Palo Alto Weekly September 4, 2015

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Palo Alto

Vol. XXXVI, Number 48 Q September 4, 2015

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Buena Vista owner rejects offer to buy land Citing residents’ lawsuit, Jisser family drops negotiations with Caritas Corporation, county Supervisor Simitian by Gennady Sheyner

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he owner of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto has broken off negotiations with Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and the nonprofit Caritas Corporation over a potential sale — and preservation — of the city’s sole mobile home park.

Margaret Nanda, attorney for park owner Joe Jisser, notified Palo Alto officials and Simitian in a letter Monday that the Jisser family will be declining the offer by Caritas to purchase the park, which is home to about 400 mostly low-income and Latino residents.

The announcement was made exactly one week after the Buena Vista Residents Association filed a lawsuit against the city, challenging the council’s decision in May to approve the mobile home park’s closure. Nanda wrote in the letter that the Jisser family has been negotiating “in good faith” with Caritas and Simitian over a potential purchase of Buena Vista. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the Palo Alto City Council had each voted to contribute

$14.5 million toward the purchase, arguing that the purchase of Buena Vista is important to both retain affordable housing in Palo Alto and prevent the eviction of hundreds of residents, including about 100 students. In August, Caritas made an offer to the Jisser family, which has been formally pursuing Buena Vista’s closure since the fall of 2012. Nanda wrote that “because of the threat of legal action from the very same Resident’s Association,

the Jisser family has not been able to honestly negotiate with other interested parties.” “These threats of possible litigation have been clear attempts to place a virtual wall between the Jisser family and other potential buyers, thus eliminating an opportunity to establish a fair market value for the Buena Vista site,” Nanda wrote. “The Jisser family will not be coerced into accept(continued on page 14)

SCHOOL SAFETY

Police, school district review policies for on-campus officers Palo Alto incident highlights need for clarity around police presence at schools by Elena Kadvany

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Texas native Will Regan practices classical guitar in the shade at Peers Park in Palo Alto on Aug. 28. Regan has been playing for more than 25 years but picked up the classical and jazz styles about five years ago.

PUBLIC WORKS

In Barron Park, city fixes sidewalks that go nowhere Ramps for disability access are added to concrete walkways that end in dirt by Sue Dremann

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n an effort to make routes to local schools safer and eliminate tripping hazards for pedestrians, some sidewalks in the Barron Park neighborhood recently received safety upgrades, including new curb ramps for wheelchairs. But getting onto the sidewalk is one thing; getting off it is another. In the historically rural-feeling neighborhood, some sidewalks end abruptly mid-block, 50 or so feet from the intersection, pitching people who use wheelchairs

or walkers into dirt, gravel, weeds or decorative bark. In some cases, the sidewalk slopes at a steep angle that could cause a wheel chair to tip. For these new ramps, which comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), taxpayers are shelling out at least $21,600 — $1,800 for each — according to the project contract. The Weekly recently counted 12 new ramps on sidewalks that connect to unpaved areas.

In addition to new ramps, sidewalk repairs — including curb and gutter upgrades — are part of an ongoing city program started in 1989. Repairs along two stretches of partial sidewalks on La Para and Laguna avenues cost about $24,950, including the new ADA ramps, city staff confirmed. The city’s fiscal-year 2016 capital budget states the sidewalk repairs are being done to create (continued on page 15)

alo Alto police and school officials are looking to revise their procedures for police officers’ conduct on campuses in the wake of a Jordan Middle School incident involving a student. The Aug. 19 encounter, which Superintendent Max McGee called a “serious mistake” and Jordan Principal Tom Jacoubowsky said was “very concerning,” involved two school resource officers — Palo Alto Police Department officers on special assignment who predominantly serve the district’s high schools, but sometimes the middle schools. On the second day of school, the two officers arrived at Jordan to “mediate a dispute” among three students, one of whom was afraid of another and did not want to go to school as a result, according to police spokesman Lt. Zach Perron. They checked this student into the attendance office, talking with front-office staff but no administrators, and then proceeded to call one of the other students out of class. The situation between that student and one of the officers escalated, resulting in the boy fleeing and the officer threatening to arrest him if he didn’t stop, according to school and police officials. The incident, school and police officials told the Weekly, brought to light a need for the police department and school district to work together to develop clear, written protocols around school resource officers’ presence on

school campuses and to better communicate those procedures. “(Officers) need to state their reason for being on campus so we can work together and understand what the situation is and what everybody’s role is,” Jacoubowsky said. “In this situation, that did not happen. There was no checking in, and for me, that was very concerning.” McGee said notification of school staff by the officers is of paramount importance. “By and large, unless there is an emergency — and I mean emergency — requiring immediate police presence, the school resource officers need to check in for why they’re there, what they’ll be doing, any interviews with students. We intend to have an administrator or designated adult available unless it interferes with a police investigation” and it did not in this instance, McGee said. Police department policy currently states that school resource officers are required to check in when they arrive at any school, Perron said. McGee said he has been working with Police Chief Dennis Burns to clarify and further specify that the policy include an expectation that officers check in directly with school administrators to let them know their purpose for being at the school. Perron said that in this instance, officers did check in with some staff, but “didn’t meet the principal’s expectation of speaking with him directly,” noting that the (continued on page 11)

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Upfront NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the Palo Alto Planning & Transportation Commission Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission (P&TC) shall conduct a public meeting at 6:00 PM, Wednesday, September 9, 2015 in the Community Meeting Room, Ground Floor, Civic Center, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. :[HŃœ YLWVY[Z MVY HNLUKPaLK P[LTZ HYL H]HPSHISL ]PH [OL *P[`ÂťZ main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org and also at the 7SHUUPUN +P]PZPVU -YVU[ +LZR [O -SVVY *P[` /HSS HM[LY ! PM on the Friday preceding the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City /HSS IL JSVZLK VU [OL -YPKH` Consent Calendar 1. NACTO Guidelines: (KVW[PVU VM 5(*;6 <YIHU :[YLL[ +LZPNU HUK <YIHU )PRL^H` +LZPNU .\PKLZ -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ /VSS` )V`K H[ OVSS` IV`K'JP[`VMWHSValto.org Public Hearing 2. 224 Churchill [14PLN-00364]: *Quasi-Judicial Request MVY OLHYPUN HUK 7SHUUPUN HUK ;YHUZWVY[H[PVU *VTTPZZPVU YLJVTTLUKH[PVU YLNHYKPUN [OL +PYLJ[VY VM 7SHUUPUN HUK *VTT\UP[` ,U]PYVUTLU[ÂťZ KLUPHS VM H =HYPHUJL HWWSPJH[PVU [V HSSV^ MVY H YLK\J[PVU PU [OL YLX\PYLK MYVU[ ZL[IHJR JVU[L_[\HS MYVT MLL[ PUJOLZ [V MLL[ MVY H UL^ [^V Z[VY` ZPUNSL MHTPS` YLZPKLUJL H[ *O\YJOPSS (]LU\L -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ 1VKPL .LYOHYK[ H[ 1VKPL NLYOHYK['JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN 3. Los Arboles Single Story Overlay: *Quasi-Judicial ReX\LZ[ I` 9LILJJH ;OVTWZVU VU )LOHSM VM [OL 7YVWLY[` 6^ULYZ VM [OL 3VZ (YIVSLZ ;YHJ[ MVY H AVUL *OHUNL MYVT 9 :PUNSL -HTPS` 9LZPKLU[PHS [V 9 : :PUNSL -HTPS` 9LZPKLU[PHS ^P[O :PUNSL :[VY` 6]LYSH` ,U]PYVUTLU[HS (ZZLZZTLU[! ,_LTW[ MYVT [OL *HSPMVYUPH ,U]PYVUTLU[HS 8\HSP[` (J[ WLY ZLJ[PVU -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ (T` -YLUJO H[ HT` MYLUJO'JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN 4. Interim Retail Ordinance: The Planning and Transportation Commission will consider a recommendation to the *P[` *V\UJPS MVY HKVW[PVU VM HU 0U[LYPT 6YKPUHUJL 3PTP[PUN *VU]LYZPVU VM .YV\UK -SVVY 9L[HPS HUK ¸9L[HPS 3PRLš <ZLZ [V 6[OLY <ZLZ *P[`^PKL ;OL WYVWVZLK VYKPUHUJL MHSSZ \UKLY [OL *HSPMVYUPH ,U]PYVUTLU[HS 8\HSP[` (J[ *,8( L_LTW[PVU MV\UK PU ;P[SL *HSPMVYUPH *VKL VM 9LN\SH[PVUZ :LJ[PVU I ILJH\ZL P[ PZ KLZPNULK [V WYLZLY]L [OL Z[H[\Z X\V -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ 1VUH[OHU 3HP[ H[ QVUH[OHU SHP['JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN ;/0: 0;,4 0: *65;05<,+ ;6 ( +(;, <5*,9;(05 Study Session 5. First Annual Zoning Code Update: Study session to PU[YVK\JL HUK KPZJ\ZZ [OL -PYZ[ (UU\HS AVUPUN *VKL \WKH[L HUK VYKPUHUJL -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ (T` -YLUJO H[ (T` MYLUJO'JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN Questions. For any questions regarding the above items, WSLHZL JVU[HJ[ [OL 7SHUUPUN +LWHY[TLU[ H[ ;OL Ă„SLZ YLSH[PUN [V [OLZL P[LTZ HYL H]HPSHISL MVY PUZWLJ[PVU ^LLRKH`Z IL[^LLU [OL OV\YZ VM ! (4 [V ! 74 ;OPZ W\ISPJ TLL[PUN PZ [LSL]PZLK SP]L VU .V]LYUTLU[ (JJLZZ *OHUULS (+( ;OL *P[` VM 7HSV (S[V KVLZ UV[ KPZJYPTPUH[L HNHPUZ[ individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation MVY [OPZ TLL[PUN VY HU HS[LYUH[P]L MVYTH[ MVY HU` YLSH[LK WYPU[LK TH[LYPHSZ WSLHZL JVU[HJ[ [OL *P[`ÂťZ (+( *VVYKPUH[VY H[ ]VPJL VY I` L THPSPUN HKH'JP[`VMWHSVHS[V VYN *** Hillary Gitelman, Director of Planning and Community Environment Page 6 • September 4, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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I’d like people to be able to see it. Greg Scharff, Palo Alto City Council member, on the city’s newest parkland — 7.7 acres next to Foothills Park. See story on page 7.

Around Town BALLENTINE’S DAY ... Serving on a citizens commission in Palo Alto often entails late nights, vigorous debates, endless Powerpoint presentations and lengthy homework assignments. Yet that hasn’t deterred people from applying. This week, as the City Council was preparing to fill an unexpected opening on the Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC), members gushed ecstatically at the number of residents who applied for the open spot on the seven-member commission — one that includes engineers, scientists, civic activists, a former utilities director and a prominent city developer (Jim Baer). In some cases, the credentials were impeccable: a Ph.D. from Stanford University; five years as utilities director in Mountain View; long tenures at General Electric or Lockheed Martin. One was an inventor or co-inventor with 18 patents. But just like in “American Idol,� only one person could claim the prize. This person was Arne Ballentine, who spent five years in the U.S. Navy, much of it working on nuclear submarines, before moving on to a career in engineering and electricity generation (his most recent job is listed as vice president for system engineering at Bloom Energy). It took three rounds of voting before the council selected Ballentine as its newest commissioner, with Councilman Eric Filseth praising his “wholesystem view and grasp of the future of energy business.� Filseth noted the “plethora of very qualified candidates,� and Mayor Karen Holman concurred. “We could pretty much double the size of the UAC with the quality of applicants we had in this application period.� It didn’t take long for Ballentine to reap the rewards of his new position. On Wednesday night, he partook in his first meeting: a four-hour discussion of recycled water and high-speed Internet initiatives. MORE TIME TO READ ... Palo Alto’s freshly renovated library system will expand its hours of operation to provide more consistency across its five branches starting Tuesday, Sept. 8, according to a City of Palo Alto announcement. Branches that are currently open on Monday and Thursday will open at 10 a.m. instead of noon. Both Mitchell Park and Rinconada libraries will open at the earlier time of 10 a.m. and stay

open until 9 p.m. Libraries will also be open longer on Sundays, with Mitchell Park and Rinconada opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 6 p.m. (For the complete schedule, visit cityofpaloalto.org.) The change was made possible by the council-approved fiscal year 2015-16 budget, which added full- and part-time positions to the library staff. Libraries will also be open more days of the year. Branches will end the practice of closing most Sundays that precede Monday holidays. “The community supported the library with the bond to build and renovate buildings; more open hours are in demand, and we appreciate the council approving additional funding to make that happen,� said Library Director Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne. “Contrary to sentiments that libraries would vanish as customers gravitated to e-services, we are experiencing just the opposite. People are finding more and more ways to use their library.�

BE INSPIRATIONAL ... East Palo Alto’s Mural Music and Arts Project got a ringing — or should we say, Ringling? — endorsement last week with the award of $20,000 from the ABC Be Inspired Community Grant program. The grant, which was funded by Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey, Disney and ABC7, will support the continued collaboration between the nonprofit organization and the East Palo Alto Police Department. The Mural Music and Arts Project, which was founded in 2001, has engaged more than 1,200 East Palo Alto residents of all ages since January in programs related to the arts to build community. The program engages people, and particularly youth, in art-in-the-parks events and mural painting centered around current events and positive themes, such as power, unity and community. Members of the police department build relationships with residents by participating in sporting activities such as volleyball and bike riding, said Dany Cesena, director of outreach. Mural Music and Arts employs 58 people ages 14 to 24 and works with students who are transitioning to college. Through its programs from San Francisco to San Jose, the nonprofit organization has created 190 murals since its inception, Cesena said. Q

Upfront LAND USE

No quick fixes for city’s newest parkland

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hat was once a quarry dumping ground that few in Palo Alto knew existed is now a quandary at the center of the city’s debate about future recreation needs. The site — a 7.7-acre parcel next to Foothills Park — is the latest addition to the city’s vast collection of parkland. It is also an unintended benefit of the most embarrassing land-use imbroglio in Palo Alto’s recent history. Donated to the city in 1981 by the family of Russel Lee, founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, the undeveloped land found itself under a public spotlight in 2012, when developer John Arrillaga made a private offer to the city to purchase it as part of broader negotiations over a proposed development at 27 University Ave. That proposed development, which featured four office towers and a theater, fizzled after a loud public outcry. But the 7.7-acre parcel next to Arrilaga’s property was quickly dedicated as parkland by an enthusiastic City Council, which is now trying to figure out what to do with it.

by Gennady Sheyner On Monday night, the council agreed that its options are very limited. The soil on the site, having been the dumping grounds for quarried rock, is ill-suited for planting new trees, said Daren Anderson, manager at the Community Services Department. While some trees have survived there, their growth had been stunted by the poor soil condition, and they required a significant amount of compost, Anderson said. Another limiting factor is Buckeye Creek, a channelized creek that originates in Foothills Park and flows through the site. The creek, according to Anderson, has experienced significant erosion over the years, causing sediment to accumulate during rainy seasons. This sediment would have to be removed before anything can be done. It also doesn’t help that the site is surrounded by private properties and that only about 2.1 acres are flat and deemed by staff as “usable.” During the course of several community meetings and rangerled tours, residents offered numerous ideas for restoring and

enhancing the site, including creating a campground or picnic area and restoring the creek to a meandering path. But given all of these limitations, Palo Alto officials agreed Monday that the best thing to do in the meantime is nothing at all. While a few council members proposed creating a trail and setting up benches in the near term, the majority ultimately went along with a staff recommendation to keep the site closed for now. The city will perform a hydrology study to analyze Buckeye Creek and help inform the city’s decision on the best use of the land. “Completing the hydrology study first will allow us to understand how the possible solutions to correct erosion and undercutting can impact the 7.7 acres in advance of working on the site,” Anderson told the council. The Parks and Recreation Commission had discussed possible uses for the land over several meetings earlier this year and voted unanimously in February to pursue the study and to keep the site closed to the public until

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Palo Alto officials agree to pursue hydrology study before restoring 7.7-acre site

Much of the new parkland next to Foothills Park is a flat open plain with poor soil, surrounded by redwoods. the study is done. Though the council on Monday concurred, it did so only after some debate. Vice Mayor Greg Schmid and Councilman Greg Scharff each made a case for re-

opening the parkland to the public while the study is in progress. Both said that allowing residents to walk around the land (continued on page 8)

LAND USE

Debate over new parkland leaves nursery’s future uncertain As Palo Alto considers next steps for 7.7-acre site, Acterra’s operation hangs in the balance

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ucked away on the western edge of Foothills Park, the newest addition to Palo Alto’s park system doesn’t have any benches, picnic areas or walking trails to distinguish it from other parts of the scenic preserve. Its main topographical feature, Buckeye Creek, is currently nothing more than a concrete channel, cutting along the periphery and waiting for water. The site does, however, offer something that the rest of the Foothills Park doesn’t: a nursery where for the past 13 years, volunteers and staff from the environmental nonprofit Acterra have been growing native plants for use in restoring and enhancing other nature preserves. Now that the city is trying to figure out what to do with the 7.7-acre addition, the future of the nursery is hanging in the balance. Though it only occupies 0.53 acres, the nursery’s small collection of greenhouses incubate 20,000 seeds and plants, collected and organized into pots of varying sizes. The Acterra gar-

deners know the provenance of each of these seeds, drawn from local parks and preserves. In the next few months, the nursery is expected to fill up even more, as the planting season approaches.

‘It’s a little uncomfortable, not knowing what the future holds’ —Peter Neal, staff, Acterra “We plant in the late fall or winter time to take advantage of the rains,” said Alex Von Feldt, stewardship program director at Acterra. Rain, however, isn’t the only thing that Acterra is hoping for. Long-term security is another. As Palo Alto prepares to engage the public in figuring out what to do with the 7.7 acres, volunteers are hoping that the new plans don’t conflict with their existing operation.

Peter Neal, an Acterra employee who was working in the nursery on Wednesday, said the operation has been located there for 13 years. The Russel Lee family, which in 1981 gifted the site to the city, fully embraces the operation, Neal said. A granddaughter of Lee, founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, was an Acterra volunteer, Von Feldt added. The nursery has recently made some improvements, Neal said, one of which involved getting the plants off the ground and onto tables. Other improvements are under consideration. For years, the nursery has operated “off the grid,” both in terms of public awareness and power consumption (it is powered by solar panels). “It’s a little uncomfortable, not knowing what the future holds,” Neal said. “Just dealing with the issue of finding a place to relocate, if that becomes necessary.” To be sure, no one is panicking. In April, Acterra signed a fiveyear lease for the site. Yet the agreement also includes a clause

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A nursery that incubates native plants is located on 0.53 acres of the city’s new parkland and is run by the nonprofit Acterra. that allows the city to cancel the lease with a 90-day notice. And during the council’s Monday discussion, Councilman Pat Burt recognized Acterra for its recent work in upper Wildhorse Valley, where the nonprofit’s volunteers helped remove thistle and invasive species and plant native wildflowers. The work, Burt said, was “amazing,” turning the area into “one of the most remarkable sites in Palo Alto.” The future of the Acterra nursery probably won’t be determined for at least another year or two. The council this week approved a hydrology study for the 7.7-acre site, which will remain closed and relatively unchanged until the study is completed and the city determines, through a public process, what to do next. But whether the nursery stays

or goes, city officials hope to see Acterra continue its efforts to collect and repopulate seeds in local open space preserves. Daren Anderson, manager of the Community Service Department’s Open Space, Parks and Golf Division, said the city values its partnership with Acterra “tremendously.” “The benefit of having native collected seeds, and the experience for our park visitors to participate in the process of collecting and growing — it’s invaluable,” Anderson said. “And then, of course, taking that seed that’s locally sourced and planting it inside our preserves is a tremendous gift. That’s the way restoration should be done.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Upfront CRIME

FBI report details home invasion, sexual assault cases Bizarre crimes involved interrogating victims for computer passwords, identifying information by Sue Dremann

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person case, Muller is suspected of emerging from the rear of an apartment building and entering the rear of another apartment building shortly after midnight on Sept. 25, 2009. He told an investigating officer that he was a visiting professor from Harvard and was teaching at Stanford University. Police later determined his statement was untrue. Muller is also being investigated for an Oct. 18, 2009, assault and attempted rape in College Terrace. The victim, a 32-yearold Harvard student studying at Stanford, was awakened at 3:30 a.m. in her apartment by a man who jumped on top of her and told her he was there to rob her of information. The man restrained her arms and tied her ankles together with Velcro. He placed ear plugs in her ears and covered her eyes with surgical tape. He gave the woman three options: to be given NyQuil, stunned with a stun gun or injected with “A-Bomb.” After she pleaded to be given NyQuil, the affidavit stated, he read the ingredients to her to be sure she didn’t have any allergies. He poured an unknown quantity of NyQuil directly into the victim’s mouth. The man asked her questions,

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The rest of the council disagreed and went along with the recommendation from staff. A report from the Community Services Department noted that “best management practices for opening new park land involve designing and preparing the area prior to opening it up to the public, whereby recreation uses, public access and areas for conservation and habitat restoration are thoughtfully and intentionally defined.” That’s what was done with Byxbee Park and for the Pearson Arastradero Preserve, the report stated. The council ultimately voted 8-0, with Liz Kniss absent, to approve the study, which staff expects will take about a year. Once the study is complete, the council will revisit the topic and consider whether to open the park to the public in the near future. Councilman Pat Burt said opening the site now would be “premature.” Mayor Karen Holman concurred, though she also said she was sympathetic to Schmid’s and Scharff’s argument. “It’s land that we own,” Holman said. “It’s supposed to be open to the public.” Councilman Eric Filseth, who made the motion to support staff’s recommendation, said he

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would help spur a meaningful public conversation about what it should be used for. Schmid noted that under current conditions, a resident can only walk for about 50 feet before hitting a fence that obscures the view of the site. By keeping the site closed off, public participation in determining the future use of the site would be “minimal,” Schmid said. Scharff agreed and noted that it could take five years or more for the city to conduct the analysis of Buckeye Creek and secure the needed permits to work around the creek. He argued that the city should invest the roughly $50,000 it would take to put up the needed fencing that would separate the site from the adjacent private residences and to build a basic loop trail and install two benches. The equipment, he noted, could be reused in the future as part of plans that come out of the analysis. “I’d like people to be able to see it,” Scharff said. “I think it’s important to open it to the public.” Schmid concurred, calling the investment a “bargain” and “well worth it.”

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such as PIN numbers for her Harvard and Stanford accounts, her email address and password, prior addresses, previous travel locations, if she was on a Transportation Security Administration hold, her parents’ names, their phone numbers and birthdays, her parents’ social security numbers, addresses and her sister’s address and phone number. The woman believed he was asking the questions for some kind of online overseas transactions, according to the affidavit. At one point she heard the suspect whispering and talking to another person. She also saw a silhouette of a second person, but she did not see or hear a second person. When the man attempted to rape the woman, she began to fight with him, and he threatened to inject her with Ketamine, the affidavit stated. When she told him she had previously been raped, he stopped. Further investigation found that she had attended an event at Harvard on Feb. 6, 2008, that Muller had organized, according to the affidavit. Muller was initially contacted by a Palo Alto police detective and agreed to questioning, but his attorney later contacted the police

The Mountain View victim was also given an amount of an unknown liquid to drink, which she thought was NyQuil. The suspect asked similar questions as were asked in the College Terrace case. At one point, the man called the woman’s boss and told him she was sick. The suspect threatened to rape the woman, but he did not. The Aug. 14 affidavit is part of an application for a warrant to search electronic devices belonging to Muller. Investigators are seeking information on the devices related to any Internet searches of the victims prior to the crimes and any financial transactions related to purchases of swim goggles and other things used in the crimes. In the Vallejo case, the intruder drugged Quinn and Huskins with a tranquilizer and Nyquil, bound them with zip ties and made them wear swimming goggles covered with masking tape, according to the June 29 FBI affidavit. When Muller was arrested in South Lake Tahoe on charges related to a June 5 home invasion in Dublin, police found a laptop that appeared to be the same type as the one stolen from Quinn, a toy Supersoaker spray painted black and swimming goggles covered with duct tape and zip ties, among other evidence, the June affidavit stated. In July, Muller told a KPIX San Francisco reporter that he had had a psychotic break in 2009. He went missing and emailed his then-wife and family, saying he had mental health problems and lived in terror most of the time. He feared that he was up against people who wanted to investigate and arrest him “to achieve just ends.” Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit related to the bizarre kidnapping of a Vallejo woman in March reveals new information regarding cases Matthew Daniel Muller is suspected of perpetrating in Palo Alto and Mountain View. The Aug. 14 FBI affidavit indicates Muller, 38, is being investigated in local crimes dating back to September 2009. Those include Matthew a suspicious person inci- Daniel Muller dent, false imprisonment with violence and two sexual assaults with attempted rape. Muller, a former U.S. Marine, Harvard Law School graduate and disbarred attorney, was arrested for the March 23 alleged kidnapping of Denise Huskins, 29, of Vallejo during a home-invasion robbery. Her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, was also present when the kidnapping took place at Quinn’s home on Mare Island, according to an federal affidavit against Muller filed on June 29. In the Palo Alto suspicious

to state that Muller would not be meeting with them. Based on a failed log-in attempt to the victim’s email, police obtained a search warrant for another location that was not associated with Muller. The occupant agreed to a DNA swab and he was eliminated as a suspect, according to the affidavit. In another Palo Alto attempted rape and assault case on Nov. 29, 2012, the sleeping victim was awakened by a shadow near her bed, and then a man jumped on her and told her to shut up. The victim screamed loudly a number of times and began to fight with the suspect. The man ran from the house. The woman’s computer, which was downstairs, had been moved to a different location. Two “bump keys” were left at the scene near the front door. The keys are a type of master key that is designed to open all locks of a specific manufacturer, the affidavit noted. The detective investigating this 2012 case noted that Muller’s DNA had been tested in 2009, and it did not match DNA recovered at the scene at the time. The detective also noted that the 2009 suspect had told the victim that he was leaving evidence to mislead law enforcement, according to the FBI affidavit. In a case that occurred on Sept. 29, 2009, in Mountain View, a 27-year-old woman was asleep in her apartment when she awoke at about 5 a.m. to find a man on her back. The man made similar statements about his purposes as had been made to the College Terrace victim. He also handcuffed the victim’s hands and used Velcro to bind her feet. At one point, he placed a mask or swim goggles over her eyes.

The City of Palo Alto has ordered a hydrology study of Buckeye Creek, which flows through a 7.7-acre parcel of land adjacent to Foothills Park (off the map, to the right). The acreage was donated in 1981 to the city but only came to city officials’ attention two years ago. sees no reason to rush the site improvements. “The most important thing is that the land be preserved, which

it is,” Filseth said. “We’re going to have it for a long time. ... We might as well take our time and proceed deliberately on this be-

cause it’s not going anywhere.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Council adds south Palo Alto voices to planning group Comprehensive Plan citizen committee to also include a renter by Gennady Sheyner

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new citizen panel charged with helping the city update its Comprehensive Plan acquired five additional members on Monday night — and will soon get an unexpected sixth. The appointments by the City Council were made to give the recently formed committee greater geographical and philosophical balance and, hence, credibility. After a series of council motions and several rounds of cast ballots, the 20-member group became a 25-member group with a heavier presence from the southern half of the city. Unlike the initial 20 members, who were appointed by City Manager James Keene, the new members of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) were appointed by the council after concerns from residents about the group’s roster being heavily skewed toward north Palo Alto (12 of the 17 voting members live north of Oregon Expressway) and toward residents affiliated with the citizens group Palo Alto Forward, which advocates for greater housing density and transportation options. The new appointees, drawn from more than 50 applicants, are expected to amplify the voices of residents with homes south of Oregon, those who favor slower city growth, and people who rent. The new members are:

• Len Filppu, a Fairmeadow resident with a long history of civic participation, who currently serves as the acting chair of the Fairmeadow Neighborhood Association • Annette Glanckopf, a Midtown resident, co-founder of Palo Alto Neighborhoods and one of the city’s leading advocates for emergency preparedness • Jennifer Hetterly, a Midtown resident and current member and past chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission • Shani Kleinhaus, environmental advocate with the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society and resident of Adobe Meadows • Mark Nadim, president of the Palo Alto Hills Neighborhood Association and longtime critic of the city’s “planned-community” zoning process. Then there’s the wild card. Mila Zelkha, one of the originally appointed 20 members, notified the council Monday that she is resigning. Zelkha cited a new job and a pending nomination for a Santa Clara County Commission. “Without knowing the fulltime commitment of these two new roles, I don’t know if I will be able to fulfill my CAC obligations to the best of my standards that I have outlined for myself and I want to avoid the appearance of my new activities being in conflict with my role as a CAC

member,” Zelkha wrote. The resignation of Zelkha, a member of the Palo Alto Forward steering committee, gave the council a chance to make a sixth appointment. Because this appointment was not on the agenda, it will have to be put on the agenda of a future meeting and approved next month. This technicality notwithstanding, the final seat on the now 25-member committee belongs to Julia Moran, a resident of St. Claire Gardens who is expected to bring a renter’s perspective to the committee proceedings. One of the council’s concerns about the citizen committee is the absence of renters, as renters make up more than 40 percent of the local population. During both the council’s Aug. 17 discussion and the one that took place Monday, Councilmen Marc Berman and Cory Wolbach — the council’s youngest members — argued that it’s crucial to add renters into the mix. “I think it’s really important to have that diversity on the committee,” Berman said before the vote. “Right now, we have very few people my age, frankly, and zero renters. I think if we’re going to put together a committee that represents the whole of our community ... it would behoove us to have that perspective on a committee that will create a plan for the next 15 years for our town.”

In her application, Moran wrote that she plans to live in Palo Alto for years to come and that she would like the opportunity to help shape the city’s vision going forward. She noted that renters “make up a large and growing part of the population, yet we can often feel like outsiders because we don’t own our houses and haven’t lived here for decades. “I think that it’s vital that our voices are part of this process, as we are an integral part of the future of Palo Alto.” During the appointment process, Glanckopf earned the most council votes: six. Hetterley, Kleinhaus and Nadim earned five and, like Glanckopf, won appointments on the first ballot. After two more rounds of voting, Filppu edged out Moran for the fifth spot, based on the cumulative total of votes each received in all rounds. Moran was then awarded the sixth spot. The committee is charged with helping the city update its Comprehensive Plan, a process

that launched in 2006 and has since been beset by complications and changes of direction. Now, under the latest process, the new citizens group will go over each chapter, or “element” as it’s called, of the existing Comprehensive Plan; offer suggestions on new programs to pursue; and help synthesize public feedback about the new document, which will guide the city’s decisionmaking until 2030. The council, which made the update one of its priorities for the year, will also spend a year and a half going over each element, a process that it began Monday night with its review of the Transportation Element. The council had initially hoped to complete the update by the end of 2016. On Monday, council members learned from Planning Director Hillary Gitelman that the completion is now expected to be four to six months later, in mid-2017. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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From congested roads to inadequate parking, transportation problems have been driving most of the debates at City Hall over the past year. So when City Council embarked on Monday night on what promises to be a long journey toward an updated Comprehensive Plan, it seemed like the logical place to start. In its first substantive discussion about the goals of the updated Comprehensive Plan, the council cobbled together a list of issues that should be included in the document, which will be the guiding document for local policymakers until 2030. Not surprisingly, parking, car congestion and a commitment to reducing green-house gas emissions will all play a central role in the city’s new transportation vision, the council agreed. Councilman Pat Burt, who crafted the motion laying out the new transportation element, stressed the importance of getting it right. Some of these issues aren’t new. The existing plan already includes policies about reducing the number of people who driving solo, encouraging biking and protecting neighborhood streets from traffic going through the area. Many of these will remain in the new plan, though they will be complemented by new goals that will emphasize the city’s recent traffic-reduction efforts. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Bay Trail receives $1 million in funding At its Tuesday, Sept. 1, meeting, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors awarded $1 million in Measure A funds to Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) to close a gap in the San Francisco Bay Trail in East Palo Alto, according to a County of San Mateo Parks Department press release. The work will be dedicated to the Ravenswood Bay Trail, a 0.6mile gap in the contiguous 80-mile trail along the Bay connecting San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The trail is located between the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve and University Avenue, along the borders of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Midpen will also pitch in $700,000 in Measure AA funds. And another $400,000 from the Santa Clara County Stanford University Mitigation Fund will go toward the project. The project will take place over the next two years. When completed, San Mateo County residents will have access to the multi-use trail, as well as to local and regional parks, restored wetlands and the shoreline. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

Two San Jose men arrested in connection with theft A resident’s report of two men lurking around vehicles in the Barron Park neighborhood on Wednesday led to the arrest of two San Jose men, after police allegedly found one of them in possession of stolen items. The call about the two men in dark clothing acting suspiciously was received just after 2 a.m., police said. Officers responded to the 3800 block of Magnolia Drive and located one man matching the description on the 500 block of Military Way. When the officer shined his patrol car’s spotlight on the man, he fled on foot, police said. Two police officers chased after him and were able to detain him without incident on the 3800 block of El Camino Real. A police canine team located the second man, later identified as Ivan Pablo Lujano, 18, hiding in the backyard of a home on the 500 block of Barron Avenue, police said. He was taken into custody without incident as well. Investigators said the man they first arrested, later identified as Lynden Robert Ironteeth, 33, was in possession of a woman’s driver’s license and debit card that had been stolen earlier in the night from an unlocked vehicle on the 300 block of Loucks Avenue in Los Altos. The debit card was used at a Palo Alto gas station after it was stolen, police said. The two men were booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail. Ironteeth was charged with felony identity theft, misdemeanor possession of stolen property and misdemeanor resisting arrest, as well as a felony count of committing a felony crime while out on bail. The additional charge stems from an arrest by another Santa Clara County law enforcement agency in June. Lujano was charged with misdemeanor prowling. Detectives also are actively investigating whether Ironteeth and Lujano are involved in at least five other thefts that occurred that night in the Barron Park neighborhood. Q — My Nguyen LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com

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Jordan incident happened on the second day of school with a new administration. McGee said he would also like to include language around having an administrator present when officers meet with students. A school board policy on “questioning and apprehension by law enforcement” does state that the “principal or designee whenever practicable should be present during the interview as an observer unless the student or officer objects” and that the “principal or designee shall accommodate the interview in a way that causes the least possible disruption for the student and school and provides the student appropriate privacy.” Burns said the police department completed an “informal fact-finding” investigation of the incident. He will be meeting with McGee and school principals to identify any policy areas that could be more clear, he said Thursday. “I think it’s mostly focused on clear direction, ensuring that the school district and our school resource officers ... have a firm understanding of what we’re going to be doing when we’re on campus and what they can expect when we are on campus,” he said. Policy should “ensure that (school administrators) are aware, and if they want to escort us or be present, that they have that opportunity.” Burns said he will also be discussing with school leadership some potential policy changes around documentation of school resource officers’ interactions with students, such as mediations. He said as the current policy stands, there is no requirement to document student mediations. “Our role in mediations — is that something that the school district wants us to take the lead on or are we more in the background?” Burns said. “That’s more a philosophy and it might make it into a policy, but it may just remain our working procedure.” Jacoubowsky, who is new to Jordan but comes to the school with more than a decade as an administrator at Gunn High School, said that in all of his previous interactions with school resource officers at the high school level, they checked in and communicated the purpose of their visit to school administrators.

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alo Alto’s school resource officers serve a variety of roles at the schools, including mediating conflicts between students, handling truancy issues, leading emergency preparedness trainings, providing student education and responding to emergencies. Perron said their goal is to “always handle things at the lowest possible level.” Both Jacoubowsky and McGee described school resource officers as valuable educational resources. In May, the two officers also re-

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In this file photo taken on Aug. 18, the first day of school, Jordan Middle School Principal Tom Jacoubowsky briefs new sixth-graders on the school’s policies and rules. On Aug. 19, a dispute among three students that also involved school-based police officers created a situation on campus that Jacoubowsky called “very concerning.” ceived Crisis Intervention Team Officer of the Year awards from the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board and a “Continuing Service Award” from the Palo Alto Council of PTAs. The officers are also required by their contract to be present on campuses during school hours and interact with students. “The SRO (school resource officer) shall be proactive in policing on school campuses; work with school Campus Security Officers; work with school administrators regarding school happenings; interact with kids of all campuses during brunch, lunch, free play, etc.; attend after-suspension, school intake hearings; and assist with First Aid,” the contract reads. “I do feel in many ways, the great thing about school resource officers is they get to know the schools very well,” Jacoubowsky said. “At the same time, we still need practices and protocols, no matter how well they know the school.” The school resource officers also run the Parent Project, a 12week program for “parents with strong-willed or at-risk teens,” a description on the City of Palo Alto website reads. During this program, the officers routinely give out their phone numbers and “encourage parents to contact them if they are having issues with their kids,” Perron said. “It’s not unusual at all for them to take calls at all hours of the day and night from either participants in the program or past participants in the program who say, ‘Hey, I’m having another issue ... what do you suggest?’” Palo Alto police officers who want to work as school resource officers have to go through a selection process, which includes a written application and interview process, Perron said. A school

district representative sits on the interview committee. Officers can serve a minimum of one year or a maximum of three years on this specialty assignment, Perron said. Their official evaluations fall under the purview of the police department, though McGee said last year he sent a note to the department “praising them for their work.” They also go through extensive training, Perron said, including a 40-hour “basic” school resource officer school; “advanced” school resource officer school; Parent Project facilitator training, which includes education around juvenile behavior and child development; child-abuse investigation school; missing or abducted child training and crisis-intervention training. The school resource officers also provide juvenile-specific training to new police officers, according to their contract.

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or some parents, the Jordan incident called into question the level of familiarity with and access to students and school sites that school resource officers have, particularly at the middle school level. Sara Woodham, the parent of two Jordan students, described the incident as “appalling” and “inappropriate.” “All of us — parents, teachers, staff, administration, police — need to have a clear understanding about the different levels (of) the use of police on campus,” she said. “Speaking for this specific incident, I had no idea you could ask a policeman to take your child to school. You do it once ... they sort of became like surrogate (school) staff in a way. That’s really where the line just got way too blurry.” Woodham questioned how officers could engage

directly with students “without administrative or parental permission.” “That is the business of protocols and training,” she said. Woodham also expressed concern over the presence of armed police on middle school campuses, short of an emergency. Police Chief Burns met with Woodham and other concerned parents to discuss the issue. Beyond protocols and accountability, Woodham also expressed to him the importance of talking with parents to understand the effect of such interactions on students, particularly students of color, she said. The incident, which involved an African-American student, ignited some tensions within the parent community about how “police interacting with students at school registers to children of different races, ethnicities, backgrounds and needs,” Woodham said. Woodham and Kim Bomar, co-chairs of Parent Advocates for Student Success (PASS), wrote to McGee and several school board members on Aug. 21 to voice their concern. “It is apparent that there were many breaches of procedure (and basic common sense) involving the conduct of the police officers involved,” they wrote. “Our families entrust our children to you, and armed police acting outside of strict protocols is a potential tragedy waiting to happen. “We urge you to follow up with the local police authorities to ensure that there are clear protocols around if and when armed police are allowed on campus, their ability to communicate directly with students, and oversight and disciplinary procedures when breaches occur.” They also urged McGee to expedite the hiring of a district-level

equity director — the first recommendation of the superintendent’s minority achievement and talent development committee — “who would not only work to foster a culture of equity in the district, but would be accountable for addressing and preventing disturbing problems like this one.” A full job description and application for this position was approved by the school board and posted last month. Woodham said she’s optimistic that more clearly defined protocols will produce greater accountability and transparency around police interactions with students and staff. “I look forward to seeing what shifts in protocols they do come up with,” she said. “Removing the opportunity for this to happen is, of course, paramount.” McGee wrote in his Aug. 28 “Weekly” that he will be sending a message to the community soon “regarding the importance of identity safety for every student” and to communicate revised procedures for school resource officers. McGee said one of his first meetings when he arrived at the district last year was, in fact, with the school resource officers to meet them and discuss their role. He plans to have the officers do the same with both new and longtime administrators, including a meeting with the district’s K-12 leadership team. “Although we have contracts for the school resource officers, the protocols around their presence on campus needs to again just be refreshed and rewritten and redistributed,” McGee said in an interview. “Everybody needs to be more up to speed.” Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Little enthusiasm for El Camino bus plan VTA’s bus rapid transit plans meet with concern from local officials by Mark Noack

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proposal to create dedicated bus lanes along El Camino Real is facing a new round of skepticism. Last week, representatives from cities along the corridor urged Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) officials to give more thought to alternatives to their bus rapid transit plan. Committee members representing five cities, as well as Santa Clara County, expressed confusion over where the VTA plans are going and whether their input is being considered. County Supervisor Joe Simitian was one of several committee members who expressed hesitation over the plan. Support from cities affected by the plan, he said, seemed “a long way shy of being a charge up the hill.” “I think you’ve got a clear message here that there’s not support for a change of this significance,” Simitian said in an interview following the meeting. “Look, I understand we’ve got models and projections, but I don’t feel confident in relying on those to turn the world upside-down on El Camino Real.” To solve the daily jam of traffic on El Camino Real, VTA has promoted bus rapid transit (BRT), which would streamline bus service from Palo Alto to San Jose — likely at the expense of other motorists. The plan calls for taking away two of El Camino’s

six lanes and restricting them to buses only, and constructing bus stops in the median. Since the plan was first proposed years ago, Mountain View leaders have generally been skeptical, and city staff have questioned VTA’s claims that dedicated bus lanes wouldn’t worsen congestion on El Camino Real or side streets, for the most part. Nevertheless, Mountain View became one of the only cities to support the idea with a thin majority the City Council voting in favor. Meanwhile, the city councils of Palo Alto and Sunnyvale voted to oppose the BRT plan, and Los Altos leaders opted against taking any stance on the issue. But even the city firmly in VTA’s corner gave — at best — conditional support for the plan at the meeting last week. Representing Mountain View, Councilman Lenny Siegel told the group that time was running out to consider alternatives. Siegel himself had voted against the BRT plan. “I’m skeptical of the whole project,” Siegel said. “I’ve never seen any coordination of the buses on El Camino — that’s what it’d take for me to get on the BRT plan.” Several municipal representatives urged VTA to continue analyzing alternatives or amending the BRT project to make it more palatable. Simitian urged transit officials

to wait on any El Camino project until work is complete next year on bringing dedicated bus lanes to Capitol Expressway and Alum Rock Avenue in San Jose. “If you’ve got a similar project underway in Santa Clara County, why on earth wouldn’t you wait to see if it works?” Simitian said. “This isn’t something where you can say ‘oops’ and do an aboutface. You make a decision here, and it’s irreversible.” As part of the agenda, VTA engineers delivered a presentation that showed how development planned for the near future would add thousands more residents and commuters along El Camino Real. Following that, staff members reviewed four alternatives that were less ambitious than the BRT proposal. Going through the list item by item, Senior Planner Steve Fisher explained how each alternative was fraught with its own set of challenges. There simply isn’t space for a “have-it-all” option that added dedicated bus lanes without impacting regular traffic, he said. Later this month, a third-party review of the BRT proposal should be complete and available for public review. Q Mark Noack is a staff writer for the Mountain View Voice, the Weekly’s sister paper. He can be reached at mnoack@mvvoice.com.

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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.

Palo Alto man arrested for attempted robbery, fighting officers A Palo Alto man who allegedly tried to swipe a duffle bag from a resident of a Middlefield Road apartment complex was arrested after a physical struggle with the victim, his neighbor and five police officers. (Posted Sept. 3, 9:46 a.m.)

Caltrans offers $25K prize for ideas to improve transportation Caltrans is giving Californians an opportunity to earn $25,000 in exchange for submitting the most innovative idea to improve transportation and other state services. (Posted Sept. 3, 8:26 a.m.)

Man nabbed in San Jose after car pursuit in Palo Alto A truck driver who police said almost ran over an officer in Palo Alto on Aug. 28 before speeding away through the residential streets was arrested hours later in San Jose. (Posted Sept. 2, 8:39 p.m.)

Caltrain begins improvements aimed at preventing deaths by suicides Caltrain began removing vegetation Tuesday along the rail corridor in Palo Alto as part of a suicide prevention program approved in August. (Posted Sept. 2, 7:58 a.m.)

Man follows, flashes woman in downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto police are looking for a man who allegedly flashed a woman on Aug. 28 in downtown, according to a police department press release. (Posted Aug. 30, 3:22 p.m.)

Police: Man in car accosts middle school students in Palo Alto Palo Alto police are searching for a man who allegedly pulled up in a car next to two middle school students on night of Aug. 27 and made inappropriate comments while trying to get them to come closer to his car. (Posted Aug. 28, 11:12 a.m.)

Downtown Palo Alto post office to stay put — for now U.S. Postal Service officials have nixed plans to move the downtown Palo Alto post office to a building on the corner of Addison Avenue and busy Alma Street, Tom Samra, facilities vice president, said in a letter to Mayor Karen Holman dated Aug. 19. (Posted Aug. 28, 9:53 a.m.)

NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER, MOFFETT FIELD, CA ENGINEERING EVALUATION/COST ANALYSIS FOR AREA OF INVESTIGATION 14 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

Stanford University Title IX coordinator to step down Catherine Criswell, Stanford University’s Title IX coordinator and a former longtime U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights attorney, is leaving her post at the university after a little more than a year on the job, the university confirmed Thursday. (Posted Aug. 28, 7:32 a.m.)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, CA invites public comment on a removal action to address contaminated soil at Area of Investigation (AOI) 14. Removal action alternatives are presented in a document called the Final Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for AOI 14. Environmental data was collected to determine the extent of contamination, evaluate potential risks to human health and the environment and establish protective cleanup goals for AOI 14. The Final EE/CA, which was reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, evaluates alternatives and presents NASA’s recommended alternative for cleanup of the soil. The public is invited to review and comment on this Final EE/CA during a 30-day public comment period from September 4, 2015 through October 3, 2015. NASA will consider all written comments on the Final EE/ CA received by October 3, 2015. The Final EE/CA can be found on the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field website at http://environment.arc.nasa.gov and also in the Information Repository at the Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. Other environmental documents, including the Administrative Record for NASA Ames Research Center can also be found on the website and in the Information Repository at the Mountain View Library. Written comments on the Final EE/CA for AOI 14 should be sent by post, e-mail, or fax no later than October 3, 2015 to: Ms. Kimberly Finch Restoration Program Manager NASA Ames Research Center - MS 204-15 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: (650) 604-0237 Fax: (650) 604-7572 E-mail: kimberly.s.finch@nasa.gov Page 12 • September 4, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hear a report on local school reform campaign Save the 2,008 as well as discuss the board’s 2015-16 goals and revisions to the 2015-16 budget and consider the hiring of a new communications coordinator. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council will hold a study session to discuss the city’s pension liabilities and options for pension reform. It will then meet in a closed session to discuss the city’s negotiations with the Service Employees International Union, Local 521. The study session will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to consider 224 Churchill Ave., a variance application to allow a reduced front setback for a new two-story single-family residence. The commission also plans to consider an application by the Los Arboles neighborhood for a single-story overlay; discuss the first annual Zoning Code “omnibus” ordinance; and adopt NACTO Urban Street Design and Urban Bikeway Design guidelines. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to consider the appeal of 429 University Ave., a proposed four-story, 31,407-squarefoot mixed-use development with two levels of underground parking. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the Community Services and Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan; review the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant; discuss the planning of a Domestic Violence Awareness Event; and hear an update from the Homeless Vets Subcommittee. The meeting will begin meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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ing a sale agreement by the use of litigation as a strong-armed tactic. “Now that the lawsuit has been formally filed, the Jisser family has decided that it cannot negotiate with Supervisor Simitian or representatives of Caritas any longer. The Jisser family notified Supervisor Simitian today that it will decline the offer to purchase the park by Caritas.� In addition to notifying the city about the end of the negotiations, the letter also served as an official acceptance by the Jisser family of

the city’s approval of the park’s closure. By its unanimous vote in May, the council turned down the appeal from the residents association and validated the relocationassistance package offered by the Jissers that each household will be offered once the park is closed. The relocation compensation includes moving costs, rent for the first and last months, and a year of rent subsidies equal to the difference between the residents’ rates at Buena Vista and at their new homes. The decision not to pursue the sale deals a potentially fatal blow to elected officials’ efforts to retain the park at 3980 El Camino Real

as a source of affordable-housing — though Simitian this week denied the death knell has tolled for Buena Vista, saying instead the letter is a “bump in the road.� The perservation effort has attracted an upswell of community support, with residents packing into Council Chamber for public hearings last spring. In filing the lawsuit on behalf of the residents, the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley is asking the Santa Clara County Superior Court to overturn the approval of the closure application and to prohibit the Jisser family from launching the six-month eviction process.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board (ARB) 8:30 A.M., Thursday, September 17, 2015, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/planningprojects; contact Diana Tamale for additional information during business hours at 650.329.2144. 7VY[LY +YP]L 4H`ÄLSK B 735 D: Request by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University for Architectural Review of the demolition of an existing 67,580 square MVV[ Z[Y\J[\YL HUK JVUZ[Y\J[PVU VM ZX\HYL MVV[ VɉJL I\PSKPUN ;OL ZP[L PZ H 4H`ÄLSK designated property in the RP zoning district and includes the creation of a new commercial lease line. Environmental Review: City of Palo Alto/Stanford Development Agreement and Lease Project Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2003082103) and Exemption 15302 (Replacement and Reconstruction).

The suit against Palo Alto characterizes the council’s approval as “a failure to affirmatively further fair housing� and argues that it will “exacerbate racial and ethnic segregation in Palo Alto.� The suit also claims that the city denied Buena Vista residents a due process during both the administrative and the appeal hearings and that the city failed to follow its Housing Element, a state-mandated document, by not taking any action to save Buena Vista until after it had approved the closure application. The suit notwithstanding, Kyra Kazantzis of the Law Foundation said her clients “very much appreciate� the funding that the city and the county dedicated for Buena Vista’s preservation and hope that the funding can be used to “save the park.� Kazantzis also told the Weekly in an email last week that the residents hope that the nonprofit organization’s purchase of the mobile home park could save it — a hope that was all but dashed by Jisser’s announcement Monday. Kazantzis noted, however, that

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her group has an “ethical obligation to protect our client’s legal rights� by filing the suit by Aug. 24, the deadline under the statute of limitations. Simitian, who has been at the forefront of the negotiations over Buena Vista, called the decision by Jisser to halt the negotiations a “bump in the road� but by no means the end of the preservation effort. He said he has had long conversations with both Kazantzis and Joe Jisser over the past few days. He called the news of the halted negotiations “regrettable but understandable.� “The Law Foundation says, ‘We have a duty to represent the clients vigorously and that’s particularly the case when there’s no certainty whether or not we can get a deal that preserves the park,’� Simitian told the Weekly. “And Mr. Jisser, through his attorney, says, ‘I can’t really negotiate a deal with Caritas, the city and the county when I don’t have the ability to go out into the market and determine what an alternative offer might look like.’�

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Upfront requested that the Jisser family extend the Aug. 24 deadline for filing the lawsuit so that negotiations could continue — a request that Joe Jisser declined, according to the Law Foundation. “This forced the residents’ association to file a lawsuit on the last day it could as a last resort to preserve its legal rights, despite their hopes that negotiations would succeed,” the statement read. “His letter is surprising and disappointing, but the Resident’s Association is still hopeful that an amicable resolution can be reached.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com. The Weekly has compiled an archive of news coverage capturing the many voices of the people involved in the fight over Buena Vista at storify.com/paloaltoweekly

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Aug. 31)

Foothills Park: The council agreed to pursue a hydrology study for the 7.7acre, city-owned site next to Foothills Park and to defer its conversation about improving the site until after the study is complete. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Kniss Comprehensive Plan: After several rounds of ballots, the council voted 8-0 to appoint five new members to the Community Advisory Committee for updating the Comprehensive Plan: Annette Glanckopf, Jennifer Hetterly, Shani Kleinhaus, Len Filppu and Mark Nadim. The council also stated its intent to appoint, at a future meeting, Julia Moran to fill a vacancy on the committee. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Kniss

Utilities Advisory Commission (Sept. 2)

Water: The commission recommended that the council certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Recycled Water Distribution Project. Yes: Ballantine, Cook, Danaher, Foster, Schwartz, Recused: Eglash, Hall Fiber: The commission recommended deferring a request for information until after Dec. 31, 2015, for determining private sector in partnering with the city on building and operating a citywide fiber-to-the-premise network. Yes: Danaher, Eglash, Hall, Schwartz No: Ballantine, Cook, Foster Wireless: The commission recommended issuing a request for proposals to add dedicated wireless facilities to improve communications for Public Safety and Utilities departments and to expand Wi-Fi coverage at city facilities and public areas. Yes: Unanimous

Architectural Review Board (Sept. 3)

Findings: The board discussed a proposal to reduce the number of findings it has to make for approval of a project. Action: None

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“better sidewalk conditions and a potential reduction in sidewalk-related injuries,” and a Jan. 12 staff report noted that the repairs “will address sidewalk deficiencies.” Barron Park resident and city watchdog Bob Moss said that state law requires the city to have wheelchair ramps, “but if the sidewalk ends 20 feet after the intersection, I’m not sure that anyone cares” from an enforcement standpoint. The requirement is one of those generic laws that doesn’t really consider practical accessibility. “Functionally, it is a waste of money, since people are not going to take wheelchairs up onto the sidewalk to go a few feet into the dirt,” he said. But he added that the city might not have any option, since the law requires the ramps. “The only alternative is to do a cost comparison and ask, ‘If we didn’t have a (full) sidewalk, how much would it cost me to remove it?’” he said. Brad Eggleston, assistant director of public works, said the city did not evaluate removing the sidewalks. They are not scheduled for extensions, nor are they likely to be. Barron Park Historian Doug Graham said that in the early 1960s, Santa Clara County implemented municipal-standard curbs and gutters in some developments within Barron Park, such as along the area southwest of Laguna Avenue. That’s why some parts of Barron Park have sidewalks, and some don’t. Sidewalks were “a big issue” about 50 years ago, when Palo Alto wanted to annex the neighborhood and planned to charge residents for the costs of adding sidewalks, curbs and gutters, Graham said. Residents feared they would be “bled dry” by the city’s rigid enforcement of sidewalk and street infrastructure. When the city annexed Barron Park in 1975, residents fought to keep their neighborhood rural and relatively sidewalk-free. While residents successfully persuaded the city not to force curbs, gutters and sidewalks

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Litigation, he noted, is inherently “adversarial and not collaborative,” which made Jisser’s decision to halt negotiations unsurprising. However, Simitian also noted that the letter from Nanda does not preclude future discussions about the acquisition of Buena Vista. “It has been made clear to me that once the owner feels he has the ability to go out into the larger market and do a little comparison, we can resume the conversation,” Simitian said. The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley also remains hopeful. In response to Jisser’s notification, the nonprofit said in a statement that Buena Vista residents “continue to hope that negotiations with Caritas would be successful so that their homes and their community could be preserved.” Attorneys for the residents had

In Barron Park, some sidewalks end abruptly in dirt. on Barron Park, the city did install sidewalks if people wanted them, and that’s why some of the sidewalks abruptly end, Graham said. A 1993 “Barron Park Drainage and Street Design Guidelines” city report established that collector streets “shall be candidates for pedestrian walkways if there is space available outside the existing pavement and within the city street right-of-way.” But, the report noted, “Walkways shall not be constructed on any street unless they are requested by the adjacent residents.” Where a city standard sidewalk exists, it will not be extended, the report states. But residents can request removal of a sidewalk if it extends for less than a block and the removal has unanimous support of residents of abutting properties, the report noted.

Moss said that he can’t recall any instance of a property owner wanting a sidewalk added in front of their house since the agreement between the city and the neighborhood was put in place. But where limited sidewalks exist, most probably a developer would have added it when putting in the new home. Most developers would just assume a sidewalk is desired around a property, he said. Without a cost comparison, Moss said it can’t be known if removing the sidewalk would be less expensive than making it accessible. But “probably it would take more to take out 40 feet of concrete than to add an ADA ramp.” Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Residents who walk in the Barron Park neighborhood do so in the streets, as many sidewalks are not complete. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 4, 2015 • Page 15

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PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL AND STANDING COMMITTEE CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL APPOINTED OFFICERS AGENDA ITEMS THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING-COUNCIL CHAMBERS SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 6:00 PM

Study Session 1. Pension Liability Issues: Status and Options for the Future Closed Session 2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS-Service Employees International Union, (SEIU) Local 521

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Aug. 26-Sept. 1 Violence related Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Theft related Commercial burglary attempt . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stolen shopping cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Richard M. Mandle July 2, 1921 – August 30, 2015 Richard M. Mandle, 94 of Palo Alto, California and long-time resident of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey died at his home on Sunday, August 30, 2015. He was the devoted husband of Barbara B. Mandle, who passed in 1998, and the long-time companion of Jean Albro who predeceased him in 2009. He is survived by his two siblings, John B. Mandle of Santa Barbara, California, and Elizabeth McGonagle of Nashua, New Hampshire, his three sons and daughters-in-law, Peter (Marianne), James (Grace), and Thomas (Susan), along with an extended family that includes six grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter, and his dear friend Mary Taube. He was predeceased by his brother Robert J. Mandle, Dick graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York in 1942, and went on to serve in the Army Air Force Chemical Warfare Service in Guam during World War II receiving the Legion of Merit for his invention of a device that significantly increased the capacity of B-29s. He was well known in both his career and

in his retirement years as a unique creative problem-solver and life-long “tinker”. His skills and knowledge crossed abroad range of disciplines. After the war he helped found Rare Earths, Inc. in Wayne, New Jersey, which subsequently became a division of W. R. Grace. He later served as Executive Vice President of Electro Nucleonics Inc. where his work led to the separation of hepatitis and AIDS viruses for the National Institutes of Health. He was awarded many patents over his lifetime in widely divergent fields, attesting to his unique abilities and imagination. He always enjoyed working in his shop inventing new products and techniques, as well as building and repairing items for his fellow residents at Vi of Palo Alto. All knew him as a humble, honest, ingenious man, who was always considerate of others. Most of all he loved his family and friends. A private family service will be held in California. For those wishing to honor his life, donations should be made to the Henry H. Mandle Scholarship Fund founded by Dick at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. PAID

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Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 9 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. traffic violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 8 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Miscellaneous Casualty/fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disposal request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 3 Terrorist threats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Menlo Park Aug. 26-Sept. 1 Violence related Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Theft related Burglary attempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Check fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mail theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bicycle theft attempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 4 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drug registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraudulent prescriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Medical call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Receive stolen property . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unattended child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Webster Street, 8/26, 4:30 p.m.; elder abuse/sexual. El Camino Real and Hansen Way, 8/27, 8:22 p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon. Everett Court, 8/31, 5:12 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. El Camino Real, 9/1, 10:48 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Menlo Park

1200 block Willow Road, 8/31, 11:42 p.m.; spousal abuse.

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John Beletsis December 19, 1925 – August 23, 2015

Births, marriages and deaths

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Nathan Rosenberg, a Stanford University economics professor, died on Aug. 24 at the Vi at Palo Alto surrounded by family, following hospice care and years of memory loss. He was 87. He was born on Nov. 22, 1927, in Passaic, New Jersey. From 1945 to 1947, he served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, spending time in Korea. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University, serve as a Fulbright scholar at Oxford from 1952 to 1954, and complete his doctorate in economics in 1955 at the University of Wisconsin. After teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University and University of Wisconsin, he took a position in 1974 at Stanford and from 1976 to 1978 directed the Program on Values, Technology and Society. He later became the chair of the Department of Economics, serving from 1983 to 1986. From 1987 until he retired in 2002, he oversaw the Technology and Economic Growth Program at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He

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also held the title of Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, in the economics department. His acclaimed research explored the economic history of technology, particularly the forces influencing technological change and the mutual relationship between innovations in science and technology. As he did in his well-known book “Inside the Black Box,” he looked for the roots of technological advances and eventually formed an entire field on the subject. One idea he focused on was the uncertainty involved in the process, where no one is sure of how a particular invention might ultimately be used. During his career, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American

Association for the Advancement of Science and the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Lund University and the University of Bologna gave him honorary degrees, and he received the Leonardo Da Vinci Medal in 1996 from the Society for the History of Technology. He is survived by his wife, Rina Rosenberg; four children, Karen Rosenberg of Newark, Delaware, Gordon Rosenberg of Los Gatos, Jonathan Rosenberg of Los Gatos and David Rosenberg of New York City; and nine grandchildren. A memorial service was held on Aug. 27 at the Los Gatos Memorial Park Cemetery. The family recommends memorial donations be made to American Friends of The Hebrew University (www.afhu.org).

Gloria Place Franzini March 30, 1924 - August 18, 2015 Gloria Place Franzini — beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend of many — passed away peacefully on Aug. 18, 2015, in Palo Alto. Gloria was born March 30, 1924, in Pasadena, California, to Ruth and Clarence Place. She attended Pasadena public schools and concluded her formal education at Pasadena City College. She met her sweetheart, Joe Franzini at a dance at Cal Tech. They were married after World War II in the Pasadena Presbyterian Church upon Joe’s return from active duty in the U.S. Navy. After settling in Palo Alto, near Stanford University, Joe took a teaching job and pursued his Ph.D., while Gloria was busy raising their first three children. Gloria was active in the church women’s fellowship group, participated in their many rummage sales and sang in the church choir for many years. She also spent numerous hours volunteering with the local PTA, and served a term as president of the Stanford Women’s Club. With her beautiful singing voice, Gloria went on to sing with a number of different organizations including the ‘mother singers’ (Peninsula University Women’s Chorus), the Oratorio church choir, the Unicorn Big Band and the light opera Triad Productions. As a loving, spunky, gregarious woman, Gloria was a gracious homemaker for her family. She loved to cook, bake and work in her garden, and she juggled it all while actively engaging in outside church, music and university activities. Entertaining friends and singing with her various groups allowed her to share these passions with those she cared about. Once their children were out of the house, she and Joe became avid bowlers and enjoyed the weekly competitions with their newfound sport. Most of all, Gloria loved being a grandmother to her five beautiful grandchildren. Gloria leaves behind her sons, J.B. Franzini, of Sonoma, California, and Robert (Carolyn) Franzini of Morehead, Kentucky; her daughters, Marilyn (Blake Putney) of Palo Alto and Cheryl Franzini (Herb Pegan) of Glen Ellen, California; five grandchildren, Maria, Benjamin, Laura, Jenni and Sam; four great-grandchildren, Theodore, Oliver, William and Penelope; and one surviving sister, Sylvia Norris of Burbank, California. Many thanks goes to the staff and management of the Palo Alto Commons for their exceptional care over these last few years. Family gravesite gathering and memorial. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be given to the “Music for Minors” organization, where Gloria volunteered. They are located at 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 10, San Carlos, California 94070. Link: http://www.mfm.org/give/index.html PAID

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John Beletsis, a psychologist in private practice who supervised psychiatric residents at Stanford and helped found the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (now Palo Alto University) died peacefully at his home in Palo Alto on Sunday August 23rd. He was 89. John was born in New York City in 1925 and, along with his two brothers, grew up in the Bronx, working in his father’s flower shop. He entered the army at 18 and served in Patton’s 3rd Army as a combat medic, fighting across Germany from the French border to the Czechoslovakian border. His unit liberated Ohrdruf, the first concentration camp to be liberated by allied forces. John returned to NYC after the war and continued his education at City College, New York University and the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute. He practiced as a psychologist in New York for 15 years and then moved to Palo Alto in 1973, where he continued his private practice in psychology for another 35 years. The majority of John’s professional life was focused on his work with individual patients in his private practice. John was married to his beloved wife Susan for 46 years. She too became a psychologist after raising their three children. She preceded him in death in 2004. He was a devoted family man and enjoyed travelling with family, and friends. His children credit him with instilling in them a love for travel and the learning that comes with it. John is survived by his three children, Christopher (Juliana) Anthea (Gary Danielsen), and Daphne (Page Monte) and his two grandchildren, Sophia and Alexander, and many loving members of his extended family. Those who wish may make a donation to the William Alanson White Institute, 20 W. 74th St. NYC, NY 10023 or the Cardiac Therapy Foundation 4000 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto CA 94303, or the charity of their choice. PAID OBITUARY

Mildred Hoan Chin Mildred H. Chin, 87, who was the loving center of her family in Palo Alto and who volunteered for the Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto and other community organizations, died of complications from lung cancer Aug. 22. She battled Alzheimer’s disease for ten years with a grace that enabled her to continue warming the hearts of those around her despite her illness. Mil devoted herself to her husband, Allan, and three children, all of whom still live in the area, allowing her to cherish her six grandchildren. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, she graduated from McMaster University and studied occupational therapy at Columbia University in New York. The family moved to Palo Alto in 1966, and she became an active member of the Stanford Area Chinese Club. Mil worked 12 years as supervisor of Attendance Accounting for the Palo Alto Unified School district. In her 8-year tenure as president of the Christmas Bureau, annual donations rose from $27,000 for 350 residents in need to $100,000 for almost 3,000 individuals. She also volunteered for years at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park and the Palo Alto YWCA, and served as a founding member of the Chinese Historical Project in San Jose, which built a replica of a Chinese Temple in Kelley Park. Mil’s creative talents extended to painting, knitting, cooking, and quilting. She loved to sew, knit, garden and play tennis and bridge. Mil enjoyed 58 years of marriage with Al, who survives her, along with her children and their spouses, Leslie Chin and Ralph King, Michael and Shirley Chin and Neil Chin and Solly Catiis, and her grandchildren Jaline and Tucker King, Iris and Vincent Chin, and Logan and Cassandra Chin. A memorial service is set for Saturday, Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. at the Redwood Grove at the Portola Valley Town Center, 765 Portola Rd. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association in Mil’s memory. PAID

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

The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation

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ow much does a finished work of art reveal about the artist? The iconic Mona Lisa is world-renowned, but what does it say about Leonardo da Vinci? Most scholars would agree that it is not his best-known paintings but his voluminous notebooks that tell the story of an artist whose insatiable curiosity extended to anatomy, science and engineering. The notebooks of 20th century American painter Richard Diebenkorn similarly provide insight into the artist’s inspirations and working methods. Thanks to his wife and the Diebenkorn Foundation, those notebooks will be on view at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center from Sept. 9 through Feb. 8. “Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed” includes 29 sketchbooks that have never previously been displayed. For over two decades since the artist’s death in 1993, the books — which range in shape and size from the spiral-bound variety to beautifully embossed journals — have been kept in a cardboard box in the home of Diebenkorn’s widow, Phyllis. Before her death in January of this year, Phyllis decided to donate the entire collection to the Cantor Arts Center, a choice the exhibit’s curator, Alison Gass, called “an extraordinary gesture of generosity and trust,” given the private nature of these artistic meditations. Gifting the collection to the University seems like an obvious choice; Diebenkorn was an alumnus (class of 1949), as were his wife, his daughter, Gretchen, and Gretchen’s husband, Richard Grant. Today, Gretchen and Richard Grant oversee the Diebenkorn Foundation, which is preparing a comprehensive, annotated catalog of the artist’s work. It’s one thing to obtain such a fabulous trove, quite another to display it to the public. Because of the delicate nature of the sketchbooks, visitors can’t leaf through them physically, but can scroll through their pages using a digital touchscreen. The digitization process also allows the note-

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On the day of his father’s death, Richard Diebenkorn sketched his father’s fedora, wing-tip shoe and handkerchief. books to be seen online, making them an important teaching tool that allows students to better understand Diebenkorn’s development and maturation, as well as his successful blending of abstract and figurative techniques. Gass noted that the sketchbooks are a way of “gaining insight into the way Diebenkorn experimented with line, shape, form and perspective, and creatively tackled challenging subjects.” Diebenkorn drew constantly, and the sketchbooks, most of which are not dated, reveal that virtually anything could absorb his attention. There is a pencil drawing of a parquet floor, one of a glass of water with the artist’s eyeglasses resting behind it and a thoughtful rendering of the artist himself, posed with hand on chin. It is clear the artist grabbed whatever notebook was handy and used whatever medium was nearby (pen, pencil or watercolor wash) to create the drawings. Some of them, such as the studies of arched windows, were done quickly with broad strokes. Others, like that of a bar scene in Ensenada, Mexico, are quite detailed. Most of the work is straightforward and objective, indicative of an artist working out technical concerns. One page, however, is a touching memorial to the artist’s father. There is the outline of a fedora, an intricately-detailed wing-tip shoe and a folded, monogrammed handkerchief with the terse, penciled-in notation, “Day of my father’s death.” Most Diebenkorn biographers suggest that the artist did not work from sketches, but a ballpoint pen drawing of a woman lying on the beach in a print bikini, head towards viewer, knees bent and arms at her side, may have been a precursor to the serenely beautiful oil painting, “Girl on the Beach” (1957), installed in the Anderson Collection. The late Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes referred to Richard Diebenkorn as “the dean of California painters.” To get a sense of how the artist was a master of both representational and abstract painting,

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Cantor Arts Center celebrates gift of Richard Diebenkorn’s sketchbooks

Richard Diebenkorn’s oil painting, “Palo Alto Circle,” 1943, shows the influence of Edward Hopper in its quiet atmosphere, strong horizontals and dramatic interplay of light and shadow.

by Sheryl Nonnenberg visitors can move from the notebooks to the contemporary gallery next door where “Ocean Park #94” is hung. The painting is part of the series created over a two-decade period when Diebenkorn was living in Los Angeles. His studio was in an industrial area of the city, and he captured the setting with large blocks of color, defined by lines creating geometric shapes. There is a marked stillness to this work, as the artist strove to capture air, light and mood in a solidly organized composition. Curator Jane Livingston, who wrote the essay for the 1998 Whitney Museum retrospective of Diebenkorn’s work, noted that the artist was very responsive to his physical environment, and “absorbed the aura of a place.” Much has been written about how Richard Diebenkorn was influenced, as a young art student at Stanford, by the work of Edward Hopper. “I embraced Hopper completely,” wrote Diebenkorn in 1985. “It was his use of light and shade and atmosphere ... kind of drenched, saturated with mood and its kind of austerity.” As luck would have it, visitors to the Cantor have a chance to compare and contrast the two artists, thanks to another recent and significant museum acquisition: Edward Hopper’s “New York Corner” (1913). The painting is noticeably smaller than the artist’s iconic “Nighthawks,” but is just as reflective of the artist’s theatrical, frozenmoment approach. It depicts a cool, wintry day in a not very glamorous part of New York City, with indistinct figures milling around in front of a closed drinking establishment. The colors are dark and subdued, except for the rather elaborate golden facade of the saloon with its illegible signage. The dark red brick building is contrasted by window shades rendered in deep hues of green, gold and tan. In the background, smoke spews from stacks, creating a bluegray haze in the air. Although it is one of the artist’s earliest works, critics of the period praised it as a “perfect visualization of a New York atmosphere.” The painting was part of an anonymous private collection until recently, when the Cantor staff learned of its availability. “We knew this was an incredibly rare

opportunity and determined we would do whatever we could to bring this seminal work into the collection,” explained Gass. “New York Corner” is hung in close proximity to the Diebenkorn exhibition, which also includes a loan of a group of early and never-before-seen Diebenkorn watercolors, executed during his Stanford days. The untitled works depict mainly rural locations, with barns, silos and outbuildings all drawn with a Hopper-like realism, complete with a sense of quiet isolation that makes up much of the American scene. Meanwhile, in Diebenkorn’s oil painting, “Palo Alto Circle” (1943), one really senses the impact of Hopper. The younger artist has used strong horizontals in his depiction of the ivory-colored stucco hotel, which is accentuated by a dramatic interplay of light and shadows. In addition to showing off these latest acquisitions, the Cantor is also celebrating the October opening of the McMurtry Building for Art and Art History with a large-scale exhibition of works from the permanent collection entitled “Artists at Work.” How would Richard Diebenkorn feel about the new emphasis on integrating the arts into the curriculum at his alma mater? “He was always interested in other disciplines along with art and felt that getting a good and serious education was an important part of life,” explained Gretchen Diebenkorn Grant. And now, Richard Diebenkorn’s sketchbooks, a repository of the private musings and innermost thoughts of a major American artist, are part of that education. Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com. What: Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed and Edward Hopper: “New York Corner” Where: The Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford When: Sept. 9-Feb. 8. Wednesday-Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Tuesday. Cost: Free Info: Go to museum.stanford.edu or call 650-723-4177.

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Family

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A reading of Uncle Elliot’s debut play leaves the rest of the family exhausted in TheatreWorks’ production of “The Country House.”

TheatreWorks presents Donald Margulies’ ‘The Country House’ by Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Nell (Marcia Pizzo) finds herself drawn to Michael (Jason Kuykendall) in “The Country House.”

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nna Patterson’s summer house in the Berkshires looks like the ideal place to spend a happy family vacation. There’s a deck out back beyond which stretches a verdant broadleaf forest. Inside, overstuffed gingham armchairs beckon, the vases are regularly filled with fresh flowers, and the living room bears all the signs of a well-heeled and comfortable clan: steamer trunks and wooden canoe paddles, baskets and masks brought back from exotic adventures, framed family photographs and shelves of board games. Evidence is everywhere of a life welllived — and yet this country house also serves as the container for grief, loneliness and existential angst.

Written more than 100 years after Anton Chekhov published “Uncle Vanya,” Donald Margulies’ 2014 play “The Country House” revisits classic Chekhovian themes: family rivalries, desire and rejection, painful self-analysis and the fear that life has been wasted. A family of actors gathers at its summer house in the Berkshires, where the memory of Kathy, lost one year earlier to cancer, is still fresh. Nevertheless, her widower Walter has brought along his beautiful young fiancee, Nell, a choice that doesn’t sit so well with his college-aged daughter, Susie, nor with her uncle, Elliot. Their host is Elliot’s mother and Susie’s grandmother, Anna, a grand dame of the stage whose every entrance and exit drips with theatricality; Anna has also invited her celebrity actor friend, Michael Astor, to spend a few nights. As directed by TheatreWorks’ Robert Kelley, this solid cast of six keeps the humor at a lively bubble above the simmering depths of resentment and jealousy. Kimberly King plays the queenly Anna, who drapes her aged-starlet body in gauzy pastel silks and glides through rooms making pronouncements it’s understood will go unchallenged. So unshakably in control is King’s Anna that even when she claims she has to avert her eyes from images of her deceased daughter, the protest feels more melodramatic than genuine. Meanwhile, her living son, Elliot (Stephen Muterspaugh), starts out as the funny guy with a self-deprecating bite, but drinks

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and broods until he’s spewing a special blend of caustically comical self-hatred. Fueled by his sister’s death and steeped in thespian impulses, Elliot is Margulies’ Vanya, a depressive giving voice to the emptiness we all feel but elect not to discuss in polite company, especially before dinner. “How did I become this ... sad excuse for a man,” he demands of his mother at the crux of his agony. “I wasted so much time! On what? Auditions! Rehearsals for living, not living.” One can almost hear Chekhov’s antihero muttering in the wings: “When you have no real life then you live with mirages. At least it’s better than nothing.” The non-bloods in this family gathering include successful film director Walter (Gary S. Martinez), lithe and limber B-actress Nell (Marcia Pizzo) and hunky movie star Michael (Jason Kuykendall), each of whom alternates between skirting the cesspool of Elliot’s anger and diving in to wrestle with him. “You’ve always been slightly unhinged, but in a benign sort of way,” a shaky Walter concludes after a confrontation between them escalates to physical violence. It’s only golden boy Michael who seems nearly impervious to Elliot’s vitriol. He alone escapes the holiday unscathed: slightly more confused than when he arrived, but no less charmed. At the center of this swirling family fiasco is Yale coed Susie, the only representative of her generation and the only one with the power to heal the wound of her mother’s death. Her comings and goings are accompanied by the songs of Joni Mitchell, an artist emblematic of gutsy emotional honesty. Like the singer whose lyrics surge through her earbuds, Susie looks unflinchingly at both sides, loves her histrionic family members for who they are and calmly declines to follow them into

a profession her own father calls “an odd pursuit, when you stop to think about it: Grown people shouting in rooms missing a fourth wall.” In the end, it’s not Anna but Susie, the motherless daughter, who has the power to break through Uncle Elliot’s anguish. The play’s final scene sees Susie, Elliot and Anna huddled together around a family photo album, finally confronting their loss together and giggling over a memory of “the saddest, flattest, home-baked birthday cake” and how they “devoured it, till there was nothing left on the plate but crumbs.” After all the witty quips about Hollywood sellouts and small-town theater companies, it’s no easy task to transition into an utterly sincere redemption scene full of laughter and quiet weeping, and in this production, the play’s closing moments are also some of its weakest. Yet despite its sentimentality, the final scene comes as a relief, pointing as it does to the truths that lie beneath the mirages projected by this family, and the love that remains even when everything seems lost. Andrea Bechert’s stunning set houses the drama beautifully, but it’s the actors who carry this compelling production all the way through to its bittersweet end. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@ paweekly.com.

What: “The Country House,” presented by TheatreWorks Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Through Sept. 20. See website for full schedule. Cost: $19-$74 Info: Go to theatreworks.org or call 650463-1960.

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Film

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Head to downtown Menlo Park tonight, Friday, Sept. 4, to watch a group of intergalactic criminals try to stop a fanatical warrior from taking over the universe. The 2014 film “Guardians of the Galaxy” will screen for free at 7:45 p.m. at the new pop-up park at Chestnut Street and Santa Cruz Avenue. BYO chair or blanket and snacks. Go to goo.gl/T7uM7v.

Books ‘Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My ... !’ There are many ways to make it onto the New York Times’ best-seller list. For Adam Mansbach, the secret lay in writing a bedtime story not for kids, but for their parents: 2011’s “Go the F--- to Sleep” (Google it for a priceless video of Samuel L. Jackson reading the book aloud). Now, Mansbach has teamed up with comedy writer and producer Alan Zweibel to pen “Benjamin Franklin: Huge Page in My ... !,” a middle-grades novel involving a stupid extra-credit assignment, a really embarrassing stepfather and a very surprising pen pal. Mansbach and Zweibel will appear at Menlo Park’s Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. Join them for an evening of beer, snacks and laugh-outloud humor. You might want to leave the kids at home for this one. Tickets are $10. Go to keplers.com or call 650-324-4321.

Art Public art planning Want to help shape the future of public art in Palo Alto? Bring your ideas and visions to the next Public Art Master Plan community outreach meeting, held at Palo Alto’s downtown library, 270 Forest Ave., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m. There is no fee to attend. Go to goo.gl/p6liiP or call 650-329-2227.

Concert Dave Matthews Band The Dave Matthews Band has enjoyed one of the healthiest fan bases of any modern rock band — and the fandom lives on. DMB plays Mountain View’s

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Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $89. Go to theshorelineamphitheatre.com.

Exhibit San Mateo County History Museum Ever wonder about the history of this region? On the first Friday of every month, the San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, opens its doors for free. On Friday, Sept. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., you can learn about the history of the region from the time of the Native Americans to the era of big tech. Playing in the Past: a preschool activity hour starts at 11 a.m. A docent-led museum tour begins at 2 p.m. Go to goo.gl/OrVyT7 or call 650-299-0104.

Dance Ballet open house Kids love to dance, and on Friday, Sept. 11, they can dance for free at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, #G6. Between 10:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., the Silicon Valley Ballet School will be offering an open house in which kids age 10 and under can participate or observe. Costumed dancers from the professional company will also perform. Go to balletsj.org, email school@balletsj.org or call 408-288-2820, ext. 223. Q

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In my 42 years here, our food choices have gone from dismal to delightful, with some notably worrisome exceptions. Let me explain. For many years, I was the San Jose Mercury News’ restaurant critic, and then one of the freelance restaurant reviewers for the newspaper you are reading now. Lots of great meals under my expanding belt. Now, it’s time to move my foraging to Berkeley, where I hear there is some pretty good food. Here are a few parting thoughts about the local food scene. Despite phenomenal population growth and new construction, we Peninsula-dwellers still enjoy the personal touch in food stores and restaurants. When I moved here in 1973, the owner of Golden Crescent Bakery in downtown Palo Alto cheerfully greeted everyone, knew what kind of bread you liked and always offered kids a cookie. We can still experience personal interaction in cafes and family-owned food purveyors such as Charley Noodle & Grill and Dittmer’s (continued on page 24)

BY SHEILA HIMMEL PHOTOS BY VERONICA WEBER

Food writer Sheila Himmel says goodbye to the Peninsula after more than 40 years.

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Sheila Himmel (continued from page 23)

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In the same way, our thriving farmers markets pulse with the energy of neighbors brushing elbows, stopping to chat with each other and with the vendors who have grown the produce they’re selling. Farmers care about giving us a good product. They want return customers — and we may return for years, long enough to greet the farmers’ kids.

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However, the creep of cookiecutter chains is troubling. They smell more like market research than true enjoyment of food. If you’ve eaten at Google, Facebook or a Bay Area airport, you know this food. Some of it is good. There is a place for The Counter and Chipotle and Asian Box; just don’t let them muscle out places like Kirk’s Steakburgers, Los Altos Taqueria and Dohatsuten. Regrets? I’ve had a few. I regret that only recently did I dare to enter Antonio’s Nut House on California Avenue. The very non-Palo Alto parking lot crowd scared me away. The place is totally fun with friendly bartenders, decent Mexican food at the taqueria inside and a colorful, non-threatening clientele. I regret that while diners complained for years about poor service in restaurants, their No. 1 complaint today is noise. Can you hear us? Restaurants are too loud. And I regret a downtown Palo Alto that lost a French bistro like L’Amie Donia and gained a Cheesecake Factory. On the other hand, Town & Country Village’s rise from the dead comes in large part thanks to a tidal wave of eateries at a range of price points. Also, of course, there’s Trader Joe’s. Be still my heart. Midtown now has excellent fish tacos at Sancho’s Taqueria, and a bit down the road, Philz Coffee is soon to be joined by San Jose’s popular Bill’s Cafe for family breakfast and lunch. Downtown Los Altos, too, is now full of pedestrians, sometimes even at night. From the reborn Cho’s Mandarin Dim Sum to the new Safeway, change has been good. Downtown Mountain View was a singular beacon of gastronomic light back in the 1970s — the place to go for Chinese, Mexican and the early wave of Vietnamese restaurants. We can also thank Mountain View for introducing regional Chinese food. More recently, Mountain View has been a good source of high-quality nouveau Vietnamese and Indian cuisine. Then there’s coffee. When I moved here, Peet’s in Menlo Park was the only purveyor of fresh coffee beans. That may be the biggest change of all. I leave you with this final note:

Goodnight, Silicon Valley Goodnight, Evvia Goodnight, Madera Goodnight, potato chips at Fry’s Goodnight, downtown streets full of hungry guys (and the occasional woman) Goodnight, inescapable salads of kale Goodnight, beloved Milk Pail Goodnight, restaurant investors enriched by tech rally Goodnight, Silicon Valley.

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OPENINGS

Meet coot ‘Grandma’ a plum role for Lily Tomlin 000 (Guild) “You know, you need to be able to say, ‘Screw you’ sometimes.” That’s the hard-earned lesson a grandmother passes down to her granddaughter in Paul Weitz’s “Grandma,” a tailor-made vehicle for the great Lily Tomlin. At a

compact 80 minutes, “Grandma” is built only to go so far, but with a willful briskness — and a grand old dame star — that propels it along. Tomlin plays Elle Reid, a feminist poet and sometime profes-

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sor whose twilight years find her stewing in depression and anger. Precious memories of her longtime companion Vi have vied with current girlfriend Olivia (Judy Greer) and won: Elle ruefully dumps her decades-younger former student at the film’s outset. Just at this vulnerable moment, Elle’s granddaughter, Sage (Julia Garner of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) arrives to beg a loan of $630 to pay for an abortion. Her die-hard feminist grandma doesn’t think too hard before committing to help, but the momentarily cash-and-creditpoor Elle will have to call in every last favor, bite every last bullet, and maybe even bury a hatchet or two to find the money. The tightly contained road trip that follows lines up an increasingly impressive series of guest stars to tangle with Tomlin and slowly unfold Elle’s backstory. After making a scene with a barista (John Cho) and shaking down the baby daddy (Nat Wolff), Elle plies friends of varying degrees (the late Elizabeth Peña, Laverne Cox) before crawling to the real hard

Nick Nolte and Robert Redford play an odd couple hiking the Appalachian trail in “A Walk in the Woods.”

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‘Grandma’ (continued from previous page)

cases: the mystery man (Sam Elliott) in this lesbian’s closet and, in a foregone conclusion, the woman between Elle and Sage: “Ma” Judy (Marcia Gay Harden). The early scenes self-consciously work to establish Elle’s cranky bona fides, from the “As Good As It Gets” playbook of no-nonsense, potty-mouthed elders. As expert as comic performers come, Tomlin can toss off this shtick in her sleep, but once she’s going toe-totoe with Elliott and the alwayson-fire Harden, it’s game on for the stars and writer-director Weitz (“About a Boy,” “Admission”). At last, we get the deeply felt, nuanced performances promised by the film’s nascent Oscar buzz. “Grandma” looks at abortion from both practical and emotional vantage points without dwelling on the politics. In point

of fact, the pro-choice picture is about life choices in general: the mistakes, the canny choices, the good luck and the bad we make for ourselves. Rated R for language and some sexual references. One hour, 44 minutes. — Peter Canavese

‘Walk’ (continued from previous page)

cheerily showing open contempt, partly by his lack of knowledge and preparation. As directed by sitcom vet Ken Kwapis (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”), all the scene lacks is a telltale laugh track to underline the film’s choice of a broad comic tone, with a likeably coasting Redford cast as put-upon straight man. Kwapis’ film (with a screenplay by Rick Kerb and Bill Holderman) adapts Bryson’s “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America

on the Appalachian Trail.” In both book and film, the writer decides to satisfy his latest wanderlust by hiking the entire 2,118 miles of the trail, a journey that will take five months. “I want to explore nature ... get back to my roots ... push myself,” he explains in the movie. Bryson’s wife of 40 years, Catherine (Emma Thompson) insists that it’s not safe to go alone, so Bryson calls all his friends. To his chagrin, only a non-invitee responds, having caught wind of the plan. This is the pseudonymous Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte), who once traveled Europe with Bryson but whose language — and body language — evoke a bull in a china shop. Nolte conveys the distressing ill health of a sedentary alcoholic; the actor does this effortlessly, and could hardly be more grizzled if he tried. Together, the men encourage each other to finish the trail and to become more authentic to themselves and others. When Bryson notes that most

Appalachian Trail hikers wash out after a week, Katz replies, “We’re not most people, Bryson.” This may be true, but “A Walk in the Woods” ends up being like most comedies, “The Odd Couple II” in particular. Redford and Nolte are no Lemmon and Matthau, but these grumpy old men are agreeable company, much as the film is agreeably scenic. There’s also something potentially fresh in the film’s “75 is the new

MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted. For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. A Walk in the Woods (R) ++ Aquarius Theatre: 11:45 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. American Ultra (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 10:15 p.m. Amy (R)

Palo Alto Square: Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m. Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 3:25 & 7:30 p.m.

Anastasia (1956) (Not Rated)

Ant-Man (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:30, 7:25 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. Bells are Ringing (1960) (Not Rated) Bhale Bhale Magadivoi (Not Rated) The End of the Tour (R) +++1/2

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“BLINDINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND METICULOUSLY ASSEMBLED.” —JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

“A MOVING TALE OF SUPER HUMAN PERSEVERANCE.”

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GRANDMA

It Should Happen to You (1954) (Not Rated) Learning to Drive (R)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:55 a.m., 1, 4:10, 7:05 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2:10, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:45 p.m. Meru (R) Century 20: 2:25 & 7:35 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., 4:45 & 7:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 2:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:45, 4:05 & 6:45 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., Fri & Sat 11:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 2:30, 5:30, 8:35 & 10:25 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:55, 4 & 7:15 p.m., Sun 4:20 & 7:20 p.m. In D-BOX at 11:20 a.m., 2:30, 5:30 & 8:35 p.m. Mistress America (R) ++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 1, 3, 5:15, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 1:25, 3:45, 6, 8:15 & 10:30 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 & 9:55 p.m.

THE SEATTLE TIMES

Silk Stockings (1957) (Not Rated)

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Guild Theatre: Sat 11:59 p.m.

Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 5:20 & 9:25 p.m.

Century 16: 9:30 p.m.

Southpaw (R)

Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 4:45 & 10 p.m.

Straight Outta Compton (R) Century 16: 9 & 11 a.m., 12:25, 2:20, 3:55, 5:45, 7:30, 9:15 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3:40, 7 & 10:15 p.m., Fri & Sun 9:15 p.m., Sat 9:20 p.m. Century 16: Sun 2 p.m.

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Trainwreck (R) Century 16: 5:05 p.m., Sat & Sun 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:50, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:40 p.m.

—KENNETH TURAN, LOS ANGELES TIMES

The Transporter Refueled (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:55 a.m., 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:35 p.m. In X-D at 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10 & 10:40 p.m. D-BOX at 11:30 a.m., 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:35 p.m.

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Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Not Rated) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m.

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

BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R)

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Inside Out (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: 9:10 & 11:45 a.m., 2:20 & 4:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

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Hitman: Agent 47 (R) Century 16: 12:05 & 2:35 p.m., Fri & Sun 8 p.m.

Pixels (PG-13) +1/2

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The Gift (R) Century 16: 9 & 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 5:15 & 7:55 p.m., Fri & Sun 10:40 p.m., Sat 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m.

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55” attitude. It’s just that the sudden, serious climax is so awkward as to sheepishly call attention to itself (“That was a nice moment,” Nolte croaks. “Real dramatic.”), while the few funny bits and sharp lines amount to fool’s gold scattered around a claim that never satisfactorily pays off. Rated R for language and some sexual references. One hour, 44 minutes. — Peter Canavese

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lanning — as much as possible — for the unknowable but inevitable circumstances at the end of life is the topic of a fall lecture series organized by residents of Channing House. Beginning Sept. 9, the seven sessions led by medical, religious and legal professionals will explore questions about hospice, ethics, medical decision-making in times of crisis and other concerns. “We all know that death in a way is part of life, but most of us prefer not to dwell on it too much and pretend that, ‘Oh yes, it happens to other people but not to us — or at least not yet,’� said

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Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement award Do you know a 65-plus, Peninsula resident who has made significant contributions to the community? Please submit his or her name for consideration for the Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement award. If selected, they will join the ranks of community leaders and innovators such as Barbara Carlitz, Ann DeBusk, Bob Harrington, Gib Myers, and Allan and Mary Seid. To submit suggestions for a community hero, contact Monica Davis at Avenidas at 650-289-5445 or mdavis@ avenidas.org. The deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 30.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE ... Dancing from the inside out, or Wu Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan, a free dance class, will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6-7:15 p.m., at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St. For more information, call 650289-5400.

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that off ahead of time,” Stangl said. “I thought it would be useful to look at it systematically, in a structured and sane and well-considered fashion — looking at all the options and perspectives and what services and agencies are there to assist in a situation that’s very difficult for a lot of people to face, for whatever reason.” Stangl assembled a working group of fellow Channing House residents, some of whom had been involved in a smaller but similar program in 2011, and they reached out to contacts in the field. The resulting fall lecture series includes speakers such as lawyer and Stanford postdoctoral fellow Stephanie Alessi, whose research relates to informed consent, research ethics and clinical communication; hospice and palliative care nurse Linda Conti of Pathways Home Health & Hospice; physician and Channing House Medical Director Jessica Davidson; physician Elizabeth Menkin, founder of Coda Alliance, a community coalition for end-oflife care; Rabbi Eric Weiss, CEO of the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center and co-founder of “Grief & Growing: A Healing Weekend for Individuals and Families;” and Mel Matsumoto, executive director of Channing House. Channing House residents who helped in the planning include Ann Clark, Nancy Flowers, Tom Forrest, Karen Fry, Harry Hartzell and Ellen Uhrbrock. Stangl said he hoped to open the lectures to the community once Channing House residents and their families are accommodated. But at press time, he was unsure how many spaces would be available. For more information, email elipsis@channinghouse.org. “We are coming around to the idea that this set of presentations is a pilot project to test their scalability toward a communitywide replay sometime,” he said. Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

Peter Stangl will be leading a six-part, end-of-life lecture series at Channing House in September.

GO FOR LIFE ... September is Go4Life Month at Palo Alto’s Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, a monthlong celebration of active aging. The center’s Goldman Sports & Wellness Complex invites adults 50 and over to participate in more than 10 free classes, including chair yoga, cardio dance, “aqua balance” and more. The program, in collaboration with the White House Conference on Aging, seeks to empower older adults to become more physically active. It is open to JCC members and nonmembers alike. “You are never too old for physical activities or exercise,” said JCC group fitness

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Senior Focus (continued from page 29) manager Scott Anderson. For more information on the monthlong activities, contact Anderson at groupex@ paloaltojcc.org or 650-223-8711, or visit bit.ly/Go4LifeMonth. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT ... Geriatric care manager Stephne Lencioni of Pathways Home Health will address the Parkinson’s Support Group on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2-3:30 p.m., at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St. The free group, sponsored by the Stanford Parkinson’s Outreach and Caregiver Support Program, offers a supportive environment for people with Parkinson’s disease and their family, friends and caregivers. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, contact Robin Riddle at rriddle@ stanford.edu or 650-724-6090. SERVICE DOGS ... How do veterans and people with disabilities restore their independence by training and living with a service dog? Kathy Waddell, who received training at Operation Freedom Paws of Gilroy, will introduce her service dog, Crystal, and discuss their experiences there. The free talk will be on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 1 p.m. in the social hall of the Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. To reserve a seat, call the center at 650-903-6330. FALL CLASS REGISTRATION ... Classes and workshops in art, computers, writing, languages, music, storytelling, literature and fitness classes geared toward older adults are available at Avenidas this fall. Many of them begin next week. To register, go to avenidas.org or stop by the front desk at 450 Bryant St.

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MEMOIR WRITING ... Author, columnist and feature writer Phyllis Butler offers a memoir writing class to help women interpret the context of their lives. The class is held on Thursdays, from noon to 1 p.m., through the New Year at Deborah’s Palm, 555 Lytton Ave. It costs $15 per session or $50 for a four-class series. For more information, contact Butler at 650-326-0723 or butlerphyllis@att.net. TRENDS IN DEMENTIA ... More than 46 million people live with dementia worldwide — more than the population of California — and that number is projected to increase to 131.5 million by 2050, according to a recent report published by the London-based Alzheimer’s Disease International. The report, titled World Alzheimer Report 2015: The Global Impact of Dementia, analyzed prevalence, incidence, cost and trends in the disease. The estimated worldwide cost of dementia is $818 billion, and it will become a trillion-dollar disease by 2018, the report said. If it were a country, it would be the world’s 18th largest economy, more than the market values of companies such as Apple, Exxon and Google. Despite a growing awareness of dementia in many parts of the world, a diagnosis in many cases brings with it stigma and social isolation, the report said. An estimated 94 percent of people with dementia in low- and middle-income countries are cared for at home, and health systems often provide limited or no support.

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TOMATO EXTRAVAGANZA ... Try all things tomato at Gamble Garden’s third annual Tomato Extravaganza on Saturday, Sept. 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. During the event, guests can taste different tomato varieties, share their tomato harvest, learn about tomatoes and meet other tomato enthusiasts. While the event is free, registration is requested. To register, email admin@ gamblegarden.org or call 650329-1356. Info: gamblegarden. org/event/3rd-annual-tomatoextravaganza

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PARK EXPLORATION ... Explore Byxbee Park with Ranger Rich Bicknell on Sunday, Sept. 13, 10-11 a.m. Participants will meet at the Byxbee Park parking lot, 2500 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. From there, they will blaze a trail together — no two Byxbee Park adventures are the same. Birds, plants, bugs and more can be seen while exploring. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is free and can be done online. Info: bit.ly/ ByxbeePark

HOME EXPO ... Join homeowners and remodeling professionals at the second annual Design & Build Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Silicon Valley chapter and will take place at 600 E. Trimble Road, San Jose. The expo will feature exhibits and presentations about current remodeling topics and technology. In addition, guests can win prizes, enjoy food, and network with professionals and homeowners. Tickets can be purchased online, and cost $10 for NARI members and $15 for nonmembers. Info: narisv.org/annual-expo

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long College Avenue just north of El Camino Real, Canopy’s Young Tree Care Survey manager Elizabeth Greenfield and program director Michael Hawkins stopped on Aug. 11 to survey a young tree living on the side of the street. They started at the top of the checklist that Greenfield has displayed on her phone.

Uriel Hernandez, Canopy outreach and program coordinator, clears mulch from around the base of the young tree along El Camino Real during a Canopy Young Tree Care Survey.

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REVITALIZATION ... Put your handyperson skills to use in East Palo Alto during Habitat for Humanity’s “Building Blocks: EPA” event from Sept. 23-25. Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco is partnering with homeowners and local organizations to revitalize homes, community facilities and landscapes in East Palo Alto. The three-day project ends with a block party on Friday, Sept. 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m., at the East Palo Alto Seventh-day Adventist Church, 994 Beech St., East Palo Alto. Info: habitatgsf.org/get-involved/events/ buildingblocks

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From left, Maika Horjus, Canopy communications and outreach manager; Jenny Wei, volunteer; and Marian and David Cortesi, volunteers, gather around the young tree as Uriel Hernandez, Canopy outreach and program coordinator, tests the soils moisture level on Aug. 11.

Michael Hawkins, Canopy program director, enters the tree data into Canopy’s new tree survey app.

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“What’s the health rating?” Greenfield asked, deferring to Hawkins, the certified arborist. “Good,” he replied. They continued down the list, marking items of homeowner concern, such as if it needs water, mulch or weeding. Then, they checked off the city’s responsibilities: basin rebuilding, pruning, restaking and root clearing. After the hands-on inspection, Greenfield whipped out a tree care brochure, wrote the homeowner a note and signed it with a doodle of a tree. This detailed tree survey is thanks to the local nonprofit Canopy. Since 2001, the organization has surveyed most of the city’s trees under the age of 5. This year, 44 volunteers logged 230 hours surveying 712 trees, up from 556 in 2014. The 2015 Young Tree Care Survey spanned from July 11 to Aug. 17 and included volunteers of all ages, with a majority of them being high schoolers. Before volunteers started their leg work, Greenfield compiled

the 40 routes and created the mobile app this year to streamline data processing. After more than 100 hours of work, Canopy had a working mobile app that made the survey process easier for volunteers and allowed Greenfield to quickly turn survey data into a final report for the city. “There are a world of little maintenance jobs that the city or someone has to do,” said Canopy volunteer David Cortesi. “Tree surveys are one of them. I volunteer because you feel like you are seeding your world with good health.” Canopy’s connection with the city stretches back to 1996, when the Palo Alto City Council allocated funds toward a group of residents who would serve as the community’s resource for tree matters. Through the tree survey, Canopy advances its mission of “educating, inspiring and engaging the community” while providing hard data directly to the Public Works (continued on page 34)

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Urban Forestry Section staff. The city staff then adds this data to its TreeKeeper program, which contains data about the more than 35,000 trees in Palo Alto, said the city’s urban forester Walter Passmore. Throughout the survey and in a final report, Greenfield sent “red flag” tree notices to the city staff so they could act on them immediately. This year, only 4 percent

were labeled “red flag,” down from 6 percent in 2014. “Thirsty trees” also get reported, and because of the drought, Greenfield was not shocked to learn this number had risen from 39 percent in 2014 to 51 percent in 2015. When trees are marked as “thirsty,” volunteers note it on the brochure given to the residents. That gives the resident a chance to correct the parchedness before the city’s water truck driver makes his rounds from April to November. If the tree still needs water, Passmore said the city’s

HOME SALES

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

East Palo Alto

999 Bay Road White Trust to J. Hernandez for $500,000 on 07/30/15; previous sale 05/29/1975, $14,500 140 Daphne Way W. Shen to S. Shah for $660,000 on 07/24/15; previous sale 12/03/2014, $370,000 2361 Poplar Ave. Sukekane Trust to Rebuilding Together Peninsula for $332,000 on 07/28/15 1238 Saratoga Ave. K. Clark to X. Zhang for $615,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 12/16/2010, $289,000 211 Verbena Drive A. Ortiz to Y. Li for $600,000 on 07/29/15; previous sale 04/07/1995, $137,500 236 Wisteria Drive D. Garcia to Valleyone Investment for $565,000 on 07/27/15; previous sale 03/24/2000, $320,000

Los Altos

22180 Cloverly Court R. York to A. Chaudhary for $1,995,000 on 07/31/15 4388 El Camino Real, #239 L. & L. Chua to R. Jang for $1,540,000 on 07/30/15; previous sale 03/11/2010, $675,000 760 S. El Monte Ave. J. & K. Jeon to S. Reddy for $1,800,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 05/16/2006, $1,053,000 1331 Holly Ave. R. Niki to P. Tran for $2,550,000 on 07/31/15 426 Los Ninos Way Ralles Trust to Y. Yo for $2,710,000 on 08/05/15 432 Tyndall St., #A Becker Trust to Y. Xu for $1,466,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 09/11/2012, $1,098,000 250 Yerba Santa Ave. Mclure

Tree Care Survey, or volunteer at a tree planting event. Dates and times can be found at ca nopy.org /p ro grams/tree-planting. Reed Garber, Canopy volunteer and former intern, is thankful for his own Canopy experience. Through training and his internship, he learned more about pruning and general tree care knowledge, such as how deep to plant a tree and how to cover the base with mulch. He also appreciates Canopy’s planting program because it helps the community take Stakes support a young tree outside of the ownership of its California Avenue Caltrain station. trees. “It makes people respect the trees,” Associate Editor Brenna he said. “Young trees are going Malmberg can be emailed at to be those next big trees.” Q bmalmberg@paweekly.com. Veronica Weber

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Maika Horjus, Canopy communications and outreach manager, writes a note on a tree care brochure before leaving it at a resident’s doorstep.

water truck driver gives the tree a drink and the resident is notified. In addition to watering, city staff replaces and fixes stakes, re-ties trees to stakes, prunes and rebuilds basins as needed. The water truck driver does much of this work during his weekly 2 a.m. to noon shift, Passmore said. Despite drought conditions and water restrictions, the Young Tree Care Survey reported the overall health ratings are up in 2015, with 70 percent receiving a “good” or “excellent” rating, compared to 65 percent in 2014. In addition, the city has not seen an increase in fallen limbs, Passmore said. But, this good news is coupled with a slight uptick in mortality for Palo Alto’s entire tree canopy. He said 410 trees had to be removed in 2014, compared with 314 in 2013 and 200 in 2012. “In perspective,” Passmore said, “it’s not going to take away from our green, leafy canopy. We are still hovering at only 1 percent when you consider we have 35,000 trees.” It’s thanks to the city’s continual inspections and Canopy’s tree survey that Palo Alto residents have access to these figures and know the trees are accounted for. Plus, new trees are planted every year to add to Palo Alto’s canopy, including 712 so far in 2015. If residents want to help support the city’s trees, they can participate in next year’s Young

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SALES AT A GLANCE East Palo Alto

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $332,000 Highest sales price: $660,000

Total sales reported: 17 Lowest sales price: $635,000 Highest sales price: $30,000,000

Los Altos

Portola Valley

Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $1,466,000 Highest sales price: $3,055,000

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $2,000,000 Highest sales price: $3,015,000

Menlo Park

Woodside

Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $650,000 Highest sales price: $3,005,000

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $1,857,500 Highest sales price: $12,875,000 Source: California REsource

Mountain View Total sales reported: 18 Lowest sales price: $551,000 Highest sales price: $1,975,000

$1,000,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 05/30/1975, $35,500 1963 Rock St. #24 D. & I. Beltran to L. Pan for $1,150,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 07/09/2010, $590,000 49 Showers Drive, #A338 J. Welsh to S. Kashyap for $650,000 on 07/30/15 468 Sierra Vista Ave., #13 R. Tumber to L. Larsen for $551,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 09/29/2005, $411,000 944 Sladky Ave. J. & K. Diorio to M. & L. Sathy for $1,975,000 on 08/04/15; previous sale 07/27/2010, $1,125,000 568 Toft St. Hayano Trust to E. Mandelli for $1,525,000 on 07/30/15; previous sale 09/16/1993, $282,000 532 Tyrella Ave., #3 XChange Solutions to S. Cheng for $808,000 on 07/30/15; previous sale 04/27/2015, $725,000

Palo Alto

Trust to M. & T. Roccasaiva for $3,055,000 on 08/05/15

Menlo Park

530 Central Ave. J. & C. Garagozzo to S. Breber for $3,005,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 07/19/2011, $812,500 300 Hedge Road Bryck Trust to J. Chiang for $1,745,000 on 07/27/15; previous sale 07/11/2000, $800,000 1120 Hillview Drive Mao Trust to Townsend Trust for $2,988,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 12/03/1997, $712,000 514 Laurel Ave. S. Madadi to Q. Sun for $2,700,000 on 07/28/15; previous sale 10/18/2013, $1,235,000 165 O’Keefe St., #18 Koontz Trust to M. Silveira for $650,000 on 07/24/15; previous sale 01/29/1988, $120,000 508 San Benito Ave. Hill-Winterburn Trust to P. & S. Gupta for $1,775,000 on 07/24/15 2010 Santa Cruz Ave. Caccia Trust to L. Peng for $1,730,000

on 07/28/15 298 Stanford Ave. Rowe Trust to J. Quan for $2,300,000 on 07/28/15; previous sale 04/03/1972, $37,000 11 Sunset Lane K. & M. Barton to B. & C. Walsh for $2,350,000 on 07/24/15 1014 Windermere Ave. E. Rauch to X. Wu for $1,625,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 01/12/2000, $212,500

Mountain View

217 Ada Ave., #45 E. Baum to M. & S. Vemoory for $1,050,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 07/24/1991, $277,500 282 College St. C. & M. Kao to C. Qiu for $1,180,000 on 07/30/15; previous sale 05/25/2007, $634,500 505 Cypress Point Drive, #48 Brothers Trust to Y. Howard for $560,000 on 08/04/15 1853 Doane Ave. Williams Trust to A. Aparadh for $1,558,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 02/14/2002, $493,000

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71 Gladys Ave. D. & L. Tokmakjian to H. Xu for $841,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 01/29/2003, $348,000 194 Greyhawk Court R. & J. Pineda to A. & V. Shah for $1,140,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 12/14/2007, $714,500 464 Kasra Drive, #2 P. Banerji to G. Balachandran for $940,000 on 08/04/15; previous sale 08/29/2007, $661,500 278 Monroe Drive, #20 Chan Trust to Y. Han for $718,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 11/24/2009, $395,000 189 Owens Court J. Sanderson to Z. Zhang for $1,270,000 on 08/04/15; previous sale 04/01/2011, $659,000 1848 Peacock Ave. F. & J. Munoz to B. & J. Ghaziani for $1,060,000 on 08/04/15; previous sale 03/1979, $62,500 757 Rainbow Drive P. Cunningham to D. Pratt for $730,000 on 07/31/15 1762 Rock St. Ginsling-Goldstein Trust to M. McCreavy for

863 Altaire Walk Y. Zhou to M. Wu for $1,400,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 04/04/2014, $1,250,000 936 Boyce Ave. G. Chichilnisky to E. Chichilnisky for $1,700,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 06/25/2015, $1,950,000 921 Colorado Ave. Krupp Trust to G. Li for $1,700,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 12/23/1976, $67,700 1950 Cowper St. Arrillaga Trust to Cowper Limited for $30,000,000 on 07/30/15 360 Everett Ave., #1B Alvord Trust to B. Kaplan for $1,525,000 on 07/30/15; previous sale 01/04/2005, $665,000 252 Fairfield Court Bourquin Trust to A. & A. Syed for $2,100,000 on 07/31/15 774 Gailen Court Robinson Trust to Cho Trust for $2,200,000 on 07/31/15 459 Homer Ave., #3 Nadine Trust to J. Wu for $1,920,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 12/27/1993, $300,000 385 Leland Ave. S. Xiong

to G. Xiong for $2,585,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 10/17/2013, $1,625,000 818 Los Robles Ave. G. Xiong to Los Roble Limited for $2,585,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 05/07/2010, $1,150,000 380 MacLane St. Stedman Trust to D. Hong for $2,110,000 on 07/31/15 3901 Middlefield Road, #E M. Dowd to S. Rajagopal for $635,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 11/14/1986, $95,000 777 San Antonio Road, #77 Reidenbach Trust to S. & V. Sharma for $980,000 on 07/30/15 660 Seale Ave. D. Clark to Z. Wenjie for $3,700,000 on 07/31/15 909 Sycamore Drive F. & K. Vandenhaak to Bansal Trust for $3,700,000 on 07/30/15 643 Tennyson Ave. Sauln Trust to Red Maple Garden Holding for $7,750,000 on 07/30/15 2137 Wellesley St. Heley Trust to R. Duriseti for $2,100,000 on 08/04/15; previous sale 10/08/2013, $1,081,000

Portola Valley

125 Bear Gulch Drive Elmore Trust to N. & E. Sanders for $3,015,000 on 07/29/15 23 Linaria Way A. Doherty to SBM Investments for $2,700,000 on 07/31/15; previous sale 05/26/1981, $425,000 142 Pecora Way Petrak Trust to Anderson Trust for $2,000,000 on 07/31/15

Woodside

240 Cinnabar Road Quiver Ventures to Cnbrhills Inc. for $12,875,000 on 07/24/15; previous sale 03/22/2005, $13,500,000 4260 Jefferson Ave. F. Verdoliva to J. & A. Green for $1,857,500 on 07/24/15; previous sale 09/20/2000, $1,150,000 3577 Tripp Road Mosman Trust to Triton Property Investments for $6,800,000 on 07/23/15; previous sale 01/02/1986, $650,000

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333 Raymundo Drive, Woodside

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$3,898,000

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Make sure all doors to the outside are metal or solid, 1 žâ€? hardwood and have good, sturdy locks.

Keep your doors, even if you’re at home. Get your children into this habit, too. Always lock your home when you go out, even if it’s only for a few minutes.

Secure sliding glass doors with commercially available bars or locks, or put a wooden dowel or broomstick in the door track.

Make sure your windows, especially at ground level, have good locks and use them.

Make sure all porches and other possible entrances are well-lit. Motion-sensing lights are a good choice for outdoor lights.

Trim bushes or trees that hide doors or windows. Keep ladders, tools, and other equipment inside when you’re not using them.

Don’t hand out keys to friends even if they are trustworthy. Know the location of all your house keys all the time. Also, keep your car keys and house keys on a

different ring if you ever use valet parking, or leave your keys with parking lot attendants or even at a repair garage.

Empty boxes out by the curb triggers an alarm to would-be thieves. Instead of putting boxes out in plain sight, cut them down and stuff them in trash bags.

Keep written records of all furniture, jewelry and electronic products in a safety deposit box, fireproof safe, or other secure place. Take pictures or a video, and keep purchase information and serial numbers if available. These help law enforcement agencies track recovered items.

“The Palo Alto Weekly is THE best vehicle to highlight my real estate practice in the mid-peninsula.â€? – Miles McCormick “With more than $1 billion in Residential Real Estate sales since 1995 and the #1 ranked team at Keller Williams nationally out of 75,000 agents, I know what works. The Palo Alto Weekly is an integral part of my marketing campaigns and custom tailored presentations of homes in the mid-peninsula. In any price range, my clients deserve a ďŹ rst-class presentation. With its high integrity, the Palo Alto Weekly provides this.â€?

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Clearly display your house number so police and other emergency vehicles can find your home quickly. “Preparation is the best way to protect yourself against crime. Arm yourself with the knowledge to keep you safe, and always trust your instinct. If you feel something is not right, it probably is,� says Chris Isaacson, president of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORSŽ. Visit www.realtor.org/safety for more information on how to stay safe in your home, on the road and in your place of business. *** Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORSŽ. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement 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) 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) 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) MISS VIETNAM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOA HAU AO DAI BAC CALI MISS VIETNAM NORTHERN CA HOA HAU AO DAI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608521 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Miss Vietnam of Northern California Hoa Hau Ao Dai Bac Cali, 2.) Miss Vietnam Northern CA Hoa Hau Ao Dai, located at 2200 Ringwood Ave., San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HUYEN T. TRAN 449 La Herran Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95051 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 27, 2015. (PAW Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2015)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-15-658913-JP Order No.: 0296951 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/23/1998. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): GEORGE H. MARSHALL, JR. AND EMILY A. MARSHALL Recorded: 12/8/1998 as Instrument No. 14537825 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 10/14/2015 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the North Market Street Entrance of the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse, 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $162,880.36 The purported property address is: 2330 PRINCETON ST, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 137-04-045 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee

sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-658913-JP. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-15-658913-JP IDSPub #0089067 9/4/2015 9/11/2015 9/18/2015 PAW 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) 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

THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM 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 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: 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 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 state, 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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ON THE COVER: Kevin Hogan begins his final season on Saturday when Stanford opens its football season at Northwestern. Photo by John Todd/ isiphotos.com

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Consistency in program allows the Gators to maintain success by Ari Kaye s Pete Lavorato enters his 13th season as head coach of the Sacred Heart Prep football team, the message he conveys to his squad is simple — continue to build a legacy at the school. Lavorato’s past few teams already have laid down quite the impressive foundation for that legacy. Over the past three seasons Sacred Heart has compiled a 38-3 record, won three Central Coast Section championships, one NorCal crown, made an appearance in the state finals and, last year, fashioned a historic 13-0 season. Those accomplishments would be incredible feats for any high school football program, but they are especially impressive for a small school with an enrollment of approximately 600 students. So what is the secret formula to this recent run of success? How can the Gators’ roster undergo can changes every season, but the success remain continuous? “No mystery, no secret, it’s pretty simple stuff,” Lavorato explained. “The blueprint is the consistency in the program we’ve built over the years.” Stability has become a trademark of the Sacred Heart Prep program, both in terms of the Gators’ coaching staff and their offensive and defensive playbooks. Unlike some head coaches who alter their “X’s and O’s” yearto-year depending on their players’ strengths and weaknesses, Lavorato prefers to have his players adjust to his well-developed style of play. “We’re going to run our offense and run our defense no matter who we have,” Lavorato said. “Now there are going to be subtle changes every year, but the kids know what to expect. They know what we’re going to do on both sides of the ball and special teams.” Part of the reason varsity players are so familiar with Lavorato’s schemes is their early introduction to his system. Lavorato makes sure the JV and freshman coaches run the same concepts as the varsity squad, so the process of moving up competition levels is not as daunting of a task. Lavorato also makes sure the emphasis of the lower-level teams is shifted away from looking at the scoreboard, and is instead focused on simplifying the complexities of the sport and having fun on the field.

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by Rick Eymer ifth-year senior cornerback Ronnie Harris will be one of nine new starters on defense when the 21st-ranked Stanford football team takes the field Saturday morning against host Northwestern at 9 a.m. (PT) in Evanston, Ill. Three other seniors also open the year as full-time starters: wide receiver-turned-free safety Kodi Whitfield, quarterback-turnedstrong safety Dallas Lloyd and defensive end Aziz Shittu. The senior group has plenty of experience, just not at the position they’ll be expected to master this year. Whitfield has appeared in 39 games with the Cardinal (8-5 last year), the first 27 as a receiver. Shittu has 20 games under his belt, though he missed the final eight games of 2014 due to injury. Lloyd has played seven games as a quarterback and nine in the defensive secondary.

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CARDINAL CORNER . . . The No. 16 Stanford menís soccer team (1-1) opens up its regular-season home schedule on Friday when its hosts Northeastern (0-0-1 at 7 p.m. The Cardinal makes its 2015 television debut (Pac-12 Networks) on Sunday against visiting Virginia Commonwealth (0-2) at 3 p.m. Stanford split its season-opening road trip last weekend. The Cardinal dropped its first match to UCSB since 2004 on Friday night, 1-0, but bounced back with a 1-0 victory at No. 18 Louisville on Monday evening. Junior Jordan Morris scored his 11th career goal and fourth career game-winner in the win in Kentucky and keeper Andrew Epstein posted his sixth shutout in his 21st career start for the Cardinal . . . The No. 2 Stanford women’s soccer team continues play this week, beginning Friday at Cal Poly, followed by a Monday night game at home against No. 9 BYU. Both games will be played at 7 p.m. Stanford is coming off an impressive 4-0 victory in its home debut against Boston College last weekend. Freshman Michelle Xiao scored twice, while Stephanie Amack and Andi Sullivan added a goal apiece. The Cardinalís game against BYU was added to the schedule after their game scheduled for Aug. 24 in Hawaii was canceled due to inclement weather . . . Stanford opposite Hayley Hodson has been tabbed the first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week of the 2015 season. Hodson helped lead the Cardinal to sweeps over Texas A&M and Minnesota at Maples Pavilion last week to open the season. The Newport Beach native averaged 3.17 kills, 4.08 points and a team-best 3.83 digs per set in the two matches. It marks the first weekly honor for Hodson and the 10th freshman of the week accolade for the Cardinal all-time. Nationally No. 2 Stanford (2-0) travels to University Park, Pa., this week to play in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge. The Cardinal will face No. 6 Illinois on Friday before taking on host and top-ranked Penn State on Saturday.

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Fifth-year senior cornerback Ronnie Harris (21) will be one of nine new defensive starters for Stanford.

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MEN’S WATER POLO

Bonanni takes aim at scoring record Senior zeroes in on Azevedo’s mark as Stanford opens season this weekend by Rick Eymer ret Bonanni returns for his senior season as one of the top offensive water polo players in the world, let alone at the collegiate level. He’s on target to surpass Tony Azevedo’s career scoring record at Stanford, which is also the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation record and, likely, the NCAA record. It’s no coincidence that Bonanni and Azevedo are teammates on the United States’ senior national team that will compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It would be unfair to both athletes to compare them though. As Cardinal men’s water polo coach John Vargas pointed out, it was two different eras and they are two different players. “If you went by goals per game, Tony would still be the best,” Vargas said. “It was different scheduling. Bret is certainly one of the most dynamic offensive players, though. He will break the scoring record. Bret is incredible in that he brings it every day.” Azevedo is also a four-time national Player of the Year and has been on four U.S. Olympic teams. “He’s going to his fifth Olympics and he’s been to eight world championships,” Vargas added. “You could see it even then he was something special. What he doesn’t get enough credit for is his passing. To this day he’s still so good. He’s an amazing player.” Bonanni and the Cardinal (26-4 last year and the defending MPSF champion) kick off the season this weekend with five matches in two days at the Bruno Classic, hosted by Brown University in Provi-

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dence, R.I. Games will also be played at Harvard. Bonanni, a national player of the year finalist in 2014, needs 67 goals to surpass Azevedo. He’s averaged 96.5 goals over the past two years. Azevedo is the only other Cardinal to score as many as 95 goals in a year. Azevedo and Bonanni own five of Stanford’s top eight single-season scoring marks, including the top four. In addition to one of the top scorers in the nation, Stanford also returns one of the top defenders in the nation in junior Jackson Kimbell, who also spent his summer traveling the world with the national team. “You’re going to hear about him this fall,” Vargas said. “He played well last year but was overshadowed a bit by Bret and (grad) Alex Bowen. He’s our center defender and he does it well. He is critical to our success.” Junior All-America goalkeeper Drew Holland, who has national team experience, returns to give the Cardinal a formidable group of players to build around. Holland was slowed by illness last year and is back at full strength. “He had great freshman and sophomore seasons and I expect great things out of him this year,” Vargas said. “He’s been training with us and doing well.” The biggest question mark will be filling Bowen’s position. He is third on Stanford’s all-time scoring list, and has been a big part of the U.S. national team, as well. BJ Churnside, third on the team (continued on next page)

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Stanford senior Bret Bonanni needs 67 goals this season to break Tony Azevedo’s school record.

Farms Bowl. Senior Craig Jones, junior Mike (continued from previous page) Tyler and sophomores Joey Alfieri and Jordan Perez will be in Harris is the veteran of the the linebacking rotation as well. Sophomores Solomon Thomas group, seeing action in 42 contests, including three starts last (6-3, 271) and Harrison Phillips (6-4, 278) earned starting spots year. “You look at any school in the next to Shittu (6-3, 279) on the deworld and they all lose players,” fensive line. Both players earned Harris said. “It’s a testimony to praise from teammates. Cardinal coach David Shaw had the program and the coaching staff that has this team replen- some concerns about his defense, ished and reloaded. This might be which allowed an average of 16.3 the most athletic group we’ve had points a game the past two years, since I’ve been here. We’re hun- at the beginning of camp. Most gry to learn and we’re approach- of those concerns have been asing this season with a sense of suaged. “It’s always tough with the turnurgency.” Combined with the seven senior over we have here,” Shaw said. starters on offense, Stanford just “It’s not until midway through might become a surprise Pac-12 that first game when you get a bettitle contender. It’s no surprise ter idea of who you are and who that’s how the Cardinal views it- you’re playing.” Shaw can feel a lot better about self. the offensive side of the “Every year the first ball, where Hogan is goal is to win the Pacone of eight returning 12,” said Palo Alto High starters. grad Kevin Anderson, Through the first now in his fifth year three years of Hogan’s with the program and career, Stanford avone of the two returning eraged more than 27 defensive starters with points a game. The Carfellow linebacker Blake dinal won the first 10 Martinez. “That goal games he started, which never changes.” included a victory over Whitfield last played David Shaw Wisconsin in the Rose safety in high school and, in a position that rewards Bowl. He effectively took over quarinstincts as well as technique, he should fit right in. Lloyd should terbacking duties on the final play be in a similar situation with his of the first quarter of the ninth game of the 2012 season, which experience. Harris figures he’s gotten more would make him 11-0 to begin his than enough experience just go- career. Hogan also won his first 10 ing against the Stanford offense over the years, including the likes games against ranked opponents, of QB Andrew Luck and TE Coby and then went 0-5 against Top 25 Fleener. He can take lessons from opponents before beating UCLA Luck and Kevin Hogan, in his in the regular-season finale last year. Three of those losses were fourth year as a starter. “What makes those guys great by three points, one in overtime. “We don’t apologize for an are their short-term memories,” Harris said. “They don’t flinch. eight-win season,” Shaw said. For me the challenge is to re- “We didn’t reach our goal, but we spond, react, refocus. I love that earned what we got.” Nor should anyone be askchallenge. It’s a feeling of ‘I’m ing him to apologize. He’s 42-12 getting you the ball back.’ “ In the high-flying, high-octane through his first four years, which Pac-12, the secondary will face include a pair of trips to the Rose plenty of challenges — aerial and Bowl and one to the Fiesta Bowl. Stanford has recorded six conotherwise. Harris pointed to sophomores secutive winning seasons, the Alijah Holder and Alameen Mur- best in school history since an 11phy a key players in the second- year stretch between 1968-78. The ary. One will start and both will Cardinal opens the year in the Top play. Sophomore Terrence Al- 25 for the fifth straight time, anexander and freshman Quinton other school mark. Hogan enters the year 45 yards Meeks will be featured in the nickel package. Senior Ra’Chard shy of surpassing Luck (957) for Pippens, sophomore Brandon most career rushing yards by Simmons and freshmen Justin a quarterback and is second to Reid and Ben Edwards also figure Luck in completion percentage (.670-.652) and passing efficiency to be in the mix. The Cardinal is in good hands (162.8-148.3). “We have a lot of guys returnwith Anderson and Martinez anchoring the front seven. Juniors ing on offense and the coaches Kevin Palma and Peter Kalam- have figured out how to use them bayi help give the linebacker po- most effectively,” Hogan said. With the exception of Ty Montsition some depth. Kalambayi saw plenty of ac- gomery, Hogan has virtually tion last season and made the his entire receiving corps back. preseason Butkus Award watch Devon Cajuste, a fifth-year selist. He played in all 13 games nior, caught 34 passes, six for and became the first Cardinal to touchdowns, last year but won’t record three sacks in a game in be starting. He’s been limited in camp due to injury. three years. Senior receiver Michael Rector, Palma appeared in 11 games and recorded 18 tackles, includ- fourth on the team with 24 receping one in Stanford’s 45-21 vic- tions last year, will also start on tory over Maryland in the Foster the bench, though Shaw refused

Senior QB Kevin Hogan begins his final season on Saturday. to comment on whether it had anything to do with Rector’s suspension. Fifth-year senior Rollins Stallworth makes the start in place of Rector and junior Francis Owusu will line up ahead of Cajuste, who is expected to play. “I feel great with all the receivers,” Hogan said. “Cajuste just started practicing and for Rollins, he’s finally getting an opportunity. For me, the greatest thing is he catches everything and runs great routes.” Stanford also returns its top to tight ends in Austin Hooper and Greg Taboada and veteran Kyle Murphy replaces Andreas Peat, now in the NFL, at left tackle. Joshua Garnett, Graham Schuler, Johnny Caspers and Casey Tucker anchor the offensive line. One of the more intriguing positions is at running back, with a pair of dynamic athletes on the verge of something special. Sophomore Christian McCaffrey opened some eyes last year and senior Barry Sanders has shown flashes of brilliance. They will also share kick returning duties. Senior Chris Harrell and sophomore Daniel Marx will share the fullback position. Senior Conrad Ukropina and freshman Jake Bailey will both get a chance to kick off and/or placekick. Bailey and junior Alex Robinson could handle punting duties. Q

STANFORD FOOTBALL Date Opponent Time Saturday at Northwestern 9 a.m. Sept. 12 vs. UCF 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at USC 5 p.m. Sept. 25 at Oregon St. 7 p.m. Oct. 3 vs. Arizona TBA Oct. 15 vs. UCLA 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 vs. Washington TBA Oct. 31 at WSU TBA Nov. 7 at Colorado TBA Nov. 14 vs. Oregon TBA Nov. 21 vs. Cal TBA Nov. 28 vs. Notre Dame TBA Dec. 5 Pac-12 championship* * at Levi’s Stadium

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Water polo

YOUTH WATER POLO

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in scoring last year with 45 goals, is the only other senior on the roster. He’ll be counted on to help fill the gap left by Bowen. Churnside is more than capable and has played his best at critical moments. He was a second team AllAmerica pick and a three-time NCAA all-tournament selection. Juniors Adam Abdulhamid, Connor Stapleton and Reid Chase return with quality experience and will be expected to carry more of the load this time around. Adam Warmoth, Griffin Bolan, Kyle Weikert and Charlie Wiser add depth to the junior class. Expect sophomore Cody Smith to make a bigger splash this season. He tied with Churnside for third on the team with 45 goals last year and was second among freshmen in the MPSF with a 1.50 goals per game average. Smith made an immediate impact last year, recording a hat trick in each of his first four games. He later netted six goals in a contest. Sam Pfeil, who scored 23 goals a year ago, Justin Roberto and backup goalie Oliver Lewis complete the sophomore class. A solid group of redshirt freshmen are ready to jump in for the Cardinal, led by Mitchel Mendoza, Sacred Heart Prep grad Harrison Enright, Grant Sivesind, Grady Williams, CJ Porter and Spencer Rogers. True freshmen Marco Stanchi and Blake Parrish could both see significant action right away. “Marko has a great presence and has shown he can play. I knew Blake could play.” SHP grad Nelson Perla-Ward will use his redshirt year. The Cardinal opens the season ranked fourth in the national poll and was picked to finish third in the MPSF by a vote of its coaches. Stanford finished third in the

Stanford junior Jackson Kimbell (red cap), who spent his summer traveling the world with the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team, will play a crucial role as a center defender for the Cardinal. NCAA last year, dropping a 12-11 decision to USC in the semifinal round. UCLA beat the Trojans, 9-8, to earn the national title. In a sport where only six teams compete for the final four spots, every match is important. “It’s critically important,” Vargas said. “You can’t stub your toe. UCLA is really strong; USC and California are great teams. Pacific and Long Beach State had great years and all those teams are just getting better. At the very least, we want to make sure to be in position for an at-large berth.” Four of the five teams Stanford plays this weekend are ranked among the top 20, including host Brown, at No. 11. The Cardinal opens with MIT, which features Sacred Heart Prep grad Zach Churukin,a junior, Menlo School grad Nikhil Bhatia and Palo Alto grad Lucas Novak. Harvard features coach Ted Minnis, formerly of Castilleja,

and Stanford grad Cassie Churnside as assistant coach. SHP grad Grant Harvey is a freshman. Menlo-Atherton grad Max Wilder is a senior at Bucknell.

“We’re still working on pieces of our game and the guys are working hard,” Vargas said. “We need a few weeks to fine tune things.” Q

2015 STANFORD MEN’S WATER POLO Date Opponent Time Saturday at MIT# noon Saturday at Harvard# 4 p.m. Sunday at Bucknell# 6:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Francis (N.Y.)# 8:45 a.m. Sunday at Brown# 12:30 p.m. Sept. 19 vs. NorCal Invitational% TBA Sept. 20 vs. NorCal Invitational% TBA Sept. 26 at Concordia* noon Sept. 26 at UC Davis* 4 p.m. Sept. 27 at Santa Clara* noon Sept. 27 at San Jose St.* 4 p.m. Oct. 3 at USC TBA Oct. 10 at SoCal Tournament Oct. 11 at SoCal Tournament Oct. 17 vs. UCLA TBA Oct. 18 at Pacific noon

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Date Opponent Oct. 24 vs. UCSB Oct. 25 at San Jose St. Oct. 31 at LBeach St. Nov. 1 at UC Irvine Nov. 6 vs. Pepperdine Nov. 10 vs. Santa Clara Nov. 16 vs. Cal Nov. 20 at MPSF Tournament+ Nov. 21 at MPSF Tournament+ Nov. 22 at MPSF Tournament+ Dec. 5 NCAA semifinals+ Dec. 6 NCAA championship+ # Bruno Classic % at Stanford * at UC Davis + Los Angeles

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total of 11 players from the Stanford Water Polo Club were named 2015 Junior Olympic All-Americans by USA Water Polo. The Junior Olympics were held in July and August in Orange County. Recognition was given based on team finishes. Jayden Kunwar and Noah Smith, who helped the Stanford A 14U boys win the gold medal in the Platinum Division, shared Most Valuable Player honors. Stanford teammates Gabriel Discipulo and Dominick Kirk were named to the First Team with Stanford’s Alika Naone and Maxwell Patterson joining the Second Team. The Stanford A 18U boys, who finished fourth in the Platinum Division, had Nelson Perla-Ward make the First Team and teammate Michael Swart make the Second Team. For 16U boys, Stanford A had Jackson Enright receive Honorable Mention. In the 12U boys division, Joshua Poulos of Stanford received Honorable Mention. For the girls, the Stanford A 16U squad finished 11th in the Platinum Division and had Zoe Banks receive Honorable Mention. Banks, a sophomore goalie at Gunn High, is currently competing for the USA Cadet Women’s National Team in Kingston, Jamaica. The Americans played Canada on Thursday for the gold medal of the UANA Youth Pan American Championship following a 21-5 win over Brazil on Wednesday. Banks shared goalie duties against Brazil. Q

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Paly’s historic gym reduced to rubble

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Senior running back Lapitu Mahoni is back after gaining 700 yards.

After 86 years, during which the boys basketball team won state titles in 1993 and 2006 and the girls volleyball squad captured state crowns in 2010 and ‘11, Palo Alto High’s historic gym came tumbling down on Wednesday to make way for a new $36 million athletics facility. The Paly girls gym also is being razed in the coming days. (Photos by My Nguyen)

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“Half the battle is keeping kids wanting to play . . . it’s the lifeblood of our program,” Lavorato said. “Coaching those young kids, you have to be careful it’s not about the wins and losses. You don’t want coaches screaming and yelling at young kids. Because, when they do, they might quit. And we only have so many boys, and you want to keep them in the program.” Of course, Lavorato’s builtfrom-within system would not work without a plethora of talented players, and Sacred Heart has enjoyed a considerable amount of top-tier talent over the past few seasons. In fact, likely the biggest challenge Sacred Heart faces at the beginning of this year is learning how to play without two-way star Ben-Burr Kirven, who is now a freshman at the University of Washington. It is hard to imagine that one player can replicate BurrKirven’s production from last season, (108 rushing yards/game with 18 TDs, 14.5 tackles/game), but the team already gained a little experience last year competing without their former top performer. “We played without him for five games and we won all five games and they weren’t easy games,” Lavorato said. “That was actually a good thing for us, and I think a lot of the kids kind of went ‘hey we’re not bad without him.’ But we’re not going to replace Ben Burr-Kirven. He’s a special kid that made all of us better.” Including Burr-Kirven, the Gators must replace nine defensive starters from last year’s unit that only allowed 15 points per game. The Gators do return several key contributors, most notably tight end Andrew Daschbach,

SHP senior quarterback Mason Randall threw just two interceptions in 193 attempts last season as the Gators went 13-0. wide receiver Nick O’Donnell, quarterback Mason Randall and running back Lapitu Mahoni. All are seniors. Randall had only two interceptions in 193 pass attempts last season, while completing 124 for 2,077 yards and 14 touchdowns. O’Donnell and Daschbach were Randall’s top two receivers as they combined for 1,298 yards. Mahoni is the top returning ballcarrier after gaining 700 yards on 134 carries. If Lavorato does make one minor tweak to his offensive game plan this season, it likely will be to throw the ball more to take advantage of Randall’s considerable experience and talent. “He’s the best high school quarterback I’ve been associated with over my years of coaching,” Lavorato said. “He’s the real deal. I mean, he’s a great kid, tremendous leader. Kids respect him and the coaching staff respects him.” Although there is plenty of excitement surrounding the Sacred Heart Prep program after its best season in school history, Lavorato said there is no internal pressure for the team to win another CCS championship in order to have a successful season. “We’re not the same team as we were last year, absolutely not,” Lavorato said. “But, we have a really good competitive football team. And for the wins and losses whatever happens, happens.” Lavorato’s goal is for Sacred Heart Pep to reach the section playoffs. But, in order to get there, the Gators first will have to navigate a tough league schedule with a target on their back. Luckily for the Gators, Lavorato’s blueprint to do just that was put in place a long time ago. Sacred Heart Prep opens its

2015 season on Friday at Leland High in San Jose at 7 p.m. In other season-opening nonleague games on Friday: Palo Alto will host Sequoia on Friday night (7:30 p.m.) in the 76th meeting between the former rivals. The teams first met, at Paly, in 1920 with the Vikings posting a 42-0 victory in what later would be known at the Little Big Game when the contest shifted to Stanford Stadium in 1945 to accommodate the growth in attendance. Palo Alto holds a 42-28-5 lead in the series and has won 11 of the past 13 contests. Paly went 3-7 last season, including a 2-4 mark in the SCVAL De Anza Division, under first-year coach Jake Halas. In San Mateo, Gunn will attempt to get off to a winning start against the host Bearcats at 7 p.m. The Titans stumbled to a 1-9 mark last season, including 1-5 in the SCVAL El Camino Division. On Saturday, Menlo School opens at Carmel and MenloAtherton visits Marin Catholic, both at 2 p.m. The Knights were 4-6 last season, 1-4 in the PAL Bay Division, and will play in the PAL Ocean Division this season. Making his debut at quarterback for Menlo will be 6-foot-6 senior Mackenzie Morehead, who missed last season with a broken wrist. The Bears, meanwhile, will have a new quarterback and head coach for its season opener. Robby Beardsley, last year’s starting QB, transferred to Oceanside High in Southern California. Senior Ben Spindt and junior Stavro Papadakis have been competing for that position. Adhir Ravipati takes over at head coach and will try to turn around last season’s 3-8 overall record (1-4 in the PAL Bay Division).Q www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 4, 2015 • Page 51

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