Palo Alto Weekly June 19, 2015

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Vol. XXXVI, Number 37 Q June 19, 2015

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Pulse 16 Transitions 17 Spectrum 18 Eating 30 Movies 31 Puzzles 51 Q Arts Teen theater academy presents ’’Twas Brillig’

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Local news, information and analysis

Council split on office-growth cap Members struggle to reach consensus on proposed law

by Gennady Sheyner he goal may be clear, but the that would limit new office and details continue to bedevil the research-and-development space Palo Alto City Council, which in downtown, around California struggled on Monday night to reach Avenue and along El Camino Real a consensus about a proposed cap to 50,000 square feet annually.

While the council agreed on on new office development.

In its longest meeting of the year, Monday on several crucial details, the council debated the specifics of it ran into a stalemate on a techan ordinance that the entire council nical question with far-reaching endorsed earlier this year — one implications: Should the cap apply

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to portions of the city where the council plans to perform “coordinated area plans” aimed at crafting a community vision for land use?

With Councilman Tom DuBois recusing himself from the discussion, the council agonized over the question and after four separate 4-4 votes, agreed to punt the question to the Planning and Transportation Commission.

The council’s discussion underscored the complex nature of

the office-cap proposal, which was prompted by a recent surge of development in the city’s most prominent commercial areas.

Since 2001, the California Avenue district has added 234,002 square feet of office space, while downtown saw its share go up by 31,586 square feet. The trend has accelerated in the last four years, with several dense new developments around California Avenue winning approval, frustrating residents who

have seen the traffic and parking conditions in the area deteriorate.

To remedy the situation, the council is pursuing an “urgency ordinance” that would contain growth and establish a competitive process for evaluating new projects. Over the course of an at times tense discussion, the council reached a consensus: an exemption for office projects small(continued on page 10)

BUSINESS

Stanford Driving School closes; students stranded Thousands of refunds remain in limbo

by Sue Dremann ne of the Bay Area’s oldest any lessons but had recently paid driving schools suddenly — and all were inconvenienced closed its doors last month, significantly,” Levine wrote in an and hundreds of parents and stu- email to the Weekly.

News of Stanford’s closing surdent drivers are feeling ditched by the side of the road, former clients prised some rivals, who said they have been scrambling to keep up are saying.

A Palo Alto mainstay, Stanford with the influx of former Stanford Driving School shut down on May clients and even to hire a few of the 18, leaving parents and students employees who are now out of work.

Karla Valentine, manager at Bay scrambling to get their money back — and to get into new schools dur- Cities Driving School in Redwood ing a peak time for driving lessons. City, said her company and other At the heart of the closure is a dis- driving schools are trying to help pute between business owner Gary Stanford students transfer their credL. Morris of GLM Group, Inc., and its so they won’t have to start over. its would-be owner, Cathy Sechrist Student drivers can transfer credof Sechrist Enterprises LLC. Se- its for lessons already taken if they christ pulled out of escrow after the have a letter on the Stanford Driving deal went awry, she told the Weekly. School letterhead certifying the numStanford Driving School was ber of completed hours, she said.

Only students under 18 years old one of the largest in the area, with about 14 employees, according need the transfer letter. They have to Sechrist. An employee from one year from the day they got another local driving school esti- their learner’s permit to finish their mated it served hundreds, if not driving lessons. All that is required is six hours of driving-school trainmore than a thousand, students.

Ruth Levine of Los Altos signed ing and 50 hours of driving with a up with Stanford for eight hours of parent or guardian, she said.

Some parents said they have driving lessons for her 16-year-old son, Eli, paying hundreds of dollars. received the letters, which were After two sessions and then sched- promised to clients in a message uling a third, she tried to get in touch left on the Stanford phone: “A letwith the school last month. That’s ter will be mailed to you regarding when she realized the website was hours completed at our school.”

But Palo Alto resident Ben Ledown, the building on El Camino Real was empty and it was impos- nail said the notice did not mention a refund. sible to reach anyone, she said.

“It was an extremely short letter.

“Turns out they closed more or less overnight without any expla- It was not signed by any person. nation, leaving us and many other There was no phone number, no families high and dry. Eventually, name, no email, no address. It was after multiple emails, they respond- like a legal notice. It said, ‘Sorry ed with a letter documenting the for the inconvenience’ he said.

It’s not just students and their lessons so that we could go to another school, pay again and finish families who are feeling burned by what has transpired; Sechrist the sessions required for a license.

“Many neighbors of ours also lost money — some hadn’t gotten (continued on page 12)

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Veronica Weber

Hello, high-tech East Palo Alto Mayor Lisa Gauthier, center right, laughs while getting ready for a photo with other City Council members and developer John Sobrato, far left, during the June 17 groundbreaking for University Square, a planned four-story office building on Donohoe Street near University Avenue. Sobrato expects to lease the building to a high-tech company. Read all about the development on PaloAltoOnline.com.

EDUCATION

Stanford graduate, 93, finally gets diploma WWII veteran, educator experiences long-awaited moment his past Sunday at Stanford University’s commencement for the Graduate School of Education, located in the West Oval Grove, around 200 students walked the stage to receive their respective degrees. The last student was Bonnie Gould, who happily picked up the diploma that he earned ... 61 years ago.

Gould — now 93 years old with six children, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren — received his master’s degree in education from Stanford in 1954. However, he did not attend the graduation ceremony. At that time, he had several children and was working for the Redwood City School District, which all “(demanded) a

certain amount of attention,” he said. Gould didn’t think missing the ceremony was too big of a deal and “didn’t feel it was necessary.”

This piece of information came to light some six decades later when his granddaughter-in-law Crystal Sturgis was working on a documentary about Gould, who is her husband Cosmo’s grandfather. Sturgis said she comes from a large family and loves to hear about others’ life stories.

“It drove me to learning about Cosmo and his past and his extended family,” Sturgis said.

Gould was born on Aug. 20, 1921, into a large family in Savona, (continued on page 15)

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Bonnie Gould, 93, prepares to walk the stage at the School of Education Commencement at Stanford University on June 14. Gould, a retired Redwood City School District teacher and administrator, received his master’s degree in 1954 but never picked up his diploma.

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We’re playing a game we shouldn’t be playing.

Eric Filseth, Palo Alto City Councilman, on granting exceptions to the city’s codes. See story on page 9.

Around Town

POP QUIZ ... What is the last clause of the Palo Alto Unified School District’s vision statement?

What are 10 of the 18 schools’ mascots? When did the last board meeting adjourn? These were just a few of the questions Superintendent Max McGee threw at the school district’s leadership team during an administrative retreat last week in a “So You Think You Know PAUSD” test. The team worked in groups of four or five to answer 10 questions — without use of any technology. Other questions were, “How many of your colleagues in the room are currently actively working on advanced degrees?” and “What percentage of voters voted yes on Measure A?” Another fun fill-in-the-blank section asked them to complete phrases described as “life lessons from Max”: “A. There are always plenty of reasons why something can’t be done, our job is to find a way to __. B. No one stops by just to say __. C. If you always do what you’ve always done, you always __. D. If you’re not at the table you are probably __. E. Only in __.” (The last one is a favorite and frequent phrase used by the Illinois transplant: “Only in Palo Alto.”) Take the quiz yourself at tinyurl.com/q7msmun.

A STORYBOOK ENDING ... After raising $4.8 million to equip and furnish libraries, the Palo Alto Library Foundation has reached its final chapter. The nonprofit, which raised funds to pay for books, computers, DVDs and furniture at the city’s recently rebuilt libraries, declared “Mission Accomplished” after the refurbished Rinconada Library re-opened in February.

This week, the group presented a parting gift to the city, a check for $320,000, and received a special resolution from the City Council.

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Susie Thom and Monique Ziesenhenne said the group received supportfrom 1,973 members of the community, with gifts ranging from $5 to $1.5 million. Earlier this year, the foundation board agreed that with the city’s new library system up and running, it had fulfilled its mission and would dissolve. With many of

the foundation’s 22 past and present board members sitting in the audience, Library Director Monique Le Conge Ziesenhenne expressed her appreciation and described their effort as “truly remarkable.” “I think we have a wonderful library system to show for it,” she said.

Vice Mayor Greg Schmid concurred. “I can’t tell you the number of smiling people I’ve run into in and around our new libraries who’ve said it was worth the wait. ... Thank you for making that happen.”

CONNECTED ... San Mateo County’s Information Services Department announced June 17 that it has completed the roll-out of the first phase of the SMC Public WiFi program, aimed at bringing free Internet access to 11 sites throughout the county, including the David E. Lewis Reentry Center and StreetCode Academy in East Palo Alto. The program is funded by Measure A, a sales tax approved by voters in November 2012, and supports the goals of the county’s Shared Vision 2025, which promotes a prosperous, livable and collaborative community.

The county, along with community groups and private-sector partners, aims to launch 12 new public sites each year for the next two years.

“Before SMC Public WiFi, we were located in the heart of Silicon Valley — we were so close, but we felt so far away,” said Olatunde Sobomehin, director of StreetCode Academy. “Just by providing Internet, we’ve allowed new people, new ideas, and new opportunities to be presented to Silicon Valley and the world.”

TRASH TALKING ... The Palo Alto City Council swiftly and unanimously approved this week a major change to the way local trash will be hauled and treated, adding a new collection service for residential food scraps. Starting this week, the city began placing tags on people’s trash cans explaining that residents as of July 1 can place their banana peels, apple cores and other food scraps along with their soiled paper and yard trimmings into their green bins. The organic waste will then be shipped to San Jose, where it will be anaerobically digested and composted, City Manager James Keene said Monday. The city will hold public meetings on the topic June 24, June 27, July 7 and July 11. More information is available at cityofpaloalto.org/foodscraps. Q

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School board discusses its own practices, new goals in retreat Ten goals proposed, with more discussion to come

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he Palo Alto school board and superintendent spent two days this week looking inward, as they considered their own dynamics and practices, and then to the future, as they drafted a list of new goals for the upcoming school year.

The two-day retreat, facilitated by education consultant and longtime educator Bill Attea, began Tuesday with lengthy discussions about the board’s operations, roles and procedures, from length of meetings to the difference between administrative and policy decisions to be made by the superintendent and board, respectively.

On Tuesday, board member Heidi Emberling offered Superintendent Max McGee’s decision this spring to ban academic classes during early-morning zero period at Gunn High School as emblematic of many of the operational issues the board has been grappling with this year. It highlighted the sometimes confusing difference between a policy issue that the board should handle versus an administrative decision within the superintendent’s authority to make when dealing with intense community pressure on a charged, emotional topic.

After the zero-period issue was raised at a school board meeting and the board decided to bring it back as an agenda item, McGee wrote to the board to suggest he will propose a ban, and the next day he did so. The decision was communicated to students, parents and staff over spring break and only came back to the board as an official agenda item after several board members took issue with a decision they said prematurely cut off an important community discussion they had promised to the public. The board debated Tuesday whether or not it was within the superintendent’s authority to make such a decision and they discussed at length the line between the roles of the board and superintendent. “Is this a policy-level issue or not? Is it a managerial decision or not? We had three people vote at the board meeting to put it on the agenda, but then we didn’t,� Emberling said. “We had many students say ... ‘Can we talk about it?’ “I think a lot of things came up around this issue that we’ve been talking about today because we don’t have clear processes — or maybe the clear processes don’t exist for every single item,� she said.

Attea reminded the board that the superintendent is the “CEO of the district,� charged with pursuing the district’s mission and vision and achieving set goals but is also governed by the policies, or parameters, set by the board.

Board President Melissa Baten Caswell said that historically,

by Elena Kadvany the board has “tried to have less policy and give the superintendent more authority.�

McGee said his staff is also often overwhelmed by board requests for information — often more for verification of something a board member heard from a community member, he said, than “big-ticket items� — and there need to be more clear protocols in place for how to respond to such requests. Attea suggested the board be more disciplined in its requests for staff work, and that if a particularly onerous report is requested, at least three members (a majority) should agree it’s important for McGee to agree to complete it.

Board member Ken Dauber stressed that an eye for efficiency must be balanced with the fact that “the effective functioning of the board and the whole organization depends on well-informed board members.�

He added that “access to information is part of the role of the board members (and) part of the oversight function of board members.�

Questions about the board’s process for requesting items to go on the agenda also came up, with Baten Caswell expressing her own confusion about how it should be done beyond a regular required agendasetting meeting with her, the vice president and McGee. However, there is a board bylaw that states that a board member or member of the public may submit a written request, with any necessary supporting documents, to the superinten-

dent or “designee� at least one week before a scheduled meeting. The board president and superintendent then decide whether the request is “within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board,� the bylaw reads.

Board members typically ask the superintendent, president or vice president to consider an agenda item during the agenda-setting meetings or put it to the full board during board operations, a segment at the very end of their meetings during which they talk about things like events they have or will attend in the community and potential future agenda items. “Is this broken somehow?� Dauber asked of the current process.

They considered “bundling� board requests for agenda items and scheduling in advance three or so times a year to visit them.

The board and McGee also discussed how to handle parents’ reluctance to go straight to teachers with concerns for fear of retaliation. Baten Caswell said, “Almost every parent I know has brought this up in some context.� “Part of the reason is, we don’t have a structured, safe way to give feedback as a parent,� she added.

Parent Christina Schmidt, who serves on a special-education advisory committee, said parents, often frustrated by not receiving a “definitive answer or some type of workable solution,� do choose to go up the chain of command. (continued on page 11)

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City Council (June 15)

Budget: The council approved the proposed budget for fiscal year 2016, which includes increases to the water and refuse rates. Yes: Unanimous Office Cap: The council approved numerous components of a proposed cap on new office development in commercial areas but split 4-4, with DuBois recusing, on whether the cap should apply to areas that are subject to “specific plans,� as proposed by Berman, Kniss, Scharff and Wolbach. The council then voted 5-3 to refer the item to the Planning and Transportation Commission. Yes: Burt, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach No: Berman, Filseth, Schmid Recused: DuBois 441 Page Mill Road:The council approved a new three-story mixed-use development at 441 Page Mill Road. Yes: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach No: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Schmid

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Council Finance Committee (June 16)

Water: The committee recommended approving a 4 percent increase in water rates effective Oct. 1 and a new drought surcharge that the council will have the option of activating at a later date to meet new state restrictions. Yes: Filseth, Kniss, Schmid Absent: Scharff

Board of Education (June 16-17)

Retreat:The board discussed its own governance, management and operations, as well as those of the superintendent and administrative staff. The board also reviewed the 2015 Strategic Plan survey data and drafted a list of tentative district-wide goals for the 2015-16 year. Action: None

Architecral Review Board (June 18)

4200 El Camino: The board discussed a proposal for facade renovations at 4200 El Camino Real and continued its discussion to Aug. 6. Yes: Gooyer, Kim, Lew, Furth Absent: Popp

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Plan for Page Mill building clears final hurdle

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Palo Alto City Council approves new three-story development near one of city’s busiest intersections

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he sizzling construction climate around California Avenue turned even hotter Tuesday morning when the City Council narrowly approved a three-story development near one of Palo Alto’s busiest intersections.

The council voted 5-4, with Mayor Karen Holman, Vice Mayor Greg Schmid and Councilmen Tom DuBois and Eric Filseth dissenting, to approve Norm Schwab’s application for 441 Page Mill Road. Once built, the mixeduse project will replace four dilapidated homes on an eclectic and mostly commercial block just east of the intersection of Page Mill and El Camino Real.

The approval came at a time when new developments are facing significant scrutiny from the council, which now wields a slowgrowth “residentialist” majority. In January, the project at 441 Page Mill was the first to face the new council, which proceeded to pick apart its economic analysis

and kicked the project back for further study.

This time, the outcome was just as suspenseful but more conclusive. Even though the project proposed a higher density than the city’s zoning normally allows and requested two “design-enhancement exceptions,” it managed to overcome the final hurdle and win a favorable vote.

In approving the development, the council acknowledged the changes made by the applicant since the January review. These changes include less office space, more retail space and an increase of apartment units from 10 to 16.

These include five affordablehousing units. The prior proposal included three.

Schwab also agreed in the waning moments of Tuesday’s hearing to designate these five apartments for affordable housing for 50 years rather than 30 years — a change that was proposed by Holman.

Because of the affordable-hous-

ing component, the project was able to take advantage of a state law that automatically grants density bonuses to developers. It also requested design exceptions that would allow a greater setback from the road, creating a larger sidewalk.

Though the council last month took a stand against exemptions, the council majority agreed with Councilman Greg Scharff that in this case the exception was requested to comply with the council’s explicit call last year for wider sidewalks, which makes the circumstances “extraordinary.”

Councilwoman Liz Kniss said the project is “a tough one to vote for” because of the density and the exceptions, but she lauded it for providing more housing and responding to the council’s direction in January.

Councilmen Pat Burt and Scharff each thanked the developer for listening to the council’s January instructions and adjusting the application accordingly. Councilman Marc Berman concurred

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The Palo Alto City Council on Monday approved plans for 441 Page Mill Road, where a mixeduse building with affordable housing will be built. that the applicant did “what’s necessary to meet the criteria.”

Dissenting council members, however, weren’t swayed by the new economic analysis, which confirmed the conclusions of the earlier study. The city’s consultant, Keyser Marston Associates, found that the density concessions requested are financially necessary to provide affordable housing.

But the council’s staunchest residentialists challenged the new economic analysis and argued that the building does not need the added density to build affordable housing

and still be economically feasible.

DuBois said he was concerned about the fact that by approving the project, the city is setting a precedent for acceptable analyses.

“The key question is: Are the concessions necessary?” DuBois said.

“From what I heard from different people, I don’t think they are.”

Council members also raised flags about how the project will affect parking. Several speakers, including area residents, brought up concerns about the issue and spoke out against the project.

Chris Donlay, who lives in the adjacent Ventura neighborhood and who has been surveying the neighborhood’s available parking, handed the council a map showing most blocks in his area are already completely congested.

Though the development would include an underground garage with 91 spaces, Donlay and others argued that this would not prevent workers in the new development from taking up street spots in the residential neighborhood.

“We are a parking lot,” Donlay said. “We’re already there.”

Traffic was also a major theme of the opposition, with several residents urging the council not to approve projects that would further deteriorate the area’s traffic conditions. Barron Park resident Lydia Kou pointed to bottlenecks that exist in the area during rush hour and suggested that cars will start (continued on page 15)

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er than 2,000 square feet, another exemption for small medical offices and the criteria for evaluating competing office projects.

The council also agreed, albeit following sharp disagreement, to apply the cap to most of the projects currently going through the city’s application process. Council members reached a compromise in which these projects receive preference during the evaluation process.

Yet the council struggled and ultimately hit a stalemate over the question of coordinated area plans, such as the one that the city conducted for the South of Forest Area more than a decade ago and the one that it plans to perform for the area around Fry’s Electronics in the California Avenue area. That question will now be evaluated by the planning commission and return to the council later in the year.

During Monday night’s discussion, the council split into two

camps: Marc Berman, Liz Kniss, Greg Scharff and Cory Wolbach championed flexibility and favored exempting area plans from the office cap; Pat Burt, Eric Filseth, Mayor Karen Holman and Vice Mayor Greg Schmid favored a stricter approach with clearer limits and fewer exemptions. These council members argued that carving out an exemption for area plans is premature at best and ill-advised at worst.

Scharff and Berman also supported exempting projects that have already spent more than a year in the city’s planning process, with Scharff arguing that including them in the cap so late in the game would be “blatantly unfair.”

While the former group suggested that exempting certain areas of town would give the community and developers the needed flexibility to create the kind of projects that the city wants to see, the latter group countered that this exemption would effectively raise the cap and render it less meaningful.

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plans from the cap would give developers an incentive to get involved in the community planning efforts. This would lead them to understand what the residents and the council want and to design their projects accordingly.

“The idea is to encourage developers to start the city’s process of planning with a community-centric vision rather than a developercentric vision,” Wolbach said.

Burt countered that the exemption would be significant and suggested that the council discuss it at a separate meeting, when it would have more time to deliberate. He characterized the proposal to exempt these areas as “chipping away” at the process that the entire council agreed on on March 31.

Filseth asserted that by excluding these plan areas, the council would be basically adding to the cap. If the community decides, for instance, to add 30,000 square feet to the Fry’s site and the square footage does not count against the 50,000-square-foot cap, the unintended consequence

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Wolbach, however, said that most of the complaints coming from the public revolve around parking, traffic and the city’s high ratio of jobs to employed residents.

If developers propose projects that completely take care of these impacts, they should be allowed to build, he argued. Projects of this sort would have to include housing and robust transportation-demandmanagement programs that discourage occupants from driving.

“I’m talking about setting a high bar,” Wolbach said. “I don’t think we should be afraid of having very high standards.”

Berman agreed that this approach is worth pursuing.

“I do think we have a lack of housing in Palo Alto and Silicon Valley as a whole,” Berman said.

“I do think a development cap, as was mentioned by a lot of people tonight, is a blunt tool. This is a way to use the blunt tool to our advantage.”

The proposal initially split the council, though members ultimately agreed to raise the bar even higher and only exempt projects that not only mitigate their own impacts but also improve the overall traffic and parking conditions in their respective areas.

Burt suggested that the city “may not get any projects that meet the requirements” but ended up backing this proposal as part of a 6-2 vote, with Schmid and Filseth dissenting.

“This is the kind of competition we want to create on really exceptional projects — that would be what we need in the future to have development without exacerbation

of our current problems,” Burt said.

Filseth disagreed and called the proposed exemption “too vague.”

“We don’t even have this ordinance yet and we’re already putting exemptions and loopholes in it,” Filseth said. “It’s too soon.”

Another big disagreement came over the topic of projects in the pipeline. The battle lines were generally the same, with the slow-growth “residentialist” members supporting including these projects in the cap.

Projects that have been going through the process for many months but have not yet received approval include a 28,200-square-foot project at 2747 Park Blvd. and a 29,120-squarefoot project at 3045 Park Blvd.

Scharff said that he was “very uncomfortable” with the council’s decision to include them in the cap.

“I want to understand if it’s OK to be arbitrary and capricious if we did this,” Scharff said, using adjectives that connote a legal standard for unreasonable denial of applications.

Holman countered that the two Park Boulevard projects are among the biggest in the pipeline and that the city should not approve them before putting together a broader concept plan for the California Avenue area, a process that has been moving along in fits and starts for nearly a decade.

“We’re developing the site without having a plan in place,” Holman said.

The council ultimately reached a compromise in which projects would be subject to the cap but would be given preference if they have been going through the planning process for a year or more. Schmid was the sole dissenter in the 7-1 vote. Q

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hear a presentation from the Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department about the Page Mill Road portion of the County Expressway Plan; approve its 2015 semiannual strategic initiatives; and review the scope of a proposed master plan for the Fry’s Electronics site and surrounding area. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 22, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will vote on the district’s parceltax expenditure plan, contracts for legal services, several new district positions, the proposed 2015-16 budget and the contract for a new assistant superintendent. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, at district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear an update on park-improvement projects; hear an update on the field-use policy and review the latest progress on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to review the Page Mill Road Corridor Study sponsored by the Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department and review the interim ordinance aimed at protecting ground-floor retail from converting to other uses. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to consider a request by the city’s Public Works Department for a historic review of a new fence enclosure and HVAC mechanical equipment at Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Q

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“I really support the idea of getting options for response channels for parents. ... If we had focus groups or we had other options for parents to speak and in a safe space where they would feel they’re actually part of the conversation and part of the work, they would be more ready to really dialogue with the district and the leadership,” Schmidt said.

Shifting their focus on Wednesday to goal-setting, the board and McGee arrived at a list of 10 wide-ranging district-wide goals, which will be pared down before additional board discussion.

Goals included helping teachers to increase differentiated teaching; course consistency and alignment; and better use of data to supporting students’ socialemotional well-being. Attea had the board and McGee then rank those 10 goals, with a top six coming out collectively as priorities.

Those six are: raising the achievement of historically underrepresented students; course consistency and alignment; enrollment-growth management; differentiated learning; and student social-emotional well-being.

These goals have yet to be finalized and will be further vetted by both staff and the public before being officially approved, but the board’s discussion on Wednesday signaled where the biggest priorities for the 2015-16 school year lie.

One of these will surely be to begin following through on an ambitious set of recommendations made by a committee that spent several months studying the root causes of the district’s longstanding achievement gap and how to close it.

Another committee that McGee created this year, to look at how to manage the district’s enrollment growth, has begun its work and is expected to report back to the board this October, he said.

The district is facing an influx of students from families expected to move into new Stanford University housing by the 2017-18 school year — a new group of students that cannot be accommodated by the three elementary schools in the area, according to McGee. Long term, the committee has been charged with thinking outside the box when it comes to using current district facilities, including working with the city on future uses for the Cubberley Community Center and/or opening new schools.

Consistency and alignment in instruction, curriculum and grading — mostly at the high school level — has been repeatedly raised by students, parents and board members as an issue this year.

New strategic-plan data, which the board also heard Wednesday, reaffirms that: only 33.4 percent of students who responded to the strategic-plan survey, administered in May, ranked “curriculum and instruction is consistent across my teachers and courses” as positive, compared to 37.8 percent who ranked it as neutral and 28.8 per-

cent who gave a negative rating.

On the same topic, 37.9 percent of parents who respondeed ranked it as positive, 36.1 percent neutral and 26 percent negative. Both students and parents felt slightly more positive about grading consistency across teachers and courses.

The board and McGee said that related efforts like reducing the “stacking” of tests and project deadlines and enforcing the district’s homework policy should be nested under this broader goal.

The goal will also be informed by the soon-to-be-released results from a study the district commissioned earlier this year to evaluate consistency at Palo Alto’s two high schools.

Emberling and Dauber urged the board to adopt an official focused goal around communication and transparency. Emberling suggested during Tuesday’s meeting that the district look for concrete ways to be more proactive in this area, such as regularly posting online all email communication with the board as the City of Palo Alto does.

McGee also came to the retreat

on Wednesday with his own set of proposed goals, one of which he said he developed after they met the previous day, during which they talked about how the board can better operate: “Conduct board business in a manner that engenders community trust and promotes a culture that supports innovation.”

Though 65.6 percent of parents on the strategic-plan survey rated as positive “how well the district and the school board communicate with you,” 41.7 percent felt positive about how “PAUSD follows fair and transparent decision-making processes.” Student ratings were far lower: 22.1 percent felt positive about how well the district and board communicates with them (students did not have the “fair and transparent question” on their survey).

The goals will return to the board in August. Q

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John Hennessy to resign as Stanford president

said the aborted deal has left her at her financial witâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end.

Buying Stanford Driving School, which had operated in Palo Alto since 1981, seemed like a good bet, said Sechrist, a business analyst for 22 years. She left the high-tech industry a couple of years ago with the goal of owning her own business and worked for a startup to learn the ins and outs of a small business, she said.

While the business was still in escrow in February, Sechrist said, she began working there, believing she had bought a turn-key operation.

But then Morris let the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lease expire at its Palo Alto location, and she moved the business to 4962 El Camino Real in Los Altos.

She put $40,000 into the business to improve its cash flow, she said.

Sechrist pulled out after discovering certain aspects of the business had allegedly not been disclosed when she made the offer, she said.

After she pulled out of escrow, Morris, who has since moved to Atlanta, closed the business, Sechrist said. Morris did not return requests by the Weekly for comment.

Sechrist said she has lost her life savings and faces additional legal costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I lost my shirt. This was my opportunity to own a business that I felt I can do something with for the community, and it was just a disaster. I would like to let people know how sorry I am. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very sad for everybody.

The saddest thing about it is the 14 employees who lost their jobs overnight because of this,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Meanwhile, Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closure is proving to be a boon for other driver-ed businesses. Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closure affected an estimated 800 to 1,200 people, the office manager of Premier Driving School in Sunnyvale estimated.

Jonathan Zelaya, owner of California Driver Academy in Menlo Park, said his business has been flooded with requests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re booking way out to July now. It is really crazy,â&#x20AC;? he said.

As for clients getting refunds, Sechrist said that identifying who pays is â&#x20AC;&#x153;up to the lawyers.â&#x20AC;? In her view, Morris is still the legal owner of the business.

DMV spokesman Jaime Garza said students can file an online complaint with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regarding driving schools, which are licensed by the state. An informational brochure on how to file a complaint and a copy of the form are available at http://tinyurl.com/nmcxoxd.

A consumer might also have to file a civil lawsuit to recoup their money, he said.

Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customers could potentially get refunds through a bond by a surety insurer, which the business is required to have, according to the DMV. Q

After more than 15 years as president of Stanford University, John L. Hennessy announced June 11 that he plans to step down in summer 2016, the university announced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The time has come to return to what brought me to Stanford â&#x20AC;&#x201D; teaching and research. Maintaining and improving this university is the work of many people, and I am deeply appreciative of the dedication of so many colleagues to Stanford and its students,â&#x20AC;? Hennessy stated in the press release.

He joined Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to director of the Computer Systems Laboratory, chair of the Department of Computer Science, dean of the School of Engineering, university provost and, in October 2000, to president.

LaDoris Cordell, former vice provost for campus relations and special counselor to Hennessy from 2001 through 2009, said his leadership elevated the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international image â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and its endowment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He boosted the image of Stanford as a research, tech and science hub. That really took flight under his leadership,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Hennessyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engineering background helped position Stanford well during the dot-com boom. Now, technology courses have become the most-sought at Stanford, she added.

As president, he advocated for constructive relationships between universities and industry in order to more rapidly bring academic discoveries to the public, according to the Stanford News Service.

Hennessy also increased financial support for the university from alumni and others, including launching and completing the $6.2 billion Stanford Challenge campaign, which according to the university was the largest fundraising effort in U.S. higher education ever completed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a prolific fundraiser, raising money for Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endowment. That was just huge,â&#x20AC;? Cordell said. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Palo Alto Weekly staff

Trash rates to increase by 9 percent Composting services in Palo Alto will be expanded, promoted and, in many cases, required under a significant contract overhaul that the city is set to implement with its trash hauler, GreenWaste of Palo Alto.

On Monday, the City Council approved an amendment to its agreement with GreenWaste, the hauler that has been collecting the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waste since 2009. The new agreement, which extends the contract until June 30, 2021, includes several new composting programs that will affect all residential and commercial customers.

The residential program will allow customers to commingle their food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard trimmings in a green cart and have it hauled off by GreenWaste. For the commercial segment, composting and recycling would be mandatory, pending the approval of a new city law. The overarching goal is to reduce the amount of local waste heading to landfills.

Residential rates will increase by 9 percent in the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, and by 8 percent in each of the following two years, according to a staff report.

The new contract will raise the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trash costs by about $1.3 million annually, accounting for roughly a third of the rate hikes. The rest of the increase is due to the need to balance the revenues and expenses in the residential sector, staff said. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gennady Sheyner

Dissent continues at Pacific Art League Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic Pacific Art League (PAL) has spent much of the last decade mired in controversy. In the latest development in the ongoing struggle for leadership of the league, three past board members are appealing to PALâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members to call a special member meeting.

Former PAL board members Ron Andrews, Diana Diamond and Jo Killen sent out a letter to League supporters on June 14 alleging the current board is not meeting its fiduciary responsibilities to develop a reserve fund or a multi-year financial plan. They also charge that the current board has become â&#x20AC;&#x153;dysfunctional,â&#x20AC;? citing the resignation in 2014 of 13 board members followed by Executive Director Seth Schaletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s departure earlier this year.

Yet current board members dispute the need for such a special member meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are turning it around, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do this overnight,â&#x20AC;? current board President Theo Keet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a new board together and new energy going. ... In terms of fundraising, that takes several months to happen.â&#x20AC;?

Keet spoke of his hope that by the time PALâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leases are up, seven years from now, the arts organization will be in a position to take back the entire building for its own use. He defended the current boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Neighborhoods

A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann Teens help younger kids at the crafts table at the Midtown Residents Association Multicultural Potluck celebration last year. The association will hold its second annual event on Saturday, June 20.

SMART-GROWTH PARKING ...

Richard Wilson, an expert in parking strategies for cities, will discuss his new book, “Parking Management for Smart Growth,” on June 23 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto Downtown Library, 270 Forest Ave. Wilson will discuss how to plan and implement successful parking strategies and how they might be applied in Palo Alto and nearby cities. The event is free.

NEW MITCHELL PARK TEEN CENTER HOURS ... Teens freshly out of school can now enjoy activities during the Mitchell Park Teen Center’s summer hours. The center, which is for middle and high school students, is open Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m.

Kids can drop in, and it’s free. The teen center is located at Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.

TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES ...

There’s something magical about summer evenings in Palo Alto, especially outdoors with music, family and friends. The City of Palo Alto’s Twilight Concert Series kicks off this Saturday, June 20, with a performance by Wayne Wallace at Mitchell Park. Additional concerts will be held June 27 in the Mitchell Park Courtyard, July 11 and 18 at Mitchell Park, Aug. 1 on California Avenue, and Aug. 8 and 22 at Rinconada Park. All concerts are from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and are free. Q

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MIDTOWN

Potluck to celebrate neighborhood diversity Midtown event aims to bring neighbors together over food and fun

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idtown Residents Association members don’t have to travel to New York to visit the United Nations; it’s right in their own backyards.

The neighborhood association will celebrate its cultural diversity during the second annual Multicultural Potluck on Saturday, June 20, at Hoover Park. The popular event, which attracted more than 100 neighbors last year, is Midtown’s answer to a growing conundrum among Palo Alto’s neighborhood associations: how to attract and engage new residents from other cultures in their increasingly diverse neighborhoods.

The cultural diversity became apparent to Midtown leaders at one of their annual fall ice cream socials. Association leaders discovered attendees with roots in 36 different countries through an activity in which residents and visitors marked their family heritage on a large World Heritage Map. They also played a game in which people had to identify the cultures associated with artifacts from around the world, association President Sheri Furman said.

“Like all of Palo Alto, Midtown has become quite ethnically diverse,” she said. “We don’t have a good way of measuring the effect of the potluck, but face-to-face communication is always a good way to get to know your neighbors.”

Last year’s potluck also took place in June, supported by volunteers from the association’s

by Sue Dremann steering committee and the group Midtown Teen Global Citizens.

The event brought together residents and local cafes and restaurants to share cultural dishes and to provide an opportunity for children to learn diversity and culture through fun hands-on activities.

A carved nut on display from an Australian boab tree and a traditional native Hawaiian lau lau, a dish made from taro leaf-wrapped pork, were among the cultural artifacts

that were part of a guessing game.

And people not only brought ethnic food — some dressed in traditional outfits.

One attendee, Samina Sundas, who is of Pakistani heritage and wore a sari, said she made a connection with the event coordinator.

“All great religions encourage its followers to love their neighbors.

But to love our neighbors, we must know our neighbors. In order to build kind and compassionate com-

munities, we must make it a priority so we can leave a better world for our next generations,” said Sundas, founding executive director of the American Muslim Voice Foundation, an organization dedicated to community and peace building.

This year’s attendees are asked to bring dishes reflecting their cultural heritage, which will be supplemented by food donations from Midtown restaurants such as Round Table Pizza, Indochine, Palo Alto Cafe, Subway, Baskin Robbins and Starbucks.

Last year’s potluck featured diversity activities for children, such as making Native American dreamcatchers and Japanese koi windsocks, a cultural trivia showcase where people identified the artifacts and Midtown’s very own “World Soccer” game. There will be similar activities at Saturday’s event, Furman said. Q

What’s happening here?

Nine mature trees will be removed to make room for this three-story office building at 385 Sherman Ave. The trees along Sherman and Ash Street will be replaced with two large oak trees relocated to the development’s plaza, city arborist Dave Dockter said. Two other oaks on the property will be replaced. New London plane trees will replace Bradford pears, which the city no longer plants, he said. The developer will also post a tree-preservation security deposit to ensure the large oaks’ future welfare and maintenance. The project, adjacent to Sarah Wallis Park, initially met with opposition over the height, among other issues. Nearby residents worked out an agreement with the developer, David Minkoff, to modify the structure.

Sue Dremann

STOLEN FRUIT ... It’s that time of year again, when summer’s bounty of sweet, fresh fruit attracts more than the birds. A Barron Park resident reported that thieves made off with all of the apricots from two of her trees last weekend. The family was away at the time, and the trees were well-protected by netting to keep critters out, but apparently the two-legged kind found a way in. So much for this year’s apricot jam and sharing with neighbors.

Others said they have had similar experiences in the past with their fruit trees. Some Palo Altans’ dogwood trees were vandalized in the spring of 2012 when thieves cut off branches, allegedly for the purpose of selling the long-lasting flowers.

Courtesy of Midtown Residents Association

Around the block

Where: 385 Sherman Ave. What: A Leadership in Engery and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold, 63,746-square-foot office building with four residential units on the ground floor, replacing a one-story office building. Building height will be 45 feet, and the third story will be set back from the bottom two. The building will have two levels of underground parking.

Developer: David Minkoff Construction: Expected to begin this month Completion: Third quarter of 2016

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Online This Week

Zuckerberg, Chan give $5M to undocumented-immigrant fund

City looks to contract out parking enforcement

(Posted June 17, 3:08 p.m.)

These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news.

Despite vehement opposition from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest union and an unfavorable ruling this week from a fact-finding panel, Palo Alto plans to move ahead with hiring a contractor to enforce the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-awaited downtown residential parking-permit program, the city announced Thursday. (Posted June 18, 9:58 a.m.)

Burglars strike Palo Alto pharmacy, police say Three men smashed the front-plate glass door of a Cambridge Avenue pharmacy early Wednesday morning, broke into the building and made off with dozens of bottles of prescription drugs, Palo Alto police said. (Posted June 17, 4:42 p.m.)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan are donating $5 million to TheDream.

US, a scholarship fund for young undocumented immigrants, Zuckerberg announced Wednesday.

County looks to set aside more funds to preserve Buena Vista Santa Clara County supervisors are preparing to raise the pool of money available for a possible purchase of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park by setting aside an additional $6.5 million for the cause. (Posted June 16, 4:51 p.m.)

Police: Person photographed woman in shower A prowler walked up to an open bathroom window in the Ventura neighborhood and used a cell phone to photograph a woman taking a shower Friday night, June 12, Palo Alto police said. (Posted June 16, 1:21 p.m.)

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New York, where he grew up and helped out on the family farm. In 1943, he graduated from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, with a bachelor’s degree in education.

He enjoyed speaking and his sister was a teacher, so those two factors sparked his interest in education.

During his time at Taylor University, he volunteered for the U.S. Navy.

Days after graduating and earning his bachelor’s degree, he married his wife, Margaret, and departed to begin his service during World War II. Even though Gould signed up with the Navy, he was placed into the 77th Infantry Division in the U.S. Army as a spotter, tasked with looking for enemies on land and sent information back to naval ships. During the Battle of Okinawa, he was involved with the destruction of Shuri Castle, which Japanese soldiers used as a fort. This battle, which destroyed not only the castle and its surrounding hills, marked the beginning of the end of World War II. In 1945, after he returned from 18 months in the war, the Goulds settled in Palo Alto. The following year he began to work for the Redwood City School District. The government offered them several places to live and to pay for his education, so he chose to take classes at Stanford for a master’s degree in education. Gould loved attending Stanford and enjoyed his experience as a student at the school, he told his granddaughter-in-law.

He retired in 1981 after spending 35 years at the district as a coach, teacher, principal, assistant to the superintendent and superintendent. After retirement, he continued to teach in the form of Bible study classes for senior citizens. Gould believes that God has protected and helped him through everything in his life, Sturgis said.

For his time in the war, he was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery but modestly felt that he did not deserve it. He thought that he was just doing what everyone else was doing: fighting for their country. Sturgis said that the three words that would best describe Gould would be Christian, humble and loyal.

Sturgis recalled her grandfatherin-law speaking on her wedding day, jokingly making fun of himself and others in what she called a “stand-up comedy act.” But he was also serious in expressing his happiness and support for her and her husband. Sturgis said that Gould is “able to connect with people.”

In 2015, after encouragement from his granddaughter-in-law and wife, Gould finally decided it was time to experience what he had missed out 61 years prior: walking the stage and receiving his master’s diploma. Sturgis contacted Stanford faculty and asked if Gould could attend the Graduate School of Education ceremony, to which they agreed. “(Stanford has) been so gracious. ... They understood what I was trying to do,” Sturgis told the Palo Alto Weekly. “I’m thankful for everyone who has tried to make this happen.”

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At the commencement ceremony, Graduate School of Education dean Deborah Stipek briefly spoke about Gould’s life story in her welcome address to the graduates and audience. She was followed by Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford professor emeritus and well-known figure in the education world, who noted the significance of teaching.

“Teaching is the most important profession ... (which) all others depend on,” Darling-Hammond said.

While generations of students have depended on Gould as a trusted educator, he has depended on his faith and family to support him along the way. And on Sunday, after all of the other graduates, he was escorted by Sturgis up to the stage to receive his longawaited diploma.

Before the ceremony, Gould summed up his feelings about finally walking the stage in four simple words: “I’m excited about it.” Q Editorial Intern Jamauri Bowles can be emailed at jbowles@ paweekly.com.

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relying on neighborhood streets, including bicycle boulevards on California and Margarita avenues.

A traffic study that showed that the project would not significantly affect traffic conditions did little to alleviate the council’s anxieties. Schmid pointed to the myriad projects now being developed in the California Avenue area and stressed the importance of considering their cumulative effect on traffic before approving new projects.

Filseth shared Schmid’s concern.

He also criticized the proposal for requesting design exceptions.

“I don’t think it’s a good process,” Filseth said. “I think we should have a code that produces a good process so that we don’t need variances. We’re playing a game we shouldn’t be playing.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Strong arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Vehicle related Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 13 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 11 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 3 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Terrorist threats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Traffic stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Verbal disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

El Camino Real, 6/11, 7 a.m.; family violence/battery.

180 El Camino Real, 6/12, 7:40 p.m.; robbery/strong arm.

Laguna Oaks Place, 6/12, 11:38 p.m.; battery/simple.

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Hank Riggs

Henry Earle “Hank” Riggs — a longtime Palo Alto resident, Stanford University professor and staff member, and past president of Harvey Mudd College — died on June 10 at his home in Palo Alto surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. He was 80.

He was born on Feb. 25, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Joseph and Gretchen Riggs. He grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois, before attending boarding school at Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts. He went on to study at Stanford, where he met a fellow undergraduate and his future wife, Gayle Carson. Hank graduated in 1957, and he and Gayle married the following year.

ANNIVERSARY

60th anniversary of Bob and Harriet Moss

Bob and Harriet Moss, residents of Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 12.

Bob, 80, and Harriet, 81, grew up on the same street in Chicago and attended grammar school together. They started dating in high school and attended university in the area — Bob at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Harriet at Northwestern University.

Harriet taught grammar school for a few years before the couple began raising a family. Bob designed rockets and satellites for 40 years, in addition to a stint developing semiconductors and nuclear reactors. In the Palo Alto area, he participated in the Barron Park Association, Barron Park Association Foundation, Friends of the Palo Alto Library, Palo Alto Library Commission and the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board, for which he served as community co-chair.

Bob and Harriet moved to Palo Alto in 1973, and they greatly enjoy living in the Barron Park neighborhood, where they have long taken part in block parties and community groups. The couple has five children, nine grandchildren and one great-grandson, all of whom live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1960, he returned with Gayle to Palo Alto to work as an entrepreneur. He served as president of Icore Industries and chief financial officer at Measurex Corporation. In 1967, he began teaching part time at Stanford, becoming a full-time faculty member in 1974.

From 1978 to 1983, he chaired the Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management department at Stanford. He also held the Thom-

as W. Ford professorship in the engineering school and was awarded the university’s Walter J. Gores Award for excellence in teaching.

He was often seen biking around campus in his suit and bow tie.

In 1983, he assumed the role of Stanford’s vice president for development and lead the Stanford Centennial Campaign, the first successful billion-dollar capital campaign by a university in the U.S. In 1988, he was chosen as president of Harvey Mudd College in Cla-

remont, California, a position he served in for nine years. His efforts helped the school expand its campus, increase enrollment and endowment, and launch biology and computer science departments. In 1997, he founded the seventh Claremont College, the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences.

Until 2003 he served as the first president of the school, which he envisioned would educate future leaders in the critical field.

In addition to teaching, he wrote books and articles on accounting, management and finance for students and the public. In the Palo Alto area — where he lived with Gayle for much of his adult life — he was involved with the Boy Scouts and recently sat on the board of Ave-

nidas. He greatly enjoyed spending time with family and traveling, which he did by bicycle and Eurovan with his wife. He bought his first boat (“It’s About Time”) at age 70 and five years later sailed alone to Alaska and back.

He is survived by his wife, Gayle Riggs of Palo Alto; his sister, Ruth Wendel of Illinois; his children, Betsy (Andy) McCarthy of Seattle, Peter (Kathleen) Riggs of Harstine Island, Washington; and Catharine (John Witte) Riggs of Burlingame; and six grandchildren, Sarah, Christopher, Carson, Molly, Sam and Gretchen.

A memorial service will be held on June 23 at 2:30 p.m., at the Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez St., Stanford.

RichardS.S.F.F.Lehrberg Lehrberg Richard

Aldo Vieira da Rosa

July30, 30,1947 1947––May May31, 31,2015 2015 July

Nov. 15, 1917 – June 8, 2015 Aldo Vieira da Rosa, former Stanford professor, Brazilian Air Force General, author, patent holder and world-renowned masters swimmer, has died at the age of 97.

Da Rosa was born in Florianopolis, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 1917, son of Julia Weber, a German national and Jose Vieira da Rosa, a Brazilian army general.

A scientist and researcher from a young age, da Rosa nurtured his sharp mind and incredible capacity for knowledge with home chemistry sets, a self-constructed dark room and an uncanny ability to absorb and retain scholarly lessons without ever taking notes. After graduating from the Brazilian Military Academy and the Brazilian Aeronautical School, da Rosa attended Harvard University and Stanford University, from which he received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering.

Upon returning to Brazil, da Rosa founded and was the first head of both the Diretoria de Rotas Aereas (the Brazilian FAA) and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (the Brazilian NASA) and a professor of electronics at ITA, an engineering college in San Jose dos Campos.

An avid flyer, da Rosa was temporarily sidelined by a serious injury during an international glider competition in France, but his passion for aeronautics remained steadfast; he later became a helicopter test pilot before retiring from the Brazilian Air Force in 1965.

Back in California, da Rosa returned to his alma mater Stanford to teach electrical engineering; he was honored as a professor emeritus and kept teaching well into his 90s, garnering legions of fans from his many students.

As a masters swimmer (he was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004), da Rosa broke 99 National Records and 37 world records. He currently still holds the world records in the 85-89 age group in the 200-meter IM and 200-meter breaststroke.

Da Rosa also wrote two books on the fundamentals of electronics and the fundamentals of renewable energy processes and holds a patent on a process for the production of ammonia.

His family will always remember ‘Vov6’ as a brilliant mind, a captivating storyteller and a kind human being who loved Mozart, science fiction novels and bestowing his extensive knowledge on everything from 1st-century Roman emperors to current politics in his native Brazil.

A life heaped high with incredible accomplishments, da Rosa’s most important role was that of husband and father. He met Aili Ranta in 1944 at Stanford; they were married on Aug. 11 of that year.

Seventy years after their wedding day, da Rosa still held his wife’s hand and told her he loved her every moment that he could.

Da Rosa is survived by three children: Aino Vieira da Rosa, Nancy Riley and Eric Vieira da Rosa, who from their father inherited a quick wit, an empathy for others and an incredible love of learning.

Da Rosa’s grandchildren, Aili Nahas, Julia Martin, Mariana Hawawini, and Christyna and Kai Vieira da Rosa will cherish, among many things, memories of science project help, swimming lessons and quizzes on world capitals.

PAID

OBITUARY

Dick passed away surrounded by family on Sunday morning, May 31, 2015. He leaves behind Cathie, his beloved wife of 43 years, his cherished children, Elisabeth “Lee” Lehrberg and David Lehrberg and his grandson Drake.

He was born Richard Stephen Feldman on July 30, 1947, in Boston, MA, to Irene Schultz Feldman and Irving Feldman. He was later adopted, along with his brother, Roger, after their father’s death, by Irene’s second husband, Bentley Gottleib Lehrberg.

Dick graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and later joined the Executive Training Program of Sears, Roebuck and Company.

Dick rose through the ranks at Sears to become the Video Game Buyer during the video game industry’s pivotal years of 1981-1982, when the home version of Pac-Man was released.

In 1982, Dick left Sears in Chicago to join Activision, which was based in Mountain View, CA. In 1989, he formed Lehrberg Associates, an International Software Licensing company, representing clients in Japan, Australia, Europe and the US. From 1993-2001, Dick worked with Interplay Productions as Executive Vice President, where he worked closely with Brian Fargo. He established offices in Europe, Japan and Australia, and negotiated many successful licensing deals, including the Star Trek game series.

In 2001, he rejoined Lehrberg Associates, specializing in new business development in the European distribution of licensed videogame accessories.

Dick became an elder statesman in the videogame industry, making numerous friends and becoming a mentor to many. Dick also had many friends in Palo Alto, where he was a resident for 33 years, and in Carmel Highlands, where he had a home for 10 years. In his extensive business travels, he made friends all over the world. He was excellent at keeping in touch with people far and wide.

Dick and Cathie loved to travel and made annual trips to Europe and in recent years also visited China, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam and India. When their children were growing up, the family spent at least a month each summer in a foreign country.

In addition to being devoted to his family, Dick also enjoyed reading, had an extensive music collection and loved to photograph family events. He had an infectious sense of humor and an inquisitive mind.

In addition to his wife and children, Dick is survived by brother Roger Lehrberg and wife, Janet, of Boston, their children, Jeff and Joe, and all of Cathie’s six siblings and their children who adopted him into their family over 43 years ago.

Services have been held. Donations in his memory can be made to The Point Lobos Foundation, Attn: Development Department, PO Box 221789, Carmel, CA 93922, http://pointlobos.org/ Or to the American Thyroid Association at http://www.thyroid. org/support-thyroid-research/honor/ PAID

OBITUARY

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Editorial Chipping away at proposed office cap Divided council begins weakening temporary growth limit

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he surprising consensus that emerged three months ago with a unanimous vote of the Palo Alto City Council — creating a system for limiting the amount of commercial office development through a two-year-long annual cap — began unraveling Monday night.

The four development-friendly council members — Greg Scharff, Cory Wolbach, Marc Berman and Liz Kniss — went on an offensive to weaken the measure they had helped to pass in March and which crafted a reasonable and moderate approach to slowing growth while permanent zoning decisions could be considered and implemented.

Because Councilman Tom DuBois recused himself from the discussion due to his wife’s employment at Stanford, Mayor Karen Holman and Councilmembers Pat Burt, Eric Filseth and Vice Mayor Greg Schmid lacked a fifth vote to adopt the details of the measure initially passed in March.

In the end, after four hours of often-tense debate and unable to muster a majority on some key provisions, the council was left with little choice but to refer the issue to the Planning and Transportation Commission for discussion and recommendations. In sending it to the commission, which will likely inject its own ideas into the increasingly complicated measure, the council will automatically get the issue back after the summer break.

In contrast to their actions in March, Scharff, Wolbach, Berman and Kniss repeatedly sought to create exemptions from the development cap for certain types of projects. Some, such as an exemption for small office additions of up to 2,000 square feet and medical offices of under 5,000 square feet, garnered unanimous support and did not go to the heart of the intended cap.

But the council repeatedly deadlocked over whether development projects that emerged from so-called “coordinated area plans” should also be exempt from the 50,000-square-feet-per-year cap.

While masked in technical terminology, this was an effort to exempt the proposed development that is expected to come out of the planning for the property surrounding and including Fry’s Electronics.

Wolbach and Scharff stressed that the plan to be created through the Fry’s coordinated area plan will be heavily influenced by residents of the immediate neighborhood, and therefore none of that new development should count toward the development cap. The effect would be to potentially allow much more total development than envisioned when the 50,000-square-foot-per-year cap was conceived earlier this year.

That argument runs counter to the entire purpose of the proposed growth cap. There is no reason why one potential large development should be carved out as exempt from a development cap designed to pause commercial growth in the community for the next two years.

The tension and acrimony during the discussion, particularly between Scharff and Burt, showed that achieving anything resembling consensus, which appeared surprisingly possible after the council’s March discussion, is now unlikely.

The council, and especially Scharff, would be wise to not disrespect or disregard the input it has received from the community from the outcomes of two elections — the Measure D vote on the Maybell Avenue housing project and the City Council election last November — or it may very well find itself facing another referendum or a ballot initiative.

Scharff’s attempts to weaken the growth cap and implied threats to stand in the way of its adoption unless he got the concessions he wanted were in contrast to the posture he took in the election campaign, when he expressed agreement with the need for addressing the pace of growth.

His unsuccessful proposal Monday night that the council simply put off further discussion until a “date uncertain” was a brash political move to hold the growth cap hostage for the easing of its restrictions.

Monday night’s long meeting demonstrated that while council members can say they are for adopting temporary limits on office growth, the real test comes in their votes on what projects should be exempted from those limits.

So residents must crank up their obfuscation meters. Underpinning the proposed growth cap is the idea that developers will compete for the available 50,000 square feet and that the council will reward those that have the most creative projects with the least, if any, impact on traffic, parking and housing costs.

Creating exemptions from this process undermines the goal and will surely come back to bite the council as surprised and upset citizens wonder how a much-heralded cap turned into a fuzzy measure full of holes. Q Page 18 • June 19, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Shade needed Editor, I recently visited the Farmers’ Market on California Avenue to check out the new look of the street. Looking good, but people who bought food from the street vendors could not find a shady place to sit and enjoy their food.

The stone blocks looked inviting but were in the boiling sun. Some people found a smidgen of shade by sitting on the sidewalk close to a building — not very comfortable. The downtown market has two large tables with umbrellas; what does it take to install some on California Ave.?

Inge Infante Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

About time Editor, Thanks for printing Nancy Shepherd’s piece on June 12 about the need to reform Proposition 13 — a change that’s long over due!

Back in 2010, a Menlo Park parent, Jennifer Bestor, who was concerned about the limited resources in her kids’ school, heard about the low tax rates for many California commercial buildings.

Skeptical at first, she decided to do some research. She went to the assessor’s office to find out how much property taxes were being paid by the businesses along Santa Cruz Avenue. She discovered there was a big discrepancy in the taxes of those who had owned their parcels for decades compared with those that had bought the buildings more recently. While all these landlords were getting market-rate rents, some were clearly making a lot more profit! — and the Menlo Park schools were losing each year because some landlords were not paying their fair share.

As more people start to understand the structural unfairness in Proposition 13, we’ll hear a lot of crying wolf about how reforming Proposition 13 for commercial properties will cause businesses to flee the state. But let’s be real.

Is it likely that Disneyland will pull up stakes? Or more to the point, that real estate investment trusts (REITs) managing billions worth of tax-dodging properties in an industry based on location would move out of California?

Let’s work to support SCA5, the bill now in the California State Legislature that would allow us to vote on this important reform.

Debbie Mytels Louis Road, Palo Alto

Water conservation Editor, The easiest way to start is with low-flow shower heads. They use 1.5 gallons per minute. I went to

Orchard Supply Hardware to buy them and noticed they sell 1, 2 and 5 gallon sturdy white buckets with handles and lids. Perfect for saving water we were running down the drain waiting for hot water in our showers and kitchen. Leave a 2 gallon in each bath, a 1 gallon in the kitchen and store it in 5 gallon containers with lids outside.

Simple and effective.

Mike Murnane Metro Circle, Palo Alto

Past and future Editor, Twenty years ago, when City Hall tried to use the same Sherman Avenue surface parking lot for a public safety building, it was abandoned as a bad idea. It would be an even worse idea today.

All California Avenue district lots must be kept exclusively for parking, especially with so many new office buildings that are drawing more people here.

The city should pool resources

with Santa Clara County, using the existing Superior Court property across the street, or stay downtown.

City Hall’s failure to plan for a public safety building, or to collaborate with the private sector when opportunities arose, ought not to be a problem for this district’s merchants and residents.

Each group will suffer, impacted by losing prime parking lots.

About the Avenue’s new streetscape: Thumbs up for the crosswalks made safer for pedestrians and for increased sidewalk seating. But thumbs down to waiting months for more news racks to be installed, for the “eyesore” kiosk on Ash Street that still needs to be removed, for 30 kinds of sidewalk surfaces — including glass shards — and for the new fountain that, for the past month, has been water-free, making it just another sculpture.

Ronna Devincenzi Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto

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Guest Opinion

Adventures at the new Mitchell Park library

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by Evelyn Preston

s a reader, writer and former English teacher, I’m more a buyer than a borrower of books. However, considering what I must have paid as my share of the monument to literature and the information age built in my Mitchell Park neighborhood, I decided to opt for my return of investment via an updated library card.

Andrew Carnegie would have been amazed at this 21st-century-efficient glass edifice honoring the written word — it probably cost more than one of his steel mills. Of course, there were few cost overruns, change orders or union shops in his day; he could well afford the “free” in his gifts to American literacy.

Low-tech life also smoothed past experience. No bar codes or laser beams to complicate the two-week loan — only an inked date stamped on a small card inside a book’s front cover. Overdue fines were levied by a grim librarian, enforcer of the rules, regs and the quasi-religious library experience.

Times have changed. Palo Alto library patrons enjoy high-tech amenities in the luxury of a modern launch pad to the information age. The wide, inviting staircase led me aloft to scour the fiction shelves. Fabulous features on both

Times have changed.

Palo Alto library patrons enjoy high-tech amenities in the luxury of a modern launch pad to the information age. floors carry on our city’s love affair with lit-at-all-levels and connect users to the wonders of the entire world — all in cozy comfort. Want to meet, read, browse, search, research and more? Options abound. Also, the staff’s “helping hands” show, tell, instruct and explain. As my mother would have said, “A place for everything and everything in its place!”

After I chose a few books, a librarian activated my card and checked me out with electronic efficiency. The library and I had both come of age.

A few weeks later, I retraced my steps anticipating a state-of-the-art book return. Surprised that there was no drivethrough drop-off, I parked on the skinny strip near the entrance, ducked across the two lanes of steady traffic and planned to enjoy my second Sunday-in-the-parkwith-Mitchell Library.

In Palo Alto, I expect the unexpected — but not a dark, closed library the day before the MLK holiday, and a Sunday, the one day I’d thought was the open sesame among varying weekly options. Disappointed, I could only leave my books and head home.

I pressed the green button at one of the two electronic return slots, ready to quickly slide in the book, bar-code up as a sign instructed, and ... nothing, not even a hopeful mechanical whirr. But didn’t green signal “go” or “enter” or “open” throughout the known world? Yet the small steel door remained shut, like a maddening, out-of-order vending machine but without anything to rattle, tilt or shake.

I clutched my book and took a giant side-step to the twin two-button shelf next to the first stuck slot. I again pushed its green and beckoning disk. No luck — no anything for either opening at the now non-automatic returns.

I looked around at the few souls sadly circling the area; their library foray also DOA. No help there. As my frustration and blood pressure started climbing, I spied a large, pull-the-handle-downtoss-in-the-book bin at the edge of the building. Low tech beckoned, the old fashioned, easy access return I’d relied on forever.

Already there was a teen-aged girl gamely shoving and wiggling a book into its... . Ahhh, I just glimpsed the bin’s crammed-to-the-top maw. Sisters, no matter our age difference, we bonded instantly over the insane intricacies of latestage electronics; we wordlessly shared the same resolve, to do battle with this mega-million-dollar dis-function-construction. We pushed together, shoved harder; still jammed. No room in the bin, nor anyone inside to breech the dammed collection.

And then, as with many happy endings, a Good Samaritan appeared — an older, stronger, corduroy-clad action hero who came to the rescue. He flexed his fingers like a safe cracker, raised his arms with the flourish of a symphony conductor, then lunged forward to snake his left arm deep into a hidden space. He deftly managed to dislodge the frozen stack from beneath. As some books at the top shifted and slid over several squished volumes, his right hand nudged the girl’s return into a suddenly empty crevice that even left room to lower the door.

As she smiled her thanks and they turned to go, I brazenly barred his path.

I held out my returns with begging eyes and an appreciative bow. I watched, fingers crossed, while our neighborhood knight performed a second act and squeaked my books into the once again closely choked bin.

I will frequent this treasury of tomes — warts and all — that I helped finance.

However, I’m reminded of the old adage of a stitch in time that saves ... what?

Perhaps many an unforeseen glitch, like a non-drive-through book return, the awkward entrance road and an occasional mechanical meltdown. Not a complaint, merely a personal take on the few dropped stitches in the fancy fabric of the shiny new and mostly marvelous Mitchell Park Library. Q Evie Preston is a longtime Palo Alto resident and former teacher. Now retired, she’s returned to her first love, writing, as a columnist for Active Over 50 magazine.

Streetwise

What’s on your summer reading list?

Asked at Town & Country Village. Interviews and photos by Valerie Taylor.

Atticus Stephens

Suzanne Liu

Cameron Stout

Susan Weisberg

Jesse Gregorio

Edgewood Drive, Palo Alto Student

Louise Street, Menlo Park Teacher

Melville Avenue, Palo Alto Mediator

Mayfield Avenue, Stanford Social worker

Davis Street, Redwood City Retired

“’’Half Wild.’ ... It’s interesting because it has a Harry Potter-like world with a more serious tone.”

“’In the Unlikely Event’ because I read all of Judy Blume’s books growing up.”

“’Resilience’ by Eric Greitens and ‘At Home’ by Bill Bryson, for now.”

“A biography of Edward Curtis’ ... ‘The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons,’ ‘If the Oceans Were Ink’ and ‘The Story of Alice.’ ... I have eclectic and varied interests.”

“I don’t know yet, but I do read a lot — mostly mystery novels.”

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From the

source Wapama Falls, far left, flows into the 117 billion gallon Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite, the source of 85 percent of Palo Alto’s water supply.

Palo Alto’s water supply travels from Sierras in century-old system to reach people’s taps Photos and story by Veronica Weber

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ownstream of a small canyon dotted with skinny ponderosa pines and incense cedar trees, rushing water cascades over large granite slabs. It flows around large boulders, pouring over round smooth rocks as it makes its way to the nearby Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The sound is loud enough to drown out an encroaching thunderstorm.

This water, which began as snowmelt, will travel 167 miles over the next three days through a system dating back 92 years.

It is this system that provides more than 2.5 million Bay Area residents with the majority of their drinking water.

Water has been a subject on a lot of people’s minds lately.

They’ve let their lush green lawns fade to brown, placed buckets in showers and opted to run the dishwasher only when completely full. But how often do people stop to think beyond their water bills and consider the long journey and feat of engineering it takes for water to reach their faucets?

“I think a lot of people probably take it for granted that when they turn on the faucet, water just appears,” said Catherine El-

vert, communications manager for the City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) department. “A lot goes into getting that water supply and making sure that it’s safe.”

The journey for Palo Alto’s water begins high up in the Sierra Nevadas in Yosemite National Park, where snow settles on mountains and glaciers at altitudes of 13,000 feet. In spring and summer about 12 percent of the watershed’s melted snow and rainfall flows into three reservoirs: Hetch Hetchy, Cherry Lake and Lake Eleanor.

The picturesque Tuolumne River, admired for its whitewater rapids and a home for spawning Chinook salmon and steelhead trout, is the main conduit filling the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.

In fact, 60 percent of the river’s flow is diverted for agriculture and urban water use in the Central Valley and the Bay Area.

Over the past four years, warm dry winters have caused rainfall and snowpack levels to drop drastically. Readings taken (continued on next page)

This map by the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department shows the components of the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System, from the reservoirs in the Sierra Nevada to the pipelines to Palo Alto and up the Peninsula.

Courtesy City of Palo Alto Utilities

About the cover:

Water flows down Rancheria Falls on its way to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir at Yosemite.

Photo by Veronica Weber.

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Cover Story

Left: Granite cliffs surrounding the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir are reflected in the water below. Above: The abundance of granite rock in the watershed is what keeps the water free of sedimentation. (continued from previous page)

by the California Department of Water Resources on April 1 found that statewide peak snowpack levels were only at about 5 percent of average — a dismal 1.4 inches compared to 28.3 inches, the average since 1941.

One of the Tuolumne River’s sources, the glacier at Mount Lyell, has shrunk by 6 to 8 feet in the past two years. According to the nonprofit Tuolumne River Trust, geologists anticipate the glacier could be gone in about five to 10 years if warm-weather patterns persist.

These historically low snowpack levels prompted Governor Jerry Brown to declare a drought state of emergency and issue a statewide mandate that water providers must cut their water consumption by about 25 percent from June 1, 2015, to February 28, 2016 — or face strict fines and penalties.

Above: Hetch Hetchy water’s 167-mile journey takes it through penstocks and down a hill to the Moccasin Powerhouse.

At right: Hetch Hetchy water travels through penstocks, top right, to the Moccasin Powerhouse, where it generates electricity that is used for municipal services in San Francisco, as well as at San Francisco International Airport and San Francisco General Hospital.

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“The snowpack is really important; in a way, it’s an additional reservoir,” Peter Drekmeier, policy director of the Tuolumne River Trust, told the Palo Alto Weekly.

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ne of the factors that sets Palo Alto’s drinking water apart is its quality. About 85 percent of the tap water, which is purchased and provided by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), is from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Unlike water supplied from other reservoirs and the ground, Hetch Hetchy water is so pure that it doesn’t need to be filtered.

On a popular trail that stretches around the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, hikers can pose to take photos and view waterfalls like Wapama Falls, where crystal clear water plummets directly into the reservoir. This unique geology in Yosemite is what keeps the water free from sedimentation.

“It’s really one of the best drink-

ing supplies in the world,” Drekmeier said.

Back in the late 19th century, engineers also saw the value of this pristine water source from the mountains. But it wasn’t until the 1906 earthquake and great fire in San Francisco, which destroyed most of the city’s water mains, and subsequent action by Congress that the O’Shaughnessy Dam could be built, creating the 117-billion-gallon Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.

The system can transfer more than 200 hundred million gallons of water per day to 26 different cities and water districts. It is entirely powered by gravity, a fact that allows it to create energy at two hydropower stations downstream: Kirkwood and Moccasin Powerhouse, which supply electricity to San Francisco’s municipal buildings and the San Francisco International Airport.

Compare that power generation to the energy it takes to transport

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John Rocca, field operations manager for the construction of the new earth fill dam at the Calaveras Reservoir, steps out of a 6-foot-5-inch pipe that will carry reservoir water to the Sunol Water Treatment Plant. The dam is set to be completed in 2016. all other forms of water across California — nearly 20percent of statewide energy use.

As the water flows from the Moccasin Powerhouse into the Central Valley, it travels underneath the Don Pedro Reservoir.

Driving on State Route 120 to or from Yosemite, motorists can stop at a scenic viewpoint overlooking the man-made lake and stretch their legs. In wetter years, the bright blue water in the lake entices recreational boaters and water-sport enthusiasts.

This year the land is parched.

Huge banks of dry land rise above the shallow water, their striations showing the heights the water used to reach. This 65-billion-gallon lake, mainly used for agriculture irrigation in Modesto and Turlock districts, is currently at only 40 percent capacity. Elsewhere in California, Lake Shasta reservoir is at 51 percent and Lake Oroville reservoir, 43 percent.

Compared to the growing number of low-level reservoirs in the state, Hetch Hetchy Reservoir’s water level remains fairly stable.

In early June it was at 91.8 percent of its capacity.

Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water for the SFPUC,

said that there are many factors responsible for this comparatively good situation.

Since Yosemite reservoirs are relatively small, they tend to fill up multiple times in good years.

The excess water is stored in local reservoirs closer to the Bay Area as well as in the Don Pedro Reservoir, for which the SFPUC has a water-bank agreement. This bank of water can be released in dry summer months when upstream levels are diminished.

But other factors are in play, too.

In 2014 the SFPUC asked water districts to voluntarily reduce water use by 10 percent, and with the added pressure of the governor’s drought mandates, residents are taking shorter showers and watering landscapes less frequently. So far in 2015, SFPUC’s customers have used the least amount of water since 1977.

“Some of the high reservoir level is due to low demand, but mainly it’s because we smartly manage our water and have the ability to bank water in advance with our downstream partners,” Ritchie stated in an email.

Downstream, one such local source is the Calaveras Reservoir, which is currently part of the $4.6

A speedboat cuts through the water at Don Pedro Reservoir, where prior water levels are visible on the banks. The reservoir is currently at 40 percent of normal capacity. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission banks some of its excess water at the reservoir.

billion Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) to seismically upgrade the entire system’s infrastructure. In a valley in the Fremont hills, huge bulldozers are digging through layers of dirt and rock while crews laying cement are dwarfed by the 200-foot walls of a new earth-fill dam that’s under construction. The project will restore the reservoir capacity to 31 billion gallons, providing Palo Alto with most of the 15 percent of its water supply not provided by Hetch Hetchy. Today, the water in the reservoir is being held at 24 percent of total capacity due to the construction and the drought, which has dried up the local watershed that feeds into the reservoir.

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ising costs in Palo Altans’ water bills in part are helping to cover the massive improvement project, which also includes a new tunnel underneath the bay, an upgraded Irvington Tunnel (which runs along two earthquake fault lines) and additional storage. People may grumble about higher bills, but Elvert said the security of a reliable water source is at stake.

“If you compare the cost of municipal tap water — which

The flocculation and sedimentation basin at Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant is one step in the treatment of water from the Calaveras and San Antonio reservoirs. The Calaveras provides 15 percent of Palo Alto’s drinking water.

is incredibly pristine (and) high quality, regulated by the state and federal agencies — and if you compare that cost to bottled water, you’re paying less than a tenth of a cent per gallon. It’s a pretty good deal,” she said.

Part of the cost also involves treating water to eliminate environmental contaminants. Hetch Hetchy water is first treated with UV light to kill any harmful bacteria or microorganisms at the Tesla Water Treatment Facility in Tracy. Then it is disinfected at a small treatment facility in Sunol.

Any water that is stored in the Calaveras and San Antonio reservoirs must be treated separately from the direct Hetch Hetchy supply at the Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant a few miles southwest of Calaveras.

Chris Nelson, water supply and treatment division manager for the plant, recently led a tour explaining how water from Calaveras and the nearby San Antonio Reservoir is treated.

He pointed to the tank with shimmering turquoise water that resembled a community swimming pool and explained that the first step is a process called flocculation, which adds a chemical to

the water to force silt and sediment to fall to the bottom of the tank.

Next, the water is filtered and passes through tanks filled with minerals, sand and rocks, like a giant Brita filter, until it reaches its final destination, a large enclosed cement tub where chlorine and ammonia are added as disinfectants, along with fluoride.

Most people don’t consider the measures taken every day to ensure that drinking water is safe to drink, Nelson said.

“I think everybody should backpack and learn how to treat water,” he said. “They’ll gain an appreciation of the energy that it requires to move water and the fact that you have to be careful about purifying your water. ... They’ll learn how precious water is and how important it is to keep it pure.”

After it is treated, the water is diverted to four large pipelines, where it either flows under the bay in the new Bay Tunnel or around San Jose as it heads north up the Peninsula toward San Francisco. It is here where Palo Alto intakes the SFPUC water at five locations around the city, receiving about 10 to 11 million (continued on next page)

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At the Area 1 intake station off El Camino Real near University Avenue, senior water system operator Dave Cordova checked on a large blue pump in the far corner recently. A meter just to the left read â&#x20AC;&#x153;1828 gpm.â&#x20AC;? The number revealed how well the pump was working to depressurize the water to a level more suitable for urban use, sending just under 2,000 gallons per minute to all the homes and businesses east of El Camino â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest water service area.

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

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After dress rehearsal, Artistic Director Tony Kienitz talks with actors Jasmyn Donya Molaei, right, and Alex Dinu, far right.

Down the rabbit hole Teen theater academy presents original musical, ‘’Twas Brillig’

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oors that open to alternate universes. People who speak in confounding riddles, and a queen whose whims can be deadly. Sound a little like “Alice in Wonderland”? It is. And it isn’t.

Welcome to “’Twas Brillig,” the second production staged by teen drama academy, A Theatre Near U. Comprised of teens from Palo Alto and surrounding communities, the group wowed San Francisco audiences last year at its debut performance of the original indie-rock musical, “Body of Water.” That show caught the attention of San Francisco theater critics and was nominated for a San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award.

This year, the company is showcasing its talents closer to home.

Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s tale of the girl who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a strange new world, “’Twas Brillig” is another

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REVIEW THEATER original musical, with a script by company director Tony Kienitz and musical score by recent Palo Alto High School graduates Emil Ernström and Andrew Lu. With a cast of 18 teenagers from 11 schools and a crew of almost as many, the show has drawn together some of the region’s most gifted and ambitious theater students. The show runs at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ Second Stage theater through June 27.

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nlike most high school theater productions, membership and casting for A Theatre Near U are done by personal invitation rather than audition, and the shows are shaped around the personalities and gifts of the teens involved.

“One of the benefits of working this way is that you can tailor each part to the person you hope will play it,” explained Kienitz, who, along with his wife, Tanna Herr, has been leading youth theater programs in the region for the past eight years, and who launched A Theatre Near U after repeated requests from students. Furthermore, he said, writing an original show means there’s room for adaptation throughout the rehearsal process.

“If something doesn’t work, we cut the lines, change it and rearrange it,” he said. “Kids don’t usually get to see that process in their school productions, so it’s educational. They can say to me, 'I hate that line,’ and I say, 'I love it,’ and we fight back and forth. They usually win.”

Though Kienitz described “’Twas Brillig” as “a farcical, absurdist comedy musical,” the show also carries a powerful message,

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Atticus Shaindlin, left, as Theo and Roddy Cardamone as Jesse rehearse a scene from “’Twas Brillig.”

Recent Paly grad Cara Parker plays Mary Pickett.

one that’s particularly relevant to today’s teens.

“We started by saying, 'OK, so what are we dealing with as teenagers?’” Kienitz said. “We watched them on Instagram and the Internet, following boys, talking about celebrities like Kardashian — you know, the stuff that’s really pervasive and that’s also really shallow.”

From there, Kienitz crafted a world where preoccupation with appearance has skewed society almost beyond recognition, and a loss of popularity can be deadly.

Having stepped through a doorway to the land of Wonder, Mary Pickett finds herself trapped in a world obsessed with beauty and celebrity, one where crazed citizens dish gossip as they eagerly await the coronation of a new queen, an occasion of much pomp and circumstance known as Brillig.

Among this year’s cast members is Atticus Shaindlin, a 17-year-old high school junior from San Mateo who is home-schooled. Kienitz and Herr heard of his acting talents through friends and sought him out for this production.

“I play Theo, who is kind of a reincarnation of the Mad Hatter,” explained Shaindlin. “It’s the first time I’ve been part of the creation of a new show.”

Shaindlin’s investment in his role shone through during dress rehearsal as he strutted the stage, directing a film crew while his entourage scurried behind him. Tall and blond with piercing eyes, elastic facial expressions and a powerful singing voice, he’s well-suited to his leading role.

Though he can imagine a future in film or traditional stage acting, musical theater is Shaindlin’s passion, and he feels this show has given him the skills to pursue that passion in the future.

“I’ve learned how to find the details in the text of a play and put them into my character,” he said.

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t the final dress rehearsal before opening night, students rushed around in their costumes, pausing on stage for mic checks, then darting back into the wings. In one corner, band members tuned their instruments, pausing briefly when a screech of amplified feedback roared through the black box theater. Amidst the chaos, recent Paly grad Cara Parker took a moment to chat.

As Mary Pickett, Parker has to be versatile: she’s both distraught to find herself trapped in Wonder and curious to learn its rules. One minute she’s lecturing strangers, the next she’s tap dancing along to their songs.

“I feel like it’s really good for actors to create a character,” she said.

“It helps you try out new things, which is what acting is all about.”

As she spoke, the house lights flashed on and off, and a technician leaned out of the booth to yell down to the stage.

“Places, everyone!” she yelled.

“How are you going to do that for the performance?” Herr called back up at her.

“Over the headset,” the tech replied, smiling sheepishly.

Finally, with a roll of drums, the entire cast flooded the stage for the opening dance number. With wild eyes and gaping mouths, heads cocked and shoulders hunched, they shimmied, staggered and shuddered in unison, seemingly anesthetized yet very much alive.

Central to the success of any musical are the melodies and lyrics that drive the action along. In developing “’Twas Brillig,” Kienitz worked closely with composers Ernström and Lu, sending them lyrics and asking them to compose the score. Ernström said the most gratifying part of the process was coming in to rehearsal to hear the cast singing his score.

“When you have something on paper, it’s sometimes hard to imagine what it’s going to sound like,” he said, “but when you transfer it to live instruments and voices, it can really jump alive.”

Lu said it was a joy working with the cast of “’Twas Brillig.”

“I’ve had a lot of fun working with these really talented people who learn their notes easily and quickly,” he said. “It’s made my life as a music director pretty straightforward — you can really milk the good stuff and work on shaping the music.”

Audiences should come prepared for a healthy dose of irreverence; the musical includes colorful language, allusions to sex and drugs and even a pregnant woman who smokes. Yet it’s clear these elements aren’t there simply for the shock factor; “’Twas Brillig” is serious about its send-up of popular culture, just as the teens involved are serious about producing high quality live theater.

“The more people get involved, the more it will be able to thrive,” Shaindlin said of A Theatre Near U. “It’s definitely a company that should be thriving in this area.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly. com.

What: “’Twas Brillig,” presented by A Theatre Near U Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts When: Through June 27, with shows Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.

Cost: $17-$22 Info: Go to mvcpa.com or call 650-903-6000.

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Closing night of the Stanford Jazz Festival, August 8, features NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd playing Bing Concert Hall.

The jazz days of summer Stanford Jazz Festival features world-class artists, diverse programming

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ne of the paradoxes of summer is that while the Stanford on-campus population thins out, the jazz activity increases exponentially. The annual Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW) is an internationally recognized camp for middle school through adult students. Its sibling Stanford Jazz Festival (SJF) is a series of related concerts that runs on campus from June 20 through August 8 and features many of the SJW faculty members.

The diversity of programming is impressive, ranging from straight-ahead and countryinfluenced jazz and the blues to Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and Indian styles. “The faculty brings a tremendous amount of diversity,” said Jim Nadel, SJW and SJF founder as well as executive and artistic director.

“But then I look to see what else we need, because we want to have a lot of different kinds of music represented.”

Pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias, whose group opens the SJF on Saturday night, June 20, at Bing Concert Hall, is a perfect example. “She plays the piano like Bill Evans, if she wants to, but she’s got the Brazilian thing, too,” said Nadel of the São Paulo native.

“She’s also a wonderful singer.

There’s something about hearing the lyrics to a bossa nova song in Portuguese and then having great jazz playing underneath that’s very compelling.”

In a perhaps unplanned reflection of local demographics, the India Jazz Generations show at Din-

kelspiel Auditorium on Sunday, June 28 is a historic local first.

“A grandfather (Vikku Vinayakram), a father (V. Selvaganesh) and a son (Swaminathan Selvaganesh) are going to be on the stage at the same time, playing with a great band that includes (saxophonist) George Brooks, (pianist) Osam Ezzeldin and (bassist) Kai Eckhardt,” said Nadel.

“That’s going to be something extraordinary that’s never played in the Bay Area.”

On the more traditional jazz front, the collective quartet James Farm headlines Dinkelspiel Auditorium on August 5. The compositionally oriented group features saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland.

“What can you say about James Farm? They’re phenomenal and one of my favorite contemporary bands,” Nadel declared. “Josh Redman is a brilliant, brilliant artist, of course. And he’s teaching here, too.”

A chance to learn from jazz greats — and to see them perform live?

“That’s what makes our educational programs so special,” Nadel said. Q What: Stanford Jazz Workshop and Festival Where: Various venues at Stanford University When: June 20-August 8 Cost: Varies Info: Go to stanfordjazz.org or call 650-736-0324

Three to get ready With so many quality concerts being presented over the next week, it’s hard to know what to pick. Here are three festival highlights: 1. ‘Mo’ Blues Guitar’ Due to contractual stipulations, the SJF can’t advertise the blues artist who’s playing this show. But they’re allowed to name this threetime GRAMMY winner on its website. Hint: He’s known for his collaborations with the likes of fellow guitarists/ vocalists Bonnie Raitt and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, music legend Ray Charles and bassist/producer/multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller.

(Dinkelspiel Auditorium, July 19, 7:30 p.m., $15-$55) 2. Caili O’Doherty and Scott Sorkin CD Release Party Two SJW staff members will celebrate their debut CDs in this joint concert. The imaginative New York-based pianist/composer will release her debut album, “Padme,” on July 7 while the versatile guitarist/sound engineer/local treasure will also be making his solo CD debut with “Laika.” (Campbell Recital Hall, July 21, 7:30 p.m., $15-$35) 3. Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, with Special Guest Anat Cohen One of the most consistently creative and unpredictable bandleaders, drummer Allison Miller brings her Boom Tic Boom group with a twist.

Miller and regular collaborators Jenny Scheinman (violin), Myra Melford (piano), Todd Sickafoose (double bass) and Kirk Knuffke (trumpet) will be joined by acclaimed clarinetist Anat Cohen. (Dinkelspiel Auditorium, July 30, 7:30 p.m., $15-$35)

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STANFORD STADIUM SATURDAY, JUNE 27 7:30PM TRAFFIC NOTICE: On Saturday, June 27 2015, at 7:30PM, the San Jose Earthquakes will play the L.A. Galaxy at Stanford Stadium. With an estimated attendance of 50,000, the match will generate traffic that may be heavy from 5:30PM to 7:30PM and from 9:30PM to 11:30PM along Embarcadero Road, University Avenue and Oregon Expressway between Highway 101 and the campus, and along El Camino Real from University Avenue to Oregon Expressway. Increased traffic may also be experienced along: Sand Hill Road and Page Mill Road between Interstate 280 and the campus, and along Junipero Serra between Page Mill Road and Sand Hill Road.

A post-match fireworks show will take place approximately from 10:10PM until 10:30PM. For more information go to the San Jose Earthquakes web site at www.sjearthquakes.com/stanford www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 19, 2015 • Page 27

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“Chinglish” explores the importance of relationships in Chinese business transactions.

Lost in translation Cultural blunders translate into hilarity in D.H. Hwang comedy

by Janet Silver Ghent

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REVIEW THEATER cutWith not ic e the wrong of safe: accent or a misthe slippery are very crafty” placed letter, Daniel’s attempt at (Slippery slopes ahead) “I love you” becomes “Snail loves “Deformed Man’s Toilet” cow” or “Frog loves to pee.”

(Handicapped restroom) The plot of “Chinglish” will “Be sure to carry your thing” resonate with Americans who at(Take your things with you) tempt to do business abroad DanSuch mistranslations brought iel decides to take on the Chinese the house down at Palo Alto market, starting by providing Players’ opening night of “Ch- correct English signage for a new inglish,” David Henry Hwang’s cultural center. In the process, he comedy about Chinese-American hires Peter Timms (Michael Mcmiscommunication. But beyond Cune), an Englishman living in the hilarious verbiage — which China, to serve as his consultant, stopped the performance more translating and finessing his path than once as the audience erupted to the right officials. in noisy applause — “Chinglish” But the finessing runs awry. makes two important points.

They humiliate officials by pointOne: “When doing business in ing out bad translations — which China, always bring your own the Chinese don’t find laughable. translator,” as Daniel Cavanaugh To make matters worse, Peter has (Chris Mahle), a sign-making ex- an anger-management problem. ecutive, discovers after multiple Joyce Liu plays the conniving misadventures. And two: Even if vice minister, Xi Yan, with pathe translations are correct, seem- nache. She seduces the clueless ingly innocuous gestures and Daniel, creating further miscalbreaches of decorum can easily culations and misinterpretations. sabotage a business deal, because Sets and costumes by Kuo-Hao guanxi (relationships) trump con- Lo and Y. Sharon Peng, respectracts. tively, and scene-changing music In China, as Daniel discov- from traditional to electronica ers, business is all about guanxi, selected by Crystal and Jeff Grafnurtured through wining, dining, ton, underscore shifts in a country trading favors and kissing up to that is rapidly evolving — not to the right people. Sometimes, the mention misunderstood. Q kissing gets a little carried away.

Freelance writer Janet Silver But more about that later.

Ghent can be emailed at ghentIn “Chinglish,” which contin- writer@gmail.com. ues through June 28 at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre, playwright What: Palo Alto Players’ Hwang moves in a far different presents “Chinglish,” direction from his tragic “M.

by David Henry Hwang Butterfly” and the semi-autobiographical, provocative “Yellow Where: Lucie Stern Theater, Face.”

1305 Middlefield Road, This is a crowd-pleaser, pepPalo Alto pered with witty dialogue — in When: Through June 28, Chinglish, English and Mandarin, with shows Thursday, 7 p.m.; with outrageous mistranslations Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; popping up on a screen — invitSunday, 2 p.m. Post-show ing the audience to chuckle knowdiscussions June 18 and 25. ingly at messages that are lost on Cost: $31-$45 the characters. There’s a tendency for American theatergoers to Info: Go to paplayers.org gloat in superiority — until they or call 650-329-0891. discover that the mistranslations

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Music Jazz at Filoli Sit beneath the shade of mature oak trees and enjoy a picnic as you listen to live jazz. If that sounds inviting, you’ll want to mark your calendar for the 25th annual Jazz at Filoli series: six concerts on Sundays between June 21 and Sept. 13 at the Filoli estate, at 86 Canada Road, Woodside. On the roster this season: the Jeff Hamilton Trio and Grammy Award-winner Arturo Sandoval. Tickets are $60 for members, $70 for non-members.

Admission to Filoli, snacks and drinks are included. Go to filoli.org or call 650-364-8300, ext. 508.

Film ‘Searching for Home’ Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a household term, yet relatively few of us have an intimate experience of the condition. On Saturday, June 20, Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science will screen “Searching for Home: Coming Back From War,” a new documentary that illuminates the struggle of veterans. The film shows at 6 p.m. in the Cubberley Auditorium, at 485 Lasuen Mall, followed by a Q&A. The event is free, but reservations are recommended. Go to tinyurl. com/p4eywzw.

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World Music Day Sunday, June 21 is a big day: It’s summer solstice, Father’s Day and also Palo Alto World Music Day. From 3-7:30 p.m., University Avenue will be closed to traffic, and more than 50 bands will take to the street for an afternoon of tunes from around the globe including klezmer, Greek, Balkan and Indian music and more. The event is free to the public. Go to pamusicday.org.

Books ‘The Betrayers’

‘Home Grown’ Why is Mickey lying on the floor? And are those brightly colored orbs balloons ... or bombs? In the work of nationally acclaimed artist and Palo Alto native Walter Robinson, commercial imagery, children’s toys and cartoon characters often take on a distinctly sinister tone. On view at the Palo Alto Art Center, at 1313 Newell Road, through Aug. 30, “Home Grown: Walter Robinson” kicks off Friday, June 19, with an opening reception from 7-10 p.m. featuring live music, food-truck fare, drinks for purchase and even a text-based art activity overseen by the artist himself.

Also on view at the center are life-sized charcoal and graphite portraits of residents of the city’s Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. Sketched by artist-in-residence Joel Daniel Phillips, the works will be in progress through Aug. 29. Both shows are free to the public. To learn more, go to cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter or call 650-329-2366.

Above: “Fallen Mickey” (2006) is among the works on display at the Palo Alto Art Center as part of “Home Grown: Walter Robinson.”

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Soviet-era Jewish dissidents, blackmail, scandal and Israeli political turbulence: Writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis fits all this and more into his new novel, “The Betrayers.” Though the story unfolds over the course of just 24 hours, it’s an action-packed, propulsive tale. Bezmozgis will appear at Palo Alto’s Oshman Family JCC, at 3921 Fabian Way, on June 24 at 7 p.m. to discuss the book. Go to tinyurl.com/qajmlhb or call 650-223-8664.

Concert Le festival This month, Mountain View’s Community School of Music and Arts, at 230 San Antonio Circle, hosts “Le festival”: French chamber music concerts put on by the Alliance Francaise of Silicon Valley. On Friday, June 19, it’s “Three Summits of French Chamber Music”: works by Debussy, Ravel and Franck performed by Ensemble San Francisco. On June 27, “Jewels of French Music” will be presented by Bay Area soloists. Both concerts begin at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $25-$45. Go to afscv.org/lefestival or call 408-445-2095. Q — Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Where you put your food scraps makes a world of difference.

Beginning July 1, you can put all of your food scraps and food soiled paper directly into your green cart along with your yard trimmings.

By doing this, you help Palo Alto turn your food scraps into rich soil and renewable energy, and help protect the climate.

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Eating Out Area food and drink artisans are celebrated in airy, bright Local Union 271

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The kitchen philosophy was upgraded as well, both ingredient- and quality-wise. University Cafe chef Bernardino Vargas and the entire kitchen staff was retained. Noted local chef Michael

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Left: Head bartender Melvin Clavio pours a cocktail called Quincidence: a blend of London Dry Gin, locally sourced quince, aperol, elderflower cordial and fresh lemon. Above: On the happy-hour menu at Local Union 271: meatballs covered with cheese, tomato sauce and chopped basil, served in a mini castiron skillet.

Ellis was brought in to revamp the menu and perfect new dishes. Vargas and staff took it from there.

Farm-to-table is a cliché these days, but new proprietor Steve Sinchek, who also owns nearby sports bar Old Pro, has upped the ante. Produce tastes just picked, sauces just made, pastries and bread oven-fresh and fish, poultry and meat thoughtfully sourced.

The menu lists two dozen local growers, butchers and bakers that supply the restaurant.

That’s the idea behind the name: a convergence of local food artisans who practice sustainability and responsible farming techniques.

One day at lunch, I ordered the ahi tuna sandwich and tomato soup ($14.95). The success of any sandwich is predicated on the bread surrounding the ingredients — even kale tastes good when encased in this spongy brioche bun. The line-caught tuna was just seared and had great texture with bright ocean flavor. The fireengine red tomato soup was thick and nourishing with bits of tomato chunks throughout, topped with cheese curls.

Special one day was a duck BLT sandwich ($13.95) with nitrate-free smoked duck bacon, butter lettuce, tomatoes, avocado and herbed aioli tucked between thick, rustic, toasted bread slices.

The sandwich came with a pile of crisp greens tossed in a champagne vinaigrette dressing.

Local Union’s happy hour is Monday through Friday, 4 to 6 p.m., and features four beverages and five appetizers at $6 each: significant savings. We tried the meatballs (regularly $12.95), two huge meat globes served in a mini iron skillet, covered with cheese,

tomato sauce and chopped basil.

Thick toast and a spoon accompanied to scoop up all the cheese and sauce.

Equally successful was the bruschetta (regularly $10.95): four chunks of rustic bread topped with chopped red ripe tomatoes, olive oil, curls of Parmesan, whole basil leaves and a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar. (The aged balsamic was more syrupy than acidic.)

Of the larger plates, the plump barbecue prawns ($19.95) were served with chunks of bacon in a slightly piquant barbecue sauce over a bed of creamy polenta. The bacon, prawns and barbecue sauce melded into a toothsome combination and the polenta added a cool silky texture.

I am a chicken pot pie aficionado and was pleased with Local’s version ($15.95). The pot pie was served in a mini skillet filled with creamy chunks of tender chicken, carrots and peas. Usually, the ingredients are encased inside the pastry. In this case, a large square of flaky puff pastry sat atop the components. Not only was the visual appeal enhanced, but the dish also invited the diner to dig in with knife and fork.

Service during my visits was always prompt and courteous. Tables were quickly bused and water and ice tea glasses kept filled. Pacing from the kitchen was just right.

Desserts offer a worthy conclusion. The warm brownie sundae ($6.95) was served with Straus Family Creamery organic vanilla ice cream with salted caramel sauce drizzled over the top. The ice cream sandwich ($6.95) also featured Straus vanilla ice cream, sandwiched between two warm and gooey chocolate chip cookies.

The croissant bread pudding

($6.95), also served in a mini skillet, had been drizzled with caramel sauce and was served with a side of real whipped cream.

Many wines were available in three- or six-ounce pours as well as by the half and full bottle. Additionally, there were dozens of wines by the bottle only: topnotch California labels such as Calera Wine, Rombauer, DuMOL Wines, Kistler Vineyards, Ridge Vineyards and Turley Wine Cellars.

Prices were sane. House cocktails and many draft beers rounded out the beverage menu.

The restaurant also offers a weekend brunch menu, something of a rarity in Palo Alto.

Local Union 271 features big, bold flavors in a spacious, basic setting. The enhanced farm-totable concept works well; the recognized local farmers, bakers, ranchers and butchers make them partners to what’s on the plate. Best of all, the experienced kitchen knows what to do with high-quality ingredients — keep it simple, cook with restraint and coax the best out of the product. Q Local Union 271, 271 University Ave., Palo Alto; 650-322-7509; facebook.com/localunion271 Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.

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Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann) strikes up a tentative friendship with Rachel Kushner (Olivia Cooke) and in “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.”

Death threat Teens contend with cancer in irreverent dramedy 00 1/2 (Guild) Greg grows from movie-maker (of There has long been a semantic debate among film snobs who suggest that a “movie” is a piece of entertainment — nothing but comedy, thrills and melodrama — whereas a “film” is an artful work with thematic depth and formal designs worthy of study. Even if we grant the distinction exists, we may have trouble applying it to “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.”

Certainly, “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” — adapted by Jesse Andrews from his own YA novel and directed by Alfonso GomezRejon (“Glee”) — wants very much to be a film, just as its main character not so secretly desires to be a filmmaker. The “Me” of the title, high-school senior Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), haunts Pittsburgh’s best (or only?) indie video store, spends his lunch hours watching Criterion Collection titles on YouTube and makes amateur film parodies with his longtime friend, Earl (RJ Cyler). For all this, “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” makes for a disappointing film but, at least for its target audience of white middle-class teens (and probably their parents), a deeply satisfying movie.

Or should I say “moving picture”? For self-consciously manipulative melodrama is the movie’s not-so-stealth current, pulling the story along under its goofy, dancing-as-fast-as-it-can humor.

This movie about Greg is, then, a perfect metaphor for him: Seeing himself as a “skinny, pasty, groundhog-faced kid,” he has dedicated himself to making shallow connections with all, deep connections with none. Even Earl he calls a “co-worker.”

But Greg finds himself forced by his mother (Connie Britton) to hang out with Rachel Kushner (Olivia Cooke), a witty girl whose spirit has been understandably dimmed by a recent diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia. In the process,

silly parodies like “Senior Citizen Cane” and “A Sockwork Orange”) to filmmaker as he struggles to befriend Rachel, to deal with the inevitability of death and to make a film worthy of her. “Me and Earl”’s best moments explore true

friendship and emotional creativity. When life itself is threatened, what do you say to a friend? What do you do?

Unfortunately, all we learn about Earl’s working-class life is what directly affects or interests his solipsistic white friend. Likewise, the plot requires Rachel to be little more than a device as per the title: a foil for Greg’s discoveries. Certainly, the proliferation of real-life Gregs will love Gomez-Rejon’s movie like their own. Everyone else will have to accept its indulgence of Greg’s journey to the exclusion of pretty much everyone else in order to enjoy “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” for what it is: a diverting, skillfully shot and edited comedy with an ultimate kick of near-unbearable near-death tension.

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug material, language and some thematic elements. One hour, 45 minutes.

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“There’s So Much To Admire About ‘Me And Earl’ – I Love How It Plays Fast And Loose With Our Expectations. It Picks Us Up, Spins Us Around, And Leaves Us Giddy With Pleasure. Hooray For Un-Hollywood.”

-Joe Morgenstern,

“Deserves To Be The Summer’s Sleeper Hit. It’s That Sharply Funny, Touching And Vital.”

-Peter Travers,

“Grade: A. Sparkling With Smart Humor And Constant Visual Surprises, ‘Me And Earl’ Holds A Unique Appeal That’s Certain To Last.”

-Anisha Jhaveri,

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MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday – 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.

ABCD 2 (Not Rated) Century 16: 11:25 a.m., 3:15, 7:05 & 10:45 p.m.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 10 a.m. & 10:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:10, 4:20 & 7:35 p.m.

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 2, 5:05, 8:05 & 11:05 p.m., Fri & Sun 11 a.m.

Dope (R) Century 16: 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 1:45, 4:35, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m.

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

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

Century 20: 2:20, 5, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:40 a.m.

Mad Max: Fury Road (R) Century 16: 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 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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I’ll See You in My Dreams (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (PG-13) ++1/2 Guild Theatre: 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m.

Inside Out (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 2:15, 3, 5, 5:45, 6:30, 7:45, 8:30 & 9:15 p.m., Fri & Sun 9:15 a.m., Sat 9:30 a.m. In 3-D at 10 & 10:45 a.m., 1, 1:30, 3:45, 4:15, 7, 9:45 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 9:50 & 11 a.m., 12:20, 1:40, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:15, 9:40 & 11 p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 & 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 3:35, 5:10, 6:15, 7:50, 8:55 & 10:30 p.m., Fri & Sun 12:55 p.m., Sat 1 p.m.

Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: Fri & Sat 7:30 & 10:20 p.m., Sun 10:25 p.m.

Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:45, 4:35, 7:25 & 10:30 p.m.

Insidious: Chapter 3 (PG-13) Century 20: 10 a.m., 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m.

Jaws (1975) (PG) Century 16: Sun 2 & 7 p.m.

Century 20: Sun 2 & 7 p.m.

Jurassic World (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 11:05 & 11:45 a.m., 2:25, 3:05, 5:45, 6:25, 9:05 & 9:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. In 3-D at 9, 9:45 & 10:25 a.m., 12:25, 1:05, 1:45, 3:40, 4:25, 5:05, 7:10, 7:45, 8:25 & 10:25 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:05 & 11:45 p.m. Century 20: 10 a.m., 1, 2:30, 4, 5:35, 7:05, 8:35 & 10:05 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:30 a.m., Sat 11:25 a.m. In 3-D at 11 a.m., noon, 12:30, 2,

Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 5:35 & 9:40 p.m.

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Roman Holiday (1953) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 3:25 & 7:30 p.m.

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San Andreas (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:40 a.m., 1:40, 4:35, 7:35 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 1:05 & 7:15 p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 a.m., 4:05 & 10:15 p.m.

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Tomorrowland (PG) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:50 a.m., Fri & Sat 12:55 & 4:10 p.m.

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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Currently closed for renovation Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly:

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In the 14 years since “Jurassic Park III,” the culture has had just enough time to miss the franchise, and director and co-screenwriter Colin Trevorrow (“Safety Not Guaranteed”) has met the challenges of sequel-making with an appealing self-awareness in “Jurassic World.” The film returns to Isla Nublar, the site of the original Jurassic Park, where there is a gleaming new theme park — filled with genetically engineered dinosaurs, as well as shops, restaurants, rides and more. Wide-eyed, young Gray Mitchell (Ty Simpkins) serves as our surrogate when he gets his first glimpse of Jurassic World, accompanied by his too-cool-for-school older brother Zach (Nick Robinson). The boys are 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. The various social tensions — between Claire and her neglected kin; the flirty never-weres Claire and Owen; and the competing interests of the park’s stakeholders — all come to a head

Century Theatres at Palo Alto Square Fri and Sat 6/19 – 6/20 I’ll See You in My Dreams – 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Love & Mercy – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00

Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information about films playing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews at PaloAltoOnline.com

when (shock of shocks) a security breach unleashes the latest star attraction: a gigantic, incredibly dangerous hybrid dubbed Indominus rex.

Logic isn’t exactly “Jurassic World”’s strong suit, but the key scenes turn out to be up to snuff, including one of the boys being attacked while in a safari gyrosphere and the inevitable 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.

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril.

Two hours, four minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed June 12, 2015)

MOVIE REVIEWERS P.C. – Peter Canavese, T.H. – Tyler Hanley, S.T. – Susan Tavernetti

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OPEN HOME GUIDE 49 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com

Home Front OAXACAN MOLE ... Zaida Kent of Oaxacan Kitchen Markets will teach a mouthwatering cooking class, “Oaxaca — Land of the Seven Moles,” on Wednesday, July 1, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Palo Alto High School, Room 103, 50 Embarcadero Road. The class will take the mystery out of two moles from Oaxaca. Dishes on the menu include mole amarillo, vegetarian or chicken; mole verde with pork or vegetarian; arroz a la jardinera; black bean with epazote; agua de tamarindo; and for dessert, buñuelos. Registration is $50 in advance. Info: tinyurl.com/ p7k8nfs FILOLI GARDEN SCULPTURE EXHIBIT ... With water conservation on many people’s minds, replacing water-thirsty plants with garden art can be a way to add interest and color to the garden.

A summer garden sculpture show at Filoli will include fountains and works in metal, stone and wood.

Visitors will receive a map, or they can join a guided tour. The exhibit runs through Sunday, Sept. 13.

Cost is $10 members and $20 for nonmembers. Advance reservations are available for guided sculpture walks, which are on Thursdays and Saturdays. Filoli is located at 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. Info: filoli.org

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PLANTS FOR SHADE ... Dry shade can be one of the most difficult planting sites for success. Master Gardener Joan Cloutier will speak about “Great Plants for Dry Shade Areas,” on Wednesday, June 24, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The presentation will cover planting selections for the Bay Area’s Mediterranean climate that can compete with trees, overhangs and shady slopes. The event is sponsored by the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County and takes place at Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Free. Info: tinyurl.com/ napofo5 BEE-UTIFUL ... Teresa Lavell, a certified Integrated Pest Management Advocate and bee enthusiast, will teach a class called “The Buzz About Bees” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, at the Common Ground demonstration garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Lavell will offer tips and techniques to transform a garden into a safe oasis for honeybees, native bees, birds and other pollinators. Funded by the City of Palo Alto Watershed Protection, the event costs $5. Info: commongroundgarden.org Q

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he idea of what constitutes green design and construction continues to evolve. Practices that were once considered those of “treehuggers on the fringe” are now mainstream, even finding their way into the municipal building code.

Some say that the term “green” is so overused that it has lost its distinction, but I disagree. There is a steady stream of new green practices and technologies that challenge the boundaries of what is “fringe” and what will someday be mainstream.

Let’s look beyond the label of green and focus on the benefits instead. Green buildings can be more comfortable, less expensive to operate, better for our health and ultimately, nicer to the planet.

Comprehensive green design and construction addresses all of these benefits because the home is a system and without a holistic approach using “building science,” improving one area of concern can create unintended consequences in another.

So let’s review some of the factors of green design and construction to set the stage for deeper discussion in this and future articles.

Indoor air quality: This is an important concern because there are many factors that influence it. Homes that are built or remodeled to be “tighter” also need to bring in fresh air and ideally filter it.

Water conservation: The drought has increased our awareness of water as a precious resource. New building codes are in effect to help reduce water usage, and new

technologies are emerging so that more can be done with less.

Materials conservation: Reduce, re-use, recycle is a green mantra. Artist Aaron Kramer has been quoted as saying, “Trash is a failure of imagination.” New examples of attractive recycled materials enter the marketplace on a regular basis. More effort is being made to reduce the amount of waste that building or remodeling creates.

Energy efficiency: There are many ways of influencing this factor. Tightening the building envelope is probably the best first step, but investing in an efficient heating system could be important, too.

Making improvements in any of these areas can increase comfort, improve health and reduce long-term cost.

So here’s one way to influence indoor air quality that might not seem obvious.

Have you ever noticed when a portable vacuum cleaner is used there are dust particles that seem to linger in the air for hours afterward — not to mention the funky “just vacuumed” smell!

When my family remodeled our home, we implemented several green measures to improve indoor air quality, one of which was a central vacuum system. With the walls already open, the installer ran 2-inch tubing and placed five special wall receptacles strategically throughout the house. The vacuum motor unit and filter was located out in the garage.

What a difference it has made!

Here is some interesting information about vacuums that might surprise you.

1. A central vacuum works

better than a standard portable vacuum. With three to five times more suction power than most portable vacuums, a central vacuum can pull more dirt out of your carpets.

2. Central vacuums are healthier than portables because they exhaust outside the main living area of the house.

A portable vacuum’s motor is right next to you as you vacuum — recirculating dust, dander, pollen and other nasty particulates into your home.

3. Over time, a central vacuum can save you money.

The deep-cleaning ability of a central vacuum will increase the life span of your carpet, drapes and furniture. Additionally, studies have shown that a vacuum is one of the most replaced appliances in a home.

With many whole-house units coming with lengthy and even lifetime warranties, not having to buy more vacuums in the future can be a great money saver.

4. As time has passed, I’ve only grown to love our central vacuum more. The hose is 25 feet long but easier to maneuver than lugging a vacuum around, especially up and down the stairs. And with the vacuum motor out in the garage, it’s quiet enough to have a phone conversation while doing the housework.

Years later, our central vacuum is one of those things that we still smile about every time we use it. More comfortable, better for our health — it must be green! Q Ciro Giammona is CEO of Harrell Remodeling Inc., Mountain View. He can be emailed at cgiammona@ harrell-remodeling.com.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! DeLeon Realty Celebrates Fathers For All The Work They Do. Thank You, Dads.

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3204 Greer Road, Palo Alto Fabulous Single Family Home in Midtown!

Award Winning Palo Alto Schools: Palo Verde Elementary - API 962, JLS Middle - API 943 & Palo Alto High - API 905

OPEN SAT 10:30-4:30 & SUN 1:30-4:30

Bedrooms: 3 beds | Bathrooms: 2 Living Space: 1,438 sq. ft.

Lot Size: 7,358 sq. ft.

Offered at $2,000,000

150 Hazel Avenue, Millbrae R2 Zoning - Can Build a 2nd Home!

Close to Downtown Millbrae!

Top Millbrae Schools: Spring Valley Elementary - API 907, Taylor Middle - API 902 & Mills High - API 871 Bedrooms: 3 bedrooms | Bathrooms: 2.5 Living Space: 1,410 sq. ft.

Lot Size: 6,000 sq. ft.

Offered at $1,480,000 OPEN SAT 1:30-4:30 & SUN 1:30-4:30

327 S. Baywood Avenue, San Jose Recently Remodeled Mixed Use Home (residential and commercial) Includes 611 sq. ft. of commercial space!

One block away from Santana Row! Bedrooms: 3 | Bathrooms: 5.5 Living Space: 2,600 sq.ft.

Lot Size: 6,606 sq.ft Offered at $1,250,000 OPEN SAT. & SUN 1:30-4:30

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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 )OHJHO¡V ,QWHULRU 'HVLJQ +RPH )XUQLVKLQJV 7KDW¡V 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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514 Laurel Avenue, Menlo Park Offered at $2,498,000 New Home Boasts Designer Finishes Offering soaring ceilings and designer finishes, this brand-new 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 2,432 sq. ft. (per plans) stands on a lot of 7,000 sq. ft. (per county). Accented by oak hardwood floors and dimmable lighting, the fine interior also features Andersen dual-pane windows, a Nest thermostat, Sonos speakers, and quartz countertops. Spacious and light-filled, the living area flows into a family and dining room ensemble boasting a Montigo gas fireplace. The sleek, open kitchen enjoys Silestone countertops and Thermador appliances, and all bathrooms provide designer sink and shower fixtures. A central hallway links a private guest bedroom with three more bedrooms, including a grand master suite with a sky-lit soaking tub. Freshly landscaped lawns, a standingseam metal roof, and a rear-entry garage complete this lovely property. Located in a beautiful neighborhood with wide, quiet streets, this home is near Willow Oaks Park, Bayshore Freeway, and Ravenswood Shopping Center. Excellent nearby schools include Laurel Elementary (API 927), Hillview Middle (API 950), and Menlo-Atherton High (buyer to verify eligibility).

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JUDY CITRON " 650.543.1206 jcitron@apr.com " judycitron.com

#76 Agent Nationwide, per Wall Street Journal

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Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

380MACLANE.COM NUMBERS Offered at $1,800,000 Home: 1,020 sq ft Lot: 7,405 sq ft

OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30PM

3 Bedrooms 1 ½ Baths OVERVIEW Large lot on quiet street Enjoy this home or let your dreams take hold Sellers are original owners

TURN YOUR CREATIVITY LOOSE

380 MACLANE STREET, PALO ALTO

AMENITIES Walk Score 65 Close to El Camino Shopping Robles and Mitchell Parks nearby Ventura Community Center located to the rear of property SCHOOLS Barron Elementary Terman Middle

REAL ESTATE ADVISORS & BROKERS

STEVE PIERCE

CHRIS MOGENSEN

650 533 7006 pierce@zanemac.com CalBRE # 00871571

650 924 1834 chris@zanemac.com CalBRE#01704390

Gunn High

ZANEMAC.COM

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

OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30PM

3 bedrooms 1 baths OVERVIEW Large lot on quiet circle Open Eichler floor plan with wall of glass Sellers are original owners

GREAT LOCATION, GREAT POSSIBILITIES

918 VAN AUKEN CIRCLE, PALO ALTO

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

REAL ESTATE ADVISORS & BROKERS

STEVE PIERCE

BRIAN N. KELLEY

650 533 7006 pierce@zanemac.com CalBRE # 00871571

650 387 7122 bkelley@zanemac.com CalBRE # 00871644

ZANEMAC.COM

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JUST LISTED OPEN HOUSES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 1:00PM - 4:30PM LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A CHARMING DUPLEX IN AN IDEAL DOWNTOWN MOUNTAIN VIEW LOCATION

JOIN US FOR ESPRESSO AND ITALIAN SODA!

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650.887.3721 Dave@DaveKeefe.com www.DaveKeefe.com Cal BRE# 01352506

715 - 731 HOPE ST, MOUNTAIN VIEW

124 & 122 Mercy Street, Mountain View Limited Time For Open House - Saturday, June 20th from 1-3 Duplex - Mt. View Tenant Occupied. Amazing duplex opportunity in Old Mountain View! Each charming unit feels like a single-family residence, each offering 2 bedrooms, 1 and ¼ baths, a 1- car garage, and separate entertainment-sized backyards. Both units are finished with lovely hardwood flooring, bright and sunny living rooms with a brick fireplace, eat-in kitchens, and more. Other highlights include abundant natural light, tiled bathrooms, a newer roof, and 2-year old fences. This wonderful residence is ideal for multi-generational families, investment, or whatever suits your lifestyle. Total square footage is approximately 1,900 with an approximate 7,400 sq. ft lot.

Old Mountain View is a highly-desirable neighborhood thanks to its picturesque homes, tree-lined streets, and fabulous nearby amenities. Landels Elementary and Mercy Bush Park are just blocks away, as well as lively Castro Street, Eagle Park and Pool, the Civic Center and Library, and the CalTrain station.

Other schools are Graham Middle and highly-rated Mountain View High School.

Offered at $1,399,500

Enis Hall Broker Associate

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©2013 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Office is Owned by a Subsidiary of NRT LLC. All rights reserved. This information was supplied by Seller and/or other sources.

Broker believes this information to be correct but has not verified this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction.

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Bay Area Collection Menlo Park. Burlingame 650.314.7200 | pacificunion.com

APPOINTMENT ONLY

1 Faxon Rd, Atherton $20,700,000 1faxon.com Grand estate in America’s #1 zip code, per Forbes. 1.7+ acres with pool and golf hole. 12,800+ sq. ft. The best of Silicon Valley living minutes to Stanford and tech giants.

Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 tom@tomlemieux.com

ACTIVE

OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30 - 4:30

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

874 Cambridge Avenue, Menlo Park $1,850,000 3 BD / 2 BA

New Listing in Sharon Heights. Privacy in park-like setting, Lovingly maintained, Excellent Las Lomitas Schools

Attractive layout and lots of natural light. Fresh paint and newly refinished, hardwood floors render the three bedroom. Top-rated Menlo Park schools.

874Cambridge.com

Jennifer Pollock, 650.867.0609 Deanna Tarr, 415.999.1232

OFF MARKET SALE

Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 tom@tomlemieux.com

PENDING

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

168 Sand Hill Circle, Menlo Park $1,549,000 4 BD / 2 BA / 2,060 SF

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.

Light end unit with view of Sharon Heights Golf Course. Quiet location with remodeled Kitchen and Baths, Las Lomitas schools.

Jennifer Pollock, 650.867.0609 Deanna Tarr, 415.999.1232

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97 MANDARIN WAY, ATHERTON

OPEN SUNDAY

Classic, elegant French country manor Beautiful garden setting Just over one acre (43,725 sf) 5 bed, 3.5 baths, plus office Main House 3,975 sf Detached 3-car garage 660 sf Less than 3 miles to Sand Hill Road and Stanford University Acclaimed Las Lomitas schools

www.97Mandarin.com

$7,200,000

#1 IN MARKET SHARE IN ATHERTON RANKED #6 TEAM NATIONALLY PER THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2014

MARY GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 mary@apr.com License# 00373961

BRENT GULLIXSON 650.888.4898 brentg@apr.com License# 01329216

gullixson.com

Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. However, neither seller nor listing agent has verified this information. If this information is Page 44 • June 19, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com important to buyer in determining whether to buy or to purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation.

ZachTrailerGroup

Community Connected

775 17TH AVENUE | MENLO PARK STUNNING HIGH-END NEWER CONSTRUCTION

4BR | 3BA ±2,641SF ±6,540SF Lot Built In 2012 w/ High-End Finishes Chef’s Kitchen opens to Family Room Master Suite with Spa-Like Bath Beautifully Landscaped Grounds Menlo Atherton High

Offered at $1,898,000 Call Zach for details

OPEN HOUSE

SATURDAY & SUNDAY | 1:30PM-4:30PM

1565 WEBSTER STREET | OLD PALO ALTO PRIME OLD PALO ALTO | ARCHITECTURAL ELEGANCE ON OVERSIZED LOT

5 BR | 4BA | 2halfBA ±4,601SF ±11,250SF Lot Built in 2001 w/ High-End Finishes Master Suite on Main Level Media Room in Finished Basement Two-Car Detached Garage Palo Alto Schools

Offered at $6,950,000 Colisted with Lila Bina of Keller Williams

APPOINTMENT ONLY

CALL ZACH 650.906.8008 FOR SHOWINGS

ZachTrailerGroup

WSJ Top 150 Agents Nationwide

650.906.8008

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services

Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

Ano Nuevo Scenic Ranch, Davenport

$35,000,000

$19,800,000

$24,800,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello & Cutty Smith Lic.#01343305 & 01444081

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Greg Goumas Lic.#01242399, 00709019, 01878208

6 Quail Meadow Drive, Woodside

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

245 Mountain Wood Lane, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

Call for Price

$11,488,000

$8,750,000

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#0187820

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas & John Reece, Lic.#01878208 & 00838479

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019

25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside

669 Hayne Road, Hillsborough

13195 Glenshire Drive, Truckee

$8,250,000

$8,488,888

$6,900,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019,

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

11030 Magdalena Road, Los Altos Hills

138 Bolivar Lane, Portola Valley

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

$6,698,000

$6,488,000

$5,850,000

Listing Provided by: David Troyer, Lic.#01234450

Listing Provided by: Irene Reed & Greg Goumas, Lic.# 01879122 & 01878208

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019

38 Hacienda Drive, Woodside

45 Vista Verde Way, Portola Valley

1250 Miramontes Street, Half Moon Bay

$5,450,000

$3,495,000

$3,200,000

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019

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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.

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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.

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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.

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(PAW June 5, 12, 19, 26, 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.

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(PAW June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015) EAGLE DEEP FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 605242 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Eagle Deep, located at 2225 E. Bayshore Rd., #200, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

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The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): DEEP EAGLE LLC 2225 E. Bayshore Rd., #200 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 26, 2015.

(PAW June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2015) LEMON TREE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 605202 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Lemon Tree, located at 3427 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County.

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997 All Other Legals 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

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(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.

(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)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 115CV281752 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: SHRIKUMAR HARIHARASUBRAHMANIAN & CHRISTINE ARNOLD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) SANJAY AARYAMAN SHRIKUMAR ARNOLD to SANJAY AARYAMAN ARNOLD ATMAN b.) ANDREAS KARTIK ATMAN to ANDREAS KARTIK ARNOLD ATMAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: September 15, 2015, 8:45 a.m., Room: 107, of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.

A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: June 11, 2015 Thomas E. Kuhnle JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 2015)

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NATIONAL TEAM . . . Stanford seniorLucy Dikeou was named to the U.S. women’s national lacrosse team. She joins veteran national team goalie Liz Hogan, a Stanford assistant coach, on the 36-player squad. Stanford coach Amy Bokker is an assistant coach for the U.S. team . . . East Palo Alto resident Folau Niua helped the U.S. national rugby qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, as the USA won the NACRA Sevens Championships at MedPark in Cary, N.C. on Sunday.

The Americans, who outscored their opponents by a 229-10 margin, beat the Cayman Islands, 64-0, in the semifinal and topped Canada, 21-5, in the final.

SMART GOLFERS . . . The Castilleja girls’ golf team earned one of the 29 CIF State Academic Team Championship banners. The Gators’ team GPA of 3.92 was the highest, based on an unweighted 4.0 scale, in their sport in the state. The school will receive a banner, suitable for display in their school gym, to recognize this accomplishment. Castilleja was one of four CCS schools to earn a banner.

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TRACK AND FIELD

All-American efforts pace Stanford at NCAA championships Six Cardinal athletes earn first team honors

By David Kiefer tanford junior Claudia Saunders ended on Saturday what freshman Harrison Williams started on Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Saunders and Williams each set a school record and finished among the top four at the national meet. Overall, the Cardinal had six athletes gain first team All-American honors: Saunders, Williams, Valarie Allman, Sean McGorty, David Duvio and Jessica Tonn.

The Stanford men’s team finished with 12 points for a 16th-place finish and the Cardinal women recorded 18 points to place 13th.

Saunders set her school mark in the 800 meters, finishing second overall and matching the school’s best finish in the event.

“I wasn’t holding back,”she said. “I figured if I kept pushing, I should be OK.” Saunders ran 2:00.63 to better the former

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mark of 2:00.97 set by Justine Fedronic in a Diamond League meet in France in 2013. Saunders bettered her personal best of 2:01.79.

Saunders tucked into fourth for the first lap as the field let Clemson’s Natoya Goule break away to a 26.72 first 200. Saunders’ 400 split was 58.27.

On the backstretch, Saunders moved into third as the field began to reel in Goule.

And with 150 to go, Saunders caught Goule to move into second behind Oregon freshman Raevyn Rogers, who raced 1:59.71.

Moments after Saunders’ feat, Allman placed fifth in the discus, throwing 18411 on her fifth attempt. It was Stanford’s best NCAA finish in that event since Karen Nickerson was second in 1986.

Williams shattered his own Stanford decathlon record and became the school’s highest finisher ever in the 10-event com(continued on next page)

Claudia Saunders set a Cardinal record in the 800, running a 2:00.63. She finished second overall.

USA WOMEN’S SOCCER

Looking forward to World Cup quarterfinals Americans to meet Columbia for a berth in the semifinals

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By Rick Eymer

he United States women’s national soccer team reached the knockout stage and hopes to be the last team standing at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada when competition ends July 5.

Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan got starting assignments instead of Stanford grad Christen Press and UCLA’s Sydney Leroux on the forward line and it worked out OK as Wambach scored the

game’s only goal and Morgan got a chance to stretch her legs for an extended period of playing time.

The United States women’s national soccer team’s 1-0 victory, in front of a crowd of 52,193 at BC Place, over Nigeria on Tuesday clinched the top spot in Group D with its win in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Team USA plays Monday at 5 p.m. in Edmonton against Co(continued on next page)

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Stanford sophomore Valarie Allman finished fifth in the women’s discus at the NCAA championships to earn her second All-American honor.

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GOOD ENOUGH TO DREAM . . .

Stanford baseball players Drew Jackson, Logan James and Zach Hoffpauir are ready to begin their professional careers this week. Marc Brakeman, who turned 21 on Monday, remains unsigned after being selected in the 16th round by the Boston Red Sox. Jackson, drafted in the fifth round, and James, taken in the 31st round, are both assigned to the Seattle Mariners’ Short-A team in Everett of the Northwest League.

Hoffpauir, drafted in the 22nd round, makes his professional debut with the Missoula Osprey of the Pioneer League.

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TOP ROWERS . . . The NorCal Crew team, made up of students from local high schools including Palo Alto and Menlo Atherton, won the men’s lightweight 8 title at the USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Fla. Team members included Palo Alto seniors Misha Hindery, Marcelo Buxton and Christopher Skokowski, Paly sophomores Jackson Wood and Phoenix Jarrell Desch , Menlo-Atherton juniors Jonathan Cogan and Thomas Fuller (coxswain), along with Colley Loum (Carlmont junior), and Ian OConnor (Summit Prep junior).

U.S. goalie Hope Solo is congratulated by several of her teammates following the Americans’ 1-0 victory over Nigeria on Tuesday.

Players include Christie Rampone (3), Meghan Klingenberg (22), Becky Sauerbrunn (4), Shannon Boxx (7) and Julie Johnston (19). www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 19, 2015 • Page 53

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petition, scoring 7,806 points to place fourth .

At age 19, Williams was the youngest in the field and moved up to No. 2 on the all-time United States junior list in the event, for those 19 and under.

He’s the highest NCAA freshman finisher in the past two years, and, by eclipsing 7,800, Williams qualified for the 2016 Olympic trials.

“I’m just happy to get through it injury free and to get a solid score,” Williams said. “I was hoping to get 7,800 this year and reach the Olympic trials standard.

That was my goal coming in.”

Williams is quickly becoming the most dominant decathlete in Stanford history. Williams first established the Stanford record of 7,679 on May 10, bettering a standard set in 1952 by twotime Olympic gold medalist Bob Mathias at the Helsinki Games.

Though it stood for so long, Williams already has put 214 points on Mathias.

His performance combined with Duvio’s third place in the pole vault Wednesday, gave Stanford 11 points, exceeding its total for each of the past two years. McGorty’s eighth-place in the 5,000 also gave the Cardinal a point.

Williams opened with solid marks in the 110 hurdles (14.68) and discus (124-7), but it was his 16-4 æ clearance in the pole vault that thrust him from eighth to third. His 910 points in that event was his highest. After a javelin throw of 163-8, the school record was as good as broken. Williams made sure with a 4:30.89 in the 1,500 meters, needing something under 4:31 to reach the trials standard.

As for the school record, Williams was so far ahead of pace, he needed only 5:39.86 to break it.

His approach to each event Thursday, provides some insight into the strategy involved in the event.

In the discus, for example, Williams was short of his best of 1301, but was close with two of his three throws and that was enough.

“You obviously want to get a PR, but at the end of the day,

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By Rick Eymer very Cardinal had her day for the United States women’s national volleyball team during group play of the Women’s Pan American Cup in Lima, Peru.

As a result, the Americans get an extra day from competition and will sit out Friday’s quarterfinal round. Team USA’s next appearance will be in Saturday’s semifinal round against Brazil or Cuba, depending on Friday’s outcomes.

Stanford grad Alix Klineman, who has played in four of the five matches, is enjoying a productive tournament thus far, recording double-digit points in each of her matches for a total of 46.

you just don’t want to foul three times,” Williams said. “You want to get something on the board. In the really technical events, you really just want to get a solid score.”

When the decathlon ended, Williams briefly dropped to the track in exhaustion, but said he always feels a rush of adrenaline as well. There is a unique camaraderie among fellow competitors. After shaking hands and exchanging stories, all the competitors lined up in front of the West grandstand, held hands and bowed to the crowd.

The mutual respect is “like nothing else in the world,” Williams said. “You’re going through, basically, hell with these guys.

I’ve competed against a lot of them and I’m really good friends with all the Oregon guys, but even the guys I just met yesterday, we’re very close now because we just went through this incredible experience together. We’ve spent 48 hours side by side by side.”

Williams is not done yet. He has two decathlons upcoming. He will defend his U.S. junior title later this month back at Hayward Field.

In late July, he will represent the

U.S. at the Pan Am Junior Championships in Edmonton.

In the 5,000, Tonn finished third in 15:41.72 to the give the Cardinal its second consecutive top-three finish, following Aisling Cuffe’s runner-up last year.

Stanford sophomore Vanessa Fraser, out of Scotts Valley, was 13th to earn her first All-America honor.

In the 1,500, Elise Cranny placed 10th to finish as the top freshman in the country, running 4:24.40.

McGorty ran 13:53.63 in the 5,00 and earned first-team AllAmerica honors for the first time.

Olson, a Novato High grad, ran 13:55.74 in his final collegiate race. He earns second-team status and leaves Stanford with five All-America honors.

Sophomore Victoria Smith placed 16th with a javelin throw of 155-1, earning the Canadian second-team All-America honors.

With a foursome that included three true freshmen, the Stanford women’s 4x400 relay team maintained second-place in their semifinal ñ and an automatic qualifying spot ñ until the homestretch of

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lumbia, with that winner meeting China or Cameroon, which plays Saturday, in the quarterfinal round next Friday.

Group winners France and Germany are both possible opponents in the semifinal round should the Americans make it that far.

The U.S. beat Columbia, 3-0, in their only other World Cup meeting.

Press scored the go-ahead goal “I’m happy with the way we played both with and without the in the Americans’ 3-1 in over Ausball,” USA coach Jill Ellis said. tralia to open Cup play and and “We can attack with confidence has been quiet since. Wambach, if we have a good backline. It’s a the leading scorer in U.S. history, shame we only scored one goal recorded her first goal of the combut we’re very happy to finish on petition, and the 14th World Cup goal of her storied career. top of a difficult group.”

Morgan, recovering from a Team Mexico, which features Stanford grads Alina Garcia- bruised knee, started for the first mendez and Palo Alto’s Teresa time since April. Morgan played Noyola, lost to France, 5-0, on for about 65 minutes and replaced Wednesday in Ottawa and was by Leroux. Press and fellow Cardinal grad Kelley eliminated.

O’Hara never saw the The French scored 35 field. seconds into the match Christie Rampone, when Elodie Thomis’ who turns 40 on June through ball was de24, became the oldflected by Garciamenest player to appear in dez to Marie Laure a Women’s World Cup Delie. when she entered the France became the game in the 80th minquickest team to score ute. She made the first three goals in a Wom- Christen Press of her 307 U.S. appearen’s World Cup match, accomplishing the feat in just 13 ances in February 1997.

Wambach scored on a corner minutes.

Stanford grad Ali Riley and her kick from Megan Rapinoe, who New Zealand team, which tied drove it toward the back post.

China, 2-2, on Monday, also saw Wambach out-jumped the Nigeher run end. The Ferns finished ria defense, controlled the ball and slipped it in moments before 0-1-2 and were eliminated.

“Obviously at the moment it is halftime.

Wambach moved into a tie with very bittersweet,” New Zealand’s Rebekah Stott told FIFA.com. Germany’s Birgit Prinz for second “It’s been an amazing experience. all-time in Cup play, behind only I’ve played every minute of every Brazil’s Marta, the leader with 15 game and I’ve learned a lot. The goals.

The U.S. took sole possession whole team has, really.”

of first place in Group D with its scoreless draw against Sweden in front of a crowd of 32,716 at Winnipeg Stadium in Canada.

Sweden’s 32-year-old goalie Hedvig Lindahl was named Player of the Match after stopping Team USA’s best chances to score from Carli Lloyd and Sydney Leroux.

U.S. defender Meghan Klingenberg helped keep the Swedes off the board by clearing a ball away from the crossbar. She was on the goal line as Sweden had a corner kick and leap into the air, heading the ball out.

“Believe it or not, we’ve actually practiced that,” Ellis said. “All 5-feet-1 of her, you’ve got to work on that. But she was brilliant; brilliant timing.”

Sweden coach Pia Sundhage, the former Americans’ coach, thought it was going in.

“I couldn’t believe that it was bouncing out,” she said.

Megan Rapinoe was the Americans’ best player on the field. She consistently created opportunities for her teammates, who could not drive a wedge through a tough Swedish defense.

The U.S. is 20-5-11 all-time against Sweden.

“We’re just doing our jobs in the back. Our first priority is to keep it zero, so we have to be happy about that,” Klingenberg said.

Press spent several seasons playing professionally in Sweden.

“I owe a lot to the country for being here this moment,” she said Thursday. “I think it really helped my career, and helped me grow as a human being as well.”

Press scored in the 61st minute to snap a 1-1 tie and help the United States women’s national soccer team open the Women’s World Cup on a winning note Monday.

Team USA got two goals from Megan Rapinoe to beat Australia, 3-1, at Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Q

Stanford grad Alix Klineman has 46 points in four matches of the Pan American Cup for the U.S.

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Cardinal grad Kristin (Richards) Hildebrand, one of Stanford’s best all-around players during her college days, serves as the U.S. team captain. She also produced a 17-point game on 14 kills, 2 blocks and a service ace in a five-set victory over Columbia.

Stanford senior Inky Ajanaku, making her national team debut, had 14 points against Columbia on 11 kills, a block and two aces.

Stanford recruit Haley Hodson and former Cardinal All-American Cassidy Lichtman have also had big matches as the U.S. looks to recapture the Pan American Cup title. (continued on next page)

the final leg.

The team of junior Kristyn Williams, freshman Olivia Baker, freshman Gaby Gayles, and freshman Michaela Crunkleton Wilson ran 3:36.35. Though the Cardinal did not reach the final, it finished 15th overall to earn each member second-team All-America honors.

Stanford wins Director’s Cup Stanford has secured the Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, extending its streak to 21 consecutive seasons of capturing the award presented to the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation.

Stanford Director of Athletics Bernard Muir accepted the Cup Tuesday during the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of America (NACDA) conference in Orlando, Florida.

While this year’s standings are not yet final, Stanford has already compiled 1448.00 points overall.

Rounding out the top five are UCLA (1186.00), USC (1159.00), North Carolina (1152.00) and Florida (1105.50). Those standings are as of Friday, with the final edition slated for June 26.Q

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The Americans lost to the Dominican Republic in last year’s title match after winning the two previous titles.

Klineman and Hildebrand combined to produce 18 points in Wednesday’s 25-18, 25-18, 25-11 victory in the final match of group play. The Americans finished 5-0 in their group at the event, which is a qualifier for the FINA World Grand Prix.

Klineman gained her points with six kills, three blocks and a service ace.

Hildebrand had six kills and a teamhigh two aces.

The Do- Alix Klineman minican Republic won Pool B and will play either Argentina or Puerto Rico on Saturday.

The U.S., Dominican Republic and Brazil each own three Cup titles, with Cuba leading the way with four titles. No other country has won the title since the Cup’s inception in 2002.

Klineman recorded 12 points in U.S.’s 25-13, 25-17, 25-17 win over Mexico, on nine kills and three blocks.

Hodson and Lichtman combined to score 21 and Team USA beat Costa Rica, 25-11, 25-9, 25-5 on Monday.

Hodson had 10 kills on 19 errorless attacks, two blocks and an ace. She also had nine digs. Lichtman added five kills on 11 swings and three aces.

Klineman recorded a team-high 14 points, including 11 kills, in the Americans’ opening match, a 25-22, 25-12, 25-18 victory over Puerto Rico.

Hildebrand totaled nine points with seven kills and two aces and added 13 receptions with a 54 percent positive and excellent rating.

Men’s volleyball The United States men’s national volleyball team successfully defended its home turf, winning all six of its matches played on U.S. soil through the first three weeks of the FIVB World Men’s Volleyball League.

The next three weeks will be interesting as the fifth-ranked Americans, with Stanford grads Kawika Shoji and Erik Shoji, will be spending their time on foreign soil, beginning with Iran this weekend. Cardinal grad Matt Fuerbringer is an assistant coach for Team USA. The United States is the defending champion of World League, which is the premier international men’s volleyball tournament.

Matt Anderson and Erik Shoji rank 1-2 in the World League (which consists of 32 teams overall) in the Best Receiver category, with an efficiency rating of 74.06 and 69.15, respectively. Shoji ranks eighth in Best Digger. Q

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