Palo Alto Weekly August 28, 2015

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Vol. XXXVI, Num Number mber 47 Q August 28, 2015

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In city’s new wage law, a modest proposal Who will benefit from Palo Alto’s higher minimum wage?

by Gennady Sheyner

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he regional wave toward a higher minimum wage this week swept through Palo Alto, where city officials set aside their differences and happily united behind a law setting the local rate at $11 an hour.

For the council, the decision

was a political slam dunk. There was virtually no major push-back from the city’s business community, just a few technical concerns and a few requests for specific exemptions. The Chamber of Commerce was strangely mum on the topic, holding a few discussions

but declining to take an official position or to issue any statements (Chamber President Judy Kleinberg was out of town this week, did not attend the council meeting and was not available for comment). No one suggested at the council hearing that the higher wage would destroy the city’s business community, force layoffs or prompt an exodus of restaurant workers. Much like recent votes to ban smoking at local parks, or

to honor a stuffed donkey named Palo Alto Perry, this was a feelgood vote that was greeted with applause from the modest crowd at the meeting, who brandished “$15 by ’18” signs.

The proposal follows in the footsteps of Mountain View and Sunnyvale, each of which last fall adopted a minimum wage of $10.30 an hour — a rate that will be adjusted every year based on the Consumer Price Index. Palo Alto

officials went beyond that and set the wage at $11, while agreeing to join the other two cities in pursuing the goal of a $15 wage by 2018.

“We are in the right place to be going through this experiment,” proclaimed Vice Mayor Greg Schmid, citing data suggesting that a minimum wage in a highincome area does not hurt the economy. (continued on page 7)

EDUCATION

School board eyes greater consistency at Palo Alto’s high schools Report reveals need for more teacher collaboration time, course alignment without sacrificing teacher autonomy or innovation

by Elena Kadvany

A Veronica Weber

Tally ho Ahlia Qutub, an assistant trainer at Derby Hill, a horse training facility and stable, rides Dr. Love in front of the Stanford Red Barn Equestrian Center on Aug. 25. Qutub works with the horse on his flatwork for the upcoming Strides & Tides and SHP Season Finale horse shows in Petaluma.

ZONING

Edgewood Plaza developer faces fine for vacant grocery store Palo Alto looks to put pressure on Sand Hill Property Company to replace Fresh Market

by Gennady Sheyner

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he developer of Edgewood Plaza will pay $500 per day if the vacant grocery store formerly occupied by Fresh Market isn’t filled by the end of September, City Manager James Keene said Monday night.

Keene made the announcement at a City Council meeting that was packed with residents who live near Edgewood Plaza

and who came to demand action against Sand Hill Property Company.

In 2012, Sand Hill secured the city’s approval to redevelop the once-dilapidated plaza at 2080 Channing Ave., near U.S. Highway 101. The plan included 10 new homes and restoration of two commercial buildings and the grocery store, which constituted

the main public benefit under the planned-community zoning granted by the city. That benefit, however, went up in smoke on March 31, when Fresh Market shut its store, citing a companywide consolidation.

Palo Alto’s planning department has already warned Sand (continued on page 13)

rmed with a wealth of data on consistency — or lack thereof — across courses, subjects and teachers at Palo Alto’s two high schools, the Board of Education this year plans to tackle longstanding problems like inconsistent grading practices, the stacking of tests and project deadlines, and homework quality and quantity.

On Tuesday, at its first meeting of the school year, the board discussed for almost two hours an in-depth course-alignment study that global information-services firm Hanover Research Group conducted last school year.

Hanover researchers spent time at both Gunn and Palo Alto high schools surveying students, teachers and administrators and conducting three student focus groups. They also analyzed course documents — syllabi, unit maps and calendars, pacing guides and homework schedules — submitted by core subject teachers at both high schools and put together a “best practices” report for the district with examples of successful alignment strategies employed by two “exemplary” school districts elsewhere in the nation.

With some clear lines drawn between students’, teachers’ and administrators’ perspectives about the level of consistency at the two high schools, the report points to a need for more teacher collaboration time; better communication among teachers, departments and schools; and an understanding that the dis-

trict is hoping, ideally, to create more alignment without sacrificing teacher autonomy or innovation.

“We’re trying to look at high quality and fairness in curriculum without having universal consistency in terms of teaching methodologies,” said board Vice President Heidi Emberling. “We’d like common outcomes and goals, and we also like innovation in teaching, so it’s kind of a balancing act.”

The Hanover surveys, which were administered in March and April and produced usable responses from 3,345 Gunn and Paly students and 140 staff members, found various disconnects between students’, teachers’ and administrators’ perspectives. While teachers report that grading practices are consistent within the same courses at each school, most administrators surveyed disagreed, Hanover found.

Another mismatch is between student and teacher perception of time spent on homework: Students report that homework expectations are generally most demanding in math and science courses, but teachers in those subjects may underestimate how much time students spend on their homework assignments.

Board President Melissa Baten Caswell said her son was in a situation last year with a teacher who thought he or she was giving two to three hours of homework on an assignment that took her son significantly longer.

“When I talked to parents, that (continued on page 14)

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PUTTING DOWN ROOTS ... The school board granted Superintendent Max McGee an extra halfmillion dollars this week to help him purchase a home in Palo Alto. McGee has said he’s struggled to find an affordable home in the past year, even with a $1 million interest-free relocation loan and his close-to $300,000 annual salary. “As we all know, this is a hard place to afford housing,” board President Melissa Baten Caswell said at Tuesday night’s board meeting. “I know our superintendent would like to live here and would like to be part of our community. ... We’d like to offer him a loan that’s a little higher so that he’s more likely to be able to find housing here.” The board first discussed McGee’s request for a larger loan during a closed session at a board retreat last Friday and then brought the item for action on Tuesday. The board approved now-$1.5 million zerointerest loan 4-0, with member Terry Godfrey absent. McGee will also have an extended period of time (12 months instead of nine) to repay the district whenever he ceases to be superintendent.

REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD ... In early July, a German shepherd was found running loose by the City of San Jose Animal Care Center. The dog, later named Brianna, was brought to the shelter and was quickly adopted. But the eight-year-old dog’s energy proved to be too much for the new owner and Brianna was brought to the Palo Alto Animal Shelter, said Pamela Warrior, a volunteer at the shelter.

“In situations like these we usually return dogs to the shelter where they originated. But we decided to keep her because we usually have good luck finding homes for larger pure breeds,” Warrior wrote in an email. “So here she sat for several weeks waiting for someone to adopt her.” In August, the animal shelter received a call from a man who said he lost his German shepherd during July 4th weekend and that he had been checking local shelters but couldn’t find her, Warrior said.

The man, who lives in San Jose, said he saw a photo of Brianna on the animal shelter’s website and thought she looked similar to his lost dog, Canella. Staff members asked the man a series of

questions about Brianna and his answers matched her situation, Warrior said, so they asked him to visit the animal shelter. When the man arrived, Brianna initially meet him with hesitation, but after a few minutes together with a fence in between the two, Brianna could be seen with her tail wagging, Warrior said. This is not the first reunion the shelter has had. In May, a pup named Romeo was reunited with his owner after he was found wandering in the parking lot of the Palo Alto Main Post Office on East Bayshore Road. Now, that’s what we call doggone lucky!

PARK LIFE ... “Buy land. They aren’t making any more,” Mark Twain famously advised. That may be true, but every now and then a city discovers land that it didn’t know it had, which could be just as good. For Palo Alto, the discovery of a 7.7-acre parcel at Foothills Park was a happy byproduct of a sad chapter in City Hall. Council members and staff learned about the undeveloped parcel during the city’s controversial negotiations with developer John Arrillaga over a proposed project at 27 University Ave.. Now, the office project is history and the City Council is mulling how to turn the parcel into parkland. On Monday night, council members will consider the latest proposal from the Parks and Recreation Commission and staff. The undeveloped site poses some significant challenges, though, including the sediment-clogged Buckeye Creek, which passes through the site and flows into a series of culverts. And at least one large culvert is currently not secured, according to the report, creating a danger if someone ventured into the culvert or got washed into it by heavy rain. It also doesn’t help that the soil at the site, which was once a quarry, is rocky and ill-suited for trees. Staff is recommending conducting a hydrology study for Buckeye Creek and keeping the site closed until after an actual design is created for park use. The council will consider this proposal as well as other options, some of which entail opening the site to the public in the near term and installing a new trail and two park benches. Q

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Veronica Weber

Antonio Aguilar, center, a cook at Pizza My Heart in Palo Alto, tosses pizza dough in the air alongside Jose Ramirez during the lunchtime rush on Aug. 26. Pizza My Heart recently raised its base wage to more than $10 an hour and in turn raised pizza prices to cover the costs.

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Others agreed that the higher wage is a no-brainer decision.

Councilman Tom DuBois called the decision “pretty simple” and observed that the minimum wage hasn’t caught up with the cost of living in the area. Councilman Greg Scharff called the plan to start with $11 and keep an eye on $15 a “measured and reasonable approach” and said he supports regional cooperation on the issue.

Before making its decision, the council heard from about a dozen speakers, including few local residents and a handful of representatives from labor groups and social-justice coalitions: Peninsula Peace and Justice Coalition, United Way and the AFL-CIO Council. All carried the same message: “Raise the wage!” This was an active crowd, made up of activists. Meghan Fraley, a member of the “15 for ’18” group that lobbied Mountain View officials to raise the minimum wage, called it “fundamentally a moral imperative ... that hardworking families can earn something close to a living wage.”

“Our cities are leaders and I think we need to lead the way with solidarity with each other,” Fraley said.

But where, exactly, are these hardworking families? Not a single cook, waiter, porter, bagger, cashier, barista, frozen-yogurt concocter, dish washer or gas-

station attendant who works in Palo Alto attended the meeting to lobby or thank the council. A total of two business owners, from Coupa Cafe and La Bodeguita del Medio, came to the meeting to offer specific suggestions. It’s almost as if Palo Alto’s lowestpaid employees and chief business advocates somehow didn’t get the memo that their lives are about to change. Maybe many of the employees were at work, or maybe they live too far away. Or, perhaps, they recognized that in a city where affordable housing is nearly nonexistent and where the median family income hovers $120,000 (about twice the state average), an $11 wage probably doesn’t buy a whole lot.

Councilman Marc Berman pointed at the rising income disparity in Silicon Valley in explaining his support for the wage increase.

In February, he co-authored with his colleagues Pat Burt, DuBois and Cory Wolbach a memo calling for the minimum-wage ordinance.

The memo called it “a modest but constructive step toward providing adequate income for all workers.”

But Berman noted Monday that the city’s new wage law won’t bring local employees that much closer to living in Palo Alto. Or, in most cases, anywhere close to Palo Alto “Maybe it will allow them to live in a few affordable housing areas within 15 miles of Palo Alto, but it probably won’t even allow them to do that,” Berman said. “This isn’t something that’s really going

to drastically change the way that people are allowed to live.”

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r maybe there is another reason why Palo Alto’s minimum-wage earners, business leaders and merchants generally stayed away from City Hall on Monday night.

“Here’s the reality: No one pays minimum wage,” Michael Ekwall, owner of a California Avenue restaurant known for its Cuban fare and smooth mojitos, told the Weekly this week. “If I told someone to come in and wash dishes at La Bodeguita and it would pay $9, they’d laugh at me. They’d throw rotten tomatoes at me. The fundamental of economics don’t work.”

He’s not alone in thinking that way. When the Chamber of Commerce met in May to discuss the subject at a monthly policy discussion, there was little sense of panic. One prominent member of the downtown business community posited that the higher minimum wage is just the latest in a string of costs that small businesses will now have to contend with.

The cumulative impact of these costs could pose a challenge for the city in retaining businesses, he suggested.

“Is this the tipping point — the raising of the minimum wage?” he asked at the Chamber discussion in May. But even he didn’t attend Monday’s council meeting to lobby (continued on page 8)

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A server at Local Union 271 brings out a cup of coffee during lunch service on University Avenue on Aug. 26. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 28, 2015 • Page 7

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against the ordinance.

For others, concerns about the city’s new law focused on specific details: Would it apply to teenagers looking for summer jobs?

What about nonprofit organizations? One speaker, an executive at the Chamber, noted that downtown businesses currently bear “We’re hiring!� signs and wondered if, from the market standpoint, this means that the these businesses currently aren’t paying enough. Another, who is an executive at several large hotels, suggested that wages are “somewhat market corrected.� “If a city pops up with a rate, you can’t just sit back on whatever this rate is,� the hotel executive said. “It does play itself out to a certain degree. You have to stay competitive.�

Nancy Coupal, owner of Coupa Cafe, also argued that paying minimum wage is rare in Palo Alto, thanks to market forces. She said she doesn’t think “anyone in Palo Alto pays minimum wage right now. “It’s hard enough to get staff to come here because there’s nowhere to park and it’s too expensive to live here,� Coupal said.

Downtown offers plenty of signs to support her position.

One, displayed at Fraiche Yogurt, proclaims that the yogurt shop is seeking workers and

advertises wages of $11 to $15 an hour. Downtown’s Pizza My Heart raised the wage for its lowest-paid workers to $10 months ahead of California’s adoption of this rate as the state’s minimum wage. And Eric Hassett, owner of Hassett Hardware and four other hardware stores in the area, has raised the wage at all five stores to $10.30 — the minimum rate at Mountain View, San Jose and Sunnyvale — even though some of these stores are in cities where a lower rate would be legally permissible. He said he doesn’t want employees at some stores to feel like they’re worth more than their counterparts in other stores.

Even before Palo Alto began to talk about instituting a local minimum wage, Hassett said he was committed to raising his lowest wage to be competitive with the labor market — and to prevent employees from jumping ship to a different store with higher pay. “This is about our core values. It’s about integrity and everybody being treated with respect and treated as a family member,� Hassett said.

Undoubtedly, the city’s higher rate will have some impact on businesses like Hassett Hardware and Pizza My Heart — though in Palo Alto’s larger retail ecosystem, businesses that pay nontipped workers minimum wage appear to be a minority. Hassett told the Weekly that the move to $11 an hour will cost his busi-

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Coron Brown, a sales associate at Hassett Hardware in Palo Alto, rings up a customer on Aug. 26.

Employees at all five Hassett stores across the Bay Area are paid a starting wage of around $10.30 an hour, and co-owner Eric Hassett anticipates raising it to $11 an hour later this year. ness about $200,000 annually.

To make this work, the business would have to cut its budgets for things like donations, community outreach, advertising and marketing. He does not, however, anticipate trimming any positions or slashing schedules, he said.

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tudies of the minimum wage have found that, particularly in restaurants, increased pay makes the prices go up. A 2014 study by the University

of Calfornia, Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment concluded that a minimum wage, while reducing employee turnover and raising employee morale, also leads to small price hikes, particularly at restaurants (it estimates that the prices go up by about 0.7 percent after a 10 percent minimum-wage increase).

Indeed, when Pizza My Heart employees recently received a small pay increase, customers helped swallow the higher cost as a $29.50

pie became a $32 pie. But like with Hassett, the pizza restaurant’s decision to raise its employees wage was driven by the market and preceded Palo Alto’s requirement, which won’t kick in until January.

But the implications of increased wages will be more complicated for high-end restaurants, where tips play a central role in compensation.

Ekwall of La Bodeguita expects his costs to jump by $40,000 when Palo Alto’s minimum wage takes effect. But what bothers him the

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

Commission approves Cal. Ave. chain store limit Palo Alto’s effort to promote an eclectic and independent retail mix on California Avenue by limiting chain stores in the city’s “second downtown” took a big step toward reality on Wednesday night when the Planning and Transportation Commission gave the proposal its unanimous blessing. (Posted Aug. 27, 9:52 a.m.)

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Jorge Garcia, a delivery driver and counter assistant at Pizza My Heart, warms up slices for lunchtime customers. most isn’t so much the added expenses but the way in which they’ll have to be distributed. Fourteen people in his staff of 40 make minimum wage, he said. But because of tips their lowest take-home pay is about $22 an hour. At the high end, it’s more like $50. Ekwall said the city’s new law means he will have to raise the wages of the tipped employees and will have little or nothing left for managers and other non-tipped employees, whose takehome pay is often less than waiters.

On Monday, Ekwall urged the council to consider a mechanism that has been debated in Los Angeles and other cities: a tiered system that would distinguish between tipped and non-tipped employees. He recommended that the city take a few weeks to consider the proposal before passing the minimum-wage law.

After the meeting, Ekwall said he was glad that the council at least heard him out and agreed to consider exemptions in the future.

He also said he was disappointed that the usually data-driven council couldn’t take a few extra weeks to study this proposal further and refine the ordinance.

“Why are we jumping the gun and making a decision without getting the data and the information we need?” Ekwall told the Weekly. “Consider the guy at the gas station, collecting payments and earning a minimum wage.

How can we say that this person should be classified in the same way as a waiter at a restaurant who is also making minimum wage but who, in addition to that, is making $25 to $30 an hour in cash tips?”

But according to the city attorney’s office, excluding tipped workers would place the city into murky and barely charted legal territory. Currently, state law governing minimum wage does not allow employers to distinguish between tipped and non-tipped employees.

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nances, the matter is even less clear, said Senior Assistant City Attorney Cara Silver. The issue was recently considered in Los Angeles, where city officials considered a “total compensation package” that makes a distinction between tipped and non-tipped workers. Labor groups argued that this would violate state law while restaurant lobbyists claimed that a two-tiered system is permitted, Silver said. The Los Angeles City Council ultimately scrapped the idea.

“We do not yet have a published legal decision, so we do believe it’s still a questionable issue,” Silver said.

Outside California, the question has already been answered, usually in the affirmative. Minimumwage laws in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, both in Maryland, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and Washington D.C. all distinguish between tipped and nontipped employees, according to the Berkeley study. Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose do not. If Palo Alto tries to go with a tiered system during the next leg of its march toward $15, it could face the same legal challenges and union opposition that hindered the Los Angeles proposal. There was little indication, much less consensus, on this issue Monday.

Wolbach said the subject deserves “a separate conversation” and took a cautious approach.

“I’m not sure I want to be the first city to take that on and face lawsuits,” Wolbach said.

But Scharff said he believes the legal issues can be “easily resolved by exempting wait staff.”

“I think the notion that there is a legal impediment to doing this is silly,” he said. “We can easily design a policy to get to where we want to go.”

Mayor Karen Holman and council members Eric Filseth and Liz Kniss also said they were concerned about the tips issue and

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want to see the council further explore both the tiered system and the idea of restaurants adding a “service charge” to bills. Filseth, who made the motion that concluded the discussion, argued some exceptions would make sense and called for the Policy and Services Committee to explore options.

These would specifically include exceptions for tipped wait staff and seasonal jobs for teenagers.

“An across-the-board minimum wage for everybody may be too blunt an instrument,” Filseth said. “I’m sensitive to the tips issue — tipping is a different wage structure, but it’s still a wage. But if you’re making $40 an hour, it’s not minimum wage.”

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alo Alto will have plenty of company tackling these issues. Seemingly every month another Bay Area city joins the movement, with Campbell and the City of Santa Clara now considering their own ordinances.

The U.S. Conference Of Mayors’ Cities of Opportunity Task Force took the position in Aug. 14 of supporting higher minimum wages, and Santa Clara County’s Cities Association recently formed a subcommittee focusing on the topic. The subcommittee recommended more consistency among new ordinances in the region and noted that Mountain View’s and Sunnyvale’s wage laws are the only ones aligned.

The subcommittee, which includes Sunnyvale Mayor Jim Griffith, Mountain View Mayor John McAlister and Cupertino Mayor Rod Sinks, also took a position against creating an exception for wait staff, noting that doing so would have “significant and direct regional impact,” given that existing ordinances don’t make such an exception.

They also note that state requirement doesn’t make an exemption, which would make a local stipulation “difficult to justify.”

In Palo Alto, there is little appetite for aligning the local ordinance with those of neighboring cities. Council members said Monday that while they favor regional cooperation on this issue, they have no desire to

Palo Alto police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man who exposed himself to a woman who was walking her dog in a city park on Tuesday, Aug. 25. (Posted Aug. 26, 4:16 p.m.)

Police: Man arrested for threatening guard Palo Alto police arrested a man after he allegedly said he would cut a private security guard who had asked him to leave a private area of the Town & Country Shopping Center on El Camino Real on Sunday, Aug. 23. (Posted Aug. 26, 1:12 p.m.)

Infant found with fractured skull, cocaine An East Palo Alto woman faces child abuse charges after she brought her 11-month-old daughter to the hospital last weekend with a fractured skull and cocaine in her system, prosecutors said on Wednesday. (Posted Aug. 26, 10:25 a.m.)

Six-vehicle crash in Palo Alto sends three to hospital, closes road A six-vehicle crash on Alma Street and Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto injured at least three people and snarled rush-hour traffic on Tuesday afternoon. (Posted Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m.)

Driver wanted for ‘acting strangely’ Palo Alto police are looking for a man who was observed acting suspiciously after repeatedly driving past an 11-year-old girl on Friday, Aug. 21. (Posted Aug. 24, 5:06 p.m.)

East Palo Alto man, girlfriend arrested on suspicion of fraud, conspiracy Deputies arrested two people on suspicion of conspiracy and fraud Sunday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. (Posted Aug. 24, 1:09 p.m.)

Palo Alto teens organize environmental event Learn about Palo Alto’s water sources (and restrictions), digitized carpooling and how to pack eco-friendly lunches at Green Fest, a free, environmentally focused festival to be held on Sunday, Aug. 30. (Posted Aug. 24, 7:48 a.m.) “mimic” other cities, as Wolbach put it. Berman also said the city “shouldn’t rush to get on the same page” as the other cities.

“We didn’t start in the same place and the same time,” Berman said. “We in Palo Alto need to make sure we respond to our community and the business community in how we implement our increase. If we end up on same path in 2017 and not in 2015, I think it’s OK as long as we end up with a regional approach.”

Ekwall, for his part, hopes that as the council progresses with the minimum-wage changes it makes a greater effort to reach out to businesses and consider their concerns. He said he was disappointed with the council’s adoption of an ordinance without considering the issue of tips and with what he said was insufficient outreach. He also called the reasoning weak that “nobody else” has created a tips exemption.

Ekwall said he supports the council’s overarching goal but faulted its execution.

“All the people they want to help are being left out in the cold,” Ekwall said.

The council, for its part, is confident that it’s going in the right direction. All nine council members agreed that the wage proposal passed by the Policy and Services Committee in May and approved this week by the full council is the right approach.

DuBois called it a “reasonable compromise” that doesn’t hurt businesses by moving too far, too fast. Wolbach agreed.

“It’s reasonable. It’s prudent,” he said. Q Videographer/Photographer Veronica Weber contributed to this report. Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@paweekly.com.

On the cover: Christian Lara, a busser at Palo Alto Creamery Fountain & Grill, sets tables during lunchtime on Aug. 26. Photo by Veronica Weber.

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Palo Alto officials on Monday unanimously agreed to commission a study focused on recent changes in air traffic above Palo Alto. The study will consider flight pattern changes that have occurred over the city in the past few years and the “dramatic increase in concentrated, low-altitude flights and associated noise levels,� according to a report from the office of City Manager James Keene.

The effort was prompted by complaints from residents about the increase in low-flying planes at all hours. So far, the City Council has reached out to the city’s federal representatives and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which has jurisdiction over flight patterns.

Also on Monday, the council passed a resolution calling for the FAA to “immediately mitigate the increased airplane noise at ground level,� an increase that the city attributes to the FAA’s ongoing transition to the new NextGen flight system, which requires aircraft to travel within a narrower corridor to free up airspace for commercial and military drones. The FAA’s new approach aims to standardize arrival and departure routes in 21 metropolitan areas, according to the city. City officials maintain that the new routes have a disproportionate and disruptive impact on Palo Alto and surrounding areas.

For evidence, Palo Alto officials pointed to the number of noise complaints submitted to the SFO Noise Abatement Office by local residents. The number of complaints had gone up from 60 in June 2014 to 2,733 in June 2015, according to the city. Local residents have also formed a new citizens group, Sky Posse, which now advocates for quieter skies.

With its Monday vote, the council approved a request for proposals for the airplane study. Staff plans to return to the council in December, at which point the contract for the study would be approved. City officials have also requested help from county- and federal-level elected representatives. In July, at the request of U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo and Sam Farr, the FAA met with select groups of local residents and representatives, who aired their concerns about the new flight patterns.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors this week passed a resolution that calls for the FAA to consider, as an immediate solution, raising altitudes on the new flight paths. The resolution, which was proposed by supervisors Joe Simitian and Dave Cortese, also asks the federal agency to consider, as part of a longer-term solution, redesigning the flight paths within the northern California metroplex in a way that does not result in simply moving the noise from one community to another. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Buena Vista residents sue Palo Alto over closure Residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park have filed a lawsuit against the City of Palo Alto, challenging officials’ decision in May to allow the mobile home park’s closure and requesting that the Santa Clara County Superior Court bar the property owner from issuing eviction notices. The lawsuit, which was filed Monday by the attorneys for the Buena Vista Residents Association, comes at a time when the City Council is actively trying to raise money for the purchase of the land, site of the city’s sole mobile-home park, from the Jisser family.

Weeks after it approved the park’s closure on May 26, the council agreed to allocate $14.5 million from the city’s affordable-housing funds toward preservation of Buena Vista, which is home to about 400 mostly low-income, Latino residents.

Earlier this month, the city changed the guidelines in its commercial-housing fund to allow this allocation — a move that was welcomed by the park’s residents. The nonprofit Caritas Foundation earlier this month made an offer to buy the land, with financial support from the city and Santa Clara County.

The residents association is now asking the court to overturn the city’s approval of the closure application, which allowed the Jisser family to begin the six-month eviction process, though that process has yet to happen, according to residents.

The nonprofit Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, which is representing the park’s residents, is asking the court to reverse the council’s vote. It argued in its complaint that city officials have denied the residents association a fair hearing; that the city “ignored its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing throughout the closure process�; that Buena Vista’s closure runs counter to the city’s Housing Element; and that the mitigation measures that the city approved as part of the closure application would not allow residents to move to “comparable housing.� Q — Gennady Sheyner LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com

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Palo Alto extends hiatus for ‘broken’ zoning City Council rejects proposed reforms, embarks on long road to fix “planned-community� zoning process

by Gennady Sheyner

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(PC) zoning, which allows developers to barter with the city over zoning exceptions, will remain suspended for what could be years as officials continue to wrestle with ways to restore public trust in what they acknowledge is a “broken� system.

The City Council agreed early Tuesday morning not to adopt the reforms recommended by planning staff for the contentious zoning, which has been around since 1951 and has enabled about 100 developments, from the Opportunity Center on Encina Avenue to the new Edgewood Plaza on Embarcadero Road.

Instead, the council voted to defer action until after the city adopts its long-term vision document, the Comprehensive Plan.

Once that happens, a specially appointed council committee will begin to rehabilitate the deeply unpopular zoning.

Initially used for affordable-

housing projects and social-service developments, PC zoning has grown more contentious in recent years as developers have increasingly relied on it to build office projects at greater heights and densities than the city’s zoning code would otherwise allow. In exchange, they have offered “public benefits,� such as public plazas, affordable-housing units, public art and funding for parking programs.

The SurveyMonkey headquarters at 101 Lytton Ave. and the College Terrace Centre project at 2180 El Camino Real both won approval under this zoning. A housing development proposed for a site on Maybell Avenue, which included 60 units for low-income seniors and 12 market-rate homes, also sought and won the council’s approval for a PC zone before voters overturned it in 2013.

The Maybell referendum prompted the council to adopt a “time out� on planned-community projects to consider ways to

reform the zoning designation.

Over the past year and a half, planning staff and the Planning and Transportation Commission picked apart every aspect of the current ordinance and proposed a set of reforms that included a new “pre-screening� requirement for all applications; a monitoring and enforcement plan that must be included in each application; an economic analysis that must be performed before a project is approved; and a new definition of “public benefits.�

The goal was to add some transparency and predictability to the process. The council agreed late Monday night that the proposed reforms fall short of that goal.

In considering future changes, the council split over whether PC zoning is worth saving at all.

Councilmen Tom DuBois, Eric Filseth and Greg Scharff favored killing it entirely, while Councilwoman Liz Kniss cited the community’s frustration with planned

communities and declared the zoning “broken beyond repair.� “It’s pretty clear to me that the community is saying, ‘We’re kind of done with PCs,’� Kniss said. “We’ll find something else in the future, but at the moment, I think it’s finished.�

Yet Kniss and five of her council colleagues ultimately agreed to pursue the reforms anyway. In an unusual split within the council’s slow-growth “residentialist� wing, Councilman Pat Burt and Mayor Karen Holman each made a case for preserving and fixing PC zoning.

Burt proposed forming an ad hoc committee to take another look at PC reforms or, failing at that, putting the final nail in its coffin. “I think we need to go through the additional analysis to make a good, quality decision,� Burt said. “If that decision is to eliminate it, I’m fine with that. I don’t think we’ve gotten to that point.�

Holman agreed and said that there are “systemic issues� the city needs to deal with to improve its review process. These issues, she said, are not specific to PC zoning but involve broader conversations about enforcement and zoning exceptions. She agreed with Burt that it would be worthwhile to create a committee that would consider these fixes. “I believe there have been some beneficial projects in this community that have been PCs,� Holman

said. “Many have been affordablehousing projects.�

DuBois and Filseth, whose views on new development generally align with Burt’s and Holman’s, took the opposite stance and urged abolition. DuBois said the city has other incentives on the books for encouraging affordable-housing projects, such as the state-mandated density bonus to which such projects are entitled.

The city can also create master plans or “concept-area plans� that include affordable housing or, if needed, resuscitate the PC zoning in the future. For now, he said, staff and the council would be better off spending its energies on other issues. “To me, this process, even with the cleanup suggested, is not worth the cost-benefit of actually having PCs,� DuBois said.

Filseth agreed and said the city should look for other ways to get the type of developments it wants.

At this point, he said, most voters in Palo Alto see planned-community projects as “loophole bombs that are more trouble than they’re worth.� “I think we should kill them and focus on finding out how to get what we really want for the community in the future,� Filseth said. “If a future council decides PCs are a good way to do it, they can always be brought back.�

Scharff said he believes that there’s currently no trust within the community in the PC zoning process and this feeling won’t ever

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change. Even projects that offer significant public benefits, such as Jay Paul Company’s proposal to build a new police headquarters for the city in exchange for permission to build two commercial buildings at 395 Page Mill Road, faced an intense backlash from the public.

“I just don’t think it’s possible to reform the PC process,” Scharff said. “I think any ordinance they bring back to us, people will send us one hundred emails saying why it’s bad.”

But rather than kill the process, the council ultimately agreed to keep it on life support. Vice Mayor Greg Schmid made a compromise proposal to delay the reform process until the city completes its Comprehensive Plan update, a process that was launched in 2006 and that the city hopes to complete by the end of 2016. Only once that’s done will the city embark on a long, committee-driven process of reviewing PC zoning.

Schmid’s amendment was approved 6-3, with Burt and Holman, and Councilman Cory Wolbach dissenting. The vote means that it will be at least a year and a half before the long process of rehabilitating PC zoning can even begin.

Despite the late hour of the discussion, which stretched well past midnight, more than a dozen residents stuck around to voice their opinions. Almost all of them blasted the way the zoning has been used and criticized the changes proposed by the planning commission and staff.

Robert Smith, a resident of Greer Road, called the existing PC ordinance “a failure” and said it should either be repealed or “very substantially altered.”

“The proposed changes are window dressing and simply signal a return to business as usual,” Smith said.

Cheryl Lilienstein, president of the citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning, said the group favors eliminating PC zoning, which she said “has been abused and used to circumvent the zoning regulations that help protect us all.”

Land-use watchdog Bob Moss called the zoning a “racket,” cited several examples of public benefits that never materialized and noted that the city has never fined a developer for failing to deliver the promised benefits (that could change after Sept. 30, when the city plans to start fining the developer of Edgewood Plaza $500 per day for failing to keep a grocery store at the plaza, as required under the PC zone. The store at the site has been vacant since Fresh Market left in late March. See story on page 5).

Among the speakers Monday, Patricia Saffir was the lone exception. Zoning regulations, she said, “are by nature inflexible and arbitrary.”

“We need a way to respond to unforeseen opportunities,” Saffir said. “PC zoning has done that for us over the years, resulting in numerous projects that have been a credit to the city.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Hill several times of the requirement to keep the grocery-store building occupied. The plannedcommunity ordinance specifies that the property owner “shall ensure the continued use of the 20,000-square-foot building as a grocery store for the life of the project.”

In a letter to the city earlier this year, Sand Hill’s John Tze provided a list of 14 different grocers his company has contacted.

Most of the national grocers, Tze wrote, “are already in the area or desire a larger space, so we are focusing on others, including local grocers.”

This week, Tze responded to an inquiry from neighborhood resident Diana Nemet by providing a list of 40 grocers that have been contacted, a roster that includes Berkeley Bowl, Bi-Rite, Bristol Farms, Country Sun, Mollie Stone’s, Roberts Market, Piazza’s, Sprouts, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Zanotto’s. Of the grocery chains contacted, all but two rejected the site because the store is smaller than their 30,000- to 40,000-square-foot minimum, Tze noted.

Only Target Express and one other prospect have not rejected the space because of insufficient size, Tze wrote. As for the independent grocers, many liked the space but simply weren’t looking to expand at this time, he wrote.

Most of the national chains and a few independent ones were contacted by DTZ, Fresh Market’s broker. Tze himself contacted every other grocer on the list (with the exception of Nijiya, which responded by email to a resident).

DTZ, he said, is “highly motivated to find a replacement grocer.”

Despite concern from residents that high rent is discouraging prospective grocers, Tze said that conversations over the property have not even progressed to that point.

“Of the few prospects who asked about rent, they were told that the asking rent was very flexible and should not dissuade any interest,” Tze wrote.

By choosing to apply the $500-per-day fine, the city hopes to add more pressure to Sand Hill’s search. Keene said staff has received about 150 emails about Edgewood from residents concerned about the vacancy. More than 50 residents also attended Monday’s meeting to demand action. Starting on Sept. 30, Keene

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of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Aug. 24)

Minimum wage: The council agreed to set the local minimum wage at $11 per hour, starting Jan. 1, 2016, and to set as the city’s goal a $15-per -hour wage by 2018 Yes: Unanimous Planned Community: The council unanimously agreed to extend its moratorium on planned-community zoning proposals and to create a council committee that would work on reforming the process. The council then voted 6-3 not to pursue the reforms until after the city updates its Comprehensive Plan. Yes: Berman, DuBois, Filseth, Kniss, Schmid, Scharff No: Burt, Holman, Wolbach

said, daily fines of $500 will be assessed.

“That figure is the fee that is currently set by (city) code,” Keene said. “It’s the current maximum allowed ... at this time.”

Keene also raised the possibility of further penalties. There are potentially “different remedies and options that the council can pursue,” he said, adding that staff will return with these options at a future date, if needed.

The council does have one recent precedent that could guide its decision on Edgewood. Last year, the council responded to the departure of JJ&F Market at the College Terrace Centre development on El Camino Real by approving a new grocer and specifying that the property owner will be charged a daily fine of $2,000 a day if the store space is vacant for longer than six months.

Many residents argued that a larger penalty is exactly what’s needed at Edgewood. Carla Carvalho, who lives on Edgewood Drive, near the plaza, called for “swift action.” She called the grocery store an “important resource to our community.”

“Fines need to be increased immediately to be on parity with other projects,” Carvalho said.

Deborah Baldwin, who also lives near the center, asked the council to institute an “appropriate penalty” for the developer’s violation of its agreement with the city.

“I believe the developer has to be held accountable for the contract they signed, even if they have to pay for a grocery store to be there,” Baldwin said.

Tze, for his part, disputes the idea that penalties will speed up the search for the grocer.

“I’m not sure why fining us would motivate us more than we already are,” Tze wrote in an email to the Weekly.

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The Fresh Market grocery store anchored Edgewood Plaza shopping center in Palo Alto until March. Now, the grocery space is vacant.

Neighbors have also expressed some anxiety over the past week about the prospect of Target Express filling the grocery-store space. Keene clarified that under the city’s agreement with Sand Hill, this type of retailer would not be appropriate.

“That would not be consistent with the requirement for a grocery store and would not be permitted,” Keene said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Board of Education (Aug. 25)

Associate superintendent: The board approved the appointment of Markus Autrey as associate superintendent.

Yes: Baten Caswell, Dauber, Emberling, Townsend Absent: Godfrey Superintendent housing loan: The board approved an amendment to the superintendent’s contract to increase a relocation loan to purchase a house in the district from $1 million to $1.5 million, and extended the length of time from which the loan is repayable to the district from nine to 12 months.

Yes: Baten Caswell, Dauber, Emberling, Townsend Absent: Godfrey Peery family grant: The board accepted a $23.4 million donation from the Peery Family Foundation to support Palo Alto High School’s forthcoming athletic center project.

Yes: Baten Caswell, Dauber, Emberling, Townsend Absent: Godfrey Excused absence: The board adopted a resolution excusing member Terry Godfrey from attendance at the Aug. 25 meeting.

Yes: Baten Caswell, Dauber, Emberling, Townsend Absent: Godfrey State bond funding: The board discussed the appropriation of $3 million from State Bond Funding to Paly’s bond reserve fund. The item will return on the board’s consent calendar, which is routinely approved with no discussion.

Action: None

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Council Policy and Services Committee (Aug. 25)

Neighborhoods: The committee approved a pilot program to hold two “town hall” meetings in the neighborhoods this fall; agreed to contribute $10,000 for neighborhood associations to further develop their organizations; and directed the Community Service Department to revise its co-sponsorship agreement to allow neighborhood associations to hold meetings at city facilities at no charge.

Yes: Unanimous

Planning and Transportation Commission (Aug. 26)

Office cap: The commission voted to support a proposed office cap for downtown, California Avenue and El Camino Real and specified that parts of the city that are subject to concept-area plans should be excluded from the cap. Yes: Alcheck, Fine, Gardias, Tanaka No: Downing, Michael Absent: Rosenblum

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was happening with all their kids,” she said. “If we don’t do something systematic, we’re not going to make any kind of impact on it.”

And while 95 percent of high school teachers told Hanover they believe their own classes prepared students for the next level of course, only 85 percent of teachers thought their students arrived prepared for their course, and 60 to 74 percent of students (depending on core subject) believe that the previous year’s course prepared them for their cur-

rent course across subjects.

Leila Nuland, Hanover content director for the Palo Alto Unified partnership, said via speaker phone at the board meeting that as both a researcher and former classroom teacher, she was not surprised by the differences.

“Often times as classroom teachers you’re looking at your curriculum map or your teaching guide and you’re saying, ‘Yes, I hit all of these points and this is what we needed to cover,’ whereas students may not have retained all of that,” she said. Nuland noted that her team’s course-document review did find inconsistencies

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THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING–COUNCIL CHAMBERS AUGUST 31, 2015 6:00 PM Study Session

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Presentation of Palo Alto City Library Strategic Plan, 2015-2017 Study Session Updating the Current Status of the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Master Planning Process

Special Orders of the Day

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Appointment of One Candidate to the Utilities Advisory Commission for One Unexpired Term Ending April 30, 2018

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between teachers and courses, particularly in grading scales, confirming a frequently heard student concern about instructors who teach the same course but give out drastically different grades.

Gunn Principal Denise Herrmann noted that differing policies on practices like extra credit or late work can also make a big difference for students but might not be something that teachers are talking with each other about. “(That’s) why teachers might think in general, ‘We’re consistent,’ but we see more the extreme cases where some of those more minute practices can very much skew a grade from teacher to teacher to teacher,” Herrmann told the board. “I think that, again, it is from our whole-school perspective — those differences stand out to (administrators) more than they may to an individual teacher who may not have time to talk about what they give extra credit for.”

Hanover found the greatest variability both across and within courses at Gunn and Paly in history and social science courses.

Math courses showed the highest level of alignment and consistency at both high schools, Hanover found, though Paly math teachers give “A’s” for grades at 88 percent and above while Gunn math teachers give them beginning at 90 percent.

Emberling said she would like more clarity around whether

teachers, departments and schools want board-level guidance around policies for things like makeup work or giving “zeros.”

Gunn’s new student board representative, Grace Park, said that increased consistency could address student angst around schedule changes and “teacher shopping” — students wanting to switch teachers because they got one with a bad reputation or simply don’t like the one they got.

Gunn senior Nina Shirole also spoke to the board during open session about standing in line early in the morning on the first day of school last week with more than 100 other students who were frustrated with the limited support they received from counselors on making schedule changes.

“I think if we were to have some sort of consistency among teachers, a lot of this stress behind it at least would be alleviated,” Park said. “That’s discounting all the stuff like after-school sports and extracurriculars. This whole idea of consistency is one of the reasons why students try to change classes.”

The use of Palo Alto’s online school-management system, Schoology, was also brought up as a solution to many of the issues raised in the Hanover report, particularly test and project stacking.

Per the district’s new contract with the teacher’s union, all secondary teachers are now required to post all course information, home-

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work and grades on Schoology.

Herrmann said Tuesday night that hopefully, more universal use of a calendar function on Schoology will help students see far ahead of time and talk to teachers when colliding tests and project deadlines occur.

Paly’s student board representative, Emma Cole, said that all her teachers this year are posting everything on Schoology.

“It’s a huge improvement,” she said. “Truly, I think that will help a lot.”

Herrmann said that Gunn students have reported that “most but not all” teachers had activated their Schoology accounts by last week. She said she set an expectation that all staff members talk to parents at back-to-school night this week about their use of Schoology.

Board member Ken Dauber said he would like to see the board hear a progress report at its next meeting on teachers’ use of Schoology.

A group of Gunn teachers, led by math teacher Diane Gleason, also began meeting in May to come up with innovative ways to address test and project stacking, Herrmann said. Gunn also replicated an effort already used at Paly this year, opening a schoolwide test center that will make it easier for students to schedule tests at alternate times if they have multiple assignments due on the same day, Herrmann said.

Both high schools are also making efforts this year to be more strategic with teacher collaboration time, their principals said Tuesday. Seventy-two percent of teachers reported in the Hanover survey that they feel there is insufficient time for collaboration across the district, although more than half agree there is sufficient time at their schools.

Both Gunn and Paly have formed Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs, which are groups of “course-alike” teachers that meet on a weekly basis. Paly also has “learning strands,” which are cross-departmental groups that meet once a month to discuss focused topics. (A recent one was homework.)

Gunn’s new block schedule also includes dedicated teacher collaboration time each week, and the school’s PLCs meet every Monday afternoons to discuss topics such as common assessments, interventions for struggling students and course alignment.

The board also approved on Tuesday night an update to the district’s homework policy, imposing a 15-hour cap on the weekly homework load for all high school students.

“Students who choose to enroll in Advanced Placement, Honors, or accelerated courses should expect higher homework loads but not to exceed an average of 15 hours per week,” the updated policy reads. The board approved this policy update, along with several others, with no discussion as part of its consent calendar. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann

Around the block

AT THE MOVIES ... Barron Park Association will host its third annual movie night on Friday, Aug. 28, with a showing of “Back to the Future” on a giant inflatable screen. The event, which is open to all Barron Park residents, will be held at Bol Park, 3590 Laguna Ave., Palo Alto. The movie is free.

A food truck will be available for dinners at 6:30 p.m. The movie starts at dusk. Parking is limited, so residents are encouraged to walk or bike.

SCOOPING IT UP ... Two neighborhood associations are having ice cream socials for their residents next month. Midtown Residents Association will hold an event on Sept. 13, from noon to 3 p.m. at Hoover Park, 2901 Cowper St., Palo Alto. For information, go to midtownresidents.org. Ventura Neighborhood Association holds its event on Sept. 12, 4-6 p.m., at Ventura Community Center, 3990 Ventura Court, Palo Alto. More information at venturapaloalto.org.

POLITICS IN THE ‘HOOD ... When it comes to choosing a desirable neighborhood, politics matters, according to a study by Stanford University researcher Iris Hui. Safety, amenities, schools and distance to work are still the most important factors when people choose where to live, but political affiliation is a “tie breaker” for neighborhood choice, she found.

The study looked at Democrats and Republicans. The desirability of a place can increase by 20 percent when respondents learn that a neighborhood has a sizable proportion of similar partisans, and it is 20 percent less desirable when the majority of a neighborhood had a differing political view. But independents and persons without Democratic or Republican affiliations did not care, Hui found. Q

Send announcements of neighborhood events, meetings and news to Sue Dremann, Neighborhoods editor, at sdremann@paweekly.com. Or talk about your neighborhood news on the discussion forum Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com.

Where: 305 Grant Ave., Palo Alto (at Birch Street) What: Birch Plaza, a 25,000-squarefoot office and apartment development: 10,000 square feet of ground-floor office space; 15,000 square feet of apartments (eight 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, plus one below-market rate) on the second and third floors, underground parking garage with 19 regular parking spaces and 15 tandem-parking stalls. Also includes courtyards, a sculpture, a pocket park and new street trees.

Who: Developer is Hohbach Enterprises; Architect is Hoover Associates When: Apartments are expected to open at the end of September.

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DO 1 THING ... Palo Alto emergency volunteers are encouraging people to perform one small act of community preparedness in August in their neighborhood. Suggestions include connecting with an isolated individual; starting a neighborhood organization; getting a Scout troop, service club, community of faith or neighborhood association involved in emergency preparedness, Neighborhood Watch, the Red Cross or CERT training; or becoming a block-preparedness coordinator. Do 1 Thing is a national nonprofit organization promoting community preparedness.

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CITY HALL

Neighborhood-liaison program to begin this fall Initiative aims to increase engagement with Palo Alto residents

by Sue Dremann

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he City of Palo Alto’s planned Engagement with Neighborhoods initiative took a step forward on Tuesday night after the City Council’s Policy and Services Committee voted unanimously to recommend two community meetings with neighborhoods this fall.

City staff and a few council members will attend the meetings — one in September and one in November — to discuss two or three topics of neighborhood interest and concern.

Each meeting will be with two neighborhoods or clusters of neighborhoods.

The program is based on an April 20 colleague’s memo by Mayor Karen Holman, Vice Mayor Greg Schmid and Council-

men Pat Burt and Cory Wolbach, which suggested seven actions to bring together staff, elected officials and neighborhood groups.

The recommendations included recognizing neighborhood associations and placing the associations on the city’s Community Partners website; exploring guidelines and costs for free use of public facilities for neighborhood meetings; providing one-time startup grants for neighborhood associations for training on administration and governance; providing notification about proposed city projects affecting a particular neighborhood through “town hall” meetings; working with designated neighborhood “communications officers” who would act as liai-

sons with city staff; and creating an ombudsman program with neighborhoods to follow up on issues and aid in conflict resolution.

The Policy and Services Committee took up four staff recommendations Tuesday. In addition to holding the first two meetings, the committee recommended that staff return in January with a way to evaluate attendance, the results of discussions and use of staff time.

The committee recommended a $10,000 grant for the remainder of the fiscal year so neighborhood associations could attend the United Neighborhoods of Santa Clara County Annual Conference and other residents could initiate new neighborhood associations.

The funding would come from the City Council’s contingency account, which contains $250,000 and is rarely used.

Committee members also voted to direct staff to return in January

BARRON PARK

Mauled cats prompt warning about coyotes Animal control officer advises residents keep small pets indoors at night

by Sue Dremann

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he deaths of two dozen cats who appear to have been mauled this summer in the Palo Alto area have city staff warning residents to keep their small pets indoors at night.

Two cats were recently found dead in neighborhoods west of El Camino Real, according to residents. A young cat was found on the 500 block of Military Way in Barron Park on Aug. 10, and an

older cat was discovered at the end of Del Medio Avenue in the Palo Alto Orchards neighborhood last week, according to a Barron Park resident, who sent out an email alert to neighbors.

A coyote is the suspected culprit. Another resident saw a coyote walking near Deer Creek and Page Mill roads.

Bill Leikam, who researches the Baylands gray fox, said he has

come across coyote scat.

“It is unusual for them to move down this far,” he said. “The coyote came through at least twice back in July, but I’ve not seen any fresh signs for more than three weeks. When the coyote was in the area, one of the gray foxes set up a series of distress barks especially in the late afternoons/ evenings that lasted for nearly two weeks.”

with an update to the Community Services Department’s Co-Sponsorship Agreement, which would allow neighborhood associations to use city facilities for meetings at no charge and to look at options for waiving insurance fees for the meetings at the facilities.

Staff will also return to the committee with a plan for a study session with neighborhood leaders to develop the neighborhoodengagement initiative, including a definition of an association; models for support, communication and conflict resolution; the ombudsman concept; inclusion on the city’s website and social media options for neighborhoods.

These recommendations were accepted unanimously and will now go to the full council for consideration.

Much of the discussion centered (continued on page 16)

The coyotes have been coming into areas where they are rarely seen, said Cody Macartney, Palo Alto Animal Services’ lead animal control officer.

“This has been happening for several years, and we believe the drought may be a possible cause.

All the cats mauled are typically left in the same fashion, which leads us to believe it is one type of animal doing it,” he said.

It’s not unusual for coyotes to follow the creeks and enter suburban neighborhoods, Macartney said. So far this summer, he estimated that about two dozen cats have been killed.

“We do receive several DOA cats a week, some of which are mauled. Most of the cases have been coming from the south Los (continued on page 16)

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Altos area, closer to the hills,” he said. “But this year, and in years past, we have had reports of cat maulings close to El Camino and as far east as the train tracks.”

Food and water have become more and more scarce because of the drought, so animals are traveling farther in search of food. A coyote, or another other animal native to the foothills such as a mountain lion, will travel along the creek into town to find a meal and then return the same way.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hear presentations on the Library Strategic Plan, 2015-17; hold a study session to discuss the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Master Planning Process; discuss options for using the 7.7-acre site at Foothills Park; review the goals and vision statements of the Community Services and Facilities Element and the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan; and appoint five additional members to the Comprehensive Plan Update Citizens Advisory Committee. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the Final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Recycled Water Distribution Project; consider a recommendation that the city defer issuing a request for information about partnership opportunities for the Fiber-to-the-Premise network; and hear an update on the impacts of the statewide drought on water and hydroelectric supplies. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss a proposed reduction in the number of findings the board needs to make for approval. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The board will then hold a retreat at 9:30 a.m. in the Community Meeting Room to discuss the 2015 Design Awards.

A home-security camera in Los Altos caught a coyote in the act two years ago, Macartney said.

No mountain lions have been reported in Palo Alto, “but several weeks ago there was one in San Mateo and another in Mountain View,” he said.

Coyotes rarely attack people, but if someone encounters a coyote, he or she should appear big and make loud noises to scare it off. The same is true when encountering a mountain lion.

“Never run or turn your back to them,” Macartney said.

Macartney said he has a mantra when advising people about precautions related to coyotes and mountain lions: “Owners of small pets — cats, dogs, rabbits, etc. — should bring their pets indoors at night.”

“Coyotes are nocturnal and hunt at night. I always recommend having indoor cats for a multitude of reasons, but the coyote threat is especially important,” he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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around the town hall-style meetings, which committee members liked. But they had concerns about putting the city’s 37 identified neighborhoods into nine groupings for the meetings, as recommended by staff. The effort, they said, might be burdensome on staff, since they would have to attend so many meetings.

Some committee members recommended breaking the groupings into quadrants based on police precincts, but Councilman Marc Berman said the quadrant concept is “not micro enough” to allow the city and neighborhoods to address individual concerns.

Burt agreed, saying that grouping in quadrants would move away from a sense of shared interest among the neighborhoods, and topics that could be addressed at the meetings would be too broad to be meaningful.

Burt said he does not anticipate that staff would need to prepare much, especially if refreshments and readying the facility are done by the neighborhood associations.

In relation to the number of times each quarter that the meetings would be held, “I don’t think doing it every month or every two months would be too much of a staff burden,” Burt said.

The committee chose instead to

let the two meetings in September and November serve as pilots for information gathering and analysis of how to proceed successfully.

Wolbach expressed a desire to make sure the events are city-led.

Some organizations are stronger than others, Wolbach said, and he wants to make sure that neighborhood residents feel that they are equally and strongly represented.

Tom Dubois said he attended Midtown Residents Association quarterly meetings and found its focus on two to three topics to be a good amount that allowed for in-depth and informative discussions. He also recommended including apartment tenants and senior-housing residents in the town hall groups.

Burt also noted that in grouping the neighborhoods for meetings, staff should consider not just location, but which neighborhoods have common ground around particular issues.

The committee also recommended funding the city’s “Know Your Neighbors” grant program with an additional $25,000 for this fiscal year.

That program distributed a prior $25,000 in $1,000 increments for community-building activities.

About 90 percent of the money went to hosting block parties, staff noted. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Attempted fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 7 Failure to yield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous APS referral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Harassing emails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Prohibited weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Restraining order violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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50th anniversary of Gary and JoAnne Wetzel

Longtime Palo Alto residents Gary Wetzel and JoAnne Stewart Wetzel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 17 at a 16th-century tower house in Gargunnock, Scotland. As they did at their 1965 wedding, they walked under an arch of swords, this time created by friends and family.

Their daughter, Jillian Stirling, her family and a few friends who attended the original ceremony were in attendance.

Gary and JoAnne have resided in Palo Alto since 1977, living for 38 years in the same home

in the Palo Verde neighborhood.

A retired professional engineer, Gary served as the project manager of the South San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit station and the Tasmen Light Rail Program, in addition to a variety of building projects in Santa Clara County. He was also the federal project management oversight consultant for Caltrain work on the Peninsula and a member of Palo Alto’s Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Commission.

JoAnne was the first information services/community relations specialist for the Palo Alto Unified School District. She founded

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Thomas Lawrence 1933 – 2015

Surrounded by family, he passed on Aug. 21, 2015, aged 81. A resident of Mountain View, CA, and London, England, he was born in Grand Rapids, MI, to George H. and Ethyl M. Lawrence. He attended Ottowa Hills High School in Grand Rapids and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in electrical engineering.

Moving his family to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1959, he worked at Lockheed, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and RCA. He went on to pioneer and serve as the general manager of the European subsidiaries for Intel Corporation, Apple Computer and others. In 1988, he founded TJL Inc. which assisted many great companies to enter the European market.

After retiring he went on to write a trilogy of novels based on his personal knowledge and experience in the high-tech industry.

Having known many of the era-defining people, he drew heavily on his personal experience in bringing this world to his readers.

In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his brothers, Gordon and Robert. He is survived by his wife, Gillian Lawrence; sister, Betty (Terry) Obenauf; daughter, Darragh; sons, Kevin (Tricia), Jeffrey (Alicia) and Kirk; eight grandchildren; one greatgrandson, five nieces and three nephews. A friend and mentor to a great many, he will be missed by all.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 2:30 p.m. at Spangler Mortuary, 799 Castro St., Mountain View, CA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Doctors Without Borders or your favorite charity.

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Aug. 16, 1920 – Aug. 20, 2015 Thomas N. Barry, known as the “Trivia Man” at the Palo Alto Senior Center, passed away August 20, 2015. Barry was age 95.

Barry was born in Chicago, Illinois, August 16, 1920, the son of a Greek immigrant father and a Vermont school teacher mother, a Phi Beta Kappa. Barry was always proud to have been a newspaper boy for the Chicago Daily News while attending Carl Schurz High School.

Upon graduation from high school, Barry enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) June 1938, and was sent by train to Jordan Valley, Oregon, a small southeastern town of cattle ranches, cowboys, sage brush and rattlesnakes. He loved his year in Oregon, an exciting time for a city boy.

From 1939 to 1942 Barry was employed as a produce manager in one of the First National Tea Co. selfservice stores in Chicago.

On May 7, 1942, Barry enlisted in the US Army in Chicago, at age 21, and was assigned to the 8th Armored Division, in Fort Knox, Kentucky. In September of 1942, he was assigned to the newly formed 13th Armored Division, Camp Beale, California, and served as a platoon sergeant in California and later in Camp Bowie, Texas.

In January 1945, the 13th Armored Division was shipped overseas to France. Sergeant Barry was a combat infantry platoon sergeant in Germany in April and May 1945. He was nominated for a Bronze Star for action under fire in southern Germany in April 1945.

In May of 1945, Barry was wounded in Simbach, Germany; the bullet penetrating Sergeant Barry’s bladder, resulting in two months in German and French and American hospitals. After a 1945 Army discharge, Barry was employed for two years as an auto insurance underwriter in Chicago, and as a special insurance agent in Minneapolis.

In 1948 Barry attended The University of Oregon where he earned a Bachelor of

Science in Political Science and a Master of Science in General Studies. Barry was the 1950 Homecoming Chairman and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and President of the Political Science Fraternity. Barry’s academic goal was to earn three college degrees, which he did in 1961, with a Doctorate in Education from Stanford University.

Barry was employed by the Palo Alto Unified School District as a teacher for 28 years, including head of the Social Studies department at Wilbur Jr. High School, and as a Teacher of European History at Palo Alto High School, 1975 – 1982.

After his academic career, Barry enjoyed seven travel tours to historic sites in England, France, Greece, Morocco, Israel, Rome, Spain, Portugal, Vienna, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest and others.

Barry served as a former Commander of Palo Alto American Legion Post 375, Past President of The Sons of the American Revolution, and President of the Palo Alto Republican Assembly. Although a lifelong Republican, he supported Barack Obama in 2008 for President. He was an avid baseball fan, managing and coaching Little League teams in Palo Alto.

He is survived by his second wife Carol, whom he married in 2003, when he was 83 and she, 79; a daughter, Wendy, and sonin-law Lawrence Ernst of Woodland, CA, grandson, Michael D. Ernst of Honolulu, Hawaii, step daughters Ann, Kathryn and Nancy McCampbell, a brother, Philip H. Barry, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and a sister, Lorraine B. Latoria, of Bartlett, Illinois,.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral services, Monday, August 31 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Spangler Mortuary, 399 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA www. spanglermortuary.com. Phone: 650-948-6619.

Interment will follow at Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto.

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Editorial Eshoo’s big challenge With constituents upset over airplane noise, can Anna Eshoo get action from a resistant federal bureaucracy?

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t is rare for a member of Congress to become a lightning rod for complaints about the local impacts of a federal agency’s policies, mostly because those impacts are usually diffuse and relatively invisible.

But that’s the position Rep. Anna Eshoo finds herself in, along with a handful of other members of Congress around the country who are dealing with constituents angry over the arrogance and heavy-handedness of the Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA is rolling out a major new system for managing the flow of aircraft arrivals and departures in the busiest metropolitan areas around the nation, and there have been big changes locally in recent months that have raised the ire of many of Eshoo’s constituents on the Peninsula.

The NextGen program’s stated goals are to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, increase safety and capacity, and create standard flight paths that bring planes into airport landing approaches at proper spacing and on steady and gentle glide paths.

That all sounds beneficial, but in practice the program is shifting and concentrating flight paths — which in the past had been dispersed over many cities — over just a few communities.

Palo Alto and East Palo Alto in particular are facing a constant onslaught of planes bound for San Francisco Airport — and, when the winds shift, planes destined for San Jose as well because the FAA has determined that the skies above Palo Alto will be the point of convergence for most inbound aircraft.

A growing, determined and organized group of citizens is pushing Eshoo and Santa Cruz-Monterey (where there are similar problems) Rep. Sam Farr to bring pressure to bear on the FAA. This week both the Palo Alto City Council and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted resolutions urging action to address the problem.

The Palo Alto council also approved a study to collect and analyze aircraft and noise data in order to clearly document the changes and impacts, although the staff says it can’t even award a contract for the work until early next year, making it a less-than-effective tool for achieving results in a reasonable time frame. An accelerated and regionally supported study would provide more leverage.

The real solution to fixing the problem, however, lies with Eshoo and other members of Congress in the Quiet Skies Caucus, formed by members of Congress representing impacted districts.

While Eshoo’s current clout within the House of Representatives is diminished as a member of the minority Democratic party, the value of the strong relationship she has honed over many years with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Obama administration will now be put to the test.

After serving for 23 years in the Congress and 10 years as a San Mateo County Supervisor, Eshoo knows her way around political minefields and big egos, and she has a rare opportunity to demonstrate those skills by persuading the FAA to stand down and change the implementation of NextGen. She has begun that process with several letters to the FAA challenging it to respond to public concerns and hold local hearings and to the House Transportation Committee urging that new legislation include a tightening of noise standards and requirements for environmental review of new flight paths.

Earlier federal legislation in 2012 authorizing the NextGen system, which Eshoo and most Democrats opposed, included exemptions from normal environmental review in order to fast track the roll-out of the badly needed technology improvements.

And last year, over objections made by Eshoo and others, the FAA made an administrative finding that the NextGen route changes in the Bay Area would have no significant noise impacts. That finding, now clearly in error, is the subject of a legal challenge by Portola Valley residents.

Neither the courts nor token FAA outreach meetings are the ideal way to achieve fairness and relief from the FAA on this issue. Eshoo is in the best position to lead this effort and must use all the political tools and resources at her disposal to forge a solution with the FAA. It is a major test of her clout and influence in Washington and of her ability to deliver a fair solution for her constituents.

Her efforts might include convening her own advisory panel of technical experts, using her influence to open up membership in the San Francisco Airport Roundtable to cities in Santa Clara County, developing a political strategy utilizing connected local Obama supporters; and taking steps to unify all Peninsula and Santa Cruz County communities behind one solution.

This is the time when having a congressional representative with 23 years of experience, of the same party as the Administration, and representing a district that has been a major campaign funding source for the President should pay dividends. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Shift subsidies Editor, I’d like to thank Jay Thorwaldson for his excellent column on reducing vehicle traffic. However, his column neglected to mention the most effective approach for reducing vehicle traffic into downtown Palo Alto: reducing parking subsidies.

Palo Alto heavily subsidizes commuter parking spots in the downtown garages. Between interest on the construction bonds and operating costs, each garage parking spot costs about $3,500 per year. However, the city subsidizes $3,000 of that cost through business taxes, giving downtown employees a huge discount on the cost of parking. When the city subsidizes parking to make it cheaper than transit, it’s no wonder we have a parking crunch!

Palo Alto’s recent commute survey found that half of those who drive would prefer not to if they had better or cheaper options. But there is an easy way to reduce traffic while helping our beleaguered retail workers.

Why not reduce the city subsidies for employees to drive and park downtown and redirect the money to purchase discount transit passes for workers?

Adina Levin Fremont Street, Menlo Park

Safety shattered Editor, In my AP Psychology Class at Palo Alto High School, we learned the story of an experiment conducted by Philip Zimbardo in which a car was abandoned in the Bronx in New York City and another identical one in Palo Alto. The car in the Bronx was completely scrapped almost immediately. The only time the car in Palo Alto was touched was when it began to rain and someone lowered the sunroof.

To me, this sounded wonderful. I felt so content to live in such a safe city. Unfortunately for me, however, this feeling was replaced by a sickening uneasiness when my yellow Simcoe bike was stolen from our house on Aug. 23.

The thief who took my bike would have had to take a specific amount of calculated effort to walk into our street full of famous tech company executives, head to the back of our small four-apartment complex and steal my specific bike. Later, when reporting this incident

to the police, I found out that at least 15 bikes are reported stolen weekly in Palo Alto.

I know that many of us, myself included, want to believe that Palo Alto is a safe city. But if we don’t all come together, raise awareness of the issue, and find a way to solve the problem and find the culprits, then who knows what’s going to be stolen next? If calculated theft is occurring here, we must come together to put an end to it. These are trespassers on our private property. If they are watching us, they could post a safety hazard to our families.

And for that to be happening in our city is a huge cause for concern.

Huda Navaid Webster Street, Palo Alto

Blowers worse than planes Editor, Thank you for the articles on leaf blowers. It was ironic that there was an opinion piece on airplane noise in the same publication.

With almost constant noise from construction, traffic, trains, stereos and especially leaf blowers, I don’t even notice airplanes!

I called the police every couple of months for years about my neighbor’s gardner, to no avail. I finally purchased an electric blower and extension cord to give to the gardener. The neighbor kept the cord and blower for herself, but at least it was available for the gardener to use when he cares for her yard.

Deb Goldeen Birch Street, Palo Alto

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Training â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;compassionate respondersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for tense situations

by Jay Thorwaldson acob Savage, a lifelong Palo Altan who signed up as a high school sophomore for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first police academy in 2006, now believes there can be a better way of responding to many delicate situations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness â&#x20AC;&#x201D; than a direct police encounter.

During more than 50 police-cadet â&#x20AC;&#x153;ridealongsâ&#x20AC;? on 11-hour shifts, he said he witnessed many helpful responses by officers but also observed situations that were made worse, largely because the officers lacked training and techniques to de-escalate a tense encounter.

In a stark contrast, most officers get about two hours of training in how to respond in the complex world of human crises or distress compared to up to 130 hours in firearms training, Savage notes. This shocking imbalance is changing in some departments, such as in Palo Alto, where officers are encouraged to take a 40-hour crisis-intervention training program. About three quarters of the force has taken such training, far higher than other departments, Savage said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people argue that 40 hours isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nearly enough training,â&#x20AC;? he said, noting that social workers get many hundreds of hours of training with annual required updates.

He grew from a fledgling fan of police work to someone with growing concern and

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a desire to make things better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As I got older and started to study the bigger issues I started to notice that while the police can help in a lot of situations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to blame the police â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the structure is geared for perpetuating and criminalizing individuals with mental health issues,â&#x20AC;? including substance abuse and homelessness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a group of people that are constantly in and out of jail, in and out of hospitals and with involuntary detentionsâ&#x20AC;? who are often not well-served by police encounters, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a substantial cost to society for such â&#x20AC;&#x153;revolving doorâ&#x20AC;? cases, he said.

Savage and a friend, Doug Marks of Oakland, teamed up to try to do something positive rather than simply criticize present practices.

They have a website and a smartphone app (concrn.com and the Concrn app) and came up with a descriptive name for their start-up effort: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Compassionate Response Network.â&#x20AC;?

They also chose a trendy-looking one-word brand: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Concrn.â&#x20AC;? Yes, without the â&#x20AC;&#x153;e.â&#x20AC;?

Now, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re training an on-the-ground response team, an alternative to the police.

Savage said a visit two years ago to Eugene, Oregon, convinced him not only that his and Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideas were achievable and practical but that they are essential in a caring community.

In Eugene, two vans respond to difficult situations under a volunteer-response program with a decidedly old-West ring: CAHOOTS, for Crisis-Assistance Helping Out on the Streets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They respond to homelessness issues, people in verbal altercations, people with underlying mental-health issues. In any other city, law enforcement, or fire and para-

medics, would often handle these calls,â&#x20AC;?

Savage said of the 25-year-old program that is operated by the nonprofit Whitebread Clinic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They do something like 10,000 calls per year, in a city of about 120,000, which is a huge amount. The fact that they are able to divert law enforcement resources, to prevent incarceration, to prevent hospitalization, just kind of saves everybody. And it gives people a chance to get back up on their feet.â&#x20AC;?

Concrn is set up as a for-profit organization so it can receive investments, while donations can be made to support the program through the long-established Youth Community Service (YCS) nonprofit based in Palo Alto, under the leadership of Leif Erickson. The Palo Alto Medical Foundation has provided a grant to fund the writing of the curriculum, Savage said.

The 100 hours of training will be taught by a faculty with a broad range of experience and credentials. The pilot project will launch in two locations: Palo Alto and San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tenderloin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Palo Alto training will be geared toward homelessness and youth mental health, and in the Tenderloin it will be geared toward issues of homelessness and substance abuse,â&#x20AC;? Savage explained.

A preview training session was held Aug. 12 in East Palo Alto, with a half dozen members of YCS attending.

The session, led by Lakiba Pittman, a former member of the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, focused on developing self-monitoring abilities, listening skills and the power of meditation to help oneself and others de-escalate tension or anger.

After attendees recounted personal en-

counters, Savage encouraged them to â&#x20AC;&#x153;imagine yourselfâ&#x20AC;? in a street situation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but this time you are a police officer, and you have a gun. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scary what you can do.â&#x20AC;?

But if people can acknowledge whatever biases or judgments they have about others, they can more easily master their reactions, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all have bias and judgment toward genders, toward race, toward age, toward people in various professions. And I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important not to deny that those are natural feelings, natural judgments that you KDYH 5DWKHU OHW ÎŹHP VXUIDFH DQG WKHQ OHW ÎŹHP JR DQG WKDW ZLOO KHOS \RX JHW WKURXJK the day.â&#x20AC;?

The faculty includes Pittman, who has worked at and taught diversity best practices at Stanford University, Menlo College and Notre Dame de Namur University.

Others include Hilary Roberts, a 30-year teacher who developed a â&#x20AC;&#x153;peer advocatesâ&#x20AC;? program at Fremont Union High School District and earlier in New York; Jason Albertson, LCSW, a social worker who managed street outreach for the homeless in San Francisco and created the PERT (for Psychiatric Emergency Response Team) program in San Mateo County; and Erik Milosovich of the Santa Monica Police Department, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;copâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s copâ&#x20AC;? and former combat instructor who now practices yoga/meditation, nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yoga Cop.â&#x20AC;?

A formidable team for a formidable challenge. Q Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jaythor@well. com. He also writes periodic blogs at PaloAltoOnline.com.

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What apps or websites do you use to find things to do in the Palo Alto area?

Asked at Mitchell Park. Interviews and photos by Muna Sadek.

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Northampton Drive, Palo Alto Nonprofit manager

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McLaughlin Street, San Jose Caregiver

Ross Road, Palo Alto Psychologist

â&#x20AC;&#x153;(I use) Google ... and I sign up to websites and they email me a social calendar.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tend to use PaloAltoOnline and Eventbrite.com ... the SF Chronicle website as well. They have a lot of information, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for live music or art shows.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetup.com, Facebook and occasionally the (City of) Palo Alto website.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yelp ... because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s user-friendly and easy.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife ... (and) the Palo Alto Weekly website.â&#x20AC;?

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Food writer Ruth Reichl to speak in Mountain View

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

Marqui Akins

Foreground: On Monday, Aug. 31, celebrated food writer Ruth Reichl will speak about the necessity of farmland preservation at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Background: This aerial photo shows some of the productive agricultural lands on the San Mateo Coast that have been protected by Peninsula Open Space Trust.

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uth Reichl’s mother was a terrible cook. It was her childhood quest to find something edible to eat that turned Reichl into the food lover, food writer and nationally respected food advocate she is today.

As a longtime food critic for both the Los Angeles Times and New York Times and editor of Gourmet magazine, Reichl knows her way around haute cuisine and exotic delicacies, wine pairings and other gastronomic delights.

Yet for her, the love of food is much more than a hedonistic pursuit. Instead, it’s a deep and primal urge, a basic instinct to be well-nourished and a passion for ensuring that others can be, too.

Next Monday, Aug. 31, Reichl will appear in Mountain View in conversation with Michael Krasny, host of KQED’s popular and wide-ranging discussion program, “Forum.” Their talk is presented by the Peninsula Open Space Trust, an organization that since 1977 has protected more than 75,000 acres of undeveloped spaces, farms and parkland around the Silicon Valley. POST’s annual Wallace Stegner Lectures feature speakers who address issues relating to land use, nature and conservation.

In advance of her Peninsula appearance, Reichl spoke with the Weekly about the changing landscape of American food production, the new generation of foodies and the vital importance of preserving the farmland where our food is grown.

How did you first become interested in land preservation?

When I was the editor of Gourmet, we did a piece on land trusts, and I got really interested in the notion of preserving farmland. It slides under the radar. So much of land preservation is about parks and beauty spots, but I feel strongly that one of the things we really need to do is understand how vital small farms are to us and how much we need to fight to protect them.

How did you go from being a food lover and critic to becoming such an advocate for sustainable farming?

I started as a food person, but if you follow the chain far enough, you get back to the land. You can’t not. We have got to make it possible for small farms to survive.

That’s why land trusts are so important. It’s also import for children to meet farmers, to see where their food comes from and to understand the cycle of nature and planting. Yet as we keep pushing farmers farther and farther away from population centers, that becomes harder and harder.

You have written, “Cooking once gave us the concept of the future, but cooking now threatens that future in many ways.”

Can you explain your reasoning?

What has happened over the course of my lifetime is that we have allowed the industrialization of food. We’ve gone from a place where it was possible in this country to be a poor person and still eat decently to a place where it’s not. We now have children who

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have never seen a piece of fresh fruit, who don’t know that orange juice doesn’t grow in boxes. We have jerked up natural flavors so much with artificial flavoring that we have a whole generation that has lost a taste for subtle, natural flavors. We literally live in a world now where half the population is undernourished and half is overnourished.

Where do you think the change in our food production system and our attitudes about food needs to begin? In our kitchens? In our schools?

In Washington? In our media coverage?

I think it has to start at home.

Eating is learned behavior. There is a reason Japanese children grow up eating rice and fish for breakfast while American kids grow up eating sugary snacks.

Parents have to take responsibility for the fact that, at every meal, they are teaching their children how they should eat for the rest of their lives. We have this elite thing where rich mothers puree their own organic baby food. That’s nice, but it puts the bar very high for the 95 percent of the population who are pressed for time and money. There has to be something between that and sugar-laden cereals. What about making them an egg?

Any advice for families who want to change their habits but aren’t sure how to start, especially if resources are limited?

The way we live is kind of crazy: Everybody is feeding their

kids every night. If we could figure out some way for people to cook together, you could have four families who share a common kitchen, and you would only have to cook two days a week. It would make complete sense. It’s as much work to cook for one family as it is to cook for four. The real solution is to learn to cook. If you can cook, you can make foods that are not expensive and make them really delicious and nutritious. I also happen to believe that cooking is a natural activity. If you don’t know what to do with your kids, take them into the kitchen. Make some bread, and they can watch it rise. Kids love that.

Also, remember that we vote with our dollars, and it is a powerful vote. So demand that your shops sell ethically raised food.

Talk about it to your neighbors.

Consumerism in this case has enormous clout. You see it with the growth of the organic food movement. When I was a kid, there was an organic grocery store a few blocks from my home filled with old, brown, horrible things.

Now, organic products are mainstream and really good, and prices have come down. So demand that schools pay attention to what they’re serving in the lunch room and demand that they start teaching kids about food.

What is the role of pleasure in all of this?

The reason the food system is changing in this country comes straight out of our renewed interest in food. You can trace much of this to the advent of food TV

and celebrity chefs. When I first started writing about food, most chefs were not educated or particularly articulate. We now have a generation of extremely articulate well-educated chefs who have been very vocal and used their fame for the public good. But if it hadn’t started with the pleasure principle, we wouldn’t be where we are now with farmers markets and a whole generation of kids who are very serious about food issues.

I actually hadn’t thought about this before, but I think it’s connected to the Silicon Valley in a really interesting way. We are now looking at the first generation who have been raised with virtual reality at their fingertips. They hunger for a reality that is real. I think that’s one reason why farming is appealing to so many people in their 20s and 30s. They are opting to spend 14 hours a day glued to the land instead of the screen. I think it’s a natural reaction. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly.com.

What: Ruth Reichl in conversation with Michael Krasny, presented by the Peninsula Open Space Trust Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Monday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m.

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Actors Robert Sean Campbell, left, Maria Giere Marquis and Tom Gough portray a range of eras and characters in “The Voice of the Prairie.”

Stories from the Great Plains “The Voice of the Prairie” spins spellbinding yarns

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REVIEW THEATER what haunted but still adventurous man, Davey agrees to team up with Schwab to reminisce on air about charming-but-kooky Poppy and the irrepressibly sunny and openhearted Frankie. Soon, Davey’s storytelling is a hit, his show a sort of proto-“Prairie Home Companion.” He’s in demand at stations from Kansas City to the Big Apple, and Schwab, run afoul of the newly formed FCC, sees Davey as his ticket to the big time. He manages to track down the long-lost Frankie, now a prim and respectable schoolteacher in Arkansas, and facilitates a reunion between the former partners in crime and childhood sweethearts.

Can they recapture the fun-loving spirit and deep bond of their past, or has it been too long?

The play’s timeline flip-flops between the 1920s and 1895, when most of Davey’s stories take place.

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spliced in with the actors’ live performances, briefly blurring the lines between present life, flashbacks and radio broadcasts.

This switching between eras requires actors Robert Sean Campbell and Maria Giere Marquis, as Davey and Frankie, to transform themselves from children to adults and back again, using only slight costume and prop adjustments and their considerable acting skills.

Guided ably by Dragon’s artistic director Meredith Hagedorn, they handle these transformations with ease. When the costume changes happen on stage (in once case, Marquis pulls on a sensible gray skirt over her fanciful farm dress, signifying the change to adult Frankie), it’s even more charming than if the change had taken place off stage.

Marquis takes a while to settle in to her character. As Frankie the ebullient child, she comes across as a bit too manic at first, perhaps in an attempt to prove how free-spirited and confident she

so fully, including in vocal range, accent and body language, that just the change from one jacket to another is enough to show he’s become another character entirely.

The production is well-suited to the Dragon’s strengths. In the small space without much set dressing, a simple shift of chairs, radios and microphones serves as a change of scenery. Lighting cues by Jeff Swan — including dimming the lights when the play takes blind Frankie’s perspective — are sensitive and effective. Much like Poppy’s well-worn tales, “The Voice of the Prairie,” is a warm-hearted and compelling yarn, and Dragon’s version makes for a delightful few hours of theater, cozy as a favorite story recounted around a crackling campfire. Q Freelance writer Karla Kane can be emailed at karlajkane@gmail.com.

What: “The Voice of the Prairie” Where: Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway, Redwood City When: Through Sept. 13.

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Cost: $27-$35 Info: Go to dragonproductions. net or call 650-493-2006.

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avey Quinn had a rough childhood: an orphaned, impoverished, vagabond existence with “Poppy,” his whiskey-swilling con man of an Irish great uncle, followed by time on the lam with Frankie, a blind girl running from her alcoholic, abusive father. Despite enduring starvation and beatings, the optimism of youth and the cheerful companionship of his fellow travelers allowed him to see life as a series of great adventures.

It’s Davey’s compelling tales about those good ol’ days — along with the gift of storytelling inherited from Poppy — that drive the plot of “The Voice of the Prairie.”

Redwood City’s Dragon Theatre is currently presenting a lovely version of this sweet play by John Olive, set in the early days of radio.

Davey is discovered in a Nebraska feed store in 1923 by Leon Schwab, a fast-talking New Yorker with a scheme to strike it rich by bringing radio to the folk of the Great Plains. Now a shy, some-

is, blindness be damned. Part of the trouble is that Frankie’s and Davey’s ages are never quite established in these scenes; they waver between behaving like very young children and like adolescents on the cusp of sexual awakening. It’s only when when Marquis transforms into adult Frankie and back again that we see a complicated woman, grown resigned and wearied by her difficult life, yet still containing the spark and zany humor of her younger self.

Campbell, seen earlier this summer in Pear Theatre’s “Arcadia,” makes Davey an endearingly innocent and awkward wanderer in both his child and adult incarnations. Young Davey is quick to laugh with a wild, high-pitched giggle. As adult Davey, Campbell retains this characteristic but gives it a slightly more restrained and masculine tone.

Campbell and Marquis are good, but the true MVP of the show is the amazing Tom Gough, who plays not only the lovably conniving Schwab but also nearly every other role in the play, including old Irish Poppy; Frankie’s cruel farmer father; a sadistic hillbilly; a no-nonsense jailer; and James, the asthmatic Methodist preacher who’s desperately in love with Frankie and very concerned when her past exploits come to light. Gough inhabits these roles

In Dragon Theatre’s production of “The Voice of the Prairie,” Robert Sean Campbell plays Davey Quinn; Maria Giere Marquis plays his childhood partner in crime, Frankie.

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For a night of live music and Sonoma wines, head to Palo Alto’s Oshman Family JCC’s Cafe on the Square, 3921 Fabian Way, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 8:30-11 p.m. There, you can listen to the sweet, soulful voice of San Jose-based singer Steely Nash while sipping vino from Healdsburg-based Cannonball Wine Company. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Guests must be 21 and older. Go to paloaltojcc.org/events/soulwine or call 650-223-8656.

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Books ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ It’s been more than 50 years since Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1960 novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Now, Lee is releasing “Go Set a Watchman,” featuring many of the same characters. On Sunday, Aug. 30, the Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., will host a free discussion of both books, as well the classic film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. Go to tinyurl.com/ pvrphc8 or call 650-330-2500. Q

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ackaged, processed snacks sure are easy to eat — they’re tasty, they require no preparation and they tend to appeal to kids — but everyone knows they’re not the healthiest option.

For Mountain View resident Andy Kavanagh, that simple fact inspired a business: healthy, kid-friendly cooking projects delivered once a month, right to your door.

Kavanaugh is a health-food and fitness enthusiast and self-proclaimed “snackaholic” from Ireland who moved to the Bay Area last year.

“Our goal is to make it easier for you to raise a happy, healthy and food-educated family by making baking fun,” he said. “But sometimes people need a little help and guidance.”

Kavanagh’s passion for healthy eating inspired him to create Cub Snacks, a subscription-based service that delivers Healthy Snack Project Kits to families’ doors every month. Each kit is each based on a healthy, kid-friendly snack recipe and includes all the components necessary to prepare the snack. In addition to ingredients, there are colorful aprons and chef hats for the kids, an instruction card and a “Fun Food Facts” sheet with educational edu duca du catti ca tion tio onal al iinfornfor nf forrmation about the ingredients. The kits are available for a one-time purchase or by subscriptions of varying lengths (monthly, three months or six months).

The goal, said Kavanagh, is for parr ents to share a fun project with their children while simultaneously instilling healthy eating habits.

“If you want to teach kids from an early age about diet and nutrition, it’s extremely important to get them involved in cooking,” Kavanagh said.

“When kids get more hands-on in the kitchen, it’s more enjoyable for them to learn, and it’s easier for the parents, too.”

A Cub Snacks kit includes rolled oats, brown rice puffs, semisweet chocolate drops, mixed raisins, peanut butter, coconut oil and honey.

While Kavanagh now identifies as a health-food enthusiast, it wasn’t always that way.

After his mother died of cancer when he was 11 years old, Kavanagh was known to turn to junk food when hunger struck. Since his father was not particularly handy in the kitchen, he said, eating six bags of potato chips in one sitting was not unheard of. The only family interaction he had in the kitchen was eating breakfast cereal and microwaved fries at the table, he said.

A humble school cafeteria would end up changing his life and steering him in the direction of a healthy diet. When he turned 14, Kavanagh enrolled in a school where the cafeteria “occasionally served some real food.”

He describes the school meals as sometimes being so unappealing that he would choose a salad instead to fend off certain starvation.

Slowly and steadily, Kavanagh’s palate of sugar, sodium and artificial additives matured and sparked a lifetime of interest in food and culinary experimentation.

Since then, Kavanagh has pursued several avenues in the world of food entrepreneurship. Prior to starting Cub Snacks, he founded Revolve Foods, a food vendor serving up locally sourced, nutritious food for delivery, catering and wholesale. He also made snacks like baked muesli, bowls of organic steel-cut oatmeal and fruit parfaits for Chromatic Coffee in Santa Clara.

While Cub Snacks occupies a niche market, meal kit subscription services for adults are on the rise, particularly in the Bay Area.

Consumers can subscribe to numerous services that deliver recipes along with pre-portioned, fresh ingredients to their doorsteps on a daily or weekly basis. Kavanagh said two such companies, Blue Apron and Plated, inspired his own kits.

Cub Snacks did not, however, start out as an interactive product. Kavanagh’s initial business plan focused on helping families pick out healthy snacks from grocery store shelves stocked with fat-, sugar- and salt-laden products designed to appeal to customers.

“It can be very overwhelming for parents to find healthy snacks for their children,” he explained. “People do want to eat healthy.

The desire is there, but sometimes people don’t have the means or time or knowledge of what is truly good for you.”

Originally, Cub Snacks was a monthly service that delivered a box filled with 30 healthy snacks to subscribers, with a target age group of children aged 3 to 10 years old.

The snack selection included fruit drinks, fruit and granola bars, dried fruit and vegetable strips, trail mix and fruit chips. All of the snacks were carefully screened by Kavanagh to ensure that they were free of refined and added sugars, artificial colors and flavors, trans fats and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

To avoid common allergens, he also chose snacks that were gluten-free and contained no traces of shellfish.

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orders. By July, Cub Snacks had grown to about 380 monthly orders nationwide.

So why scratch the snack boxes and replace them with the Healthy Snack Project Kits? For one thing, Kavanagh said, he ran into a the unique challenge that comes with running a business targeted to young children.

“I underestimated the role of the kids — they can be picky!” he said with a laugh. But that wasn’t the only reason to switch to a new model.

“I wanted to offer something more to people,” Kavanagh said.

“My goal is to educate people about health and nutrition, but also make it fun. Healthy snacks are important, of course, but nothing tops early education.”

With Cub Snacks, Kavanagh has been able to work on developing recipes and experimenting with food. For the first Healthy Snack Project Kit, he created his own recipe for healthier Rice Krispies Treats, which he named Nice Crispy Bars. Like the healthy snacks he selected for his original boxes, the recipes in the new kits are also free of artificial colors and flavors, trans fats, gluten, dairy, soy and GMOs. The ingredient lists include healthy substitutes like coconut oil, honey and dairy-free chocolate.

“I looked at traditional Ameri-

can snacks and tried to come up with healthier ways for parents and kids to enjoy them,” Kavanagh said. “Reducing sugar and bad fats can go a very long way in the long run.”

The recipes are all taste-tested and kid-approved by friends’ children, Kavanagh said. This screening process is designed to ensure that the kits hold up to their claim of being kid-friendly.

So far, Kavanagh has stuck to his original target audience, but his plans for the future of Cub Snacks do not end with elementary school-aged consumers. He hopes to eventually develop similar kits for adults and is open to experimenting with recipes for full meals as well.

“You can eat well if you want to eat well,” he said. “Sometimes people just need a gentle nudge in the right direction.” Q Shannon Chai is an editorial intern with Mountain View Voice.

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ShopTalk

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BILL’S CAFE HITS A SNAG ... The much-anticipated opening of Bill’s Cafe had a major setback when Palo Alto officials discovered the site was being renovated without a permit. The breakfast-and-lunch restaurant, originally scheduled to open its doors in June, ceased all construction in early May. “The building inspector came out on May 4 and put a ‘stop work’ order out,” said Palo Alto Development Center Manager Rosemary Morse.

As a result, the midtown site at 3163 Middlefield Road has sat idle ever since. But there has been a recent development. “They just submitted a permit to us on Aug. 12 with their plans, and hopefully it will be approved in four to six weeks,” Morse said, adding, “We really want to be able to help them out.” A peek through the front window of Bill’s Cafe shows a nearly completed restaurant. Booths and tables are all neatly in place, and salt and pepper shakers are on each table. Condiment bottles line the shelves. One industry source posited that since the site had already operated as a restaurant

in the past (as Pommard Deli and Fandango Pizza), perhaps Bill’s Cafe owners thought they didn’t need a permit to do work. “But this is Palo Alto; you don’t do anything without a permit,” he said.

There are five Bill’s Cafes in San Jose and one in Pleasanton; the first opened in San Jose in 1977.

The restaurants are known for their traditional American breakfasts. Attempts to reach the management at Bill’s Cafe in Palo Alto were unsuccessful.

A HIP CLIP IN MIDTOWN ... Terry Parks is a humble man. The owner of Urban Style, a barbershop that opened two years ago with little fanfare, Parks has quietly built up an enviable clientele in his tuckedaway midtown Palo Alto location.

“Most people can’t even find it on their first try,” he admitted. The shop’s address is 719 Colorado Ave., but it can only be accessed around the corner, from the parking lots behind Starbucks or the Wells Fargo ATM. A walk through the front door is a walk back in time. “If people come in expecting

a trendy hair salon, they’re going to be disappointed,” Parks said.

Modestly decorated with sports posters, the small shop has an old-fashioned feel. Prices for hair cuts range from $15 to $22. “We don’t charge outrageous prices,” Parks noted, “but it’s the vibe, the conversations that keep them coming back.” There is very little traditional advertising for the sixchair shop. “It’s almost all word of mouth,” Parks said. The shop has six master barbers, Parks explained. “Five of our barbers are black; one is Hispanic. But our clientele is every color, every age, every group. Too bad the rest of the world isn’t like this. If it were, we’d all get along.” Perhaps most impressive is the list of athletes and performers who come in regularly. Parks is reluctant to name names. “We get a few 49ers in here; a few rappers too,” he said.

“But we treat them like everyone else. Nobody gets special treatment.” Parks’ goal was to create a local, neighborhood barbershop with a homey feel, “and I think I’ve got that,” he said. “It’s real comfortable here. People stick around just to talk.”

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comer Bel Powley, Minnie is both smart and naive, a burgeoning social critic learning to question and moderate those hallmarks of hormone-driven teenage existence: gut emotional responses and knee-jerk reactions. But these are hard-won lessons for a girl whose basic instinct is to do an end-run around her oblivious mother, Charlotte (Kristen Wiig) to initiate an affair with mom’s 35-year-old boyfriend, Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård).

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of an honest treatment devoid of the usual rush to judgment. We witness a power dynamic of mutual interest and reward, as well as intoxicating risk and possibility, made headier by sex and the search for love. Minnie doesn’t fall into the archetype of a sick nymphet or some kind of victim, and Monroe isn’t simply branded as a creep with only one thought on his mind.

Rather, they are two living, breathing individuals, and while they’re almost certainly making a mistake, it’s the kind of mistake they’re both likely to look back on with a rueful appreciation of how it shaped their characters and with some level of fondness (helping our imaginations to go there, Gloeckner’s story takes place not today, but in 1976 San Francisco).

The wide-eyed Powley and closeto-the-vest Skarsgård oblige Heller’s creative goal with their truthful turns, and Wiig strikes just the right funny-sad notes to highlight, with thoughtful specificity, her efficiently scripted background presence.

In most respects, Minnie’s coming-of-age tale is conventional ... for a male protagonist. Stretching back to the gauzier nostalgia of a “Summer of ’42”; it’s high time to explore the flip side. In addition to her sexual development, Minnie takes steps in vocational formation, including heroine worship of cartoonist Aline Kominsky (lightly superimposed animations, a nod to the novel’s graphic elements, illustrate Minnie’s yen to illustrate). Without prurience or high-fives for the eavesdropping viewers, the film’s opening line announces its take-it-or-leave-it reality with Minnie joyfully confiding in her diary: “I had sex today. Holy s---!”

Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, drug use, language and drinking — all involving teens.

One hour, 42 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

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or dialogue. One laughable exception to the glossy look: the dispiriting scenes set in a real estate boiler room, where the boys’ boss (Jon Bernthal) wields a baseball bat while explaining the total legitimacy of his predatory lending business.

“We Are Your Friends” pre-

tends to have an insider’s view of the EDM DJ world (most notably in a scene that explains how to set it off, yo, by syncing and stepping up your mad beats to the crowd’s heartbeats-per-minute). But this is every bit a screenwriter’s idea of what it takes to make it to the Summerfest stage. There’s little doubt that real DJs would laugh

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

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Airplane! (1980) (PG)

Century 16: Sun 2 p.m.

Century 20: Sun 2 p.m.

American Ultra (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 & 10:35 p.m.

Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m.

Amy (R)

Palo Alto Square: Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m.

Ant-Man (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:30, 7:35 & 10:30 p.m.

Century 20: 11:10 a.m. & 7:55 p.m. In 3-D at 2, 4:55 & 10:45 p.m.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 12:40, 3:55, 7:10 & 10:20 p.m.

Best of Enemies (R) +++1/2

Aquarius Theatre: 2 & 7:10 p.m.

their asses off at this movie and its endless dopey brodowns.

As stamped out by Euro-financiers that usually know better (Working Title and StudioCanal) and distributed by Warner Brothers, “We Are Your Friends” constitutes another naked attempt to commodify youth culture via the big screen. At one point, Cole scoffs of James, “He used to be good. Now he just gives the people what they want.” But big-upping artistic authenticity is a joke in a movie that’s desperately trying to give the people what they want: young, sexy people writhing to music, then getting serious about music, until a star is born in an unlikely but familiar rise-andfall-and-rise ascension.

Rated R for language throughout, drug use, sexual content and some nudity. One hour, 36 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

The Diary of a Teenage Girl (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 5 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:15 a.m., Sun 9 a.m.

The End of the Tour (R) +++1/2

Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15 & 7 p.m.

Fantastic Four (PG-13) Century 16: Fri & Sat 11:50 a.m. & 2:25 p.m., Sun 11:30 a.m. Century 20: 9:30 p.m.

The Gift (R) Century 16: 9 & 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 5:15, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m.

Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:35 p.m.

Hitman: Agent 47 (R) Century 16: 9:45 a.m., 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:40, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m.

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri 7:30 p.m.

Inside Out (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: 10:10 a.m., 12:45 & 3:20 p.m.

Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:55 a.m., 1, 4:10, 7:10 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m.

Meru (R) Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1, 3:15, 5:30 & 7:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m.

Minions (PG) ++ Century 16: 9:10 & 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:25 & 9:55 p.m.

Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:45, 4:05, 6:45 & 9:10 p.m.

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9 & 10:35 a.m., 12:15, 1:50, 3:30, 5:05, 7, 8:40 & 10:15 p.m.

Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 12:55, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7:10, 8:35 & 10:25 p.m. In D-BOX at 11:20 a.m., 2:30, 5:30 & 8:35 p.m.

Mistress America (R) ++1/2 Mr. Holmes (PG) +++1/2

Aquarius Theatre: 1, 3, 5:15, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7:10 & 9:40 p.m.

No Escape (R) Century 16: 9:25 a.m., 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8 & 10:40 p.m.

Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:25 & 10 p.m.

Phantom (Not Rated)

Century 16: 6:15 & 9:35 p.m.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri 5:30 & 9:20 p.m.

Pixels (PG-13) +1/2 Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 4:15 & 6:50 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:35 p.m.

Ricki and the Flash (PG-13) ++ Century 20: 6:55 & 9:35 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:10 a.m., 1:40 & 4:10 p.m., Sat 1:55 & 4:25 p.m.

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Sinister 2 (R) Century 16: 9:30 a.m., noon, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m.

Century 20: 12:05 p.m., 2:50, 5:20, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m.

Aquarius Theatre: 4:15 & 9:30 p.m.

Straight Outta Compton (R) Century 16: 9 a.m., 12:25, 2:20, 4, 5:45, 7:30, 9:15 & 11 p.m., Fri & Sun 10:45 a.m., Sat 11 a.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 12:20, 2:15, 3:40, 5:40, 7, 9 & 10:15 p.m.

Trainwreck (R) Century 16: 7:40 & 10:45 p.m.

Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:55, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:40 p.m.

War and Peace (1956) (PG)

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“A MOVING TALE OF SUPER HUMAN PERSEVERANCE.”

Shaun the Sheep Movie (PG) Century 16: 9:20 & 11:55 a.m., 2:30, 4:55, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:15, 3:25, 5:45, 8 & 10:15 p.m.

The Stanford Prison Experiment (R) +++

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Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 3 & 7:30 p.m.

We Are Your Friends (R) + Century 16: 9:05 & 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:20 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 2:35, 5:05, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m.

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GREEN FEST ... Learn how to add green practices to any part of daily life at Green Fest on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2-5 p.m., at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

Attendees can learn about local produce, greener lunches, Palo Alto’s water source, carpooling, biking and more. The free event also includes a panel discussion at 3 p.m. with Kevin Carley and Karla Dailey from Palo Alto Utilities; and Peter Drekmeier, director of Tuolumne River Trust and former Palo Alto mayor.

Alongside the educational options, families can play games, win prizes and enjoy free music and food. Info: enybody.org COMMUNITY FUN ... Celebrate and build community during Children’s Day in the Park on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bell Street Park, 550 Bell St., East Palo Alto. The fun-filled day includes free food, entertainment and games. The police department will be giving away backpacks and school supplies, and Home Depot staff will offer workshops for children.

Info: epachildrensday.org MOTH NIGHT ... See moths up close — in all sizes and shapes — on Monday, Aug. 31, 8-10:30 p.m., at the McClellan Ranch Preserve, 22221 McClellan Road, Cupertino. To attract moths and other night insects, Acterra staff will set up black lights and sheets. Guests will also have the option of going on a short night walk to listen for owls and see glowing millipedes. All ages are welcome to attend. Minors under the age of 18 must bring a waiver signed by a guardian and be accompanied by an adult. Info: bit.ly/MothNight or saraw@acterra.org COMPOST BASICS ... Learn how to enhance your garden’s soil and overall health during a compost course from the City of Palo Alto on Saturday, Sept.

5, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Master Gardener’s Demonstration Garden at Eleanor Pardee Park, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto. The garden entrance is on Center Drive near Martin Avenue. Participants will see how compost helps plants gain nutrients, develop root structures and hold water. This free course provides locals the knowledge they need to start composting.

No registration is required. Info: cityofpaloalto.org/workshops Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email bmalmberg@paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

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Residents adapt to new food-scrap collection program

by Brenna Malmberg photos by Veronica Weber

Laura Woodrow chops onions for her meal. She puts her food scraps into the kitchen pail, which she has lined with a compostable bag that helps keep the pail clean and smell-free.

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fter prepping a meal, Laura Woodrow snaps down the lids of her kitchen pail, sealing in her food scraps. This countertop container allows her to gather her compostable waste inside before adding it to the larger green bin she hauls to the curb.

Once her small kitchen pail is full and dumped, the contents avoid the landfill and instead travel to an anaerobic digester to produce power and finished compost. The City of Palo Alto expects to divert about 3,000 tons of food scraps per year through this new initiative.

“I don’t think they look bad on the counter top,” said Woodrow, a Barron Park resident.

“This pail is pretty easy.”

The kitchen pails made their way to households in June after City Council approved a $387,000 budget for pails and outreach materials back in March. Besides the initial bill, the waste-management changes cost approximately $532,000 per year. The new program, which started on July 1, allows residents to add food scraps to the green bin. Because of the content change, waste is now delivered to the Zero Waste Energy Development Co.’s anaerobic digestion facility in San Jose instead of the Z-Best Composting Facility in Gilroy.

As residents move their compostable waste from black to green bins, they have experienced some foul moments, but have learned to adjust their habits. In Woodrow’s case, she started using compostable bags inside of her kitchen pail. While she admits that it feels silly to roll out the green bin every week with one small bag sitting at the bottom, she wants to avoid the smell, mess and potential scavengers.

“Especially on the green bin, the food scraps would cake on the inside,” she said. “It was just really gross.”

Nicolette Heaphy, Children’s Garden coordinator at Hidden Villa, said compostable

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bags make for easy cleanup and can be found at most local home goods stores. She recommends that residents read the label to ensure the bag is specifically intended for compost.

She reminds residents to be cautious when removing the bag from their pail. If scraps sit in a bag too long, the entire bundle will start to decompose, which may cause the bag to break.

She recommends adding a layer of paper towel or newspaper to hold the moisture, which helps keep the bag intact.

Out in the larger green bin, Heaphy advises residents to again layer material. This means adding in a layer of grass clippings, then food scraps, then newspaper and then food scraps again — or any other compostable combinations.

“If you do it in layers, it will help with decomposition,” she said. “If you don’t, you just have a nitrogen level right there in one chunk.”

Because the green bin waste is headed to a commercial processing facility, Heaphy said people do not need to be concerned about using shredded newspaper instead of large sheets. It will all break down regardless. But, if composting on a smaller scale at home, shredded newspaper will decompose faster.

To manage smells, she recommends lining the pail and bin with newspaper or adding a stronger, compostable scent, such as pine shavings, saw dust, grass clippings or tree leaves.

GreenWaste of Palo Alto, the company collecting the waste along the city’s curb, echoes Heaphy’s ideas. Katelyn Lewis, environmental outreach manager for GreenWaste of Palo Alto, added that residents can slow decomposition by keeping the bin in the shade and reduce the associated smells by sprinkling baking soda on the heap.

As of an Aug. 21 email from Lewis, she said that drivers have noticed about 60 percent of residents participating in the program.

“We are pleased with that number, and we look to increase participation through additional outreach efforts,” she said.

At the start of the program, drivers did no-

Lemon and lime segments ready for compost sit on Laura Woodrow’s kitchen countertop beside the City of Palo Alto’s provided compost pail. tice residents leaving their kitchen pails out for service, which is not supposed to happen.

Drivers would then inform the office, and then a customer service representative would reach out to the resident. Now more than a month into the program, Lewis said they no longer see this happening and she believes communication has been effective.

Along with smells and little pails, program changes include longer waste collection routes, Lewis said. This is caused by green bins being dumped each week to avoid food scraps collecting for long amounts of time and the addition of more green bins. Residents in some developments did not have a green bin before because they did not have yard waste. With the addition of food scraps, city staff reached out to those families and supplied them with green bins.

“We are pleased that so many residents have gotten on board with the program,” Lewis said, “and we are happy to continue to assist people in adapting to the changes.” Q Associate Editor Brenna Malmberg can be emailed at bmalmberg@paweekly.com.

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A Fresh Look Defining your personal style

by Kit Davey

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s your house full of things you love that don’t seem to go together? Does your home lack a pulled-together, cohesive look? You may have tons of great furniture and artwork, but if you haven’t spent time defining your personal style, you’ll forever struggle with creating a home that is visually peaceful.

When you know your personal style, you’ll stop making “wrong” purchases and you’ll be able to create harmony in every room of your home. Here’s how.

Every room conveys a message Becoming aware of our home’s personality involves observing each room’s message, theme and color focus. Grab a pad of paper and a pencil and pick a room to start with.

Take in the room as a whole and observe what it is “saying.” Even though there are many objects in the space, you can usually sum up the room’s “message” in a few words.

Your living room might have an overall feeling of formality, tradition, antiquity or love of delicate objects. Your family room might express coziness, love of family and

sports, comfort or informality. Your bedroom might be romantic, soft, dreamy, flowery, light-filled or peaceful. Jot down the feelings and phrases associated with each room.

This list of descriptors is a powerful tool. You can immediately begin removing objects which are not in harmony with the room’s overall message. If your living room exudes an elegant, cool feel, your stuffed bunny, bowling trophy or antique teacup collection will not harmonize. When an accessory does not fit your list of descriptors put it in a room which shares its message, donate or store it. If you must keep it in the space, group it with similar objects in a bookcase or on an end table. If a major piece of furniture isn’t working with the room’s message, try switching it with something from another room, painting it, draping it with fabric or positioning it less prominently. If you can’t substitute or disguise the piece, vow to replace it with something that works when you have the time and money to do so.

The theme’s the glue A room that looks and feels pulled together usually has a theme or style. This doesn’t mean that all the furniture in the room has to be from a specific period or has to match in any way. The theme is an idea or the visual glue which helps everything in the room work together. Your theme may be a simple descriptor, such as “garden, Southwest, feminine, barnyard, anything handmade, whimsical, modern, seaside cottage, Zen-like, toys, jungle,” etc.

Once you have established your theme, examine every object in the room to see if it fits with your theme. An Early American rocker will look out of place in a “retro” living room. A cubist Picasso print probably won’t work in

HOME SALES

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

Atherton

216 Park Lane Cheng Trust to Park Lane Limited for $10,200,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 11/01/1979, $555,000 269 Stockbridge Ave. Altick Trust to B. & K. Jones for $6,050,000 on 07/21/15; previous sale 10/01/1979, $310,000

East Palo Alto

151 Abelia Way G. Moore to A. Balan for $501,000 on 07/15/15 2161 Capitol Ave. R. Adger to D. & D. Tadlock for $420,000 on 07/17/15; previous sale 10/26/1979, $50,000 2741 Georgetown St. Eagle Vista Equities to A. & R. Sugiura for $585,000 on 07/14/15 101 Mission Drive Alfery Trust to G. & D. Katz for $537,500 on 07/17/15; previous sale 09/30/1988, $131,000 811 Paul Robeson Court G. Mojica to J. & M. Sanchez for $660,000 on 07/17/15 172 Wisteria Drive S. Beattie to N. & N. Reidy for $765,000 on 07/16/15; previous sale 11/17/2000, $390,000

Los Altos

1 Adobe Creek Way J. & S. Day to Crosson Trust for $5,200,000 on 07/29/15 73 Bay Tree Lane L. Strong to Campi Trust for $2,100,000 on 07/28/15; previous sale 03/22/1985, $368,000 1912 Farndon Ave. F. Adavalath to Liang Trust for $3,450,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 03/25/2002, $925,000 398 Hawthorne Ave. Tacy Trust to B. & L. Kim for $1,920,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 05/23/2002, $858,000 291 Langton Ave. Winstead Trust to V. Au for $2,403,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 07/1971, $25,500 11740 Magdalena Ave. A.

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $6,050,000 Highest sales price: $10,200,000

Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $698,000 Highest sales price: $4,740,000

East Palo Alto

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $420,000 Highest sales price: $765,000

Total sales reported: 8 Lowest sales price: $1,198,000 Highest sales price: $3,775,000

Los Altos

Portola Valley

Total sales reported: 8 Lowest sales price: $1,920,000 Highest sales price: $5,200,000

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,350,000 Highest sales price: $2,350,000

Menlo Park

Woodside

Total sales reported: 15 Lowest sales price: $800,000 Highest sales price: $3,514,500

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,575,000 Highest sales price: $1,940,000 Source: California REsource

& G. Mian to Wiley Trust for $2,050,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 11/20/2009, $1,290,000 363 Marich Way W. & J. Faulker to E. Chiu for $2,755,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 11/26/2001, $995,000 729 Viola Place Grigsby Trust to M. Lee for $2,700,000 on 07/29/15

Menlo Park

775 17th Ave. Casabonne Trust to Kagle Investments for $1,920,000 on 07/15/15; previous sale 11/02/2012, $1,475,000 765 18th Ave. Gray Trust to Tsang Trust for $1,065,000 on 07/16/15; previous sale 07/31/2002, $660,000 874 Cambridge Ave. Goldsmith & A Trust to N. Chen for $2,000,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 09/06/2006, $1,270,000 120 Cornell Road Moskovitz Trust to S. Cohen for $1,780,000 on 07/21/15 2316 Eastridge Ave. L. Ulam to H. Kumar for $2,020,000 on 07/20/15; previous sale 08/28/2012, $1,105,000 762 Hamilton Ave. R. Johnson to C. Weng for $800,000 on 07/13/15 760 Hobart St. Owen Trust to A. & C. Cheng for $3,500,000 on 07/15/15; previous sale

04/30/1997, $705,500 716 Oak Grove Ave. Pacific Peninsula Group to Oak Ave. Limited for $3,514,500 on 07/16/15; previous sale 11/08/2013, $1,810,000 164 Sand Hill Circle G. Johnson to Hinckley Trust for $1,610,000 on 07/13/15; previous sale 03/15/1988, $338,500 470 Santa Rita Ave. L. Pizzuti to P. Nerella for $3,500,000 on 07/21/15; previous sale 08/09/2011, $2,050,000 2479 Sharon Oaks Drive Rapp Trust to Flynn Trust for $1,550,000 on 07/15/15 2030 Sterling Ave. Peterson Trust to Arditi Trust for $3,212,500 on 07/22/15; previous sale 12/01/2008, $2,300,000 2135 Sterling Ave. W. Riley to J. & L. Morimoto for $3,350,000 on 07/21/15; previous sale 03/20/2013, $2,450,000 2161 Valparaiso Ave. Oros Trust to Periwinkle Trust for $3,100,000 on 07/21/15; previous sale 11/09/2011, $2,275,000 1231 Whitaker Way M. Blank to B. Kenna for $3,100,000 on 07/21/15; previous sale 05/10/2013, $2,350,000

Mountain View

1923 Aberdeen Lane A. & E. Brown to A. & S. Kamboj for

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$1,200,000 on 07/27/15; previous sale 02/28/2012, $640,000 185 Darya Court C. Edstrom to L. Su for $980,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 07/15/2011, $660,000 153 Easy St. M. Cheng to A. Huff for $1,100,000 on 07/28/15; previous sale 07/13/2009, $565,000 175 Irene Court A. Chan to Tzeng Trust for $1,100,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 02/15/2002, $509,091 423 Magritte Way Turk Trust to B. Xia for $1,200,000 on 07/29/15 150 Minaret Ave. Tri Pointe Homes to A. Fandrianto for $1,440,000 on 07/29/15 1848 Montecito Ave. K. Imperial to H. Lin for $1,426,000 on 07/29/15; previous sale 08/18/2000, $420,000 2525 Nedson Court Maulhardt Trust to Buchanan Trust for $4,740,000 on 07/29/15; previous sale 05/09/1986, $183,000 111 Pacchetti Way S. & S. Banihashemi to T. & C. Schroeder for $962,000 on 07/27/15; previous sale 08/27/2008, $636,000 255 S. Rengstorff Ave. #140 R. Gooch to Y. Wang for $698,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 06/24/2011, $267,000 349 Walker Drive R. & L. Hand to T. Vishwesh for $1,291,000 on 07/23/15

country kitchen. If it “fights” with your theme, remove it.

If you find that a room in your home doesn’t have a theme, create one. Find at least two things in the space which have the same theme and build on them. Go on a treasure hunt throughout your house looking for decor with a similar flair. You’ll be surprised how easy it is to find accessories sprinkled here and there which you can group together.

Consciously select, place color Your personal style is also expressed in the colors you emphasize and how you place them throughout the space.

A room without a scheme can be a chaotic jumble, whereas a room with carefully placed objects reflecting the room’s predominant colors will help create balance and harmony. Make note of the one, two or three predominant colors in each room. (If there is no color with more importance than any other, establish a scheme to work toward). Check for the presence of each color in each quadrant of the room. Note where there is a lack of the color and find accessories in the missing color to place there. Add pillows or a throw to a chair, paint a flower pot to place on an end table, place a stack of books on the coffee table, position art on a plate stand or hang a tassel from a door knob — use your creativity to spread color throughout the room. If major furnishings don’t blend with the colors you’ve chosen, switch with pieces from another room, slipcover, paint or replace when you can. Q Kit Davey, Allied Member A.S.I.D., is a Redwood City-based interior designer who uses what you already own to redecorate. Email her at KitDavey@aol. com or call her at 650-367-7370.

306 Wildflower Park Lane G. Markle to Woo Trust for $1,860,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 10/05/1988, $413,000

Palo Alto

1743 Alma St. Lee Trust to C. Hazarey for $1,445,000 on 07/27/15; previous sale 08/16/1994, $234,000 1944 Bryant St. Zimmerman Trust to Giovannotto Trust for $3,125,000 on 07/22/15 1083 Cardinal Way Foros Fund to J. & A. Pak for $2,700,000 on 07/28/15; previous sale 09/22/2014, $1,650,000 363 Channing Ave. A. Parshad to Casper PA Limited for $3,650,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 09/28/2005, $2,475,000 4173 El Camino Real #42 M. & M. Chan to K. Lee for $1,438,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 02/25/2009, $920,000 755 Forest Ave. H. Raza to G. & P. Dhillon for $3,775,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 06/03/2013, $1,658,000 1445 Tasso St. V. Hayden to W. Yuan for $2,835,000 on 07/22/15; previous sale 03/26/1992, $541,000 1122 Tuolumne Lane Juarez Trust to X. Gao for $1,198,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 12/09/2009, $701,500

Portola Valley

141 N. Balsamina Way C. Berry to J. & K. Boyd for $2,350,000 on 07/14/15

Woodside

71 Oak Haven Way Cheng Trust to P. & J. Bank for $1,940,000 on 07/21/15 13010 Skyline Blvd. Noe & Grotta Trust to J. Kletsky for $1,575,000 on 07/16/15; previous sale 04/04/2005, $1,000,000

BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto

2450 W. Bayshore Road add four flood vents in the foundation, $600 3975 E. Bayshore Road demolish existing slab and pour new pad in warehouse to install Accudyne press machine, $83,983

985 Embarcadero Road residential, 240-square-foot addition to extend the existing bedroom, $38,808 3508 Ross Road re-roof, $10,500 3241 E. Bayshore Road re-roof, $173,369 2452 W. Bayshore Road add four flood vents in the foundation, $600 205 Wilton Ave. residential underpin a portion of the foundation to make the floor level, $15,500 662 Hamilton Ave. add a heat pump on the back patio, $n/a 624 Kendall Ave. bathroom and kitchen remodel, includes removing interior bearing wall, $50,000 280 Everett Ave. replace damaged water line from the water main to the house, work to be done in the public row, $n/a 3959 La Donna Ave. re-roof, $57,268 1125 Channing Ave. re-roof, $14,788 2428 Middlefield Road garage re-roof, $3,598 1650 Bryant St. furnace change out, $n/a 51 Tulip Lane residential furnace replacement and new AC in rear yard, $n/a 2267 Tasso St. residential service upgrade to 200 amps, $n/a 3381 Thomas Drive residential kitchen remodel, $15,000 1811 Fulton St. detached garage re-roof, $n/a 115 Primrose Way install automatic gas shut-off valve, $n/a 2428 Middlefield Road re-roof, $14,392 4153 El Camino Way, Unit #E two-bathroom remodel, $12,128 555 Lytton Ave. trenchless residential sewer line replacement, work to be done in the public row, $n/a 4168 King Arthur’s Court reroof, $19,360 4196 King Arthur’s Court reroof, $14,185 4273 Park Blvd. relocate main electrical panel to adjacent wall, $n/a 2151 Park Blvd. use and occupancy for software development firm Barefoot Networks on second floor, $n/a 3210 Porter Drive 15-1342: 20-percent disabled access and extended demolition to include non-full-height phone rooms, $n/a

753 Maplewood Place, Palo Alto Offered at $2,198,000 Fantastic Remodel Allows Outdoor Living Unfolding around a courtyard with a solar-heated swimming pool, this remarkably remodeled 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence of 1,650 sq. ft. (per county) occupies a lot of 7,775 sq. ft. (per city). The sunsoaked interior offers hardwood floors and copper radiant heating, and features a sky-lit living room with a fireplace, an open dining room, and a window-lined family room with another fireplace. Displaying honed granite countertops, the dazzling open kitchen also provides an array of high-end appliances. Light-filled bedrooms include a bedroom with extensive built-in storage and a glorious master suite with a solarium and a remodeled slate-tiled bathroom. Other features include an attached garage, a large, tree-shaded backyard, and a deck with a raised hot tub. Conveniently, Mitchell Park, Charleston Shopping Center, and Cubberley Community Center are all within walking distance.

For more information, please visit:

www.753Maplewood.com

OPEN HOUSE Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2:00–5:00PM

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PROFESSORVILLE 1116 Ramona Street, Palo Alto | 1116ramona.com

LINDENWOOD 91 James Avenue, Atherton | 91james.com

Offered at $4,500,000 | Beds 4 | Baths 4 Home ±2,789 sf | Lot ±5,600 sf

Offered at $6,985,000 | Beds 4 | Baths 4 Home ±4,276 sf | Lot ±40,775 sf

Downtown Palo Alto 728 Emerson St, Palo Alto 650.644.3474

Downtown Menlo Park 640 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park 650.847.1141

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NEW LISTING / OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 1:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30PM 1465 Edgewood Drive, Palo Alto | 1465edgewood.com Beds 5 | Baths 4 | Home Âą4,400 sf | Lot Âą18,051 sf

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30PM

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WEST ATHERTON 75 Reservoir Road, Atherton | 75reservoir.com

LOS ALTOS HILLS RETREAT 14700 Manuella Road, Los Altos Hills | 14700manuella.com

Offered at $11,800,000 | Beds 4 | Baths 3 Home Âą2,740 sf | Lot Âą3.2 acres

Offered at $4,750,000 | Beds 3 | Baths 2.5 Home Âą3,285 sf | Lot Âą 22,880 sf

Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com 0MGIRWI 2S

Noelle Queen, Sales Associate 650.427.9211 noelle.queen@dreyfussir.com 0MGIRWI 2S 01917593

Ashley Banks, Sales Associate 650.544.8968 ashley.banks@dreyfussir.com 0MGIRWI 2S

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Alain Pinel Realtors

COME ON IN

LOS ALTOS HILLS $3,980,000

LOS ALTOS HILLS $3,950,000

MENLO PARK $3,195,000

26925 Orchard Hill Lane | 4bd/3ba Bill Otto | 650.941.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

13030 La Paloma Road I 4bd/4ba Anna Park I 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

2125 Prospect Street | 5bd/3.5ba Tim Anderson | 650.941.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

MENLO PARK $2,375,000

LOS ALTOS $2,295,000

MENLO PARK $1,995,000

230 Arden Road | 2bd/2ba Rick Howard Smith | 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

1545 Redwood Drive I 4bd/2.5ba Kim Clark I 650.941.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

339 Lexington Drive | 4bd/2ba Kathleen Wilson | 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

REDWOOD CITY $1,850,000

PESCADERO $1,298,000

REDWOOD CITY $890,000

33 Westgate Street | 4bd/3.5ba Liz Daschbach | 650.462.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

3980 Pescadero Creek Road I 3bd/2.5ba K. Bird/S. Hayes I 650.529.1111 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

22 B Street | 2bd/2ba Lori Burrows-Warren | 650.462.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 10:00-4:30

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584 Lincoln Avenue, Los Altos Offered at $3,788,000 New Home Boasts Breezy Floorplan Filled with dazzling spaces, this brand-new construction of 4,121 sq. ft. (per plans) provides 5 bedrooms, 3 full and 2 half bathrooms, and an additional detached studio with 1 full bathroom, all on a lot of 13,712 sq. ft. (per survey). European white oak floors, oversized windows, and 10foot ceilings accent the airy, light-filled floorplan, which features formal living and dining rooms, an open family room, and a sky-lit chef ’s kitchen. A guest suite occupies one corner of the home, while four more bedrooms, including the ravishing master, are separately arranged, and the detached studio may serve as a guesthouse. Large patios, droughtresistant landscaping, and a private, shaded backyard form inviting outdoor areas. Additional features include Caesarstone countertops, built-in speakers, a breakfast banquette, and an attached 2-car garage. The home is located within walking distance of Shoup Park and Redwood Grove Nature Preserve, and enjoys easy access to Foothill Expressway and family-friendly downtown Los Altos.

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.584Lincoln.com

OPEN HOUSE

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Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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

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1002 Amarillo Avenue, Palo Alto O P E N H O U S E S AT U R DAY & S U N DAY 1 : 3 0 - 4 : 3 0 P M

Built by Eichler Homes in 1951, this property has been enjoyed by the same family for over 50 years and retains the classic feel of the mid-century era. Consistent with the Eichler design, the home was professionally expanded in 1966 to create a family room and a master suite. Original wood panel walls now show the patina of decades of displays and the iconic globe lights hang from the ceilings — indoors and out. Post-modern colors, including tomato red counter tops compliment the wood tones. Located near Greer Park, and convenient to Highway 101, this is a gem of a house in a jewel of a location.

List Price $1,750,000.

www.1002Amarillo.com

Nancy Goldcamp www.nancygoldcamp.com Direct: (650) 400-5800 nancy@nancygoldcamp.com CAL BRE# 00787851

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5887 Arboretum Drive, Los Altos Offered at $4,488,000 Welcoming Residence Enjoys Astonishing Views Infused with French Country charm, this warm, extensively upgraded 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home has an additional 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom cottage and offers a total of 6,293 sq. ft. (per county) on an oak-shaded lot of almost an acre (per county). The luxurious, light-filled interior is elegantly appointed with wide-plank pine floors, four fireplaces, and over 160 casement windows. Presenting breathtaking views from almost every room, the home boasts modern updates like multi-zone heating and cooling and built-in speakers, while featuring a gorgeously remodeled kitchen, a lower-level wine room, and a three-car garage. Handsome bedrooms include a master suite with a glorious sky-lit bathroom. Ideal for entertaining, this home also includes an attached two-story cottage featuring a free-flowing family space with a wet bar, while generous rear terraces provide astonishing views of Silicon Valley. Situated in a private, low-traffic location, this home is mere moments from local conveniences and Interstate 280, and is also nearby excellent schools like Montclaire Elementary (API 969), Cupertino Middle (API 906), and Homestead High (buyer to verify eligibility).

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.5887Arboretum.com

OPEN HOUSE

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Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

Saturday & Sunday 1-5 pm

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services

Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

$35,000,000

$24,800,000

11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills $23,995,000

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

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

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

Ano Nuevo Scenic Ranch, Davenport

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

333 Raymundo Drive, Woodside

$19,800,000

$11,488,000

$9,000,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

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

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#0187820

25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside

245 Mountain Wood Lane, Woodside

669 Hayne Road, Hillsborough

$8,250,000

$8,250,000

$7,950,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Lic.#01242399

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

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

138 Bolivar Lane, Portola Valley

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

$6,888,000

$6,488,000

$5,850,000

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

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

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

38 Hacienda Drive, Woodside

484 Panchita Way, Los Altos

1250 Miramontes Street, Half Moon Bay

$5,450,000

$3,898,000

$3,200,000

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

Listing Provided by: Gerardo Cortes, Lic.#01115711

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

See the complete collection

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Woodside 1590 Cañada Lane Woodside, CA 94062 650.206.6200

Menlo Park 807 Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 650.543.7740

Los Altos 496 First Street, Ste. 200 Los Altos, CA 94022 650.947.4700

$22,000,000

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A variety of home financing solutions to meet your needs 484 Panchita Way, Los Altos, California Located in the heart of Los Altos near Downtown shopping and dining and within close proximity to 280 for the commuter. This prestigious North Los Altos

Offered at $3,898,000

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Gerardo Cortes 650.947.4690 gcortes@interorealestate.com Lic.#01115711

and operated. All rights reserved. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This is not intended as a solicitation if you are listed with another broker.

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GINNY KAVANAUGH Open Sunday 1:30 - 4:30 PM

420 CERVANTES RD, PORTOLA VALLEY

$4,700,000

5 Bed | 3 bath | 1+ acre | Pool | Cul-de-sac | Views | Sport Court | 420Cervantes.com GINNYKAVANAUGH.COM | CALBRE# 00884747 | 650.400.8076 | GKAVANAUGH@CAMOVES.COM Š2014 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell BankerÂŽ is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential %URNHUDJH 2É?FH LV 2ZQHG E\ D 6XEVLGLDU\ RI 157 //& 5HDO HVWDWH DJHQWV DÉ?OLDWHG ZLWK &ROGZHOO %DQNHU 5HVLGHQWLDO %URNHUDJH DUH LQGHSHQGHQW FRQWUDFWRU VDOHV DVVRFLDWHV DQG DUH QRW HPSOR\HHV RI &ROGZHOO %DQNHU 5HDO (VWDWH //& &ROGZHOO %DQNHU 5HVLGHQWLDO %URNHUDJH RU 157 //& &DO%5( /LFHQVH

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740 WHISKEY HILL ROAD, WOODSIDE $4,680,000

These adjoining properties can be purchased together.

Combined purchase price $13,160,000

740WhiskeyHill.com

Contemporary Flair in natural setting Equestrian property on 2.93 acres | 2-stall barn & corral Main Home: 4 bed, 3.5 bath, 4,800 sf Guest House: 2 bed, 1 bath, 970 sf | 4-car garage: 1,055 sf

OPEN SUNDAY

555 MANZANITA WAY, WOODSIDE $8,480,000

555Manzanita.com

5.1 flat acres in central Woodside Remodeled 4 bedroom/5.5 bathroom main home 1 bed/1.5 bath guest house | Pool | Tennis Court 4-stall barn and corrals | Portola Valley schools RANKED #4 NATIONALLY IN AVERAGE SALES PRICE

MARY GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 mary@apr.com License# 00373961

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RANKED #12 TEAM NATIONALLY, PER THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2015

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 important to buyer in determining whether to buy or to purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation.

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Woodside...Where You Want To Be! OPEN SUNDAY

1015 Mountain Home Offered at $13,950,000

280 Family Farm Road Offered at $9,695,000

SOLD

475 Moore Road Offered at $6,275,000

195 Mountain Home Offered at $5,495,000

Call for appointment or information anytime HELEN & BRAD MILLER

(650) 400-3426 (650) 400-1317

# 1 Agents 2014 in Woodside/PV office

helenhuntermiller@gmail.com brad.miller@cbnorcal.com www.HelenAndBradHomes.com CalBRE #01142061, #00917768

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Pacific Union is pleased to welcome Adam Touni & Wendy Kandasamy to our Silicon Valley team.

Adam Touni

Wendy Kandasamy

650.336.8530

650.380.0220

atouni@pacunion.com

wendyk@pacunion.com

For the third straight year, Pacific Union has been named to the Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Since our first appearance on the list in 2013, Pacific Union has moved up the list more than 1,000 places – from 3,433 in 2013 to 2,403 in 2015.

In February, Pacific Union was ranked as the ninth-largest brokerage in the U.S. on both RISMedia’s 2014 Power Broker list and the REAL Trends 500 list, with 2014 sales volume of $6.75 billion. Over the past three years, Pacific Union has grown its revenue by 158%.

Our ability to maintain and improve our position on this prestigious Inc. 5000 list is a function of our relentless pursuit of attracting and retaining the finest professionals in the industry. Our people and our culture are our most strategic assets.

We are also pleased to announce Pacific Union’s continued commitment to the Silicon Valley. We have signed a lease and will soon open a 3,200 square foot facility on Lytton Avenue in the heart of downtown Palo Alto.

Joining Pacific Union as part of our new Palo Alto office are two leading Palo Alto real estate professionals, Adam Touni and Wendy Kandasamy.

Adam and Wendy work as a team and guide clients through purchases/sales with an element of pace that drives their success.

Adam and Wendy will be working from our Menlo Park office until the new space in Palo Alto is open. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 28, 2015 • Page 47

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The great care, attention to detail and kind thoughtfulness exhibited by the Zane MacGregor team sets them apart.

They are knowledgable, extremely competent, witty/fun and responsive.

1975 WEBSTER STREET PALO ALTO Asking price: $6,700,000

— ANN L, PALO ALTO SOLD

They covered us 100 percent. The whole time.

All the time. About everything.

—DAN R, SAN MATEO

73 PARKWOOD DRIVE ATHERTON

I appreciated that our family was being represented by someone who acts with integrity and

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who has the respect of his peers.

SOLD

— JACQUELINE L, REDWOOD CITY

They definitely helped make the highly stressful process of buying a house in the Bay Area more enjoyable and smooth.

2612 GRACELAND AVENUE SAN CARLOS

— LIZ L, MOUNTAIN VIEW

Asking price: $2,098,000

ZANE MACGREGOR

STEVE PIERCE

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621 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650-324-9900 info@zanemac.com

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833 La Para Avenue, Palo Alto A tranquil country-style property, close to world-class amenities this may be the special setting you’ve been looking for. Enjoyed by one owner for decades, this property consists of two parcels which host a charming two-story home, a large art studio, a two-car garage and two storage buildings. A circular motor-court entrance links the parcels. Mature trees include stately Eucalyptus, Aleppo Pine, and Valley Oak. Winding paths, raised garden beds, brick patios and a custom-built home with decks and balconies provide spaces and places for everyone. (combined parcels approximately 13,790 sq. ft.)

List Price $2,895,000.

www.833LaPara.com

Nancy Goldcamp www.nancygoldcamp.com Direct: (650) 400-5800 nancy@nancygoldcamp.com Site Plan - Artist’s Rendering - Buyer to verify

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 607376 The following person(s)/entity(ies) has/ have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): M2M ANGEL 3351 Alma St. Apt. 324 Palo Alto, CA 94306 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 12/19/2013 UNDER FILE NO. 586139 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S)/ENTITY(IES): HAIHONG GAO 3351 Alma St. Apt. 324 Palo Alto, CA 94306 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 27, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015) LUMO LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 607698 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Lumo LLC, located at HanaMaus, 456 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): LUMO LLC HanaMaus, 456 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on July 1st., 2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 3, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015) SCG FOODSPACE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 606821 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: SCG FoodSpace, located at 6328 Sponson Ct., San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JOSEPH SCHUMAKER 6328 Sponson Ct. San Jose, CA 95123 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 July 8, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015) CARDINAL WRESTLING CLUB FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 607845 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Cardinal Wrestling Club, located at 641 E. Campus Dr., Stanford CA 94305, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ADVANCED TRAINING WRESTLING CLUB, INC. 641 E. Campus Dr. Stanford, CA 94305 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/16/2007.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 7, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 2015) CONNECT PEOPLE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 607253 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Connect People, located at 780 Maplewood Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):

CHRISTOPHER PERALTA 780 Maplewood Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 7/21/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 22, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 2015)

able if you ask at least five days before the proceeding. Contact the clerk’s office or go to www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ forms for Request for Accommodations

by Persons With Disabilities and Response (form MC-410). (Civil Code, § 54.8.)

8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28/15 CNS-2780863# PALO ALTO WEEKLY

LEE’S ENTERPRISE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608220 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Lee’s Enterprise, located at 725 Layne Ct., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MA JOJO LEE 725 Layne Ct. Palo Alto, CA 94306 GEMMA CARPIZ 202 Calvert Dr., #254 Cupertino, CA 95014 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 19, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 115CV283794 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CARLY ROSE HAGEN NEUGASS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CARLY ROSE HAGEN NEUGASS to CARLY ROSE HAGEN. 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: October 27, 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: July 31, 2015 Thomas E. Kuhnle JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Aug. 14, 21, 28, Sept. 4, 2015)

RAM CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608065 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ram Concrete Construction, located at 1700-B, E. San Martin Ave., San Martin, CA 95046, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): BRENDANT PALOMO 1700 E. San Martin Ave. San Martin, CA 95046 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/14/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 14, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015) CAREREMOTE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608355 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: CareRemote, located at 2050 McKee Road #54, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): VICTOR G. PHILLIPS 2050 McKee Rd. #54 San Jose, California 95116 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/21/15.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 24, 2015.

(PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015)

997 All Other Legals CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 CASE NUMBER: 83847 CASE NAME: Jules Daniel Cole SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF San Mateo 1. To: Jack and anyone claiming to be a parent of: Jules Daniel Cole born on: July 7th, 2014 at: a sidewalk in Palo Alto, CA 2. A hearing will be held on: September 21st, 2015 at: 9:00am in Dept.: 5 located at 222 Paul Scannell Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402 3. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer.

4. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated.

5. You have the right to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford to hire one, the court will appoint an attorney for you.

6. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final.

7. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present.

Date: 7-31-15 Clerk, by Dolores Bonal, Deputy Request for Accommodations Assistive listening systems, computerassisted real-time captioning, or sign language interpreter services are avail-

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM DEAN COLDIRON CASE NO. 115PR177100 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: William Dean Coldiron also known as William D. Coldiron A Petition for Probate has been filed by William D. Coldiron, Jr. in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

The Petition for Probate requests that William D. Coldiron, Jr. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on 10/05/15 at 9 am in Dept.

10 located at 270 Grant Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in

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Attorney for Petitioner: James M. Allen, 199 Fremont Street, 21st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-6640, Telephone: (415) 957-1800 8/21, 8/28, 9/4/15 CNS-2783880# PALO ALTO WEEKLY NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (U.C.C. §6104, 6105) ESCROW #: 0126007963 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below.

The names and business address of the Seller(s) is/are: Chez Franc, Inc. 415 S. California Avenue Palo Alto, California 94306 The location in California of the Chief Executive Office of the seller is: same as above As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: None The names and business address of the Buyer(s) is/are: Hexagon, LLC 415 S. California Avenue Palo Alto, California 94306 The assets to be sold are described in general as: All stock in trade, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other property And are located at: 415 S. California Avenue Palo Alto, California 94306 The business name used by the Seller(s) at those locations is: “Chez Franc “ The anticipated date of the bulk sale is : September 17, 2015 At the office of Old Republic Title Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite 400, Concord, CA 94520.

The bulk sale IS subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is as follows: Old Republic Title Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite 400, Concord, CA 94520 or E-Fax to 925-265-9040 or Fax 925-363-2276.

The last day for filing claims shall be : September 16, 2015 which is the business day before the sale date specified herein.

Dated: Hexagon LLC /s/ By: Phillipe Leroy, Managing Member 8/28/15 CNS-2786558# PALO ALTO WEEKLY AMENDED #2 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: IRMA HARRIETTE DAVIS-DIAMOND Case No.: 1-15-PR-177176 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of IRMA HARRIETTE DAVIS-DIAMOND. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: IRA S. WEINMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: IRA S. WEINMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on October 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a

copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Victoria Kaempf, Esq. Lakin Spears, LLP 2400 Geng Rd., Ste. 110 Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650)328-7000 (PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 2015)

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CARDINAL CORNER . . . Palo Alto High grad and outside linebacker Kevin Anderson is among six Stanford football players who have been named captain for the 2015 season, which begins Sept. 5 at Northwestern. Joining Anderson are offensive guard Joshua Garnett, cornerback Ronnie Harris, quarterback Kevin Hogan, inside linebacker Blake Martinez and offensive tackle Kyle Murphy. The captains were picked by a player vote . . . The 2014 season was groundbreaking for Stanford field hockey, which set numerous program records and won its first NCAA Tournament game in school history. The Cardinal opens its season at home on Friday against NCAA runner-up Syracuse at 4 p.m., and hosts NCAA quarterfinalist Duke on Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Stanford seniors (L-R) Jordan Burgess, Brittany Howard and Madi Bugg will have to play on without fellow senior and injured national player of the year Inky Ajanaku.

Stanford missing pieces of the puzzle Cardinal women’s volleyball needs to replace injured Ajanaku, two All-Americans

by Rick Eymer ordan Burgess, Madi Bugg and Brittany Howard have faced incredibly high expectations since joining the Stanford women’s volleyball program in the fall of 2012 as three-fourths of the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class. That’s nothing com-

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pared to the expectations they place on themselves and each other.

The three senior All-Americans made it to their first Final Four last year after slipping in the regional final the previous two years. Defending national champion Penn State knocked the Car-

dinal (33-2 last year) out of the NCAA tournament in each of the past two seasons.

Stanford opens its 40th year Friday at home against Texas A&M and coach Laurie Corbelli with the first serve scheduled for 6 p.m. The match will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks, with for-

mer Cardinal coach Don Shaw serving as analyst.

Stanford also hosts Minnesota on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Cardinal opens without the services of middle blocker 6-foot3 Inky Ajanaku, who suffered a (continued on next page)

COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER

Repeating as Pac-12 champs a good start Stanford has a lineup that can do that and compete for NCAA championship

by Rick Eymer tanford senior Brandon Vincent looks at last year’s Pac-12 Conference men’s soccer title as a nice accomplishment, though it has nothing to do with this season, which officially begins Friday at UC Santa Barbara at 7:30 p.m.

“We’re proud of what we accomplished but we’re coming into this year with a clean slate,” the All-American defender said.

“We have high expectations and we have all the right tools.”

Vincent and fellow returning first team All-American junior forward Jordan Morris are the most prized of Stanford’s toolbox.

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Stanford, picked to repeat as Pac12 champion in a vote by conference coaches, is the only school in the nation that returns more than one first team All-American to its ranks.

Morris, who became the first active college player in nearly 20 years to appear with the United States men’s national team last year, is the face of the Cardinal program and Vincent, along with returning starting goalkeeper Andrew Epstein, a junior, is its backbone. In between, fourth-year coach Jeremy Gunn can rustle through his roster and come up (continued on page 59)

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ALL-AMERICANS . . . Sacred Heart Prep’s Malaika Koshy had a pretty good junior season with her SHP water polo teammates in 2014.

The season began with the Gators winning their first St. Francis Invitational in eight years and ended with the SHP girls claiming their eighth straight Central Coast Section Division II championship. Koshy played a big role in a successful 23-6 season, including scoring a pair of goals in a 15-4 drubbing of Soquel in the section title match. For her efforts during the year, Koshy was named to the First Team on the 2014-15 National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association/Speedo All-American squad.

Koshy was one of four juniors named to the elite 14-player squad, which included incoming Stanford freshmen Makenzie Fischer and Katherine Klass. Gunn’s Samantha Acker, who graduated in June, also received All-American recognition as she was named to the Second Team. Making the Fourth Team was Sacred Heart Prep sophomore Maddy Johnston while Gunn senior Bianca Batista was named to the Fifth Team.

On the boys’ NISCA All-American team, senior rivals Nick Bisconti of Menlo School and Nelson PerlaWard of Sacred Heart Prep both were named to the Second Team.

Perla-Ward helped the Gators finish 25-4 and win a fourth straight CCS Division II title with a 10-6 win over Bisconti’s squad in the finals. Making the Fifth Team was Sacred Heart Prep senior Michael Swart and Menlo junior Chris Xi. Menlo senior goalie Spencer Witte was named to the Sixth Team.

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WATER POLO

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Stanford teammates help win the gold Neushul, Raney spark USA junior women to top spot in FINA Junior World Championships in Greece

by John V Cantalupi tanford All-Americans Jamie Neushul and Jordan Raney helped the United States repeat as champion at the FINA Junior World Championships with an undefeated run to the title over the past week in Volos, Greece.

Team USA outscored its opponents 106-46 over the six games, which were capped with a 13-10 victory over Spain in Sunday’s championship.

Neushul, who served as captain for the United States, scored 14 goals, including three hat tricks, while Raney, the reigning MPSF Newcomer of the Year, added six.

The victory maintains the USA Water Polo Women’s National Team program status as reigning Olympic, FINA World, FINA Junior World, FINA Youth World, FINA World Cup and FINA World League champions.

“I think that we got together a cohesive group of talented girls and we were given the challenge of becoming a team in a short period of time, which is no easy feat,” Neushul told USAWaterPolo.org. “We knew the only way we could win was to win together.

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knee injury playing with the U.S. senior national team over the summer. Ajanaku, who had surgery, plans to redshirt and return for her final season in 2016. She, too, was part of the No. 1 class in ‘12.

“It’s very different,” Burgess said. “She’s such a huge presence when she steps on the court.

She can be as much a leader as she was when she played. When people get hurt, they tend to get quieter. Inky does not.”

Stanford has its sights on winning the national championship, a goal within reach in any given year. Despite not bringing home the first-place trophy since 2004, the Cardinal has enjoyed more success in the postseason than any other program. Stanford owns more wins (108), more Final Four appearances (19), more appearances in the title match (14) and shares, with the Nittany Lions, the most national titles (6).

Stanford and Penn State are the only two schools to have participated in all 34 previous NCAA tournaments and the Cardinal has never been eliminated in the first round.

If any group understands what it means to uphold that kind of success, it’s the current senior class.

“Almost no one in the country has had as much success as this group,” said Stanford coach John Dunning, whose enters his 15th year at Stanford with a 401-69 mark. “Anyone would build on that strength. There is a lot of talent in the gym. We have a chance to be really good.”

The seniors (90-12) have been really good, averaging 30 wins a year and capturing a pair of Pac12 titles. They’ve won nearly 90 percent of their matches since coming to Stanford and have won 55 of the 60 (.917) conference matches they’ve played.

Even without the massively talented Ajanaku, Volleyball Magazine’s National Player of the Year last season and a first team AVCA All-American, the Cardinal will do just fine. Redshirt sophomore Merete Lutz, who stands 6-8 and also received All-American recognition last year, returns to the starting lineup.

In addition to Ajanaku, Stanford also will need to replace libero Kyle Gilbert and opposite Morgan Boukather, both AllAmerican honorable mention.

That’s where the best college players you’ve never heard of come in.

Look for juniors Grace Kennedy (6-3) and Kelsey Humphreys and 6-4 redshirt sophomore Ivana Vanjak to continue making significant contributions along with sophomores Sarah Benjamin and Sidney Brown.

Humphreys played on the U.S. junior national team that also included Burgess and Lutz. Vanjak, with Croatia, and Brown also have national team experience.

Hayley Hodson, a 6-3 outside

Freshman Hayley Hodson (left) is the nation’s No. 1 recruit and sophomore Merete Lutz is a returning All-American.

2015 STANFORD WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Date Friday Sunday Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 21

Opponent vs. Texas A&M vs. Minnesota at Illinois% at Penn St. at North Carolina at Duke vs. Pacific vs. St. Mary’s at Cal* vs. USC* at Arizona* at Arizona St.* vs. Oregon St.* vs. Oregon* at Utah* at Colorado* vs. Washington*

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hitter who trained with the U.S. senior national team, leads a talented group of freshmen. Hodson teamed with Ajanaku and Cardinal grads and former All-Americans Alix Klineman, Cassidy Lichtman and Kristin (Richards) Hildebrand to help the Americans win the gold medal at the Pan American Cup in June.

“I think she’s ready,” Dunning said of the nation’s No. 1 recruit.

“She’s skilled and experienced.

She can find her way on the court.

A lot people come in with accolades. It depends on if they can handle the jump.”

Payton Chang enters Stanford as a high school All-American and a participant in the U.S. national program. She’s also a top sand volleyball player. She’s currently in the competition for libero, along with Benjamin and freshman Halland McKenna, who also has experience as an outside hitter.

Tami Alade, a 6-2 middle blocker out of Canada, and Alexis Froistad, a 6-2 middle blocker who attended Salinas High, add

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Date Opponent Time Oct. 23 vs. WSU* 7 p.m.

Oct. 28 vs. Arizona St.* 7:30 p.m.

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to the depth of the freshmen class.

Courtney Bowen may become the biggest surprise of the new players. A gifted athlete out of Brooklyn, the 6-4 middle blocker turned to volleyball while recovering from a basketball injury.

She also competed in lacrosse, badminton and swimming while making time to practice playing both the piano and flute.

For kicks, Bowen enjoys the great outdoors on long distance biking trips. She’s made it from Massachusetts to Maine and Seattle to San Francisco.

“We found out about her after she was admitted to school,” Dunning said. “She could be a super talent.”

Ajanaku will make her presence felt as she continues her rehab. If she can’t play, well, she’ll coach.

“I’m going to get this team ready to win a national championship,” she said. “There are a lot of great people and it’s exciting to see. It’s an interesting viewpoint.

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alone, we were able to rely on one another and play for each other through every possession. It is a staple of USA Water Polo and a staple of champions.”

The United States opened up the tournament on August 17 with a 28-0 drubbing of Mexico and routed Ukraine 23-0 the following day. Neushul fired home four goals on day one and another on day two with Raney scoring once in the opener and twice against the Ukrainians.

Team USA wrapped up group play on August 19 with a 17-16 win over Spain. Neushul tallied her second hat trick in the victory and her goal with 15 seconds remaining proved to be the gamewinner. Raney was responsible for another of her team’s three important fourth-quarter scores, putting one home in a man-up situation with 6:45 left.

The United States beat Brazil in the quarterfinals on August 21, 12-9, behind three scored from Neushul and one from Raney.

Neushul added two and Raney one in Saturday’s semifinal win over Russia, 13-11, before Sunday’s 13-10 championship clincher in which Neushul rattled the cage once. Q

PRO SPORTS

Paly grad Adams could fill key role for Packers

by Keith Peters hen the Green Bay Packers lost All-Pro receiver Jordy Nelson for the season to a torn ACL during a 24-19 exhibition football loss to Pittsburgh last weekend, Palo Alto High grad Davante Adams’ name suddenly jumped to the forefront as a possible replacement.

The immediate concern out of Green Bay was how the Packers would fare without Nelson, the team’s leading receiver last year with 98 catches for 1,519 yards.

The team, however, is flush with talent at the wideout position with veteran Randall Cobb leading the way. But, the Packers need more.

Enter Adams, the second-year wide receiver who head coach Mike McCarthy has called the “MVP” of the offseason. According to Green Bay insiders, the promising Adams has the requisite tools to step into the starting lineup and produce. Nelson’s injury also means a larger role for third-rounder Ty Montgomery out of Stanford plus a host of others.

Adams, who started 11 of 16

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games last season and finished with 38 catches for 446 yards and three touchdowns, now is being touted as a full-time player.

Montgomery, meanwhile, has been a standout in training camp and has caught a pair of passes for 28 yards during the exhibition season.

The 6-foot, 216-pound Montgomery, meanwhile, is billed as a “bigger Cobb” by Packers scout Sam Seale. Montgomery is a bit of a running back/wide receiver hybrid and quickly emerged as a coaching staff favorite.

Women’s soccer Former Stanford defender Rachel (Buehler) Van Hollebeke has announced her retirement from club and country.

Capped 113 times by the United States, she was a gold medal winner at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a starter at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Van Hollebeke, who turned 30 on Wednesday, will begin her second career this fall when she starts medical school in her hometown at UC San Diego. Q

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Paly teams adjust to losing gyms Water polo, volleyball will practice, play on the road with two new coaches dealing with the new facilities

by Keith Peters arring any unforeseen last-minute obstacles, demolition of Palo Alto High’s historic main gym will begin on Monday. Also scheduled to be razed is the old girls’ gym. Both will be replaced by the school’s new multi-million dollar athletic facility.

A lot of planning and scheduling has gone into the project, which is more than a year behind schedule. What was going to be overseen by Jason Fung, Paly’s athletic director last year, is now in the hands of the school’s new AD, Kathi Bowers.

Aside from the normal AD duties, Bowers has had her hands full with finding practice facilities and scheduling buses for the volleyball and water polo teams — all of whom are playing home games on the road this season.

The locker rooms and weight room were moved during the summer to the old math building, which is also the new home of the football team.

“We’ve been out of the gym for quite a while,” said Jake Halas, beginning his second year as head coach. “We have three portables and the former math building to serve as our football facilities. To be quite honest , it’s a better setup than we had in the big gym. We have more room. Facilities will not be an issue during football season.”

Fortunately for the football team, there is no disruption with practice or games. That, however, is not the case for the volleyball and water polo teams that had to find temporary homes.

“The relocation plan that was in place in Fall of 2014 (when construction was supposed to start) was no longer viable as Stanford changed their rental policies and would not rent to us this year,” said Bowers. “And, the other contracts were not re-negotiated for 2015, due to the ambiguity of the project and start date.

“We have been scrambling for pool space all summer. Currently they are in four different pools, but some rentals run out on Sept 18th.”

The boys and girls water polo teams are currently practicing at Eagle Park and Rengstorff pools, both in Mountain View. After Sept. 14, the teams will switch between Eagle Park and Gunn for practices. All home games will be played at Gunn, unless there is an overlap with the Titans that would force home matches at another school site.

To make things even more interesting, the boys have a new head coach in Aaron Johnson,

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Stanford junior Jordan Morris is a returning All-American with U.S. national team duties.

2015 STANFORD MEN’S SOCCER Date Friday Aug. 31 Sept. 4 Sept. 6 Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 16 Oct. 18

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saw playing time last year.

Freshman Amir Bashti, a San Jose Earthquakes Academy product, is also a veteran of the U.S. soccer program, having been with the U.S. Under-18 national team, joining Baird, Hilliard-Arce, Vincent and Morris as players with international experience.

“We’ve got healthy competition for places,” Gunn said. “I don’t know what our best lineup is yet.”

What is known is Vincent’s leadership capabilities, which will go a long way for the Cardinal.

“Brandon is an incredible leader,” Gunn said. “He takes care of his job all the time and that’s important when players recognize that. I hope he continues to grow into that role because he does have an affect on people.”

Senior forward Adrian Alabi, a former Georgia state Player of the Year, adds depth, along with redshirt freshmen Sam Werner and Adam Mosharrala.

Bashti leads a talented freshmen class that also includes midfield-

Date Opponent Oct. 23 vs. UCLA* Oct. 26 vs. San Diego St.* Oct. 30 at Oregon St.* Nov. 2 at Washington* Nov. 12 vs. Cal* Nov. 19 NCAA first round Nov. 22 NCAA second round Nov. 29 NCAA third round Dec. 4 NCAA quarterfinals Dec. 11 College Cup semis# Dec. 13 College Cup finals# * Pac-12 Conference # at Kansas City, Mo.

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with a myriad of complementary resources to produce a team capable of competing for a national title.

“You never know how things will unfold,” Gunn said. “The competition will be extremely tough and it would be foolish to overlook any opponent. Soccer can be so fickle. It all comes down to one chance, one goal.”

Epstein led the conference in Goals Against (0.857) last year, helping Stanford (0.61) top the conference in the category for the first time since 2002. The Cardinal also return its top three scorers, and four of its top five overall in fifth-year senior Eric Verso, Vincent, Morris and sophomore midfielder Corey Baird. Stanford returns six of its eight All-Pac-12 picks from a year ago.

The Cardinal earned a preseason No. 8 ranking, although it was ranked first at one point last season.

Top Drawer Soccer put four Cardinal players on its preseason list of top 100 college players: Morris, Vincent, Baird and sophomore defender Tomas HillardArce.

“It’s nice to get a pat on the back,” Vincent said. “People notice what we’re doing here, but we can’t believe the hype. We have to continue to train. It’s our performance that matters.”

Senior midfielder Ty Thompson and junior defender Brian NanaSinkam also return as starters, giving the Cardinal a solid base to pursue its goals this year.

“We have great quantity on the team. We have the pieces,” Gunn said. “What we have to guard against is complacency.”

Stanford (13-3-3 last year) need only to look at last year’s overtime loss, at home, to UC Irvine in the second round of the NCAA tournament for motivation to stay focused. The Cardinal advanced to the Sweet Sixteen the previous season.

“Every year there’s only one team happy at the end of the season,” Vincent said. “We want to make sure that’s us. Having said that, the loss is motivating.”

As it happened last year, the Cardinal likely will play a few games without Morris, who is scheduled to compete with the U.S. Senior National Team as it prepares for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Stanford did just fine in those situations last year.

“We have a lot of players and a lot of talent,” Vincent said. “Every position is deep and we’re confident in whoever is called upon to fill that role.”

In addition to the seven returning starters, junior goalie Nick Corti, junior forward Mark Verso, sophomore Foster Langsdorf, senior midfielder Slater Meehan, sophomore defender Drew Skundrich, junior midfielder Trevor Hyman, sophomore forward Bryce Marion and sophomore midfielder Alex Ainscough all

Stanford sophomore Corey Baird. ers Justin Kahl and Colin Hyatt, goalkeepers Charlie Furrer and Pierce Ashworth and defender Tanner Beason.

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last year’s frosh-soph coach. He replaces his brother, Brandon, who has taken a full-time teaching job at Herbert Hoover Middle School in San Francisco and will be moving there.

“This was very sudden as he was offered the job on the Friday (Aug. 14) before school started,” Bowers explained. “Aaron took over the varsity job on Monday the 17th.”

“It has been tough not having our home pool this year, but we have made it a relatively smooth transition and have our pools/ times set for the season,” Aaron Johnson said. “We are playing our home games at Gunn this year, a great facility we are grateful to be in.”

Johnson will make his debut in the Gunn pool on Sept. 15 against Wilcox and will face his other brother, Gunn coach Matt, when the rivals meet Sept. 24.

“I had a ton of support from our Athletic Director, Kathleen Bowers, as well as my team parent, Kristen Anderson, who have both been doing an unbelievable job in a pretty crazy time,” Aaron Johnson said. “We are off to a great start, and I am looking forward to the season.”

The Palo Alto volleyball teams, meanwhile, will be practicing at Gunn and Terman Middle School and playing home matches in Bow Gym, the Titans’ old facility.

Jekara Wilson, last year’s JV coach, is Paly’s new varsity head coach. She was hired in May, before Bowers came on board. Wilson replaces Daniele Desiderio following his one-year stint.

Suffice it to say, the Palo Alto volleyball and water polo teams will be experiencing a lot of bus rides this season.

“Basketball will be practicing at six locations and we are currently still trying to finalize some rentals,” said Bowers. “Our field space is still all intact, as are the tennis courts.”

Soccer Sacred Heart Prep senior midfielder Tierna Davidson is among the 31 members of the United States Under-20 women’s national soccer team at the National Training Center at StubHub Center in Carson through Sunday.

Coaching Menlo-Atherton is currently looking to hire for the following positions: Boys varsity soccer, girls JV basketball, and badminton. The stipend for each position is $3,350. Those interested should contact co-athletic directors Steven Kryger (skryger@seq.org) or Paul Snow (psnow@seq.org). Q

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