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TONIGHT

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Local news, information and analysis

County seeks to reassure critics of bus-only lanes Controversial Bus Rapid Transit proposal would exacerbate traffic on Alma Street by Gennady Sheyner

ith plans for a greatly expanded bus service on El Camino Real speeding toward a decision, several cities along the prominent corridor remain skeptical about the most dramatic proposal on the table: the creation of “bus-only” lanes between Palo Alto and San Jose. To reassure the critics and add

credence to its own analysis of what is known as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) on Tuesday released a new independent review that the agency said largely validates the analysis in its draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The transit agency’s analysis concluded that the new, dedicated

bus lanes would significantly reduce the amount of time it would take for its 522 bus to travel from Palo Alto to San Jose: dropping it from the current level of 85 minutes to 48 minutes. A less extreme alternative known as “mixed flow” — in which buses share the right lane with cars — would only drop the travel time to 81 minutes, the analysis found. The review by a specially appointed steering committee took some issues with the EIR’s methodology, particularly when

it comes to the VTA’s traffic-diversion analysis, and the way the information was presented to the public. But by and large, the committee supported the findings of the analysis and concluded that the agency’s draft environmental study “adequately discloses the project’s expected environmental impacts and presents evidence sufficient for the relevant bodies to make an informed recommendation.” At a media briefing Tuesday, officials from the VTA, which is implementing the project, touted

the committee’s conclusion that creating bus-only lanes on El Camino would greatly improve transit without causing the type of traffic havoc many fear. The analysis showed that the travel time for cars would only go up from 40 minutes to 43.7 minutes as some drivers switch to other modes of transportation or find new routes to take. Even so, the findings are unlikely to calm Peninsula anxieties (continued on page 14)

UTILITIES

Palo Alto looks to expand ‘drought-free’ water supply City Council to consider bringing recycled water to Stanford Research Park by Gennady Sheyner

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A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER HABITAT Monique Huygen, center, and Bethany Davidowski, back center, pour mulch over planter beds on Sept. 23 as they work beside volunteers and staff from Habitat for Humanity at a home on Brentwood Court in East Palo Alto during the nonprofit’s “Building Blocks: EPA” three-day neighborhood revitalization.

ZONING

City to limit chain stores on California Avenue New ordinance aims to protect independent retailers — and area’s eclectic character by Gennady Sheyner

o area in Palo Alto has seen as much change during the past few years as California Avenue, which has undergone a full-scale makeover and remains at the epicenter of the local construction boom. Yet there’s one thing that city officials and residents are hoping to preserve about the city’s “second downtown”: the eclectic, independent and neighborhood-serving vibe. To that end, the City Council on Monday unanimously passed a law that will restrict chain stores on the bustling strip — an idea that was sparked by a grassroots effort from California Avenue merchants last year. The law will apply to “formula retail,” businesses with 10 or more

locations in the United States with standardized characteristics, including “merchandise, menu, services, decor, uniforms, architecture, facade, color scheme, signs, trademark or servicemark,” according to the ordinance. Such businesses will be required to obtain conditional-use permits from the city before they can open on California Avenue. Residents will also be able to appeal the approval of the permit. The new law won’t apply to California Avenue’s existing chain stores, which include Benjamin Moore Paints, The Counter, FedEx, Starbucks, Vitality Bowls and Subway. In supporting the new law, council members emphasized that they’re

not trying to solve an existing problem but preventing a potential one. With property values skyrocketing and rents increasing, many longstanding mom-and-pop operations have left California Avenue in recent years. This includes Avenue Florist, Bargain Box, Cho’s Mandarin Dim Sum and Club Illusions. “We don’t want retail and personal services to have to compete with today’s office rates and get driven out,” Councilman Pat Burt said during Monday’s discussion. “That’s really what has been a big concern.” He noted that offices on California Avenue are now reaching rates of $5 per square foot, and “small retail folks who’ve been

s California’s water woes continue to stress local trees and inflate water rates, Palo Alto officials are preparing to move ahead with a $35 million project that would significantly increase the city’s supply of “drought-proof” water. The City Council on Monday will consider approving an Environmental Impact Report for a major expansion of the city’s recycled-water system — a project that would bring recycled water to south Palo Alto and the Stanford Research Park. If the council OKs the project, as recommended by city staff and the Utilities Advisory Commission, the city would pursue grant funds for a program that officials hope could transform how water is viewed. The vision calls for greater differentiation between types of water, with potable water generally reserved for drinking and recycled water used for things like landscaping, toilet flushing and processing. This project would be the second major expansion of a system that has been in place since the early 1980s, when recycled water began to flow to the Shoreline Golf Links in Mountain View. The delivery system was later expanded to the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, Greer Park and the areas around the Regional Water Quality Control Plant in

the Baylands. Later proposals to expand the system were not pursued after city officials deemed them too expensive. Now, with the drought stretching through its fourth year, city officials believe the time is right to pursue with the expansion. Karin North, watershed protection manager with the Public Works Department, noted that the city now has four different companies trucking recycled water to customers. “There’s a whole new industry that’s been coming because of the drought,” North said at the Sept. 2 utilities commission meeting. “We did not, a few months ago, have four recycled-water haulers essentially selling our recycled water to customers.” In the new phase, pipelines would run past Mitchell Park, delivering recycled water there, and into Stanford Research Park, home of large corporate campuses with lush lawns. A staff report from Public Works notes that this area was chosen because it is “the largest concentration of customers with irrigation needs” in the city. The project has drawn some concerns from Stanford University, which owns the park, and from groups such as environmental nonprofit Canopy, which (continued on page 11)

Correction

The Sept. 18 article, “Community Center,’” incorrectly identified the street on which Karen Ewart lives. It is Harker Avenue. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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Around Town

READING BUGS ... Palo Alto’s Mitchell Park Library got some new patrons this week, but the library isn’t happy about these reading bugs. City staff was notified Wednesday that bed bugs were discovered in two chairs on the first floor of the library, which was then cordoned off from the public, according to a city press release. The library closed on Sept. 23 to allow a pest control company to inspect and treat a small area within the library where the bugs were found. The library will remain closed for the next several days as pest control inspectors treat the furniture and surrounding surfaces. Officials said they aim to reopen the libary on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m. Pest control inspectors will return in seven to 10 days to ensure the treatment has been effective. Bed bugs are not an uncommon occurrence at libraries as they can be transported through the sharing of books, according to the city. Mitchell Park Library shares books within a large region and through the LinkAges system. The city will also be sending dogs who have the ability to identify bed bugs through their scent to inspect the other four city libraries. The closure of Mitchell Park Library should not affect the Community Center or Ada’s Cafe, the press release notes.

AN EDUCATIONAL BRIGHT SPOT ... Palo Alto Unified School District’s new RISE UP program (Realizing Individual Success in Education for Undergraduate Preparation) aims to give first-generation Palo Alto high school students the information and tools they might not be getting at home or elsewhere to feel ready to head to college — and stay there. Last week, the White House named the Palo Alto program one of its “Bright Spots in Hispanic Education” to be featured in an online catalog as part of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. The catalog features more than 230 programs, models, organizations and initiatives that are “supporting and investing in the educational attainment of Hispanics, from cradle-to-career,” an announcement about the initiative reads. Though RISE UP is not specifically targeted to Hispanic students, many who have participated are Hispanic. The program began as a pilot last summer and has continued since then. Participating students learn about housing, managing finances, stressrelief techniques, study skills, how

much work to expect in college, how to access college web portals and understand their financial aid offers, and where to seek out tutoring or counseling resources on campus. Guest speakers have included past RISE UP students, a school resource officer, Bank of America representative and a current community college student. The only other Peninsula program named a “Bright Spot” is Math Jam, a STEM-focused program for Cañada College students. Read more about RISE UP at goo.gl/eZ44CI. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ... It’s time to bid adieu to Aurora, the 35-foot-tall interactive light sculpture that resides in City Hall’s King Plaza. After two years, the enormous metal tree adorned with 4,200 handmade copper leaves lit by 40,000 LED lights is coming down. Residents are hosting a farewell celebration on Saturday, Sept. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at City Hall. Harry Hirschman, who helped bring Aurora to the city, said the artwork, which was created by San Francisco artist Charles Gadeken, will sit in storage for now but Hirschman hopes in the future it could be displayed permanently in the city. “We couldn’t be happier or more thrilled at how well Aurora has been received and appreciated,” he said. “Though we’re tinged with sadness that she’s coming down, we are also elated with how well everything has gone.” JUMPING FOR JOY ... Gunn High School grad Joy Jin was named among the 2015 Davidson Fellows, the Davidson Institute of Talent Development announced on Sept. 21. The Davidson Fellows Scholarship program offers $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 college scholarships to students who have “created significant projects that have the potential to benefit society in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, literature and music,” according to a press release. Jin won $25,000 for her project, “Identification and Characterization of a Cancer Stem Cell Subpopulation in Lung Cancer,” which sought to identify a protein marker that could flag a potential cancer stem-cell population, “which could provide a foundation for improved efficiency in lung cancer treatment and diagnosis,” the press release states. Jin, who is attending Harvard University this fall, and 19 other honorees will be recognized at a reception in Washington on Sept. 29. Q

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Palo Alto puts a cap on new office space Divisive law seeks to pace commercial growth in downtown, around California Avenue and along El Camino Real by Gennady Sheyner

he Palo Alto City Council on Monday night took its most aggressive and polarizing step yet toward curbing the rapid pace of growth when it adopted an annual limit on office construction in the city’s three prime commercial areas. In a unanimous vote that belied deep fissures in its ranks, the council adopted an annual cap of 50,000 square feet for office and research-and-development projects in downtown, California Avenue and El Camino Real. The vote came after hours of dispute, months of debate and strident opposition from high-tech companies, the Chamber of Commerce and, for a while, the city’s own Planning and Transportation Commission. The council also had plenty of skeptics within its ranks. Though the council voted 8-0 earlier this year, with Tom DuBois recusing himself, to adopt a general framework for the cap, several members

questioned whether the measure should be pursued and squabbled over how it should be implemented. The proposal that the council ultimately adopted on Monday followed many of the broad outlines from prior discussions. The cap would last for either two years or until the city approves its updated Comprehensive Plan. It would apply only to the three districts. If by next March proposed developments collectively exceed 50,000 square feet, the city would decide which to approve based on a set of criteria that includes such things as traffic impact, land use and design. Yet under a last-minute amendment that was championed by Councilman Greg Scharff and that the council adopted by a 5-4 vote, most of these criteria wouldn’t be particularly relevant until the second year of the ordinance. Priority in the first year, meanwhile, would go to five projects currently under city review. Initially, the council had planned

to give these projects preferential treatment in recognition of the time and resources that have already been spent throughout the application process. Scharff argued that mere preference is not enough and that they should be placed in front of the line. It’s unfair, Scharff said, to throw developers who have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars “into the mix after they spend all that money without any clear sense that they may never be able to build that project.” Ray Paul, who represented the Jay Paul Co. at Monday’s meeting, told the council that his firm has already spent close to $600,000 on two current applications, which included an Environmental Impact Report. Scharff’s proposed amendment won a bare majority, with council members Marc Berman, Liz Kniss and Cory Wolbach joining him. The fifth vote was provided by Eric Filseth, who typically

votes with the slow-growth “residentialists” but who made an exception in this case. “Commercial real estate is a high risk, high return kind of endeavor,” Filseth said. “One of the risks is municipal zoning — there is an exposure to it.” But Filseth called Scharff’s proposal a “reasonable accommodation” and supported his amendment. “It deals equability with people who invested in the process so far,” Filseth said. Others strongly disagreed, including Councilman Pat Burt, who helped craft the motion that delineated the criteria for choosing developments. Burt argued that Scharff’s amendment basically makes the criteria moot and that the amendment “undercuts” the entire effort. There were other areas of division. Kniss and Wolbach initially proposed a “first-come, first-serve” process for selecting projects under the cap, a recommendation that didn’t win support from any of their colleagues. Wolbach said this approach is simpler than the proposed competitive alternative because it would “kill two birds with one stone”: reduce the staff time in evaluating projects and make the process “simple, clean and straight-forward for a short twoyear ordinance.” Burt disagreed and argued that the

focus should be on quality and that the evaluation process is the most critical component of the ordinance. “I do agree it would kill two birds with one stone but one would be a golden eagle,” Burt said. “The race toward quality is perhaps more important than the control on quantity.” DuBois also criticized the Wolbach’s proposal. Giving preference to projects based on when they were submitted will do nothing to encourage quality, he said. “It sounds like a race to the bottom,” DuBois said. “We aren’t going to get quality. We’ll get quick submissions.” Council members also decided Monday about applying the limit in sections of the city where “concept area plans” — detailed vision documents that are crafted with community input — are proposed. In June, the council split 4-4, with DuBois recusing himself, on the issue. This time, the council concluded that these areas should not be excluded, acknowledging that the ordinance will only last two years and that the city has no new concept area plans in the works. The five projects already in the city’s planning pipeline would total 66,873 square feet of net new office space, enough to fill the cap in the first year and to fill up a good chunk of the cap in the second. Q

Sand Hill Property Co. wants to build four-story development next to new housing complex by Gennady Sheyner

t’s one of the tallest buildings in Palo Alto, though few would say it’s one of the city’s most welcoming. A giant concrete slab that stands just north of the city’s most congested intersection, the Brutaliststyle building at 2600 El Camino Real looks like nothing around it. The structure hulks over the Palo Alto/Stanford Soccer Fields to its south and a construction site to its north, where Stanford University is building a new housing complex. At 75 feet tall, it towers over the city’s 50-foot height limit, having been built years before the “sacred cow” restriction was established. In a town that worships stucco walls and red-tile roofs, its exterior is unapologetically midcentury modern, and the top four stories resemble a colossal brick balancing on two bottom stories. And while most mixed-use buildings around town have retail on the ground floor, the building forces patrons of its retail tenant, Fam-

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brini’s Cafe, to march up the stairs to the second story. Now, plans are afoot to tear down the building and redevelop the site with something deemed more appropriate. Exactly what that something would look like remains to be determined, though on Sept. 18 the city’s Architectural Review Board launched the conversation with a preliminary review of the project plans. The concept currently on the table calls for a new four-story building that would have the same square footage — more than 62,616 — and would still be one of the tallest in the immediate area. But the developer, Sand Hill Property Co., wrote in a letter to the city that the new building would be more compatible than its predecessor is with its neighbors. The development would reflect “the goals of human-scale design along the El Camino Real corridor, which we believe should cater to the pedestrian; progressive transportation strategies in support of future tenants’ use of alternate modes of transportation; and modern, sustainable design features that have come to be expected in Stanford Research Park and Palo Alto.” Sheldon Singh, a consulting planner with the city, said the building was constructed in 1966,

before the city’s height and density restrictions were put in place. City code allows new buildings to have the same floor-area ratio (a measurement of density) as the non-compliant buildings they are replacing, though no additional square footage can be added to the site, Singh said. Under the proposal, the new building would still have about 55,000 square feet of office space and would retain the underground garage currently at the site, though it would also add a parking deck to the rear, creating 31 additional spaces. The Architectural Review Board did not take any votes on the project during its hearing, but board members did express some concerns about the size of the proposed building and the ways in which it would relate to the three-story residential buildings next door. Under the proposed plans, the new building would feature a main lobby entry from El Camino, as well as a patio facing the street. There would be a gym and lockers on the ground floor and exterior decks on upper floors. The architectural style would remain modern, with metal panels and stone columns. There would also be an outdoor gathering place near the main entrance to the building, according to a staff report.

A new four-story development has been proposed for 2600 El Camino Real in Palo Alto.

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Six-story El Camino building may be replaced

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DEVELOPMENT

The current six-story, Brutalist-style building at 2600 El Camino Real was built in 1966. Board member Alexander Lew collaboration between the city observed that the new building, and Stanford for this central site. while shorter than the existing one, She suggested that the building will “stand out.” He urged the appli- include more retail space on the cant to pay more attention to mak- ground floor and a more “efing the development more compat- fective, attractive, useable open space.” The proposed retail space, ible with neighboring properties. “My issue is that somehow it she said, “is too small to be efneeds to blend in with the lower fective.” Lew also said he was pleased to buildings,” Lew said. “If some of it pops up above, that’s fine, but I don’t see the new plans emerge for the want it to overwhelm all the rest of prominent site. “This building is so big and the smaller buildings around it.” Board member Wynne Furth non-conforming that I thought was more skeptical and said she we’d be stuck with it forever,” was disappointed with the lack Lew said. “I’m actually happy to of a planning process or any real see this project.” Q www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 25, 2015 • Page 7

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Downtown Streets Team head, Racing Hearts founder to be honored Eileen Richardson, Stephanie Martinson chosen for Athena awards by My Nguyen

wo of Palo Alto’s most influential businesswomen in 2015 include the executive director of a nonprofit that provides homeless men and women with housing and work experience and the founder of a nonprofit that seeks to raise awareness for automated electronic defibrillators, according to the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber announced the two Athena Award recipients on Tuesday, Sept. 22. This year, Eileen Richardson, executive director of Downtown Streets Team, will become the 29th Athena Award recipient, and Stephanie Martinson, the founder of Racing Hearts, will be the second recipient of the new Athena Young Professional Leadership Award. Richardson and Martinson will be recognized for their professional excellence in business and the community at a luncheon on Oct. 15 at the Garden Court Hotel in downtown Palo Alto. The international Athena Award program honors the

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campus, and pioneered the recent success of California Senate Bill 658, which was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown and made California one of the most progressive states in AED legislation. Tickets to the Athena Award

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News Digest CHP: Motorcyclist splitting lines when fatal crash occurred A motorcyclist killed Tuesday in a crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto appears to have been splitting lanes at a high speed when the crash occurred, according to the California Highway Patrol. The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Ronald Barbaran Garcia, 27, of Union City. The CHP responded at 5:46 p.m. to a call of a motorcyclist down on the highway just north of Embarcadero Road. According to CHP Officer Art Montiel, Garcia was on a 2014 Yamaha motorcycle speeding south on the freeway during heavy traffic and was splitting between the two far left lanes. He struck the rear of a 2015 Ford when traffic came to a stop and was ejected from his motorcycle. The driver of the Ford, a 36-year-old Milpitas woman, was not injured. She stayed at the scene to cooperate with the officers, police said. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders. The collision remains under investigation, but it does not appear alcohol or drugs played a factor in the crash, according to the CHP. Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call CHP Officer Bobby Grewal at 650-369-6261. Q — Bay City News Service and Palo Alto Online staff

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The five online news sites of Embarcadero Media, including PaloAltoOnline.com, were hacked Thursday night, Sept. 17, at about 10:30 p.m. but are now back online. The sites, which provide online content for the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac and Mountain View Voice in the Midpeninsula and the Pleasanton Weekly in the East Bay, were attacked by someone who used an image of Guy Fawkes, the icon of the activist group Anonymous. The hacker posted a message that indicated disgruntlement with The Almanac, which covers Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside. Embarcadero Media took down the websites while working to restore them. There is no indication that the email addresses and passwords of readers who are registered users of the company’s websites were hacked, but the perpetrator did have access to those data files, which could have been taken, according to Embarcadero President and CEO Bill Johnson. He advised readers who are registered users to change their passwords and, if they use the same password on other sites, to change all of them. The company does not store any credit card information on its computer systems, so that data is not at risk, he said. The FBI and officers from the Palo Alto and Mountain View police departments are investigating the attack, Johnson said. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

City may ask voters for new storm-drain fees The City of Palo Alto is considering going to voters next year to ask them to approve new fees to keep the city’s storm-drain improvements afloat. Existing fees, which fund the current program and which voters approved in 2005, are set to expire in June 2017. Without a fresh measure, existing fees would drop from the monthly rate of $10 for a typical property owner to $4.25. The proposal, which the City Council Finance Committee discussed and generally supported Tuesday night, would involve a mailonly ballot and require more than 50 percent of voter support. The full City Council will consider its next steps on the issue on Oct. 19. Councilwoman Liz Kniss acknowledged Tuesday that storm drains aren’t as “glamorous” as some of the other issues going to voters, but with storms on the horizon, the issue is particularly important. The 2005 measure was crafted with the help of a blue-ribbon citizen committee. It also established an oversight committee that continues to oversee how the funds are spent and supports the current effort to renew the storm-drain funds, said Joe Teresi, senior engineer with the city’s Public Works Department. A similar management process is envisioned for the 2016 measure. Public Works staff recommended having the city manager appoint a citizen committee that would work with staff on the measure. The list of projects to be funded would be informed by a newly updated Storm Drainage Master Plan, which identified about $37 million in priority storm-drain projects, Teresi said. Kniss ultimately made a motion, which passed unanimously, to refer to the full council the discussion of a ballot measure and the creation of a city manager-appointed citizen advisory committee. — Gennady Sheyner LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com

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urged the city to make sure that the salinity levels in the recycled water don’t have a negative effect on local trees. To address these concerns, the city has committed in the environmental report to monitor salinity on a monthly basis and, if needed, undertake one or more strategies to reduce the saline level. The proposed strategies include exempting redwood trees from recycled water; blending recycled water with other water that has lower salinity; and treating the water. The project has received strong support from the Santa Clara Valley Water District, which has its own long-term plans for purifying wastewater so that it’s potable. Gary Kremen, chair of the water district’s board of directors, noted that the district has some money that could be used for this project, including funds from Proposition

1, a $7.5 billion bond that California voters approved last year for water projects. Hossein Ashktorab, manager of the Recycled Water Unit at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, also spoke in glowing terms about Palo Alto’s latest effort to replace potable water with recycled water where suitable. “It’s really water for the future,” Ashktorab said. “Recycled water is drought-proof and it’s going to be locally controlled so we don’t have to import it from anywhere.” Palo Alto is by no means the only city that is taking a closer look at improving and expanding use of recycled water. Mountain View, one of Palo Alto’s partners in the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, has expressed an interest in analyzing the prospect of treating and blending recycled water to improve quality, according to the Public Works report. And Sunnyvale is now upgrading its wastewater-treatment plant so that treated water can be used for its groundwater-recharge opera-

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tions, according to staff. In Palo Alto, Phil Bobel, assistant director at Public Works, told the utilities commission that the city will probably eventually “have a bunch of different kinds of water, and we’re going to match that water with the need.” “Everyone will sort of have to go with the flow here and utilize the water that is correct for their need,” Bobel said. The Utilities Advisory Commission had few qualms about moving the project along. In its Sept. 2 discussion, all five participating members supported the staff recommendation. Commissioner Judith Schwartz said she very much likes the idea of a “targeted system,” which she called “the wave of the future.” Commissioner James Cook agreed. “With water costs going up ... and our preference to use our beautiful Hetch Hetchy water for drinking, I’m all for going with the staff’s recommendation on this,” Cook said. Q

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Sept. 21)

Retail: The council approved an ordinance to regulate formal retail on California Avenue and create a ground-floor retail requirement for Cambridge Avenue. Yes: Unanimous Office cap:The council unanimously approved a 50,000-square-foot annual cap on new office development downtown, around California Avenue and along El Camino Real. The council also voted 5-4 to give priority to projects currently in the planning pipeline. Yes: Berman, Filseth, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach No: Burt, DuBois, Holman, Schmid

Council Finance Committee (Sept. 22)

Reappropriation: The committee approved a staff proposal to reappropriate funds from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016 but specified that $500,000 pegged for transportation improvements be placed in special City Council contingency account. Yes: Unanimous Storm drains: The committee directed to the full council a staff proposal to pursue a 2016 ballot measure to institute fees for storm-drain projects. Yes: Unanimous

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AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING-COUNCIL CHAMBERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 5:30 PM Special Orders of the Day 1. Presentation of Cyber Security Proclamation for Participating in the National Cyber Security Awareness Campaign, in October 2015, Which is Designated by the President of the United States as National Cyber Security Awareness Month to Guide the Nation to a Higher Level of Internet Safety and Security 2. Proclamation Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Palo Alto Airport 3. Proclamation of Appreciation for Ralph Britton Consent Calendar 4. Adoption of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palo Alto Adding Section 16.63 to the Municipal Code Relating to Expedited Permitting Procedures for Small Residential Rooftop Solar Systems 5. Approval of Amendment Number 3 to Contract Number S12145610 ^P[O >LSSZ -HYNV 0UZ\YHUJL :LY]PJLZ MVY )LULÄ[ *VUZ\S[PUN HUK Broker Services, Increasing the Contract by $68,500 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $304,000 Through June 30, 2016 With an Option to Renew for One Additional Year to June 30, 2017 6. Vote to Endorse the Slate of Candidates for the Division’s Executive Committee for 2015-16 and Direct the City Clerk to Forward to 1LZZPJH :[HUÄSS 4\SSPU [OL 9LNPVUHS 7\ISPJ (ќHPYZ 4HUHNLY MVY [OL Peninsula Division, League of California Cities the Completed Ballot for the City of Palo Alto Action Items 7. Utilities Advisory Commission Recommendation That Council Adopt: 1) Resolution to Certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Recycled Water Distribution Project; 2) Resolution Approving the Recycled Water Distribution Project; and +PYLJ[ :[Hќ [V 7YVJLLK >P[O -PSPUN -\UKPUN (WWSPJH[PVUZ MVY [OL Project Consistent With the Project Description 8. Discussion of Fiber-to-the-Premises Master Plan and Direction to :[Hќ VU 5L_[ :[LWZ MVY -PILY HUK *P[` >PYLSLZZ :LY]PJLZ 9. Approval of the Preferred Concept Plan Line for the Charleston Arastradero Corridor Project

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Chain there a long time can’t compete.” Burt also stressed that the goal isn’t to rid California Avenue of chain stores but to “prevent formula retail from overwhelming California Avenue — to have the right balance between formula and local retails.” The council’s action has plenty of precedent across the state; the list of cities that currently regulate chain stores is long and includes Calistoga, Los Gatos and San Francisco. Each city has its own definition of formula retail and a mechanism for regulating such stores. The ordinance will extend some protection to Cambridge Avenue, which runs parallel to California, effectively requiring redeveloped properties on Cambridge to include ground-floor retail. This provision proved to be among the most controversial and debated Monday. Council members struggled to determine whether the

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Larry Skarset, owner of Cambridge Barber, trims the hair of Steve Jenks, who has been a customer for more than 30 years. Skarset spoke to the City Council on Monday about extending retail protections to Cambridge Avenue. inclusion of Cambridge would result in more independent retail. While agreeing to extend the retail district, the council directed staff to return at a future meeting with more information about the how much depth (from the store front) should be allotted to make retailers viable. Steve Pierce, the applicant be-

hind a proposed development at 380 Cambridge Ave., was among the skeptics of the new ordinance. Pierce said while he supported the general drive to support independent businesses and limit chain stores, he opposed the extension of the retail zone to Cambridge Avenue, which he said is ill-suited for

shopping. Most potential retailers, he argued, will look at the “retail on one side and parking lots across the street ... and say, ‘This is not where we can survive.’” “Retail is kind of a unique use, and it’s not one of those things where you can say, ‘Zone it and they shall come,’” Pierce said. “Retail needs a lot of nuanced things to be able to locate.” But Larry Skarset, who owns Cambridge Barber and Beauty Salon at 382 Cambridge Ave., disagreed. His business is one of three that currently operates at the site of the development proposed by Pierce. “Maybe it’s not great retail, but it’s been good to me,” Skarset said. The area, he said, is “changing too fast.” “It affects me, and I hate to see some of the small businesses being taken out,” Skarset said. Several council members said they were cautious about bringing new rules to Cambridge Avenue, including Councilwoman Liz Kniss who said the proposed ordinance “isn’t fully cooked yet.”

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The council, Kniss said, is “indicating that retail has to go in there, and yet we’re really not providing for the parking” in the congested business area. Burt was more confident about the move, though he also acknowledged his “sense of caution.” “I just don’t want to be overconfident that just because we desire an outcome, we can mandate it,” he said. Vice Mayor Greg Schmid acknowledged that the city is “experimenting” with new things and suggested that the council revisit the ordinance in two years, a recommendation that the rest of the council accepted. Mayor Karen Holman, meanwhile, was among the most enthusiastic proponents of the new law and argued that after many months of discussion, the time has come to move forward. “I think we have promised the community and the California Avenue merchants and businesses along there that we’d take actions,” Holman said. Q

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about eliminating driving lanes on El Camino. John Ristow, the VTA’s director of planning and program development, said that when it comes to traffic congestion, the BRT project will have a “fairly minor and moderate impact.” The region is lucky, he said, in that it has a “very rich, highly connective and very good roadway network,” which offers “lots of route choices and lots of capacity.” “What we found is that traffic just disperses so much that there’s very little impact on the other roadways,” Ristow said. Yet in Palo Alto, where the main alternative to El Camino is Alma Street, choices for drivers remain scarce. With Alma already congested during peak commuter hours and with Caltrain service set to increase in the coming years, adding to the traffic jams at roadand-rail and other intersections, the VTA’s own analysis paints a

dire picture of future traffic levels. At Alma and Loma Verde Avenue, the waiting time is expected to go up from 155.3 seconds under the “no project” alternative in the morning peak period to 321.5 seconds if the dedicated-lanes proposal is adopted. During the peak evening hours, the delay at this intersection would be 129.7 seconds under the “no build” scenario and 262.2 seconds under the dedicated-lanes proposal, according to the EIR. At Alma and Kingsley Avenue, the delay would go up from a projected level of 65.7 seconds in 2018, if no project is implemented, to 375.5 seconds (six minutes, 15 seconds) under the dedicated-lanes plan during the peak evening commuting hours, according to the EIR. Congestion is also slated to become worse at El Camino Real and Page Mill Road, where the delay would go up from 63.2 seconds under the “no build” scenario to 82.7 seconds with the dedicated lanes. By contrast, the other design alternatives currently on the table, including the mixed-

flow approach, would barely affect intersection delays at El Camino and Page Mill, according to the analysis. In all scenarios not involving dedicated lanes, the intersection delays are expected to be less than 64 seconds. Ristow said the agency is aware that in Palo Alto the level of connectivity is reduced because of the Stanford University campus just west of El Camino. He also noted that Alma is among the smallest parallel routes along the El Camino corridor. That recognition has done little to placate city officials, who earlier this year submitted a letter noting that the VTA’s absence of solutions for fixing the impacts on Alma “particularly troubling.” These concerns notwithstanding, Palo Alto may not have much of a say in the VTA’s decision about what the BRT will look like. That decision will be made by the VTA Board of Directors, which is dominated by representatives from the southern part of the county and which, according to Ristow, is expected to take up

the project and select an alternative in December or January. Ristow noted that cities do have some say in the process. The VTA has formed a policy advisory committee that includes local officials from cities throughout the county, including Palo Alto (Councilman Cory Wolbach is the local representative). But that group, as the name suggests, serves only in an advisory role. The ultimate decision about what El Camino will look like in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos will be made by the VTA board, whose 17 members include six representatives from San Jose and none from Palo Alto or Mountain View. Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who serves on the policy advisory group, said Monday night that he was concerned about the effect that the VTA’s drive toward the bus program might have on the agency’s proposed transportation-tax measure in November 2016. The measure, which proposes a half-cent sales tax increase, is expected to raise roughly $6 bil-

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITEE ... The Board of Education’s policy review committee will discuss new administrative regulations on gender identity; class size; and gifts, grants and bequests; as well as a board policy on animals at school for non-instructional purposes. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, in at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to consider approving an environmental-impact report for the Recycled Water Distribution Project; discuss the “Fiber to the Premise” master plan and consider next steps for expanding wireless and fiber services; and consider approving the concept plan line for the Charleston-Arastradero Corridor Project. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Architectural Review Board and the Planning and Transportation Commission. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will discuss a memorandum of understanding with Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE), general counsel reporting, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and procedures for the board’s policy-review committee; hear an enrollment report; and vote on its goals for the 2015-16 year. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear a report from the city’s urban forester about sustaining trees during the drought; discuss the new online procedure for Summer Camp registration; hear an update from the Community Garden ad hoc committee; and discuss the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Master Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to approve a request for a single-story overlay district in the Los Arboles development and discuss the First Annual Planning Code Update. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss reducing the number of findings the ARB has to make for approval of projects; consider projects eligible for the 2015 ARB Awards; discuss a proposal to demolish an existing hotel and construct a new 50-foot-tall hotel at 3200 El Camino Real; review the Downtown Palo Alto Parking Wayfinding program; consider facade improvements at Anthropologie at Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real; and consider facade improvements and directional signage at Stanford Shopping Center. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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lion for transportation improvements, including the completion of BART’s extension to San Jose and upgrades to Caltrain. It will, however, require support from two-thirds of the county’s voters, including residents of north county. “My worry is that the continued push for the BRT and dedicated lanes will alienate potential supporters for the transportation tax,” Simitian said Monday. “I don’t think the VTA staff is as sensitive to that possibility as they could or should be.” Of the four north county cities that lie along El Camino, only Mountain View’s City Council voted to support the bus-lane project. That vote came by a bare majority, with only three members voting for it and two voting against it (two other council members recused themselves from the discussion). Palo Alto has also been skeptical, given the potential of dedicated lanes to eliminate parking spaces and increase congestion. In a joint meeting with the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night, Simitian said that he has urged the agency to first complete a separate BRT project, which is currently underway between Santa Clara and Alum Rock, and then see how it works before proceeding to El Camino. The public, he said, needs to better understand the modeling and data used by the VTA so that it can be assured that the El Camino project does not become a “significant boondoggle.” “I think it would be unwise to push ahead, and I think not only would that be unwise for net result for BRT, I think it has the potential to take $6 billion of congestion relief and shove it aside if you have a group of folks unhappy with VTA’s decision-making process,” Simitian said. VTA officials estimate that the dedicated-lane plan would cost about $233 million. Some of the funding would come from Measure A, a tax that was passed in 2000. The agency also hopes to tap into federal funds through the Small Starts program administered by the Federal Transit Administration. The VTA board of directors is scheduled to review in December or January the seven alternatives evaluated in the EIR, a list that includes dedicated lanes, a mixed-flow scenario and several designs that combine the two. The board will then have the option of selecting one of these alternatives or directing staff to evaluate other options. Ristow said he expects the project to take about three to five years to implement. He noted that VTA has heard “mixed views” from local policy makers about the proposal, as befitting a project that would bring “dramatic change” to the corridor. Some in the north county remain unconvinced. Yet Ristow also observed that some of the very same cities have said that they are “looking for more innovative and new transit ideas for their communities.” “That’s exactly what this project does,” Ristow said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Sept. 16-22 Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Strong arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 11 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 9 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 12 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disobey court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 3 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 10 False registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Furnishing tobacco to minor . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Animal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Possession of weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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300 Pasteur Drive, 9/19, 11:39 a.m.; battery/simple. 3100 block Middlefield Road, 9/20, 6:39 p.m.; robbery/strong arm. 300 Pasteur Drive, 9/22, 8:39 a.m.; assault/simple. 3916 El Camino Real, 9/22, 7:18 p.m.; assault with deadly weapon.

Menlo Park Ravenswood Avenue and Laurel Street, 9/19, 8:38 a.m.; spousal abuse. 100 block Hamilton Ave., 9/22, 12:42 a.m.; battery.

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Barbara Lee (Pence) Overman Resident of Palo Alto Oct. 27, 1927 - Sept 1, 2015

Barbara Overman passed away peacefully on September 1, 2015. Born and raised in Amboy then later Marion Indiana, Barbara was the daughter of Robert and Dorothy Pence, owners of Custers Lumber Company and Custers Cashway. She graduated from Marion High School in 1945. Barbara was the last to survive of a family of two younger brothers, Raymond (Pete) and Jim Pence. In 1947 she married her high school sweetheart, Jerry Overman following his service in the Navy during WWII. In 1962, Jerry, Barbara and their two sons, Mark and Bob, moved to Palo Alto. Mark and Bob eventually moved to San Diego and Jerry and Barbara continued to live in the same house that they purchased when they moved to Palo Alto. While Barbara’s primary focus was on taking care of her family, she also worked part time as an accountant for several businesses in the area. Barbara also believed in helping others that weren’t so fortunate, and she donated her time and money to help several charitable organizations throughout her life. During her work and charitable involvement, Barbara met many people that became close friends. She was widely recognized as a kind and generous person, and it is easy to see why people wanted to be a part of her life and count her as a good friend, which in many cases actually meant you became not just a friend, but a part of the family. Barbara is survived by her husband Jerry, her sons Mark and Bob, grandchildren Scott, Kristina and James, and 4 great-grand children. Her generous and loving spirit will be missed by all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, you may donate to Children’s Health Council. Support CHC | Children’s Health Council PAID

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Frank Lockfeld Franklin Miles Lockfeld, a longtime Palo Alto resident, died on Aug. 29 at his home, surrounded by his children. He was 81. He was born on Dec. 15, 1933, in New York City. He grew up in the city and in White Plains, New Jersey, and went on to attend and graduate from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. After he started working in Seattle with renowned landscape architect Rich Haag. With Haag’s encouragement, he took classes

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at Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico, staying with friends at the Hotel Saint Bernard. He was predeceased by his first wife, Joyce, and second wife, BJ. He is survived by his children, Alexandre Lockfeld of Eugene, Oregon, Timothy Lockfeld of San Francisco and Jessica Lockfeld of Denver; stepchildren, Amy Brown of Oakland and Max Rosan of Needles, California; and six grandchildren. A memorial celebration for family and friends was held on Sept. 6. Memorial donations can be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

in urban planning at the University of Washington. His ensuing career involved mapping, population studies and other innovative approaches that took him around the globe, including to London, Helsinki and Shanghai. In 1969, he moved with his family to Palo Alto and started working as a planner with Santa Clara County. Later he helped to start the county’s Center for Urban Analysis, where he worked until his retirement. His co-workers appreciated his high expectations and positive mentoring. His family also remembers him as wise, supportive and willing to let his children each grow as individuals. Among his many passions were enjoying food and wine, cooking gourmet meals, listening to classical and jazz music, and playing the piano. He held season tickets to the San Francisco Symphony for many years and supported Music@Menlo, American Conservatory Theater and the San Francisco Opera. He traveled widely with his second wife, BJ, through Spain and France, and they often skied

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Editorial Fairness for whom? Council votes to cap development but undermines its ‘beauty contest’ strategy

n the narrowest of votes, a divided Palo Alto City Council Monday night upended a plan to have new development proposals compete with each other for a portion of the available 50,000 square feet under a growth limit for new commercial buildings, opting on a 5-4 vote to instead put four alreadysubmitted projects above all others. The last-minute amendment to the temporary cap on development, proposed by Councilman Greg Scharff and supported by colleagues Marc Berman, Eric Filseth, Liz Kniss and Cory Wolbach, torpedoed the original concept that current projects would be given preference in an approval process that would also include new projects submitted between now and March. The difference may seem subtle, but it is fundamental to the entire concept of projects competing for approval based on their design and other factors. Filseth found himself as the deciding swing vote, disappointing those who assumed he would align with his colleagues who voted against the weakening of the plan. The action means that four projects already in the pipeline totaling 67,000 square feet will now more than wipe out the first year’s allotment of 50,000 new square feet of development, rendering the concept of a competition moot until the second year. Scharff and the majority said it would be unfair to force developers who have already spent large amounts of money on development plans to possibly get beaten out by new submittals that are found by a majority of the council to be more appealing or beneficial to the community. Filseth, a slow-growth proponent whose victory last November helped swing the council majority, called it a reasonable compromise that rewards those developers who are further along and have invested the most in their projects. How to treat so-called pipeline projects that were deemed “submitted” before the council’s first approved the outlines of the development cap in June was expected to be a delicate and controversial decision, but Filseth’s vote left his natural allies on the council and some of his own supporters baffled. It is but another sign of the challenges a divided council faces in reading community sentiment and determining how aggressive to be in seizing some control over new commercial development. At least for this first year, no consideration will be given to a project’s use, traffic impacts or design. If it is one of the four projects whose application has been deemed complete, after Monday’s vote it’s almost guaranteed to be approved. The four projects include two by Jay Paul Company on Park Boulevard just south of California Avenue, both of which were discussed as possible sites for a public safety building. One, at 3045 Park, was the site where the developer offered to build a public safety building for free if the council allowed it to build a large office building across the street that had already been completely built out to the limits of the zoning. The other, at 2747 Park, was the land to which the city held an option until it gave it up during the Great Recession. Each of the pending projects will be approximately 30,000 square foot office buildings. The other projects that also now go to the front of the line are a building replacing the Foot Locker on El Camino and one at the corner of Lytton and Kipling in downtown. All are offices, though some include small numbers of residential units. Imposing a 50,000 square foot aggregate annual growth cap in downtown, along El Camino and in the California Ave. district was a blunt instrument from the start and drew predictable opposition from development interests, the Chamber of Commerce and some local companies warning it could harm their growth plans. It was adopted as an alternative to either a moratorium or a tightening of specific zoning regulations that would constrict development. After much debate, the council opted instead for an untested beauty-contest approach to evaluating proposals as a way to dole out the available 50,000 square feet of development rights. The council has been wrestling with the issue for months, culminating in Monday’s vote. Lest anyone think there will be a noticeable change in building activity in the three affected districts, there are many projects under construction or already approved that will add substantial new commercial square footage and that aren’t affected by the newly approved cap. While four projects yet to receive permits came out winners this week, the losers are projects at an earlier phase in the process that now have no chance of being approved, no matter their quality or benefits, until the second year of the program. The council majority’s abandonment of the competitive process for the first year is a mistake and fundamentally changes the decision-making scheme in the name of fairness to a few developers. That’s not our idea of a fair system for the community. Q Page 20 • September 25, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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No involvement Editor, We are the parents of the student in the Terman case. We filed the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaint against the district because our child was bullied based on disability. We are very glad to hear that the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has cleared up any confusion of the other board members about whether Ken Dauber has a conflict. Hopefully now the other board members will accept him completely and stop bullying him. I really admire Mr. Dauber for looking for an answer at a higher institution like the FPPC. Also, we want everyone to know that neither Mr. Dauber or his wife suggested, guided or told us to file an OCR complaint. Neither of them even knew of our complaint at all. Period. Mr. Dauber did reach out to us when he heard us asking for help at the board meetings and attended a couple of meetings with us at the district when we were trying to take our daughter out of Terman because she could not stand the bullying anymore and was staying home. His wife, Ms. Dauber, got involved after the OCR findings became public when she knew that the student was still home and was getting no services. She worked miracles and was able to get us a lawyer from Stanford Law Clinic, and he like an angel was able to find her a placement the very same day of the meeting. Really the Daubers should be considered heroes in this case. Palo Alto should be very proud and consider themselves lucky to have Ken on the board because we know he will do the right thing when a student’s safety and social and emotional needs are at risk. We wish he was on the board when our student was a sixthgrader at Terman. Lourdes Jimenez and Marielena Gaona Mendoza Los Robles Avenue, Palo Alto

An incredible asset Editor, Ken Dauber helped shift the mindset of our community by his relentless advocacy for many of the changes that are now taking place under Superintendent McGee. I have attended Special Education parent meetings for six years. There were times I cried and hugged after listening to terrible experiences shared by parents about certain teachers, administration and repeated bullying. The Daubers helped us from the time our son was 7. They steered us toward the best support staff and counseled us on how to move

quickly from those who were unresponsive — or detrimental to our son. We have had wonderful support for our son over the last 6 years, partly due to continued assistance from the Daubers. Ken always suggested diplomatic ways to ask for support and to resolve problems, without resorting to legal action. Janice Woldenberg Miller Channing Avenue, Palo Alto

Shining knight Editor, I am grateful that Ken Dauber stands up for what is right — the rights of our children to learn in a safe space, with equal access to an education — instead of engaging in cover up politics and squandering legal fees trying to defend the indefensible. Paly had a sexually hostile environment, and the district has been trampling on the rights of kids with disabilities for decades — counting on their struggling families to not have the energy or resources to fight to get what the law clearly states their kids deserve. Pretending this wasn’t so, or spending over $200,000 to try to cover it up with legal posturing is the crime here — not the Daubers

bringing evil to light and urging the district to get in compliance with the law and our children’s rights! Loyalty is only valuable when it is to the power of good, and Ken is our children’s shining knight! Carina Rossner Webster Street, Palo Alto

Bringing issues forward Editor, Several years ago, after Ken Dauber was given a backhanded thank you in a Weekly editorial that first criticized his tenacity and secondly applauded his good work before the school board, I called Ken and wished him well in his effort to cut through the patina of “no problems” in Palo Alto because they are here, just as I found them elsewhere in my law practice representing abused children. Denial is common, and we must address issues that are uncomfortable to discuss. Ken has performed a laudable task of bringing to the attention of parents and taxpayers serious issues that directly focus on the safety and well-being of our children and grandchildren. Good work, Ken. Richard Alexander Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto

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Off Deadline Watching Urban Forest Master Plan develop was like ... watching trees grow by Jay Thorwaldson

he recent adoption of an Urban Forest Master Plan by the Palo Alto City Council comes just shy of a decade since the idea was first proposed by Canopy, the city’s nonprofit tree-advocate group. There still may be a bit of pruning and grafting to be done on the 206-page document, laden with both tree philosophy and enough facts to clog a storm drain or two. Some have objected to the plan as not emphasizing that the forest — or any forest — needs to be a habitat for birds, animals and even insects. The absence of such a reference last spring created a bit of a split between environmental groups, with the Palo Alto-based Acterra and Canopy supporting council adoption of the plan while the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club and the California Native Plant Society opposed it. At issue was whether the large number of non-native trees were making life harder for native critters that evolved for thousands of years with the native vegetation. One speaker, Claire Elliott of Acterra, held up a branch of leaves that had been chewed on and a second branch with pristine leaves, indicating some species was going hungry due to a non-native plant.

There have been some conciliatory talks lately as the city moves toward a final version of the master plan. Palo Alto’s urban forest dates back about 120 years, and in the early 1900s trees became the subject of a community battle. It seems horses could navigate around trees on the unpaved streets more easily than cars, particularly when en route home from a night out visiting Mayfield watering holes. Some in town wanted the trees removed. A compromise was to paint the trunks of larger trees white — trees long since gone. The term “urban forest” applies both the city-owned street trees along curbs and to private trees in the yards of residents and on properties of businesses. The term seems more appropriate for northern Palo Alto more than south-of-Oregon Expressway neighborhoods. To get the true sense of what “urban forest” means, one simply needs to take a hike at the Dish above Stanford University or drive up to the Windy Hill parking area along Skyline Boulevard and look east. Except for some tall buildings in commercial areas, much of Palo Alto disappears into greenery. South Palo Alto is an exception to the visibility test, as a newer (1950s-1960s) area of development. Southerners have long complained that city facilities favor the north half of town, and trees are a valid case in point — the new Mitchell Park Community Center notwithstanding. Yet plans are afoot to encourage more tree planting in the south. To speed things along, anyone can call the city and re-

quest a street tree or trees for in front of their house. Homeowners and renters (with landlord permission, presumably) could also plant trees, following a bit of research relating to how aggressive the roots might be in terms of patios or driveways. The quantity and timing of leaf fall might also be of some interest to the resident planning for a new addition to the urban forest. Roots also are a concern for street trees in particular, reaching clear to the city attorney’s office. One of the largest injury claims against the city each year is from people tripping on raised sidewalks, despite public-works crews racing with expensive repairs against the slow-but-powerful underground force. Yet surveys show 3-to-1 support for the urban canopy for a number of reasons, from shade and beauty to habitat (for people and critters) to property values — as if those weren’t already high enough, some might say. There is equally strong support for habitat-supporting trees. Yet one might doubt that too many residents with established landscaping would be thrilled with well-chewed leaves, or even with dead trees around (caused by the current drought or not). Catherine Martineau, longtime director of Canopy, who first proposed the Urban Forest Master Plan to city officials in 2006, is optimistic that the current plan, approved on May 11 by the City Council with some conditions for further work, will be finalized. The current plan is based largely on a U.S. Forest Service analysis tool, called iTree — which focuses heavily on the ben-

efits of trees, but more for people than for critters. “For a long time, unless there is a dollar value in front of an asset there is no real incentive” to focus on things such as the well-being of trees, Martineau observed, adding that iTree provides such an incentive. “Palo Alto is a little bit different because everyone knows trees are appreciated and valued anyway. “One thing the research does not assess is the value in terms of habitat.” It lists ecosystem benefits but is “skewed for trees that are not necessarily the best for habitat.” Shani Kleinhaus, Ph.D., environmental advocate for the Audubon Society chapter, notes that the groups are meeting with the city’s relatively new urban forester, Walter Passmore, who has been a sparkplug in getting the master plan moving at last. Facing a nationwide decline in songbirds, considering habitat value of any forest is vitally important: “From this perspective, the Palo Alto Urban Forest has not only an aesthetic value and a role in our sustainable future but also a role in the regional ecosystem, and in sustaining migratory songbird populations,” she notes. A staff report, which will be available at cityofpaloalto.org, on the north-south tree disparity will be discussed by the council on Oct. 5. Closing the disparity will take awhile, even with a unified and sustained effort. Kind of like watching trees grow. Q Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jaythor@well.com. He also writes periodic blogs at PaloAltoOnline.com.

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How often do you go to the Stanford University campus, and why? Asked on California Avenue. Interviews and photos by Sam Sciolla.

Lynne Sopchak

Natalia Lebdeva

Calvin Lok

Beth Sears

Bandera Drive, Palo Alto Biologist

Mission Boulevard, Fremont Librarian

Louis Road, Palo Alto Retired

Robb Road, Palo Alto Nonprofit

“I’m there a couple of times a week to attend lectures to keep up on areas of interest in medicine.”

“A few times a week. ... For some activities — a lecture, theater, a movie sometimes. ... It’s just so vibrant.”

“Once a week my daughter has sports horseback-riding lessons (there).”

“Probably five or six times a year, either for a conference or a performance or the bookstore. ... Or the museum.”

Maithili Bobde Los Altos Avenue, Los Altos Software engineer “Maybe twice a year ... mostly to take ... relatives visiting us ... (and for) some Indian Holi festivals. ... I do go to the Dish (to) hike fairly often.”

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Ableand willing Brett Carmody, an employee at Tesla Motors in Palo Alto, prepares to drive a new car into the garage for detailing. At bottom: Software company SAP has an initiative to hire people with autism such as Joe Cintas, a quality specialist.

Employees with disabilities are slowly gaining greater entry into Silicon Valley companies, but still have far to go by Sue Dremann | photos by Veronica Weber

wenty-five years after the federal enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the law that was created to end discrimination against people with disabilities has failed to produce more employment, according to a U.S. Department of Labor Statistics report. In 1989, the year before the ADA went into effect, a Harris poll found that only 29 percent of persons 18 to 64 years old who had disabilities worked full or part time compared with 79 percent of working-age people without disabilities. But 25 years later, a dismal 17.1 percent of persons with a disability who want to work were employed in 2014, compared with 64.6 percent for persons without a disability, according to the June 16 Department of Labor report. The majority of jobs for persons with a disability are also still low paying, the report noted. And persons with a disability were nearly twice as liking as their non-disabled counterparts to be working only part time. But despite the discouraging statistics, some Palo Alto companies are making strides in hiring people with disabilities, with the help of Palo Alto area nonprofits. Software giant SAP is at the forefront. By 2020, the company plans to hire people with an autism spectrum disorder to make up one percent of its worldwide workforce, about 650 people. SAP has even changed the way it interviews and trains to accommodate people with a disability.

Both SAP and electric-vehicle maker Tesla Motors are using disability advocates to guide programs that will make the hires successful for the employee and employer. That partnership often includes recruitment, company sensitivity awareness and job coaching with follow-ups to troubleshoot issues as they arise. Palo Alto-based Abilities United is one of the agencies working with companies to hire employees with disabilities. The nonprofit organization opened its Employment Services program in 1991, shortly after the 1990 ADA enactment. Since then, it has placed more than 400 people in Bay Area jobs. The clients’ salaries range from minimum wage to more than $100,000 annually, according to Sohelia Razban, director of adult services and respite. Abilities United now partners with about 120 employers, including Cisco, Homewood Suites, Safeway, Stanford University and Tesla Motors.

rett Carmody, who has autism, works in Tesla Motors’ auto-detailing department. Carmody, who has worked for the company for two years and 11 months, is an Abilities United client. He was detailing for other auto dealers, but he really wanted to work for Tesla, Razban said. His supervisor, Greg MacDonald, said that Carmody is excellent at preparing the new cars for customers. He cleans the vehicles inside and out, and then adds a

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large bow to the roof. When the car is driven out to the customer, it’s Carmody who most often finds the appropriate keys. Because he remembers numbers in series so well, he can find anything in the mound of tags and keys. It’s a job nobody wants, and it’s one he enjoys, MacDonald said. “It’ll take me twice as long to do it, and he’s right on it,” MacDonald added. Tall and gentle, Carmody has an infectious sense of humor and greets visitors with a large grin. He loves the detailing, and he’ll remove a speck of lint that no one else would notice, Services Man-

‘Everybody has different abilities. You’re just a big coach on a big team trying to figure out each person.’ — Gary Nakasu, services manager, Tesla Motors ager Gary Nakasu said. Sometimes his disability can be challenging, Nakasu admitted. Carmody has an aversion to white cars, and it can be difficult for him to work on them. He is also improving his focus and practicing techniques to calm himself from time to time. To help him stay motivated and on task, the department started an incentive program. Co-workers cut

a laminated photo of a metallicblue Tesla sedan into three pieces. Each day, Carmody must perform three tasks satisfactorily to receive a part of the car: arrive at work by 8:45 a.m.; complete his daily tasks; and stay productive with a good attitude. When he receives all three parts, he gets to put a small image of the whole vehicle on a chart. If Carmody has whole cars for the entire week, he gets 15 minutes of extra time at lunch. If he racks up two good weeks in a row, he gets to take a real Tesla car and a co-worker to lunch. So far, the rewards program is effective, MacDonald said. Before hiring Carmody, Nakasu didn’t have any idea of what it would take to accommodate a person with a disability. And he admitted, he had preconceived ideas that proved to be wrong. “Before meeting Brett, I thought of people with disabilities only on the mental disability side. I didn’t think they would be able to communicate. I always felt they can do only certain tasks, and it can’t be too complex,” he said. It’s important to find the employee’s specialty but not pigeonhole the person, he said. “If somebody’s good with numbers, maybe you put them in the parts department,” he said. But with the proper training, someone such as Carmody could

potentially become a manager, Nakasu said. Tesla has many departments in which a person with a disability can work. Over time, Nakasu has altered how he manages Carmody, who will take what people say very literally. If Nakasu asked him not to place a bottle of water on the edge of a desk, Carmody would think Nakasu was only referring to that particular corner, and he would just move it to another corner. Nakasu learned to explain why one wouldn’t put the bottle on a corner where it could be knocked over and spilled, he said. Abilities United has supplied a job coach, Hanh Nguyen, to help train Carmody and troubleshoot any issues that arise. Nakasu said the relationship has worked out well — so well that he did not hesitate to take part in a promotional video for the Abilities United Employment Services program. “I plan to make Abilities United a regular hiring source,” he said, adding that he has been approached by regional managers at other Tesla service centers who want to try out the program. The biggest thing he has learned while working with Carmody is patience, he added. To bosses who might think they don’t have the time for an employee who doesn’t fit the mold, Nakasu says he has a philosophy

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U.S. Department of Labor predicts work opportunities for 2012-2022 Top occupations employing people with disabilities in California Occupation Motor vehicle operators Crossing guards Ushers, lobby attendants or ticket takers

Tax examiners, collectors or revenue agents Tax preparers Refuse and recyclable material collectors

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Joel Martinez, a server at Homewood Suites in Palo Alto, restocks the breakfast buffet area with clean plates during his shift on Aug. 21. he uses when managing all employees: A manager’s role is taking care of his or her employees, he said. “Everybody has different abilities,” he said “You’re just a big coach on a big team trying to figure out each person.”

hen SAP set out to hire people with disabilities through its Autism at Work program, it also changed the way it interviews and trains candidates. For starters, the software company — whose products are currently used for sports analytics, military planning, and aerospace and defense — foregoes traditional verbal interviews. Instead, it gives candidates one week of training in soft skills, such as communication, social etiquette and how to disclose to co-workers that they have autism. It uses Legos and Lego Mindstorms on a computer to see how candidates follow a graphical set of instructions to build and program a

‘They are the ones who have looked at disability employment and are really seeing it as a value.’ —Martha Artiles, president, Silicon Valley Business Leadership Network robot with a set of sensors to make it run around on the floor. The company follows the Lego session with a one-on-one “meet and greet” to discern why the candidates want a particular job. During a subsequent five-week pre-employment training course, candidates again use Lego Mindstorms. Afterward, they make a PowerPoint presentation for the hiring managers. They also receive an assignment from a potential hiring manager in their area of expertise, said Jose Velasco, vice president of operations and strategy and head of the program in the United States. SAP has held three hiring rounds so far using the methodology. Joe Cintas, a quality specialist, was hired through the program. He has worked since April 2014 with SAP’s Project Build, which creates prototypes for different applications, he said.

Cintas has a degree in environmental studies from San Jose State University. He previously worked as a Safeway cashier. He had no prior engineering experience, but he is very, very good with numbers, he said. It didn’t take him long to catch on, and now he detects deficiencies in the company’s programming. It’s a highly detail-oriented process, he said, and the work has been fulfilling. “It makes me feel like I actually have a career putting out a product that’s actually going to mean something to customers and the company,” he said. Initially, SAP envisioned hiring persons with autism to do software testing, which would use some of their specialized skills, such as attention to detail. But the company found there weren’t enough quality-assurance jobs, so they started looking at other openings. The company found 14 roles in the company, including IT, technical, systems analysis, marketing, operations, media communications and data analysis, Velasco said. Compensation packages “are competitive with the industry,” he added. In the past two years, the company has implemented the pilot program in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, Ireland and the United States. Managers say the teams are more cohesive because of the program, he said, and SAP plans to implement it as a companywide standard. Velasco said the program is supported by the company’s CEO and its board of directors. “But it is also driven by a grass-roots group of employees who volunteer their time to make the program a success.” The program had its early origins in India in 2012 through a local group of volunteers who first donated their time and talents to a nonprofit organization that catered to the needs of people with autism. This evolved into hiring four people with autism in software testing. This program was then brought to the attention of SAP’s global chief diversity and inclusion officer. He took the local initiative and partnered with Specialisterne (a Danish nonprofit group that has developed the disability-adaptive hiring and training methods), announcing the one percent global objective, Velasco said. “Our program is based in our

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diversity and inclusion vision and our need for the best talent, which includes those in the autism spectrum. We believe that it is because of our differences and not in spite of them that we will be able to provide richer and more rewarding solutions to our customers,” he added. SAP has hired 16 people with autism spectrum disorder in the Bay Area so far, and about half work in Palo Alto. Velasco said it has been an “extremely positive” experience. “People are doing a fantastic job,” he said. One employee created a new software program that saved SAP $40 million, he added. Other Fortune 500 companies are taking notice. Several have reached out to SAP to learn more about the program so they can implement it at their companies, Velasco added. SAP partners with the California Department of Rehabilitation, Specialisterne and Expandability, a San Jose-based nonprofit that helps recruit and train employees with disabilities. SAP is a model employer, disabilities job advocates said. “They are the ones who have looked at disability employment and are really seeing it as a value. There are very few examples like SAP,” said Martha Artiles, president of Silicon Valley Business Leadership Network, an employer-led nonprofit organization that offers education, training and resources to help businesses include people with disabilities in the workforce and marketplace.

hanging corporate culture to be inclusive is the biggest challenge to progress in hiring people with disabilities, Artiles said. “It’s not the same way as race and gender and age are within diversity conversations. It’s frustrating, very frustrating. Disability needs to be seen as important as these other di-

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mensions of diversity, but it is often missing in the vision of diversity,” she said. But change is happening: Even a prominent company that had violated the ADA in the past has quietly changed its culture to include people with disabilities, not only in its facilities, but in the workplace. When the U.S. Department of Justice sued the 900-hotel Hilton Worldwide Inc. for failing to make its rooms and reservations systems accessible to persons with disabilities, the result was a settlement in November 2010, whereby the hotel chain agreed to upgrade all of its hotels built after Jan. 26, 1993. It surveyed and required its franchises and man-

‘Any position I have open they can be a part of: food and beverage, housekeeping, front desk. They could be a manager or supervisor. The option is available.’ —Matt Dolan, general manager, Homewood Suites aged hotels to comply with the ADA, installed a disabilities-accessible reservation system, appointed a national ADA-compliance officer to oversee its operations and provided specific ADA training for staff, according to the Department of Justice. Today, general managers such as Matt Dolan, who supervises Palo Alto’s new Homewood Suites on El Camino Real, have taken the changes to heart. “Now ADA is integrated into everything we do. It’s a mindset,” he said. “Hilton is dedicated to hiring the right person for the job. It’s color blind and ability blind. ... Any position I have open they can be a part of: food and beverage, housekeeping, front desk. They could be a manager

or supervisor. The option is available.” Hilton is also making an effort to hire veterans, some of whom are disabled, he added. Since Homewood Suites’ March opening, Dolan has hired three people through Abilities United. Two are currently on staff, and he has requested candidates for other positions. Soft spoken and affable, Dolan, whose late brother had special needs, said he understood the challenges for the employee with disabilities and the employer. Joel Martinez, a morning server in the dining room, was recommended by Abilities United. He has worked for Homewood Suites for seven weeks. Courteous and soft spoken, he has a welcoming manner that makes guests feel comfortable. With coaching from Abilities United, Martinez is working toward living independently. He is moving from his parents’ home into his own housing, focusing on planning his budget, working on cooking and food preparation and learning to drive. “It’s exciting,” he said. And the job at Homewood, he added, “makes me feel good.” Martinez washes dishes, cleans tables and restocks the kitchen. Prior to working at Homewood, he worked in a grocery store and at a restaurant, so he fit well in a food and beverage operation, Dolan said. “The biggest challenge with Joel is that he clocks in and he goes straight to work,” Dolan said, grinning. “Even with all of the challenges — with the ebb and flow of employees and working with somebody you get to know and then they leave and everything is brand new — Joel has adapted like a champ. Joel’s consistent; he’s here on time; he’s reliable and steady; he’s honest and hard working. “We never have to say, ‘Where is Joel? Is Joel curled up sleeping in the hamper with the warm towels again?’ Those things do happen (with (continued on page 25)

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Advocates: Companies still grappling with hiring people with disabilities Firms see emerging technology as one path to a more inclusive future

ecent pronouncements by technology companies about inclusiveness and diversity would seem to indicate that they are making great strides, but how well are they doing with hiring people with disabilities? The scorecard is still largely unmarked: While companies are more forthcoming about hiring by demographics such as race, gender and age, they often closely protect information about disability hiring. In a recent announcement about Apple’s diversity hiring, the company specified its increased employment of women, blacks, Asians and Hispanics, but it did not break out its disability hires. Other companies take disability out of the conversation, saying they focus on hiring the best person for the job, regardless of disability. Disability advocates say there are reasons for the reticence. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from asking an applicant whether he or she is disabled and about the nature or severity of a disability. Employers also cannot require an applicant to take a medical examination before making a job offer. Martha Artiles, president of Silicon Valley Business Leadership Network, which connects employers and job seekers who have disabilities, said that hiring professionals is more complex than hiring lower-skilled labor. “You can’t go through one organization to get a good, broad spectrum of talent,” she said. As many as 72 percent of employable persons with a disability aren’t enrolled in services, including statefunded training and employment programs, from which they might be recruited, she said. And some companies report being unsure of what to do regarding recruitment, training and accommodations for workers with disabilities, said Maria Nicolacoudis, executive director of Expandability, a San Jose-based nonprofit organization that recruits, screens and assesses potential candidates for employers and offers training

and post-placement support. Companies have turned to nonprofits like Expandability to help them find their way when it comes to disability hiring. Google has created a program, TechAbility, that works with a nonprofit agency to recruit and hire students with disabilities for fulltime employment. And Facebook uses The Arc, a national nonprofit organization with programs to help employers train and hire people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Facebook also goes to college campuses to recruit recent graduates with disabilities, a spokesperson said. Some Silicon Valley companies are actively seeking ways to improve their hiring of workers with disabilities, if not out of altruism or any cultural shift, then because of their bottom lines. Consumers with disabilities, which include the aging, are now recognized as a powerful economic force, Artiles said. A new initiative announced in July by several Silicon Valley companies seeks to capitalize on the development of new and emerging assistive technologies for the disabled population by building a knowledgeable workforce that understands disabilities. Suzanne Philion, director of Corporate Communications for Yahoo said several tech companies, including Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Yahoo, reached out to academic institutions and disability advocates in an effort to ensure students are exposed to the best principles regarding assistive technology and that “we fill the pipeline with qualified candidates.” “Accessibility must become mainstream. One of the greatest challenges to making accessible technology more ubiquitous is a lack of awareness and understanding of basic accessibility issues, concepts and practices,” the group wrote in its principles and objectives statement. “We propose to begin building this foundation of knowledge in higher education, with enhanced training and collaborations with people with disabilities.” Those disability-assistive technol-

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ogies are expected to level the employment field, advocates and company spokespeople said, through voice recognition, hands-free dictation and other applications. At the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, Apple showcased “Workflow,” an automation tool for iOS and watchOS, which included VoiceOver, a technology to make devices accessible to those who are blind or have low-vision. The software won the company’s own 2015 Design Awards. The American Foundation for the Blind also gave Apple the Helen Keller Achievement Award in May for VoiceOver, a gesture-based screen reader that allows users point at a screen to hear a description of everything on the display. Companies are seeing the advantages of using disabled persons to design, troubleshoot and test their new products, but will that interest translate into jobs for people with disabilities? That depends in part on public and corporate policies regarding access to appropriate education, computer skills and other training; disability income policies; and the availability of workplace accommodations and other employment supports, according to a report by the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. From that agency’s viewpoint, the tech sector’s role will be crucial. Most job growth for people with disabilities is projected to be in occupations for which computer use is important, according to the report. “The rapid development of new computer and information technologies has particular benefits for many people with disabilities by helping overcome specific physical and cognitive limitations and significantly increasing the workplace productivity of people with disabilities. “Technology and corporate policies are also creating more possibilities for home-based and other flexible work arrangements that than especially benefit people with disabilities who deal with transportation difficulties and medical concerns,” the report noted. Advocates such as Artiles and Nicolacoudis added that a cultural shift is necessary to make hiring people with disabilities fruitful and long lasting. A recent open letter by Apple CEO Tim Cook seemed to point to an evolving corporate cultural change: “Our definition of diversity goes far beyond the traditional categories of race, gender, and ethnicity. It includes personal qualities that usually go unmeasured, like sexual orientation, veteran status and disabilities. Who we are, where we come from, and what we’ve experienced influence the way we perceive issues and solve problems. We believe in celebrating that diversity and investing in it.” Q — Sue Dremann

Matt Dolan, general manager for Homewood Suites in Palo Alto, leads a daily staff meeting as Joel Martinez, second from right, and other employees listen.

State moves to improve work opportunities, pay for disabled workers ‘Employment First’ policy to help people with developmental, intellectual disabilities

ntil recently, California’s main model for training and supplying jobs for people with developmental disabilities focused on placing them in so-called “sheltered” work spaces, where they were isolated from the mainstream workforce in settings exempt from even the minimum wage. A worker in a sheltered setting made on average $6.24 per hour in 2011. But if employed in a mainstream job, according to the California Department of Developmental Services, that same worker earned on average $9.89 per hour — a 58 percent difference in wage. But the state has one of the lowest rates in the country of persons with developmental disabilities employed in regular workplaces, according to the National Survey of State IDD Agency Day and Employment Services. But now, thanks to the Employment First Policy bill, AB1041, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2013, the state is working to increase employment in mainstream jobs for people with developmental, intellectual and some neurological conditions, including cerebral palsy and autism. In December 2014, the state Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Developmental Services and the California Department of Education collaborated on the California CIE (competitive integrated employment) Blueprint for Change, which aims to promote and expand state funding of integrated work sites and day programs; phase out belowminimum wages in state-funded employment; expand training for private employers; and expand supported-employment providers, who help some people with disabilities in their jobs, among other goals. The program will also direct businesses to develop employ-

ment models that encourage hiring people with disabilities. On Aug. 31, the state held a teleconference that included companies that are already implementing workable hiring programs that are disability-inclusive. The business partners included Walgreens, CVS and Teacher’s Insurance Annuity Association College Retirement Equity Fund (TIAA-CREF), according to a conference transcript. While lauding the new policy, advocates said that California’s funding for integrated-work programs must also shift away from sheltered settings, since no new significant funding has been added for the additional integrated programs. Though state and federal funding of sheltered work programs is an estimated $53.6 million this fiscal year — and for integrated work programs $108.1 million — the state’s allotment for integrated work actually declined by $5 million from three years ago, according to the California Department of Finance. Funding the integrated-job programs is crucial to moving people with developmental disabilities toward independence, said Debra Jorgensen, associate managing attorney with Disability Rights California, the state’s designated disability protection and advocacy agency. Working clients of California’s regional centers, which coordinate services for people with disabilities, made on average $523 per month in 2012, according to the state Employment Development Department. That number is far below the federal poverty level, Jorgensen said. “The effect on the individual under the current funding system is a life dependent on government benefits with limited opportunities,” she said. “We field

Cover Story hundreds of calls every year from people who are offered work in sheltered workshops or work crews/enclaves who want to work in real jobs for real pay,” she said. While the state program is still under development, a federal law may lead to faster mainstream employment of people with developmental and other disabilities. To receive any federal contracts, companies are now required to make 7 percent of their workforce nationwide be persons with disabilities within each job group, or throughout the entire workforce if the company has 100 or fewer employees. The rule, an amendment of Section 503 of the Rehabilita tion Act of 1973, went into effect on March 24, 2014, according to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Q — Sue Dremann About the cover: Brett Carmody, an employee at Tesla Motors in Palo Alto, sprays cleaner onto a Model S as he details the car during his shift. Photo by Veronica Weber.

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other employees),” Dolan said. Dolan said the jobs he has staffed with Abilities United clients were previously challenging to fill. The positions are during the hotel’s busiest hours, and other employees have not stayed. But Martinez and employee Devon Walker have resolved Dolan’s dilemma, he said. Walker, the night houseman, has been on the job 10 weeks. While guests sleep, he cleans the spaces, closes and cleans the pool, and sets out the new towels so guests who want to take an early dip will find everything ready. Walker is asking Dolan all of the time for little items he believes will make things just right. Dolan recalled the first day of Walker’s employment: “In the morning when I walked in, I could tell he had been here. The pool was organized and when the sun came up, all of the chairs were in place. It’s

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everything that gives you that first impression in the morning, and it’s just so nice.” He added that he is greatly please with the partnership. But he acknowledged there is still much work before businesses will overcome their preconceived notions about employing people with disabilities. “For employers, if they aren’t comfortable, there is a fear of uncertainty. If someone is not familiar, hiring them can seem like a daunting task. Sometimes it can have so many variables. But from an employment standpoint, everybody’s got a special need. (All employees) have certain skills they can and can’t do. It’s just bridging that gap. But employers often don’t think of it that way. It’s ‘Do (we) take the risk?’ “Even with managers here there was a hesitancy. It was not verbalized, but it was there. I just pushed it,” he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@paweekly.com.

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Beauty in the beast

Palo Alto photographer offers abstract visions of nature by Elizabeth Schwyzer | photos by Michael Kern

brief glance at one of Michael Kern’s photographs, and you might mistake it for an abstract work in stained glass, or the image seen through the lens of a kaleidoscope. Look again. Those jewel-like hues, those striking geometric patterns are in fact borrowed from nature — from the scales, feathers and skin of some of the world’s rarest creatures. This is “abstract reality,” a style of nature photography Kern created almost by accident but

which has captivated viewers. Most recently, his colorful images caught the attention of one of the country’s most prestigious publications: The October issue of National Geographic features a 10-page spread of Kern’s work. For the Palo Alto business consultant-turned-professional photographer, it’s still a bit hard to believe the impact these images have had. Sitting in his Midtown home, where a spotted California kingsnake and an Australian carpet python overlook the dining (continued on next page)

The camouflage poison dart frog’s beautiful colors are a warning sign to predators. Kern digitally manipulates his photographs to arrive at images reminiscent of Persian rugs, or the visions seen through the lens of a kaleidoscope. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 25, 2015 • Page 27

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This black widow spider was shot at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo.

for my photography business, so I took a shot of an iguana’s eye and (continued from previous page) mirrored it,” he said, showing the resulting image: a reptilian face room table from their terrariums, with a piercing gaze so perfectly Kern spoke about the “abstract symmetrical it was otherworldly. “This was the first mirror I reality” series with a mixture of did,” he noted with wonder, “and amazement and pride. A reptile fanatic since child- it ended up joining the permanent hood, his interest in snakes was collection at the Smithsonian.” Kern began using Photoshop to reawakened in adulthood when his sons begged him get them one create increasingly elaborate miras a pet. Next came a subscription ror images, often manipulating to Reptiles Magazine. Kern, the the original photograph until the subject — be it son of a talented snake, spider amateur photogor frog — was rapher, looked nearly unidentiat the photos in fiable: reduced each issue and to a mesmerizthought, “I could ing quilt of color do better than and texture. that.” What Kern Kern joined discovered in the Palo Alto exhibiting these Camera Club to works was that hone his techniviewers who cal skills and was would shrink determined to away from upget his work pubclose photolished in Reptiles graphs of poi— a goal it didn’t sonous vipers or take him long to tarantulas would accomplish. In Palo Alto photographer lean in much 2005, after 25 Michael Kern. closer to invesyears of management consulting with Accenture, tigate the abstract version of the he made the decision to leave the very same images. Maybe, he beindustry and devote himself full- gan to think, the “abstract reality” series could function as an introtime to photography. Ten years and many thousands duction to these creatures, many of images later, Kern finds him- of whom were endangered but few self enjoying a moment of relative of whom captured the public affame, though the works currently fection like polar bears, dolphins, garnering interest represent only otters or wolves. Might people dea fraction of his oeuvre — a side velop more interest in the reptiles project initiated nearly a decade and arachnids he cared so much ago for practical rather than artis- about if they could appreciate their sheer beauty separately from tic reasons. “I needed to create a letterhead their familiar — and sometimes

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The black widow spider tends to frighten people, but its portrait creates a beautiful abstract image. threatening — shape? “The idea is to take the form out of the equation and keep the color, pattern, texture, line, so people can appreciate the natural components,” Kern explained. “Snakes in particular have been demonized in our culture, our books, even the Bible,” he added. “People fear them, and rightfully so; a bite from a poisonous snake can have serious consequences.” Yet at the same time, he said,

“They’re very beautiful animals as well; some people are just too freaked out at first to see that. The whole ‘abstract reality’ concept is to help people bridge that gap.” A scroll down Kern’s website, thegardensofeden.org, gives a sense of his preferred subjects, from exotic amphibians, invertebrates, reptiles and birds to the abstracted images that have recently launched him into the national spotlight. These images also ex-

emplify Kern’s signature style: His subjects tend to fill the frame and nearly always appear against a black background rather than a natural setting. For all his fascination with the natural world, Kern doesn’t necessarily see himself as a “nature photographer” and acknowledges that he doesn’t fit neatly into either high art or nature photography circles. Though he occasionally shoots in the wild, he’s more often found working

Kern’s first experiment with using Photoshop to mirror an image ended up in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian.

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Though he enjoys going on international expeditions, Kern achieves his best shots in the controlled environment of the studio. Here, a red-eyed tree frog admires its own reflection. with zoos, conservation groups, importers and breeders. His ultimate aim is to get his animal subjects into a controlled studio environment for what he calls a fashion shoot. “I’m dealing with captives,” he said, adding that while he loves going on expeditions to far-flung places like Madagascar and New Caledonia in search of rare species, he rarely gets his best shots on these excursions. “I’m a control fanatic,” he admitted. “It’s a photo-frenzy in the field; it’s a non-controlled situation. In the studio, I can work with handlers to control the environment. I can capture the animals as I see them.” Many of the shots Kern considers the most successful were taken in his Palo Alto studio, while a number of his images of birds were taken at Pandemonium Aviaries in Los Altos, a nonprofit bird sanctuary that works to save rare breeds from extinction. Through trial and error, Kern has actually built a custom bird photography studio at the aviary where he can safely photograph the birds in flight thanks to high-speed flashes, soft padding and custom perches that can be gently shaken to destabilize the birds and encourage them to lift off. In this way, Kern can capture everything from their bright plumage to their colorful personalities. Last year, Algonquin Press published “The Birds of Pandemonium,” a book written by the organization’s Michelle Raffin and featuring more than 25 of Kern’s color photographs. In one of the more comical shots, an African Grey Parrot faces the lens directly, tipping its head back and opening its beak wide to expose a striped gray tongue and a long neck of ruffled feathers. Reptilian species tend to wear more sedate expressions. An albino green iguana eyes the viewer with something resembling patient disdain, its stippled neck framed by the handsome vermil-

ion spines on its back and the reddish dewlap hanging beneath its jowl. A controlled environment, a skilled handler and plenty of patience are required to capture such shots, but Kern says there’s more to it than that. Among his principles is that of shooting on the animal’s level rather than peering down on them from above. “I always travel with knee pads in my car,” he explained, describing what he called “the psychology of the angle of shot.” “Looking down on an animal suggests you have authority over it,” he explained. “I want to shoot peer to peer.” Establishing eye contact with the viewer is crucial with cer-

tain animals, Kern feels, though in the case of arachnids, it’s less relevant. His image of a critically endangered sapphire ornamental tree spider, for example, focuses on the electric blues and golden yellows of its legs and uses backlight to capture the glow of the fine filaments of hair covering its body. There have been occasional close calls with venomous snakes, Kern noted, but he feels confident in his ability to call off a shoot if a handler seems ill-equipped or an animal appears distressed. For the most part, he relishes stepping into the studio with animals that would make some people’s blood run cold — species he refers to simply as “under-appreciated.”

With species like this one of an albino green iguana, Kern feels, establishing eye contact with the viewer is essential.

To capture the details of this endangered sapphire ornamental tree spider, Kern uses both front- and back-lighting. “I’ve worked to be able to capture these animals in their splendor,” he explained. And in the “abstract reality” series, through a careful manual process of digital duplication and rearranging, Kern feels he is “distilling the animal into its essence.” In the process, he’s also transforming fear into fascination, revulsion into awe. Though reptiles are his first love, Kern has more recently branched out into other photographic subjects including architecture, which in turn has developed his interest in interior design. Eventually, he said, he can imagine his abstract reality

images being used in that context. So what if that eye-catching wall tapestry was inspired by the scales of an Asian vine snake? Beauty is beauty. Or, as Kern put it, “Nature’s color palette can’t be beat.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly.com. About the cover: Palo Alto photographer Michael Kern photographed this blue crowned pigeon at Pandemonium Aviaries in Los Altos, and used Photoshop to duplicate its image.

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Festival Redwood City Salsa Festival It’s going to be hot in Redwood City this Saturday, Sept. 26, when the Salsa Festival returns to town. The fun starts at noon and runs until 8 p.m. with live Latin music, Tequila and microbrew tastings, and amateur and professional salsa chefs offering samples of ttheir fresh and fiery concoctions. The festival takes place on Redwood City’s Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway. Admission is free. Go to goo.gl/nZGssq or call 650-780-7000. S

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Artistry in Fashion A Calling all fashion lovers: This Saturday, Sept. 26, Redwood City’s Cañada College, 4200 C Farm Hill Blvd., hosts local independent designers for a day of demonstrations, sales and F more. From hand-crafted jewelry to one-of-a-kind garments, bags and accessories, the m sshow is a great place to get new fashion inspiration — or do some personal shopping. The d designer sale and showcase runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a fashion show at 4 p.m. A $10 donation is requested. Go to artistryinfashion.com or call 650-306-3370.

In the south of India, 30 kilometers from the beautiful garden city of Bangalore, lies the dance village of Nrityagram. There, dancers come to devote themselves to the full-time study of classical Indian dance forms. This Saturday, Sept. 26, the internationally renowned Nrityagram Dance Ensemble comes to Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St. The ensemble will present “Samyoga,” a word that in Sanskrit means the joining of two heavenly bodies. “Samyoga” will be performed in the ancient and theatrical dance style of Odissi, one of the oldest surviving dance traditions of India, an art characterized by sinuous motion and powerful emotional expression. The performance also showcases sumptuous traditional costumes and live music. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15-$65. For more information, go to live. stanford.edu or call 650-724-2464.

Art A Great Glass Pumpkin Patch G T gourds are back! It’s time for the ever-popular annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch, The which celebrates its 20th year next week. The exhibition runs Tuesday, Sept. 29 through w Friday, Oct. 2 at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd. On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. F 3-4, the pumpkins and other glass creations go on sale to the public. Admission is free. 3 Go to greatglasspumpkinpatch.com or call 650-329-2366. G

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‘‘Bing Outside/In’ F a free afternoon of music, dance, art and food, head for Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall, For 327 Lasuen St., on Saturday, Sept. 26. There, you’ll find San Francisco indie rock band 3 TThe Family Crest playing in the open air lobby, acrobatics performed by Circus Bella, magic tricks by Dante Mancini and more. The event begins at 1 p.m. and runs through the m afternoon. Go to live.stanford.edu or call 650- 724-2464. a

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Above: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble from southern India will perform at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Let the kids frolic in the pumpkin patch and try their hand at pressing apple cider at the annual Autumn at Filoli Festival, held at the Woodside estate at 86 Cañada Road this Saturday, Sept. 26. Highlights include orchard tours, live music, heirloom fruit tasting and a barbecue lunch. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for Filoli members, $8 for children ages 5-17 and free for children 4 and younger. Go to filoli.org/autumn-festival or call 650-3648300, ext. 508. Q

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Eating Out “It’s a universal blue, and it’s got one or two notes,” Nava said as he nibbled on a sample. “You taste the blue, then it fades and then you taste the creaminess. It has a lingering blue on the backend, but it’s not overpowering.” For something “old,” Nava recommends a seven-year aged Wisconsin white cheddar, which packs an intense flavor. It’s “big and bold upfront,” but bitter on the backend, Nava said. The cheddar has a firm texture but becomes smooth and creamy once eaten. The “new” comes from Ewenique, a sheep’s milk cheese made in Holland specifically for Central Coast Creamery. The cheese is white with a delicate texture and an earthy sweetness. Other cheeses to look for: Moo-Na Lisa (Sigona’s private label), a Gouda-Gruyere cheese; truffle Gouda, a creamy and luxurious cheese infused with black truffles; and Fromager d’Affinois, a French doublecream soft cheese made from cow’s milk. Nava suggests serving enough of each type of cheese so that all guests can taste them, adding that the best cheese boards are diverse. If you’re serving a small party (five people), choose four to five types of cheese. Expert’s tip: Let the cheese sit out before serving time, Milk Pail Market’s Rasmussen said. “Let them get adjusted to (room) temperature, otherwise it’s a little too cold or too hard (to serve).”

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LOCAL EXPERTS DISH ON HOW TO C R E AT E T H E U LT I M AT E S P R E A D The key to an elegant and satisfying cheese board is plenty of color and flavor variety. Presented here, clockwise from left: Central Coast Creamery’s Big Rock Blue, seven-yearaged Wisconsin white cheddar, Wensleydale with cranberries, Ewenique’s sheep’s milk cheese, quince jam, castelvetrano olives, Dittmer’s Italian salami, paprika sausage and German salami.

rtfully arranged, a cheese plate can consist of fresh and/or dried fruits, olives, nuts, cured meats, crackers and, of course, cheese. But it takes more than just chunking up cheddar into cubes or scattering crackers around a wedge of Gouda to assemble a quality cheese plate. The endless types of cheese and accompaniments that create a spread can make the task a little overwhelming. Read on for tips from local meat and cheese experts on how to craft an elegant cheese board that will charm party guests — and their tastebuds.

WHAT TO BUY To assemble a fall cheese board, incorporate the character of the season, said Kai Rasmussen, store manager of The Milk Pail Market in Mountain View. One of Rasmussen’s fall recommendations is Gjetost, a cheese from Norway that is primarly made with whey and cow’s and goat’s milk. “It’s a very unusual cheese because it’s kind of caramelized so it doesn’t really taste like a normal cheese,” Rasmussen said. “It’s almost sweet, but it has a rich flavor that I feel is reminiscient of fall.” Another fall option is Wensleydale, a handmade cheese that’s sometimes studded with cranberries. (It gets its name from a style of cheese originally produced in the Wensleydale region of North Yorkshire, England.) “Wensleydale is a drier English cheese,” Rasmussen said, but the cranberries, characteristic of fall and holiday cooking, add a sweetness to the cheese’s crumbly texture. Other cheeses to consider: Fourme d’Ambert, a raw cow’s milk cheese from the Auvergne region of France (it also works well with the Gjetost, Rasmussen said) and manchego, a strong Spanish cheese made from sheep’s milk. John Nava, general manager and cheese buyer for Sigona’s Farmers Market at Stanford Shopping Center, looks to the old English rhyme often used for brides — “something old, something new and something blue” — to craft a cheese plate. “Have a strong presence of blue cheese,” Nava recommended, adding that his favorite is Big Rock Blue from Paso Robles-based Central Coast Creamery, a small-batch creamery that specializes in aged cow’s and goat’s milk cheeses. The blue cheese, which is ivory in color and laced with teal veining, has a mild and approachable flavor, he said.

Once you’ve decided on which cheeses to serve, it’s time to pick the accompaniments. Rasmussen likes to keep things seasonal. In the fall, she looks to fresh red and green grapes, pears and quince or quince paste: a sweet, thick jelly made from the pulp of the quince fruit. Fried and salted Marcona almonds add a salty crunch. Partner the cheeses with honey, which complements the salty nature of cheese and crackers. Rasmussen recommends serving a thinner cracker, “so you can taste the cheese more.” Cured meat can add substance to the cheese and act as a perfect vehicle for spreads. Mark Dittmer, whose father owns Dittmer’s Gourmet Meats & Wurst-Haus in Los Altos, recommends doubled-smoked paprika sausages (a Dittmer speciality), whose spice and heat go well with white cheese or cheddar, he said. “Especially with our heavy smoked stuff I like (a) nice mild cheese,” said Dittmer, who suggests slicing links into quarter-inch-thick coins for serving. Consider these other meats at Dittmer’s for your cheese plate: German salami, Italian salami, pepperoni and prosciutto. For sweeter accompaniments, Dittmer recommends a spreadable chutney or jam, including red currant, quince or lingonberry to add a contrasting flavor to the fatty, salty meats. For garnishes, place pickles, olives and other acidic accompaniments next to the meats, Dittmer suggested. Expert’s tip: For an easy and impressive treat to include on a cheese board, purchase Medjool dates and stuff them with mascarpone cheese and walnuts, then top with salt. (If you’re going high-end, Nava suggests Salt of the Earth, a 600-million-year-old salt from West Virginia.)

PRESENTATION Cheese is best displayed on a natural surface, such as wood, slate or marble, said Alison King, a sales associate at Sur La Table at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto. King prefers an olivewood cheese board because of the wood’s natural beauty, but “it’s a little more expensive because the wood is rare.” A cheaper alternative is an acacia wood cheese paddle, which features a natural grain pattern and provides a rustic backdrop for the cheese. Slate cheese boards are also a good option — and double as a writing surface. You can use chalk to write the names of the cheese directly on the slate. Another favorite of King’s are boards made of half wood and half marble. “You can put certain cheeses you’ll be slicing on the wooden side and other ones like brie, where you are just going to scoop, on the marble side,” she said. And don’t forget about the knives, said King. Spreadable cheeses such as brie or goat work best with a spreader or butter knife, while harder cheeses like parmesan work well with a square-shaped knife, she said. And for softer cheeses, like cheddar, King prefers a soft-cheese knife with a forked end to pick up the slices. She also reccomends putting out small serving bowls filled with olives and almonds to add warmth and texture, as well as placing labels in the cheeses so guests know what they’re trying. “The biggest thing is to have color,” King added. She reccomends placing a combination of red and green grapes on the board or serving cheese on serving paper that resembles a slice of wood or leaves. Digital Editor My Nguyen can be emailed at mnguyen@paweekly.com. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 25, 2015 • Page 31

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Chairmen of the board It’s Fischer vs. Spassky in ‘Pawn Sacrifice’ 00 1/2 (Aquarius, Century 20) International chess champion Bobby Fischer was as enigmatic as the game he played, which makes him a figure well-suited to a screen drama. And yet it is only

now — seven years after his death — that we get a major motion picture about the man who may have been the greatest chess player of all time. “Pawn Sacrifice” casts

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Tobey Maguire, right, plays 1970s American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer in “Pawn Sacrifice;” Liev Schreiber plays his nemesis, Soviet champion Boris Spassky.

Tobey Maguire as Fischer in a Cold War drama that builds to his most famous match. As scripted by Steven Knight (“Eastern Promises”), “Pawn Sacrifice” establishes Fischer’s credentials as a boy chess prodigy (Aiden Lovekamp and, later, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) growing up in the ’50s with no knowledge of his father and under the wing of a mother (Robin Weigert) bemused by his gift. Maguire takes over the leading role in 1962, when the still teenage Fischer (already a multiple record-breaker) competed in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Bulgaria. Maguire isn’t obvious casting, but he convincingly owns the role of the incredibly difficult, mentally unstable grand master. The actor pairs an oft-fevered, disheveled aspect with the fierce impatience and unwillingness to suffer fools that attend genius. Playing and replaying games in his mind, Fischer seems both at home in a championship culture of aggressive arrogance and mentally tortured by the game’s maddening

Anne Hathaway plays e-commerce fashion maven Jules Ostin in “The Intern.”

Patronizing De Niro ‘Intern’s for Hathaway 00 (Century 16, Century 20) “The Intern,” from writer-director Nancy Meyers (“It’s Complicated”), offers up two movie stars in likable mode, a sunny Hollywood sheen and a novel premise. Yet there’s something vaguely

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strategic variables. As his adviser and sparring partner, Father Bill Lombardy (Peter Sarsgaard), puts it, “This game — it’s a rabbit hole ... it can take you very close to the edge.” That’s never truer than in the high-stakes atmosphere surrounding Fischer’s 1972 match-up with Russian Grand Master and World Champion Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) in Iceland. Described in the film as “World War III on a chessboard” and “The chess version of a 15-round prize fight,” the World Championship comprised 24 games, but the competition didn’t remain bound to the chessboard’s 64 squares. Rather, it took on patriotic significance, with Fischer serving as America’s symbolic hope to disprove “Soviet intellectual superiority over the decadent West.” Director Edward Zwick (“Glory”) doesn’t get in the way of a The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine 00 1/2 Prolific documentarian Alex Gibney has turned his skeptical, withering gaze on Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder. The film devotes most of its running time to exploring Jobs’ ruthlessness in his professional and personal lives, his demons and his sins. Gibney uses his own narration, expertly culled vintage footage and

good story and gets typically fine work from Schreiber (in a nearly wordless performance), as well as from Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg as Fischer’s manager/ lawyer Paul Marshall. Some of the film’s smartest scenes find Lombardy and Marshall troubleshooting their “rock star” charge, as when the former argues to the latter that giving Fischer drugs to treat his paranoia and delusional psychosis “would be like pouring concrete down a holy well.” The at-times shallow “Pawn Sacrifice” flirts with simplifying its story to a nationalistic triumph of patriotism and education, but the diseased mind of its anti-hero and his ignominious end lend the film an appropriately haunting ellipsis. “Course, in the end,” Fischer muses, “there’s no place to go,” on the chessboard or, he implies, in existence. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking. One hour, 54 minutes. — Peter Canavese

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incisive interviews with various of Jobs’ intimates to create a kind of a cinematic essay, investigating why strangers so felt the 2011 loss of Jobs, what his machines mean to us and how to reconcile the man’s contradictions. Not MPAA rated. Two hours, 8 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Sept. 15, 2015)

“Whitey” Bulger. Depp disappears into the role by restraining his vocal tics and layering on a Southie accent. An adaptation of a nonfiction book of the same title, “Black Mass” covers two decades (1975-1995) in the activities of Bulger’s Winter Hill Gang and the Boston FBI office, giving work to such actors as Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon and Julianne Nicholson. The film succeeds in its narrative function but works a little too hard to make sure we’re scared of Bulger, whose actions spoke for themselves. Rated R

Black Mass 00 1/2 In Scott Cooper’s docudrama “Black Mass,” Johnny Depp steps into the shoes of the notorious South Boston crime boss

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70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker, who has tried and found wanting all forms of post-retirement occupation, from Mandarin classes to a one-night-stand with his enthusiastic Brooklyn neighbor (Linda Lavin). When Ben gets wind of the Senior Internship Program at e-commerce fashion outfit About the Fit, he submits a video resume and gets not only the gig but also a plum assignment assisting the company’s founder and president, Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway). Naturally, Jules voices skepticism about both the intern program (which she has forgotten she agreed to) and her own need for an intern. For Jules’ primary character flaw is her need to micromanage, which results in her being overwhelmed and under-focused on the long-term needs of her 18-month-old company, as well as on shaky ground in her marriage to her supportive but restless

MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted. For reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. A Walk in the Woods (R) ++ Aquarius Theatre: 1:30 & 9:55 p.m.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 20: 10:35 p.m.

Black Mass (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:30 & 11:05 a.m., 12:45, 1:30, 2:20, 3:55, 5:30, 7:10, 8:55 & 10:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:15 p.m. & 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 12:30, 2, 3:30, 4:55, 6:30, 7:50, 9:30 & 10:40 p.m.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13) Century 16: 9:05 & 10:10 a.m., 12:10, 1:15, 2:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:25, 7:30, 8:35, 9:45 & 10:40 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1, 2:30, 4:10, 5:35, 7:25, 8:45 & 10:30 p.m.

Captive (PG-13) Century 20: 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:35 p.m. Everest (PG-13) Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 5, 7:25 & 10:35 p.m. In 3-D at 9, 9:45 & 11:55 a.m., 3, 4:25, 5:55 & 9 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 12:05, 3:10, 6:10 & 9:10 p.m. In 3-D at 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:35 & 10:30 p.m. Ghost (1990) (PG-13) Century 16: Sun 2 p.m.

Century 20: Sun 2 p.m.

Grandma (R) +++ Century 20: 6:50 & 9 p.m. Guild Theatre: 1, 3, 5, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. Green Inferno (R) Century 20: 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8 & 10:25 p.m. Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) Century 16: 9, 9:50 & 11:30 a.m., 2, 2:50, 4:30, 7, 7:50 & 9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. In 3-D at 10:40 a.m., 12:20, 1:10, 3:40, 5:20, 6:10, 8:40 & 10:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:10 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 1:05, 1:55, 3:35, 6, 8:25 & 10:45 p.m. In 3-D at 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 2:45, 4:25, 5:15, 7:40 & 10:05 p.m. In D-BOX at 10:35 a.m., 1:05, 3:35, 6, 8:25 & 10:45 p.m. In 3-D D-BOX at 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40 & 10:05 p.m.

characters: she fashions Ben as a basically flawless paragon and Jules as a gifted flibbertigibbet. Jules needn’t necessarily stand for all professional women, but when she meets a time-sensitive, professional crisis with wildly unprofessional behavior, letting her personal life take precedence and assigning staffers to solve her problem (while lauding Ben for being an old-school man of character), it’s hard not to feel there’s something regressive about the film’s gender politics. Meyers tiptoes through equally sticky terrain with Jules and Matt’s home life. Add how “The Intern” semianachronistically characterizes a guy who was in his prime in the late-’60s as a retro-metrosexual with pocket squares and handkerchiefs, and you realize you’re either going to give up or or give in to the film’s cheery workplace fantasy. Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and brief strong language. Two hours, 1 minutes. — Peter Canavese

for brutal violence, language throughout, some sexual references and brief drug use. Two hours, 2 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Sept. 18, 2015)

deeply felt, nuanced performances promised by the nascent Oscar buzz. Rated R for language and some sexual references. One hour, 44 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015)

Grandma 000 Paul Weitz’s “Grandma” is a tailor-made vehicle for Lily Tomlin, who plays feminist poet and professor Elle Reid. Haunted by memories of her longtime companion, Elle ruefully dumps her decades-younger girlfriend at the film’s outset. When Elle’s granddaughter, Sage (Julia Garner), arrives to beg a loan to pay for an abortion, diehard feminist grandma quickly agrees to help. Strapped financially herself, Elle has to revisit her past to find the money. The ensuing road trip lines up an impressive series of guest stars, including a mystery man (Sam Elliott) and Sage’s mother, Judy (Marcia Gay Harden). The early scenes work to establish Elle’s cranky bona fides, but once she’s going toe-to-toe with Elliott and the always-on-fire Harden, we get the

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

Shaun the Sheep Movie (PG) Century 16: 9:20 a.m., Fri & Sat noon, 2:30 & 4:55 p.m., Sunday 11:50 a.m. & 5:10 p.m. Sicario (R) Century 20: 12:45, 3:35, 6:25 & 9:25 p.m. In X-D at 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (R) ++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 4:10 & 7:10 p.m. Stonewall (R) Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:55 p.m. Straight Outta Compton (R) Century 16: 10:40 p.m., Fri & Sat 7:20 p.m., Sun 7:25 p.m.

The Intern (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 12:35, 2, 3:25, 4:50, 6:15, 7:45, 9:15 & 10:35 p.m.

Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Not Rated) Century 20: 12:10, 2:50, 5:20 & 8:05 p.m. The Visit (PG-13) Century 16: 9:35 a.m., 12:05, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 12:40, 3:05, 5:45, 8:15 & 10:40 p.m.

+ Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding

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Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700)

Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260)

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Pawn Sacrifice (PG-13) ++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 2, 4:45, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m. The Perfect Guy (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:35 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.

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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9 a.m., 12:15, 3:30, 7:15, 8 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m. & 9:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 4:05 p.m.

Inside Out (PG) +++1/2 Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

Katti Batti (Not Rated) Century 16: 10:45 a.m. & 6:25 p.m.

husband, Matt (Anders Holm). As serious talk emerges of installing a CEO who isn’t Jules, the pressure’s on. These conditions ensure that Jules will remain defensive against the experienced Ben even as she needs his business acumen and life experience the most. To the extent that “The Intern” is Ben’s story, the picture functions as a P.C. object lesson in anti-age discrimination. As such, it’s a tale worth telling, along the lines of how Meyers’ “Something’s Gotta Give” served as a gentle rebuke to Hollywood’s double standard of habitually pairing older male stars with younger female ones. Happily, Ben and Jules keep their relationship strictly platonic, though one scene plays for comic panic the possibility a vulnerable Jules might put a move on Ben (and, for the record, he high-tails it from a five-year-older woman to an eleven-year-younger one: Rene Russo as About the Fit’s in-house massage therapist.) Where Meyers has more obvious trouble is in balancing the

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Adriane Emory lies still as fellow Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainees roll up a blanket by her sides as they prepare to lift her with the blanket. During training, they learn about different carrying techniques to use in an emergency.

CERT instructors Dan Melick, right, and Nathan Rainey, far right, demonstrate the pack strap carry method to students during a training on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Residents serve neighborhoods, city through CERT

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by Brenna Malmberg / photos by Veronica Weber

avid Rost started unit four by asking the class the four colors of triage. The room suddenly filled with a flurry of answers — red, black, green, yellow — each one meaning a different level of trauma to the students in September’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. “You guys did great,” said Rost, who has been a CERT volunteer and instructor for a few years. After the quick review, the 23 class participants flipped to “Disaster Medical Operations — Part 2” in their big, black binders. These lessons come straight from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) national CERT curriculum, which includes sections such as fire safety, light search and rescue and team organization. In Palo Alto, residents enroll in the free training program and attend class two days a week for three hours at a time for a month and cap the experience with a skills day. More than 800 people have completed CERT in Palo Alto, said Nathan Rainey, emergency services coordinator with the city’s Office of Emergency Services. CERT training is also offered in sur-

rounding communities, such as Menlo Park, Mountain View and San Jose. “We hope that through the training, residents are better able to deal with any situation they find themselves in,” Rainey said. While explaining medical disaster situations on Sept. 17, Rost pulled emergency supplies from his red duffle bag, including a pair of blue gloves that he wore the entire time he taught. At the start of the program, residents, such as Sharon Inouye, realized they needed a better firstaid kit at home. Now Inouye has a whistle, Family Radio Service (a private, two-way, short-distance communica-

tions service) and a stock of clotting bandages. “You can’t rely on someone else to rescue you,” said the 28-year resident of the College Terrace neighborhood. “I wanted to know what to do in an emergency and not be part of the problem, and this was free.” Residents learn these lifesaving skills from staff and volunteers, such as Rainey and Rost, who have completed FEMA’s Train-the-Trainer program. During September’s training, four locals volunteered their time to teach: Rost, Dan Melick, Michele Patin and Scott Petersen. They (continued on page 36)

CERT instructor Dan Melick leads the light search and rescue training.

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Four steps to take during National Preparedness Month by Brenna Malmberg

eptember is National Preparedness Month, and Divakar Saini, a Gunn High School junior, is working to spread the word. Earthquake drills at school sparked his original interest in emergency preparedness and now he has been active in the topic for two years. He currently serves as his Block Preparedness Coordinator through the City of Palo Alto, and created a emergency preparedness course, called “Masters of Disasters,” for elementary and middle school students and their parents. He also serves as one of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) 15 Youth Preparedness Council members. “At any given time, there are not enough responders on duty if a major disaster struck, so we would need to help ourselves and our neighbors,” he said. If residents don’t know where to begin or feel unprepared, Saini offers these four steps for emergency preparedness: Step 1: Make a kit An emergency kit provides basic survival items, which provisions a family to survive for 72 hours without external assistance. Items include 1 gallon of water per person per day, food, first-aid supplies, flashlights, a whistle, wrench for turning utilities off, soap, a can opener, batteries and hand-powered radios. These items can be purchased from local stores or online. Put a kit in an accessible place such as the garage or a car. (continued on page 36)

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practice their methods, incorporating interactive and hands-on activities into each lesson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe people soak things up by just listening,â&#x20AC;? Rost said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want the lessons to have a level of teamwork, and I want people to feel comfortable learning.â&#x20AC;? His section included a head-to-toe check, and Nika Cassaro, a participant from Redwood City, volunteered to be the victim. She laid on a purple yoga mat in the middle of the room and twinged in fake pain to create a teachable experience. At each part of the body, Rost would stop and ask the group crowded around Cassaro about what signs should be documented. Next, participants paired up and practiced the skills on their own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without the hands-on interaction, the course would be useless,â&#x20AC;? Rainey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs like this that are making this city more resilient.â&#x20AC;? Petersen, a CERT member since 2007 and a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, sees his involvement as a major way to give back to the community. Plus, he gets

to share his 20-plus years of Red Cross and first-aid training. This sentiment is also shared by Mark Meyers, an 11-year member who lives in the Leland Manor neighborhood. Before CERT, he served as a World Trade Center first responder on Sept. 11, 2001, and is now retired from the Menlo Park rescue team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love being part of a mission and a team,â&#x20AC;? Meyers said. Since being a part of CERT, he has been called out to help direct traffic at the Baylands, watch the hills for fire during Fourth of July celebrations, watch for floods during the rainy season and issue sandbags when flooding occurs. On occasion, he and his son play victims during the final training day for CERT program participants. Septemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class gathers tomorrow, Sept. 26, for their skills test. They will put their eight units of learning into practice and will return back to their neighborhood with a CERT certificate in hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone has weaknesses and strengths,â&#x20AC;? Meyers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You bring it all together to be safe.â&#x20AC;? Q Associate Editor Brenna Malmberg can be emailed at bmalmberg@paweekly. com.

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SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $6,300,000 Highest sales price: $6,300,000

East Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 14 Lowest sales price: $1,200,000 Highest sales price: $3,459,000

Menlo Park

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $625,000 Highest sales price: $625,000

Portola Valley

Total sales reported: 8 Lowest sales price: $395,000 Highest sales price: $2,750,000

Los Altos

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,200,000 Highest sales price: $2,200,000

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $1,860,000 Highest sales price: $4,250,000

Woodside

Total sales reported: 14 Lowest sales price: $520,000 Highest sales price: $3,000,000

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $2,001,000 Highest sales price: $9,500,000 Source: California REsource

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Atherton

37 Ringwood Ave. Y. Li to C. Pickett for $3,480,000 on 08/24/15; previous sale 07/31/2013, $2,638,000 198 Toyon Road Skierka Trust to Wellington-Fleming Trust for $4,850,000 on 08/21/15; previous sale 07/21/1972, $60,000

East Palo Alto

2540 Hazelwood Way Wilson Trust to J. & A. Centeno for $625,000 on 08/25/15; previous sale 04/12/1979, $59,500

Los Altos

435 Arboleda Drive Garrison Trust to W. Kim for $2,400,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 02/1970, $29,500 1345 Fairway Drive C. Kumar to A. Smittcamp for $4,250,000 on 08/26/15; previous sale 03/30/2011, $1,662,000 1623 Fallen Leaf Lane Thompson Trust to J. Wang for $2,625,000 on 08/26/15; previous sale 03/10/2000, $1,100,000 1243 Green Oak Lane D. Preece to Affaki-Papazian Trust for $3,300,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 08/31/2006, $1,835,000 440 La Prenda Road Boesenberg Trust to S. & V. Kanthak for $2,800,000 on 08/28/15 933 Loraine Ave. Lorco Limited to Reed Trust for $2,020,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 07/19/2013, $851,000 965 Loraine Ave. R. Ayyagari to Stokely Trust for $1,860,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 07/02/2002, $500,000 1202 Payne Drive Tran & Poon Trust to C. Houtzer for $2,828,000 on 08/26/15; previ-

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Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $3,480,00 Highest sales price: $4,850,000

ous sale 06/20/2008, $1,965,000 675 Shady Creek Lane Novak Trust to N. Sanghavi for $2,890,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 04/25/2003, $1,375,000

Los Altos Hills

13826 Templeton Place Strasburg Trust to Cohan Trust for $6,300,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 05/03/2007, $4,900,000

Menlo Park

607 14th Ave. L. Bermudez to N. Oiknine for $775,000 on 08/21/15; previous sale 03/15/2002, $385,000 727 18th Ave. C. Brown to T. & L. Wilson for $395,000 on 08/18/15; previous sale 05/07/1985, $100,000 824 Hamilton Ave. G. Jacobs to C. Chang for $790,000 on 08/21/15; previous sale 07/25/1990, $155,000 845 Harvard Ave. P. Liljegren to Oak Ave. Limited for $2,650,000 on 08/18/15; previous sale 05/09/1991, $449,000 16 Mansion Court, #224 Mansion Court Limited to M. Bayer for $2,450,000 on 08/24/15; previous sale 02/29/2008, $2,400,000 984 Monte Rosa Drive Smith Trust to E. & S. Harari for $2,410,000 on 08/18/15; previous sale 05/11/1971, $51,000 777 Sharon Park Drive Menlo Sharon Park to ISCA Assets-35 for $2,600,000 on 08/20/15 24 Sunset Lane Biasotti Trust to Chesler Trust for $2,750,000 on 08/25/15

Mountain View

201 Ada Ave., #28 G. & Y. Sanders to C. & B. Nguyen for $1,410,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 11/16/1999, $482,000 1721 California St., #4 L. & E. Hsu to K. & F. Crouch for $615,000 on 08/27/15; previous sale 09/10/2008, $370,000 218 Central Ave. Woo Trust to D. Mathur for $1,087,500 on 08/28/15 400 Del Medio Ave., #6 D. Ivanov to Z. & L. Chen for

$1,035,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 03/14/2007, $600,000 280 Easy St., #113 E. Vasileva to Y. & C. Chang for $675,000 on 08/27/15; previous sale 03/29/2006, $385,000 50 Empire Court Chen Trust to S. Lai for $3,000,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 11/05/2007, $835,000 823 Montgomery St. B. Tolliver to C. Qiu for $883,000 on 08/28/15 450 Mountain Laurel Court V. Phan to W. Lomax for $1,280,000 on 08/31/15; previous sale 03/03/2011, $640,500 550 Ortega Ave., #A309 Ramamurthy Trust to M. Rowe for $900,000 on 08/31/15; previous sale 04/28/2004, $439,000 255 S. Rengstorff Ave., #158 J. Lehmkuhl to M. Lee for $520,000 on 08/27/15; previous sale 03/09/2000, $241,000 1983 San Luis Ave., #11 K. Newmark to Pioneer Global Resources for $875,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 06/06/1997, $253,000 2009 Showers Drive, #2 M. Stokely to D. Tu for $975,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 07/16/2009, $598,000 450 Sierra Vista Ave., #6 C. Koumouzelis to D. Connor for $1,235,000 on 08/27/15; previous sale 05/10/2012, $720,000 864 Sonia Way Bignotti Trust to A. Uggirala for $1,450,000 on 08/31/15

Palo Alto

1189 Almanor Lane Sterling Park to Y. Veluvall for $1,630,000 on 08/28/15 4138 Baker Ave. Tinker Trust to Wong Trust for $2,512,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 09/15/2000, $925,000 3181 Berryessa St., #3 M. & S. Yang to L. Lee for $1,310,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 06/29/2011, $678,000 170 N. California Ave. Wiedemann Trust to Mitchell Ave. Homes for $3,407,000 on 08/31/15; previous sale

02/28/1975, $75,000 2082 Channing Ave. Edgewood Plaza Homes to P. Bhikha for $2,995,000 on 08/31/15; previous sale 07/30/2014, $10,640,000 4123 Dake Ave. Lee Trust to T. Qian for $2,599,500 on 08/28/15 3352 Kipling St. D. Elliott to H. Huang for $2,300,000 on 08/31/15 3817 Magnolia Drive W. Wei to G. Henzel for $2,555,000 on 08/27/15; previous sale 08/15/2012, $1,616,000 1259 Pine St. PAHC Properties to A. Tsui for $3,459,000 on 08/28/15 2570 Ramona St. Stanley & Ingrid Trust to Yen Trust for $3,117,000 on 08/27/15 130 Rinconada Ave. P. Roeder to D. & E. Tindall for $2,750,000 on 08/27/15; previous sale 06/26/2008, $1,860,000 2797 Ross Road Yep Trust to Ross Road Limited for $2,103,000 on 08/28/15 258 Waverley St. M. & M. Graney to V. Gaspari for $1,200,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 03/28/2005, $670,000 849 Wintergreen Way R. & C. Wilson to M. & L. Delvaux for $2,458,000 on 08/28/15; previous sale 10/09/1996, $429,000

Portola Valley

150 Durazno Way Brown Trust to J. & C. Cheng for $2,200,000 on 08/18/15; previous sale 05/03/2000, $1,450,000

Woodside

1400 Bear Gulch Road Moore Trust to J. & M. Lundgren for $2,001,000 on 08/21/15; previous sale 08/01/1972, $32,500 1166 Canada Road Addicott Trust to Shorin Trust for $7,800,000 on 08/18/15; previous sale 11/23/2005, $3,750,000 680 Manzanita Way Wan Trust to Emchow Limited for $9,500,000 on 08/25/15; previous sale 04/02/2002, $7,100,000 568 Mountain Home Road Scoren Trust to Tusca Limited for $7,400,000 on 08/21/15

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Step 2: Make a plan There must be a plan to help reunite everyone at an agreed-upon location in case the home is not accessible. Every member must also have emergency out-of-town contact information of one or family members or friends. Family members should make sure each person knows the plan and a copy of the plan is included in each of the emergency kits. Residents can find preparation help at californiavol-

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unteers.org or ready.gov/ family-communications. Step 3: Be informed Palo Alto has an active Office of Emergency Services. Residents can find information on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website about its emergency services and volunteer programs, such as the Community Emergency Response Team. Residents can also sign up for alerts and notifications via phone or email. The alerts will cover local hazards and emergencies. In the Santa Clara County, residents can consider signing up for AlertSCC, a free alert service. The

smartphone app from FEMA is also a worthwhile download, which residents can find at fema. gov/mobile-app. Step 4: Connect with neighbors In case of a large-scale emergency, the first responders will most likely be neighbors. Therefore it makes sense that during peace time, residents take time to meet their neighbors. Residents can set up block parties or invite one another over to share a cup of coffee and make sure to exchange phone numbers and emails. The City of Palo Alto also

has an active volunteer-run program know as the Block Preparedness Coordinator (BPC) Program. BPCs act as liaisons with the emergency services and will work in the neighborhood to facilitate the response and recovery efforts in the event of a disaster. Residents can find their neighborhood at paneighborhoods.org/ep. Q

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6 Quail Meadows Drive, Woodside Exclusively Offered at $13,995,000 This architect designed home with soaring 35 ft teak ceilings, walls of windows capturing awesome views of the western hills, high tech features plus library, bar, billiard room, gym, 4 fireplaces, and a solar system on the grid is a treat to behold. The open floorplan welcomes entertaining on a large scale and flows to the expansive pool area and gardens with newly planted drought resistant landscaping. 5 BR, 5.5 Ba, pool, spa, sauna, 4 car garage

CAROL MACCORKLE

650.868.5478 | cmaccorkle@pacunion.com Lic #00548367

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R. BRENDAN

1036 WILMINGTON WAY

EMERALD HILLS

LEARY CalBRE# 00640599

LIST PRICE $1,995,000

2.5

OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30PM Elegant and spacious 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 3000+ sq ft home on 18,411 sq ft lot in beautiful Emerald Hills. This property features an eat-in kitchen with a large island that opens to a family room with soaring ceilings and fireplace. Formal dining room connects to an inviting formal living room with a second fireplace. Separate office on the first floor and finished basement, which is the fourth bedroom/den/playroom. Master suite has a huge private deck and walk-in closet. Park-like landscaped backyard with multiple levels ideal for outdoor CA living/entertaining for adults and children. Located in the desirable Roy Cloud School boundary. Emerald Hills Golf Club around the corner.

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1 Portola Green Circle, Portola Valley Offered at $3,488,000 Enchanting European Storybook Home Surrender to the fairytale charm of this 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath home of 4,654 sq. ft. (per appraisal) on a lot of 18,295 sq. ft. (per appraisal). An additional 19,200 sq. ft. of exclusive-use land surrounds the grounds. A three-car garage, an expansive motor court, and verdant natural landscaping accent the distinguished Tudor-style residence. Over 40 custom stained-glass windows line the interior, which features a turret dining room with a 23-foot ceiling, a state-of-the-art home theater, and a two-story game room. Topped with an A-frame ceiling, the rustic island kitchen includes a wood-burning fireplace, stainlesssteel appliances, and a breakfast nook. A rear gallery opens to the paved terrace hosting a hot tub with slate surround and an outdoor speaker system, while the master suite provides a dazzling bathroom with a steam shower and a jetted tub. Granting easy access to Interstate 280 and just moments from Roberts Market, the home is within walking distance of Woodside Priory and also nearby Ormondale Elementary (API 923) and Corte Madera School (API 937) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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Conveniently located Midtown Eichler Classic 4 bedroom floorplan Master Bedroom opens to lovely rear yard Expanded living room features built-in wall unit Meticulous use of hardwoods throughout the home Efficient all-electric kitchenĆŤ

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E O U S -4 H N 1 OPE & SUN SAT

1952 FRASER PLACE, SANTA CLARA

4 Bedroom • 2.5 Bathroom • 1,961 sq.ft. living (per assessor) • 3,651 sq.ft. lot (per assessor) Desirable newer home set in a cul-de-sac. This beautiful home features four bedrooms one office, two and a half bathrooms and built only 15 years ago. The dining room and living room area have easy access to the patio which provides an ideal gathering place for indoor/outdoor entertaining. Attached two-car garage with entry into kitchen/dining room. Convenient to shopping, Highway 101, Santa Clara University and the Silicon Valley business community.

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1 Homs Court, Hillsborough Old World Charm, Modern Luxuries Be enchanted by the Old World elegance of this sprawling 7 bedroom, 7.5 bathroom mansion of 11,425 sq. ft. (per appraiser) that occupies majestic gated grounds of 1.42 acres (per county) in one of the most desirable pockets of Hillsborough. Designed by 1;>31 ;C->0 -:0 .A58@ /5>/- U]TX @45? 45?@;>5/ 1?@-@1 .;-?@? 2;>9-8 /;99;: >;;9? 4->0C;;0 Ō ;;>? 81-010 38-?? C5:0;C? - C5:1 /188-> -:0 ?1B1: ŋ >1<8-/1? -8;:3?501 8ADA>5;A? A<0-@1? 8571 9A8@5 F;:1 41-@5:3 -:0 /;;85:3 -:0 - ;:1 ;2 - 75:0 5?8-:0 75@/41: -8/;:51? <1>5;0 9-:@18<51/1? -:0 - ?@-331>5:3 ->>-E ;2 -A@41:@5/ 21-@A>1? 1:4-:/1 @41 Ō 1D5.81 Ō ;;><8-: C4581 @41 599-/A8-@1 3>;A:0? <>;B501 - @1::5? /;A>@ - ?;8-> 41-@10 <;;8 -:0 ?<- 1D<-:?5B1 8-C:? - >1-> 3-@1 -:0 - 01@-/410 V /-> 3->-31 with 1 additional bathroom. While you will enjoy the convenience of downtown San Mateo and Burlingame, you will also be moments from distinguished Crystal Springs Uplands School. Also, you will be an easy stroll from South Hillsborough Elementary (API 959), and near Crocker Middle (API 962) and San Mateo High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.1Homs.com Offered at $9,888,000

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Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills

$35,000,000

$24,800,000

$23,995,000

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

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

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Ano Nuevo Scenic Ranch, Davenport

26880 Elena Road, Los Altos Hills

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

$19,800,000

$13,950,000

$11,488,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: Dan Kroner, Lic #01790340

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

333 Raymundo Drive, Woodside

25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside

245 Mountain Wood Lane, Woodside

$9,000,000

$8,250,000

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#0187820

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Lic.#01242399

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

138 Bolivar Lane, Portola Valley

669 Hayne Road, Hillsborough $7,950,000

$6,888,000

$6,488,000

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

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

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

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

38 Hacienda Drive, Woodside

530 Arboleda Drive, Los Altos

$5,850,000

$5,450,000

$3,800,000

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

Listing Provided by: Carol Casas, Lic #01123855

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MAISON BLANCHE 95 ATHERTON AVENUE, ATHERTON

Classic & timeless estate in the heart of Atherton on ~2.2 acres Two-story ﬂoor plan, almost 10,000 sq ft Main-level master suite with 2 full baths | 4 upstairs bedroom suites 1-bedroom guest house with kitchen 3 gated entrances, one off Stevenson Lane Gorgeous grounds with saltwater pool, spa, rose garden, play areas Well for irrigation | Close to Sand Hill Road Venture Capital centers, Stanford University, Silicon Valley Tech companies, SF International Airport | Menlo Park schools $18,200,000 | www.95Atherton.com

MARY GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 mary@apr.com License# 00373961

BRENT GULLIXSON 650.888.4898 brentg@apr.com License# 01329216

#1 IN MARKET SHARE IN ATHERTON Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. However, neither seller nor listing agent has veriﬁed this information. If this information is important to buyer in determining whether to buy or to purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation.

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371 Duluth Circle, Palo Alto Offered at $1,988,000 Stylish Interior And Flexible Studio Beautiful spaces abound inside this refined 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 1,798 sq. ft. (per county) that occupies a lot of 6,713 sq. ft. (per city) and includes a converted studio with 1 additional bathroom. Enjoying a peaceful cul-de-sac setting in South Palo Alto, this stylishly appointed home offers crown molding, VELUX skylights, and dimmable lighting. The informal floorplan provides large living and dining areas that open to the gracious island kitchen, which includes stainless-steel appliances and glamorous granite countertops. Spacious bedrooms include an in-law suite with outdoor access and a private, fashionable master suite with his and her closets and an office nook. The backyard retreat showcases a paver terrace, fruit trees, large sheds, and a flexible studio with a wet bar. Within steps of Robles Park, this home is moments from Mitchell Park Community Center and Library and attractions along El Camino Real. Top nearby schools include Briones Elementary (API 941), Terman Middle (API 968), and Gunn High (API 917) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.371Duluth.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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

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1531 Tyler Park Way, Mountain View Offered at $1,988,000 Modern Luxuries, Original Charm Extensively updated and elegantly appointed, this 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 3,381 sq. ft. (per county) offers a centrally located quarter-acre lot (per county). Deep porches, white oak floors, and a variety of handsome woodwork underline the home’s authentic character, while spaces that include formal living and dining rooms, a tastefully remodeled kitchen, and a den with a fireplace provide plenty of room for both everyday living and entertaining. The gracious master bedroom is privately arranged with another bedroom that can easily transition into an office, while the walk-out lower level offers large, flexible spaces. Other features include a detached two-car garage, a private backyard with a paver patio, new paint, and fantastic new landscaping. This home is just steps away from the exciting facilities of Cuesta Park, and is also within walking distance of both Mountain View Shopping Center and Grant Park Plaza. Fantastic nearby schools include Benjamin Bubb Elementary (API 920), Graham Middle, and Mountain View High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.1531TylerPark.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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

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901 College Avenue, Palo Alto Offered at $1,988,000 Perfect Property for Expansion Sitting in desirable College Terrace within moments of Stanford University, this 2 bedroom, 2 bath home of 1,357 sq. ft. (per plans) occupies a lot of 5,750 sq. ft. (per city). Filled with comfort and charm, the interior includes natural hardwood floors, plantation shutters, extensive storage options, and plenty of space for expansion. The spacious living room provides a fireplace and opens to the lovely dining room, while the sun-lit kitchen and two bedrooms are arranged nearby, including a master suite with a large walk-in. Additional features include a flexible sunroom, a sizable lower level, a detached two-car garage, and delightful outdoor spaces. Projected plans are available for a spacious addition of approx. 880 sq. ft. This home features easy access to California Avenue, Cameron Park, and the Dish trail. From here, you can walk to Escondido Elementary (API 927), and additional excellent schools like Jordan Middle (API 934) and Palo Alto High (API 905) are also close by (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.901College.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

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

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Atherton $14,850,000 80 Reservoir Road. Spectacular West Atherton estate in stunning garden setting on over 2.6 landscaped acres. 3 BR/3.5 BA Hugh Cornish CalBRE #00912143 650.324.4456

Palo Alto $4,298,000 Brand new hm offers the best in convenience & class. Lg bkyrd bordered by beautiful trees. 5 BR/4.5 BA Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

Palo Alto $3,895,000 Newer home on lg lot. Upgraded gourmet kit, hardwood flrs & convenient upstairs laundry 5 BR/4.5 BA Gil Oraha CalBRE #01355157 650.325.6161

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,998,000 2160 Monterey Ave. Beautifully built, this sun drenched home features quality craftsmanship inside and out. 4 BR/3 BA Hossein Jalali CalBRE #01215831 650.323.7751

San Carlos Sat/Sun 1 - 5 $2,695,000 4,000 sq. ft. Spectacular, modern, contemporary home with view plus 3 car garage. 4 BR/4 BA Sam Anagnostou CalBRE #00798217 650.323.7751

Woodside Sun 1 - 4 $2,649,000 770 Bear Gulch Rd Remodeled home on aprx. 2 private acres. Open concept floor plan and views to the SF Bay. 3 BR/2.5 BA Scott Dancer CalBRE #00868362 650.851.2666

45 JOAQUIN RD $2,195,000 Light-filled, scenic 4 BR, 3 BA home on one acre showcases views of the western hills and natural surroundings with sun-dappled deck & patio. Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE# 00884747 650-851-1961

East Palo Alto $1,777,860 Spacious & Contemporary home with living rm w/hooded frplce, frml dining rm & laundry rm. 7 BR/5 BA Jane Jones CalBRE #01847801 650.325.6161

Menlo Park Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,698,000 2131 Avy Ave www.2131Avy.com Elegantly remodeled Prime Menlo Park Townhouse. 3 BR/2.5 BA Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

East Palo Alto By Appointment Only $999,888 Living room w/FP, fam rm w/wet bar, DR, laundry room and sun room patio. Granite kitchen. 3 BR/1.5 BA Jane Jones CalBRE #01847801 650.325.6161

Santa Clara Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $998,000 1952 Fraser Pl Desirable newer home set in a quiet cul-de-sac. Convenient to shopping, Hwy 101 & 880. 4 BR/2.5 BA Gil Oraha CalBRE #01355157 650.325.6161

Redwood City $879,000 347 Nimitz Ave. Redwood City, charming 2 bedroom 1 bath home on great tree lined street, close to Atherton 2 BR/1 BA Janet Cross CalBRE #00951101 650.324.4456

Menlo Park PENDING $835,000 Cute & well maintained w/ many upgrades. Close to Facebook, The Box & Stanford. 3 BR/2 BA Cristina Bliss CalBRE #01189105 650.324.4456

Redwood City $788,000 Well located commercial/residential zoned. Many permitted uses for this property. 2 BR/1 BA Paul Skrabo CalBRE #00665727 650.323.7751

East Palo Alto FOR RENT $2,750/mo. 1982 Bayshore Rd #214. Creekside condo located on the West side of 101 just minutes to downtown PA. 1 BR/1 BA Steve Bulifant CalBRE #01940157 650.324.4456

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26181 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills Offered at $4,988,000 Custom Villa Offers Palatial Amenities Surrounded by gorgeous foothills, this extravagant 4 bedroom, 5.5 bath villa of 5,991 sq. ft. (per plans) boasts a walk-out lower level and sits on a lot of 1.72 acres (per county). Built with a uniquely insulated structure that provides an energy-efficient, temperature-regulated interior, the home also enjoys travertine and Brazilian rosewood floors, back-lit recessed ceilings, and walls finished with lime plaster. A two-story foyer branches into elegantly appointed living areas and the majestic gourmet kitchen, while a floating staircase leads to a stately master suite with a fireplace. Downstairs lies a wet bar, a home theater, and a lounge, while outside awaits an Italianate courtyard and a separate side terrace offering terrific views of the hills. Other features include an elevator, a butler’s pantry, and a three-car detached garage. With easy access to Interstate 280 and Foothill Expressway, you will be near Gardner Bullis Elementary (API 947), Egan Junior High (API 976), and Los Altos High (API 895) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.26181Moody.com

Ken D K DeLeon L CalBRE #01342140

Mi h l Repka R k Michael CalBRE #01854880

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PALO ALTO WEEKLY OPEN HOMES EXPLORE OUR MAPS, HOMES FOR SALE, OPEN HOMES, VIRTUAL TOURS, PHOTOS, PRIOR SALE INFO, NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES ON www.PaloAltoOnline.com/real_estate UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL TIMES ARE 1:30-4:30 PM 4 Bedrooms

ATHERTON 4 Bedrooms 91 James Ave $6,985,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474 44 Maple Ave $2,298,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

27446 Black Mountain Rd Sun Sereno Group

5 Bedrooms 27633 Via Cerro Gordo Sat/Sun Plummer Realty

BURLINGAME

MENLO PARK

5 Bedrooms

2 Bedrooms - Townhouse

2703 El Prado Rd Sat/Sun 1-4 Pacific Union

$1,950,000 720-5483

$3,988,000 464-1314

142 Sand Hill Cr $1,400,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

3 Bedrooms

EAST PALO ALTO 4 Bedrooms 2485 Pulgas Ave Starting at $900,000 Sat/Sun 11-6 Edenbridge Homes 408-206-1943

204 Ravenswood Ave Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$1,650,000 323-7751

105 Laurel Ave $1,698,000 Sat/Sun Keller Williams Palo Alto 454-8500 2081 Camino Al Lago $1,900,000 Sat/Sun 11-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

HILLSBOROUGH 7 Bedrooms 1 Homs Ct Sun

$4,350,000 947-2900

Deleon Realty

$9,888,000 543-8500

1975 Avy Ave Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,350,000 325-6161

4 Bedrooms

LOS ALTOS

3 Bedrooms 955 San Marcos Cir Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 1531 Tyler Park Wy Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

634 Fulton St $2,188,000 Sun Keller Williams Palo Alto 454-8500 901 College Ave Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

2088 Channing Ave $2,995,000 Sun 2-5 Pacific Union International 314-7200 1116 Ramona St $4,500,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474 2320 Tasso St Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

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magine the possibilities of owning .935 acre sanctuary in desirable Los Altos, where lush land, pastoral views, Creekside setting and majestic trees offer a taste of country life in Silicon Valley. Looks like Carmel, feels like Napa, in Los Altos. Step inside the gated entrance and stroll this more haven, set back from the busy world is lost among heritage oaks and tranquil gardens. Once in a lifetime opportunity. Come see for yourself! This special home is steeped in local history. Doors from nearly every room open to the grounds, where the patios, tennis court, and large yards beckon the good life. Let your imagination guide you as you design your entertainer’s dream backyard for friends and family to gather and relax in the beautiful Bay Area climate. Enjoy all this home has to offer now, while envisioning all that it could be. Of course top Los Altos schools are close by, and for the professional, the worldclass companies of the area are within easy reach. • Three bedrooms, 2 baths • Private driveway, tennis court & level park like gounds • Living room with random plank wood ¾SSVW E WMKREXYVI ½VITPEGI ERH PEVKI windows & doors to back yard • Family room with new carpeting, ½VITPEGI ERH HSSV XS XLI FEGO]EVH

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement 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) ALC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608723 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ALC, located at 1291 Tucson Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Joint Venture. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): AMY LEE CHANG 3165 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 SUSAN LEE CHANG 3165 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Sept./2/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 2, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) ACL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608724 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ACL, located at 847 Shirley Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): AMY LEE CHANG 3165 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Sept./2/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 2, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) DUTCH POET PRESS ROBERT PERRY DESIGN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608709 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Dutch Poet Press, 2.) Robert Perry Design, located at 4296C Wilkie Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ROBERT PERRY 4296C Wilkie Way Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/21/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 1, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) AYT PRESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608702 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: AYT Press, 767 located at Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): PREEVA ADLER TRAMIEL 767 Addison Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting

business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/18/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 1, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct, 2, 2015) MISS VIETNAM CALIFORNIA HOA HAU VIETNAM CALIFORNIA MISS VIETNAM CALIFORNIA HOA HAU CALIFORNIA MISS VIETNAM CALIFORNIA HOA HAU AO DAI CALIFORNIA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609016 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Miss Vietnam California Hoa Hau Vietnam California, 2.) Miss Vietnam California Hoa Hau California, 3.) Miss Vietnam California Hoa Hau Ao Dai California, 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 Drive 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 September 9, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) FOUNDER STORIES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608677 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Founder Stories, located at 147 Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): REBECCA BOWRING 147 Santa Rita Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05-26-2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 1, 2015. (PAW Sept. 18, 25, October 2, 9, 2015) DeLeon Platinum FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609061 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: DeLeon Platinum, located at 2600 El Camino Real Suite 110, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): DeLeon Realty, Inc. 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 110 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/7/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 10, 2015. (PAW Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 2015) MARTINEZ HOUSE CLEANING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609252 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Martinez House Cleaning, located at 1531 Piedmont Rd., San Jose, CA 95132, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MARIA MARTINEZ MELCHOR 1531 Piedmont Rd. San Jose, CA 95132 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9-16-15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 16, 2015. (PAW Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 2015) MANILA VALLEY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608959 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Manila Valley, 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 Av. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/8/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 8, 2015. (PAW Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 2015) BRANNIGAN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609277 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Brannigan Management Consulting, located at 6744 Leyland Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95120, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MARGARET (aka PEGGY) BRANNIGAN 6744 Leyland Park Drive San Jose, CA 95120 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Sept. 1, 2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 17, 2015. (PAW Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 2015)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BARBARA SEPE Case No.: 115PR 177093 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BARBARA SEPE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: LISA BERKOWITZ-LANDERS in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: LISA BERKOWITZ-LANDERS 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 November 9, 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: Albert K. Martin, Esq. 4 West Fourth Ave. #508 San Mateo, CA 94402 (650)342-6315 (PAW Sept. 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-14-652026-HL Order No.: 100726105 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/30/2007. UNLESS

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THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM 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): MANAR ZARROUG, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 12/6/2007 as Instrument No. 19674605 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 10/28/2015 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: $6,366,533.92 The purported property address is: 996 LAUREL GLEN DR, PALO ALTO, CA 94304 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 182-43-037-00 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-14-652026-HL. 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-14-652026-HL IDSPub #0091870 9/25/2015 10/2/2015 10/9/2015 PAW

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HEADING TO RIO . . . Led by former Stanford All-American Erik Shoji (‘12), the U.S. Men’s National Team qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games after winning the FIVB World Cup in volleyball on Wednesday in Japan. Shoji, who was named the tournament’s Best Libero, was joined on the squad by older brother and former Stanford All-America setter Kawika (‘10), while ex-Cardinal Matt Fuerbringer (‘96) served as an assistant coach. In their final match of the tournament, the U.S. men defeated Argentina, 25-20, 25-21, 17-25, 25-20, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. The victory gave the U.S. a 10-1 record, tying it with Italy and Poland. The U.S. won the first tiebreaker, which was the points earned for wins, with 30 points. Italy, which tied Poland with 29 points, took the silver medal and the second Olympic berth by winning the second tiebreaker, points ratio. It is the first time the U.S. men have won the World Cup since 1985.

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Stanford’s backfield foursome of Remound Wright (22) and (L-R) Christian McCaffrey, Bryce Love and Barry Sanders averages a combined 128.3 rushing yards and 135.7 receiving yards a game this season.

he Stanford football coaching staff has been trying to find ways to get the ball into the hands of sophomore Christian McCaffrey since he began to make things happen as a freshman. Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan gave the ball to McCaffrey 29 times in last week’s 41-31 upset win over USC. That resulted in 152 yards. McCaffrey, though, is really just one of four players in the rotation of running backs and all of them have proven successful. The Cardinal (1-0 in the Pac-12, 2-1 overall) travels to Corvallis for a 7 p.m. contest against Oregon State (0-0, 2-1) on Friday night and all four runners should come into play depending on the situation. McCaffrey leads Stanford with 239 rushing yards, Remound Wright has scored the most touchdowns (3), Barry Sanders leads the Cardinal with his 4.6 yards per carry average and Bryce Love leads the team with 156 receiving yards, or 52 yards per catch. It’s not quite the Fearsome Foursome or the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, but it will do. Stanford coach David Shaw enjoys having so much depth at the position. It means he can utilize everyone’s strength to put the team into the best possible position to win. “The guys are learning that the game has ebb and flow to it,” Shaw said. “One week it might be your week to shine, on another it might be someone else. The bottom line, everyone comes and pre(continued on next page)

Stanford runners to chase titles at Stanford Invitational

by David Kiefer he 42nd annual Stanford Invitational cross country meet will be held Saturday at Stanford Golf Course, beginning at 9 a.m. The meet provides a glimpse of the Stanford teams that are regarded as national contenders and serves as a showcase for some of the best high school runners in the state and beyond. The college races begin at 9:50 a.m. and are sandwiched among 12 high school races — six each for boys and girls covering five enrollment divisions and seeded races. There will by 37 colleges competing. Overall, there will be approximately 3,397 runners. The Cardinal men are currently ranked second in the nation, while the women are ranked fifth.

Senior Joe Rosa returns to defend his Stanford Invitational title. Last year, Rosa and teammate Maksim Korolev attempted to tie, but that is not officially allowed and Rosa was awarded the victory. Rosa and Korolev went to help Stanford to a second-place NCAA finish, though it finished third among Division I teams at the Stanford Invite. UC Santa Barbara was second in that race, edging Stanford by a point. Sean McGorty, 20th at NCAA’s last year, and Rosa are both cross country All-Americans and could be Stanford’s top two this season. They are the only members of last year’s NCAA lineup to compete on Saturday. Other Stanford runners entered are Jack (continued on next page)

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