Palo Alto Weekly June 12, 2015 by Palo Alto Weekly

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Vol. XXXVI, Number 36

June 12, 2015

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Winners of 29th Annual Short Story Contest explore the complexity of relationships PAGE 32 Pulse 16 Transitions 17 Spectrum 20 Eating 27 Shop Talk 28 Movies 30 Puzzles 67 Q Arts Recommended reading for the young among us

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Q Sports Stanford grad delivers in World Cup opener

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School board divided on law-firm contract Dauber urges board to put contract for special-ed legal advice out for bid

by Kevin Forestieri

mid sky-high legal fees and the school district’s continued troubles providing services to special-needs students, members of the Palo Alto Unified school board were split Tuesday night on whether to renew the district’s contract with the special-education law firm

Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost. The district has been relying on the Oakland law firm for legal services for years, including for the handling of 11 investigations by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Since 2012, the district has paid more than $900,000 in legal fees

to Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost, compared to about $500,000 to Lozano Smith, which provides the bulk of legal services for the district, according to monthly district reports on vendor payments, compiled by the Weekly. District staff anticipates paying another $250,000 to Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost in the coming fiscal year. Board member Ken Dauber opposed the renewal of the contract with the firm, citing myriad problems and an “adversarial rela-

tionship” between the district and the Office for Civil Rights that he said has not been a good use of the district’s resources. “We’ve seen an order of magnitude increase on Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost bills. The board should take a strong interest in whether those dollars have been well spent,” he said. After reading two years’ worth of correspondence between the firm and the district, Dauber said he concluded that the law firm does not meet the standard for the dis-

trict, and that the strategies adopted by the district to handle the Office of Civil Rights investigations with the help of the firm were “mostly counterproductive, were largely unsuccessful and were extremely expensive.” Dauber also criticized the law firm for being ineffective in helping the district comply with state and federal requirements for special education. Compliance prob(continued on page 14)

TRANSPORTATION

City looks to calm cars on bustling bike route Proposal to add bicycling amenities to Park Boulevard wins endorsement from planning commission

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Singers praise God at the Zion Missionary Baptist Church in East Palo Alto on June 7.

RELIGION

Parishioners get back beloved church that pastor tried to sell East Palo Alto church reopens after settlement agreement with former pastor Andre Harris

fter being shut out of their church and told to leave the grounds by their pastor last June, the 20 or so members of Zion Missionary Baptist Church are again praising God. The church, which is located at 891 Weeks St. in East Palo Alto, was shuttered in June 2014 after its then-pastor Andre Harris decided to retire. What he did not tell the congregants was that he was selling the church and an adjacent home,

by Sue Dremann which the congregation owns, according to a lawsuit church members filed last July in San Mateo County Superior Court. Harris and others named in the lawsuit settled with the congregation on March 20, returning the church to the congregation. The terms are confidential, but the principal plaintiff in the case, deacon Arthel Coleman, said he is satisfied with the agreement. The church members have their property back, and its doors are open again.

A stained-glass window above the pulpit still bears the acronym BACC — for the church’s name under Harris, Born Again Christian Center — but the church has returned to its roots and its founding name, which dates to 1969. Once more than 100 members strong, its numbers had dwindled since Harris became pastor in 1999, Coleman said. But church members said they will work hard to (continued on page 13)

by Gennady Sheyner

o much is riding on Park Boulevard these days. A popular bike route between south Palo Alto and the increasingly dynamic area around California Avenue, the street is at the center of both the city’s development boom and its aggressive push to become a top-notch bicycling destination. It is also the city’s second bike boulevard. The first, on Bryant Street, was established in 1982. Now, more improvements are on the way for the busy bike artery. On Wednesday night, the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission reviewed and gave its blessing to the latest proposal to make Park more attractive to pedestrians and bicyclists. The list of amenities includes landscaping improvements, wider bike lanes, speed tables to slow cars and a replacement of stop signs at the intersection of Park and Stanford Avenue with a traffic circle and all-way “yield” signs. According to a report from Sara Syed, senior transportation planner, the goal is to further slow cars and “provide continuous, low-stress on-street bikeways with travel time and safety improvements to support healthy transportation.” Syed told the commission Wednesday that while the street is already fairly “low-stress,” there is a lot that the city can do to make it more attractive to people who walk and bike. Park Boulevard is the main component of a broader commute route that also includes a stretch of Castilleja Avenue in the north and Wilkie Way in the south. At its busiest points, it’s used by more

than 1,000 daily bicyclists. The city’s traffic counts indicate that in May 2014 an average of 1,804 bicyclists went through the intersection of Park and Cambridge Avenue daily, while another 1,547 went through the intersection of Park and Sherman Avenue. In fact, according to the city, Park has already surpassed Bryant as the city’s most-traveled path. “It’s really a key north-south corridor in the city,” Syed said of the 2.5-mile route. “It is our most-used bicycle corridor in the city today.” Under the proposal, the northernmost portion of the route around Castilleja would see wider bicycle entrances on streets where car traffic is already blocked by bollards. A “high visibility” bike lane would be installed on the stretch of Park adjacent to Mollie Stone’s Market to prevent collisions with trucks unloading at the grocery store. Most significantly, the intersection of Park and Stanford Avenue would be shifted from its current four-stop setup to one that includes a roundabout and yield signs. This component of the plan is the only one the commission struggled with Wednesday. Commissioner Mark Michael said he was concerned that removing the stop signs would make the intersection more dangerous for bicyclists coming from Stanford Avenue. “The size of the roundabout seems like it wouldn’t really slow down an aggressive driver,” Michael said. In approving the project by a 5-0 vote, with members Eric Rosenblum and Kate Downing absent, the (continued on page 7)

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Around Town

A HEARTBEAT AWAY ... Palo Alto’s plan to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at busy hubs throughout the city took a leap forward this week when the City Council unanimously agreed to expand the existing network of life-saving devices. The push to buy and install more AEDs was jumpstarted by Stephanie Martinson, whose nonprofit group Racing Hearts works to promote ways to address sudden cardiac arrest. The city began installing AEDs in 2013 and now has nearly 80 in community facilities, local parks and emergencyresponse vehicles. This week, the council voted to spend $50,000 to buy and install 25 more AEDs. Three of these would be installed at Mitchell Park, Greer Park and the Cubberley Community Center playing fields. The remainder would be placed in city vehicles. The item was somehow left out of the proposed 2016 budget during the Finance Committee’s review last month but was added to the budget on Monday by overwhelming consent. Martinson noted that the existing devices had been used nine times since installation. Councilman Greg Scharff strongly supported the purchase, noting that response times are a critical issue during heart attacks. “If an AED is next to you, you’re going to be alive. If it’s not, you’re probably going to die or have permanent damage. ... Frankly, if it saves one person’s life ... it’s just the right thing to do and we should do it.”

FINISH-LINE CELEBRATION ... Palo Alto stroke survivor Sean Maloney’s Heart Across America team of cyclists is nearing the finish line in New York City despite the unexpected death of one cyclist and a fall that seriously injured Maloney. Maloney, who was sidelined by a devastating stroke in 2010, organized the crosscountry bike ride to raise awareness about strokes. Maloney and his team left Palo Alto on March 22, but Maloney encountered a setback when he hit a large bump on a steep incline and was thrown off his bike in Boulevard, California, in April. While he recovered, his riding companions carried on with the ride. That was followed by the sudden death of teammate Don Brennen, 60, on April 25. Brennen was a retired AT&T database administrator from Pleas-

anton. The team is scheduled to complete its journey on Sunday, June 14, in New York City. Maloney is traveling in a van and may ride the final mile on a special bike. Andrea Brennen, the widow of Don Brennen, will also join in the final lap. Two days after the team arrives, the American Heart Association will hold its 100th anniversary Heart Ball, where Maloney is to be honored. A WORLD WITHOUT T1D ... Palo Alto resident Charlie Glenwright has been selected by JDRF, a global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, to represent California at the 2015 Children’s Congress, which will be held from July 13-15 in Washington D.C. Glenwright, 16, will join 160 other children — ages 4 to 17, and representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia — to remind members of Congress the “vital need to continue supporting research that aims to reduce the burden they all share of living with T1D, until a cure becomes available,” according to JDRF.

WORLDLY VIEWPOINTS ... Eleven Stanford University students and alumni will spread across the world to pursue special projects funded by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program next year, the university announced Thursday. The student program provides grants for graduating seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study abroad for an academic year where they will meet, work, live with and learn from the people of the host country, according to the Fulbright website. The Stanford group that won fellowships for the 2015-16 academic year includes five graduating seniors, three doctoral candidates and three alumni: Andrew Aguilar, Annalisa Bolin, Alison Buchsbaum, Felicia Darling, Kunal Datta, Jean Guo, Andrea Hale, James Huynh, E’lana Jordan, Joy Obayemi and Rachel Waltman. The students and alumni will travel to 10 countries, including Colombia, France, India, Rwanda and Vietnam, to study, teach English and conduct research. More than 1,900 students, artists and young professionals have been offered grants, and candidates were chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential. Q

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Inpatient psychiatric unit would be the first in the county in more than two decades by Sue Dremann as far away as Vallejo, Concord and Sacramento, said Supervisor Joe Simitian, who introduced the action. The locations put mentally fragile young people far from their families and place a hardship on parents, who need to participate in their children’s recovery, he said. The lack of facilities affects all economic and demographic groups, Simitian said. In an eightmonth period, hospital staff referred more than 400 Santa Clara County children and teens to psychiatric wards out of the area, according to county records. But those figures are only for youth who are uninsured or on MediCal, he said. “This doesn’t include private pay or those with commercial insurance. I can’t even speculate what that number would be,” Simitian said.

anta Clara County has not had an acute-care, inpatient psychiatric unit for youth in crisis for more than 20 years, but that could soon change. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, June 9, to support a feasibility study for an inpatient hospital unit for children and adolescents. Youth with psychiatric issues are typically hospitalized locally for 72 hours on a “5150” psychiatric hold. But children under the age of 18 in need of longer-term inpatient care are sent to hospitals

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A 28-year-old bouncer at a San Jose bar was arrested on June 5 for the death of a Palo Alto man he allegedly punched after an argument, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office. Jose Bonilla Rodas, of East Palo Alto, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of Daniel Adam Esquivel, 24, according to San Jose police. Rodas was arrested without incident. Esquivel was inside the Myth Taverna & Lounge on March 28 and went outside, where he got into an argument with Rodas, who worked there as a bouncer, according to police. Rodas allegedly punched Esquivel, who fell to the ground and was knocked unconscious. Friends loaded Esquivel into a car and took off. Esquivel remained unconscious and his friends drove him to Stanford Hospital a few hours later. He was pronounced dead at Stanford. The Santa Clara County Coroner determined that Esquivel died from blunt-force trauma stemming from the incident. Esquivel’s mother, Blanca Reyes, has waited two months for the arrest. “I just want justice for my son,” she told the Weekly before Rodas’ arrest. Rodas was booked into Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose. If convicted, he faces three years in prison, according to James GibbonsShapiro, the head of the DA’s homicide division. Esquivel graduated from Palo Alto High School and had worked at the East Palo Alto YMCA with youth, Reyes said. He loved baseball and music and had a deep religious faith. Esquivel is survived by his mother, father, stepfather, four brothers and four sisters, his grandparents, great grandmother and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Q —Sue Dremann

City, Caltrain to limit access to train tracks In an effort to address Palo Alto’s recent teen suicide cluster, the City of Palo Alto is stepping up its efforts to limit access to and monitor the train tracks, officials announced on June 8. Research shows that limiting access is an important part of a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention, City Manager James Keene said. The city has asked Caltrain to fence both sides of the corridor, and Caltrain has proposed 8-foot-tall, welded-wire fencing from Oregon Expressway to San Francisquito Creek on the east side of the rightof-way, along Alma Street. The new fence would cost approximately $420,000. Work could start as early as the beginning of August, pending the removal of bushes and shrubs by the city, Keene said. Caltrain and the city have also agreed to a pilot program that uses thermal infrared cameras to detect heat along the tracks. The cameras can distinguish between humans and other objects. An automatic warning would go to Palo Alto dispatchers as well as Caltrain, which would directly contact the trains’ conductors or engineers. The city hopes to have the pilot program running by the end of the summer, Keene said. Q —Sue Dremann

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Palo Alto looks to beef up code enforcement City Council votes to add new officer position to 2016 budget by Gennady Sheyner

lasting a gas-powered leaf blower is technically illegal in Palo Alto, but that offers little solace to residents like Bill Rosenberg, who routinely hears their defiant roars. The city’s ban on leaf blowers “gets no publicity and absolutely no enforcement,” Rosenberg told the City Council on Monday. A few years ago, he discussed the topic with a police officer who confirmed that the law doesn’t really get enforced, he said. “I’m sympathetic,” Rosenberg told the council. “The police do have more important things in town to do. On the other hand, we do have an ordinance and that should be enforced.” Part of the problem is that the city’s enforcement of its codes takes place largely on a complaint basis. The city has two officers working in the planning department who take care of all the complaints addressing property maintenance, zoning and building codes. Their work-

load has been steadily rising in recent years, with the number of code-enforcement cases increasing from 473 in fiscal year 2005 to 609 in 2014, a 29 percent increase, according to city data. The number of re-inspection cases has risen from 796 to 1,398 during the same period, an uptick of 77 percent. Now, the city is making a move to hire a third code enforcer who would lead the team and expand the amount of work that the team could accomplish by 50 percent, according to a report from Planning Director Hillary Gitelman. The new, $120,000-a-year position proved a tough sell during last month’s budget hearings in front of the council’s Finance Committee, which voted to remove it from the proposed budget. But on Monday, the council reversed that decision. The idea, council members said, is to make the code-enforcement team more proactive when it comes to leaf blowers, long-

lingering construction projects and new developments that fail to provide promised public benefits. Councilman Greg Scharff, who serves on the Finance Committee, said the existing two-person team already seems to have a handle on the existing backlog of code-related complaints. “Obviously, it’s better to have more capacity in the system,” Scharff said. “What we heard as a committee was that we’re getting the work done, and that really didn’t make for a strong argument for why we need a new code-enforcement person.” During the budget-review process, the committee also requested that City Manager James Keene identify three positions within the entire city organization that could be cut if the need arose to reduce staffing. The decision by Keene to include the new code-enforcement officer position as one of the three further validated the committee’s decision, Scharff said.

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But Councilman Pat Burt argued that the committee’s focus on the complaint backlog is “not a correct consideration.” Historically, he said, code-enforcement officers have been proactive as well as reactive. Today, many code violations take place but are not reported by residents. That doesn’t mean the city shouldn’t be enforcing them. “We don’t go after speeders only if someone dials 911,” Burt said. Councilwoman Liz Kniss, who sits on the Finance Committee but broke ranks and supported adding a third code enforcer, fully supported Burt’s position. “There are a number of areas in town where you see buildings that are half done, lots that are left open and a whole variety of issues,” Kniss said. “And I think it’s up to us to make sure that essentially we’re keeping an eye on what’s happening in our community.” Survey results suggest that the lack of proactive code enforcement has not gone unnoticed. In the 2014 National Citizens Survey, only 60 percent of the surveyed Palo Alto residents ranked the city’s code-enforcement program as “good or excellent.” “It’s an area where we think the Planning and Transportation Department can be better,” Gitelman said. The new hire will enable the department to give more attention to “planned-community” projects to make sure they have fulfilled

their conditions of approval. Ultimately, all eight council members (Eric Filseth was absent) voted to restore the position. Gitelman also requested for her department a new parking manager and a traffic manager, both of which were approved by the committee and the council with no dissent. The only other department that is getting a substantial staffing increase is the Library Department, which will be able to expand its branches’ hours of operation by 14 percent, or a total of 32 hours. Other items that are included in the budget, but are expected to see major modifications in the coming months, are the city’s commitments to funding Project Safety Net, a collaborative that aims to promote youth well-being, and a $250,000 allocation to the city’s animal shelter. The council tentatively approved the budget by an 8-0 vote and is scheduled to formally adopt it on June 15. The budget presented to the council includes a General Fund with $186.1 million in revenues, $185.5 million in expenditures and a surplus of $480,000. The new budget includes a five-year capital-improvement program that totals $543.9 million, 64 percent greater than the five-year program included in the current budget. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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youth in the county at all. “I can’t imagine leaving my child alone,” she tearfully told the supervisors. “Even after a $2 billion expansion at Stanford, there are zero beds for kids.” Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital support the county’s effort, Samantha Duncan, media relations manager, said in an email. The lack of psychiatric beds at hospitals such as Stanford are in large part due to changes in insurance coverage, which seeks to reduce health care costs, Duncan said in an email. “Insurance is more likely to cover outpatient treatment. That is the preferred model for mental health services. Still, our outpatient clinic, which sees 20,000 outpatient visits a year — a figure which has doubled over the past three years — is one of the clinics in the Bay Area that accepts commercial insurance and MediCal for mental health services,” she noted. Under current reimbursement formulas, neither commercial insurance nor the state MediCal program provides sufficient funds for inpatient services, and this creates significant challenges and disincentives for hospitals to open inpatient pediatric psy-

chiatric units, she added. The fluctuating census that psychiatric units experience throughout the year also makes these programs challenging to administer. Units serving children and teens require more staffing and specialists than psychiatric units serving adults. Demand for adolescent psychiatric beds also fluctuates, declining dramatically in the summer and overflowing in the winter. Staff and facility needs remain constant even when beds are not in use, she said. Having an inpatient psychiatric unit in a children’s hospital is not a typical feature in California and elsewhere, according to Duncan. But Stanford does support the county’s initiative, and the hospital has been negotiating with other hospitals, organizations and the county to enhance existing inpatiHnt programs and to find additional solutions to the county’s problem, she said. “These needs include inpatient care, but also on the table right now are talks for programs that provide more intensive outpatient care, evaluation and short-term crisis management as well as day-hospital solutions. With any of these endeavors, our hospital would be supplying most of the resources: physicians, nurses and therapists. It is possible that Lucile Packard Children’s Hospitallicensed beds, off site from the

main campus, may be part of the solution for pediatric and adolescent psychiatric inpatient care in the county,” she said. With the supervisors’ unanimous support, county staff will develop a report within six months that will explore ways to create and fund the inpatient unit, including using existing county facilities, contracting out services, and having a flexible unit that could accommodate adults when fewer youths need treatment. An inpatient unit would create a broader acute-care system for youth in the county, said Toni Tullys, director of the county’s Behavioral Health Services Administration. Supervisor Ken Yeager asked staff to look into potential collaborations with insurance companies and private health plans for how services would be covered. Simitian and Yeager said the report should consider the demographic profile of youth needing the inpatient services, including their ages, ethnicity and geographical location. Simitian also advised staff to not forget about looking at how to help insured or private-pay patients, not just those without insurance or on MediCal. “Each one of those is a kid (in need),” he said. n Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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once again fill its pews. On a recent Sunday, Coleman greeted the faithful at the door. A woman helped congregants to their seats. Her white and silver usher’s pin gleamed against a dark, neatly pressed suit. The church members entered as gospel music swelled from boombox speakers. A little girl handed out paper fans so congregants wouldn’t use the Bibles when fervor took over. Guest Pastor Cleo Barkus, past president of the Pure Gospel Church of God in Christ, raised his arms up and looked to the heavens. “God’s in the midst,” he said. Barkus turned to his Bible and opened to a passage from the Psalms. “Lord, who shall abide in the tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness and speaketh truth in his heart. ... He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent,” he read. The words seemed like a parable of what allegedly had taken place here for nearly a year: a reward taken against the innocent and the righteous work that helped save the beloved church. The trouble began in early May

2014. Church members found a real estate sign on the next-door house at 871 Weeks St., which had served as the rent-free home for the pastor and his family. San Mateo County deed records showed the Harrises had the ownership transferred to themselves as a “gift.” Soon after, a for-sale sign also appeared on the church property. When members gathered on June 29, 2014, for services and to demand an explanation regarding the sales, Harris reportedly handed them notices of ex-communication and barred them from entering. Coleman filed suit against the pastor and his wife, the pastor’s brother Kenneth Harris and his wife, Rhona Edgerton-Harris — who were the real estate agents and notary in the transactions — the church trustees and the home’s new buyer. Church members Yvonne Duncan, Christine Porter and Elaine Blue later joined the suit, according to court records. Coleman’s attorney put a stop to the church sale and filed restrictions on the deed to the house. The church’s bylaws state that its real property is not to be sold or transferred without approval of members of the church, according to the lawsuit. The Harrises and their attorneys did not return a request for comment on the lawsuit or the settlement. Blue was ecstatic when she

finally received the keys to the church. Then she opened the doors and found a heartbreaking mess inside, she said. “There were people living inside, using drugs. There were people taking a bath in the baptismal pool,” she said. She spent more than a month working from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. to clean the church, she added. But this past Sunday, light streamed in, illuminating the wall behind Pastor Barkus. Singers, ranging from children to seniors, took their places in front of the altar. Their voices rose to the ceiling and carried along the church’s walls. The usher raised her voice to testify, and everyone listened intently. “It was God” who reopened this church, she said. “‘This is my house,’ (God is saying). ‘My house is where I dwell in, and you don’t close my doors.’” The church members have a steadfast loyalty to their place of worship. Zion Missionary is more than a place to pray, the congregants said. People have spent all of their lives in this church. Some were brought here as infants and baptized here; others have raised generations under its roof. Canes leaned against the pews, and children wiggled in their mothers’ laps. It has been an accepting place, this small church on the corner, its walls enveloping the most needy and downtrodden without prejudice, they said.

A rail-thin woman with several teeth missing wiped away tears as she prayed, thanking Jesus for this day; a young man with disabilities wandered up to the pulpit and stood beside Barkus as he gave the Lord praise. This church is a place where people can testify to their experiences, to their triumph and their pain. Here, they receive answers. And if not answers, then the strength to carry on amid hardship or to offer gratitude for blessings and redemption, Barkus said. Harleen Rafiee-tari, Coleman’s mother-in-law, remembered how the church once was: its humble beginnings in an old house; how its numbers grew; and how it has returned to its beginnings again. One of the church’s earliest members, she had returned this day from southern California as a guest speaker to help support the congregation, she said. “I used to walk these grounds and I would pray all over on this land. ... The Lord let this church be a light on this corner, and all he asks is for you to be faithful. It doesn’t matter how small you are. Don’t look at what’s not here. When we first started, there were a few people. Then the church kept growing and growing,” she said. “You walk by faith, not by sight. And the more you walk by faith, the stronger you become,” Rafiee-tari said.

The congregants walked to the front of the church, placing offerings in a donation basket: $1, $5, $10, then a $50. The ushers prayed over the offerings, asking God to help them grow. This church was built not only with the members’ money, but with their own hands, members noted. Coleman is a carpenter, like Jesus. He has devoted countless hours maintaining a sanctuary where people could find joy and solace and a place to belong. Outside, he gestured across the plaster facade with an outstretched hand. “Right here, we’re going to be putting up a big sign soon. It will say ‘Zion Missionary Baptist Church,’” he said, pointing proudly. Back in the church, Barkus said he came here at Coleman’s invitation, but he does not know if he will be asked to be its pastor. If he does, it will be God’s will, he said. Building trust will not come easily, he acknowledged. Trust must be hard won after so much loss. “This man is still hurting,” he said, gesturing toward Coleman. The trustees will take their time, Coleman said. “This time, we want to make sure we have the right person.” Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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lems include a failure to meet deadlines for Individualized Education Program (IEPs) and neglecting to invite students to their own IEP meetings, according to a 2014 review by the California

Department of Education’s Special Education Division. Instead, Dauber proposed the board vote to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to find a new specialeducation law firm, one that could deliver superior services. By declining to shop around, it is as though the school board sees no point in looking at alternatives, he said.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss the establishment of an annual office cap; adopt the fiscal year 2016 budget and utility rates, enact an emergency ordinance banning conversion of ground-floor retail to other uses; and consider approving a three-story mixed-use building at 441 Page Mill Road. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 15, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to consider a recommendation to raise water rates by 4 percent and add drought surcharges. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board plans to hold its annual retreat to review the past year and plan for the next year. The two-day retreat will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, and Wednesday, June 17, at The Westin Palo Alto, 675 El Camino Real. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOAD ... The board plans to consider a proposal by Stanford University for facade and site improvements at Stanford Shopping Center, including tree removal, landscaping, lighting, paving and new signage. The board will also consider a request by America’s Tire Co. on behalf of Wells Fargo N.A. Trustee for site improvements, landscaping and signage for automobile-service use. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Q

“The decision is not whether to fire a firm or not, but whether to go through an RFP process and look for an alternative and see if we can do better,” Dauber said. Board member Terry Godfrey said she was receptive to the idea of the RFP process, but she did not come to the same conclusions as Dauber after reading archives of the firm’s correspondence. She said she is not a lawyer and doesn’t have enough expertise to assess whether the firm is doing a good job without more data from the district. Other board members stood by the staff’s recommendation to renew the contract, focusing on the district’s difficult disputes with the Office for Civil Rights. Board member Camille Townsend said the law firm was able to help guide the district through a tumultuous time during which the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) became a “very political” organization. “The OCR has taken on a political spin that is hard for any district, and frankly Palo Alto was in the middle of it. I know Mr. Dauber was unhappy with the board resolution that we articulated with regard to OCR because all of us are for civil rights, but as an attorney I was distraught with the lack of due process,” Townsend said. That resolution, approved last year before both Godfrey and Dauber joined the board, formally criticized the Office for Civil Rights and the way it handles investigations. It argues, among

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other things, that the agency acts as though the district is guilty of violating civil rights simply because a complaint has been filed. Contrary to Townsend, who spoke of a politicized federal agency, Dauber said it is Palo Alto Unified that is the anomaly in that it is one of few districts that did not immediately pursue fixes to the complaints filed with the Office for Civil Rights. He also raised concerns over the $50,000 in fees paid to Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost to draft the resolution, and the scope of the firm’s work spilling over into public relations and political outreach. Dauber also said the firm failed in encouraging transparency, as seen in its advice to the district about the Brown Act, which governs when board discussions should be public and when they need to be closed. The firm’s counsel on closed meetings was “dubious at best” and inconsistent with both the letter and the spirit of the law, he said. “We need a law firm that is going to help the district achieve both compliance with our public open-meetings laws and the Public Records Act laws,” he said. “I don’t believe that Fagen Friedman has performed to the level that I would like to see and I think the public deserves in this area.” Board President Melissa Baten Caswell said she would rely on the district staff’s assessment of the work done by the law firms and received assurance from Superintendent Max McGee that it is getting the services it expects from Fagen Friedman in its day-to-day work and that there hasn’t been any malfeasance or malpractice on the part of the law firm. Lisa Weyland, a resident who spoke on behalf of a family with a special-needs student who wished to remain anonymous, told the board that the family had a very negative experience with the firm’s attorneys over a complaint it made regarding a 504 disability issue. The complaint was settled and good things came out of it, with students benefiting from policy changes, Weyland said, but the family dealt with a lot of negativity from the lawyers, which she said impacted the child’s education and emotional health. The family decided to transfer their child out of the school district, she said. Weyland said a different law firm handling special-education issues could do more to foster a positive process and avoid the “misrepresentations and miscommunications” that resulted in the family’s negative experience. “Different law firms have different legal cultures,” Weyland said in recommending the district search for a firm to replace Fagen Friedman and Fulfrost. Another speaker, Steve Schmidt, urged the district to engage in the RFP process for all four of the law firms whose contracts are up for renewal, saying that doing so is standard industry practice. Schmidt, himself an attorney and general counsel of a company, said that without asking for bids from other firms, one has no basis for knowing whether the district is getting the best service for its money.

Townsend countered, however, saying that the relationship that has been built between a law firm and the district is worth holding on to. In the end, the board asked McGee to consider its feedback and return with a recommendation, which could be the same as already proposed or a different proposal, on June 23. McGee said he would review the board’s thoughts with staff this week and work on a recommendation. While there was some back and forth on renewing the legal contracts, the majority of the board members favored McGee’s proposal to hire general counsel for the district, which is expected to reduce legal fees in the coming years and provide much-needed legal support to the district and the board. McGee said many of the district’s legal inquiries on the Brown Act, the Office for Civil Rights and special education come up on a regular basis, and hiring general counsel would be a cost-effective way to direct questions to someone present and inhouse instead of incurring costly fees with private law firms. “I feel like we have demonstrated this year, and likely in past years, the need to have someone on staff,” McGee said. Caswell said she was receptive to having general counsel to investigate legal complaints against the district, draft board policies and keep on top of new legislation. But she cautioned against relying on the counsel for some of the specialized legal work surrounding compliance with special-education laws. Dauber and Godfrey also supported the hiring of a general counsel, and both agreed it’s been needed for years. Townsend said she wasn’t sold on the idea, saying that a “generalist” attorney would be “ineffectual” and lacking in the expertise needed to handle specialized legal subjects like special education. She said she didn’t have a firm grasp on what role general counsel would play for the district. “Is it (for) public-records requests to deal with the newspaper? Do we need a full-time attorney to deal with that? Do we need one for the 504?” Townsend asked. McGee said the estimated $565,000 in legal fees that the district expects to incur in the 2015-16 fiscal year does not take into account the hiring of general counsel but that overall legal expenses are expected to go down. He predicted the addition of general counsel would be cost-neutral to the district. The board will revisit and vote on the new position at the June 23 board meeting. Q Kevin Forestieri is a staff writer with the Weekly’s sister paper, the Mountain View Voice. He can be emailed at kforestieri@ mv-voice.com.

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PUN H >HZ[L^H[LY *VSSLJ[PVU -LL 0UJYLHZL VM Avenue, 7LYJLU[ HUK 300 block California 11/3, 12:02 14 Vehicle impounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a.m.; simple battery (TLUKPUN <[PSP[` 9H[L :JOLK\SLZ : : : HUK : " 3 4000 block El Camino Real, 11/4, 1:41 Alcohol or drug related (KVW[PUN 9LZPKLU[PHS 9LM\ZL 9H[L 0UJYLHZLZ 9HUNPUN )L[^LLU p.m.; robbery/carjack Drunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7LYJLU[ HUK 7LYJLU[ HUK (TLUKPUN <[PSP[` 9\SLZ HUK 9 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 block Alma Street, 11/5, 11:06 9LN\SH[PVUZ HUK " (TLUKPUN [OL :HSHY` :JOLK\SL 3 Possession of controlled substance . . a.m.; domestic violence 8 ([[HJOLK [V [OL *VTWLUZH[PVU MVY 11/5, 4HUHNL600 block Alma7SHU Street, 4:30 p.m.; Miscellaneous domestic violence TLU[ HUK 7YVMLZZPVUHS ,TWSV`LLZ HZ (TLUKLK I` 9LZVS\[PVU Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4000 block El Camino Real, 11/6, 4:44 5V [V (KK 6UL 5L^ 7VZP[PVU HUK *OHUNL [OL ;P[SL VM ;^V 15 Disturbance ..................... p.m.; bombâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;suspect left message saying 3 Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7VZP[PVUZ" (TLUKPUN [OL 4LTVYHUK\T VM (NYLLTLU[ there was a bomb in the building 4 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2700 block Middlefield Road, Harmony :LY]PJL ,TWSV`LLZ 0U[LYUH[PVUHS <UPVU :,0< (KVW[LK I` 9LZ5 Lost property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakery, 11/7, 9:17 a.m.; simple assault VS\[PVU 5V 11 Found property . . . . . [V HKK 6UL 7VZP[PVU HUK *VYYLJ[ [OL :HSHY` VM ............. 3100 block El Camino Real, McDon9 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 6UL 7VZP[PVU" HUK (TLUKPUN [OL ;LYTZ MVY [OL <[PSP[` 4HUHNLaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 11/7, 1:04 p.m.; battery 10 Warrant arrests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TLU[ 7YVMLZZPVUHS (ZZVJPH[PVU HZ (TLUKLK I` 9LZVS\[PVU 5VZ 4200 block El Camino Real, Days Inn, 25 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 11/7,MVY 9:526UL p.m.;7VZP[PVU simple assault surrender .[V HUK (KK 4 Weapon . . *VYYLJ[ . . . . . . . . .[OL . . . :HSHY` Undisclosed location, 11/8, 12:31 p.m.; 1 Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;^V 5L^ 7VZP[PVUZ" HUK 9LMLY [V [OL -PUHUJL *VTTP[[LL H +PZchild abuse 2 Leaf blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J\ZZPVU VM *OHUNLZ [V [OL 7\ISPJ (Y[ 6YKPUHUJL [V :PTWSPM` [OL Undisclosed location, 11/8, 4:47 p.m.; 1 Forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *HSJ\SH[PVU VM [OL 7\ISPJ (Y[ -LL HUK H +PZJ\ZZPVU VM <ZHNL HUK rape 1 Trespassing ..................... 1 Unattended death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9LWSHJLTLU[ VM 7VVS =LOPJSLZ *VU[PU\LK -YVT 1\UL 1300 block Newell Road, Palo Alto 1 Mental suspect . . . . . . . . . (5+ . . . . . .79676:0;065 ... Cultural Center, 2:39 p.m.; simple 7<)30* /,(905. 11/9, /,(905.! :[HÉ&#x2C6; 2 Outside investigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . battery 9LJVTTLUKH[PVU [OH[ [OL *P[` *V\UJPS (KVW[ H 9LZVS\[PVU 2 Gun disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 block Middlefield Road, 11/10, 1 Embezzlement . . . . . .:JOLK\SLZ . . . . . . . . . . . > (TLUKPUN . 9H[L .LULYHS 9LZPKLU[PHS 3:31 p.m.; domestic violence >H[LY 1 Pedestrian/bike stop . >H[LY . . . . . . .:LY]PJL . . . . . . MYVT 4300-PYL block/`KYHU[Z Miranda Avenue, 11/10, :LY]PJL > > -PYL 9:54 3 p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon :LY]PJL *VUULJ[PVUZ > 9LZPKLU[PHS 4HZ[LY 4L[LYLK HUK Menlo Park Undisclosed location, 11/11, 4:51 p.m.; .LULYHS 5VU 9LZPKLU[PHS >H[LY :LY]PJL HUK > 5VU 9LZStatistics for Menlo Park were not availdomestic violence

VIOLENT CRIMES

(WWYV_PTH[LS` PU -@ [V :\WWVY[ *VTWVZ[PUN HUK (UHLYVIPJ +PNLZ[PVU 7YVNYHTZ" VIOLENT HUK ,_[LUK [OL *VU[YHJ[ VIOLENT CRIMES CRIMES Palo Alto;LYT MVY HU (KKP[PVUHS -V\Y @LHYZ [V ,UK 1\UL " (KVWPalo Alto Loma Verde Avenue, 6/26, 1:49 p.m.; elder Loma Verde Avenue, 6/26, 1:49 p.m.; [PVU VM 9LZVS\[PVU [V 9L]PZL <[PSP[` 9\SLZ HUK 9LN\SH[PVUZ 5V abuse/physical. elder abuse/physical. HUK [V 9LĂ&#x2026;LJ[ 5L^ ALYV >HZ[L :LY]PJL *OHUNLZ Tanland Drive, 6/26, 11:31 p.m.; child Tanland Drive, 6/26, 11:31 p.m.; child ( WWYV]HS VM H .YHU[ abuse/physical. -YVT :PSPJVU =HSSL` *YLH[LZ H abuse/physical. University Avenue, 1:49-YVT a.m.; domesUniversity Avenue, 6/27, 1:49 a.m.; do- H 6/27, .YHU[ [OL 5H[PVUHS ,UKV^TLU[ MVY [OL (Y[Z tic violence/battery. mestic violence/battery. *VU[YPI\[PVU -YVT [OL -YPLUKZ VM 7HSV (S[V *OPSKYLUÂťZ Forest Avenue, 6/28, 4:28 p.m.; suicide Forest Avenue, 6/28, 4:28 p.m.; suicide adult attempt/misc. adult attempt/misc. ;OLH[YL HUK (KVW[PVU VM H 9LSH[LK )\KNL[ (TLUKTLU[ 6YKPEl Camino Real, 6/29, 3:18 p.m.; child El Camino Real, 6/29, 3:18 p.m.; child UHUJL [V [OL .LULYHS -\UK PU [OL (TV\U[ VM abuse/physical. abuse/physical. Park ( WWYV]HS VM H *VU[YHJ[ >P[O .YHOHT *VU[YHJ[VYZ 0UJ PU [OL Menlo Menlo Park Location undisclosed, 6/26, 10:40 p.m.; -VY ;OL Location 6/26, 10:40 p.m.; (TV\U[ VM -@ undisclosed, 7YL]LU[P]L 4HPU[Ldomestic abuse. domestic abuse. UHUJL 7YVQLJ[ [OL -PYZ[ VM -V\Y *VU[YHJ[Z PU [OL -@ :[YLL[ 1100 block Windermere Ave., 6/27, 6:10 1100 block Windermere Ave., 6/27, 6:10 4HPU[LUHUJL 7YVNYHT 7YVQLJ[ *07 7, p.m.; report of battery between relatives p.m.; report of battery between relatives on 6/23. on 6/23. >P[O HU 6W[PVU VM ;^V ( WWYV]HS VM H ;OYLL @LHY *VU[YHJ[ Location undisclosed, 6/29, noon; assault. Location undisclosed, 6/29, noon; as6UL `LHY ,_[LUZPVUZ >P[O (TLYPJHU .\HYK :LY]PJLZ 0UJ PU 2000 block Sand Hill Road, 6/29, 8:45 sault. p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon. 2000 block Sand Hill Road, 6/29, 8:45 [OL (TV\U[ 5V[ [V ,_JLLK 7LY @LHY MVY [OL -PYZ[ ;^V 1400 block Almanor Ave., 7/1, 5:13 p.m.; p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon. @LHYZ HUK MVY [OL ;OPYK @LHY HUK (\[OVYPaH[PVU MVY battery. 1400 block Almanor Ave., 7/1, 5:13 p.m.; (KKP[PVUHS <UMVYLZLLU >VYR 1200 block Sevier Ave.,)\[ 7/1, 8:08 p.m.; battery.5V[ [V ,_JLLK 7LY domestic violence. 1200 block Sevier Ave., 7/1, 8:08 p.m.; @LHY MVY [OL -PYZ[ ;^V @LHYZ HUK MVY [OL ;OPYK @LHY domestic violence. * VUĂ&#x201E;YTH[PVU VM (WWVPU[TLU[ VM ,K^HYK :OPRHKH HZ (ZZPZ[HU[ *P[` 4HUHNLY HUK (WWYV]HS VM ,TWSV`TLU[ (NYLLTLU[ ( KVW[PVU VM H 9LZVS\[PVU (\[OVYPaPUN 7\ISPJ >VYRZ +LWHY[PKLU[PHS 0YYPNH[PVU >H[LY :LY]PJL [V 0UJYLHZL (]LYHNL >H[LY TLU[ [V :\ITP[ H -\UJ[PVU *SHZZPĂ&#x201E;JH[PVU 9LX\LZ[ [V *HS[YHUZ able at press time. Atherton 9H[LZ I` 7LYJLU[ *VU[PU\LK -YVT 1\UL [V -VYTHSS` (KK [OL :[YLL[Z 9LJSHZZPĂ&#x201E;LK HZ 7HY[ VM [OL Atherton Menlo-Atherton High School, 500 block Nov. 3 12 Middlefield Road, 11/6, 2:14 p.m.; bat 7<)30* /,(905.! (KVW[PVU VM HU 6YKPUHUJL VM [OL *V\UJPS *VTWYLOLUZP]L 7SHU [V [OL *HS[YHUZ :`Z[LT 4HW Violence related tery on school grounds VM [OL *P[` VM 7HSV (S[V ,_[LUKPUN MVY 4VU[OZ HUK +H`Z ( WWYV]HS VM *VU[YHJ[ (TLUKTLU[ 5V [V *VU[YHJ[ 5V Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . . . El Camino Real, 11/9, 10:36 p.m.; assault <YNLUJ` 0U[LYPT 6YKPUHUJL 7SHJPUN H ;LTWVYHY` 4VYH: PU [OL (TV\U[ VM ^P[O )HSHUJL /`KYVSVNPJZ 1 Battery ........................ with a deadly weapon 2 Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [VYP\T VU [OL *VU]LYZPVU VM .YV\UK -SVVY 9L[HPS HUK Â¸9L[HPS 0UJ MVY [OL +LZPNU HUK 0TWSLTLU[H[PVU VM HU ,UOHUJLK -SVVK Menlo-Atherton High School, 11/12, 2:38 1 p.m.; battery on school grounds 3PRLÂš <ZLZ [V 6[OLY <ZLZ *P[`^PKL" ,_LTW[ MYVT [OL *HSPMVYUPH >HYUPUN :`Z[LT MVY [OL :HU -YHUJPZX\P[V *YLLR >H[LYZOLK Theft related El Camino Real, 11/13, 3:11 a.m.; arson ,U]PYVUTLU[HS 8\HSP[` (J[ <UKLY :LJ[PVU HUK ( KVW[PVU VM -PZJHS @LHY 0U]LZ[TLU[ 7VSPJ` Residentail burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ` PUHUJL *VTTP[[LL 9LJVTTLUKH[PVU [OH[ [OL *P[` *V\UJPS 7<)30* /,(905.! (WWYV]HS VM H 4P[PNH[LK 5LNH[P]L +LJSHRESIDENTIAL burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YH[PVU HUK H :P[L +LZPNU 9L]PL^ HUK +LZPNU ,UOHUJLTLU[ (KVW[! H 9LZVS\[PVU (WWYV]PUN [OL -PZJHS @LHY >H- Nonresidential BURGLARIES 1 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,_JLW[PVU (WWSPJH[PVU MVY H ;OYLL :[VY` 4P_LK <ZL )\PSKPUN VU [LY <[PSP[` -PUHUJPHS 7SHU HUK (TLUKPUN [OL >H[LY <[PSP[` 9L- 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atherton theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 block Stockbridge Avenue, 11/5, H :X\HYL -VV[ :P[L AVULK :LY]PJL *VTTLYJPHS *: ([ ZLY]L 4HUHNLTLU[ 7YHJ[PJLZ" H 9LZVS\[PVU (WWYV]PUN [OL 6 Grand 12:57 p.m.; French door broken into 7HNL 4PSS 9VHK ;OL 7YVQLJ[ /HZ )LLU 9L]PZLK [V *VU-PZJHS @LHY >HZ[L^H[LY *VSSLJ[PVU <[PSP[` -PUHUJPHS 7SHU 1Vehicle related Stanford . . :X\HYL -LL[ VM *VTTLYJPHS :WHJL 6É&#x2C6; :[YLL[ HUK (TLUKPUN [OL >HZ[L^H[LY *VSSLJ[PVU <[PSP[` 9LZLY]L 4HU- Vehicle[HPU accident .................. Undisclosed address, 11/4, 1:30 p.m.; 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7HYRPUN :WHJLZ HUK (WHY[TLU[ <UP[Z 0UJS\KPUN -P]L )LHNLTLU[ 7YHJ[PJLZ" ( 9LZVS\[PVU (WWYV]PUN [OL -PZJHS @LHY Sony Camcorder taken vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SV^ 4HYRL[ 9H[L <UP[Z HUK 0UJS\KLZ H 9LX\LZ[ MVY ;OYLL Â¸6É&#x2C6; ,SLJ[YPJ <[PSP[` -PUHUJPHS 7SHU HUK (TLUKPUN [OL ,SLJ[YPJ 221 Suspicious Palo Alto 4LU\Âš *VUJLZZPVUZ <UKLY 7HSV (S[V 4\UPJPWHS *VKL :LJ[PVU <[PSP[` 9LZLY]L 4HUHNLTLU[ 7YHJ[PJLZ" HUK ( 9LZVS\[PVU Alcohol or drug related 900 block Harriet Street, 11/8, 12:35 driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.m.; suspect arrested HUK [OL :[H[L +LUZP[` )VU\Z 3H^ HUK )HZLK VU H 9L(WWYV]PUN [OL -PZJHS @LHY .HZ <[PSP[` -PUHUJPHS 7SHU HUK Drunken 5 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2500 block Greer Road, 11/11, 5:25 ]PZLK ,JVUVTPJ (UHS`ZPZ ,U]PYVUTLU[HS (ZZLZZTLU[! ( 4P[P(TLUKPUN [OL .HZ <[PSP[` 9LZLY]L 4HUHNLTLU[ 7YHJ[PJLZ 4 Miscellaneous p.m.; unknown suspect attempted to NH[LK 5LNH[P]L +LJSHYH[PVU ^HZ 7YLWHYLK 12a (WWYV]HS VM H ;OYLL @LHY *VU[YHJ[ >P[O 4\UPJPWHS 9LZV\YJL Vandalism ......................... 5 open bathroom window Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ............ 5 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 > 5VU 9LZPKLU[PHS 0YYPNH[PVU >H[LY :LY]PJL [V 0UJYLHZL 9H[LZ 7LYSuspicious circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . 12 JLU[ HUK (KK +YV\NO[ :\YJOHYNLZ" HUK (J[P]H[PUN +YV\NO[ :\YJOHYNLZ Outside assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Citizen assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 H[ [OL 7LYJLU[ 3L]LS PU 9LZWVUZL [V 4HUKH[VY` 7V[HISL >H[LY <ZL Welfare check .0TWVZLK . . . . . . . . . .I` . . . [OL . . . . :[H[L . . . 2 >H[LY 9LZV\YJLZ *VU[YVS )VHYK" 9LZ[YPJ[PVUZ Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HUK (TLUKTLU[ VM 4\UPJPWHS *VKL :LJ[PVU 9LNHYKPUN *P[` Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Annoying phone calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 *V\UJPS )\KNL[ HUK ;HISL VM 6YNHUPaH[PVU (TLUKTLU[ (WWYV]HSZ Log information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Town ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Noise ordinance violation :;(5+05. *6440;;,,

The Finance Committee Special Meeting will be on Tuesday, June 16, H[ ! 74 HUK ^PSS KPZJ\ZZ! :[HÉ&#x2C6; 9LJVTTLUKH[PVU [OH[ [OL *P[` *V\UJPS (KVW[ ;^V 9LZVS\[PVUZ ,É&#x2C6;LJ[P]L :LW[LTILY ! (TLUKPUN 9H[L :JOLK\SLZ > .LULYHS 9LZPKLU[PHS >H[LY :LY]PJL > >H[LY :LY]PJL MYVT -PYL /`KYHU[Z > -PYL :LY]PJL *VUULJ[PVUZ > 9LZPKLU[PHS 4HZ[LY 4L[LYLK HUK .LULYHS 5VU 9LZPKLU[PHS >H[LY :LY]PJL HUK

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto June 3-9 Violence related

Armed robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Credit card fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fraudulent tax return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Vehicle related

Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . . . 4 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . 13 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Disobey court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Firearm disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Terrorist threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unexpected package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Menlo Park June 3-9 Violence related

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Credit card fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earlier grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fraud attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle related Abandoned trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bicycle found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving with suspended license . . . . . . . . Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disturbing/annoying phone calls . . . . . . . Domestic disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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300 Pasteur Drive, 6/4, 7:43 a.m.; battery/ simple. Embarcadero Road, 6/6, 11:53 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. West Bayshore Road, 6/7, 3:53 p.m.; child abuse/physical. 909 Hamilton Ave., 6/9, 7:54 a.m.; robbery/armed.

Menlo Park

200 block Terminal Ave., 6/6, 1:52 p.m.; battery.

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Elliott E Wong September 20, 1965 – June 6, 2015

Births, marriages and deaths

Jack Kelly John Patrick “Jack” Kelly Sr., a longtime Palo Alto resident, died on May 26 at Channing House in Palo Alto, surrounded by his wife and sons. He was 81. He was born on Oct. 20, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Catherine and Patrick Kelly. In Boston, he went to St. Anthony’s Grade School and Commerce High School before attending the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1955. After college, he worked for General Motors, was an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, and studied and graduated from Boston College Law School. He then moved to San Francisco, where he met his future wife Kathleen; they married in 1965. Jack worked at the Hoberg Law Firm and became the general counsel and corporate secretary for Consolidated Freightways. He later attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, where he was chosen as president of his class. Beginning in

1969, he and his wife lived in Palo Alto, for many years in the Crescent Park neighborhood. Outside of business, he served as the chairman of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, as well as on the boards of the Haas Business School at University of California, Berkeley, and Saint Mary’s College. Later in life, he volunteered with Meals on Wheels and with patients at Stanford Hospital. Known as a man of deep faith, he was most recently active in the Catholic community at Stanford University. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Kelly of Palo Alto; sons, John (Katherine) Patrick Jr. of Menlo Park and Charles Quigley (Kathryn) Kelly of Cincinnati, Ohio; and four grandchildren, Katie, Jennifer, Jacqueline and Gracey. A memorial service was held on June 4 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto and was followed by a reception at the Menlo Circus Club. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in his memory to Pathways Hospice or Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. (continued on page 18)

James E. Jervis James E. Jervis, 79, lost his two-year battle with melanoma on Sunday, May 31, 2015, passing peacefully at home in Atherton with his wife and children at his side. Jim was born in San Francisco, but grew up in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. He was a Phi Beta Kappa BSME and MBA graduate of Stanford, and an early employee of Raychem, where he held various positions over 38 years, earning numerous significant patents. After retiring from Raychem he went on to work at General Surgical Innovations, AgileTV, and Xoft. Jim was an Eagle Scout, and much of what he learned while earning badges led to future hobbies. A former member of the Saint Francis Yacht Club, he loved to sail and counted memories of crewing on Trans Pac races close to his heart. He also took up fishing, taking trips to Patagonia, the Amazon, and the Caribbean, and every summer he brought back wild king salmon from Alaska to share with neighbors and friends. He had a full workshop for woodworking and designed and built classical Chinese furniture, but his greatest joy was crafting items for his grandchildren (Adam Jervis, Natasha Epstein, and Elliott Epstein), like a red wagon for Adam and a little kitchen for Tasha, and bedroom furniture for all. Jim married his wife Sally in 1962. Not long after son John was born in 1966, he and Sally spent two years in England and Belgium with Raychem, returning home in 1969 in time to welcome daughter Amy (Kevin Epstein). They built their home in Atherton in 1977, where Jim filled the garden with fruit trees, camellias, and many maples. Jim leaves a sister, Julia Jervis (O.L. Kirkpatrick) of Napa, and a brother, Lloyd Denney (Cathy Denney) of Sacramento, as well as many cousins and extended family members. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to the Stanford Cancer Institute in memory of Jim for melanoma research. PAID

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MEMORIAL SERVICE

Ray Bacchetti, a devoted Palo Alto resident and volunteer and former Stanford University staff member, died on May 10 at Channing House in Palo Alto after battling skin cancer. He was 81. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 20, at 3 p.m. at the Stanford Faculty Club, 439 Lagunita Drive, Stanford.

Dr. Elliott Wong, 49, unexpectedly passed away in Davis, CA. Dr. Wong grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School and UC Davis Medical School. He was the son of Frances Wong and the late Edward Wong of Palo Alto. Dr. Wong was a partner at Rocky Mountain Primary Care in Denver, CO, and in 2001, moved his family to Davis, CA to join Sutter Medical Foundation as an internal medicine physician. Besides patient care, Dr. Wong has also served as the Medical Director for Cardiac Rehab, the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Physician Lead, and the EHR Physician Champion for Sutter Davis Hospital. Elliott was the loving husband of Dr. Yvonne Otani and dedicated father to Marissa (15) and Ellison (13). He was active in the Buddhist Church of Sacramento, his son’s Boy Scout troop, and he leaves behind a large, loving family. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 20, at 2 p.m at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento, 2401 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818. Please consider a donation to: Sutter Medical Foundation, Regional Office of Philanthrop 2700 Gateway Oaks, Suite 2200, Sacramento, CA 95834 suttermedicalfoundation.org 916-887-7080 PAID

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Clinton H. Coddington July 8, 1939 – June 4, 2015 Loving, devoted husband, father, grandfather and exceptional trial attorney, Clinton Hays “Bud” Coddington, of Menlo Park, California, passed away on June 4, 2015, in Palo Alto, California. Born July 8, 1939 in Honolulu, Hawai’i, he is survived by his beloved wife of 44 years, Marty, son Clint (Kristen), daughter Cathy (Tiki), and five grandchildren, Grace, Claire, Clinton (aka “Buddy”), Elena, and Belen, and his sister, Carol Lynn Coddington of Jacksonville, Florida. Bud’s family was everything to him. Bud adored his wife, treasured his children and when his grandchildren came along, he was enthralled. Bud was a Pearl Harbor survivor. His father, L. Clinton Coddington, who was a Captain in the Army Air Corps stationed at Hickam Field at the time of the attack, later became a general in the Air Force. His late mother was Patricia Richer Coddington. As a young man Bud loved the Boy Scouts and became an Eagle Scout. Bud graduated from the United States Military Academy West Point, and was proud to be a member of the Long Gray Line. At West Point, Bud was a member of the Debate Team and traveled across the country participating in collegiate debate tournaments. After service in the United States Army, Bud attended the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall), and graduated in 1969. Bud started his legal career at the venerable San Francisco law firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon. He then joined the Redwood City law firm of Ropers Majeski where he later became a partner. In 1977, Bud founded the firm that would become Coddington, Hicks & Danforth. In his four and a half decade career as a trial attorney, Bud proved a gifted advocate and respected aviation law attorney. Nationally he served as chief trial counsel for the target defendants in many mass air disaster cases, three of which

were tried to verdict, including Pan Am in the litigation that arose out of the bombing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Often Bud would be asked to serve as trial counsel at the eleventh hour, just before the commencement of trial. He was a member of many legal organizations including the American Board of Trial Advocates. Equal measures dialectician, tactician, wordsmith and performer, Bud had a particular and rare comfort in the courtroom. He was equally at ease speaking to the aeronautical engineer who was his client and the transit operator who was his juror. With charm, grace, a keen intellect (and a subtle resemblance to Spencer Tracy), judges and jurors alike found themselves wanting to hear what Bud had to say. And he was never, ever, at a loss for words. His words could be prophetic, irreverent or humorous. But they were inevitably chosen with much precision and skill. Nor was Bud starved for strongly held views. Yet he could always appreciate and persuasively advocate the position in tension with his own. Over the years, Bud served on a variety of boards and charitable organizations. Blessed with keen intuition and an innate ability to solve nettlesome problems, Bud was urged into positions of leadership where he would serve with distinction. Bud was a lifelong Episcopalian and served often as a Vestry member or senior warden in the parishes where he worshipped. Bud viewed both Ludwig van Beethoven and Johnny Cash as iconic. And perhaps that, as much as anything, is illustrative of the complex, talented and loving soul we have lost. Funeral services will be held on June 12th, at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Church Episcopal, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Christ Church Episcopal – Portola Valley or your favorite charity. PAID

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CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a public hearing at the special meeting on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider Adoption of an Ordinance Deleting Section 18.42.110 of Chapter 18.42 of Title 18 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code and Adding a New Section 18.42.110 Pertaining to the Siting and Permitting of Wireless Communications Facilities; Exempt from California Environmental Quality Act under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) and 15301, 15302 and 15305. BETH MINOR City Clerk

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Flora Beaudoin Flora “Flo” Enes Beaudoin, a longtime Palo Alto resident and dance teacher, died on June 1. She was 102. She was born on March 10, 1913, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Joseph and Amelia Basso. The family came to the U.S. in 1915, settling

in the Menlo Park-Atherton area. In 1941, she married Heston M. Beaudoin, a Palo Alto resident. Together she and Heston taught dance for the rest of their lives, imparting performance skills, coordination, teamwork, selfappreciation and social skills, particularly for the young. They also served as dance teachers and choreographers for productions by civic organizations, including Elks, Masons and the Junior Artist Guild. In the ’80s, they became cruise directors and entertainers that traveled around Cape Horn and the Panama Canal. Having studied the Cecchetti

Harry Gabriel Whelan, MD

September 20, 1917 – May 28, 2015 Mary Murphy, 97, a resident of Palo Alto for more than 50 years, passed away on May 28, 2015, in Saratoga, California, after a brief illness. Mary was born on Sept. 20, 1917, in Detroit, Michigan, to Charles (Wasyl) Ropicki and Mary Szweda, both of whom came to the United States early in the 20th century from the Galicia region of what was then Austria, now Poland. Mary grew up on her parents’ farm in Flat Rock, Michigan, on the Huron River. After high school she moved to Detroit, then one of America’s great industrial centers. Despite the Great Depression, for Mary the ‘30s and ‘40s were a lively and satisfying period living with friends in a young women’s club downtown, and this lasted through the war. She attended business classes at the University of Michigan and was employed by the State of Michigan for many years. In 1949 she married William Neil Murphy from Bay City, Michigan. Their sons, William Charles Murphy and Thomas Patrick Murphy, were born in 1955 and 1956. They made their home in Royal Oak, Michigan. The young family moved to Sunnyvale, California, in 1959 where her husband worked as a barber at Moffett Field, and then to Palo Alto in 1961, where he owned a barbershop at the corner of Lytton and Cowper. While on a family vacation, Mr. Murphy died in Pensacola, Florida. Mary and her sons stayed in Florida until early 1965 when they returned to Palo Alto to stay. She loved the mid-Peninsula and, as a lifelonglearner, she enjoyed and was proud of its cultural and educational opportunities. Mary worked in Palo Alto for the County of Santa Clara court system and departments of mental and public health. After retirement, she took joy in babysitting her grandchildren and later watching them grow into teens and young adults. Mary was able to live independently in her Midtown Palo Alto home until age 95. She inspired all who knew her and will be greatly missed. Mary is survived by her son Bill, daughter-in-law Monique (Delore) and their sons William Neil Gilbert Murphy and Peter Eric Murphy; as well as by her son Tom, daughter–in-law Denise (Twomey), and their children Halina Eve Murphy, Alexandra Mary Murphy and Joseph Patrick Murphy. Mary is also survived by her sister Julia (Ropicki) Siepak and brother-in-law Mitchell Siepak of Greensboro, North Carolina. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, her brother Steve Ropicki of Gainesville, Florida; her sister Jean (Ropicki) Oestrike of Greensboro, North Carolina; and her sister-in-law Joan Ropicki of Gainesville, Florida, who passed away several hours before Mary on May 28, 2015. Friends and family are invited to a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. on June 15, 2015, at Sacred Heart Church, 13716 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga, California. Interment will be at Alta Mesa cemetery in Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to Our Lady of Fatima Villa in Saratoga, California, or Hospice of the Valley. PAID

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June 3, 1922 – May 31, 2015 Resident of Menlo Park Harry Gabriel Whelan, MD, lovingly called “Chief” by his family and friends passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2015, three days shy of his 93rd birthday. A third generation San Franciscan, he was born to Harry and Ruth Degnan Whelan on June 3, 1922, and moved with his family in 1926 to Atherton, CA, where he grew up. He attended St. Joseph’s School, Bellarmine College Prep and graduated from Stanford University in 1943. After college he entered Loyola Medical School (now Stritch School of Medicine) in Chicago, IL, as a naval midshipman graduating in 1947. While in Chicago he met his beloved wife, Joanne “Jodie” Roberts of Wichita, KS whom he married on November 3, 1948. Harry did his medical internship at Stanford’s San Francisco hospital in 1947 and his residency in San Diego, CA from 1948 to 1952. During the Korean War he was a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps stationed at Fort Lawton Hospital in Seattle, WA. In 1955, he and Jodie moved their young family to Menlo Park. He practiced general and colonrectal surgery in Palo Alto, CA from 1955 until his retirement in 1992. During that time he also served as an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Hospital. Harry was a member of the Menlo Circus Club, Menlo Country Club, Profits Unlimited, and the Common Sense Club. He loved the game of tennis and for decades played twice weekly. He also enjoyed golfing, gardening, skiing, playing bridge, traveling with Jodie and their friends and spending time every summer at his family cabin in Clear Lake. He had many hobbies during his lifetime including photography, wine-making, sailing and tutoring his children and grandchildren in math. Chief was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Jodie, and daughter, Sally, his brothers John “Jack” Whelan and Joe Whelan and sister, Alice “Sis” Lussier. He leaves his sons, Gabe (Harry G. III) (Debbie) Whelan and Robert (Linda) Whelan and daughters, Anne (Steve) Englert, Pat (Phil) McDonnell, Mary (Steve) O’Neill and Sophie (David) Kirk, thirteen grandchildren, Jennifer (Josh) Alfaro, Harry IV, Natalie and Abby Whelan, Steve, Sophia, Hilary and Bobbie Englert, Philip (Kate Libby) McDonnell and Erin (Jake) Foxcurran, Lauren O’Neill, Libby and Laura Kirk and two great-grandchildren, Dylan Alfaro and Ellie Foxcurran. The family is grateful to Tenisi Guttenbeil, Chief’s wonderful caregiver, for her help in making the last four years of his life more comfortable and joyful. A Rosary will be said for Chief on Monday, June 22 at 7 pm at St. Denis Church, 2250 Avy Avenue, Menlo Park. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, June 23 at 1 pm at St. Denis Church. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Family Service Agency of San Mateo County. PAID

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Method of ballet, Flo made use of those skills at their studio, which was called Beaudoin’s School of Dance. She was a lifetime member of the Dance Masters of California and the Dance Masters of America, holding leadership roles in both organizations. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Heston; and her son, Billie. She is survived by her son, Ross (Renata) Beaudoin of Independence, Missouri; her grandchildren, Chuck (Kimberly) Beaudoin, Denise (Dennis) Daugherty, Tom (Martina Verba) Beaudoin, Annette Delce, John Beaudoin and Stephen Beaudoin; and her great-grandchildren, Crystal, Charles, Juliette, Amelia and Adaline. She is also survived by her sister, Valeria Pakaski of Palo Alto, and her niece, Sandra (Edward Trischmann) Pakaski. A memorial service was held on June 10 at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. Memorial donations can be made for dance scholarships through Dance Masters of California, 11200 Valley Oak Drive, Oakdale, CA 95361, or to Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto, CA 94306.

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Editorial With end of school year, a time for reflection School board, superintendent to assess their work in public retreat next week

s Superintendent Max McGee completes his first year, the Palo Alto school district is at an important juncture. With his honeymoon over, it’s now necessary for the board and McGee to sort out whether McGee is going to be allowed the freedom to lead the district or whether the school board intends to manage him as they did his predecessor, Kevin Skelly. Next Tuesday and Wednesday, the board and McGee will assess the year, set goals for next year and attempt to reconcile some differences over their respective roles and responsibilities. McGee’s enthusiasm for his job and interest in staying could very well hinge on the statements made and decisions reached in these meetings. The opportunity to lead a well-funded school district in a city known for its innovation and commitment to education, and where the children of Stanford University professors, Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists are educated, was impossible for Max McGee to pass up a year ago. But it surely hasn’t been the year he was expecting or hoping for. On the very night last summer when McGee was first introduced to the community, the school board, without even seeking his input, unleashed a barrage of criticism and allegations against the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and one of the complainants by adopting a resolution that alone cost $50,000 in outside attorney fees to craft. The resolution reflected the obsession of the school board, led by then-president Barb Mitchell, and its law firm, Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost, with OCR’s involvement in the district and the board’s unbridled willingness to spend huge amounts of money on a futile and entirely avoidable fight with a federal agency. As expected by the board that had just hired him, McGee dutifully acquiesced on the issue and chose not to probe the past history of the district’s legal compliance problems. He understandably preferred to look forward, and tried, with limited success, to focus the board in that direction too. But just six weeks later McGee received word of a new Office for Civil Rights case. Determined to show he would approach parent complaints differently, he quickly resolved the matter personally and without turning to his law firm. Unintentionally, McGee’s quick success drew more attention to how misguided and costly the district’s confrontational strategy had been over the previous two years. Shortly after school started, McGee faced another test, this one from the teacher’s union, which was resisting both the full implementation of district homework policies and the use of the districtadopted online platform Schoology for posting homework assignments. The dispute led to an ill-conceived grievance against new Gunn High School Principal Denise Herrmann, filed just days after the suicide of a Gunn student, one of four deaths that rocked the district this school year. Then in November, McGee had to tip-toe around a mysterious and confusing proposal made by then Vice President Melissa Baten Caswell and supported by Camille Townsend that the board consider adopting an unprecedented policy that seemed carefully designed to prevent newly elected Ken Dauber from participating in any discussions on OCR matters after he took office in December. When publicly revealed, the proposal became radioactive and suddenly disappeared, much to the relief of McGee, who thought it was inappropriate to begin with. McGee, who implored the board to avoid these kinds of distracting issues that took time and attention away from all the important work that needed to be done, kept being dealt one distraction after another and created a few of his own, including the zero-period controversy. His initial vacillation on eliminating zero period at Gunn led to an active effort by Townsend to rally community opposition to McGee, an effort that included a raft of misstatements by Townsend about the role of the Measure A parcel tax measure in McGee’s decision and other aspects of the zero-period issue. Next week’s retreat will hopefully determine whether Townsend is the sole outlier or if other board members share her resistance to McGee’s leadership. While we don’t agree with everything McGee has done in his first year, he has brought more fresh ideas and an eagerness to solve long-festering problems and instill accountability than the previous administration ever did. The long-standing culture in our school district is to appease the loudest and most powerful voices in the community. As McGee works to change and democratize the culture, it means advocating for what he believes is right, not for the politically expedient. We hope the board will support this approach next week and agree that its policy-making role needs to be crisp, transparent and clear — everything that it is not currently. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

On appreciation Editor, “Mommy, I WANT a new IPAD!” A scene I — a fourthgrader who attends the International School of the Peninsula in Palo Alto — see often. Sometimes it’s easier to focus on what we don’t have than what we do have. It’s important to take time out and remember all the things we have to be grateful for and to remember the less fortunate. Kids in Northern Thailand struggle on a daily basis for basic human needs. Google “kids in Northern Thailand” and you will find many charities set up on their behalf. In Northern Thailand, most kids live in slums. Walls are so thin that passersby can hear exactly what you are saying. To wash and relieve, kids go to the river because they don’t have bathrooms or showers as indoor plumbing is a luxury. Kids wake up early to do farming in the field or fishing. They hope that they are able to bring home enough to feed their family, and if lucky, they can sell the rest for a profit. Those who are fortunate are able to go to school. These students are given more food, however, to us it is little food. For example, most kids who go to school only eat one potato each day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They also walk two miles to school every day, barefoot. When school ends, the children can only have fun by gathering and playing in mud puddles. Many kids in Northern Thailand are less fortunate than we are. For those of us who have a nice home, food to eat and schools to attend, be appreciative. Next time when you are whining for the latest iPad, think about others who aren’t as lucky as we are and you will feel more appreciative. Evelyn Zhou Paulson Circle, Menlo Park

A few questions Editor, Okay ... it’s time to ask why! Why those of us who ripped out our lawns a decade ago, who have used drip/micro-spray for the last quarter century, who have done our best to adapt to living in a dry region, etc., are being forced to cut back by the same 25 percent as those who have large, lush, greenswards surrounding their homes? Why Palo Alto is still allowing (and even encouraging) high-density building of office and residential space when there’s no water for these folks? Why we don’t seem to get the fact that we can’t reasonably support lots more people in the middle of a desert?

This week on Town Square Town Square is an online discussion forum at PaloAltoOnline.com/square Palo Alto looks to beef up code enforcement Posted June 10 at 8:59 a.m. by Dave Hoffman, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood: “There are so many quality-of-life code violations of city regulations that are on the books but almost never enforced, it drives me crazy! Whether it’s the gas-powered leaf-blowers, bikes riding on University Avenue/Caltrain underpass, dogs off-leash, speeding (when’s the last time you saw anyone enforcing the speed limit on Embarcadero or Middlefield?), not to mention the watering restrictions — there are many houses in my neighborhood with lush green lawns despite the restrictions implemented weeks ago. I’d really like the city to take a break from approving new developments, renovations, and new residential construction to enforce some of these regulations.”

Why? Fortunately I can probably cut back some without losing my entire garden, but I pity those poor folks who did the right thing years ago and converted to all droughttolerant plantings, natives that still want a deep watering once a month. If they did that 20 years ago, they don’t have any wiggle

room and their lovely gardens may die. Why are they being penalized while the folks who have been profligate with water use are being rewarded? Fair? Not hardly! Time to ask “Why?” and to come up with a better solution. Pria Graves Yale Street, Palo Alto

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Closing the Prop 13 corporate loophole by Nancy Shepherd n the same decade that Don Hoefler’s column in Electronic News officially renamed Santa Cla ra County “Silicon Valley,” another historic event happened in California: A taxpayer revolt carried Proposition 13 with a 64 percent majority, freezing property-tax rates to protect homeowners in reaction to the state’s 1970s booming real estate market and escalating property tax burden. Why are these two events linked? Because the final transition Santa Clara County made from agriculture, canneries and manufacturing to high tech innovation, research and industry has created some of the most desirable and expensive commercial property on the planet. Much of this property is owned or held by corporations valued well below market — some at only 2 percent increases since 1976 — creating an unfair tax burden on residential homeowners to fund public services. When Prop 13 passed in 1978, most voters were thinking about their homes, but Prop 13 applies to all property, even buildings owned by large corporations. All is taxed equally at a fixed 1 percent of assessed value, with annual 2 percent increases. While people move and sell their homes, commercial property changes hands less frequently, therefore avoiding re-assessment triggers. Since Prop 13 passed, the property-tax

obligation in virtually every California county has shifted from commercial to residential land owners. The Santa Clara County Tax Assessor reports that property valuation rolls in 1978 were equally split between residential and commercial property owners. Now, residential homeowners shoulder twice the burden of non-residential property, primarily because of a loophole that avoids re-assessment if less than 50 percent of ownership changes hands. In fact, corporate mergers and take overs are not always considered a “sale” or “ownership change” as defined by Prop 13, and therefore real estate is not re-valued. In a city like Palo Alto, with a 3-to-1 imbalance of jobs to housing units, it means that corporations do not pay their fair share toward city services like police, fire, parks and infrastructure nor toward educating the next generation workforce. Polling by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California finds solid voter support to fix the policy that undervalues corporate property indefinitely, keeping an estimated $9 billion of much needed revenues annually from the schools, community colleges, cities and counties of California. It is time to close the loophole. In 2014 Palo Alto joined hundreds of other cities and school districts that endorsed the Evolve California campaign to correct the Prop 13 corporate loophole. On May 7th the “Make It Fair California” initiative launched in Sacramento. The Evolve website illustrates the issue of “Your Castle” v. “Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.” Property taxes owed by an average California family are about 40 cents per square foot; Disneyland pays a nickel. The average family income in

California is about $62,000; Disney Corporate income is more than $42 billion. On Wednesday, June 10, SCA5 was introduced to the California Senate by Loni Hancock of Berkeley and Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles, which initiates the legislative process to close the corporate loopholes on non-residential commercial and industrial property while protecting homeowners, renters and small businesses from any change. The estimated new $9 billion in revenues will have accountability provisions to ensure it is spent on schools and local services we all depend on. Correcting this part of Prop 13 is welcome news to me because I have seen firsthand the impact on our schools. Twenty years ago Palo Alto public schools faced the reality of long-term limited school funding based on Prop 13’s mechanical taxing formula. District reserves and revenues from site sales had run out, and a strategic long-term plan forced cuts to classroom programs. In 1993, Superintendent Jim Brown asked each school PTA to work closely with their principal to identify budget cuts and choose which classroom programs to terminate. I was a PTA President at Walter Hays Elementary School at the time, and this meant cutting into the meat of student curricula. PTA was raising funds but not enough to save these programs, which required reliable and consistent revenues. The PTA mission is to better the lives of children through advocacy. It was common for PTA to fund programs and augment school needs but not to sustain programs or have the district rely on voluntary funds. By the early 1990s, Walter Hays had a rigorous fundraising effort to augment site funds by about $40,000 to sustain “enrichment

programs” like classroom aides, Junior Museum Science and art. Duveneck raised PTA funds to hire a tenured teacher. The era of fundraising Band-Aids ended, and the journey to reorganize into district-wide fundraising began. Today, Partners in Education raises $5 million to sustain site-identified enrichment programs at each school. But this is not enough to fix the consequences of mechanical taxation formulas regulated by Prop 13. A better re-assessment trigger for nonresidential property is a simple fix but needs a 67 percent majority in the legislature. It will be a game changer for many cities, school districts and counties across California — including Palo Alto, which is corporate property rich. It will wake up the Sleeping Beauty Castles and infuse public education and city services with billions annually — and Make It Fairer in California. The “Make It Fair California” campaign is limited to correcting non-residential corporate loopholes. More can be found at evolve-ca.org and makeitfairca.com. No other state in America budgets for public services using fixed property-tax rates. For a summary of Prop 13, refer to Santa Clara County Assessor’s Annual Report at sccassessor.org. The 2004 documentary by John Merrow “From First to Worst” illustrates the change to California public education and can be found on YouTube. Q Nancy Shepherd served on Palo Alto City Council 2010-2014, led the change in PAUSD district wide fundraising from 1994-2001, is a retired commercial real estate accountant, and serves on the advisory board for the Evolve campaign. She can be emailed at nlshep@pacbell.net.

Streetwise

What kinds of places to eat would you like to see more of in Palo Alto? Asked on California Avenue. Interviews and photos by Jamauri Bowles and Sam Sciolla.

Jean Halloran

Jeff Anderson

Elaine Uang

Lisa Kajikawa

Lin Miller

Menlo Avenue, Menlo Park Consultant

Taraval Street, San Francisco Engineer

Kipling Street, Palo Alto Architect

Rubis Drive, Sunnyvale Associate

South Court, Palo Alto Real estate developer

“Tapas. . . . Anything where you can get really small bites, not just a whole meal.”

“Ethiopian would be good. . . . Just more casual places for lunch.”

“I’d love to see more ethnic foods. A Nepalese place, a ramen place . . . something to round out the lots of cultures that we have here in the community.”

“Pizza or sandwiches or pasta salad . . . Things that are easy to eat without smearing your lipstick.”

“I want a place for the neighborhood to gather . . . to have a simple, affordable meal.”

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Arts & Entertainment A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Elizabeth Schwyzer

“Interstellar Cinderella,” by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt; $17; Chronicle Books; ages 2-8. Take a classic fairy tale, but let the heroine have more control over her fate. Zoom the story into outer space and the future. Make it rhyme. Illustrate it with whimsy and a dark-skinned prince. The result? A modern fairy tale retelling for all ages that stands up to repeat readings.

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chool’s out, kids: time to take a break and explore new worlds through the joy of reading. Summer is also an ideal time for parents to read aloud to children of all ages. Even teenagers enjoy hearing a tale of epic adventure or a thought-provoking story. Begin by looking for these new books with definite young-person appeal.

“How to Read a Story,” by Kate Messner, illustrated by Mark Siegel; $17; Chronicle Books; ages 4-8. A super kid-friendly picture book for children eager to read independently? Ingenious. Why didn’t someone think of this sooner? The 10 steps are simple (“Step 1: Find a story”) yet remarkably instructive (“Step 8: If there are words you don’t know, try sounding them out or looking at the pictures to see what makes sense”). The young reader is encouraged

“Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes,” collected by Elizabeth Hammill, illustrated by more than 70 artists; $22; Candlewick Press; ages 2 and up. The list of illustrators of this gorgeous collection of nursery rhymes from around the world reads like a “Who’s Who” of award-winning artists, including Ashley Bryan, Eric Carle, Lucy Cousins, Nina Crews, Shirley Hughes, Jon Klassen, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Raschka, Mo Willems and Ed Young. Most of the rhymes are familiar to English-speaking readers. Others are from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, and all may

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summer books!

very well become beloved by young and not-so-young listeners and readers.

This Cinderella is good at fixing things, which comes in handy when the prince’s spaceship breaks down. Alas, she leaves her socket wrench while rushing to meet a midnight deadline. Of course the prince finds her again. But will she accept his marriage proposal? San Francisco author Underwood comes up with a clever and appropriate conclusion.

Recommended reading for the young among us

to read with expression, to predict what might happen next and to read it all over again if it’s a good story — starting with this one!

“The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea,” by Ann M. Martin, adapted and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier; $11 paperback; Scholastic/ Graphix; ages 8-12. Kids gobble up graphic novels as if they were candy. And that’s OK! In this first book of the new Baby-Sitters Club series, bestselling author/illustrator and San Francisco native Telgemeier perfectly brings to life a middlegrade classic for 21st century readers, who will learn how kids used to use an old-fashioned telephone to get after-school jobs. These enterprising girls deal with opportunities and challenges involving their families,

clients and relationships with each other. Maintaining a notebook on their jobs helps them stay organized. They learn to say no to unreasonable client demands. Misunderstandings and squabbles among the four must be addressed. Once solved, the club moves on, pulling young readers with them. Book Two, “The Truth About Stacey,” will be published July 28. Pass the candy jar!

“Listen, Slowly,” by Thanhhà Lai Lai; . $17; HarperCollins; ages 8-12. Twelve-year-old California girl Mai (Mia to her middle school buddies) is all set to spend a lazy summer at the beach in Laguna with her girlfriends (and her new crush) when her do-gooder surgeon father and SAT-prep-pushing attorney mother surprise her. Mai is to accompany her grandmother to Vietnam so Bà can track down information about her husband, who had been held prisoner during what Mai calls “THE WAR.” Upon arrival, she discovers sultry heat, hungry mosquitoes and schemes to end the trip as quickly as possible. Yet Mai is “trained to be obedient,” especially as Bà’s caregiver. She’s a witty observer of the sights, smells, sounds, tastes, traffic, people, animals, customs, clothing and even architecture and skin-care routines in Vietnam. The teens Mai hangs out with, especially frog-toting Út and Anh Minh —Mai’s personal translator who speaks English with a Texas accent — turn out to be a lot more interesting than the beach girls and boys back home. Mai be-

comes less judgmental in the weeks she spends in her parents’ homeland. As she notes, “The new me astonishes even me.” “Listen, Slowly” is a coming-of-age story with humor and heart — another gem from a National Book Award-winning author.

“I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives,” by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch; $18; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, ages 10 and up. In 1997, a 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl becomes pen pals with a 14-year-old boy in Zimbabwe. While Caitlin’s letters focus on shopping, crushes, boys and pop music, Martin, who also likes the Spice Girls, lives in a shack and doesn’t have enough to eat, much less the wherewithal to send Caitlin a photo of himself when she asks. Martin even drops out of school because he doesn’t have $20 for public school fees. Finally, he tells Caitlin more about his circumstances: in a letter written on a discarded ice cream bar wrapper, the only paper he can find. Without letting her parents know, Caitlin starts sending Martin babysitting money for tuition and groceries. Martin’s goal is to attend college in the U.S. and then support his family in Zimbabwe. He’s always one step away from failure,

as he never seems to have the money for tuition, standardized tests, airplane fare or even food. Yet hard work and the willingness to ask Caitlin and her parents for help results in success all around: Martin gets the full-ride scholarship he needs while introducing Caitlin “to a whole other world” away from “teen dramas” and becoming an important member of her generous, tenacious family.

“None of the Above,” by I.W. Gregorio; $18; HarperCollins; ages 12 and up. This groundbreaking and very real young adult novel was inspired by the author’s patient during her residency at Stanford Hospital. Kristin, the main character, is a high school senior, track star and homecoming queen before a painful first experience with sex leads her to learn she is intersex. Krissy identifies as a girl, but she has (hidden) testicles and no uterus. Soon the whole school finds out — yikes! Girls she thought were her friends betray her, her boyfriend tells her he never wants to see her again and she’s bullied on Facebook. Krissy withdraws: After surgery to remove her gonads, she does schoolwork from home. Even her college plans are in jeopardy when she’s led to believe she will lose her athletic scholarship because she may not be able to compete as a female. Krissy doesn’t always make good choices, but in time she pays attention to a therapist and meets other young women with her condition. She gets out of the house and the self-absorption of her diagnosis by volunteering at a health clinic. A fellow volunteer who’s also an old friend brings intriguing possibilities to Krissy’s new identity, not just as a former homecoming queen but as a complicated young woman. Q Freelance writer Debbie Duncan can be emailed at debbie@ debbieduncan.com.

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Devilishly good fun

by Karla Kane

n Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels,” currently presented by TheatreWorks, longtime best friends Julia (Sarah Overman) and Jane (Rebecca Dines) share everything. They trade gossip, confide secrets and even reside in the same swanky London apartment building. They also share a past paramour: the irresistible Frenchman Maurice Duclos (Aldo Billingslea), who romanced them both years earlier in Italy. When he writes to let them know he’ll be in town, the two besties are thrown into a tailspin of worry, giddy excitement and competition. While both women are semihappily married (Julia to Mark Anderson Phillips’ Fred and Jane to Cassidy Brown’s Willy), they’re more fond of their sweet-but-clueless husbands than enamored with them. With the spouses away on a male-bonding golf trip, the ladies alternately plot together and against each other as they prepare for Maurice’s arrival. As they guzzle champagne, they’re intoxicated not only by their cocktails but also by their steamy memories. Rounding

out the cast is Julia’s new servant Saunders (Tory Ross), who has a habit of butting in with surprising but useful information. The show, with its female characters embarking on independent adventures and engaging in pre- and extramarital trysts, must have been seen as thoroughly modern and scandalously risqué when Coward debuted it nearly a century ago. The script deftly expresses the women’s lust for the carnal pleasures of life while never actually using any explicit language. Though it’s mainly a frisky, fizzy farce, the play also offers some still-relevant insights into relationship and gender issues. Coward gently challenges the double standard that makes it acceptable for men to sow wild oats but shameful for women to do the same. It’s interesting that the husbands seem far more concerned with what their wives may have done with Maurice years earlier than with the boredom and dissatisfaction they clearly express in the present. And though the husbands seem nice-enough gents, you can’t blame the ladies for hoping to rekindle something with Maurice in order to spice up their pampered-but-dull existence. One finds oneself rooting not so much

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Best friends Julia (Sarah Overman, left) and Jane (Rebecca Dines) make a hilarious comic duo in “Fallen Angels.” two, as many scenes consist of little more than the pair talking. Happily, Overman and Dines prove a fantastic comedy duo, in sync both verbally and physically. The actors and director Robert Kelley deserve kudos for beautifully choreographing their every move and flamboyant flourish, from cigarette lighting to napkin flouncing. Their interplay crackles with the kind of manic, magic energy that can only come from live theater. “Fallen Angels” is a perfect example of a drawing-room comedy, taking place entirely within the parlor of Julia’s sumptuous flat (with attractive Art Deco-inspired set design by J.B. Wilson). Since comedy based on sex, love, and friendship is timeless, the plot

for the survival of their marriages as for their passionately charged friendship with each other. The cast members are quite well suited to their roles, and they seem to be having a blast. Overman, Dines, Phillips and Brown all fully commit to the posh, plummy voice of the English upper class, while Billingslea gets to try on a Parisian accent (Richard Newton is credited as dialect coach and cultural consultant). Best of all is Ross’ charming Scottish brogue, adding further color to her role as the know-it-all maid who witnesses the household hijinks. It’s a great role, and Brown makes the most of it, utilizing both her impressive acting and singing skills. Coward was as wonderful a songwriter as he was a playwright, and Ross, among other cast members, delivers the play’s theme song “Meme les anges” (“Even the angels”) with gusto. One only wishes there were room for more of his marvelous music. The much-discussed Maurice doesn’t appear until well into the play, and so much time and energy is spent building up the character that one assumes he will never live up to his description, but Billingslea proves that theory wrong, all charm and bonhomie topped with a Cheshire Cat grin. Ultimately, however, the success of the show rests decisively on the shoulders of Julia and Jane, and on the chemistry between the actors playing the What: “Fallen Angels,” by Noël Coward, presented by TheatreWorks Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View When: Through June 28, with shows Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.; June 13, 14, 20, 21, 24 & 28 at 2 p.m.; June 16, 17 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.; June 14 & 21 at 7 p.m. Post-show discussion June 17 & 24 at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $19-$68 Info: Go to theatreworks.org or call 650-903-6000.

could probably have been transferred to a modern-day setting, but TheatreWorks wisely keeps the show set in the era in which it was ZULWWHQ 7KH 5RDULQJ ά V 3DUW RI WKH DSSHDO RI D V VHWWLQJ LV WKH unmistakable fashion of the era, so a costume designer has her work cut out for her. Fumiko Bielefeldt does not disappoint, bedecking Julia and Jane in gorgeous flapperstyle gowns, fetching feathered hats and chic casual outfits, while the men are dressed in traditional British tweed and argyle outdoor wear. An evening with Noël Coward promises audiences a dose of British wit, sass and theatrical class, and TheatreWorks’ version does not disappoint. “Fallen Angels” is devilishly good fun. Q

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Noël Coward’s rollicking ‘Fallen Angels’ examines sex, love and friendship

Jane (Rebecca Dines, left) and Julia (Sarah Overman) share steamy memories of love affairs in Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels.”

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City of Palo Alto Presents

Hot picks for hot months Summer reading for grown-ups by Michael Berry

he sun is shining, the mercury’s rising and the time is right for diving into a good book. From absorbing new novels to sci-fi, thrillers, short stories and memoir, read on for the Weekly’s top recommendations for summer reading, 2015.

“The Water Knife,” by Paolo Bacigalupi; $25.95; Knopf; 386 pages. Bacigalupi delivers a near-future excursion through a water-depleted southwest, where Las Vegas blooms, Phoenix shrivels and a hired-gun known as a “water knife” makes the cuts that keep the fluids flowing in the right direction. Scarily apropos in California Drought Year Four, “The Water Knife” rings with echoes of “Chinatown” and “The Maltese Falcon” but manages to sound its own, singular alarm.

“In the Unlikely Event,” by Judy Blume; $27.95; Knopf; 416 pages. The beloved author of “Superfudge,” “Forever” and other titles for discerning kids and teens turns her hand to fiction for adults. This time she devises a 1950s family saga with a real-life hook from her own past: three airplane crashes that occurred near the same New Jersey town within the span of two months.

“Book of Numbers,” by Joshua Cohen; $28; Random House; 592 pages. In this latest attempt at The Great American Internet Novel, a failed writer named Josh Cohen is hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of a Silicon Valley billionaire, known as “Principal.” As Cohen researches his subject, he’s led on a Pynchonesque tour through the heart of the world’s most powerful tech company.

“Crooked,” by Austin Grossman; Mulholland Books; $26; 368 pages.

“Aurora,” by Kim Stanley Robinson; Orbit; $26; 480 pages. Interstellar travel is anything but easy, as the author of “2312” and “Shaman” demonstrates in this chronicle of a spaceship’s seven-generation journey from Earth to Tau Ceti. Small errors can have gigantic consequences, as anyone who’s ever packed for a week’s vacation knows.

“Ordinary Light: A Memoir,” by Tracy K. Smith; $25.95; Knopf; 368 pages.

Sometimes you want fiction that can be read during a single, sunny lunch break. Re-issued in the wake of Fowler’s 2014 PEN/Faulkner win and Man Booker nomination, this collection gathers 15 allusive and elusive tales, populated by the likes of Carrie Nation, Tonto and Mrs. Lemuel Gulliver.

Founding editor of The Believer magazine and author of “Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name” and “The Lovers,” Vendela Vida devises a literary thriller about intercontinental travel gone awry. A woman who has her money and passport stolen in Casablanca discovers she now has the freedom — and the burden — to be anyone she chooses.

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The Pulitzer-winning poet reflects on her ’70s childhood and her relationship with her deeply religious mother. With grace and compassion, Smith addresses what it was like to grow up as a black girl in Fairfield, the youngest child of Alabama-born parents who recalled the turmoil of the Civil Rights Movement.

“Black Glass: Short Fictions,” by Karen Joy Fowler; $27.95; Marian Wood Books/Putnam; 304 pages.

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What if Richard Nixon was the secret hero of an occult war between humanity and monstrous entities from beyond space and time? That’s the unnerving premise of the latest novel by the author of “You” and “Soon I Will Be Invincible.”

“The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty,” by Vendela Vida; $25.99; Ecco; 224 pages.

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David McCullough You might think of them as the first startup: Two driven, curious brothers with an audacious vision that they could fly. Orville and Wilbur Wright are the subjects of historian David McCullough’s latest book. On Tuesday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m., the Pulitzer Prize-winning author will appear at Redwood City’s Fox Theatre, at 2215 Broadway St., to discuss the book. Tickets range from $10-$45. Go to tinyurl. com/qehytmh or call 650-369-7770.

Concert Music on the Square What to do on a Friday night? Put on your dancing shoes and head to Redwood City’s Courthouse Square, at 2200 Broadway St., for some live tunes. The Music on the Square concert series runs from 6-8 p.m. each Friday of summer through Sept. 4. On June 12, catch blues legend Earl Thomas and the Blues Ambassadors. On June 19, it’s popular Santana tribute band Caravanserai. Go to tinyurl. com/nkxj9wn or call 650-780-7000.

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curator’s talk, Cuban food and music. Go to arts4all. org or call 650-917-6800, ext. 305.

Classes School for the Performing Arts Ever want to unleash your inner rock star? Now you can: The school for the performing arts at the Oshman Family JCC is accepting enrollments for September. Classes are available for both kids and adults. Among the offerings are percussion, drama, stage make-up, rock band, glee club and more. For details and pricing, go to paloaltojcc.org/ schoolforarts or call 650-223-8605.

Art ‘Pressed: A Printmaking Exhibition’ Paper, parchment, plastic — prints can be made on almost anything. Now on view at Palo Alto’s Pacific Art League, at 668 Ramona St., are 70 works by more than 42 California artists spanning a range of printmaking techniques and media. Also on view at the gallery are photographs by pediatric cancer patients. The shows run through June 25; admission is free. Go to pacificartleague.org or call 650-3213891. Q

— Elizabeth Schwyzer

‘(re)Connecting with Cuba’ Cuban culture has long intrigued American observers. As diplomatic relations shift, it’s time to bring a new perspective to the island nation. Now on view at Mountain View’s Community School of Music and Art, at 230 San Antonio Circle, are contemporary photographs by American visitors to Cuba. The free show runs through July 26 with a reception on June 25 from 6-8:30 p.m., including a

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Eating Out by Elena Kadvany | photos by Veronica Weber

Mountain View zero-waste activist offers recipes, lessons and inspiration

Waste not, want not

ost interviews don’t start with a slice of freshly baked sourdough bread, sips of homemade kombucha and bites of “krautchi,” an intense hybrid of sauerkraut and kimchi. But Anne Marie Bonneau is not most interviewees. Her bread, kombucha and kraut-chi are all products of her efforts to produce zero waste in her Mountain View kitchen — and have fun doing it. The bread is made from starter (just water and flour, which she bought in bulk) that’s lasted her more than a year. The kombucha — poured from glass bottles, never plastic — is made from tea and fermented farmer’s market produce like watermelon, mango, elderberry and lavender. The kraut-chi is fermented cab-

bage, also housed in a glass jar. For Bonneau, zero waste means using absolutely no plastic, reusing everything, simplifying shopping habits and making almost everything from scratch. It’s a minimalist, return-to-roots lifestyle that’s gained increasing traction in recent years as people have become more aware of the vast amount of food that goes to waste in America. There are now numerous zero-waste blogs (including Bonneau’s, “The ZeroWaste Chef”), books, YouTube how-to videos, news articles and events like Oakland’s “Feeding the 5,000,” when 5,000 people feast on meals made entirely from food that would have otherwise gone to waste. Committing to live with zero waste was not Bonneau’s first step. It started in 2011, when her then-16-year-old daughter, Mary Katherine, started learning about (continued on page 28)

Above: Bonneau sews her own cloth bags which she uses when shopping for produce and groceries. Left: Bonneau buys beans, lentils and grains in bulk and stores them in glass jars.

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Eating Out

Zero waste chef

ShopTalk

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by Daryl Savage

RESTAURANT REPLACES CALIFORNIA CAFE ... A new Italian restaurant is slated to open in the old location of California Cafe. The Stanford Barn, 700 Welch Road, has been gutted so that it can be transformed into Vina Enoteca, which, literally translated, means “wine repository.” Owner Rocco Scordella also runs the popular Tootsie’s, a tiny, authentic Italian coffee shop surrounded by a field of lavender adjacent to the new restaurant. Vina Enoteca, tentatively scheduled for a fall opening, will serve lunch and dinner in its spacious, 6,500-squarefoot location. NEW EATERY TO OPEN DOWNTOWN ... The 1902 red-brick building at 233 University Ave. is about to become a restaurant again. It was most recently home to the short-lived “ innovation center,” BHuman, whose young entrepreneurs described the venture as part restaurant, part art gallery, part lecture hall and part event center. Perhaps that was one too many parts. BHuman lasted less than three months, closing in May.

The space will now become The Coppersmith, a restaurant that’s “a step up from casual,” according to restaurateur Kasim Syed. Planning has just begun, with no time yet set for when the restaurant will open. BEAUTYLAND A GONER ... After 20 years at the Stanford Shopping Center, Beautyland is calling it quits. The beauty supply shop will close its doors for good once every item — including fixtures and display cases — is sold. The store is currently holding a half-off sale. “We plan to go out with a bang; we have great prizes to give away to help promote the sale,” said Beautyland owner Michael Rallo. “It’s our way of thanking our loyal customers for all of these years in business.” He also noted, “With the competition of the internet, it makes it extremely difficult for a mom-and-pop business to survive with one store.”

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the environmental impact of plastic waste and started her own blog, “The Plastic-Free Chef.” The two soon cut out all packaged food, shopping almost exclusively at farmers markets and buying in bulk using handmade cloth bags and glass jars. Both mother and daughter describe themselves as “obsessed” with food and cooking. On their kitchen table, next to the loaf of sourdough bread, a bottle of kombucha and a fresh squash sit books like Dan Barber’s “The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food” and “Bean Bible: A Legumaniac’s Guide To Lentils, Peas, And Every Edible Bean On The Planet!” After going plastic free, zero waste was an easy and logical next step, Bonneau said. When Mary Katherine went off to college, she found it difficult to maintain her blog (and a plasticfree lifestyle). Bonneau asked if she could take over the blog; Mary Katherine said, “no way,” and so Bonneau started her own, also with an emphasis on cooking. “The Zero-Waste Chef” offers tips, from shopping to cooking to throwing dinner parties. Recipes abound, from “Clear-Out-theFridge Frittata” to fermented hot peppers to flourless chocolate coconut cake. The night before

Zero waste chef Anne Marie Bonneau teaches workshops on food preparation and ways to cut down on packaging and food waste. our interview, Bonneau made shredded vegetable fritters from leftover sourdough starter (which she also uses to make pancakes and waffles) and whatever veggies were in her fridge, along with eggs and baking soda, all fried up in coconut oil. Bonneau also teaches local workshops and free webinars. She hopes to give others the tools to at least begin the process of reducing food waste, even if they don’t aspire to be as “hardcore” as she is (she now makes her own vanilla extract, vinegar, shampoo and even deodorant). Among her recent blog posts is an entry titled, “5 Things I Do that Were Once Considered Nor-

mal.” On the list: “I reject singleuse plastic packaging,” “I like to eat food that tastes good” and “I refuse to depend upon corporations to fulfill my every need and desire.” “People have asked if I would sell them my kombucha, but I’d rather just teach them how to do it,” Bonneau explained. “I think people don’t want to just passively consume stuff. I think they want to actively make things.” Her advice to anyone interested in going zero waste is to start small. Get rid of all plastic bags; use reusable ones. Don’t buy plastic water bottles or containers — glass is always better. Shop at your local farmers market. Meat is admittedly difficult, Bonneau said, but when she does buy it, she brings her own containers to Whole Foods. Not only will you be doing the environment some good, but your body will also benefit. Bonneau said she eats much better than she did before — more vegetables and fruit, no processed food, less meat — and claims not to have had a cold since 2011. “I had no idea when I started out this way that it would improve my life so much, but it really has,” she said. “I don’t get sick; we eat really well; it’s fun.” Q Information about Bonneau’s upcoming workshops and free webinars are online at zerowastechef.com/register.

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Brothers Zach (Nick Robinson, left) and Gray Mitchell (Ty Simpkins) take a ride in a safari gyrosphere in “Jurassic World.”

Shifting out of ‘park’ The dinos are back in town in ‘Jurassic World’ 000 (Century 16, Century 20) Making sequels to “Jurassic Park” is both a fait accompli and something of a fool’s errand. The endlessly popular franchise has already brought in nearly $2 billion at the box office, but it also poses a significant challenge to

directors and screenwriters hoping to create something fresh while still living up to Steven Spielberg’s set pieces and telling the same basic story of dinosaurs run amok as people run screaming. But in the 14 years since

“Jurassic Park III,” the culture has had just enough time to miss this franchise, and director and co-screenwriter Colin Trevorrow (“Safety Not Guaranteed”) has met the challenges with an appealing self-awareness. “Jurassic World” returns to Isla Nublar, the fictional site of the original Jurassic Park. The old park lies in ruins, having been replaced by a gleaming new theme park — filled with genetically engineered dinosaurs — called Jurassic World, complete with shops, restaurants, safari rides, a marine show and an IMAX theater. Surprisingly, none of the previous three films featured dinosaurs overtaking a fully functioning theme park populated with tourists, so “Jurassic World” has a jolt of novelty there that helps to recapture the wonder of the original 1993 film. Wide-eyed and gapemouthed, young Gray Mitchell (Ty Simpkins) serves as our surrogate when he gets his first glimpse of the super-cool Jurassic World. He’s accompanied by his too-cool-forschool older brother Zach (Nick Robinson), as focused on girls as Gray is on STEM education. The boys are V.I.P. guests of their inattentive aunt, Claire

Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), the park’s operations manager. She’s busy touring the ultimate V.I.P. — park owner Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) — and keeping in line Velociraptor trainer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), with whom she once had a date. Grady has his own problems fending off InGen head of security Vic Hoskins (Vincent D’Onofrio), who wants his company’s genetic wonders to be weaponized as a military application. The various social tensions — between Claire and her neglected kin; the flirty, flinty never-weres Claire and Owen; and the competing interests of the Jurassic World stakeholders — all come to a head when (shock of shocks) the mother of all security breaches unleashes InGen’s latest star attraction: a gigantic, incredibly dangerous hybrid dubbed Indominus rex. Logic isn’t exactly “Jurassic World”’s strong suit, but Trevorrow’s key scenes turn out to be up to snuff, including a sequence of the boys being attacked while in a safari gyrosphere and the inevitable, old-school showdown between the two biggest dinos on the block. As always, the story

functions as a cautionary tale of chaos and the illusion of control, “mad science” underestimating nature and corporate interests failing to protect humanity, much less scientific ethics. As Masrani puts it, “Jurassic World exists to remind us how very small we are, and how new.” But what gives “Jurassic World” a real kick is how this sequel script (credited to Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Derek Connolly and Trevorrow) has “Jurassic Park” metaphorically fight off “sequel improvements” by reasserting what made the original work. “Let’s be honest; no one’s impressed with dinosaurs anymore,” Claire opines. “Consumers want them bigger, louder and with more teeth.” She might as well be talking of jaded sequel thinking. This film’s comic relief (an ops tech winningly played by Jake Johnson of “Safety Not Guaranteed”) sports a collectible Jurassic Park T-shirt in very poor taste, B.D. Wong’s Dr. Henry Wu plays a part and the film’s climax allows the old to triumph over the newfangled. (continued on next page)

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MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sunday only unless otherwise noted. For reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. Aloha (PG-13) Century 20: 10:50 a.m., Sat 1:30 & 4:15 p.m., Sun 4:40 p.m. Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 9:30 a.m., Fri & Sun 10:45 a.m., Sat 12:45 p.m. Century 20: 10 a.m., 1:10, 4:20, 7:35 & 10:45 p.m. Bright Eyes (1934) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 4:15 p.m., Sat & Sun 1 p.m.

Love & Mercy (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:20 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m.

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Mad Max: Fury Road (R) Century 16: 10:35 a.m., 1:30, 4:25, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 10:05 a.m., 1, 3:55, 7 & 10 p.m.

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Dil Dhadakne Do (Not Rated) Century 16: 10:25 a.m., 2:25, 6:30 & 10:30 p.m.

Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:25 a.m., 1:35, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:45, 4:35, 7:25 & 10:30 p.m.

Entourage (R) Century 16: 9:10 & 11:55 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m.

Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 5:55 p.m.

Ex Machina (R) Century 16: 10 p.m., Fri & Sat 7:05 p.m., Sun 7:15 p.m. Century 20: 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. Far From the Madding Crowd (PG-13) Century 16: 10:20 a.m. & 1:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 4 p.m., Sun 4:25 p.m. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll See You in My Dreams (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m.

Jurassic World (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10:10 & 11:30 a.m., 1:20, 2:30, 4:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9 & 10:40 p.m. In 3-D at 9, 9:30 & 10:50 a.m., noon, 12:40, 2, 3, 3:50, 5, 6:15, 7, 8:20, 9:35 & 10:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:20 p.m. & 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 10 & 11:30 a.m., 1, 2:30, 4, 5:35, 7:05, 8:35 & 10:05 p.m. In 3-D at 11 a.m., noon, 12:30, 2, 3, 3:30, 5:05, 6, 6:30, 8:05, 9, 9:30 & 11:05 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 10:40 a.m., 1:40, 4:40, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. In D-BOX at 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. In 3-D D-BOX at 11 a.m., 2, 5:05, 8:05 & 11:05 p.m. The Little Colonel (1935) (PG) Stanford Theatre: 9:20 p.m., Sat & Sun 2:40 p.m.

San Andreas (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:40 a.m., 12:10, 1:40, 4:35, 6:20, 7:30 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 10:15 a.m., 1:05, 3, 4:05, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m., Fri & Sun 8:45 p.m. In 3-D at 11:15 a.m., 12:10, 2, 4:50, 8 & 10:50 p.m., Fri & Sun 5:50 p.m. Spy (R) Century 16: 9:05 & 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 3:05, 4:45, 7:45, 9:10 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:15 & 11:15 a.m., 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:10, 10:15 & 11 p.m.

Insidious: Chapter 3 (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 5:05, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 10 a.m., 12:25, 2:55, 3:15, 5:25, 7:55, 9:15 & 10:30 p.m.

The Terminator (1984) (R) Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 p.m. Tomorrowland (PG) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:05, 4:10, 7:35 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 1:15 a.m., 1:25, 4:30, 7:35 & 10:45 p.m. UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat 7 p.m. Century 20: Sat 7 p.m. Wee Willy Winkie (1937) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. When Marnie Was There (PG) +++1/2 Guild Theatre: Dubbed at 2:15 & 4:40 p.m., Subtitled at 7:15 & 9:40 p.m.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a public hearing at the special meeting on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider Approval of a Record of Land Use Action for a Site and Design Permit and a Conditional Use Permit to Implement a Public Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Connecting Wilkie Way to the Redwood Gate Neighborhood, with Associated Site Improvements, on a 5,000 Square-Foot Site Fronting Wilkie Way, Zoned CSL-D (Service Commercial with Landscape and Site and Design Combining Districts) located at 4261 El Camino Real. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to Sections 15303 and 15304 (New Construction of Small Structures and Minor Alterations to Land). The Planning and Transportation Commission Recommended Approval. BETH MINOR City Clerk

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You and me

Winning stories investigate the give-and-take, complexity of relationships

Winners

Teen, 12-14 years old 1st place: “Ivan and Natasha” by Deiana Hristov 2nd place: “The Skeleton Man” by Tjasa Kmetec 3rd place: “The Myth of Apollonia” by Catherine Vera

Young Adult, 15-17 years old 1st place: “Mistranslations” by Hannah Knowles 2nd place: “Time of the Angels” by Caroline Bailey 3rd place: “A Distinct Shade of Blue” by Zarin Mohsenin

Adult, 18 years and older 1st place: “Place of Waiting” by Ian Sears 2nd place: “The Graduate” by Rayme Waters 3rd place: “Ashes” by Margaret Young

ach individual has his or her own quirks, a collection of experiences, a way of seeing the world. What happens when that person’s inner life collides with that of another? Will they remain inflexible, resulting in broken lives and hearts? Or will they learn from one another until they both change, embracing a greater diversity of ideas and perspectives? Among other motifs and issues, relationships emerge as central to the three winning stories of the Adult, Young Adult and Teen categories of this year’s Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest. Characters of all stripes grapple with their own and others’ stubbornness while contemplating the opportunities of the future and the mistakes of the past. The personalities and situations in these stories ask readers to consider how they relate to and treat

those closest to them. The Palo Alto Weekly would like to thank the 115 writers who submitted work to this year’s contest; the readers, Danielle Truppi and Sharon Levin, who selected the top entries in each category for the judges to consider; the Adult and Young Adult category judges, Tom Parker and Meg Waite Clayton; and the judges for the Teen category, Katy Obringer, Nancy Etchemendy and Caryn Huberman Yacowitz. The Weekly also like to thank the contest co-sponsors, Bell’s Books of Palo Alto, Kepler’s Books of Menlo Park and Linden Tree Books of Los Altos. The stories and biographies of all nine first- through third-place winners, and audio recordings of them reading their stories, can also be found at tinyurl.com/29thshortstory. Q

Thank You Judges for the Adult and Young Adult categories Tom Parker

Meg Waite Clayton

A well-known, local fiction-writing teacher and coach, memoirist, coauthor and developmental editor, Tom Parker is an O. Henry Prizewinning short-story writer and author of the novels, “Anna, Ann, Annie” and “Small Business.” His work has appeared in Harper’s and has been reviewed in The New Yorker. He has taught at Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Foothill and Cañada community colleges. His website is tomparkerwrites.com.

Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of five novels, including “The Wednesday Sisters” and the forthcoming “The Race for Paris,” to be published Aug. 11. She was a finalist for the Bellwether Prize, and her novels have been translated into languages from German to Lithuanian to Chinese. She’s also written essays and opinion pieces for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Writer’s Digest, Runner’s World and public radio. Her website is megwaiteclayton.com

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Judges for the Teen category Katy Obringer

Nancy Etchemendy

Caryn Huberman Yacowitz

Katy Obringer spent 22 years with the Palo Alto library system, which included serving as the supervisor of Palo Alto’s Children’s Library branch. Obringer also worked as an elementary school teacher for 10 years and an elementary school librarian for five years. Her love of introducing children to books continues in her retirement.

Nandy Etchemendy’s novels, short fiction and poetry have appeared regularly for the past 30 years, both in the United States and abroad. Her work has earned three Bram Stoker Awards (two for children’s horror), a Golden Duck Award for excellence in children’s science fiction and, most recently, an International Horror Guild Award for her YA horror story, “Honey in the Wound.” She lives and works in Menlo Park, where she leads an interesting life alternating between introverted writer of weird tales and gracious (she hopes) wife of Stanford University’s provost.

Caryn Huberman Yacowitz writes fiction and nonfiction books for children and plays for both children and adults. Her picture book, “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel,” was published last fall, was a Junior Library Guild selection and was named among the best Jewish picture books of the year by Tablet Magazine. Wearing 40 pounds of Victorian clothing and a wig, Caryn occasionally appears at The Farm as Jane Lathrop Stanford. Her website is carynyacowitz.com.

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Illustration by Paul Llewellyn

Place of Waiting by Ian Sears

iguel lay in his cot atop ruffled sheets, his upper body propped up by two pillows. His right leg rested in its cast on the windowsill, his foot pointing straight out to coax the soothing air to seep between the skin and plaster. It was a cloudless day in July and the cool lake breeze gently billowed the ancient curtains of his once-green fishing shack as it drifted in through the window he’d struggled to open earlier that day. Miguel had awoken enveloped in a gelatinous layer of sweat that had seeped out through every pore in his dark skin to form a saline mold of his body. The dusty air had been thick enough to chew on and he’d felt it blanket his throat and lungs as he strained to force open the unyielding window. Across the lake Miguel could see the old docks of Tocuaro still standing several meters above the sand ten years after the lake had receded beyond their reach. On particularly clear days Miguel could pick out the house he’d grown up in, still half-standing between the skeletons of

two olive trees. Miguel’s side of the lake was deeper so it had survived the drought longer than Tocuaro’s, but the wetlands Miguel had built his shack beside hadn’t been wet in years and it was only a matter of time before the lake itself relinquished its last drop. As he watched the dejected handful of boats still left float shiftlessly across the lake, trawling for a catch that might have gone extinct the day before, Miguel wondered where he would go once his leg healed. He had just enough money to move to Pátzcuaro, but that town had seen better days. Who could tell how long it would be until Pátzcuaro became just a name on a map, he thought. He doubted he could make it anywhere beyond Pátzcuaro on his own, but if he convinced Fernando to leave the lake, the both of them might stand a chance. However, Miguel knew this was a pipe dream. No matter how dry the lake became, Fernando would never leave. Even when his wife had threatened to take their five children and move to the city, Fernando told her he had faith in the lake and that

he planned to die by it. When she pressed him further, he gave her his blessing and had lived alone ever since. While Miguel had remained longer than almost anyone, he hadn’t stayed out of any form of loyalty to the lake, but simply because he hadn’t felt the need to leave. He’d never had any family to speak of since his mother died, and his needs were relatively few compared to those who had left. Still, Miguel had been nearing his limit for a while and his fishing accident had been the last straw. Fernando had been the one to untangle Miguel from the net and had driven him to the hospital in Pátzcuaro. He arrived around one to bring Miguel lunch before his siesta. Lunch was canned rice and beans along with one of Fernando’s only catches of the day. Miguel initially refused the fish, but Fernando insisted, placed the dish on Miguel’s nightstand, and sat in a chair by the end of the bed. Miguel reluctantly took a bite of the fish, savoring its white (continued on page 36)

Ian Sears

ot long ago Ian Sears was watching a documentary about the drought in Kazakhstan. A week later he had a startling dream in which a thin, mysterious man eats a cat alive. When he woke up, he scribbled the scene down in his dream journal, something with which he and a friend had been experimenting. The image stuck with him. “Even if I didn’t write it down, I would have been still thinking about that a week later,” he said. That dream, and the documentary, eventually became the spark for Sears’ story “Place of Waiting,” which took first place in the Adult category of this year’s Short Story Contest. Sears said the dream journal entry appears nearly verbatim in the story, which focuses primarily on two men and their relationship with a drying-up lake outside of Pátzcuaro, Mexico. Having grown up in Australia and California, Sears is no stranger to drought. However, since his own experience was less extreme than what he saw happening in Kazakhstan, he decided to explore how individuals dealt with such harsh conditions. Following the age-old suggestion to “write what you know,” he ultimately set his story in Mexico, with which he was more familiar. Nineteen years old and a Gunn High School graduate, Sears currently studies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, where he just completed his freshman year and plans to double major in international relations and creative writing. Outside of class, he enjoys writing and making films with friends, including a deliberately corny series about an urban cowboy called “Dos Sunglassos.” For literary inspiration he turns to masters like Franz Kafka, William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez, as well as contemporary authors like Huraki Murakami. He admires Faulkner’s ability to write from multiple points of view, which he hopes to experiment with more in a longer project he’s working on. While written in third person, “Place of Waiting” also explores this technique in portraying the differing thoughts of friends Miguel and Fernando. When writing fiction or for his films, Sears often begins with a single image gleaned from his experience or imagination: a cat-eating man, a solitary football player on bleachers, someone digging through a pile of books to find a whole library hidden beneath. From there, he wonders how that image came about and then lets the story take shape spontaneously. “A lot of the time I’m as excited (to see where the story goes) as hopefully my reader is once it’s done,” he said. – Sam Sciolla Judge’s comments on “Place of Waiting” A wonderful, haunting story, “Place of Waiting” is richly textured and of the highest caliber. As Tocuaro’s life-sustaining lake recedes, so too does Miguel, first in body, then in mind and finally in soul, leaving his compadre Fernando to ponder his last grim catch. —Tom Parker

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Illustration by Rosanna Leung

Mistranslations

ix months after I came to America, I sat down to eat in the house of a stranger, at a dinner party whose conversation I couldn’t understand. The stranger’s name was Mark. He was Darryl’s friend from work, and he and his girlfriend Claudia had invited us and two other couples over for the evening. As a child, I studied English in school (it was a required subject for all students in China), but the rural schools where I lived were dirt-floored and poor, and I got all the way through high school with only broken sentences, pale and unconvincing words. Darryl, American-born, slipped easily from English to Chinese and back, the way you might slip out of jeans and into sweatpants. Both were comfy. Both fit him well. “What are they talking about?” I whispered to Darryl, who was seated next to me. “Nothing really,” he said. “More specific?” I said. Darryl shrugged. “The Devil Wears Prada? I don’t think you’d know it.” I said nothing. “Sorry if this is weird for you,” he said. “I—” He broke off. From across the table, Mark was speaking to him. “Just try and practice your English,” he whispered before turning away. For a while, I tried to pick out their words and was moderately successful. Please, school, house, excited, many others. Lots of I’s and we’s... I listened helplessly, trying to gather together the clumsy English

by Hannah Knowles

phrases I know for such occasions. Happy to meet you, my name is Lian. Delicious! Excuse me, could you pass the plate. My name is Lian.

y name is Lian and I was born in Yunnan Province in a village you haven’t heard of, a village next to a lake that sparkles but is always cold, even in the summer. It’s a place of dirt roads, of houses whose courtyards are filled with great piles of grain feed, of loud but chicken-hearted guard dogs who slink away when you throw a stone. I grew up surrounded by women who were strong as men—a relic of the not-so-long-ago time when my ancestors practiced walking marriages and when family names were passed down from mothers to daughters. As a child, I watched my grandmother carry four-foothigh bundles of firewood on her back while my grandfather played Mah-Jong and, clouded in a haze of pipe smoke, pondered the spirit world. I met Darryl when I was 22 years old. I was still living with my parents, and I had a job at the local elementary school teaching everything except English. There was another teacher, an old man named Mr. Sung, who did that; sometimes I would look at the chalkboard after Mr. Sung’s lessons, and eventually the letters would resolve into words and primitive sentences—cat, dog, red, my father is a farmer— but at first glance they meant nothing to me. Gibberish.

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Early June. I stood alone in my classroom cleaning the chalkboard, my pupils gone outside to play in the summer heat and dust, or to beg candy off of monks, or to trek back to their homes and do their chores before their mothers could call them lazy. “Hello?” a male voice said. I turned around from the board to see a young man in a T-shirt and khaki pants standing in the doorway. Stooping, really, because he was too tall for the frame. “Hi,” I said. The young man peered around the room. “Are you the teacher?” “Yes.” “I’m afraid I’m lost,” he said, sheepish. “I can’t find my way home.” I stared at him. He looked Chinese and spoke Chinese, but his voice had the tinge of a foreigner, like the clueless white tourists who sometimes stopped by our market to happily buy fruit at triple its usual price. I had the feeling that his home was somewhere very far away from here, but I offered to help all the same. “Where are you going?” He began to explain. This was only his third day here, he was from America, staying with his Aunt and Uncle while visiting relatives. He had wandered out to see the lake, but now he was trying to get back and he didn’t know which way he came from. His Aunt and Uncle’s house was the one with a mural of a child painted on one (continued on page 37)

Hannah Knowles

he idea for the story “Mistranslations,” this year’s winner in the Young Adult category, first germinated in Hannah Knowles’ mind during a trip to China with other Castilleja School classmates her junior year. Even after having studied Mandarin for years, she found her ability to communicate woefully lacking — even more so in the Yunnan province, whose dialect differs significantly and where she stayed with a Chinese family for more than a week. Notwithstanding the language barrier, she greatly enjoyed her stay and was struck by both the rural beauty of the area — a shimmering lake, mudeating goats and “chicken-hearted guard dogs” are some images from her story — and the hospitality of its residents, who generously served a spread of dishes that were wholly new to her. Hoping to capture her own difficulties in communicating, as well as some of her observations in Yunnan, she conceived of a protagonist, Lian, who deals with the reverse linguistic challenge when she moves to the United States to be with an American man, Darryl. Knowles said she flipped things around so as to challenge herself to create new situations and embody new characters, she explained. “If I was writing about an American going to China, it would end up being my own experience,” she said. The story explores Lian’s feelings of isolation and powerlessness in America as she tries to forge a new life in America with Darryl. Recently, Knowles returned to the story to polish it before submitting to the Weekly’s Short Story Contest. Originally at 14 pages, she ended up having to shorten the story significantly, which she hopes made the story stronger overall. Knowles, a San Jose resident who also won in the Young Adult category last year for her story “Botany for Beginners,” just graduated from Castilleja, but she won’t be going far, as she will start her undergraduate career at Stanford University in the fall. Though she plans to dabble in other academic subjects, she expects that she will probably study English and literature at some point. “I would love to just keep reading and writing in college,” she said. “So I have a feeling that’s what I’ll end up doing.” – Sam Sciolla Judge’s comments on “Mistranslations” “Mistranslations” is the touching story of a young woman between worlds and the words that keep her in a limbo of language, culture and tradition. Adrift, Lian fears she will never be able to realize the promise of her new life, even as her old one recedes into the past. —Tom Parker

Cover Story bottle, but with her gone, there’s no one to share it with. He falls asleep with stained lips, curling towards her absent form. A month passes. Natasha keeps finding things he left behind around the flat. She collects them in a shoe box under her bed: so far, she’s found 5 socks, a bow tie, and a framed photograph of him with his sister. Sometimes, when he’s drunk and drained, Ivan takes out his phone and hovers his finger over the call button for her contact. But he’s never quite desperate enough to press it. The next section imitates the beginning theme, but this time, I play it cleaner, smoothing over the mistakes I made at the start.

Illustration by Douglas Young

Ivan and Natasha

“D

by Deiana Hristov

on’t stress,” my piano teacher says to me as I cover my face with my hands. Only two days before the performance and I keep botching my piece. “You know the music. I’ve heard you play beautifully. Just forget the audience. Just play. Start again.” I place my hands on the keys. Khachaturian’s “Ivan and Natasha” is not difficult technically, but playing piano is like storytelling: the reading of the words isn’t what’s hard, it’s bringing the words alive. I start gently. Two young lovers, trying on this new feeling, walking around the park as the sun kisses the horizon, painting the clouds in pink and orange. They amble, sometimes talking, sometimes just admiring the flowers and the dying light filtering through the trees. Occasionally, their knuckles brush, oh so innocently. He’s so sweet, she thinks. She’s so pretty, he thinks. A bud, blossoming. I put more pressure on the keys. Soft Discord. She starts to notice the dirt under his nails, how he interrupts her if she’s been talking for too long, that his front teeth overlap. He thinks she spends too much time trying to look pretty. When she goes without makeup, he thinks she looks plain. Both cover their thoughts with plastered smiles. The melody intensifies, spiraling upward, louder and louder. The sharp notes sting my

ears, whip my face like little stones.

It starts small. Maybe he forgets their six-month anniversary. Maybe she doesn’t call when she says she would. The bubbling tension has itched under their skins for too long now, and it erupts, a black ooze, slowly submerging them. She starts to cry, which he hates, voice hysterical as she screams. He clenches his jaw into that smirk that always makes her feel so, so small. The louder she screams, the broader his smirk, until her shrieks are reverberating through their flat and his smirk contorts into a hateful sneer. Any good feeling they ever had for each other is drowned in hateful accusations as they lash out. He grabs a duffel bag from a closet and storms through the flat, grabbing as many of his things as possible. She follows him, crying, yelling, begging, pulling at the bag, but he pushes her away. The space of the flat seems to shrink until she feels like she is suffocating in his anger, finding herself gasping for breath. She falls to her knees, everything blurred from her tears. The last thing she sees before he slams the door is the black flame in his eyes. Subito piano: the notes are meek now, and trickle down the keys in a twinkling chromatic scale. Everything is so quiet, Natasha thinks, so peaceful when he’s not here. She turns on the radio. On the way back to his flat, Ivan buys some wine. He doesn’t mean to drink the

Like the first time, they meet at the park at dusk. They sit across from each other on the cool grass, knees separated by a sliver of space, each looking at the ground, the sky, the trees, anywhere but at the other. He clears his throat. “How have you been?” “Fine,” she says, not looking up. A tense pause. “Well,” she says again with measured words “Not, like, great, but...” “Yeah,” he interjects, because he knows what she is feeling, has been living with it for the past two months. “Yeah.” “I’ve missed you,” he whispers softly. She meets his eyes. “I’ve missed you too.” A soft, calculated embrace. The piece grows louder again, but faster and more controlled this time, before breaking like a wave. They try again. The shine from the first time is gone, but in a way, it’s easier: they both agree it was exhausting keeping up a constant facade of passion. They no longer feel the need to prove how much they care about each other. Now, both are satisfied to simply exist in overlapping circles, to feel the other’s presence. Their kisses are chaste but tender. They no longer say “I love you.” Two heavy bass notes, like a heartbeat, then silence. From the outside, their relationship is in perfect balance. Friends tell them how jealous they are of Ivan and Natasha’s chemistry. Ivan is pretty sure his mother has already started planning the wedding. So they smile, they hold hands, they pretend. When at home, they retreat to separate rooms. But pretending takes energy, and over time, both are too tired to hold on to the last wisps of their relationship. When one day Ivan, from his end of the couch, shakes his head, gets up and gathers his belongings, Natasha doesn’t protest. He meets her eyes one last time before he closes the door.

or the past six months I’ve played, listened, and thought about this piece. I have Ivan and Natasha’s story engraved on the tips of my fingers. But now, standing behind the curtain, I cannot recall the first notes. I try to drum it

Deiana Hristov

or rising Gunn High School sophomore Deiana Hristov, creative writing can sometimes be a daunting endeavor. While it can be entertaining, its lack of rules also requires patience to navigate, which she isn’t sure she has yet. Currently, she prefers the more straightforward journalistic style she uses in writing for The Oracle student newspaper to fiction’s greater freedom. That difficulty though seems to fit somehow with her short story “Ivan and Natasha,” a tale about a challenging piano piece and a challenging relationship. The inspiration for the story, which placed first in the Short Story Contest’s Teen category, originated during lessons with piano teacher Olga de Maine, with whom Hristov was learning a piece by Aram Khachaturian. De Maine talked with Hristov about the the love story embedded in the notes of “Ivan and Natasha,” which oscillate from harmonious to discordant in the piece. When Hristov was brainstorming ideas for short stories after a lesson one day, the story of this complicated relationship leaped forward. The short story interweaves details about a narrator practicing the work with an account of the on-again, offagain relationship of Ivan and Natasha — one that subtly depicts the changing psyches of both lovers. In writing the story, Hristov said that she deconstructed the piece, playing one part and writing down what she thought was happening in that segment. “To get inspiration, all I had to do was go and play the piece,” she said. The story’s conclusion — where the nervous narrator fears she has forgotten the notes before her recital — comes from Hristov’s own experience and anxiety about performing for large audiences. Though she has studied piano since elementary school, she said that for her it’s more about learning and fun than competition. Hristov noted that what makes Khachaturian’s “Ivan and Natasha” challenging is that its strange combinations of notes often don’t “sound right.” When asked if she thought the piece was beautiful, she said that careful listening and a sense of its heartbreaking story lend the piece a special substance. “In that way, it is beautiful,” Hristov said. “It’s a story without words.” – Sam Sciolla Judges’ comments on “Ivan and Natasha” Beautifully woven piece — story and music; ambitious and well done; writer states “but playing the piano is like storytelling: the reading of the words isn’t what’s hard, it’s bringing the words alive.” The writer depicts a tricky relationship with accuracy and care. And it is a great idea — superimposing modern details on an old, old story.

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meat. Fernando had always been a better fisherman than him. Miguel hadn’t caught anything in nine days, eleven counting the two days he’d spent in bed. The two men had known each other their entire lives and did not feel the need to speak unless necessary. They watched the lake in silence. Miguel could almost see the opposite shore crawling closer to him and squinted as he tried to decide whether the fishing boats bobbed a little lower with each wave. As Fernando stood up from his chair to leave, Miguel told him he was going to move to Pátzcuaro once his leg healed. “I know,” Fernando said, “I could tell as soon as I saw you in that net that you were done fishing here. In fact I would not be surprised if you never set foot on a boat again. Am I wrong?” Miguel shook his head. “You’re not wrong. I think my accident was God’s way of telling me I’ve overstayed my welcome here.” Fernando sighed. “I don’t have any way of knowing what role your accident played in God’s plan, but I can see that you are determined to leave.” Miguel opened his mouth to speak, but Fernando waved him into silence. “You know I won’t be joining you. Perhaps your accident was a sign that you should leave, or perhaps you have just lost faith in the lake. When the other fisherman tie their boats up at sunset every day, I can hear them from the lake and I can hear them from my shack, cursing and grumbling about how the lake has abandoned them. The lake has abandoned no-one. It is those who have abandoned the lake in their hearts who are unable to catch fish. The lake will return Miguel... but I’ve seen that look

before, and I can tell that nothing I say will convince you. I respect your choice, but like you, I have made up my mind.” Miguel saw in Fernando’s face the same steely resolve he’d seen even as a child, and even though both men knew Fernando had never taken siestas and had stayed out on the water later when the lake was full of fish, Miguel understood that the lake meant more to Fernando than the number of fish he could catch from it. He thanked Fernando again and Fernando told him that he’d be back again at dusk. The doctor in Pátzcuaro had told Miguel that his bones would take much longer to heal than it would have in his youth, and if he wasn’t careful they may never heal properly at all. After a few days of lying in bed, however, Miguel had grown restless and began using the crutches he’d received at the hospital to take short walks around the docks. At first his armpits bruised and the effort of hobbling just a couple dozen meters left him exhausted, but soon enough Miguel was able to make his way around the docks with relative ease. Fernando no longer brought Miguel his meals, but the two men kept the habit up and dined together every evening after Fernando had finished for the day. He eventually settled into a routine that he stuck to like clockwork until the day he decided he couldn’t wait for his leg to heal and left for Pátzcuaro. Miguel had been out by the shoreline hobbling from pier to pier when he saw a lone fisherman Miguel had never seen before docking a canoe. Miguel had trouble making out the man’s features in the dwindling twilight, but as he hobbled closer to the canoe he was surprised to confirm that he had never seen the fisherman before. The man was shorter

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than Miguel, had long black hair, and even from a distance Miguel could tell he was emaciated. A grey cat moved cautiously along the planks of the pier and in one swift motion, the fisherman grabbed the cat, snapped its neck, and began eating it raw. He tore off one of the cat’s back legs and ate it as he would a chicken’s. Grey tufts of fur stuck to his chin as blood dribbled down from his mouth and soaked his shirt. Miguel hobbled towards the pier as fast as his crutches would allow him, but the man did not seem aware of the injured man making his way across the sand. Suddenly, the cat writhed out of the man’s hands and fell into the water. The man jumped in after it, swimming breaststroke along the widening stream of blood discolouring the water behind the animal. Miguel shouted at the man, but his cries went unheard as the man and cat swam farther and farther out into the lake until the sun set and he could no longer make them out. Deeply unsettled, Miguel returned to his shack and began packing what few possessions he had. Fernando arrived for their evening meal and tried to convince Miguel to wait until his leg healed, but Miguel was insistent on leaving immediately. As he rushed around the room, Miguel raved to Fernando about what he had seen and repeated over and over again that if he stayed any longer, the lake would devour him, but Fernando could hardly comprehend anything Miguel was saying. When Miguel finally slung his bag over his shoulder and hobbled towards the door, Fernando capitulated and told Miguel he’d borrow a car and drive him to Pátzcuaro. Eduard was the only person in the settlement who owned a car. Eduard wasn’t at his shack and it took Fernando almost half an hour to find him. Once he did find him, Eduard’s car was so old that it took another half hour just to get it started. By the time Fernando drove the car to Miguel’s shack, Miguel was gone. Fernando drove around the settlement and halfway to Pátzcuaro and back, but Miguel was nowhere to be seen. Fernando pulled over to a small bar haphazardly placed by the desert road like the skeleton of an ancient whale whose ocean no longer existed. There were only a few tired people in the bar and none of them had seen Miguel. Mexico was playing Argentina on the old CRT television placed up high on a dusty shelf in the corner of the bar, and as Fernando walked back out through the dust to his car, he could still hear the announcer panicking as Argentina scored another goal. After a couple tries the decrepit vehicle shivered as if it had just come back from the dead and Fernando drove back to the nameless fishing settlement that had succeeded Tocuaro. When he returned to his shack, Fernando opened his windows to let the evening breeze rejuvenate his stuffy house and through them watched

the sun ripple in the lingering July heat as it burrowed its way beneath the sand. A week later Fernando caught one of Miguel’s crutches in his net. He hadn’t caught anything since Miguel had disappeared and had initially felt excited at the weight of his net. When he saw the crutch, however, his excitement quickly turned to alarm. Fernando dived into the murky lake, shouting Miguel’s name over and over again. He looked through the opaque water as far as he could see, but after ten minutes of diving saw nothing. The crutch was the only thing Fernando caught that day and it was the last thing he ever caught in the lake. Fernando spent a sleepless night thinking of the crutch and of what Miguel had told him before he vanished and by morning, Fernando decided to leave. He emptied his small lockbox of the little money he hadn’t given to his family when they left him. He spent most of the day packing whatever he could into a large bag he’d once used for his fishing gear and set out on his bicycle for Pátzcuaro that afternoon. It was nearly dark when he rode into town. He booked himself into a cheap motel for a couple nights and asked the desk attendant if he could use the motel’s phone. The desk attendant gave him a perplexed look. “All the rooms have phones. You don’t have a cell-phone?” Fernando shook his head. “You’re a rare one. Well, if you have any problems with the phone in your room, just let me know.” The desk attendant handed Fernando his keys. Fernando thanked him and checked into his room. He tried calling the number his wife had mailed him two weeks after she’d left, but it was out of service. She had left a Pátzcuaro return address on the envelope, but when Fernando biked over to it the next day, he found himself parked at the entrance of a bowling alley. Undeterred, Fernando pored through the motel’s ancient Yellow Pages until he found his sister in law’s number. To Fernando’s relief, the number was still in service. When she answered the phone, she was unhappy to hear from Fernando and refused to tell him where his wife was living. However after Fernando repeatedly pleaded with her to let him see his children, she gave in and told him that his wife was now living with her new husband in Erongarícuaro. Erongarícuaro was a small, dusty artist’s town up on a hill that was once next to the lake. Fernando passed by more horses than cars as he entered the town, and when the roads turned to cobblestone, they became so uneven that he was forced to walk his bike the rest of the way to his wife’s house. She was waiting for him out on her front step. “Why are you here Fernando?” He seemed poised to say something, but his wife cut him off. “We lost you to the lake years ago. As far as I’m concerned, you might as well have drowned in it.

If you were going to change your mind about leaving, why wait until now?” “Luisa...” “Why?” Fernando sighed and stared at the tessellated cobblestones as he searched for the words to answer her question. “Something happened that convinced me to leave. If I had stayed even a day longer, I know that lake would have consumed me,” Fernando said. Luisa shook her head and smiled sorrowfully at Fernando before staring off over the driedup lake. After a long silence, she invited Fernando to stay for dinner and meet her husband, but warned him that he was not welcome to stay overnight. Fernando solemnly agreed and that night was reunited with his two daughters and three sons, the youngest of whom failed to recognize him at first. Fernando’s conversation with Luisa’s new husband, Simón, began as a cold, uncomfortable exchange between two men who would perhaps rather they hadn’t met, but within a few minutes Fernando felt a sense of pride and approval towards Luisa’s choice of husband. Simón was a regionally renowned sculptor and potter and was fortunate enough to be able to financially support his adopted family. Fernando found Simón to be an earnest and down-to-earth man, but could tell that Simón, despite his graciousness as a host, would rather not have Fernando in his home. Still, when dinner was over Simón offered to let Fernando stay the night and when Fernando refused, he was only held back from insisting by Luisa. As he pedaled away from Erongarícuaro, Fernando felt something well up within him like an overburdened reservoir pushing against its fragile dam, and he pulled to the side of the empty dirt road and wept. Q

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out against my thigh, but I can’t remember if I play the second note with my third or fourth finger. Only then I realize my hands are trembling, my palms wet. I wipe them against my skirt. “Next, ‘Ivan and Natasha’ by Aram Khachaturian, performed by Claire Wallen,” someone says, but it is as if I am watching this scene unfold through a window. The man on the stage is not calling my name. The “Claire Wallen” about to perform in front of hundreds of people is not me. I can’t feel my legs, I can’t move. Then somebody coughs in the audience and I lurch forward, on legs that are not mine. The stage is illuminated, but the audience is draped in darkness, leaving only me and the piano. I seat myself at the instrument and position my hands above the keys. Inhale. Exhale. With the coolness of the keys under my fingers, I start to play, and send Ivan and Natasha dancing across the stage. Q

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of the walls—Did that help? he asked me. “I’ll draw you a map,” I said. As the teacher I was only allowed two new sticks of chalk per day, so I took up a nub left over from that morning and used it to sketch out the world that I knew. I pointed out landmarks: the distant mountains, on this side, the lake, over here. I drew the roads. I drew the school, and the house with the mural where his Aunt and Uncle lived, then began to trace out his path for him. I realized, as he listened attentively, that I didn’t know his name.

t the end of the summer, I stood with his relatives on the day he left and watched his Uncle’s Jeep roll slowly down the gravel. A single bewildered goat trotted behind the car, until at last it lost interest and bent down to eat some mud. America. What did I know about America? A big country, a rich country, a fat country. A beautiful country? Maybe, but I grew up in Yunnan, the thirdpoorest but most breathtaking province in China; was told all my life that nowhere would ever be as lovely as home. And yet— America. Shiny and strange, hamburger grease and the best universities and all of the best TV shows, like Vampire Diaries. As I watched the goat quietly and patiently chew its mud, I wondered whether I would always live in Yunnan, and if so, for how much longer. Doomed for the next year to an ocean of separation, Darryl and I corresponded in romantic handwritten letters. I found his letters endearing: though his spoken Chinese was fluent, he had had never really learned how to write and used the cramped script of a 10-year-old boy. I marveled that such refined hands could produce such ugly-looking words. I corrected his characters and encouraged him to practice, delighting in the idea that I could teach him things. The next summer I packed my belongings into a single suitcase and said my farewells. My mother didn’t cry. My sister told me to watch all the American TV shows and tell her which ones were really the best. My father drove me to the airport. And when I landed, tired because the idea of flight made me too nervous for sleep and cold because I had not thought to bring a coat on the plane, Darryl was there waiting for me.

e temporarily gave up trying to find me a job— my English was terrible, and Darryl didn’t have much time to help me look anyway. Darryl knew a Chinese man from Lijiang who owned a gift shop, who said he might have an opening soon and

could hire me as his assistant. But the promise dangled indefinitely, and I fell back on the strategy that I had used for the first 22 years of my life: waiting. I thought of Yunnan often during the day, while Darryl was gone at work. I filled the empty hours with house chores—there was only so much cleaning to be done in an apartment so small, so mostly I cooked. I experimented; I chopped and pickled and salted; I stirred loneliness into the food that Darryl and I ate together each night. There’s a story that my mother made up for me when I was little, about a young woman named Yi who has left her hometown to work in the Emperor’s kitchens. According to my mother, everything Yi made was beautiful—on the outside her dishes looked simple, like the fare of a peasant, but they tasted like heaven. Everyone asked her, “Yi, what’s your secret?” And no matter how many times they asked she wouldn’t tell them. Finally, one day, the Emperor himself brought Yi before him and, peering down from his seat on the high throne, demanded to know her techniques. The Emperor himself! She couldn’t refuse. So she told him the truth, that her secret ingredient was sorrow. Her heavenly food was laced with tears. At this point, I would always interrupt my mother. “Ew!” But my mother wasn’t done. Yi, she said, was satisfied for a while. But as time went on, she felt less and less content with her life at the Emperor’s court. She was far from her family, and the Emperor had decreed that Yi should never marry or have a child, because he feared that the sadness that made her food so delicious would be replaced by joy. Homesick and lonely, she grew old cooking for the court. And a strange thing happened: as Yi aged, the flavor of her food changed. At first it was barely noticeable, but before long it was unmistakable—all her dishes tasted like acorns, acrid and sour. Hearing of the change, some were puzzled. Shouldn’t the talent of the greatest cook in the land only increase with time? But one bite, and they understood. Everyone wept, because Yi and her food had grown bitter.

told the story to Darryl one night over dinner. We were at an Italian restaurant, and, as usual, I couldn’t read the menu, so Darryl ordered me spaghetti. “Isn’t it a good story?” I said. He nodded but made an odd expression, a wrinkle-grimace. The ending is a bit gloomy, don’t you think? he said. I frowned, stabbed at my pasta. “It’s sad because it means something.” For a few minutes we didn’t speak, and I imagined us as two fish, mute and strange to each other. “Do you want to go back home?” Darryl said—sudden, like he was trying to catch me off guard. He reached out, tentatively, to rest his hand on mine.

I felt like crying; how could he be so calm and gentle and kind? Once, a great-aunt of mine, an elderly woman who made Goji berry cures and gave out free love advice to all my younger family members, read Darryl’s and my palms; she said that our hands told opposite stories. Darryl’s fingers were Water, soft and yielding. Mine were short and stubborn. Fire. That night we lay in bed, our dinner conversation a distant, garlicky memory. The room was drafty, and I could feel the heat of Darryl’s body inches from mine. I felt a sudden ache for Yunnan, for my father boiling hot water on the stove, my mother sitting at the kitchen table rubbing her weathered face, my sister drinking sugar water before bed. Tears of wonder in the dark. I sat awake grinning, thinking ahead to the wedding: my return. My father my mother my sister our faces hot with joy they hug Darryl as their son; we overflow. But then I imagined returning home to Yunnan alone. A single ticket, the same luggage I left with, barren greetings. I hated the idea of people guessing at what had happened when I was in America. Poor Lian. It didn’t work out. I hated thinking that they would try to put things together, to understand what had gone wrong and why.

t the dinner party, I listened for simple words, but mostly I watched faces. Mark talked often, his voice and expressions animated as he told elaborate funny stories whose punchlines always got laughs. Now a pinched-looking man I didn’t know was speaking, now Maria and Maria’s husband or boyfriend or whoever he was, now Maria again.... Back to Claudia. Dizziness. What if I got up and walked away from the table— All of a sudden, I realized Darryl was speaking and heard the word “China.” Someone else spoke, I looked up, and the entire table’s eyes were upon me. I turned to Darryl. My face warm. “They want to know how you like it here,” he said. Oh. “Your house is very nice,” I said, using a phrase I remembered practicing many years ago in school. But it came out more like a question. Your house is very nice? They laughed, and I realized I had said something funny. “No,” Darryl said, shaking his head, “What they mean is how do you like it here?” He spread his arms wide. “Here, in the U.S.” “I like it,” I said slowly. “But I think it is—difficult.” I let the last part hang, paused to collect myself, then all of a sudden decided to be bold. The problem was, I didn’t have the words. “I don’t know how to say it,” I said quietly to Darryl in Chinese. “What do you want to tell them?” he asked. For a few seconds, I did not

speak. “A lot of the time,” I told him, “I wish I had never left.” He stared at me. I had hurt him. I felt powerful, my face burning. The other people at the table were watching, waiting for Darryl to translate. He cleared his throat, and I heard him say, “She something something something.” A few people nodded, the conversation moved on, and I tried to

read in their faces clues to what Darryl had told them. Maybe, I thought, he really had said what I told him. Maybe I was being silly. But I couldn’t tell with certainty, and for a moment I saw my future stretching out and out, long and terrifying and blazing with sadness or happiness or both and impossible for me, Lian from a village you haven’t heard of, to ever know. Q

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Home&Real Estate Home Front INSTALL IT YOURSELF ... Deva Luna will offer a practical workshop called “Install It Yourself Native Garden” from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 13, at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. The free workshop will offer contractor-tested installation tips on soils, sheet mulching, creating berms, weed control, and irrigation conversion and maintenance. Info: bawsca.org or 650-349-3000.

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THIRD THURSDAYS ... Filoli, at 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, will be open three evenings — Thursdays, June 18, July 16 and Aug. 20 — where visitors can take a docent-led Sunset Hike or Orchard Walk or enjoy the historic house and garden until 7:30 p.m. Docents begin their tours at 6 p.m.; reservations are recommended. Admission is $18 for

(continued on page 40) Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email cblitzer@ paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

torrential downpour is a welcome sight in the midst of drought, as long as it does not result in your living room resembling a poorly planned swimming pool. Navigating the world of flood insurance means negotiating its implications for remodeling, the increased cost of borrowing money and the reality that flooding can be financially catastrophic. All of Palo Alto is technically a flood zone, but not all Palo Alto residents live in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). According to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a SFHA has a onein-four chance of flooding during a 30-year mortgage. Flood insurance is only required of residents who live in an SFHA and have obtained a mortgage from a federally backed or regulated lender. There are only two ways to get out of purchasing flood insurance, which can cost around $2,000 a year: Residents can assume the risk by paying off their mortgage, or they can get their home removed from SFHA categorization. Crescent Park homeowner Jonathan Seder chose the former route. Seder explained that he was not in a high-risk flood-zone area — until all of sudden he was included. Flood zones are redefined every now and then due to environmental changes and the use of increasingly accurate flood-zone evaluation tools. Since he had a loan issued by a federally insured lender, the zone change required him to obtain flood insurance. “I personally decided that there was really minimal risk for my property. It had never flooded in

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history; it didn’t even come close to getting flooded in the (1998 San Francisquito Creek flood),” Seder said. To change a home’s flood- Steve Fox is an risk rating, one agent for Allied can apply to the Brokers. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for two types of flood-insurance exemptions: Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) and Letter of Map Revision (LOMR). A LOMA is granted when a resident is able to prove, via hiring a licensed surveyor or professional engineer, that the property is situated so that if flooded, the house would be left sitting above the water on its own island. A LOMR can be granted when work is done to raise a property’s elevation. Seder hired a surveyor in an attempt to obtain a LOMA, but the surveyor’s findings did not qualify him. He eventually decided to get rid of his flood-insurance requirement by paying off his loan. Palo Alto, Mountain View and Menlo Park all partner with the National Flood Insurance Program, which provides subsidized insurance to communities that agree to adopt and enforce FEMA-approved ordinances designed to reduce the risk of flooding. If a community follows these protocols, then its residents can obtain insurance from more than 80 private insurance companies in partnership with the NFIP. The

Flood insurance is straightforward in concept but not in practice by Maev Lowe

The second question he asks is, have they ever had an elevation certificate done? An elevation certificate determines the appropriate flood-insurance premium rate for a home. It can only be obtained by having a licensed surveyor, engineer or architect determine the accurate elevation of a home in relation to the base flood elevation. Elevation certificates can, depending on the results, prove eligibility for a LOMA or LOMR. “If you don’t have an elevation certificate everybody is paying basically the same rates, which in this area is usually between $1,600 and $2,000 (annually),” Fox said. If a client’s elevation certificate is favorable, the flood-insurance payments can decrease to a couple hundred dollars. Fox also pointed out that flood insurance can be obtained from insurance companies not in partnership with FEMA. Lloyd’s of London is an example of a private flood insurer. The advantage to private flood insurance is the ability to insure a home to its full value, while FEMA only insures up to $250,000. The catch is that companies like Lloyd’s of London are not required to provide flood insurance, while FEMA has to provide it. Fox emphasized that there are no small claims with flood damage, making insurance companies likely to decline insuring properties with potential for serious flooding. The final complicating factor is that federal flood-insurance policies keep changing, making it hard for property owners to keep track of how much they should or shouldn’t be paying. Fox emphasized there is a lot of misinformation in the mix. Q

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MASTER ORCHIDS ... UC Master Gardener Jamie Chen will offer a free talk on “Demystifying Orchids” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the Community Room at the Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. He will discuss plant-potting techniques, optimum temperature, light needs, humidity levels, fertilizing, watering and propagation. Info: UC Master Gardeners at 408-282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org

A shed was washed off its foundations on Alpine Road during the flood of February 1998.

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SAVE WATER ... This month’s free UC Master Gardener Plant Clinic, from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto, will cover gardens’ water needs, how to use compost and mulch to conserve water, and other ways to cope with the drought. Participants may bring garden problems/questions and consult with the master gardeners. Info: UC Master Gardeners at 408282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org

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rates are consistent nationally and determined by factors such as a home’s age, type of construction and level of flooding risk. Flood insurance is especially unwelcome if homeowners want to remodel. The main constraint is that all parts of an SFHA home, including the foundation, must be above the base flood elevation — thus a basement cannot be added. Things get more complicated when the renovation costs 50 percent or more of the current market value of the home, which is not allowed unless the homeowner obtains a flood-insurance exemption. Without the exemption, homeowners who don’t currently need insurance — their mortgage is not federally insured, for example — must also make the house flood insurance-approved. If there’s an existing basement below the flood elevation, it must be filled in. Flood insurance is a financial hindrance, unless a home is actually flooded. Only a few inches of water can cause tens of thousands of dollars in damage. “There are some people who really are in a flood zone, whose homes have been flooded; they got flooded in ‘98 and maybe at other times, and that’s a catastrophe,” Seder warned. He described how some people modify their houses to protect against flood damage, adding tile floors and concrete walls. Steve Fox, an insurance agent at Allied Brokers in Palo Alto, explained that most of the people he talks to would not have flood insurance if they did not have to. When a new flood-insurance customer comes to Fox, his first question is, does the client want flood insurance or just need it?

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TREE WALK ... An arborist will lead a free tree walk on Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to noon, through the University South neighborhood, starting at the Palo Alto Civic Center Plaza, 250 Hamilton Ave. Expect to see Southern Magnolia, Flowering Pear, Purple Beech, Dawn Redwood, Cockspur Coral Tree, English Yew and more. Info: Canopy at 650-9646110 or canopy.org

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David and Mercy Fun clear debris in front of their Palo Alto home while city workers clean the sidewalk following the flood of February 1998.

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Home & Real Estate in good condition. The organizers will offer music, bike repairs, video storytelling and other demos. Info: transitionpaloalto.org/sharing-expos/

Home Front (continued from page 38) adults, $15 for seniors, $8 for students and free for children ages 4 and younger and for current members. Info: filoli.org SUMMER SHARE FAIRE ... Transition Palo Alto’s quarterly Share Faire will take place on Sunday, June 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lucie Stern Community Center Patio, 1305 Middlefield Road. Participants can share stories, skills and stuff, including garden vegetables, flowers, seedlings, seeds, arts and crafts supplies, decor for the season, books in good condition, magazines, children’s toys (none broken), old clothes in good condition, homemade jams, jellies, honey, homegrown eggs, fresh herbs, fruit, gardening tools and shoes

DESIGN YOUR GARDEN ... Landscape designer Peigi Duvall — owner of Indig Design, a professional member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers and a Bay-Friendly Qualified Landscape Professional — will teach a class called “Designing Your California Native Plant Garden” (BOT 60) through Stanford Continuing Studies, from 7 to 8:50 p.m. on five Tuesdays, June 23 to July 21, plus two field trips on Saturdays, July 11 and 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The course will go from site assessment to master plan, exploring types of native plants and their ideal growing conditions. Tuition is $435. Info: continuingstudies.stanford.edu Q

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HOME SALES

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

East Palo Alto

2277 Capitol Ave. E. & G. Solorio to E. Solorio for $290,000 on 4/27/15 453 East O’keefe St. #107 D. & R. Killmon to T. Peng for $538,000 on 4/23/15; previous sale 3/04, $369,000 427 Wisteria Drive D. Julian to S. Herrick for $515,000 on 4/23/15

Los Altos

100 1st St. #110 Los Altos8 Limited to Sarpa Trust for $1,605,500 on 5/8/15 926 Aura Way Rassai Trust to Phukan Trust for $3,200,000 on 5/7/15 395 S. Gordon Way Best Trust to A. & A. Faaborg for $3,900,000 on 5/4/15; previous sale 7/00, $2,300,000 1220 Monte Verde Court Wu Trust to T. Huynh for $3,069,000 on 5/4/15; previous sale 2/12, $1,409,000 404 Traverso Ave. Eggers Trust to W. Chen for $3,700,000 on 5/4/15; previous sale 6/79, $198,000 11 View St. Hafner Trust to R. & K. Gluss for $2,827,000 on 5/8/15; previous sale 9/97, $730,000

Los Altos Hills

25566 Fernhill Drive Allison Trust to N. & A. Kelman for $2,552,000 on 5/5/15; previous sale 12/06, $1,565,000

SALES AT A GLANCE East Palo Alto

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $290,000 Highest sales price: $538,000

Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $530,000 Highest sales price: $2,700,000

Los Altos

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $1,605,500 Highest sales price: $3,900,000

Total sales reported: 11 Lowest sales price: $1,550,000 Highest sales price: $6,000,000

Los Altos Hills Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,552,000 Highest sales price: $2,552,000

Portola Valley Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $1,681,000 Highest sales price: $3,205,000

Menlo Park

Redwood City

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $870,500 Highest sales price: $8,950,000

Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $600,000 Highest sales price: $2,318,000 Source: California REsource

Menlo Park

2061 Ashton Ave. M. Haag to A. Ramanathan for $1,875,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 9/09, $973,000 2101 Harkins Ave. Case Trust to C. Lo for $1,600,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 11/77, $109,500 958 Hermosa Way J. & S. Randall to Sibu Limited for $8,950,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 8/11, $6,100,000 1135 Madera Ave. S. Lin to R. Hong for $870,500 on 4/27/15 15 Susan Gale Court Castro Trust to Moran Trust for $3,000,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 9/02, $1,300,000 600 Willow Road #22 R. Ross to S. & A. Collins for $1,425,000 on 4/23/15; previous sale 2/05, $730,000

Mountain View

1187 Barbara Ave. Correia Trust to E. & Y. Garten for $2,500,000 on 5/5/15 201 Flynn Ave. #17 J. Stephan to M. Fong for $925,000 on 5/6/15 1909 Fordham Way L. Shean to Hannan Trust for $2,700,000 on 5/7/15; previous sale 11/06, $1,515,000 115 Pacchetti Way Y. Weng to Green Valley Group Investors for $890,000 on 5/8/15; previous sale 7/13, $750,000 11 Paragon Court A. Sodeifi to J. Tao for $1,430,000 on 5/7/15; previous sale 7/11, $765,000 255 S. Rengstorff Ave. #35 Clyde Trust to J. Nguyen for $530,000 on 5/5/15 102 Savannah Loop Robson Homes to D. Trembovetski for

$1,613,000 on 5/8/15 49 Showers Drive #T410 W. Araujo to Boldrey Trust for $1,400,000 on 5/7/15; previous sale 10/92, $234,000 853 Sladky Ave. Battat Trust to Lee Trust for $2,050,000 on 5/6/15 1857 Villa St. Ced Trust to L. Choong for $1,500,000 on 5/4/15; previous sale 8/97, $325,000 332 Whisman Station Drive Chang Trust to L. Wang for $1,122,000 on 5/6/15; previous sale 8/10, $530,000 928 Wright Ave. #506 L. & C. Walkowiak to J. Simantov for $950,000 on 5/5/15; previous sale 4/06, $540,000

Palo Alto

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Home & Real Estate Trust to A. Himel for $2,100,000 on 5/5/15; previous sale 12/11, $1,500,000 3492 Janice Way Sommer Trust to N. Murugesan for $2,350,000 on 5/6/15 1145 Lincoln Ave. Taylor Trust to N. Black for $2,310,000 on 5/7/15 426 Matadero Ave. Vincent Trust to A. Kurich for $1,992,500 on 5/6/15; previous sale 3/97, $405,000 896 Newell Road Y. & C. Kubba to A. Banwasi for $2,300,000 on 5/7/15 4133 Park Blvd. Heiman Trust to Kumar Trust for $1,551,000 on 5/8/15; previous sale 8/02, $604,000 444 San Antonio Road #2D Light Trust to S. Krishnamurthy for $1,550,000 on 5/8/15; previous sale 6/03, $660,000 2535 South Court Ralls Real Estate to Z. Xia for $2,888,000 on 5/4/15; previous sale 7/91, $380,000 2815 South Court Tomasevich Trust to Prime Property Holdings for $2,550,000 on 5/7/15 552 Tennyson Ave. R. Unz to B. & S. Sihota for $6,000,000 on 5/5/15; previous sale 11/89, $614,000 644 Wellsbury Way Bateman Trust to Z. Xia for $2,750,000 on 5/5/15; previous sale 1/86, $236,000

Portola Valley

31 Aliso Way Kelly Trust to R. Mahadevan for $2,250,000 on 4/24/15 308 Canyon Drive Margolin Trust to Mitic Trust for $3,205,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 9/14, $2,950,000 56 El Rey Road B. & M. Margetson to Bacvanski-Gong Trust for $1,681,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 6/83, $295,000

Real Estate Matters Will Palo Alto home prices top $3 million in the next year? by Hadar Guibara alo Alto, one of the more affluent communities in the Bay Area, has registered home prices consistently in the mid-$2 millions for most of the last 12 months. In watching the rise in the median price paid for homes here, it’s not hard to imagine it breaking past $3 million and staying there sometime in the next year, possibly as early as this summer. In April, we saw the second-highest median price on Palo Alto homes in more than two years. Looking at prices in the last three Aprils, the direction is clear: Q April 2013: $2,216,000 Q April 2014: $2,360,000 Q April 2015: $2,657,500

The highest monthly median during this period came in January 2015, when the price hit $3,095,000. Across the last 12 months, median Redwood City

home prices averaged $2,542,500, up $411,125 or 19.3% from $2,131,375 in the 12 previous months. January 2014, with a price of $1,996,000, was the last month in which prices peaked at under $2 million. Since that time, the monthly price has been no lower than $2,218,000, which was recorded in May 2014.

Low inventory not a factor Shrinking inventory is often named as a key factor in rising home prices. But the number of homes on the market in Palo Alto has remained steady as prices have gone up. Ninety properties were available in April 2015. A year earlier, there were 97. A year before that, there were 94. Throughout the year ending in April, there were 824 total listings, down from 928 between May 2013 and April 2014. This represents a little tightening in the market but not enough to be a notable cause for the increased prices being paid for homes. Compare April 2013 inventory levels with those from April 2015 in some other area communities: Q Palo Alto 2013: 94; 2015: 90

to Monier Trust for $1,050,000 on 4/23/15; previous sale 5/78, $80,000 76 Nevada St. Navarro Trust to G. Gallo for $1,625,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 9/02, $763,000 31 Pelican Lane Costes Trust to G. Izadi for $600,000 on 4/24/15;

636 Bair Island Road #306 S. Greenberg to V. Pereira for $1,025,000 on 4/24/15; previous sale 7/12, $665,000 1206 Johnson St. W. & C. Neufeld to J. & M. Breslin for $1,012,000 on 4/22/15 1771 Maryland St. Bruns Trust

previous sale 7/05, $538,000 333 Redwood Ave. J. Aguilar to S & L Trust for $946,000 on 4/22/15; previous sale 8/05, $769,000 180 Santa Clara Ave. B. & T. Lovazzano to Eisenhut Trust for $1,100,000 on 4/23/15; previous sale 2/14, $965,000

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Menlo Park: 105/58 Atherton: 68/26 Mountain View: 45/38 Portola Valley: 41/22 Woodside: 78/45

The numbers from these communities typify what’s happening in the majority of Silicon Valley cities and towns. In the middle of it all, Palo Alto’s inventory of homes hasn’t changed much. The market averaged 70.2 listed homes per month in the 12 months ending in April 2015. In the year ending April 2014, the monthly average was 77.3. As May came to a close, there were 28 single-family homes on the market in Palo Alto with list prices ranging from $998,000 to $7,998,000. Among these homes, fewer than a third — nine — were priced below $3 million. If demand for homes here remains consistent and prices continue their upward trend, it’s possible that 2015 will be the year we see median prices paid for homes topping $3 million and staying in that zone. Q Hadar Guibara is a Realtor with Sereno Group of Palo Alto. She can be reached at hadar@serenogroup.com.

654 Sea Anchor Drive #2302 One Marina Homes to L. Rebeiro for $1,057,000 on 4/24/15 658 Sea Anchor Drive #2602 One Marina Homes to G. Walia for $944,500 on 4/28/15 479 Sequoia Ave. R. Mann to F. & K. Lewis for $1,395,000 on 4/27/15; previous sale 11/09,

$500,000 27 Woodhill Drive Klineberg Trust to Ho Trust for $2,318,000 on 4/23/15; previous sale 8/95, $845,000 1126 Woodside Road Gregori Trust to C. & W. Forest for $700,000 on 4/23/15; previous sale 7/04, $505,000

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DELEON REALTY SUMMER SPLASH

DeLeon Realty is excited to announce the July Summer Splash. Buyers often want to buy homes during the summer so they can get settled before the new school year. However, real estate agents have traditionally advised sellers to wait until the fall because the low inventory causes buyers to lose focus. In response to what buyers and sellers want, DeLeon Realty is breaking with tradition and releasing some of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best listings between July 13th and July 26th. There will be special incentives for anyone who buys a DeLeon listing during the Summer Splash, including a $5,000 gift FHUWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWH WR )OHJHOÂˇV ,QWHULRU 'HVLJQ +RPH )XUQLVKLQJV 7KDWÂˇV ULJKW 'H/HRQ 5HDOW\ ZLOO DWWUDFW PRUH BUYERS by giving them $5,000 to spend at one of Silicon Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best furniture stores. Check out the next issue of The DeLeon Insight or visit www.DeLeonRealty.com for more information. Give us a call at 650.488.7325 if you would like to list your home during our Summer Splash.

Disclaimer: This is a limited time offer. This promotion only applies to homes originally listed by the DeLeon Team between the dates of July 13, 2015 and July 26, 2015 as part of the Summer Splash. The home must be in contract by July 31, 2015. The transaction must close by September 1, 2015 and the Gift Certificate must be used by March 31, 2016. There is no cash value to the certificate. Lost certificates will not be replaced. The certificate will be issued in the Buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names and they are non-transferable. Please check our website at www.deleonrealty.com for further details.

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his visually stunning nearly 7,600 sq ft modern home is situated in a fully landscaped 3.01-acre quiet private sanctuary on one of Woodside’s most prestigious corridors within easy access to Sand Hill Road and I-280 and with some of the West’s best cycling and hiking right out your front door. The home was extensively upgraded by the current owners to create a must-see showcase of indoor/outdoor design features which include a peaceful museum-inspired courtyard entry, a dramatic high-ceilinged interior atrium and large living room with panoramic views of the Western Hills, an extensively upgraded kitchen, an elegant dual bathroom master suite and a fully redesigned pool and entertaining area.

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111 Pacchetti Way, Mountain View Offered at $798,000 Bright, Updated Condo Enjoys Prime Location Complemented by a serene neighborhood with excellent proximity to local amenities, this updated 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom tri-level condominium offers 1,080 sq. ft. (per county). Inside, you will find fine, bright spaces lined with dual-pane windows. On the main level, a light-filled living room adjoins a raised sitting area, and the beautiful open kitchen offers a sun-lit dining area, granite countertops, and stainless-steel appliances. Upstairs awaits a bedroom with soaring ceilings, a full bathroom, and a master suite boasting dramatic ceilings and a private bathroom with dual vanities. A half bath and a tandem two-car garage with a laundry area form the lower level. Within this terrific neighborhood, you will enjoy access to three parks and a swimming pool with a spa. The home is within walking distance of San Antonio Shopping Center and the Milk Pail Market, and also nearby Caltrain and Rengstorff Park. Excellent schools include Covington Elementary (API 975), Egan Junior (API 976), and Los Altos High (API 895) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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ontemporary loft-like living with lush treetop views in sought-after downtown Palo Alto complex. Desirable 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom corner unit on the 4th floor. Walls of floor-to-ceiling windows, an open floor plan and abundant natural light create an inviting space with gorgeous hardwood floors, and modern kitchen. All nestled in the heart of downtown with easy stroll to Stanford, restaurants, shopping, & transportation. The best modern conveniences Palo Alto has to offer. 24-hr security, pool, exercise room & more.

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ove right in to this beautifully updated one bedroom, one bath condominium overlooking the park-like grounds at the well-maintained Menlo Commons complex. New hardwood floors, stone countertops, appliances, vanity, lighting and stone tile in bathroom. Attractive custom built-in cabinet in living room can accommodate TV, stereo, books and files. Menlo Commons has a pool, hot tub and clubhouse. Residents must be 55+ years of age. Close to Stanford, Sharon Heights Shops, and transportation. Truly one of the best values in Menlo Park.

Offered at $525,000

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Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Sq. ft. and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. Neither seller nor listing agent has verified this information. • Palo Alto Weekly • June 12, 2015 • Page 53 If this information is important to buyer in determining whether to buy or the purchase price, buyer should conductwww.PaloAltoOnline.com buyer’s own investigation.

2139 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto Offered at $1,788,000 Stylish Home Boasts Rooftop Terrace A one-of-a-kind terrace tops this remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home of 1,144 sq. ft. (per county), which also features a detached one-car garage with an additional bathroom and a lot of 3,124 sq. ft. (per city). Inside, rich details include Porcelanosa tiles, LED lighting, a Nest thermostat, Andersen dual-pane windows, and a speaker system that connects to the rooftop. Offering a wall-mounted fireplace, the living room is ringed with clerestory windows and adjoins the curved kitchen, which includes quartz countertops, wrap-around bar seating, and stainlesssteel appliances. Both indoor bathrooms feature glass-topped vanities, and the master suite includes dual vanities, a heated bathroom floor, and a jaw-dropping walk-in closet. The incredible rooftop terrace offers a fire-pit, a hot tub, and an outdoor kitchen with granite countertops. Just steps from Cameron Park, the home is also near Stanford University and California Avenue. Escondido Elementary (API 927) is within walking distance and Jordan Middle (API 934) and Palo Alto High (API 905) are also close by (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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OPEN SUNDAY 118 SELBY LANE, ATHERTON Fabulous new construction in West Atherton www.118Selby.com | $14,980,000

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984 Monte Rosa Drive, Menlo Park $2,695,000 3 BD / 3 BA / 3,270 SF / LOT 18,500 SF

2151 Ashton Ave, Menlo Park $1,635,000 3+ BD / 2 BA

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New Listing in Sharon Heights. Privacy in parklike setting, Lovingly maintained, Excellent Las Lomitas Schools

Large Family Room addition plus in law studio attached to house. Ready for you to remodel or start over. Excellent Las Lomitas schools, Pretty street with many new houses.

Prime location in complex, open ﬂoor plan, granite tile counter tops, hardwood ﬂooring on lower level. Large master suite, large patio, in unit laundry, one-car garage + one assigned parking.

Jennifer Pollock, 650.867.0609 Deanna Tarr, 415.999.1232

Carolyn Rianda, 650.400.8361

Jennifer Pollock, 650.867.0609 Deanna Tarr, 415.999.1232

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5 or 6 bedrooms, 5 full baths, and 2 half-baths Approximately 12,840 sq. ft. of living space

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918VANAUKEN.COM NUMBERS Offered at $1,988,000 Home: 1,368 sq ft Lot: 8,269 sq ft

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AMENITIES Close to Midtown shopping Near to Ohlone School and Greer Park Easy 101 access SCHOOLS Palo Verde Elementary Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle Palo Alto High

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MODERN RETREAT IN THE HEART OF PROFESSORVILLE

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650 520 6290 hammer@zanemac.com CalBRE # 01311853

OVERVIEW Open Floor Plan High Ceilings Excellent Natural Light Throughout Two Family Rooms Red Oak Floors Garage Converted to Gym Lush Formal Gardens: Kingsbury Garden Designs Architect: Sutton-Suzuki Painting: Blue Star New Roof: Cosmos Roofing AMENITIES Walk to Downtown Lucie Stern Community Center Rinconada Park Close to 101 SCHOOLS Walter Hays Elementary Jordan Middle Palo Alto High

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1975WEBSTER.COM NUMBERS Offered at $6,700,000 Home: 3,038 sq ft Lot: 10,000 sq ft – 90’x110’ 4 Bedrooms 3 Baths OVERVIEW Interiors by: Turner and Martin Covered Patios Indoor/Outdoor Living 2 Car Garage High-end Finishes Throughout Mature Landscaping for Privacy AMENITIES Highly Desirable Neighborhood Walk to the Community Center Walk to Downtown Walk to CalTrain and California Ave. SCHOOLS Walter Hays Elementary Jordan Middle

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46 Fair Oaks Lane, Atherton Offered at $3,488,000 Gated Craftsman Home, Beautifully Restored Flaunting period details, this 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Craftsman-style home of 2,680 sq. ft. (per county) covers a lot of 0.62 acres (per county). Two gates open to a semi-circular driveway, leading to this home adorned with 10-foot coved ceilings, white oak floors, antique fixtures, and picture molding. Pocket doors open to a formal living room with a fireplace and a formal dining room with a bronze stove. The elegantly remodeled kitchen adjoins a butler’s pantry, a walk-in pantry, and a light-filled breakfast room. Three beautiful bedrooms include the master suite, which features two closets, a sunroom, and a newly remodeled bathroom. These gorgeous grounds enjoy large outdoor entertainment areas, plus new landscaping, a fountain, rosebushes, vegetable planters, and a detached garage. Other highlights include an updated hall bathroom and a lower-level bonus room. Walking distance from Caltrain, the home is also steps from Holbrook-Palmer Park and the Atherton Library. Excellent nearby schools like Encinal Elementary (API 930), Hillview Middle (API 950), and Menlo-Atherton High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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180 Escobar Road, Portola Valley Offered at $2,988,000 Home Enjoys Treehouse-Like Grandeur Enjoy treetop luxury living within this 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 2,430 sq. ft. (per county) on a lot of 4.3 acres (per county). Offering an exotic multi-level structure in an intimate woodland environment, this home provides natural hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, and terrific views from almost every window. Oversized windows and a carved stone mantelpiece enhance the great room, which shares beamed ceilings with the romantic raised dining area. The light-filled kitchen provides a breakfast nook and fine appliances like a Sub-Zero refrigerator. A lowerlevel bedroom forms the ideal in-law suite, while the exciting master suite balances cathedral ceilings and a stunning, sky-lit bathroom. Outdoor attractions include a lap pool, a private trail through the property, and broad rear decks offering incredible bay views. Other features include a three-car carport, an office, and original stainedglass windows. This home is just minutes from Interstate 280 and Ladera Shopping Center. Terrific nearby schools include Ormondale Elementary (API 923), Corte Madera (API 937), and Woodside High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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Palo Alto $7,998,000 Elegant, yet comfortable. Gracious floor plan.5400 sq. ft, 10,000 lot. www.643Tennyson.com 6 BR/4 BA Nancy Goldcamp CalBRE #00787851 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $5,495,000 1523 Hamilton Ave 2-Level Custom Home Built by Current Owners in 2012. Amazing Grand Chef ’s Kit. Large Lot 4 BR/4 BA Greg Stange CalBRE #01418179 650.325.6161

Los Altos $4,500,000 Commercial Bldg Los Altos Vault & Safe Depository. www.121FirstStreet.com. Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Woodside $3,500,000 900 Midglen Way, Private retreat surrounded by trees. Chic kitch, lustrous great room, lavish dining area. John Nelson 650-323-7751 jnelson@cbnorcal.com

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $3,195,000 1231 Whitaker Wy Charming hme, fantastic cul-de-sac location. Lg landscaped lot & patio for entertaining. 4 BR/2.5 BA Erika Demma CalBRE #01230766 650.851.2666

Woodside $2,695,000 Built in late 90’s on 1/3 ac. Remod Tri-level, 2 car grg. Bonus wrk/ office area. WDS Schl. 4 BR/2.5 BA Margot Lockwood CalBRE #01017519 650.851.2666

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,495,000 2240 Camino A Los Cerros Tranquil retreat. Chef ’s kitch, DR & spacious FR overlook private oasis w/ lawn & gardens. 4 BR/2.5 BA John Alexander CalBRE #00938234 650.323.7751

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,788,000 3 Oliver Ct Exquisite +/-2680 sq.ft. TH with den in desirable Sharon Heights w/mountain views 2 BR/2.5 BA Fereshteh Khodadad CalBRE #00851932 650.325.6161

Menlo Park Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,695,000 2010 Santa Cruz Ave Mediterranean style on a large lot. Minutes to Stanford. Top Menlo Park Schools. 4 BR/2.5 BA Sophie Kirk/Pat McDonnell 650.324.4456 CalBRE #01926401/01926896

Redwood City $1,495,000 Approximately 2,370 sq ft. Situated on a 6,900 sq ft lot in beautiful Emerald Hills. 4 BR/2.5 BA Julie Ray CalBRE #01881349 650.324.4456

Menlo Park $1,435,000 This remodeled home has it all! Close to Facebook w/ guest cottage & chef ’s kitchen! 3 BR/2.5 BA Enayat Boroumand CalBRE #01235734 650.324.4456

San Mateo $1,250,000 20 Years of Experience! Great opportunity. 1 car garage unit. Large lot w/ plenty of parking & storage. 2 BR/1 BA Cristina Bliss CalBRE #01189105 650.324.4456

Menlo Park Sun 1 - 4 $779,000 165 E. O’Keefe #18 Lovely gated town home featuring a remodeled kitchen, fireplace, mstr ste, patio & pool. 2 BR/2 BA Valerie Trenter CalBRE #01367578 650.323.7751

San Mateo Sat/Sun 1:30 - 3:30 $725,000 817 S Bayshore Newly built condo with tall ceilings. Minutes to downtown, Caltrain, and Bay Trail. 2 BR/2.5 BA Tammy Patterson CalBRE #01931758 650.325.6161

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FIND YOUR PLACE ATHERTON $11,499,000

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7 Trinity Ct Sat/Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

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$1,988,000 323-1111

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984 Monte Rosa Dr $2,695,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200 1807 Doris Dr Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

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116 Flynn Ave D Sat/Sun Sereno Group

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111 Pacchetti Way Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

$798,000 543-8500

101 E. Middlefield Rd. #1 Sat/Sun Sereno Group

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115 Announcements DID YOU KNOW Information is power and content is King? Your doorway to statewide Public Notices, California Newspaper Publishers Association Smart Search Feature. Sign-up, Enter keywords and sit back and let public notices come to you on your mobile, desktop, and tablet. For more information call Cecelia @ (916) 288-6011 or www.capublicnotice.com (Cal-SCAN) Pregnant? Thinking of adoption? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abbyâ€™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)

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Having Sleep Problems? If you are 60 years or older, you may be eligible to participate in a study of Non-Drug Treatments for Insomnia sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, and conducted at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Medical Center. Participants will receive extensive sleep evaluation, individual treatment, and reimbursement for participation. For more information, please call Stephanie or Ryan at (650) 849-0584. (For general information about participant rights, contact 866-680-2906.)

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210 Garage/Estate Sales Menlo Park, 1765 Oak Ave, March 14 & 15 10-2 Menlo Park, 921 Lucky Ave., June 13 & 14, 9-4 Palo Alto, 2729 Waverley St., June 6 & 7, 10 - 5 Palo Alto, 4000 Middlefield Road, June 13 & 14, 10-4

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Piano Lessons Quality Piano Lessons in Menlo Park. Call (650)838-9772 Alita Lake

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Technology Hewlett-Packard Company is accepting resumes for the position of Electrical/Hardware Engineer in Palo Alto, CA (Ref. #PALAHCY1). Design, develop, modify and evaluate electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment. Mail resume to HewlettPackard Company, 5400 Legacy Drive, MS H1-2F-25, Plano, TX 75024. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address and mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

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Jobs 500 Help Wanted Business Hewlett-Packard Company is accepting resumes for the position of Process and Capabilities Developer in Palo Alto, CA (Ref. #PALEAPF1). Communicate strategic process decisions and plans, program status, and issues and workarounds in order to achieve alignment with the top level of the business, function, or region, related to account, product and pricing strategies. Mail resume to Hewlett-Packard Company, 5400 Legacy Drive, MS H1-2F-25, Plano, TX 75024. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address and mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. Dry Cleaners in Palo Alto Experienced spotter/presser needed now. 5 days 35 hrs/week. Will train presser. Call 650 329-0998 Engineering Trooly Inc. has the following job opportunity in Palo Alto, CA: Engineering Lead (EL1-CA - Design and develop full stack projects (from systems to front end) for development of core Trooly systems for information processing and management. Send your resume (must reference job title and job code EL1-CA) to Trooly Inc., Attn: Hiring, 101 University Avenue #245, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Labors & Painters Top $$$. Must be a US CITIZEN and valid CA DL. 3-4 years exp. Call 650/322-4166 Technology HP Enterprise Services, LLC is accepting resumes for the position of Technology Consultant in Palo Alto, CA (Ref. #ESPALNAMH1). Provide technology consulting to customers and internal project teams. Provide technical support and/or leadership in creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to meet customers’ business needs and, consequently, for understanding customers’ businesses. Mail resume to HP Enterprise Services, LLC, 5400 Legacy Drive, MS H1-2F-25, Plano, TX 75024. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address and mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

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636 Insurance Auto Insurance starting at $25/month. Call 855-977-9537 Lowest Prices Health and Dental Insurance. We have the best rates from top companies! Call Now! 888-989-4807. (CalSCAN)

Home Services 715 Cleaning Services Delma’s House Cleaning Gloria’s Housecleaning Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. Own supplies. Great refs., affordable rates. 650/704-1172

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748 Gardening/ Landscaping A. Barrios Garden Maintenance *Weekly or every other week *Irrigation systems *Clean up and hauling *Tree removal *Refs. 650/771-0213; 392-9760 Answers on page 68

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J. Garcia Garden Maintenance Service Free est. 21 years exp. 650/366-4301 or 650/346-6781

775 Asphalt/ Concrete Roe General Engineering Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, artificial turf. 36 yrs exp. No job too small. Lic #663703. 650/814-5572

779 Organizing Services

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757 Handyman/ Repairs Handyman Services Lic. 249558. Plumb, elect., masonry, carpentry, landscape. 40+ years exp. Pete Rumore, 650/823-0736; 650/851-3078

825 Homes/Condos for Sale Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000 Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000 Sunnyvale, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000

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PALO ALTO CREAMERY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604852 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Palo Alto Creamery, located at 566 Emerson St., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ROBERT FISCHER 566 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/15/09. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 13, 2015. (PAW May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 2015) REPOSADO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604853 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Reposado, located at 236 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ROBERT S. FISCHER 566 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/30/08. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 13, 2015. (PAW May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 2015) MILESTONE FINANCIAL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604981 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Milestone Financial, located at 4970 El Camino Real #230, Los Altos, CA 94022, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): BEAR BRUIN VENTURES, INC. 4970 El Camino Real #230 Los Altos, CA 94022 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 May 18, 2015. (PAW May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 2015) LITTLE BYTES PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604996 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Little Bytes Pediatric Dentistry, located at 853 Middlefield Rd., Suite 2, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MICHELLE HAGHPANAH, D.D.S., M.P.H., P.C. 3732 Feather Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 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 May 18, 2015. (PAW June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015) CONNECTING PEOPLE CP FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604276 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Connecting People, 2.) CP, located at 780 Maplewood Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): CHRISTOPHER PERALTA 780 Maplewood Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business

name(s) listed above on 4/27/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 28, 2015. (PAW May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 2015) PALO ALTO VINEYARD CHURCH FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604880 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Palo Alto Vineyard Church, located at 744 San Antonio Road # 22, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF THE PENINSULA 445 Sherman Ave., Suite S 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 May 14, 2015. (PAW May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 2015) BCU GROUP BLOCKCHAIN UNIVERSITY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604189 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) BCU Group, 2.) Blockchain University, located at 1172 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041, 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): BCU GROUP LLC 1172 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/1/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 24, 2015. (PAW May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 2015) PEACEFUL PATHWAYS IN HOME PET EUTHANASIA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 605015 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Peaceful Pathways in Home Pet Euthanasia, located at 3414 Bryant St., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JENNIFER WINNICK, DVM 3414 Bryant St. 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 May 19, 2015. (PAW May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 2015) SAN JOSE SWIM AND SPORT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 604666 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: San Jose Swim and Sport, located at 421 N. 1st. St., San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): TEAM SHEEPER SWIM & SPORT, INC. 501 Laurel St. Menlo Park, CA 94025 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 May 8, 2015. (PAW May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 2015) THE COPPERSMITH FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 605094 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: The Coppersmith, located at 233 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, 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): PALO ALTO BUSINESS GROUP LLC 547 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/21/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 21, 2015. (PAW May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 2015)

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MEYERS WEALTH MANAGEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 605263 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Meyers Wealth Management, located at 550 Hamilton Ave., #210, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): DAVID S. MEYERS 455 Grant Ave. #14 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 26, 2015. (PAW June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015) PALO ALTO WEEKLY PALOALTOONLINE.COM MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE MV-VOICE.COM FOGSTER.COM EMBARCADERO MEDIA TRI-VALLEY MEDIA THE ALMANAC ALMANACNEWS.COM PLEASANTON WEEKLY PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 605493 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Palo Alto Weekly, 2.) Paloaltoonline. com, 3.) Mountain View Voice, 4.) MV-Voice.com, 5.) Fogster.com, 6.) Embarcadero Media, 7.) Tri-Valley Media, 8.) The Almanac, 9.) Almanacnews. com, 10.) Pleasanton Weekly, 11.) Pleasantonweekly.com, located at 450 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): EMBARCADERO MEDIA 450 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/15/2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 29, 2015. (PAW June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 14-21741-SP-CA Title No. 140602337-CA-MAI ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR ONLY PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/07/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Judith A Wilczak, and Joseph L Wilczak, wife and husband as joint tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 05/30/2007 as Instrument No. 19449587 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 06/19/2015 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the North Market Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 191 North Market

Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,862,485.50 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 26101 Duval Way, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022-4463 A.P.N.: 175-48-060 and 175-48-059 PARCEL ONE: PARCEL A, AS SHOWN ON THAT MAP ENTITLED, “RECORD OF SURVEY OF PORTION OF LOTS 33 AND 34, SUBDIVISION OF LOT 3, TAAFFE PARTITION (1/70) AND PORTION OF LOT 1, M and M TAAFFE SUBDIVISION (1/72)”, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON AUGUST 18, 1976 IN BOOK 376 OF MAPS, AT PAGE 48. PARCEL TWO: ALL OF THAT NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR ROAD PURPOSES, AND INCIDENTAL THERETO, CONVEYED TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 30, 1962 IN BOOK 5812, PAGE 25 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PORTION OF LOT 35, AS SAID LOT IS SHOWN UPON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED, “MAP OF THE SUBDIVISION LOT 3 OF THE TAAFFE PARTITION IN RANCHO LA PURISSIMA CONCEPTION”, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, ON AUGUST 6, 1897 IN BOOK 1 OF MAPS AT PAGES 70 AND 71, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING FOR REFERENCE AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 35; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT SOUTH 27 DEGREES 43’ 47” EAST 20.42 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF ROBLEDA AVENUE AS SAID AVENUE IS SHOWN UPON SAID MAP; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE NORTH 50 DEGREES 16’ 03” EAST, 41.46 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 75 DEGREES 26’ 15” EAST, 152.08 FEET TO THE GENERAL NORTHERLY LINE OF DUVAL WAY (50.00 FEET WIDE); THENCE ALONG LAST SAID LINE SOUTH 58 DEGREES 43’ 57” EAST, 9.47 FEET, ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 429.97 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 16 DEGREES 00’ 00”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 120.07 FEET, SOUTH 42 DEGREES 43’ 57” EAST, 115.76 FEET, ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 109.99 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 50 DEGREES 30’ 05”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 96.95 FEET, NORTH 86 DEGREES 45’ 58” EAST, 40.00 FEET, AND ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 169.99 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 17 DEGREES 12’ 17”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 51.04 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE, SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT. THENCE FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS SOUTH 76 DEGREES 01’ 45” EAST, ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 20.00 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 64 DEGREES 54’ 52”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 22.66 FEET; THENCE NORTH 39 DEGREES 03’ 23” EAST, 53.82 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 67 DEGREES 56’ 37” EAST, 313.11 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 35; THENCE ALONG LAST SAID LINE SOUTH 29 DEGREES 41’ 32” EAST, 38.77 FEET; THENCE NORTH 67 DEGREES 56’ 37” WEST, 310.99 FEET; THENCE ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 20.00 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 73 DEGREES 00’ 00”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 25.48 FEET; THENCE ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 20.00 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 94 DEGREES 59’ 49”, AN ARE LENGTH OF 33.16 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY CONTINUATION OF THE CURVE DESCRIBED ABOVE WITH THE RADIUS OF 169.99 FEET; THENCE ALONG LAST SAID CURVE FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS NORTH 55 DEGREES 56’ 26” WEST, ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 169.99 FEET, THOUGH AN ANGLE OF 20 DEGREES 05’ 19”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 59.60 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT. PARCEL THREE: ALL OF THAT EASEMENT FOR ROAD PURPOSES AND INCIDENTS THERETO, CONVEYED TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY PARCEL 2 OF THE DEED RECORDED NOVEMBER 30, 1962 IN VOLUME 5812, PAGE 21 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING FOR REFERENCE AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 35; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT SOUTH 27 DEGREES 43’ 47” EAST 20.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION THEREOF WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF ROBLEDA AVENUE AS SAID AVENUE IS SHOWN UPON SAID MAP, SAID POINT OF BEING THE TRUE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE NORTH 50 DEGREES 16’ 03” EAST, 41.46 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 75 DEGREES 26’ 15” EAST, 152.08 FEET TO THE GENERAL NORTHERLY LINE OF DUVAL

WAY (50.00 FEET WIDE); THENCE ALONG LAST SAID LINE SOUTH 58 DEGREES 43’ 57” EAST, 9.47 FEET, ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 429.97 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 16 DEGREES 00’ 00”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 120.07 FEET, SOUTH 42 DEGREES 43’ 57” EAST, 115.76 FEET; ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 109.99 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 50 DEGREES 30’ 05”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 96.96 FEET, N. 86 DEGREES 45’ 58” E. 40.00 FEET, AND ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 109.99 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 17’ 36”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 110.64 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 34 DEGREES 03’ 34” WEST, 50.00 FEET TO THE GENERAL SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID DUVAL WAY; THENCE ALONG LAST SAID LINE FROM A TANGENT THAT BEARS NORTH 55 DEGREES 56’ 26” WEST, 40.00 FEET, ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 159.99 FEET, THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 50 DEGREES 30’ 05”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 141.02 FEET, NORTH 42 DEGREES 43’ 57” WEST, 115.76 FEET, AND ALONG A TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 379.98 FEET; THROUGH AN ANGLE OF 11 DEGREES 37’ 33”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 77.10 FEET; THENCE NORTH 75 DEGREES 26’ 15” WEST, 174.45 FEET TO SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 35; THENCE ALONG LAST SAID LINE NORTH 27 DEGREES 43’ 47” WEST, 35.60 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or beneficiary pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) declares that the mortgagee, beneficiary or the mortgagee’s or beneficiary’s authorized agent has either contacted the borrower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5/2923.55. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/ sales, using the file number assigned to this case 14-21741-SP-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 05/20/2015 Tiffany and Bosco, P.A. As agent for National Default Servicing Corporation 1230 Columbia Street, Suite 680 San Diego, CA 92101 Phone 888-264-4010 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website: www. ndscorp.com/sales Lana Kacludis, Trustee Sales Supervisor A-4525928 05/29/2015, 06/05/2015, 06/12/2015 PAW

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THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA In the matter of the Adoption Request of Santhosh Kumar Manayilakath, on Behalf of Disha Kumar, a minor CITATION TO APPEAR Case No.: 114AD023637 The People of the State of California To VINAY KUMAR NEVATIA: By order of this court, you are hereby cited to appear before the judge presiding in Department 10 of this court on 07/13/2015 at 11:00 AM, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why Disha Kumar, a minor, should not be declared free from your parental control according to the petition on file herein to free the minor for adoption. The address of the court is : SUPERIOR COURT 191 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113. The following information concerns rights and procedures that relate to this proceeding for the termination of custody and control of Disha Kumar a set forth in Section 7822 of the Family Code. (1) At the beginning of the proceeding, the court will consider whether or not the interests of Disha Kumar require the appointment of counsel. If the court finds that the interests of Disha Kumar do require such protection, the court will appoint counsel to represent the minor, whether or not the minor is able to afford counsel. Disha Kumar will not be present in court unless the minor so requests or the court so orders. (2) If a parent of Disha Kumar appears without counsel and is unable to afford counsel, the court must appoint counsel for parent, unless the parent knowingly and intelligently waives the right be represented by counsel. The court will not appoint the same counsel to represent both Disha Kumar and the minor’s parent.

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(3) The Court may appoint either the public defender or private counsel. If private counsel is appointed, he or she will receive a reasonable sum for compensation and expenses, the amount of which will be determined by the court. That amount must be paid by the real parties in interest, but not by the minor, in such proportions as the court believes to be just. If, however, the court finds that any of the real parties in interest cannot afford counsel, the amount will be paid by the county. (4) The Court may continue the proceeding for not more than 30 days as necessary to appoint counsel and to enable counsel to become acquainted with the case. Dated: 5/29/15 David H. Yamasaki Chief Executive Officer/Clerk By: M. Deguzman Deputy Clerk (PAW June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015)

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