,980 square feet of building space and construct four two-story buildings with 287,000 square feet of office. Action: None 1450 Page Mill Road: The board discussed a proposal by Jim Inglis to demolish two buildings totaling 59,539 square feet and constructing a new two-story, 77,814-square-foot office building. Action: None 2515-2585 El Camino Real: The board discussed a request by Hayes Group Architects to build a 39,858-square-foot, three-story building to replace the 9,694-square-foot building that currently houses the Olive Garden. Members generally supported the site layout and voiced some concerns about the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horizontal orientation and monolithic design. Action: None 429 University Ave.: The board discussed a request by Hayes Group Architects on behalf of Kipling Post, LP, to demolish two existing one-story buildings and construct a 31,406-square-foot, four-story, mixed-use building with two levels of underground parking. The board agreed to continue the discussion next month. Action: None
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remain at grade. But the design could run into the Hetch Hetchy pipeline and other underground pipes and utilities, she said. A second alternative would elevate Foothill and keep Page Mill at ground level. A third concept would split the elevation distance so the overpass would not be as high. Page Mill would be lowered by about one-third and Foothill would be raised by two-thirds. At the problematic Interstate 280 and Page Mill interchange, Page Mill would widen from four lanes to six, Cameron said. With the lanes narrowed from 12 to 11 feet, “We can make the road work within the existing limits,” she said. The improvements would include better bike and pedestrian access. One concept includes a median bicycle track on Page Mill; another adds a pedestrian path under the on- and off-ramps.
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The project would also replace stop signs at the 280 on- and offramps with traffic signals to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians. County engineers say the changes are necessary to prevent severe, chronic traffic jams throughout the area’s expressway system. In 2013, the county estimated there were 134,000 daily car trips made along the expressway. That volume is only expected to increase. In 2003, Page Mill/Oregon had some problem pockets, but by 2013 the congestion had worsened. By 2025 without improvements to roads and signals, Page Mill and Oregon could have “major” to “severe” delays along its entire length, according to engineering calculations. In 2003, Page Mill from Interstate 280 to Porter Drive had major delays and Porter to Ramos Way had minor delays; in 2013, the 280 to Foothill stretch had developed severe delays during peak commute hours, with the
stretch from Porter all the way to Bryant Street experiencing major delays. A segment of Oregon from U.S. Highway 101 has gone from “some delays” to severe delays in the past 10 years. With improvements, conditions won’t be ideal in 2025, but they will switch to “minor” delays along most of the roadway. Major delays would still occur between 280 and Foothill and near Highway 101, according to county analysis. Information about the Expressway Plan 2040 is available at the county Roads and Airports Department website, tinyurl.com/ ofjomhy. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.
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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto Nov. 12-18
Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 14 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 13 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking/tobacco violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Disobey court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Menlo Park Nov. 12-18
Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Check fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 13 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Reckless driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Narcotics registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Located missing person. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Outside assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto
Middlefield Road, 11/12, 10:40 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. Vista Avenue, 11/13, 3 p.m.; child abuse/ physical. Emerson Street, 11/13, 11:03 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Kings Lane, 11/16, 6 p.m.; battery/simple. Hanover Street, 11/18, 4:23 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Wallis Court, 11/18, 8:51 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.
Menlo Park
00 block Elmwood Place, 11/13, 12:32 a.m.; domestic violence. 200 block Van Buren Road, 11/14, 3:53 p.m.; battery.
8:30 A.M., Wednesday, December 3, 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 City’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. (T` -YLUJO *OPLM 7SHUUPUN 6ɉJPHS
Robert Chilton Calfee January 26, 1933-October 24, 2014 Robert “Bob” C. Calfee died peacefully at the age of 81 in his Stanford home with family at his side. Bob was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He interrupted his studies at UCLA to serve in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957. He returned to UCLA, earning a B.S., M.A, PhD (1963). His distinguished academic career began at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1964-1969). From 1969 to 1998, Bob held several positions at Stanford University, including Professor of Education and Psychology plus four years as Associate Dean, Research and Development. From 1998 to 2003, Bob served as Dean and Professor of Education at the University of California at Riverside, continuing there as Distinguished Professor of Education until 2005. From then until the time of his death, Bob was Professor of Education Emeritus at the University of California at Riverside and Professor of Education, Emeritus on Recall, at Stanford University. Bob served on numerous national and international boards, was an editor and reviewer for professional journals, and was a prolific writer and dedicated researcher. He authored or co-authored more than 300 articles, plus several books and educational programs. Outside of academia, Bob enjoyed traveling, gardening, art, classical music, the theatre, cooking, and entertaining in his Stanford home. He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Klair Calfee and Nancy Bernice Stipp; his son, Robert Allen Calfee; and his brother, James “Jim” Lee Calfee. He is survived by his loving wife, Suzanne (Dumville) Barchers and her children and grandchildren. He is also survived by his children, Adele (Calfee) Woodward of San Dimas, California; Robert W. Calfee of Dublin, California; and Elise Sachs of Boulder, Colorado. Surviving sisters include Sara (Calfee) Goodno of Pasadena, California; Jean (Calfee) Knapp of Covina, California; and Loretta Calfee of San Diego, California. Also left to cherish his memory are numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and countless friends, students that he mentored, and colleagues. The Celebration of Life for Bob will be held at 1:00 on December 6th at Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road, Portola Valley, California. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to a previously established student fellowship fund by entering “Calfee” at https://advancementservices.ucr.edu/ AdvanceOnlineGiving/search# PAID
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Michael John Bucolo May 31, 1952 - October 14, 2014 Michael John Bucolo of Palo Alto passed away October 14, 2014 with his family at his side, he was 62. Michael was the eldest child of Mariano and Mary Bucolo of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, an officer in the Navy, traveled the world and Michael grew up in Japan, Panama, Hawaii and then high school in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. After attending Columbia University where he played football, he worked in New York City and Newport RI, then moved to San Francisco where he met his wife Sherry. They married in 1983 and moved to Palo Alto in 1986 when working for Digital Equipment Corporation. Michael is survived by his wife Sherry, his son Weston, and daughter Lauren, all of Palo Alto. He is also survived by sisters, Janet Eastwood of Boston, Mass., Carol Bucolo of Tiverton, RI, brother Peter Bucolo of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Michael was an avid reader, he loved learning, history, teaching, coaching, hiking, boating, swimming, architecture, restoring and remodeling homes, softball, all sports, and traveling with his family. Education was most important for his children. He was able to travel in May 2014 in failing health with his family to Ithaca, New York to attend his daughter’s graduation at Cornell University and in his son’s graduation in June, 2013 to Hayward at Cal State East Bay. These were his proudest moments. Michael will be deeply missed by his family and friends. He was buried at a private service at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto next to their daughter Marissa. Donations in Michael’s memory can be to the American Heart Association. PAID
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Steve Freese June 3, 1948-November 12, 2014 Steve Freese was born on June 3, 1948, and died on November 12, 2014 from complications due to lung cancer. His wife, Laura Smyth Freese, and daughters, Corine Freese, Shauna Freese and Alexa Freese Wiley were by his side, along with other friends and relatives. He grew up in Palo Alto, attending Crescent Park Elementary School, Jordan Junior High School and Palo Alto High School before completing his education at UC Berkley and UC Santa Barbara. Though Steve accomplished a great deal, his greatest accomplishment was how he taught his friends and family to embrace life. Steve found joy in the smallest things; like the flag waving on a hillside, the smell of fresh coffee or picking up a loved one from the airport. Steve lived a spiritual life: he fed the homeless, built houses for the poor, and was kind and generous to everyone he ever encountered from the local pharmacist to the little kids in the neighborhood. He had an old-fashioned sense of ethics and chivalry: he believed in the truth, fairness and protecting those weaker than himself. He had a huge number of friends because he made new friends everywhere: on a harbor walk or a trip to Costco. His creativity was legendary: he created ditties to the beat of his car’s blinker; he initiated the singing of Christmas carols with a whole plane-load of strangers on a flight home on Christmas Eve. His sincere smile welcomed all to his home, and, if lucky, he provided a honky-tonk song on the guitar before they left. Steve made friends wherever he went in life, and he never lost a single one along the way. Steve had a truly sincere smile and glistening blue eyes but was even more handsome of spirit. He loved to laugh and never wanted to miss a moment of life. Even at the end of his life he stated with a whisper that he had “FOMO” (fear of missing out) when the morphine tempted him to sleep. He was so endearing that the nurses would linger in his hospital room to hear his stories and cried when it was time to leave. As a Dad, he taught us to “buck up” when life was tough but held us tenderly when we just couldn’t. He taught us the virtues of being honest, humble, tender, funny and how to tell a good joke. He wrote a song about himself called “Steve Freese, what a handsome guy” which we sang at his bedside as he took his last breathes. His last wish was to go out laughing, and he did. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Lungevity.org for lung cancer research. PAID
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Willie Lee Atkinson, a resident of the Palo Alto area for many years, died on Oct. 24. He was 73. He was born in Temple, Texas, in 1942. He attended Palo Verde Elementary School in Palo Alto and Kirkpatrick High School in Forth Worth, Texas, while he lived with his grandmother. He played football there for four years and graduated in 1961. After high school, he studied at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills for two years. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a medical material specialist at bases in New Jersey and Alabama, and he was stationed for a time in Germany. In 1970 he was honorably discharged as a sergeant. He also worked for many years for Syntex Laboratories in Palo Alto. He lived much of his later life in East Palo Alto and Mountain
View. A devoted sports fan, he followed the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. He also loved to listen to jazz music, attending shows in San Jose and San Francisco and amassing a collection of old records. He was predeceased by his mother, Hazel Wilson, and his stepfather, Matthew Wilson. He is survived by his sister, Rosie Lee Murray of Mountain View; nieces, Linda Joyce Jackson and Tamala Williams of Palo Alto; nephews, Edward Glen Williams of Menlo Park, Ricky Williams of East Palo Alto and Willie Williams of Palo Alto; many great-nieces and nephews; and a great-great niece, Cherish Drayton of Palo Alto. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 10 a.m. at Jones Mortuary Chapel, 660 Donohoe St., East Palo Alto. A burial will follow at the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Gustine, California. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center, 270 Escuela Ave., Mountain View,
Quinn Timothy Gens Quinn is an amazingly tender Soul who suffered and struggled daily in this world, but would keep going with a kindhearted smile and infectious laugh. He was always good-natured and compassionate, with a love of laughter, song, and dance. There are no words to truly describe this extraordinary man, but his love of life was certainly the best feeling in the world. Quinn was very cognizant of his struggles and differences, and the hurt from these was more than he could bear. He could have won an Oscar by how well he hid these feelings from everyone who loved and knew him well. Quinn had very strong convictions about life, and even stronger desires for the way he wanted to live; and the physical limitations he was born with handicapped those expectations. At age 19, his family was not enough for him to stay in this world. He wanted so much more, for himself, and those he loved. Now, he no longer struggles with that which he could not bear. With that knowledge, there is peace, because Quinn is in the Temple of Light, in Heaven. Quinn is survived by his parents: Laura and Timothy Gens; his siblings: Julia, Eva, and Henry; and the family’s two pugs: Louie and Tsewa. The list of surviving relatives, friends, and supporters is too long to recount—but they were a part of his life and all of them deeply loved, and will deeply miss, Quinn Timothy Gens. He is, was, and will always be, a Light Being, a Divine Spark in the Universe. We love you, Quinn, forever and always. A memorial service was held in Chicago, where the majority of his family resides, and, in lieu of flowers or cards, Quinn’s family would love donations to go to the charity “Quinn Cares” at P.O. Box 61029, Palo Alto, CA 94306. This charity will direct donations to causes that Quinn cared about when he was a part of this world. You can read more about these causes at www. QuinnCares.org. PAID
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Philip Hodge Philip G. Hodge, an engineering professor and a Palo Alto resident for more than 20 years, died on Nov. 11 in Sunnyvale with family by his side. He was 94. He was born on Nov. 9, 1920, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Philip Gibson Hodge a nd Muriel Miller Hodge. He went on to study at Antioch College, graduating in 1943 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. While at Antioch, he met Thea Drell, whom he also married in 1943. Shortly after he joined the U.S. Merchant Marine, in which he served during World War II. When he returned, he continued his studies at Brown University, earning a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 1949. He then held a series of professorships at University of California, Los Angeles, the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, the Illinois Institute of Technology and finally the University of Minnesota. He was a professor of mechanics in Minnesota from 1971 to 1991, when he retired. He later moved with his wife to Palo Alto. Through his research, he contributed to the development of plasticity theory, a subject on which he published five books. He also oversaw 16 master’s theses and 18 Ph.D. theses. Among other accomplishments, he received a number of awards in his field and was chosen to become a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1997. In his retirement, he was also a visiting professor emeritus at Stanford University. Outside of academia, he greatly enjoyed running, traveling, camping and backpacking. He climbed Mount Ritter at age 53 and also ran the Boston Marathon twice and the Twin Cities Marathon in 1982, finishing first in his age category. He also had interests in gardening and genealogy and a love of live theater and opera. In the Bay Area, he joined the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, starting a play-reading group that has lived on for 20 years. He was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Thea Hodge
in 2008. He is survived by his three children, Susan Hodge (David Greenberg) of Columbus, Ohio, Philip (Marjorie) Hodge of Spring City, Tennessee, and Elizabeth (William) Kelly of Palo Alto; nine grandchildren, Aaron, Myriam, Adam, Jason, Lisa, Eli, Rivka, Joshua and Eve; six great-grandchildren, Ruth, Perel, Isaac, Hadassah, Nitzana and Ziva; and his sister, Mary (John) Frantz of Madison, Wisconsin. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to West Bay Opera (westbayopera.org) or to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (uucpa. org).
Matt Liddicoat George Matthew â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mattâ&#x20AC;? Liddicoat, a longtime resident of Palo Alto and Mountain View, died suddenly on Nov. 9. He was 56. He was born on July 10, 1958, to Mary Jo and George Liddicoat in Panama City, Panama. The family moved for his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work mu ltiple times outside and inside the U.S. before settling in Palo Alto in 1972. He then attended Wilbur Middle School (now JLS Middle School) and graduated from Cubberley High School in 1977. He studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in geology and geophysics. He moved back to the Bay Area after he graduated and eventually became a licensed arborist. He ran Liddicoat Tree Service out of Mountain View, doing tree trimming for both residences and businesses. While at Santa Barbara, he became acquainted with rugby, a sport he continued to play throughout his life. He also loved to windsurf and practiced with friends at the Palo Alto Baylands. They formed a group that called themselves the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Palo Alto Mud Dawgs.â&#x20AC;? He also enjoyed spending time with his nephews, nieces and cousins, as well as his beloved dog, an Australian Shepherd, Elvis, who died a few years ago. He is survived by his parents, Mary Jo and George Liddicoat of Palo Alto; his siblings, Jody Liddicoat of Girdwood, Alaska, Amy Liddicoat Keohane of Palo Alto and John Liddicoat of Seattle. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. at Shoreline Lake Aquatic Center, 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to American Heart Association (heart.org).
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Dr. Patrick Colonel Suppes, the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University, died peacefully in his campus home surrounded by family on Monday, November 17th 2014. He was 92. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 17, 1922, Pat quickly distinguished himself as a gifted and charming student. Pat spent one year at the University of Tulsa and one year at the University of Oklahoma. In 1943, Pat was called to active duty in the Army Reserve. He graduated as 2nd Lieutenant, with a B.S. in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;special meteorology programâ&#x20AC;? from the University of Chicago. He served as a meteorologist in the US Army from 1943-1946, first in the Solomon Islands and later in Guam, eventually coming to the rank of captain. Following the war, he moved to New York City where he earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University. Pat joined the Stanford philosophy faculty in 1950. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for his reach to spread throughout the university, where he championed interdisciplinary work, ultimately earning courtesy appointments in the departments of Statistics, Psychology, and Education. He founded both Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education Program for Gifted Youth (director 19922010) and Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (director 1959-1992). During his 64 years at Stanford, Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academic output was beyond prodigious. With his many beloved colleagues he published hundreds of papers and 32 books. Remarkably, Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence went far beyond his academic work. A true Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Pat spearheaded the field of computer-based instruction. In 1967 he formed the pioneering Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC), the first company focused on placing computers in the classroom. Much of this was based on his highly influential elementary textbook series, Sets and Numbers. Pat was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1962), the American Psychological Association (1964) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968), a member of the National Academy of Education (1965), the National Academy of Sciences (1978), and the American Philosophical Society (1991). In 1990 he was awarded the National Medal of Science by President George H. Bush. Pat is survived by countless students, colleagues, and his large and loving family. His wife, Michelle Nguyen. His five children, Patricia Suppes, of Los Altos Hills; Deborah Suppes, of Woodside; John Suppes and wife, Dee Ann Suppes, of Palo Alto; Alexandra Suppes and husband David Franzson, of New York; Michael Suppes and partner Alison Hyland of New York. His three step children, Colin Bang Nguyen of Stanford; Kenna Thi Nguyen, and Parker An Nguyen of San Jose. His five grandchildren, Kyle Suppes, of Palo Alto; Anney Suppes of San Francisco; Natasha Suppes and John Suppes of Los Altos Hills; Ă?sold Suppes of New York. His nephew, George Suppes III and wife Sarah Suppes of Burlingame. Lastly, his much loved younger brother, George Biddle Suppes Jr. of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Suppes Family welcomes you to say goodbye at a public viewing on Friday, November 21st from 1pm-5pm at Spangler Mortuaries in Los Altos, 399 S San Antonio Road. Flowers may be sent to Spangler Mortuaries. In lieu of donations, the family asks you to send your photos of Pat to psscotus@gmail.com.
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August 31, 1913 – October 21, 2014 Portola Valley “Wini” Steiner died peacefully in her sleep after visits from her family and friends. Wini was born in England and emigrated with her family in 1920, eventually settling in Long Beach. Wini graduated from UC Berkeley in 1935 with a degree in English. There, she lived at International House where she met Duroc Albert Jecker, whom she married in 1935. Duroc died in 1940. Not wanting to teach English to support their young daughter, Wini earned a BS degree in home economics at Oregon State. In 1944 Wini was hired as the first home economist for the U.C. Cooperative Extension service for the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Benito, where she organized 24 community groups of mainly farm wives to conduct workshops on food preservation and streamlined garment making. As Santa Clara County changed from rural to urban, she stayed there, where her focus shifted to consumer information in all areas of home making, home furnishings, money management, clothing and fabrics and food buying. She conducted short courses and lecture demonstrations and pioneered a daily radio show on several radio stations, a weekly column for the San Jose Mercury, and a show on KPIX-TV. In the 1960’s Wini served as a cooperative resource to school nurses, teachers, social workers, and dietitians. Later she initiated a nutrition program for low income families, developing cultural and ethnic materials and recipes. In 1957, Wini married Russell R. “Russ” Steiner, a local accountant. Shortly after their retirement in 1972, they moved to Paradise, CA. They traveled everywhere. Both loved Yosemite, taking their grandchildren on high country
trips. Wini founded the Paradise branch of AAUW, and led AAUW initiatives there and in Chico to benefit re-entry women and research child care for working mothers. Russ died in 1988. Wini then returned to the Bay Area, settling in the Sequoias Portola Valley in 1993. Wini took leadership positions in St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Paradise and St. Bede’s in Menlo Park and was faithful at Christ Church Episcopal, Portola Valley. “Wini the Walker” couldn’t be missed anywhere, and she celebrated her 80th birthday walking across her beloved England. Wini volunteered in many ways to care for students, international visitors, and the elderly in nursing homes. She founded the Jessie Rau Anderson Scholarship at UC Santa Cruz in 1965 in honor of her counselor at Long Beach Polytechnic, who lent her $100 so she could start at UC Berkeley in 1933. Wini would take the “Anderson Girls” out to lunch for decades after that and maintain a correspondence with many of them. Wini was known for her elegant style, in manner, clothes, and furnishings, her wide-ranging travels, love of the outdoors, high energy, and storytelling. Wini leaves her daughter, Mary Beth (Bruce) Train of Palo Alto, two grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, and five great grandchildren. A memorial service will be in November. Memorial contributions may be made through the UC Santa Cruz Foundation. Please direct your contributions to Jessie Rau Anderson Scholarship in memory of Wini Steiner. Visit giving.ucsc.edu or send a gift to the UC Santa Cruz Foundation, Dept. 44787, PO Box 44000, San Francisco, CA 94144-4787. You may also give to the Friends of your local library or a charity of your choice. PAID
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Jim died peacefully at home while his beloved wife, June, held his hand. He had bravely faced brain cancer. Jim loved his family, traveling, serving the public through his legal work, golf and nature. He was a caring and supportive step-father and grandfather to June’s children and grandchildren, and a loving uncle, brother and friend. He loved birds and was proud to help save the butterflies on San Bruno Mountain, to support the California Sea Otters and to assist the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He had a playful spirit, pulling pranks even as an upstanding lawyer and IRS agent. Jim and June enjoyed a cruise to Normandy and the English Isles this past summer to celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary. Jim led an interesting life. He grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, 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. He served in the U.S. Army at the end of the Korean War. Even though he had just graduated from law school, he served as a personnel specialist in a medical laboratory in Tokyo, Japan. He enjoyed giving tours of Tokyo to fellow soldiers and to visitors, showing details about the city that others may not have noticed. He also worked for a brief time in Tokyo for an American attorney. Jim then moved permanently to California. Soon after arriving in San Francisco, he helped Sterling Hayden refurbish the Gracie S sailboat, later known as The Wanderer. Jim lived the remainder of his busy life on the San Francisco Peninsula where he served as city attorney for Palo Alto during the Vietnam riots and for Sunnyvale during the development of Silicon Valley. He received numerous commendations by various attorney groups during those times and was highly respected for the entire body of his legal work. He was predeceased by his brothers, Max and Tom, his sister, Salle, and his former wife, Jackie. He is survived by his wife, June, her family, his nieces and nephews and by Jackie’s sister, Francine Bearden. A memorial service will be held in The First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. with a reception following. Friends are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor to the First Congregational Church Capital Fund and to the American Cancer Society. PAID
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At top: Eastside College Preparatory School student Kayly Hernandez, far right, argues her point during a cross examination against Gabriel Guizar, far left, of San Jose’s Overfelt High School, while Hernandez’s partner, Alexandria Fakayode, and Guizar’s partner, Tommy Heng, listen. The students were participating in a debate scrimmage at Eastside on Nov. 8. Above: Dmitri Seals, executive director of the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League, gathers affirmative and negatory arguments about desalination from students at Eastside Prep in East Palo Alto in October.
About the cover: Eastside College Preparatory School student Darquis Fisher, left, makes his argument while partner Jacob Adams writes down the main points during a scrimmage against Overfelt High School of San Jose on Nov. 8. Photo by Veronica Weber.
Palo Alto nonprofit empowers students to have a voice by Elena Kadvany
n a recent Thursday evening at Eastside College Preparatory School, 13 students’ heads are bent intently over desks as a song by hip-hop artist Childish Gambino blasts out of a laptop. Heads dip and bob to the beat of the song, but the students are focused on taking quick, detailed notes on the most important themes behind Gambino’s wordplay. They jot down observations on the downside of fame and a failed relationship. The students are using the hip-hop song to learn how to flow, a practice that competitive debaters use to keep track of all the arguments in a round. Flow requires digesting and documenting information as quickly and as coherently as possible — whether it’s hip-hop lyrics or an argument against a controversial government policy. The more a person gets down, the better prepared he or she will be to dismantle the opponent’s argument. It’s a seemingly unconventional classroom activity, yet completely befitting of a program hoping to reinvent the world of competitive debate — typically an activity reserved for or associated with well-financed, high-performing schools and students. The students sitting in that classroom, most of whom are from East Palo Alto, Oakland and South San Francisco, are pilot participants in the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit working to bring the world of debate to low-income youth. The Silicon Valley league, which launched its work this fall at Eastside in East Palo Alto and Overfelt High School in San Jose, is the new arm of the well-established Bay Area Urban Debate League. With the goal of empowering traditionally marginalized youth voices, the nonprofit organization partners with Bay Area schools where 40 percent or more of students are eligible for federal reduced-price meal plans. The league provides schools the necessary startup capital — in this case, resources, training, curriculum and experienced volunteers — to get full-fledged competitive debate teams off the ground. (At Eastside, the league this autumn helped to reinvent an elective speech and debate class that was started three years ago.) “One of the things I’ve been really excited about over time and got me hooked as a teacher was this opportunity to say, ‘Hey, there are all these young people who have creativity and voice (continued on page 22)
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Eastside Prep student Taylor Longmire, left, states her arguments as her partner, Fernanda Marquez, right, attempts to write them all down as the students work to practice “flow.”
Eastside Prep student Darquis Fisher, center, states his arguments as his partner Elizabeth Perez, left, tries to write them all down and Debnil Sur, a member of the Stanford Youth Debate Initiative, observes.
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Eastside Prep seniors Isaiah East, left, and D’Andre Stamper work on strategy during an evening practice at their school on Oct. 30.
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Jacob Barrera, center, a student at Eastside Prep, talks with Brandon Montes, right, a student at Overfelt High School, following a day of practice debate rounds in East Palo Alto on Nov. 8.
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and interesting things to say about the world and they haven’t been listened to essentially their whole educational lives,’” said Dmitri Seals, the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League executive director and a former teacher. “Debate helps create a space — not only as an after-school activity but also in the classroom — for young voices to be taken really seriously.” The debate league teaches policy debate, a form of argument in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the federal government. So for the past several weeks, about 25 Eastside students have lived and breathed a resolution that calls for the government to develop and spread technologies for solar desalination. During biweekly after-school practices, they have learned about the drought, read academic texts on desalination and emphatically discussed both the negative impact of the proposed resolution (cost, economic impact, environmental harm) and the potential benefits (increased global water supply, support a basic human right to water, energy-efficient solution). The practices are led by Seals or by a group of student volunteers from the Stanford University Youth Debate Initiative, who came to Eastside through the Urban Debate League.
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eals warmed the students up one Thursday evening with a speed drill, in which the class rose to their feet to read a dense academic text on California’s water crisis as loudly, clearly and quickly as they could. The first time through, they read the text straight through at the top of their lungs for about 30 seconds; the second time, they had to say “uh” in between every word; the third, they read it backwards; the fourth, they held pens in their mouths; and the last time, they read it straight through again. The goal? To get through as much as the text as possible by the fourth time — while also digesting the meaning of the text. “It’s not just a class where you learn academically — you’re just here to learn things,” said Eastside junior Nohely Peraza, who joined debate for the first time this year. “It’s something that broadens your mind in that you can get a lot out of it.” The students participate for various reasons. Peraza said she joined because she loves reading and writing but is terrified of public speaking. “It’s something that’s a life skill,” she said. “It’s something that you use in your everyday life in communication, in all your college classes and beyond. It’s something that in any career you would need.” Sophomore Jacob Barrera said he wanted to try something new and then fell in love with debate.
“I also had a fear of public speaking and I just wanted to get over that because I knew it’s an important life lesson,” said Barrera, who’s from South San Francisco. “Since I had a passion for arguing with almost everyone in my life, I always want to be able to back up my arguments with evidence.” When Barrera first heard about the after-school debate league from an Eastside senior whom the Urban Debate League enlisted to make a pitch to his classmates, he thought it would be just another thing to do, adding to his very full plate of activities. Barrera already had crosscountry every day and started an introduction to computer science class this year. But the first debate practice he went to changed his mind. “In a way, it brightened up my day after going through so many hours of school, just being able to relax. It doesn’t feel like another class. It’s something I can actually fully have fun with and be passionate about,” he said. Senior Jacob Adams, a gregarious, experienced debater that many of the other students look up to (and the one Seals asked to pitch the league to other students), loves the “invigorating feeling” that he gets during debates — thinking on one’s feet and being able to draw on background knowledge to both back up one’s own claims and shoot down one’s opponent’s. He said he’s not religious, but he channels a church preacher when presenting his arguments — expounding with confidence, evidence and emotion. Adams’ sermon-like debate style was on full display two weeks ago at Eastside, as the young debaters competed against the other pilot students from Overfelt in an all-day scrimmage event. “Creating desalination facilities would increase our amount of water, but ... the problem is that people aren’t using their water effectively,” Adams challenged his opponent, his argument gaining speed and volume as he went on. “California can meet its water needs for the next 30 years by implementing cost-effective urban water conservation. Increasing the amount of water will not solve the true issue of water usage, nor the drought, but will merely drain water from another source, and people would not learn to conserve.” Adams told the story of a young girl named Sally, who lives in the Bay Area, who had to shower and wash her clothes at school because her family didn’t have enough water at home. They also had to purchase take-out food and plastic water bottles since they didn’t have access to water to wash their dishes. Adams has clearly heard what Seals pounded into the students at many practices: Illustrate for the judge what is at stake in your argument. In this case, make the judge feel how people’s lives change with decreased access to water or with the creation of desalination plants. This kind of thinking and ap-
Cover Story Jacob Adams, center, a student at Eastside Prep, reacts after hearing that he won the debate scrimmage BINGO contest, following a day of practice rounds with Overfelt students, hosted at Eastside Prep on Nov. 8.
Eastside Prep students Fernanda Marquez, left, and Blanca Betancourt, far right, receive their medals from coaches Sarah Wishingrad and Zach Rosenthalafter after participating in a debate scrimmage with Overfelt.
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Isaiah East, a participant in the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League, takes a break during an evening practice at Eastside Prep on Oct. 30.
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he Urban Debate League claims impressive statistics about the lasting impact of competitive debate. Nearly 65 percent of high school students from East Palo Alto drop out, and fewer than 10 percent attend a four-year college. But more than 95 percent of urban debaters graduate high school, and more than 90 percent go on to college. They are also 80 percent more likely to graduate college than their peers. The league estimates that in its first 10 years, it will serve more than 5,000 youth. The Silicon Valley league plans to expand into five schools next year that are currently on a waitlist. “Schools are hungry for (debate),” said Jennie Savage, one of the Bay Area Urban Debate League’s founding board members and director of speech and debate at Palo Alto High School. “For some reason — I’m not sure why — it has exploded.” And it’s exploded at schools across the board, among all demographics. She said she normally gets about 15 to 20 new students signing up for the Paly debate team and had 47 this year. One of her sons attends The Harker School in San Jose, a college-preparatory school that offers debate
starting in sixth grade. “Debate reaches kids in a way that traditional classroom pedagogy hasn’t,” Savage said. “That’s important for students no matter where they are, even if they’re privileged but particularly for students who traditional classroom teaching doesn’t reach. ... Debate reaches those students in a very unique way.” And more and more schools are getting on board, as more students make it clear to their schools that there is a demand that they want to be met. The Eastside students have seen an increase in interest, too. “This is the largest group of people that have joined speech and debate ever,” said sophomore Taylor Longmire. “Being here for the past three years, I’m just really happy to see more people being interested. Hopefully since the team is growing, even more people will become interested and see what speech and debate is and how we love it, and maybe they will grow to love it, too.” Peraza said when she participated in her first official competition as a freshman, the Eastside students were some of the only minorities there. “Seeing now how much the Eastside club has expanded, it’s fun to see that all these other minorities want to join with us,” Peraza said. “You feel more community, diversity.” It’s this feeling of community that almost every single Eastside debate student said draws them to and keeps them participating. “We all get so close,” Fernanda Marquez said. “It’s different grade levels, and you don’t see that with many other clubs. That’s part of the main reason I have been coming back.” “We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. We’ve had dance competitions, rapping competitions,” Longmire said of the debate tournaments. “They’re just fun. There’s no other word to describe it but ‘fun.’ “Even though (other students) are different or they look different from you, they’re all coming from the same (place). They’re like, ‘I just memorized a 10-minute speech, and I’m pretty sure I know like eight minutes or nine minutes,’” he said, laughing. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com. The Eastside and Overfelt students will face off with other Bay Area debate teams from schools like Gunn High School, Bellarmine College Preparatory and Saint Francis in their first official tournament this fall on Sunday, Dec. 7. The Coast Forensic League novice tournament will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Overfelt in San Jose.
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proach is part and parcel to debate and helps students not only become confident public speakers but also improve academically. “(Debate) helps me write passionately,” Barrera said. “Now, other teachers recognize me as a debater.” Jaya Subramanian, one of the two Eastside teachers the league enlisted to be debate coaches, said that debate makes students better all-around. In subtle ways, debate teaches students how to be discerning readers, listeners and interpreters. Subramanian and the other teacher-coach, AP government teacher Betsy Cepparullo, said they’re grateful for the expertise and support Urban Debate League provided. Eastside’s previous iteration, the speech and debate elective, was popular, but neither teacher had experience in debate. At some point in the year, the class turned into study hall. “We both know how to research and write and articulate arguments, but debate is its own crazy wonderful world,” Cepparullo said. “It’s so nice to have someone come in and say, ‘This is what it feels like when the other side comes up with a really hard argument,’ or ‘This is what it feels like to flow,’ or ‘I used to practice flow with rap songs; see how many things you can write down.’ I would have never thought of that.”
Urban Debate League participants Jasmere Riley, left, and Jacob Adams, walk on campus after an evening practice at Eastside Prep on Oct. 30.
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Comic Dana Moon, left, says she’s had her fair share of hecklers. In her stand-up, Becky Robinson, center, sometimes takes on alternate personas. Right, Lisa Curry’s selfdeprecating humor skews toward the dark side.
by Elizabeth Schwyzer people laugh, Curry is dead serious about the honesty thing. In stand-up, she said, there’s no room for the inauthentic. “If you’re doing something that you think is funny but it’s really contrived, the audience may not pick up on what it is that’s off, but they’ll know it’s just not as good,” she explained. “What’s real is always the funniest thing, because people are inherently ridiculous.” Originally from small-town Indiana, Curry knew early she wanted to be on the stage. Dreaming of a career as an actress, she moved to L.A. — the heart of the entertainment industry — only to discover that she hated acting. Luckily, she found stand-up. She’s never looked back. Now in her early 30s, Curry has told stories with The Moth, performed at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, blogged for MTV and joined the house ensemble of Second City Hollywood: the world’s largest comedy improv training center. Among her recent bits are a story about her childhood kitten she did for the LA Moth’s “Love Hurts” StorySLAM (“I’m holding it and it’s dead. ... It’s definitely dead”), and a riff on the idea that people want their loved ones not to mourn their deaths but to celebrate their lives instead.
“I’m calling bull---- on that,” Curry said. “If you were able to look down on your own funeral and people were having a good old time, you’d be devastated.” The same streak of darkness that characterizes Curry’s standup colors the way she speaks about her emerging career as a comic. “It’s just you on your own,” she said of stand-up. “You don’t have to depend on anyone else, which I always found to be a problem. Even the most dependable people are going to let you down once in a while.” Though Curry’s comedy isn’t pervaded by themes of sex and romance, her stand-up sometimes alludes to the tricky territory of male/female relations. “I want to be dominated physically, but I’m going to dominate you intellectually,” she mused in an appearance at the Ventura Comedy Club last July, sniggering at her own revelation as the women in the crowd offered appreciative whoops in response. Google “Lisa Curry,” and you’ll come up with the Australian Olympic swimmer of the same name; well-aware of the issue and always on the lookout for a joke, the comedian has devoted a portion of her website to a running list of other “Lisas Curry.”
If Curry’s humor tends toward cynicism, fellow performers Dana Moon and Becky Robinson come at their comedy from an angle many 20-something women will find familiar: adventures in dating, drinking and the endless complications of sex. “I’m working on a bit I call ‘YouTube,’” Moon explained last week. “I never knew how pushy single guys could be until the date ends and they insist I come over to their house to ‘watch YouTube
videos.’ Like, when did ‘YouTube’ become slang for ‘d--k?’” Moon shares Curry’s belief in the importance of honesty to successful stand-up. “What makes for good comedy is anything that is truthful and makes the comic laugh,” she noted. “If you’re having fun on stage sharing real life truths, the audience will feel it and laugh with you.” (continued on next page)
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hat makes for good comedy? “Honesty,” says comedian Lisa Curry. “Honesty over everything.” The Los Angeles-based standup comic is preparing to hit the road with three of her colleagues on a nationwide tour they’ve dubbed the “Walk of Shame.” They’ll be crossing the country from Portland to Wichita, Atlanta to Dallas, working the room for laughs and shooting footage of their road trip for a TV docuseries pilot. Tonight, Friday, Nov. 21, “Walk of Shame” comes to Stanford. Though the name of the tour suggests R-rated content from a female perspective, Curry explained in a phone interview last week that the reality is a bit more nuanced than that. “I actually don’t have any sexual material at all,” she said. “The others have some, but their material is a fresh take on that theme.” Curry added that the title of the tour arose when the four women decided to create a visual riff on the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album cover. “It’s provocative and memorable,” she said of “Walk of Shame.” “It’s easy to hashtag.” For a woman who lives to make
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Like many comics, Moon said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had her share of hecklers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The worst was at a bar show I did on top of a Hooters on Hollywood Boulevard,â&#x20AC;? she recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was close to midnight, I went up last, and everyone in the audience was drunk and foreign â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not paying attention. One man in the front row did not let me speak; he kept calling out words or repeating what I was saying. It was a nightmare.â&#x20AC;? Were it to happen today, Moon said she hoped sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be better prepared with a smart comeback. Her response at the time? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went home that night and ate my emotions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; five pounds of cookie dough â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and immediately felt better.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile, Robinson had a set at the Comedy Store on Sunset Boulevard last summer called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Early 20s are the Worst.â&#x20AC;? In it, she bemoaned the awkwardness of the morning after a one-night stand (â&#x20AC;&#x153;You guys wake up; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been downward starfish all night and had a great sleep. ... Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve
spent the night in the corner, curled up, no covers, being chased by wolves in the tundra...â&#x20AC;?) and yearned for middle age: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like 40-somethings have onenight stands and they wake up and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Peace. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need your number.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Robinson sometimes takes on alternate personas, including one she calls Deb: an Aspy, khakiwearing Midwesterner with a bad bowl cut and a penchant for catcalling younger men. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out here on the goofier end of the spectrum where much of Jessica Michelle Singletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedy lies. Check her out on Twitter (@JMScomedy) for a sampling of her humor in 140 characters or less. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tomato,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I say whatever I think will make you like me most,â&#x20AC;? reads a recent Tweet. Another declares, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My step dad is way too much of a Republican for someone who lives off of his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s income.â&#x20AC;? Among Singletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fortes are sweeping aside political correctness in pursuit of humor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a lesbian,â&#x20AC;? she announced in an appearance at Crackers Comedy Club in India-
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napolis earlier this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just like sweaters more than I like brushing my hair, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m aggressive, so it can be confusing.â&#x20AC;? Having cleared that up, she continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do date men, in theory. In reality, I spend most of my time watching â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Game of Thrones,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wearing dirty sweatpants and drinking wine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; straight out of the box.â&#x20AC;? Despite their sometimes gendered thematic material, these comedians donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of themselves as â&#x20AC;&#x153;female comics,â&#x20AC;? and tend to take offense when a host introduces them as such. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When someone introduces you as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;female,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a disclaimer, not a compliment,â&#x20AC;? Curry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;female doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;female lawyer.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Neither do they seem particularly worried that their genre has historically been male-dominated. Given the 21st century success stories of seriously funny women whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made their way from improv and stand-up to prime time comedy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; among them Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Walk of Shamers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t short on role models. At the same time, having funny women to look up to sometimes presents its own challenges. When asked if she experienced stage fright, Curry answered quickly, then backpedaled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know what? I get nervous afterward, like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh my god, what did I just do?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But every once in a while, if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s someone I really admire in the crowd â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like a comic I think is good â&#x20AC;&#x201D; then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get nervous. One time I did a small show and Maria Bamford was there, who I love. I ended up having a really bad set, and I almost threw up after that. I really wanted her to think I was funny.â&#x20AC;? Ultimately, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walk of Shameâ&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about achieving overnight fame or overturning gender stereotypes; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the hard work of carving out a career as a comedian. Curry, Moon, Robinson and Singleton are hitting the road eager to meet audiences across the country, and to share their experiences as honestly as they can. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re filming the tour because we want to show whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to be on the road as struggling comics,â&#x20AC;? Curry said, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re no different from male comics. Really. The only difference is when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the road we have to bring blow dryers.â&#x20AC;? Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly. com. What: The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walk of Shameâ&#x20AC;? Comedy Tour Where: Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grill, 750 Escondido Road, Stanford
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Bay Choral Guild performs Brahms’ ‘German Requiem’ without an orchestra by Janet Silver Ghent
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hen the Bay Choral Guild presents Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” (“German Requiem”), audiences familiar with the more commonly performed orchestral version will not hear the booming bass, brass or timpani. Without a symphony orchestra to overpower the quieter piano and pianissimo movements, concertgoers can bask in the subtle harmonies of this 50-voice chorale, accompanied only by a single piano played with four hands. The piece, accompanied by pianists Timothy Getz and Tyson Dauer, includes solos for soprano and baritone, featuring professionals Jennifer Ashworth and Ben Kazez. But the sevenmovement, 70-minute-plus piece includes no arias, which means no respite for the chorale. “It’s a choristers’ piece,” said
Among the members of the chorale are tenors Steve Kispersky, left, John Palmer and Robert Adams.
tenor Bill van Melle during a rehearsal break at Palo Alto’s First Baptist Church. “There are solos, but the choristers don’t get much rest.” The challenge involves “keeping up the energy through the entire piece,” said tenor Steve Kispersky. “It just keeps going and going and going.” Sanford Dole, Bay Choral Guild’s artistic director, agrees. Unlike many of the chorale’s previous concert programs, which have tended to feature shorter works and an intermission, this is a one-piece concert without a break. “Singing pretty much constantly throughout the whole piece requires stamina,” he said. The chorale will perform on Sunday, Nov. 23, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, following performances Nov. 21 in Campbell and Nov. 22 in San
center of the room, Dole explained the transition. Although the score is marked forte, he said, “it’s a floated forte, not blasted. Start mezzo forte and let it blossom, shooting for the top side of the cloud, not coming up from the bottom.” Then he asked the sopranos to sing a particularly tricky phrase from memory. “Just be blissful. Look at me. I’ll give you the triplets.” First soprano Padma Rangarajan, whose tone is bell-like, followed Dole’s directive. Having sung in several choirs, she joined the group after moving to the area, joining her sister, Vai Rangarajan, who also sings first soprano. Brahms’ “German Requiem” is a challenge, Padma noted. “You have to be able to sing beautifully for a very long time.” But the joy lies in performing exquisite music. The pieces Sanford chooses are “amazing,” she said, “both cerebral and enjoyable.” Dole, born in Berkeley, has long been active in the Bay Area music scene. A founding member of the all-male Chanticleer a cappella group, he now serves as music director of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco and as artistic director of the Sanford Dole Ensemble, which focuses on contemporary
music. He’s currently completing his own choral work, “Gertrude and Alice: Scenes From a Shared Life,” about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, who also have roots in the Bay Area. In 2000, Dole took the helm of Bay Choral Guild, an auditioned volunteer chorale founded in 1979 as the Baroque Choral Guild. In 2008, before the group’s 30th anniversary season, the name was changed to reflect their expanded repertoire, which has ranged from Bach to Bobby McFerrin. Last year’s American Heritage concert included works from the 18th to 21st centuries, including such composers as Stephen Foster, Richard Rodgers and Aaron Copland. Their 2013 Mozart Festival included three works for chorus and orchestra, including the Coronation Mass. “We tend to sing things that are not easy, even if the music is moderately familiar to us,” noted first soprano Holzer, who has sung with the group on and off since its founding. “If people come in expecting they’re going to sing only one kind of music, that can throw them. We tend to have singers who have either been with us for a while or are very experienced.” In fact, (continued on next page)
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Sanford Dole is the artistic director of the Bay Choral Guild.
Francisco. Those who have not heard Brahms’ German-language requiem will discover a kinder, gentler liturgy than Mozart’s, without the vehement “Dies Irae” (Day of Wrath) pleadings to an angry God. Brahms chose the text himself, selecting passages from the Martin Luther Bible to provide comfort to the living, rather than pleas for the souls of the dead. Begun after his mother’s death in 1865, the piece begins with the words “Selig sind, die da Leid tragen, denn sie sollen getröstet werden” (“Blessed are those who bear suffering”). Others may be familiar with the Requiem’s fourth movement, sung in English as “How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place.” “I grew up singing it in church choirs without ever knowing it was part of the Brahms Requiem,” Dole said. The requiem is not an easy piece to perform, he added. Sung in the style of the Romantic period, it includes tricky tempo and dynamic variations. In addition, much of the singing is pianissimo — very soft — requiring technical skill and abdominal control to sustain. First soprano Mary Holzer said Dole “has been telling us since we’ve started, ‘I’m warning you, sopranos: You will be exposed in a way you won’t be while singing with an orchestra.’” That exposure intensifies during the transition from the vociferous sixth movement — “Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt” (“For here we have no lasting place”) — to the tranquility of the final seventh movement “Selig sind die Toten” (“Blessed are the dead”). The sixth movement feels like it should be the conclusion of the piece — and before the final movement premiered in 1869, it was. “But Brahms had one more thing to say,” as Dole put it, and the composer put the onus on the sopranos, who get no resting place themselves. They open the seventh movement, singing a very exposed high F for two slow measures. Standing on a podium in the
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Music East of the River
Imagine traveling from England to Italy, through the Balkans to Armenia and on to the Middle East â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all in one evening. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the journey planned for Nov. 21, when San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acclaimed early music ensemble East of the River comes to Palo Alto. The quintet features Balkan violin, recorder, percussion and kanun, a Middle Eastern zither. Their program, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Levantera: Medieval music of the Mediterranean, Balkans, Armenia and the Middle East,â&#x20AC;? is named for an east-blowing wind and is designed as an evening of continuous music of the 14th century. Most songs are drawn from the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest album of the same name. Among the pieces theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll play are an early English score thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the earliest examples of written counterpoint and an Italian â&#x20AC;&#x153;estampieâ&#x20AC;? or virtuoso solo dance. The group will also perform sacred Armenian chants transposed for instruments. The evening concludes with a group of haunting folk dances from Greece, Macedonia and Bulgaria. East of the River brings â&#x20AC;&#x153;Levanteraâ&#x20AC;? to Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave.) on Friday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 general, $32 for seniors and $30 for SF Early Music Society members. Season subscriptions are also available. For tickets, go to sfems.org or call 510-528-1725.
Concert Peninsula Symphony Holiday Concert As November comes to a close, the holiday concert season begins in earnest. This Friday, Peninsula Symphony and the Stanford Symphonic Chorus kick
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singing show tunes can be challenging for those who have sung only classical music. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the composition itself or a different vocal technique, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never fail to learn something from each of the concerts.â&#x20AC;? Holzer has sung the Brahms requiem several times, sometimes in large pickup groups with experienced singers who get together for several practices before performing with an orchestra. Concentrating on the piece for an entire quarter is a different experience, giving the director â&#x20AC;&#x153;the luxury of trying different things as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re
Theater â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Fox on the Fairwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; If the Marx Brothers make you giggle and Charlie Chaplin gets you chuckling, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to head over to the Los Altos Bus Barn in the coming weeks, where Los Altos Stage Company presents the madcap farce, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fox on the Fairway.â&#x20AC;? Written in 2010 by Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig, the play follows the antics of the members of two competing country clubs (Quail Valley and Crouching Squirrel) engaged in a hotly contested golf tournament, as well as some sticky romantic entanglements. Go expecting physical comedy, golf vernacular, bawdy jokes aplenty and a pair or two of argyle socks. Michael Weiland plays golf â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fox on the pro Justin; Brooke Silva plays Fairwayâ&#x20AC;? runs his love interest Louise in Los now through Dec. Altos Stage Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fox 14 at the Bus Barn on the Fairway.â&#x20AC;? Theater (97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos) with shows Wednesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets range from $18 to $32. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to losaltosstage.org or call 650-941-0551. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elizabeth Schwyzer
practicing, making subtle changes here and there,â&#x20AC;? she observed. Dole has wanted to direct this requiem for years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a relatively small choir, not big enough for a full orchestra,â&#x20AC;? he pointed out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nor do we have the money.â&#x20AC;? The local nonprofit is funded by contributions, ticket sales and by a grant from Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and California Arts Council. And because the music of this requiem is soft and intimate, performing with four-handed piano allows the choir to come through, Dole said, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being in a small venue brings the audience closer to the singers.â&#x20AC;? Q
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off the musical festivities with an evening of joyous song at Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautiful Memorial Church (450 Serra Mall). Mitchell Sardou Klein conducts the Peninsula Symphony, and Stephen Sano directs the choir of more than 150 singers in this beloved annual concert. The program includes Felix Mendelssohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 (popularly known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lobgesangâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hymn of Praiseâ&#x20AC;?), Vaughan Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fantasia on Greensleeves,â&#x20AC;? Gustav Holstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas Dayâ&#x20AC;? and excerpts from Pyotr Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nutcracker.â&#x20AC;? Sopranos Tonia Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amelio and Amy Kyung Min Lee and tenor Jonathan Smucker will be featured. The concert opens on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. A second performance takes place Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1:30 pm. Tickets are $20 general admission. Discounted season subscriptions are also available. Go to peninsulasymphony.org or call 650-941-5291. Q
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uffalo, the Asian-influenced burger and bao bastion on Castro Street in Mountain View, was not named after the American bison, nor the Thai water buffalo, and not the city on the shores of Lake Erie. Buffalo was named for a drinking game that owner Brandon Poon was introduced to by a couple of Australians while partying in Paris. Food can be so complicated. Despite its puzzling name, Buffalo serves some of the tastiest burgers in town, and the restaurant’s inspired baos rival the best cutting-edge fusion fare in the area. (Baos are Asian steamed buns that can be stuffed with anything delicious.) And that’s not all. The place has a handsome selection of craft beers — a half dozen on tap that constantly rotate and another dozen-plus in bottle form from local brewmasters. Poon grew up in the restaurant business. His family has owned numerous Chinese and Southeast Asian eateries in the South Bay. He has a degree in culinary management and has both cooked for and managed numerous local restaurants for more than a decade. Ikona Perez handles the Buffalo kitchen chores. Poon and Perez met in culinary school and work together on the bill of fare. Different ethnic backgrounds fuel creativity and a menu that is colorful, trendy and appetizing. Buffalo is semi-fast food: Order at the counter and seat yourself. Food arrives quickly and tables are promptly bused and kept clean. Two large-screen TVs tuned to sports stations reinforce the young, mostly male, beer-and-burger vibe. The wood-toned interior isn’t large, seating 49, but street-side tables can accommodate 20 more. Starting with the crispy chicken wings, there was little to disappoint. The wings were appetizing and pretty on the plate ($9 for three trios in three flavors). The wings were brined, chilled, then fried without flour. There was the original with ginger, garlic, soy and chilies: not quite lip burning but with noted spice. The classic barbecue style had loads of tomatoey goodness, and the chipotle-honey wings were tasty and on the mild side.
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All’s not well in Panem There’s half a movie in the padded ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ 001/2 (Century 16, Century 20) No doubt about it: “The Hunger Games” has captured the imagination of American moviegoers. Much of its popularity owes to breakout star Jennifer Lawrence, riding a heartening new wave of heroine chic, while some may be due to the franchise’s young-adult inheritance from “Twilight.” But above all, it seems we love “The Hunger Games” because it caters to the suspicion — stoked in a time pitting the 99 percent against the 1 percent — that the haveit-alls have fixed the odds to be ever in their favor. And so mallgoers flock to slum it in Panem, the dystopian post-apocalyptic nation marked by its minimal bread and garish, gory circuses: annual fight-tothe-death reality TV competitions called “the Hunger Games.” Having survived two bouts in the arena, Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) finds herself ensconced within the rebel faction poised to wage all-out war on the Capitol, a city of lavish excesses lorded over by Donald Sutherland’s serpentine President Snow. “She’s the face of the revolution!” enthuses former Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (the late,
great Philip Seymour Hoffman) to rebel leader and District 13 President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore). But convincing the iconic “Mockingjay” Katniss to play along with Heavensbee’s propaganda campaign will require addressing her chief concern: the recovery of beloved Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) from the Capitol’s clutches, where he was left behind in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Unsurprisingly since “The Hunger Games” films derive from YA novels, there’s another man in Katniss’ life: hunky bestie Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), who spends most of this sequel mooning — and occasionally shooting — by Katniss’ side. Also in Katniss’ rebel-base orbit: fellow Games escapee Finnick Odair (Sam Claflin), now-sober alcoholic mentor Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), unhappily displaced Capitol fashion plate Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), tech whiz Beetee Latier (Jeffrey Wright) and Katniss’ sister (and soul) Primrose (Willow Shields). Throw in appearances by Panem TV personality Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci), and the all-star gang’s all here.
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Movies key themes of the burdens of leadership and celebrity, and the skilled manipulation of a population through distraction and propaganda. But even on these points, “Mockingjay” isn’t much more than skin deep, and worse, indulges its own form of narrative manipulation. Even granting her concern for Peeta as a rationale, Katniss’ tortured resistance to being a propaganda tool seems contrived: Why wouldn’t she do anything in her power to stoke re-
sistance against the Capitol? By so underplaying Katniss’ doubts about the alternative rebel government, “Mockingjay” misses an opportunity for both complexity and character clarity. No doubt the gamesmanship will step up ... after a long year’s wait. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material. Two hours, 3 minutes. — Peter Canavese
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And yet there’s something lumbering and even self-defeating about this sequel, which — as per profit margins — has split Suzanne Collins’ novel into two, two-hour-plus films. Director Francis Lawrence (who also helmed “Catching Fire”) applies his considerable budget to playing out these chapters on a grand scale, but most of the picture is dire talk seen through dim light, dull color and just-so hazes. We’re meant to feel the weight of Katniss’ situation, and we do, but the picture is leaden as a result. Despite talk of “the fire that the Mockingjay started,” the action is sparse. Indeed, little of consequence happens, as most of the key incident is back-loaded into next year’s “Part 2.” “Part 1” devotes an entire scene to convincing a fashion designer to make an outfit: This is what usually decorates a cutting-room floor. On the other hand, there’s something pleasingly perverse about a blockbuster movie that’s so focused on making its audience suffer along with its heroine (and JLaw suffers impressively, as only a movie star can). This is a film in which the hero begins the story with severe PTSD and one of the good guys utters, in the opening moments, “I wish they were all dead. I wish we were too.” Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! At its best, “Mockingjay — Part 1” noodles on the franchise’s
The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly: 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. There’s more than a pinch of “8 1/2” in Iñárritu’s three-ring circus, complete with a gaggle of women (including Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan and Lindsay Duncan) circling Keaton’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, “Birdman” tells a relatable story of one man’s attempt to get something right, while functioning as a useful critique of the entanglement
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Rosewater 000 Might Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” become the next George Clooney, director of liberal-minded political films? By the evidence of “Rosewater,” the answer is yes. “Rosewater” derives from a true story close to home for Stewart. When Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari flew to Iran to cover the 2009 election (and subsequent violent protests sparked by suspicion of fraud), he also gave some interviews, including a satirical sit-down with “Daily Show” correspondent Jason Jones. Soon thereafter, Bahari was hauled into prison and locked away in solitary confinement, broken up only by interrogations and psychological and physical punishments. Using the book “Then They Came for Me” by Bahari and Aimee Molloy as a model, Stewart makes comprehensible the contemporary political situation in Iran, its historical context and the personal history that weighs on Bahari (his father and sister were persecuted during the reign of the Shah and the Ayatollah Khomeini, respectively). Stewart can be knocked for compromises, including casting Mexican actor Gael García Bernal as Bahari and having characters speak accented English, but these choices actually work in the film’s favor. Bernal gives a typically charismatic turn, and the dearth of subtitling makes the film more accessible. The Kafkaesque opening sequence depicting Bahari’s arrest gives way to local-color political journalism and eventually to the 118-day confinement in Evin Prison, including blindfolded sessions with a rosewater-scented interrogator (Kim Bodnia). Stewart can be a bit overstated, but he also wittily tunes in to the absurdity of Bahari’s situation and makes potent use of intense close-ups. Above all, media icon Stewart shows his deep belief in the almost holy power of media to bolster political change. Rated R for language including some crude references, and violent content. One hour, 43 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014) The Theory of Everything 00 “One single unifying equation that explains everything in the universe ... that is the question,” frets Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” Unfortunately, the movie around that quest winds up being by the numbers. Based on the memoir “Traveling To Infinity: My Life With Stephen” by Jane Hawking, the film begins at the University of Cambridge in 1963, where Hawking (master thespian Eddie Redmayne) pursues a Ph.D. in physics, he and future wife Jane (Felicity Jones, transparently milking tears) woo each other, and Hawking learns he has the progressive neurological disorder “motor neuron disease,” aka ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He gets a prognosis of roughly two years to live, though as most are aware, the cosmologist continues to live and work today. A rail-thin Redmayne skillfully adopts a collection of tics (curled lip, toothy grin, klutzy limbs) and allows the character’s disease to corrupt them, but he achieves a more impressive alchemy by convincingly inhabiting Hawking’s famous personality: one of genius, wit and indomitability. But the film relies on convention and mawkish melodrama, consistently keeping the deeper implications of Hawking’s disease and his research submerged. Even when his marriage to Jane is made bumpy by progressive illness and dangerously attractive caregivers (Charlie Cox, Maxine Peake), the picture deals with the complications in the most rote ways. Director James March’s film settles for feelgoodery, gives anything provocative a wide berth and arrives at merry cliche: “Where there is life, there is hope.” That’s nice and all, but it’s hardly the
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. Beyond the Lights (PG-13) Century 16: 7:20 & 10:15 p.m., Fri 10:10 a.m., Sat & Sun 10:30 a.m., 1:25 & 4:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m. Big Hero 6 (PG) Century 16: 9 & 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 5:05, 7:50 & 9:20 p.m. In 3-D at 10:20 a.m., 1:05, 3:50, 6:35 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:15 & 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 3:40, 4:35, 6:20, 7:20 & 10 p.m. In 3-D at noon, 12:55, 2:40, 5:20, 8:05, 9 & 10:45 p.m. Birdman (R) +++ Century 16: 9:25 & 10:55 a.m., 12:25, 1:55, 3:25, 4:55, 6:25, 7:55, 9:25 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:55, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. Guild Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m.
Citizenfour (R) +++1/2
Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13) Century 16: 9, 10:25 & 11:45 a.m., 1:05, 2:25, 3:55, 5:15, 6:40, 8, 9:25 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 & 11:45 a.m., 1:25, 2:35, 4:05, 5:15, 6:50, 7:55, 9:35 & 10:40 p.m. Force Majeure (R) Fury (R) +++
Aquarius Theatre: 1:45, 4:30, 7:20 & 10 p.m.
Century 20: 1:05, 4:10, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m.
Gone Girl (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 3:55 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sun 9:55 a.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3:45, 7:05 & 10:20 p.m. Gone With the Wind (1939) (Not Rated) Happy Ending (Not Rated) The Homesman (R)
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Aquarius Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:15, 10, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10, 10:45 & 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 10, 11 & 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30, 1, 2, 2;30, 3, 3:30, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, 8, 8:30 , 9, 9:30 & 10 p.m. Fri & Sat 11 p.m. In X-D at 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Interstellar (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:10 & 11:10 a.m., 1:10, 3:10, 5:10 & 7:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:10 & 10:50 p.m., Sun 9 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 a.m., 12:45, 1:50, 4:25, 5:40, 7:10, 8:20 & 9:45 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:25 a.m. & 3:20 p.m. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat 9:55 a.m. Century 20: Sat 9:55 a.m. Nightcrawler (R) Century 16: 1:20 p.m., Fri & Sat 10:10 p.m., Sun 10:50 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 p.m. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 5:35 & 9:35 p.m. Rosewater (R) +++ Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 4:20 & 7:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. St. Vincent (PG-13)
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The Theory of Everything (PG-13) ++ Palo Alto Square: 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7 & 8:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m. Whiplash (R) +++1/2
Century 16: 10:35 p.m., Fri & Sun 1:15 p.m.
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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information about films playing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies ON THE WEB: Up-to-date movie listings at PaloAltoOnline.com
theory of everything Hawking had in mind. Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive material. Two hours, 3 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014) Interstellar 001/2 Referring to the distinction between time spent on Earth and during intergalactic travel, a NASA scientist in “Interstellar” cracks, “That’s relativity, folks!” The same could be said of audience reactions to Christopher Nolan’s latest. Teaming up with co-writer and brother Jonathan, Nolan expends his postBatman cachet on this mega-expensive space epic. “Interstellar” proves heady and hokey in equal measure as the Nolan brothers 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 works as a farmer in a near-apocalyptic America. When Cooper stumbles into a secret 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 decision means leaving behind his own family to play nice in space with Brand’s daughter (Anne Hathaway). Technically speaking, Nolan swings for the fences here, and, in the early going, “Interstellar” compellingly posits what life might be like in the last days of the American Empire. 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. 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). Nolan seems less desirous of making a coherent thematic point than that critics and audiences will believe that he’s not modern cinema’s heartless Tin Man. Rated PG-13 for some intense perilous action and brief strong language. Two hours, 49 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014)
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Chicken and pork tend to be mild and lean, so they should be paired with a mild, lighter-bodied wine. Look for flavors that can build a bridge between the wine and dish. Baked, smoked or honeyed hams beg for wines with a hint of sweet. “With a honey-baked ham, we recommend a fruit-forward pinot noir as it cuts the fat and complements the sweetness of the honey,” said Emily Mathews, co-owner of Vino Locale in Palo Alto. “A honey-baked ham is usually glazed with maple or pierced with cloves, to offer up both sweet and salty flavors on your palate. You wouldn’t want your wine to compete with those flavors, but instead, complement them. A dry wine won’t clash with the sweetness on your plate and will avoid overpowering the entree,” added co-owner Debra Szecsei, who recommends a dry rosé or an extra-dry champagne. For an herbed pork roast, Mathews recommends a creamy chardonnay with hints of fruit and oak, which “won’t overwhelm the herbal flavors in the roast,” she said. Mathews also suggests a light red, such as a sangiovese or pinot noir, which is quite flexible and goes well with the multitude of flavors presented at a holiday table, she said.
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Debra Szecsei, left, and Emily Mathews, right, co-owners of Vino Locale, pour glasses of wine at the bar while talking about which wines they recommend for holiday meal pairings. For white wine lovers, try a riesling, which is “one of the great white grapes,” said Laurie Lindrup, director of business development at Beltramo’s Wines and Spirits in Menlo Park. “Riesling is often highly fragrant, very delicious and totally food-friendly,” Lindrup said. “(It) is probably the best food-pairing grape, with its high acid and fresh fruit spectrum it can stand up to most foods and will enhance the experience.” Szecsei recommends a gewurztraminer or sauvignon blanc to balance the acidity and stand up to the richness of the holiday meal. “Gewurztraminer tends to be aromatic with spicy notes that pair well with turkey and gravy, bringing out the best in both,” Szecsei said. “Sauvignon blanc wines are dry and crisp with citrus flavors and mineral undertones, making it a great wine to pair with turkey and mashed potatoes.” For those who prefer red wine, choose a wine with good acidity and soft tannins — a textural element that makes wine taste dry — to allow the wine to support the flavors of the food, Szecsei said, adding that a pinot noir or syrah would make good choices. “Pinot noir wines will show bright cherry notes and subtle
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earthy undertone with few tannins — pairing well with traditional flavors of turkey and stuffing,” she said. Syrah is a more full-bodied wine and has a hint of spice, Szecsei said, which increases the complexity, allowing it to handle the multiple layers of flavors of rich holiday dishes, including stuffing and both white and dark turkey meat. Lindrup recommends a beaujolais, a light-bodied French red wine with a fruity aroma. “Gamay grapes grow especially well in the Beaujolais district of France, where they are used to produce beaujolais wines. Although the Gamay grape itself has lots of tannins, the resulting Gamay wines are characterized by fairly low tannins,” Lindrup said. “Wines made from Gamay grapes have fresh, fruity flavors like strawberry and raspberry and aromas of pears. The high acid and fruitiness of the grape make it an excellent pairing for all the flavors on a Thanksgiving table.” Turkey isn’t eaten alone, so Mike Garcia, owner of The Wine Room in Palo Alto, said to take into account the side dishes that accompany the bird, including stuffing.
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keeps on giving Chefs dish on how to transform your holiday leftovers by Elena Kadvany hen Nov. 1 hits, so does the holiday-meal planning. Are you brining, roasting or smoking? Pumpkin or pecan? Will you stick to your family’s traditional side dishes, or try something new? Amidst all the food planning, something crucial can fall to the wayside: What to do with all those holiday leftovers. Many may default, in a postThanksgiving food coma, to reheating plates of exactly what was eaten the day before or making turkey sandwiches. There’s nothing wrong with either, but the potential for leftovers is endless. Leftover turkey can become soup, pot pie, sauce, hash patties, chili or salads. Read on for the family traditions and suggestions from a group of local chefs on how to transform your holiday leftovers.
stantly throughout the year.” Alternatively, he’ll save half the bird, shred up the leg meat and whip it with some of the fat to make rillettes, a preparation of meat similar to pâté.
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Ingredients for chef Kelsey Casavan’s turkey hash recipe include leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, fresh herbs, an egg (to bind the ingredients together) and gravy. tear it up and add it to that soup. Ribollita literally means reboiled or recooked, more or less.” So your leftover bread, vegetables (and added beans) can be served as a soup. Or, the next day, mash it into a cake-like patty and then saute it slowly in olive oil so it gets a crust, Strong said. He does the same with leftover stuffing — and don’t forget to serve it “drenched in olive oil.” Strong said at Christmas, he’ll always make goose. “We obsess over goose. Christmas goose is awesome,” he said. Pro goose-cooking tip from Strong: Get it a week or 10 days before, salt it and let it sit uncovered in the refrigerator. Then roast it very low and slow, at 250 degrees for an hour and a half. But the best part? Puncturing the bird’s skin with skewers before roasting so that all of the fat renders out, he said. “The best part, the gift of Christmas that keeps on giving is all of the goose fat that I get to use throughout the year,” he said. “I cook with that goose fat con-
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Chez TJ Executive Chef Jarad Gallagher does his own version of Thanksgiving ribollita. Take your leftover turkey and separate the dark from white meat. Take all of the skin, drippings from the pan and even extra bones to make a stock, then add leftover potatoes and bread. The result is a soup that can be enjoyed the day or even weeks after if you freeze portions of it. He also offered some advice: “When I design the meals themselves for Thanksgiving, I’m always deciding with the plan to do something specific with leftovers,” he said. “I plan from the beginning.”
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Anthony Strong, executive chef for Pizzeria Delfina, loves leftovers so much that he and other Delfina staff who stay in the Bay Area for the holidays actually stay up the entire night before Thanksgiving to make turkey and all the trimmings for an open house, and host a build-your-ownleftovers-sandwiches day on the day of. They keep the sandwiches simple: Pullman bread (“just to keep it real,” he says), stuffing, sliced turkey, cranberry sauce and hot or cold gravy (Strong likes it cold). Strong also makes a Thanksgiving version of ribollita, a hearty traditional Tuscan soup made from bread, cannellini beans and vegetables. (Strong called Tuscany “the land of 101 uses for leftover bread and beans.”) “In Tuscany, you typically make ribollita by making this really rich, dense bean soup with a bunch of pancetta and vegetables in it,” he said. “You heat up that soup for dinner and take the leftover bread,
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Kelsey Casavan, who has risen up the ranks in the Left Bank restaurant group, from hostess to the cold line and now head chef at LB Steak in Menlo Park, has brunch on the mind when it comes to leftovers, although she said her family is among the many who eats turkey sandwiches for “probably longer than is recommended.” She makes turkey hash patties by combining pulled turkey, mashed potatoes, chopped herbs such as sage or parsley, a beaten egg, salt and pepper and a small amount of whole grain mustard. Make small patties and fry them. Then top with poached eggs and leftover gravy. In her words: “Soooooo good.” Bradley Ogden, Bradley’s Fine Diner, Menlo Park
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There are many wines that enhance the flavors of beef, and as a general rule, red wine goes well with plainly cooked beef. But during the holidays, dishes may be served with different sauces and seasonings, and that “kind of helps the wine selection,” Garcia said. A pinot noir would go well with roast beef tenderlion served with a currant sauce, because the pinot noir, which exhibits flavors of ripe red fruit like cherry, raspberry and currant, will pick up the fruity flavors of the sauce, he said. For roast beef, Garcia recommends “going off the beaten path” and serving a cabernet franc. “Cabernet franc tends to be a little more spicy, which will pick up the pepperiness of a roast beef dish,” he said. “If you are someone who likes a bigger style red wine and are doing a more meatier course, I’d do a cab franc.”
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“If you put sausage in your stuffing, a pinot noir will go better with that,” he said. A full-bodied chardonnay or a pinot noir with earthy flavors work well with stuffing that incorporates mushrooms, he added.
Fat and acidity play a crucial role in pairing an assortment of non-meat dishes with wine, Garcia said. “If you’re going to eat sides of mashed potatoes and dishes that are fattier without the proteins, a crisp, clean French-style chardonnay or unoaked chardonnay go better with those dishes,” he said. The gravy that comes with mashed potatoes, and creams in traditional dishes like a green
Finish the holiday dinner with something sweet by offering a dessert wine. When considering what wine can accompany a traditional pumpkin pie or apple tart, Szecsei recommends a port wine, which is a fortified wine often served as a dessert wine. “That’s an obvious choice,” Szecsei said. “An alternative is a late-harvest riesling for rich flavors of honey. Fortified wines and late-harvest wines will bring sweetness and viscosity to support the spice of the pumpkin pie or apple tart you’re serving.” Lindrup recommends a lateharvest gewurztraminer, which has a spiciness to it that will pair beautifully with the melange of spices of a pumpkin pie, she said. For darker and richer last courses like pecan pies or baked plum desserts, Garcia recommends a tawny port, which is mellow, nutty and slightly woody, and will pick up the nuttiness of the pecan pie, or a vintage port, which is a little more grapey and will complement desserts with darker fruit profiles.
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If you need a recipe for that turkey pot pie idea, here’s one from a Michelin-starred chef. Dmitry Elperin of the Village Pub in Woodside said he starts by making a simple crust using three ingredients: all-purpose flour, butter and ice water. “When cooked, the crust is golden brown, light and flaky,” he said. “For the filling, I cook together tender bite-size pieces of turkey meat, glazed root vegetables, gravy, roasted potatoes, butter, chicken stock, parsley and sage.” Another idea: mashed potato, turkey and stuffing pancakes. Mix together bite-size pieces of turkey meat, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Using your hands, form the
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Turkey hash made from leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, fresh herbs, a bit of mustard and topped with a poached egg and gravy and a green salad prepared by chef Kelsey Casavan at LB Steak in Menlo Park. mixture into disk-like shapes, about 1 inch thick and 4 inches in diameter. In a clean large bowl, dredge the potato disks in flour and set aside to chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. In a large cast-iron pan over medium heat, add grapeseed oil to liberally coat the bottom of the pan. Add more as needed. Pan-fry each potato pancake for about five minutes per side, or until golden brown. Top with leftover cranberry or gravy — or both — and enjoy. Anya Fernald, Belcampo Meat Co., Palo Alto
Not a soup or sandwich person? Try Palo Alto native and Belcampo CEO Anya Fernald’s curried turkey salad. “This is a great recipe to make after a lot of cooking — it takes five minutes start to finish and (there’s) no heat involved,” she said.
Whisk together 1/3 cup of mayonnaise, 2/3 cup of whole milk yogurt (Fernald uses Straus Family Creamery yogurt, which she said blends particularly well), one tablespoon of white wine vinegar, one tablespoon of curry powder and one teaspoon of salt. To lighten it up, you can decrease the amount of mayo and proportionally increase the whole milk yogurt, Fernald said. Finish it off by adding three cups of chopped leftover turkey (Fernald does half-inch cubes of both dark and white meat) and three stalks of celery (split lengthwise and chopped very finely). “This salad gets better after a day in the fridge, so it’s a great option for sandwiches the weekend after Thanksgiving,” Fernald said. “Letting the meat sit in this dressing for a day is a great way to keep your leftover bird really moist and avoid the super-dry day two sandwich.”
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The historic Professorville neighborhood is known for its hundred-plus-year-old homes.
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to the neighborhood because of its ambiance and charm. “We’re both from the Midwest, and the old trees and the old homes ... really resonated with us,” she said, adding that in a historic district, you can “really step back Steeped in history and in time.” close to downtown Professorville is also a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood that story by My Nguyen is just a walk or bike ride from photos by Veronica Weber downtown, the Town & Country Village shopping center and the alo Alto’s oldest residential Palo Alto Caltrain station. “When we were younger we weren’t necessarneighborhood Professorville is known for its large, cen- ily looking for a location where you can walk to tury-old Victorian homes, the grocery store or mass transit — all the adoak tree-lined streets and vantages that the younger generation is looking residential character, but for — but luckily we have all that,” Huber said. Recently, the area has attracted families with the quaint Historic District also features a variety of young children including Kelli Thompson, who charming cottages, stucco resided in Crescent Park before moving into her Spanish-style homes as well Lincoln Avenue home with her husband and two as brown-shingled homes, Tudors and Colonials. children. Lured by the neighborhood’s historic nature The mixture, longtime resident Nancy Huber and accessibility to downtown, the Thompsons said, is what makes Professorville so unique. “There’s a whole variety of architecture,” Hu- have been in their large colonial home — one ber said. “It’s just an interesting mix. We love the reminiscent of the home her husband, who is from new England, grew up in — since 2005. cottages, larger homes and in-between homes.” “The proximity is the best part. You can get to The neighborhood, which sits between Kingsley and Addison avenues and Cowper and Ra- all the great things in Palo Alto. My kids walk mona streets, is steeped in history. It welcomed its and bike to school on their own,” Thompson said, first homes in the 1890s when Stanford Univer- adding that the “history and relationship with sity professors, who preferred to own their own Stanford is neat.” Thompson said the biggest issue in the last homes, began building on the land. Huber and her husband Joe met in Palo Alto few years has been the parking problem and how when Joe was attending Stanford law school. The “downtown parking is spilling over to the neightwo fell in love with each other as well as the area. borhood,” but the sense of community among the They bought their first home in south Palo Alto neighbors makes up for the shortcomings. “It’s an intergenerational block, and I think and in 1976 bought their Lincoln Avenue home — a two-story, white stucco Spanish-style home people are friendly and look out for one another, and we have a nice relationship with the church with dark green trim and large windows. “I think of it as a Spanish Colonial in the inside, next door,” she said. “We feel really fortunate to but on the outside ... Joe thinks it’s more Mediter- live here, and we’ve been very happy.” Huber agreed with the sentiment, saying when ranean and I have to agree with him,” she said. About the same time the Hubers bought their she and her husband first moved in, neighbors home a lot of young families were buying into came over to introduce themselves and brought the district and restoring the houses in the area, food to welcome them to the area, and “the tradition has continued.” she said. Huber said she and her husband were drawn
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Real Estate Matters Rising home prices haven’t slowed down buyer interest by Hadar Guibara t seems like the higher the price goes for Palo Alto homes, the faster those homes disappear. Add to that the fact that homes here are selling for an average 13 percent higher than their listing prices, and you have a trend worth watching.
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Fewer home sales, higher home prices Stats for the first seven months of 2014 show 198 homes sold in the city, a significant drop from 346 during the same period a year ago. Blame shrinking inventories on that 42.77 percent decrease. And what about buyers interested in Palo Alto homes? Are their numbers decreasing as well? Not likely. When inventory falls off but a steady stream of potential buyers still exists, you’ll typically see a growing gap between listing price and sold price. In January to July 2013, the average listing price for homes that sold was $1,640,733. But the average price actually paid for those homes was $1,744,263. This represents a paid price that was 9 percent higher than the listing price. Fast forward to January to July 2014, where the average listing price was $1,873,272 and the average sold price was $2,066,562, or 13.1 percent higher than the initial asking price. Clearly there are plenty of buyers interested in Palo Alto homes, and clearly they’re
willing to spend significantly more money to get into them than the owners asked for in their original listing price.
Buyers paid 18.48 percent more this year Another piece of that statistic that’s interesting is the rise in both listing and paid prices. The average listing price in January to July 2014 was 14.7 percent higher than in the first seven months of 2013, which comes to an increase of $232,539, on average, per home. The average sold price saw an even larger jump between the two time periods: an 18.48 percent increase from 2013 to 2014, or $322,299 more per home, on average. Even with lower inventory and steadily rising prices, homes in Palo Alto so far this year are being scooped up fast — eight of them within 24 hours of being listed. Of the 198 units sold through July 2014, 98 were gone in less than a month. Seventy-three more were bought during their second month on the market. The average days on the market was 42, compared with 56 in January to July 2013. How long will this trend last? Nobody knows. But one thing is certain: If you’re interested in moving to Palo Alto, you need to get a jump on any home you like and be prepared to make an offer that will stand out among the unknown number of other offers placed on that property. Q Hadar Guibara is a Realtor with Sereno Group of Palo Alto. She can be reached at hadar@serenogroup.com.
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She credits the community spirit to residents who open their homes for gatherings so that neighbors can come together to “catch up on what people are doing,
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and just have a good time together.” The positive interaction creates an emotional connection between Professorville and its residents, she said. Q Online Editor My Nguyen can be emailed at mnguyen@paweekly.com. teers are needed to restore habitat at the PearsonArastradero Preserve every Wednesday from 2 p.m. until sunset. Meet at the Gateway Facility, down the trail from the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve parking lot at 1530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, just north of Page Mill Road. Info: stewardship@acterra.org Q
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Home & Real Estate HOME SALES
Atherton
Los Altos
Mountain View
1912 Adams Court Jones Trust
Palo Alto Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $950,000 Highest sales price: $4,410,000
Menlo Park
Los Altos
Menlo Park
Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $598,000 Highest sales price: $2,200,000
Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $2,100,000 Highest sales price: $3,162,500
2 Adam Way T. Tung to H. Liu for $5,375,000 on 10/6/14; previous sale 2/00, $5,500,000
709 College Ave. L. Olson to W. Robinson for $4,025,000 on 10/9/14; previous sale 11/02, $2,555,000 540 Gilbert Ave. M. Tanner to K. Deleon for $1,365,000 on 10/10/14; previous sale 1/04, $680,000 1310 Santa Cruz Ave. S. Thompson to R. & L. Searle for $2,630,000 on 10/8/14; previous sale 12/05, $1,475,000 675 Sharon Park Drive #237 Murray Trust to X. Liu for $795,000 on 10/7/14; previous sale 11/05, $515,000
Mountain View
Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $5,375,000 Highest sales price: $5,375,000
Atherton
120 Catalina Court G. & C. Scrivano to S. & N. Shah for $3,162,500 on 10/30/14 960 Crooked Creek Drive E. & K. Nadir to A. Sharma for $2,100,000 on 10/31/14; previous sale 6/99, $1,265,000 918 Linda Vista Way Lucy Trust to A. Pande for $2,515,000 on 10/31/14; previous sale 9/89, $760,000 291 Live Oak Lane Clapp Trust to M. & C. Alford for $2,957,000 on 10/28/14 368 Toyon Ave. Yam Trust to Twin Trust for $2,949,500 on 10/28/14; previous sale 7/01, $1,099,000 1232 Windimer Drive Williams Trust to A. & A. Hu for $2,135,000 on 10/30/14
$47,000 1630 Middlefield Road re-roof, $9,000 4329 El Camino Real change layout in meeting room, change gasline in lobby fireplace, increase sidewalk width, move planters, $n/a 2350 Tasso St. move detached garage by 6 inches towards rear and side setback; lower roof height to comply with daylight plane, $n/a 3793 Parl Blvd. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 973 Ilima Way install retrofit window in kitchen, $771 375 N. California Ave. install roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 741 Chimalus Drive install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 2997 Louis Road install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 2245 Webster St. re-roof, $17,000 3064 Middlefield Road revise plan to relocate kitchen and dining room, $n/a 2388 Bryant St. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 455 Lowell Ave. deferred filtration system for well and pad, $n/a 4307 Miranda Ave. revise panel layout, reduce number of panels, $n/a 2452 Watson Court Stanford Hospital: tenant improvement, including build out of retail space for eyeware and associated shop, $400,000 870 Moana Court addition and remodel, including enclosing covered front patio, new tankless water heater, AC, re-roof, skylights, $335,000 853 Fielding Drive new pool, $48,000 548 Vista Ave. re-roof, $15,000 537 Hilbar Lane re-roof, $28,500 1480 Dana Ave. re-roof, $22,000 3410 Kenneth Drive install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 391 Curtner Ave. re-roof, $24,999 1166 Channing Ave.re-roof,
SALES AT A GLANCE
Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.
Redwood City
Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $795,000 Highest sales price: $4,025,000
Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $875,000 Highest sales price: $1,061,000 Source: California REsource
to W. Lynch for $2,200,000 on 10/31/14 1060 Boranda Ave. Meagher Trust to S. Xing for $1,400,000 on 10/31/14 1901 Cambridge Drive V. Vaidya to P. Lanzilotti for $949,000 on 10/28/14; previous sale 9/08, $669,000 98 Flynn Ave. #B P. Zenti to E. Clifford for $640,000 on 10/31/14; previous sale 6/07, $425,000 278 Monroe Drive #30 D. Hammels to Y. Chan for $598,000 on 10/31/14 400 Ortega Ave. #101 Baitz Trust to L. Yee for $613,000 on 10/29/14; previous sale 9/12, $390,000 71 Paul Ave. C. Fenech to Guerra-Delaossa Trust for $1,367,500 on 10/28/14
10/28/14; previous sale 11/92, $287,000 3139 David Court P. Verlinden to K. Serebrianyi for $2,350,000 on 10/31/14; previous sale 2/95, $399,000 2073 Edgewood Drive NavarroNorris Trust to Revision Development for $1,650,000 on 10/29/14 281 Embarcadero Road Battjes Trust to G. Zhu for $4,410,000 on 10/31/14 737 Loma Verde Ave. #5 H. Wang to Y. Wang for $1,565,000 on 10/29/14; previous sale 8/08, $921,500 4252 Newberry Court R. Irons to J. & A. Lee for $1,700,000 on 10/30/14 320 Palo Alto Ave. #B3 Rayburn Trust to B. Jones for $950,000 on 10/31/14
Palo Alto
224 Hillview Ave. S. & D. Tauben to Realsmart Fund 15 for $900,000 on 10/10/14; previous sale 3/08, $675,000 340 Quay Lane J. & M. Bautista to J. Li for $1,061,000 on 10/8/14; previous sale 4/03, $630,000 2234 Roosevelt Ave. G. & D. Teater to D. & E. Johnson for $965,000 on 10/8/14
707 Bryant St. #205 Mcbride Trust to Robell Trust for $1,662,500 on 10/28/14; previous sale 3/11, $880,000 1820 Channing Ave. K. Deleon to Abhari & Rau Trust for $2,648,000 on 10/30/14; previous sale 7/11, $1,243,500 631 Channing Ave. #3 Taber Trust to S. Su for $1,150,000 on
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35 SKYWOOD WAY, WOODSIDE
Gorgeous contemporary home in Skywwod Acres. Nestled among the redwood trees with dramatic Bay and Valley views, this woodsy retreat offers perfect blend of elegance, nature, privacy and convenience. Easy commute access. Light and bright with floor to vaulted ceiling windows. The expansive deck is perfect for entertaining. Custom built wine rack holds 792 bottles. Serene outdoor hot-tub or spa on the back upper deck and outdoor area to shower. Wrap-around deck for relaxing and entertaining.
• 3BR • 2 ½ BA • +/- 2,000 SF of living Space • +/- 44,867 SF lot • Built in Wine Room/could be 4th bedroom • Gourmet kitchen with professional grade appliances • Open floor plan • Beautiful hardwood floors throughout • 2-car garage • Portola Valley Schools
Offered for $1,799,000
kathleenpasin@serenogroup.com | www.kathleenpasin.com | (650) 450-1912 | CalBRE # 01396779 This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not verified this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify school availability.
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Monica Corman 650.543.1164 mcorman@apr.com
David Chung & Sunny Kim 650.489.6251 davidandsunny.com
LOS ALTOS HILLS $15,000,000 Rebuilt, restored and modernized to meet the needs of the 21st century buyer. 6bd/6.5ba, pool, tennis ct, guest house.
PALO ALTO $3,800,000 SOLD! We showcased this amazing home through aggressive international marketing for maximum exposure.
Derk Brill 650.543.1117 dbrill@apr.com
MENLO PARK $3,248,000 4BR/2BA plus full basement for a total of 4,050sf on a large lot in A+ Willows location, minutes from Downtown P.A.
Denise Welsh 650.209.1566 denisew@apr.com
LOS ALTOS $1,695,000 Large 3bd/2.5ba with FR, well-sized kitchen with breakfast nook, HW floors and newer shake roof.
Greg Celotti 650.740.1580 gcelotti@apr.com
SAN CARLOS $1,549,000 Wonderful 3,268+/- sf home, with a beautifully remodeled kitchen, family room, great schools and spectacular views! 179BayView.com
Angie Galatolo 650.704.8168 agalatolo@apr.com
Monica Corman 650.543.1164 mcorman@apr.com
Lynn Wilson Roberts
LOS ALTOS $5,700,000 SOLD! Exquisite new construction located in the prestigious Los Altos Golf & Country Club area.
MENLO PARK $3,600,000 Gorgeous, one-level, 4bd/4ba home, plus a large office on great cul-de-sac. Sunny garden, sparkling pool.
APTOS $2,375,000
Savor sunsets! Watch whales! Beautifully updated 650.255.6987 lwr@wilsonroberts.com 3 bed/3.5 bath 3300+sf home w/pool, game room, office. Steps to beach.
J.Stricker/ S.TenBroeck 650.450.0160 jeffandsteve.com
Janise Taylor 650.302.2083 jtaylor@apr.com
MENLO PARK $1,598,000 Wonderfully located 3bd/2ba home with separate FR/DR, + MBR with walk-in closet. 8715+/- sf lot.
MENLO PARK $1,348,000 Beautiful 2bd/2ba condo with an abundance of natural light. Wonderful views. Las Lomitas School District.
Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.
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245 Miscellaneous DirectTV The Big Deal special! Only $19.99 per month - Free premium channels HBO, Starz, Cinemax and Showtime for 3 months and Free Receiver upgrade! NFL 2014 Season Included. Call Now 1-800-259-5140. (Cal-SCAN)
115 Announcements Pregnant? 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) Pregnant? Considering Adoption? Call us first. Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. 1-877-879-4709 (CalSCAN) FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY AFTER SALE
LOST DOG AT TOWN AND COUNTRY 11/3, 1215pm, my dog fled from my car and was said to run towards the Stanford stadium. I have not heard ANYTHING about where he is and am afraid someone has picked him up without turning him in. He is a ridgeback mix and is 65 lbs, (see picture) He’s non aggressive and can be timid. Microchipped (4B7D5C4276)/ no collar. $500.00 reward. PLEASE help get my dog back
Glass and Decorative Arts Club Hilarious revue: Never Too Late! IFES Crab Cioppino Montclair Women’s Big Band Live!
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201 Autos/Trucks/ Parts
USED BOOKSHOP AT MITCHELL PARK
Mazda 1993 RX7 - $2000
Stanford music tutoring
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) HACHIYA PERSIMMONS - $0.25 each
Kid’s Stuff 330 Child Care Offered Bright Start Child Care!!! Child Care Available in exchange for room in PA and surrounding. Degree in ECE. Willing to work weekends. Will purchase own food. CDL, refs. 650/799-1543
Airbrush Makeup Artist course for: Ads . TV . Film . Fashion 35% OFF TUITION - SPECIAL $1990 - Train & Build Portfolio . One Week Course Details at: AwardMakeupSchool.com 818-980-2119 (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
Christina Conti Private Piano Instruction (650) 493-6950
135 Group Activities 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) Thanks St Jude
140 Lost & Found Found Orange Cat near Gunn High
145 Non-Profits Needs DONATE BOOKS/HELP PA LIBRARIES WISH LIST FRIENDS PA LIBRARY
150 Volunteers Become a Nature Volunteer! Fosterers Needed for Moffet Cats FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO LIBRARY JOIN OUR ONLINE STOREFRONT TEAM
Tot Turf Childcare SUNNYVALE 408-962-0711 www. meganstotturf.com Lic#434414076
202 Vehicles Wanted Cash for Cars Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com (AAN CAN)
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ARDYSS Dietary Supplement ATTENTION: ARDYSS INTERNATIONAL Customers! If you Have Used ARDYSS Dietary Supplement Products Please Call Environmental Research Center Now for Information. www.ERC501C3.org CALL 619-500-3090 NOW! (Cal-SCAN)
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500 Help Wanted Subaru 2002 L.L. Bean 3.0 Outback Great condition 199,000 miles runs great...650-387-8806
210 Garage/Estate Sales
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133 Music Lessons
425 Health Services
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PA: 1012 Metro Cir., 11/23, 8-1 LOTS OF GREAT ITEMS. Hsehold, artful gifts, accessories, antique dishes, much, much more. DON’T MISS THIS ONE!!!!! x-Greer RWC: 1228 Douglas Ave. Fri. 11/21, 11am-2pm; Sat. 11/22, 9am-1pm ANNUAL HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE AND RUMMAGE SALE benefits Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford. (Just south of Woodside Rd., bet. Broadway and Bayshore Fwy.) CASH ONLY. (650)497-8332 or during sale (650)568-9840
355 Items for Sale Did You Know that not only does newspaper media reach a HUGE Audience, they also reach an ENGAGED AUDIENCE. Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN)
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215 Collectibles & Antiques Green Glass Dishes from the 50’s $175.00
240 Furnishings/ Household items Oak Firewood for Sale Cut, split and seasoned - $250/cord Call (650)533-7997 for purchase information (cash and pick-up only)
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
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE/PAYROLL/ BOOKKEEPER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE/PAYROLL/ BOOKKEEPER NO Experience necessary.Salary Commensurate, and takes little of your time. Requirements: -Should be a computer literate,must be efficient and dedicated. Please send resume to: brian. michael38@yahoo.com Pet Sitter/Dog Walker Well Established Business, 18 Years. PT to start, becoming FT. $15 per visit. Reliable vehicle and be able to work most any time OR day, weekends and holidays. Must live in my service area, Sunnyvale, Mt. View, and Los Altos or very close by. Email resume to patty.landon@gmail.com
550 Business Opportunities AVON Earn extra income with a new career! Sell from home, work, online. $15 startup. For information, call: 877-830-2916. (CalSCAN) Energetic Office Coordinator eCar Garage is a customer focused automotive repair shop. Job Duties: - Greet customers - Answer multiple calls - Maintain the office and front desk - Data Entry - File invoices - Other duties as assigned Must have the following: - High School diploma - Excellent communication skills - Valid and clean drivers license
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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? Some or LOTS of experience? 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 Big Trouble with IRS? Are you in BIG trouble with the IRS? Stop wage and bank levies, liens and audits, unfiled tax returns, payroll issues, and resolve tax debt FAST. Seen on CNN. A BBB. Call 1-800-761-5395. (Cal-SCAN) 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. (Cal-SCAN) Identity Protected? Is Your Identity Protected? It is our promise to provide the most comprehensive identity theft prevention and response products available! Call Today for 30-Day FREE TRIAL 1-800-908-5194. (Cal-SCAN) Reduce Your Past Tax Bill by as much as 75 Percent. Stop Levies, Liens and Wage Garnishments. Call The Tax DR Now to see if you Qualify 1-800-498-1067. (Cal-SCAN) Social Secuity Disability Benefits. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-966-1904 to start your application today! (Cal-SCAN)
636 Insurance Auto Insurance starting at $2/month. Call 855-977-9537 (AAN CAN)
Home Services 748 Gardening/ Landscaping J. Garcia Garden Maintenance Service Free est. 21 years exp. 650/366-4301 or 650/346-6781
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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
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Glen Hodges Painting Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. #351738. 650/322-8325 H.D.A. Painting and Drywall Interior/exterior painting, drywall installed. Mud, tape all textures. Free est. 650/207-7703 STYLE PAINTING Full service painting. Insured. Lic. 903303. 650/388-8577
775 Asphalt/ Concrete Mtn. View Asphalt Sealing Driveway, parking lot seal coating. Asphalt repair, striping, 30+ years. Family owned. Free est. Lic. 507814. 650-967-1129
779 Organizing Services
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Real Estate 803 Duplex Menlo Park, 2 BR/1 BA Excellent downtown Menlo Park location. 2 bedroom/1bath rear unit of duplex available now! Includes yard with deck, off street parking for two cars, garage. New hardwood floors, paint and updated bathroom. Fireplace, washer dryer. Includes water and gardener. Must see! 650-306-9664
805 Homes for Rent Mt. View, 3 BR/2.5 BA - 3600 Mt. View, 3 BR/2.5 BA - 3800 Palo Alto Home - $4600. mon Palo Alto Home, 4 BR/2 BA - $4600.mont San Jose, 3 BR/2.5 BA Blossom Hill,minutes to Hwy101 $2375 (408)262-5555
809 Shared Housing/ Rooms All Areas: Roommates.com Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN) Redwood City, 1 BR/2 BA - $850/mo
825 Homes/Condos for Sale Ath: Prime Central Atherton Lot for Sale with Custom Home Plans. Contact: Cell: 650-740-1110 or Email: timmckeegan@sbcglobal.net Offered at $6,995,000 Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000 Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000 Sunnyvale, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000
845 Out of Area Income In The Redwoods Rstrnt/Store/Gas sta/3 homes Ministor pot. Hiwy 1 frontage Leggett
850 Acreage/Lots/ Storage 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
890 Real Estate Wanted Did You Know 144 million U.S. Adults read a Newspaper print copy each week? Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN)
Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement 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)
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ON THE AIR Friday Men’s basketball: Stanford vs. UNLV, 4 p.m.; TruTV; KNBR (1050 AM) Prep football: Menlo-Atherton at Salinas, 7 p.m.; KCEA (89.1 FM) Women’s volleyball: Utah at Stanford, 8 p.m.; Pac-12 Bay Area; KZSU (90.1 FM)
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Stanford senior Austin Meyer holds aloft the Pac-12 Conference trophy after he scored the winning goal to give the Cardinal an overtime win over Cal to clinch the team’s first conference title in 13 years.
ustin Meyer saw his life’s dreams and ambitions intersect at the moment he struck the ball that turned into the game-winning goal for the Stanford men’s soccer team Sunday in Berkeley. A significant portion of those ambitions continue this Sunday when the top-ranked and sixthseeded Cardinal hosts UC Irvine (14-5-3) or UNLV (14-4-3), which played Thursday night, in an NCAA second-round match at 5 p.m. Should the Cardinal women win their second-round match against Arkansas on Friday, they’ll play Sunday at Cagan Stadium at 1 p.m. The youngest of three brothers, Meyer grew up attending California soccer matches with his brother Jordan, “a California Bear through and through,” said Austin. He played club soccer for Santa Rosa United, which reached a No. 6 ranking in his final with the club. He came to Stanford, in part, because of the history of championship play in everything it does. “When I committed to Stanford, I always dreamed of the big opportunities we have now,” he said. “They had just made it to the Sweet Sixteen when I was a senior in high school.” The fifth-year senior, who has a Stanford degree in hand (English) and who is currently working (continued on page 60)
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Stanford seniors all set for the next NCAA step By Rick Eymer tanford women’s soccer coach Paul Ratcliffe said, before the NCAA Tournament began, that he expected his seniors to step up and play well. After a surprising first-half deficit against Cal State Fullerton in an NCAA opener, that’s exactly what Chioma Ubogagu, Taylor Uhl, Lo’eau LaBonta and Alex Doll, seniors all, accomplished in last week’s come-from-behind victory. Ubogagu and Uhl took care of the scoring, while LaBonta and Doll each recorded a pair of assists. Watch for something similar on
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Friday night when third-ranked and top-seeded Stanford (18-1-2) takes on visiting Arkansas (9-6-6) in a second-round match at 7 p.m. Fourth-seeded Washington (136-2) meets Missouri (12-6-3), also at Stanford, at 4:30 p.m. The winners meet Sunday at 1 p.m. for a spot in the Elite Eight. The Stanford men’s team also plays Sunday, at 5 p.m. against either UC Irvine or UNLV. The Razorbacks reached the second round following a 3-2 overtime victory over Oklahoma. Arkansas qualified for its first (continued on page 60)
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OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Pomona-Pitzer senior outside hitter Allie Frappier from Atherton earned first-team AllAmerica honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association for the second year in a row, it was announced this week by the AVCA office. Frappier earned first-team All-America honors after leading the nation (Division III) in kills per set for the second season in a row. She was a first-team All-America selection in both seasons with the Sagehens, after playing for one season at Yale as a freshman in 2011 (she did not play in 2012 due to injury). In only two seasons at Pomona-Pitzer, Frappier moved into sixth place in program history on the all-time kills list with 972. Her 507 kills as a junior in 2013 ranked second all-time on the single-season list, while her 465 this fall ranks third. In addition, the Menlo School graduate broke the single-match record last season with 40 in a four-set win over CMS, tying an NCAA Division III record during the 25-point era. This season, Frappier averaged 5.36 kills per set. Meanwhile, Palo Alto High grad Megan Coleman of Claremont-MuddScripps was named Honorable Mention on the All-American list . . . Gunn High grad Graham Fisher of Grinnell College (Iowa) was named First Team All-Midwest Conference for punting on Tuesday. The Palo Alto native led the league with 12 punts over 50 yards, was tied for second with 17 punts downed inside the 20, was tied for the longest punt at 69 yards, and was third with a 39.8 yard/punt average. In the Grinnell College record books, his 39.8 yard average is the best ever, going back to 1889 when Grinnell played the first college football game west of the Mississippi. The 17 punts downed inside the 20 is second to his 18 in 2012 . . . Gunn senior Anna Zhou and Palo Alto senior Michelle Xie wrapped up their high school careers with solid efforts at the CIF Girls State Golf Championships on Tuesday at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga. Zhou shot a 75 to finish in a tie for eighth overall while Xie carded a 78 and finished tied for 18th.
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Stanford seniors (L-R) Chioma Ubogagu, Taylor Uhl, Alex Doll and Lo’eau LaBonta host Arkansas on Friday in NCAA action.
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Cardinal women can clinch a tie for crown by winning twice at home Rick Eymer op-ranked Stanford hosts its final two women’s volleyball matches this weekend with a chance to clinch at least a tie for the Pac-12 Conference title and set a school record at the same time. The Cardinal won’t be counting its wins before they become official, however. The two teams coming in — No. 23 Utah at 8 p.m. Friday (Pac-12 Networks) and No. 19 Colorado at 7 p.m. Saturday — are both fresh off victories over former second-ranked and previously undefeated Washington, the defending conference champ. The Huskies are 14-2 in the conference (25-2 overall) while Stanford is 16-0 (26-0 overall) with matches remaining at Washington (Nov. 26) and at Cal (Nov. 28). Stanford would match the 1991 team for most consecutive matches won to start a season if they get by the Utes, who have won their past four matches, three against ranked opponents. The Cardinal is coming off wins at USC and UCLA, ending a stretch of five matches in 11 days. Utah (6-10, 16-11) has yet to win a conference match on the road, though it has gone five sets at Arizona State, UCLA, Oregon State and Colorado. The Buffaloes (9-7, 17-11) are 6-3 since losing to Stanford in five sets last month in Boulder. Stanford will hold its annual Senior Night, honoring Megan Boukather and Kyle Gilbert, on Saturday. Junior setter Madi Bugg leads the nation with her 12.03 assists per set and redshirt freshman Merete Lutz is third in hitting percentage at .454 while junior Inky Ajanaku is fifth at .447.
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chance, as the Cardinal travels to 11th-ranked UCLA (8-2) the following week, while Cal hosts BYU (6-4). Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan, meanwhile, could be looking at his last Big Game. He is on schedule to graduate in June despite having a year of eligibility remaining. Hogan, however, ranks just eighth in the conference in passing efficiency with 15 touchdowns, seven interceptions and a completion percentage of 63.8. Among those waiting in the wings for Hogan’s job is Palo Alto High grad Keller Chryst, who redshirted his freshman year.
by Keith Peters t will be two rematches and two new matchups in the championship finals at the 2014 Central Coast Section water polo playoffs on Saturday at Independence High in San Jose. The Gunn girls will face St. Francis for the second straight season in the Division I finals at 1 p.m., and the Menlo School and Sacred Heart Prep boys once again will square off in the Division II title match for a second straight season at 11:30 a.m. The Sacred Heart Prep girls will face a new opponent, No. 2 Soquel, in the Division II finals at 10 a.m., while the boys’ Division I finale will match St. Francis and Gunn at 2:30 p.m. Three schools each have a boys and girls team in title matches — Sacred Heart Prep, St. Francis and Gunn. While the Gators and Lancers are regular visitors to the finals, the Titans are not. In fact, this is the first time both Gunn teams have reached the finals together. “We are very excited to have both the girls and boys in the finals,” said Gunn boys coach Matt Johnson. “It is great for our program.” The last time the Gunn boys played in the title match, in 2004, the Titans’ goalie was Johnson. Gunn went on to lose to Bellarmine that year by a 16-7 score. Johnson is back in the title match after his players earned a berth in the Division I finals with a 9-5 victory over No. 8 Mountain View (16-9) on Wednesday at Bellarmine Prep in San Jose. The No. 4-seeded Titans (1810) will take on No. 2 St. Francis (17-10) in the section finals. The Lancers advanced with a 7-5 win over No. 3 Bellarmine. The Gunn boys last won a CCS title in 1995, beating Mountain View. “I am very pleased with the way we have been playing, especially on the defensive end,” Johnson said. “St. Francis is a very talented team and is coached very well. We definitely have our hands full, but we are a confident group and we are playing our best polo right now.” The SCVAL De Anza Division rivals met for a third time this season at Bellarmine, with the Titans winning for a third time after earlier topping the Spartans, 16-5 and 12-3, on the way to a second straight 12-0 division finish. Gunn junior Calder Hilde-Jones came through big time at the 2-meter position and scored three
Stanford players react to a game-tying 3-pointer by Amber Orrange (33), which sent the Cardinal into overtime against defending champ UConn on Monday. Stanford emerged with a 88-86 victory. Ajanaku is four blocks away from moving past Nancy Reno into 10th place on the all-time blocks list. She has 400 entering the weekend. Gilbert has a chance to reach 2,000 career digs. She needs 122 to reach that milestone, with four more regular-season matches remaining. Stanford could play up to six additional matches. Men’s basketball Stanford continues in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic this weekend at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Cardinal (20) meets UNLV (2-0) in Friday’s semifinals, at 4 p.m. (TruTV), and will play either Duke or Temple on Saturday night. Stanford opened the season with a 74-59 victory over Wofford last Friday and 84-73 over South Dakota on Sunday. Senior post Stefan Nastic is off to fine start, averaging 20 points and eight rebounds for the weekend. Senior point guard Chasson Randle is at 17.5 points a game. Senior Anthony Brown averages 13.5 points and eight rebounds. The Cardinal is participating in its sixth in-season tournament since coach Johnny Dawkins took over in 2008. The Cardinal is 12-8 and has reached three champion-
ship games, most recently the 2013 Progressive Legends Classic. Randle needs 38 points this weekend to overtake both Brevin Knight and Casey Jacobsen for third on the all-time scoring list. He has 1,686 points to date. Women’s basketball Stanford was ranked No. 1 in the USA Today coaches poll following Monday’s 88-86 overtime win over previous No. 1 and twotime defending NCAA champion Connecticut. That win ended the Huskies’ 47game winning streak and dropped UConn to No. 4 in the poll. The Cardinal put its 28-game home winning streak, meanwhile, on the line Thursday night against No. 13 Texas (see results at www. pasportsonline.com) Against UConn, Cardinal senior guard Amber Orrange was struggling with her shooting early on but all it took was a little bit of urgency and 26 seconds of pure energy to get her going again in a big way. Orrange scored seven of her 17 points in the final 26 seconds of regulation, including a 3-pointer that tied the game with 1.4 seconds remaining to force overtime as the Cardinal recovered from a 10-point second-half deficit to
beat visiting top-ranked and defending national champion Connecticu. Orrange scored 13 points after halftime to beat the Huskies for the seventh time in 17 meetings, including four of five in Maples Pavilion. “People got their money’s worth with that game,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “We had a great crowd, played a great game against a great opponent. We had some great individual efforts and overall we were very energetic and enthusiastic. The shot of the game was Amber’s 3. It was awesome. We had a lot of great plays leading up to it.” Orrange missed eight of her first 12 shots, but made the last four she took. Her tying 3-pointer came on a play designed for Bonnie Samuelson, a major figure in the victory with a 6-of-6 effort from the foul line. “We ran a play for Bonnie,” Orrange said. “But when the defense all ran to her, she passed it to me and I was surprisingly calm when I took the shot.” The Huskies took the early lead in overtime too, but Orrange’s jumper with 1:39 left to play put the Cardinal (2-0) in front to (continued on page 62)
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f you believe in statistics, Saturday’s 117th Big Game in Berkeley should be a battle of wills between the Stanford defense and Cal offense. The Cardinal ranks fourth in the nation in total defense (277.7), seventh in defensive scoring (16.5), ninth against the rush (106.2) and 19th against the pass (109.9). The Bears rank fourth in the country in passing offense (352.8) and ninth in scoring (40.7). Here’s the rub: while the Cardinal offense ranks 96th in scoring offense (23.9), it should have scoring opportunities against a Cal defense that rates 124th out of 125 FBS teams in total defense (518.3) and 120th in scoring (39.5).
Then again, it is the Big Game, where momentum, emotion and big breaks often out-weigh the numbers. Both teams enter with 5-5 records. Kickoff is 1 p.m., with the game televised by Fox Sports 1. Stanford has won the past four meetings. “It’d be easy to say there’s been one thing that’s been holding us
back,” said Stanford coach David Shaw. “But, it’s been a little bit of just about everything, from turnovers to missed field goals to blown coverages to a lot of things that typically don’t happen to a Stanford football team.” Stanford has won the past four meetings and romped 63-13 last year, the largest margin of victory in series history. Senior WR Ty Montgomery equaled the school record with five touchdowns and found the end zone the first four times he touched the ball. The coveted Axe aside, the biggest caveat is that Saturday’s winner becomes bowl eligible. The loser will still have another
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trip to the NCAA Tournament last year and reached the Sweet Sixteen, losing to Duke in penalty kicks. A schedule that included No. 1 seed Texas A&M and two No. 2 seeds in Florida and North Carolina have tested the Razorbacks, who are 2-6-4 against the field and 7-0-2 against everybody else. “We did such a good job of putting ourselves in a position for a No. 1 seed,” Ubogagu said last
week. “I really believe in this team and the players on the field, in everyone’s fight and competitiveness.” Ubogagu recorded her first career hat trick in Stanford’s victory over the Titans. She jumped into second on the team with 26 points (10 goals, six assists), behind LaBonta’s 27 (11-5). Uhl is third with 21 points on nine goals and three assists. “Every game can your last,” Uhl said after last week’s win. “So we’re happy to keep playing and, hopefully, keep winning.” Stanford brings a 22-match
home winning streaking in NCAA competition into Friday’s contest, though Arkansas may not be impressed after winning in Norman, Okla., for the first time ever and gaining its first win in eight tries against the Sooners. Arkansas junior Ashleigh Ellenwood (5 goals, 11 assists, 24 points) was an invitee to the United States’ Under-23 national team in August. She has seven assists in her past six games. Razorbacks sophomore Alexandria Fischer has two goals in her past eight shots and 15 points overall. Sophomore Claire Kelly
has 19 points on six goals and seven assists. Stanford, now 11-1-1 against the field, is 2-0 all-time against Arkansas, though the teams haven’t met since 1995. The Cardinal won that match, 6-0, in Corvallis, Ore. Stanford also played in the Arkansas Invitational, winning 3-0 in 1993. The Cardinal, making its 24th appearance over the past 25 years, is hoping to reach its seventh Women’s College Cup — the equivalent of the Final Four — overall and its first since a streak of five straight appearances was
snapped last year. Stanford averages 2.48 goals a game and allows an average of 0.48. Arkansas scores at a 1.67 clip and allows 1.29 goals a contest. Washington earned its spot in the second round beating Rider, 1-0. It was the Huskies’ first NCAA victory since 2010 and the 13 wins were the most since 2008. Missouri, which owns a win over North Carolina this season, beat Kansas in its first NCAA tournament road game. The Tigers are in their sixth tournament and are 2-3 against the Top 25. Q
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The Menlo School girls celebrated their first CCS tennis title since 2005 with a 5-2 win over St. Francis on Tuesday.
CCS GIRLS TENNIS
by Keith Peters t was all about redemption as the Menlo School girls took to the courts at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos for the Central Coast Section Girls Tennis Team Tournament finale on Tuesday. The Knights took on No. 3 St. Francis seeded only No. 5, the lowest seed ever to make the section final. They also needed to avenge an earlier loss to the Lancers, which eventually affected that seeding. And, to top it off, Menlo senior Elizabeth Yao wanted to redeem herself for the 2013 CCS final that saw her three-set loss as the decider in a 4-3 setback to Monta Vista. Menlo took care of redemption with a 5-2 victory, giving the Knights their first section title since 2005 and the eighth overall — the most in CCS history. Menlo had been tied with Monta Vista with seven each. Yao, meanwhile, produced a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 1 singles over St. Francis freshman Cate Liston to clinch the victory. “This is extra nice for me just as redemption,” said Yao, who also clinched Menlo’s 4-3 upset of topseeded Saratoga on Monday. Menlo (20-4) now heads into the CIF/USTA Northern California Regional Championships that begin Friday at the Natomas Racquet Club in Sacramento. The
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Knights are the top seed while the Lancers (19-7) are No. 3. Both have first-round byes. Menlo faces either Skyline or Chico on Friday at 1 p.m., with St. Francis opening against Rocklin. The No. 2 seed is Monte Vista (Danville). The title match is Saturday at 2 p.m. Menlo is looking for its first NorCal title since winning four straight from 1998-2001. Perhaps this is the year. After all, getting past top seed Saratoga as the No. 5 seed was perhaps unexpected. “To come from the No. 5 seed, I don’t think its been done,” said Menlo coach Bill Shine. After winning CCS titles from 1997-2002 and again in 2005, the Menlo girls hit a dry spell as Monta Vista became the dominant team. But, as Shine said, “It wasn’t like we went somewhere. It’s just that it’s really hard to win this tournament. I know things go in cycles, but they’ve been knocking on the door.” That door opened this season, just in time to send the seniors — Yao and Sadie Bronk — out with a long-awaited section crown. “It’s so nice for the girls, because they hear about the (Menlo) boys all the time,” said Shine. “They hear stuff like, ‘Oh, you used to be good back in the day.’ “ (continued on page 62)
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toward a master’s degree in journalism (“video”), helped form an improvisation group on campus that has developed into a business. Meyer’s goal was a result of an improvised play that came about because of a feeling he had as the second overtime was beginning. “Usually I am the deep guy as a midfielder,” Meyer said. “I sit behind the front four and my partner, Ty Thompson, goes forward a little bit. By that time I knew UCLA has won and you just don’t get those kinds of opportunities often. So I asked Ty to hold for me, that I was going into the box.” Jordan and his parents, Roy and Pamela, were in the stands. Brendan, the other brother, was watching the game on television. The box was full of defenders and attackers alike. Senior Zach Batteer initiated the play with a backward pass to freshman Corey Baird, who put the ball on Meyer’s feet. Meyer drilled the ball along the ground past Cal’s goalie and into the net to give Stanford its first Pac-12 title and the first conference crown in 13 years. Meyer scored his third career goal, all of which have been golden goals. “It was special to win it like that, on that field where I had watched so many games,” Meyer said. “It was such a big moment I let myself enjoy it an extra day before putting it behind me.” Monday was no ordinary day for Meyer. He could not avoid reliving it even had he wanted. “I’ve never had so many people coming up to me and congratulating me,” he said. “It started when I was biking to school. The cross guard congratulated me. There was a poster, with my picture on it, on the door of one of my classes. It was special.” The day was made even more special when the team got to watch Cardinal sophomore Jordan Morris make his first appearance for the U.S. National Team in its 4-1 loss to Ireland in a friendly. “It was at the beginning of practice and we were all able to gather around a TV,” Meyer said. “When we saw the coach giving him instructions, we knew. He made a great pass when he got on the field. He looked good.” Morris, who sent congratulatory messages to the team last
Stanford fifth-year senior Austin Meyer will continue his season in an NCAA second-round match on Sunday at home. Sunday, will be with the Cardinal this Sunday. “That just adds to the excitement and confidence going forward,” Meyer said. “I know he’s excited.” Meyer’s first two years were anything but exciting. “We were under .500 and I had seen pretty much nothing of the field,” he said. “My confidence in myself and the team took a knock. It was tough to come through and still keep that belief.” Success has bred success, though, and the change in attitude led to the transformation. Last year, Stanford returned to the Sweet Sixteen. This year, perhaps a trip to the Final Four is in the stars. “We knew coming into the season we had the talent to be one of those top teams,” Meyer said. “Coming into the Pac-12, we were very aware that every team was capable of beating every other team. When we lost to Washington we had to stay positive because we knew people beat each other. With four games left, we had our window. The fact we had destiny in our own hands was an opportunity.” Stanford (13-2-3) has not lost
since, and could remain at home, where it is 8-0-2 on the year, through the quarterfinals. The Pac-12 sent five of its six teams to the tournament and San Diego State was no pushover. Washington and UCLA were each ranked No. 1 at one point of the season and Cal was a top 10 team. Oregon State is also ranked. “We’re certainly battle-tested coming out of the conference,” Stanford coach Jeremy Gunn said. “We had to compete at the highest level every match.” Morris may be the best known player on a team full of quality, versatile players. He’s second on the team with 14 points on four goals and a team-best six assists. Yet, he’s one of 13 players with at least one goal, and one of 15 with a point. There are 121 players who have scored more than six goals in Division I play, and 45 with more than six assists. But there is only one team, Syracuse, with a better wonlost-tied percentage and no team has lost fewer than two matches. Gunn will take team over player any day. “I’m proud of the results,” he said. “I’m more proud that we don’t play boring games.” Q
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M-A girls advance to finals Bears face Homestead in Division I title match; Menlo, Pinewood lose by Keith Peters laying in the Central Coast Section Division I volleyball playoff finals is nothing new for the Menlo-Atherton girls. After all, the Bears had been in the title match four of the past five years heading into this season. Lizzie Lacy Lucas Matison That number is now up to five MENLO SCHOOL PALO ALTO HIGH in the past six following MenloAtherton’s 25-18, 25-12, 25-19 The senior runner clocked The senior won his first secvictory over No. 4 seed San 17:21.91 over a 3-mile tion title by running 15:39.9 Benito in the section semifinals course for the fastest time in (No. 4 time overall) over a on Wednesday at Piedmont Hills all five divisions while winning 3-mile course at the CCS High in San Jose. individual honors in Division finals while helping the ViWhile the Bears have been sucIV at the CCS Cross Country kings take second in the Divicessful in reaching the finals in Championships and earning a sion I team race and qualify recent years, winning the title has berth to the State Meet. for the State Meet. still be difficult. M-A has only one section crown in program hisHonorable mention tory, that coming in 2012 against Homestead. Sam Acker Ben Burr-Kirven* Homestead bounced back from Gunn water polo Sacred Heart Prep football that loss and beat Palo Alto last Nicole Colonna Ross Corey year after Paly had knocked the Pinewood cross country Priory cross country Bears out in the semifinals. On Devin Joos Daniel Hill Saturday night, Homestead and Menlo-Atherton volleyball Sacred Heart Prep cross country Menlo-Atherton will renew their Gillian Meeks* Cole March rivalry in the finals once again at Gunn cross country Sacred Heart Prep football Independence High in San Jose at Elisa Merten* Jordan Mims 7 p.m. Menlo volleyball Menlo-Atherton football The No. 3-seeded Mustangs Alice Yao Mason Randall* (24-13) advanced with a victory Menlo tennis Sacred Heart Prep football over No. 7 Carlmont on Wednes* previous winner day. Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com Both Menlo-Atherton and Homestead have earned berths into the NorCal playoffs, which wood both suffered setbacks in It was the final high school begin Tuesday. The section win- the semifinals and saw their re- match for two Menlo seniors. ner will get to host while the run- spective seasons end. Senior captain Elisa Merten led ner-up most likely will travel. In Belmont, No. 4 Menlo School the way with 13 digs, 19 assists Menlo-Atherton is the reigning (21-15) dropped a 25-9, 25-16, 19- and 18 kills. Fellow senior Lida PAL Bay Division champ while 25, 25-14 decision to top-seeded Vandermeer posted a team-high Homestead captured the SCVAL and host Notre Dame-Belmont 15 kills. De Anza Division title this year. “They helped us get to the state (31-5) in Division IV. The Knights The Bears got off to a slow start won last year’s section and Nor- championship last year,” Cavella against San Benito before finding Cal titles and reached the state said. “We won league three years a groove and cruising in a row. They contributed a lot.” finals. to their ninth straight The Knights have been getThe Tigers (31-5), triumph. who won the Chris ting contributions from mulSenior co-captain Chandler Invitational tiple underclassmen this season. Devin Joos produced 24 at Menlo earlier this Freshman Kristin Sellers added kills and 21 digs to pace season, advances to the 10 assists and 10 digs. Freshman the Bears. Joos hit .330 Ashley Dryer and sophomore Jessection final . with only seven errors “I was proud of the sica Houghton, who also had 11 in 51 attempts. Sophoway they came back in digs, combined for eight kills. more Kirby Knapp addAfter a slow start to the seaGame 3,” Menlo coach ed 50 assists and three Steven Cavella said. “It son, Menlo won 15 of its last 18 digs, senior co-captain would have been easy matches. Devin Joos Ally Ostrow contributed In San Jose, No. 3 seed Pineafter the first two games 12 kills and nine dig, senior co- to give up, but it was great that we wood (16-9) was knocked out of captain Kaitlin Tavarez finished showed the will to compete and the Division V playoffs followong with 20 digs, sophomore Jacque- play hard. a 25-23, 17-25, 25-18, 25-13 loss to line DiSanto added 12 digs, junior “All night it came down to serv- No. 2 Mt. Madonna at St. Thomas Leanna Collins had 10 kills and ing and serve-receive passing, and More. Junior outside hitter Mehra hit .350 with only one error in 26 when we were passing the ball, we den Braven led Pinewood with 24 attempts, and sophomore Alexa were competitive, and when we kills while her twin sister, Tehmi, Roumeliotis contributed 13 digs weren’t, we were falling behind. provided 18 digs. Freshman setter to the effort. We have to give Notre Dame-Bel- Maddi Escher contributed 30 asWhile Menlo-Atherton ad- mont a lot of credit for serving the sists for the Panthers, who have no vanced, Menlo School and Pine- ball really tough.” seniors on their roster. Q
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SHP gets its shot at the big boys Gators will take their 10-0 record and No. 1 seed into the Open Division playoffs against Oak Grove on Saturday by Keith Peters he Sacred Heart Prep football team played in the CIF Division III State Championship game last season. Yet, the 2014 campaign has offered something new to the program. First, there was the Gators’ 10-0 run through the regular season. That had never been accomplished before. Included in that perfect record was a 5-0 finish and the team’s first-ever title in the PAL Bay Division. All that added to an automatic berth into the Central Coast Coast Open Division playoffs, yet another first for the SHP team. And, to top it all off, the Gators received the No. 1 seed — another first, of course. “It’s an honor,” SHP head coach Pete Lavorato said of receiving the No. 1 seed. Sacred Heart Prep will take its 10-0 record into first-round action this Saturday against No. 8 Oak Grove (7-3) at 1 p.m. That No. 1 seed, based on having the most power points among the five league champions that automatically qualified for the Open Division, moved the Gators ahead of such powerhouses as No. 4 Serra (7-3) and No. 5 Los Gatos (8-2), both in SHP’s side of the bracket. The Padres and Wildcats will meet at the same time on Saturday. The SHP-Oak Grove winner and SerraLos Gatos winner will meet in the semifinals. The top half of the bracket features No. 2 Milpitas (10-0), No. 3 Palma (9-1), No. 6 Valley Christian (8-2) and No. 7 Bellarmine (8-2). A loss means a trip to the consolation bracket the following weekend. A consolation champ will be crowned on either Dec. 5 or 6, along with the division champ and third-place winner. Should SHP somehow finish 13-0 and win the Open Division, chances are slim to none there will be another game. According to Mitch Stephens of MaxPreps, a CCS title will put the Gators into the Division I regional pool to be selected. But, the Sac Joaquin Section has two teams — Folsom and Grant (in two different divisions) — that are nationally ranked. As long as they win their section, they’ll will be picked for the Division I game. Folsom plays in D-I and Grant plays in D-II, but are both D-I schools by CIF standards. SHP is a D-III school and should drop naturally into the D-II regional final. But, CCS has a by-law prohibiting such. “So, if SHP does pull it off, is 13-0 and the defending NorCal
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D-III champ, too bad,” said Stephens. “They’ll just being going home to start hoop season.” However, if Folsom or Grant (both 11-0) lose, then the Gators most likely would get to play in the D-I regional final. But, nothing is guaranteed. Quite obviously, this trip to the postseason is unlike any other for Sacred Heart Prep, which for the first time will get a chance to test itself against what is considered the best of the best. The Gators head to the postseason averaging 33.4 points per game, 248 yards rushing and 164 yards rushing. SHP has been held to under 31 points only twice this season. Senior two-way player Ben BurrKirven, who missed the first five games of the year with a leg injury, still has 475 rushing yards and an average of 11.9 yards per carry. Remarkably, he has scored 12 touchdowns and is averaging 15 tackles a game on a team-leading 75 stops. His return has helped the Gators balance their offense, which shifted toward passing more when he was absent. Junior quarterback Mason Randall stepped up during that time and now has completed 88 of 139 for 1,643 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also has thrown 15 interceptions. Senior Riley Tinsley leads the team in rushing with 651 yards. Sacred Heart Prep is one of only two local teams to qualify for the postseason. Perhaps as surprising as SHP getting the No. 1 seed was Menlo-Atherton advancing to the Division I playoffs despite a 3-7 record. The Bears got in when it was determined last week that Menlo School would not gain an extra point from its win over Mission (San Francisco) in September. The CCS adds a point for teams that beat league champs. While Mission (San Francisco Section) won the Academic Athletic League round-robin title, the league doesn’t crown a champion until after the playoff title game on Thanksgiving. Thus, Menlo wouldn’t get that needed point for nearly two more weeks, and the CCS playoffs begin Friday. Menlo needed that one point to win a tiebreaker for the Bay Division’s final automatic CCS berth. To further rub salt into the wound, the Knights finished 4-6 and beat M-A during the regular season. M-A, meanwhile, CCS playoff teams like SHP, Burlingame, Los Gatos and Terra Nova -- losing to all four. M-A is the No. 8 seed in Division I and will play at No. 1 Salinas (6-4) on Friday at 7 p.m. Q
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stay. Samuelson hit a pair of free throws and her sister Karlie was 1 of 2 from the foul line to help Stanford maintain the lead. “It shows that we’re very determined this year,” said Bonnie Samuelson, who ended with 14 points and one huge blocked shot. “We’re not willing to be written off.” Stanford sophomore guard Lili Thompson added: “We’re going to work as hard as we can every day and we’ll be relentless on the court.” Thompson finished with a game-high 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting. She was 2 of 7 from the foul line at one point and then made her last five attempts, two in the final 47 seconds of regulation and two more in the overtime period. Connecticut had won its last 56 games played in November dating to 2004 and played in a game decided by fewer than four
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times. Christian Znidarsic also tallied three goals while senior Ari Wayne finished with two. Gunn senior goalie Anthony Zunino, meanwhile, helped limit Mountain View’s top two scorers — Matt Dunn and Alex Paulsen — to just two goals apiece as the Spartans finished 18-11. Gunn held a slim 4-3 halftime lead before opening up its offense in the third period and taking a 7-3 lead into the final period. The No. 2-seeded Gunn advanced to the Divison I finals with a 10-6 triumph over No. 3 Leland (15-13) on Tuesday night in the Titans’ pool. “This was an inspired effort by a clutch group,” said Gunn coach Mark Hernandez, whose team improved to 22-6. “We had our best offensive game of the year against one of the best teams in the section, in the biggest game most of the players have ever been in.” Gunn grabbed a 3-1 first-quarter lead and expanded it to 7-2 by halftime. Senior Erica Watkins finished with four goals, sophomore Michaela Wayne added three and freshman Zoe Banks had two. Senior goalie Sam Acker finished with 12 saves. “So many elements of our offense were working, in fact, that we even surprised ourselves,” said Hernandez. “We have a lot of experience protecting one-or two-goal leads, so protecting a five-goal lead felt a lit bit out of our comfort zone. In the CCS semifinals, of course, that’s a good problem to have, and we knew we had the defense — and the goal — to make the lead stick.” Saturday’s finale against St. Francis (20-8) will give Gunn a chance to avenge last year’s 9-2 loss in the CCS finals and a 9-5 loss to the Lancers to open this season.
Gunn senior goalie Sam Acker had 12 saves in a 10-6 semifinal win over Leland on Tuesday night. The Titans will be making only their second appearance in the finals while the Lancers will be gunning for their eighth section crown. Division II girls To absolutely no one’s surprise, top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep (226) will play for an unprecedented eighth straight CCS Division II title following a 19-7 dunking of No. 5 Willow Glen (13-7) on Wednesday in a semifinal at Gunn High. The Gators will face No. 2 Soquel (24-3) in the title match Saturday at Independence High at 10 a.m. Soquel ended the season of No. 3 Castilleja (19-6) with an 8-5 victory. Anna Yu had three goals with Maddie Macdonald and Alex Zafran adding one each for Castilleja, which also got 15 saves from Maddie Tarr. SHP, meanwhile, cruised to victory after leading by 7-2 at the end of the first period and 12-5 at the half. Junior Malaika Koshy led the Gateors with five goals with points for the first time since the 2012-13 season. They are 0-3 over that span. “Because of who we are, it’s always Connecticut loses instead of Stanford played good and won,” Huskies’ coach Geno Auriemma said. “That’s unfortunate and a disservice to Stanford. We lost to a really good team.” Stanford freshman Kaylee Johnson added a game-high 13 rebounds to go with eight points before fouling out. Men’s water polo The winner of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament doesn’t always win the NCAA championship, but it’s still the “easiest” way to qualify for the NCAA tournament. UCLA won the regular-season title and that’s good in case the Bruins don’t win the tournament crown. They’d still have a pretty good argument for getting the atlarge bid to the Final Four. Should top-ranked UCLA (25-2) get to the championship
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sophomores Maddy Johnston and Layla Waters adding four each. Sophomore Maddy Pendonlino finished with three. “The girls buy into the program and structure we’ve established and work very hard,” said SHP coach Jon Burke, on the string of titles his team has produced. “Almost all of them are committed year-round players and water polo is a priority for them and their families. “We have amazing kids, from top to bottom, and I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to coach them. I think a few reasons why historically we’ve had success in the playoffs is that we prepare well for our games; we play a tough schedule during the regular season and we never overlook anyone. We’re looking forward to having an opportunity to play for a championship on Saturday.” Division II boys Local rivals SHP and Menlo match, the biggest game of the year will be the semifinal match between No. 2 Stanford (22-3) and USC (21-4), assuming both win their first-round matches. The survivor would not have to beat the Bruins to qualify for the NCAA tournament. The Cardinal, winner of five straight, opens against No. 7 Pepperdine on Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Long Beach State. The Trojans, two-time defending MPSF tournament champions, open with UC Irvine. Stanford, which finished second to UCLA in the regular season, would be best served by just winning. The Cardinal owns victories over the Bruins, USC, Cal and Long Beach State so the team knows it can be done. OK, so those were 1-point wins over UCLA and the Trojans. You get the point. Stanford has four likely first team All-American candidates on board, including seniors Alex Bowen and Connor Cleary, junior Bret Bonanni and sophomore Drew Holland. Q
have combined for 12 CCS titles since 2000. The Gators have won seven, including the past three, and hold a 4-3 edge over the Knights in title games. Top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep (24-4) earned its 10th straight appearance in the finals with a 10-6 victory over No. 4 St. Ignatius (159) at Bellarmine Prep on Tuesday night. Senior Michael Swart scored five times for the Gators, who grabbed a 6-0 halftime lead and cruised from there. SHP got single goals from Nelson PerlaWard, Jackson Enright, Grant Harvey, Alex Tsotadze and Finn Banks. Second-seeded Menlo (23-6) had a tougher time during its 11-9 win over with No. 3 Soquel (19-8), which grabbed a 6-4 lead before heading into intermission with a 6-5 advantage. Following halftime, Menlo made a few defensive changes and the tide quickly turned. Led by a standout performance by senior Andreas Katsis who led the team in goals (4), assists (2) and steals (3), Menlo came charging back — going up by three goals at one point in the fourth quarter with senior goalkeeper Spencer Witte coming up with some key saves in the goal for the Knights. “This was a tremendous win for us,” said Menlo coach Jack Bowen. “I just loved the amount of heart these guys showed when the game was on the line. They showed great character sticking together in the way that they did in such an important game.” Junior Chris Xi added three goals with Nikhil Bhatia contributing two. Witte had 12 saves. “With many of us having been together for seven years we can just look each other in the eye and push each other,” said Katsis. “This has just been such a special year together and we want to continue finishing our time together in such a special way.” Q
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Tickets remain for the Big Game. To purchase seats in the Stanford section, call 800.STANFORD. *** Stanford senior strong safety Jordan Richards has been named one of four finalists for the Pop Warner National College Football Award, it was announced Thursday. The Pop Warner College Football Award honors a player who has contributed at a high level on the field, in the classroom and in his community, emulating the ideals of Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., the nation’s oldest youth football organization. *** Montgomery has been named one of five finalists for the fifth annual Paul Hornung Award, presented by Texas Roadhouse and given annually to the most versatile player in major college football.
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No longer, as the Knights are back on top after surviving one of the most competitive section tournaments in history. “Everybody at the seeding meeting knew it was going to be different,” Shine said. “seeding 1 through 5 was really tough. I’m almost glad we got the No. 5 seed. They (his girls) knew they were better than that.” The Knights proved that Tuesday as sophomore Alice Yao gave her team a quick 1-0 lead with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Amy Burke at No. 2 singles. The No. 1 doubles team of Bronk and junior Mia McConnell made it 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph and Menlo’s No. 3 doubles tandem of sophomores Kaitlin Hao and Alex Edidin produced a 6-1, 6-2 triumph for a 3-0 lead. Edidin was a late addition to the tandem when Kathryn Wilson was injured in Monday’s match. St. Francis got on the board when Illina Yang won at No. 4 singles, setting the stage for Elizabeth Yao to fittingly clinch. Menlo’s No. 2 doubles team of juniors Melissa Tran and Schuyler Tilney-Volk provided the final point by remaining unbeaten this season with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory. The CCS Individual Tournament, meanwhile, gets under way Monday at Bay Club Courtside. Sacred Heart Prep freshman Sara Choy is the No. 1 seed in singles with Menlo’s Elizabeth Yao, the defending champion, at No. 2. Also entered is Menlo-Atherton freshman Lanie Van Linge, the No. 5 seed. In doubles, Menlo-Atherton’s Sami Andrew and Julia Marks are seeded No. 3. Teammates Julia Chang and Taylor Noble along with Menlo’s Alice Yao and Kathryn Wilson are unseeded. Q Montgomery is first among FBS active leaders in combined kickoff and punt return yards with 2,732. Montgomery has averaged 140.1 all-purpose yards per game this season and recorded two games with 200+ all-purpose yards. He averages 19.8 yards/ punt return, 25.2 yards/kickoff return and 9.8 yards/reception. *** Extra Points . . . Fifth-year senior placekicker Jordan Williamson became Stanford’s alltime leader in field goals (60) by converting a 51-yarder in the second overtime against Utah. The previous record was held by John Hopkins (1987-90) . . . One of the loudest cheers at Saturday night’s game was accorded to Stanford professor W.E. Moerner, who was introduced to the crowd after the third quarter for winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry . . . Also receiving hearty applause was the 2013 NCAA champion Cardinal women’s water polo team, which also was introduced on the field. Q
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HANNA SHACHAM 650.767.0767 hshacham@cbnorcal.com CalBRE #01073658
MENLO PARK | 222MORGANLANE.CBRB.COM
ELAINE WHITE 650.566.5323
ewhite@cbnorcal.com CalBRE #01182467
ZITA MACY 650.346.2799 CalBRE #01300198
222 MORGAN LANE $1,795,000 7TEVOPMRK 1SVKER 0ERI &6 &% [ PSEHW SJ YTKVEHIW MRGP LH[H ¾VW KVERMXI ERH marble in kitchen & baths. Interior location w/access to gardens.
STANFORD | STANFORD QUALIFIED ONLY!
CAROLE FELDSTEIN 650.917.4267 CalBRE #00911615
SAN JOSE | OPEN SAT & SUN
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26800 ALMADEN COURT $3,499,000 Stunning Bay views from this gorgeous 1 AC+ property w/PA schools. Contemporary FH FE KSYVQIX OMXGL [ WYF ^IVS VIJVMK Mbr with private deck.
1181 VINE ST $499,000 MARGOT LOCKWOOD 'LEVQMRK YTHEXIH LSQI [ FHW FE XL 650.400.2528 FHVQ SJ½GI MR JYPP FEWIQIRX 0VK PMZMRK VQ homes@margotlockwood.com & eat-in kitchen. Oversize 2car garage, plus CalBRE #01017519 carport. Fenced yard
4 PETER COUTTS $829,000 AVAILABLE STANFORD QUALIFIED ONLY 7YR ½PPIH XST ¾SSV YTHEXIH LSQI TPYW PSJX SJ½GI +VERMXI OMXGLIR GSYRXIVW XMPI ¾SSVW new carpet & paint.
WOODSIDE
0 FERN TRAIL $99,000 2 lots sold as one. Total 10,000 sf. There is no road access to the lots. Fern Trail intersects Skyline Blvd near County Rd.
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