Palo Alto Weekly October 23, 2015

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Tension grows between council, planning commission As Palo Alto commission pans City Council policies, council members question the commission’s motives by Gennady Sheyner

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n theory, the Planning and Transportation Commission serves at the pleasure of the City Council. In practice, pleasure has been in short supply for both parties of late. The commission, which advises the Palo Alto council on

all major land-use issues, is now under fire from several council members for a string of decisions and comments that, critics have argued, are at odds with the council’s directions and the community’s wishes. This week, in what may have been the lowest point in the increasingly frac-

tious relationship, two council members publicly declared they have lost confidence in the commission and attempted to reduce the commission’s role in an upcoming discussion about housing. Councilman Eric Filseth said he was “not satisfied” with the commission’s recent work on land-use issues and characterized the commission as a group that is pursuing a vision of “unlimited” growth. Councilman Tom DuBois concurred.

“We have a PTC that wants to create policy,” DuBois said. “And I think they’ve been acting at odds with the council.” The planning commission, for its part, has also been vocal in recent months about its disagreements with the body that it’s been appointed to advise. In April, the commission considered reforms to the city’s highly contentious “planned community” (PC) zoning, which allows developers to barter with the city in exchange

for zoning exemptions. The council suspended PC zoning last year after citizens derided it as “zoning for sale.” In considering reforms to this process, the commission decided to re-affirm — rather than curb — a developer’s right to offer payments to the city. The commission also took a strong stance in August against an annual limit on new office development in downtown, the area around (continued on page 9)

EDUCATION

Superintendent postpones hiring of in-house counsel New legal-services position becomes point of contention on school board by Elena Kadvany

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All together now With hair sprayed in streaks of bright orange, Addison Elementary School student Zoe Pashalidis, center, shows friend Madeleine Hillesland the message she is writing on a paper hand that will be added to a Unity Day wreath on Oct. 21. Pashalidis’ message stated, “Be nice to other people if they’re different and be friendly.”

FILM

New movie captures complexity of Steve Jobs, colleague says Computer legend ‘took the impossible and made it possible’ by Chris Kenrick

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teve Jobs,” the movie that was written by Aaron Sorkin and opened in Palo Alto last week, artfully captures the character of the computer legend, said Jobs’ onetime publicist, who is among those portrayed in the movie. Palo Alto resident Andrea “Andy” Cunningham, who was Jobs’ young publicity handler during the 1984 launch of the Macintosh and worked with him off and on through 1987, said that while many of the movie sequences are compressed or fictionalized and

some characters are composites, the film accurately portrays the complexity of the man. Actress Sarah Snook plays Cunningham in the movie. The movie “captures the range of everything Steve was — he could be a very tender, loving, kind person, and he could also be a raging maniac, and everything in between,” said Cunningham, now head of the San Francisco marketing communications firm Cunningham Collective. “I know some people look at the movie and say, ‘What a monster —

how could you work with him?’ But, number one, I don’t think he’s portrayed as a monster in the movie and, second, it was worth it. It was so inspiring, life-altering and stretching of my own abilities to work with him,” Cunningham said. Jobs “took the impossible and asked you to do it, and made it possible because he believed you could do it,” she said. She cited two such instances in the movie: Jobs’ insistence, minutes before the January 1984 (continued on page 11)

alo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Max McGee has decided to delay the hiring of general counsel after disagreement on the school board over the proper relationship between its members and the new in-house attorney. On Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the request of board member Camille Townsend, the school board discussed for close to an hour possible reporting structures for the general counsel, a new position the board approved in June. McGee then wrote in his latest “Weekly” message on Friday, Oct. 16, that he was “disheartened” by the board’s “extended” discussion. He stated he would be pulling the item from the board’s next meeting agenda, when members were to determine to whom the attorney would report, and postponing the hiring process until May when the board reviews all of its lawfirm contracts. “We are currently being wellserved by our regular attorneys, and while a GC (general counsel) would save some money as well as be of assistance, at this point it is not of critical importance,” he wrote. McGee had proposed that he assume primary responsibility and oversight for the general counsel but that there be a “dotted line” on the district’s organizational chart from the attorney to the board. The dotted line — rather than the solid one to the superintendent — indicates “a relationship of particular importance where there is a high level of accountability but not direct reporting or authority over the position,” McGee wrote

in a staff report for the Oct. 13 meeting. “Having to answer to five ‘bosses’ when it comes to giving advice to the district is also quite impractical for any attorney, which is yet another reason that questions are usually asked through the superintendent,” McGee wrote. A majority of the board expressed support for McGee’s recommendation. However, Townsend — the only board member to vote against the creation of the general counsel position in June and who requested the Oct. 13 agenda item — said she would prefer only a direct, solid line to the superintendent. Townsend said that lawsuits the district has faced in recent years, particularly over U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights cases, have been “very political” and that she is “very concerned about the political nature of this position.” “I would like legal counsel to answer to the superintendent and not to the board, which is inherently political,” Townsend said. This, however, contradicts the board’s own bylaw on attorneys. Bylaw 9124 states that while the board should have a limited relationship with its attorneys — only the board president or superintendent can seek direct legal advice from counsel, for example — the board is involved in the hiring, evaluation and potential renewal or termination of contract of an attorney. California Education Code also provides that the governing board (continued on page 12)

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Upfront

Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto 4th Annual Angel Award an award evening and cocktail party honoring

Barbara Sih Klausner

Executive Director of DreamCatchers

Thank You to our Sponsors for helping to make the evening a success! Event proceeds support the Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto Charitable Foundation. These funds benefit educational institutions which support progams and services for children and youth in the Palo Alto area. In-Kind Sponsors:

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Around Town

WHERE WE’RE GOING, WE DON’T NEED ROADS ... It may not be time travel, but Stanford University engineers unveiled a DeLorean on Tuesday, Oct. 20, that’s been modified to be a self-driving, electric vehicle that drifts like a pro driver. The DeLorean is nicknamed MARTY, which stands for Multiple Actuator Research Test bed for Yaw control. It was developed by Stanford mechanical engineering Professor Chris Gerdes and his students to research how cars perform in extreme situations and ultimately to develop better safety mechanisms in cars. The engineers’ announcement of MARTY was timely: Wednesday, Oct. 21, was the future date that Marty McFly and Doc Brown used their time machine DeLorean to travel to in the 1989 film “Back to the Future Part II.” “We want to design automated vehicles that can take any action necessary to avoid an accident,” Gerdes said in a statement. “The laws of physics will limit what the car can do, but we think the software should be capable of any possible maneuver within those limits.” According to graduate student Jonathan Goh, who was in charge of engineering MARTY’s drifting technique, the car can lock itself into a perfectly circular donut at a large drift angle. This is the first step on the path to a self-driving car that can deal with extreme situations, according to Stanford officials. MARTY was built in partnership with Silicon Valley electric-vehicle tech startup Renovo Motors, which gave the Stanford team early access to a brand new platform that allows precise control of the gearboxes and rear wheels during drifting.

PROTESTS GO SKYWARD ... Palo Alto’s homegrown citizens’ group Sky Posse will protest excessive aircraft noise at San Francisco Airport Terminal 2 on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to noon. The high noise levels have been deafening in communities nationwide since the Federal Aviation Administration rolled out its air traffic control modernization program, NextGen, Sky Posse has maintained. The demonstration is one of many taking place across the nation in observance of #NoFlyDay, a national movement to restore quiet to communities affected by the noise. More information is available at noflyday.org and skypossepaloalto.org. SPOOKY FUN ... Kick off the Halloween celebrations with the 21st annual California Avenue Trick or

Treat and Blossom Halloween Carnival on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. California Avenue, between Birch Street and Park Boulevard, will be closed off to traffic for the free, family-friendly event. Kids can trick-or-treat at businesses on California, listen to children’s musician Andy Z perform, participate in a costume parade led by the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, play carnival games, watch a dance performance by Dance Connection and more. A Palo Alto police car and fire truck will be at the event for children to explore. There will also be a costume contest judged by Palo Alto Mayor Karen Holman. Categories include best homemade costume by a child; best homemade costume by an adult; best costume with pregnant belly; best family costume; and best costume for children 0-2 years old, 3-5 years old, 6-9 years old and 10-12 years old. To register for the costume contest, visit tinyurl.com/nzujx5a. The event is organized by Blossom Birth, a nonprofit that supports new and expectant families. PAY IT FORWARD ... Generations of local volunteers will join Palo Alto nonprofit Youth Community Service (YCS) on Saturday, Oct. 24, for a day of volunteer projects benefiting the environment, seniors and needy families and individuals. The event, part of National Make a Difference Day, will involve students from Gunn and Palo Alto high schools in what has become the largest day of service across the country, involving millions of volunteers. The day will begin in front of City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave., with a kickoff by Palo Alto Mayor Karen Holman and East Palo Alto Mayor Lisa Gauthier. Volunteers will take part in projects in 15 locations across the Midpeninsula from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants will plant trees with the nonprofit Canopy at Bol Park behind Gunn; care for Cooley Landing shoreline park in East Palo Alto with environmental nonprofit Acterra; arrange flowers with Acterra to take to seniors at Lytton Gardens; bag toiletries at nonprofit Project WeHope and sort food at the nonprofit Ecumenical Hunger Program, both in East Palo Alto. Additional projects will take place at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo and the Palo Alto Baylands duck pond. Participants should arrive at 9 a.m. at King Plaza to select projects or register in advance at youthcommunityservice.org. Q

Upfront PUBLIC SAFETY

Palo Alto, Stanford clash over fire services After more than two years of fruitless negotiations, two sides head to mediation

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vice than we need for the number of calls, is a fair allocation,” McCown told the Weekly. City officials have agreed that the charge can be reduced, but they have taken issue with the numbers offered by Stanford. A June letter from Keene to Debra Zumwalt, Stanford’s vice president and general counsel, alludes to an April conference call in which a consultant for Stanford characterized the discussions as “approximately $500,000 apart.” “From that understanding, Stanford appears to have taken a nearly $1,000,000 step backwards,” Keene wrote. The letter from Keene argued that there have been reductions in costs to Stanford through system efficiencies as well as the elimination of a rescue company and cuts in overhead personnel, even though there have also been increases in pension costs and a large expenditure (a new ladder truck). Keene’s letter also noted that the City Council has a longstanding policy that city-funded services will not be offered at below cost to surrounding communities. This includes the fire department’s ambulance services, which Keene wrote have substantially better levels of service and faster response than other providers in the county. The cost of this service, Keene wrote, is about $400,000 more than the revenue recovered from users. “Stanford’s unwillingness to contribute to this gap presents Palo Alto with a dilemma,” Keene wrote. “Is the university asking that the city’s general fund subsidize service to the campus, or is Stanford requesting a lower service level than provided in the city and historically at Stanford?” Keene wrote that while the city does not desire for Stanford to pursue other options, it is “nonetheless obligated to ensure that the risks and consequences of these decisions are fully understood.” The two sides do agree on one thing: The university has been receiving good service from the Palo Alto Fire Department. Stanford also had consultants look into existing staffing levels, and McCown said the independent analysis concurred with the Fire Department’s methodology for allocating staff. Though Stanford rejected the city’s response to the request for proposals (effectively extending the existing agreement), Nickel said, “Their issue is not the level of service. Their issue is cost.” McCown concurred that it was the service costs that drove the univer(continued on page 11)

21st Annual California Ave

Trick-or-Treat & Halloween Carnival

Between Birch & Park Blvd. Performances by Dance Connection, Andy Z, Standford Band

FREE EVENT

Fun for kids 12 and under www.Blossombirth.org Organized by:

E COSTUM ! CONTEST Sponsors:

Activity Sponsors: • Bandalou Baby • Dr. S. Brian Liu/California Dental Home • Homewood Suites by Hilton, Palo Alto • La Bodeguita de Medio • Palo Alto Menlo Park Parents Club • Snip-Its

Artist: Iris Chang, 12 yrs

early four decades after the Palo Alto Fire Department and Stanford University entered into a partnership for fire-protection services, the two sides have hit a rocky patch in their relationship and are preparing for possible litigation. At the heart of the conflict is the May 2012 closure of Station 7, which was located on Sand Hill Road and serviced SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Since then, Stanford and the city have been at odds over how the closure should impact the long-standing financial arrangement between them. Earlier this year, Stanford accused the city of breaching its agreement and overcharging the school, according to documents obtained by the Weekly. On Monday night, the City Council is scheduled to go into a closed session to discuss “anticipated litigation” involving Stanford. The relationship between the City of Palo Alto and Stanford goes back to 1976, when they merged their respective fire departments. The move came four years after a giant fire destroyed a wing at Encina Hall. The goal was to both save Stanford money and increase its firefighting capacity. In exchange, the university has been footing the bill for about 30 percent of the Palo Alto Fire Department costs, or about $7.44 million annually. Today, the only fire station on Stanford property is Station 6, on Serra Road, and Stanford has been arguing that its proportion of the fire department cost should drop from 30 to 15 percent. Stanford has also accused the city of not turning over to the university requested documents detailing the service costs (accusations that the city has denied). The university is also demanding refunds of charges for the past three years, based on the revised formula. Craig Bristol, senior counsel at Stanford, made the case for the smaller amount in a June 26 letter to Palo Alto City Manager James Keene. The letter also notified Keene that Stanford is pursuing a claim against Palo Alto for overcharging the university. “In direct discussions, Stanford has communicated to the city that it believes it is being significantly overcharged for fire protection services,” Bristol wrote. “The discussions to date have not produced any meaningful movement from the city or resolution of the disputes described below.” The protracted dispute has, until now, remained largely out of the public eye. Despite threats of litigation, Palo Alto firefighters have continued to serve the university, and Fire Chief Eric Nickel said that won’t change. Stanford, for its

by Gennady Sheyner part, said it has no issue with the fire department’s service or staffing levels — only the costs. Yet the two-and-a-half-year-old dispute continues to fester, at one point pushing Stanford to shop around for a new fire-protection service. In October 2013, Stanford notified the city that it wanted to get out of the contract. The following month, Stanford put out a “request for proposals” for fire-protection agencies in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County. Palo Alto was the only respondent, Nickel said. Now, the two sides are trying to avoid a court battle by seeking mediation. According to letters exchanged by the two sides earlier this year, a significant gap remains between Stanford’s “final” offer of about $5 million per year and the city’s latest proposal of $6.5 million. In explaining Stanford’s position, Bristol wrote that not only is Stanford’s share of the cost “excessive” but the city’s calculation of the actual cost of serving Stanford in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 was “inaccurate.” The existing agreement, he noted, specifically states that Stanford’s share will be based on the “extent of fire protection services provided to the Stanford campus” in comparison to the extent of such services provided within the city limits of Palo Alto. Bristol noted that in 2004-05, when the city and Stanford reviewed the 1976 agreement, the city took the position that the percentage being paid by Stanford was “appropriate based upon the number of stations located on Stanford property.” “The closing of the SLAC station was a significant event that, as actual experience has demonstrated, resulted in the city providing substantially less fireprotection services to Stanford,” Bristol wrote. Stanford’s share, he argued, should be adjusted down to 15.4 percent or less, retroactive to 2012. Jean McCown, Stanford’s assistant vice president for government and community relations, made the point concisely. “We had two fire stations,” McCown told the Weekly. “Now we have one.” The university, she noted, has offered to pay the full costs of the single station, including all the overhead costs — despite the fact that the station, in addition to serving Stanford, also serves parts of the city. McCown said data shows that Station 6 personnel respond to Palo Alto calls about twice as often as other stations respond to Stanford. “We feel paying fully for that station, which is maybe more ser-

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SENIORS

City chips in $5M toward Avenidas expansion Palo Alto officials vote to support senior-service nonprofit, despite division over funding source by Gennady Sheyner

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ith more Palo Altans entering their golden years, the city’s main senior-service provider is looking to rejuvenate its historic facility to serve a growing customer base. On Monday night, the nonprofit Avenidas took a giant step toward this goal when the City Council voted to approve $5 million in public funds for the effort. The money will be used for the rehabilitation and seismic upgrade of the city-owned building at 450 Bryant St., an 88-year-old facility that once housed the city’s police station but now serves the city’s booming population of seniors. More than 50 supporters of the project, including Avenidas staff, board members and regular visitors, stood up to clap after the council voted 8-0, with Pat Burt absent, to approve the city’s contribution to Avenidas, an organization that was born out of a public-private partnership nearly four decades ago and continues

as the city’s primary provider of classes, case management and other support services for seniors. Lisa Hendrickson, who is heading the Avenidas capital campaign, told the council that while the center’s programs continue to win plaudits from users in Palo Alto and other cities, people don’t come to see the building, which was constructed in 1927 and has not undergone a major rehabilitation. “We have the opportunity to again work as partners and invest in the Bryant Street center to ensure it meets the needs and expectation of current residents and the next generation of seniors,” Hendrickson said. “Let’s work together to bring our vibrant center into the 21st century.” The center’s client base is expected to continue its recent trend of steady growth. Residents 55 and older now make up about a third of the city’s population and are projected to constitute half of the city by 2030. The council’s contribution is but

part of a $18 million total that Avenidas’ leaders are trying to raise. The rest of the balance is expected to come from private donors, including a $4 million match grant that the nonprofit is pursuing. Bruce Heister, board chair at Avenidas, said the center has been considering an expansion for the past decade but struggled to jump-start the project during the economic downturn. The aging systems, he said, are expensive to maintain, repairs are frequent and more people are commenting that “the building is depressing, that it’s tired looking.” The renovation and expansion “is imperative,” Heister added. It’s also become clear, he said, that the community wants the city to help fund the renovation. “The project budget has grown beyond the capacity of Avenidas to fundraise,” Heister said. The council agreed that investing in the expansion would be a wise move. Unlike other cities,

Palo Alto doesn’t operate its own senior center, which makes Avenidas a particularly important partner in addressing a critical community need. “We are an aging community,” Councilman Marc Berman said during the discussion. “And we need to do everything we can to make sure we have the resources we need to provide the services that our residents want and need as they get older and age in place.” Councilman Greg Scharff agreed and said he can’t think of a better use of city funds than supporting Avenidas. “Investing in our infrastructure is one of the best things we can do in our community,” Scharff said. “Here is a tangible response that we all see that will benefit so many members of the community.” But while the council agreed that the investment should be made, members split on the best way to fund these improvements. The staff recommended using “transferable of development rights” to raise some of the money for the rehabilitation, a mechanism that grants developers density bonuses as an incentive to pursue seismic and historic rehabilitations. Those bonuses can then be sold to other developers. The council last year supported a similar course of actions when it discussed the proposed expansion of the Palo Alto History Museum. Yet this proposal proved controversial, with four council members

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The nonprofit Avenidas, at 450 Bryant St., is located in an 88-year-old building owned by the City of Palo Alto. It once housed the city’s police department. expressing concerns. Councilman Eric Filseth said that while selling these rights may feel like “free money,” this notion is misleading. “It’s another form of selling zoning, and I think the community said we don’t want to do that anymore,” Filseth said. “If we want to spend $5 million, we ought to spend $5 million.” Council members Tom DuBois, Liz Kniss and Vice Mayor Greg Schmid all sided with Filseth. They supported having staff return at a later date with other funding options for the $5 million expenditure, which will be made over the next two fiscal years. (continued on page 15)

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California Avenue and along El Camino Real — a cap that was endorsed by the entire council and then referred to the commission for the hashing out of the details (the only split among the commission was whether to vote anyway for a proposal that they didn’t believe in. The seeds for the current dysfunctional dynamic between the council and the commission were sown last November, when an election ushered in a City Council with a slow-growth “residentialist” majority. Days after the vote, the outgoing council made a decision not to reappoint veteran commissioner and vocal residentialist Arthur Keller to the seven-member board and instead to bring in two new members: Kate Downing and Adrian Fine, high-tech professionals with visions of a more vibrant Palo Alto — even if it sometimes means greater building density. Downing, along with Commissioner Eric Rosenblum, also serves on the steering committee of Palo Alto Forward, a group that advocates for more housing and transportation options. Also on the commission is Michael Alcheck, a real estate attorney who has spoken out against the city’s 50-foot height limit and who said he would like to see El Camino Real as a “canyon” of taller buildings and “dramatic increases in density.” Mark Michael, a veteran commissioner whose term ends this year, isn’t as strident an advocate of growth, though he too has been critical of the council’s recent attempt to limit commercial growth, calling it a “distraction” from the greater task of updating the city’s Comprehensive Plan, a foundational document that guides city decisions. Disagreements between the commission and the council are far from new. In 2009, for instance, the planning commission recommended rejecting a contentious proposal to redevelop Alma Plaza — now known as Alma Village. The council ultimately gave the project a green light. And last year, the council agreed not to approve a new vision document for the California Avenue area, a plan years in the making that included as one of its components a new “tech corridor” on Park Boulevard. Despite a unanimous endorsement by the commission, the council rejected the document, with several members taking issue with recommendations to allow more density on Park. At times, commissioners have advocated for larger roles or louder voices. During a March discussion of planned-community zoning, a number of commissioners — including Alcheck, Downing and Fine and Chair Greg Tanaka — questioned the thoroughness of the city’s planning staff in transmitting commission feedback to the council. At one point, commissioners insisted that staff

draft a separate ordinance on the topic containing all of the commission’s suggested wording. Downing said at that meeting that merely summarizing the commission’s feedback would give the council just “half” of what the commission created, while Tanaka said that summarizing the commission’s feedback would be a “disservice to the council.” Tanaka initially considered making a formal motion to have a separate ordinance drafted but ultimately reconsidered. More recently, during a discussion of revisions of the city’s zoning code — changes that were in most cases meant to clarify language or respond to previous council direction — Michael suggested that the cleanup process could be a good time to recommend a “process in which the Planning and Transportation Commission will actually have some decision-making authority versus simply being a recommending body.” Under Michael’s proposal, appeals of approved developments would go to the commission for a final decision. The council would only see these appeals if someone were to file a subsequent appeal of the commission’s approval. This, he, said would create more efficient process than one that guarantees reviews by both the commission and the council. “And there may be an opportunity here to inject more substance and responsibility into the duty of the planning commission, which I think would be a good thing,” Michael said on Sept. 30. Such a change is highly unlikely at this time, with the commission and the council clearly at odds about some of Palo Alto’s most critical land-use issues. The most recent example of the schism also occurred on Sept. 30, when the commission was discussing the elimination of a zoning-code provision that would offer developers density bonuses for demolishing seismically unsafe buildings and constructing new developments at the site. Under the change, the seismic bonuses would apply only to seismic retrofits and not to new construction. Downing strongly objected to this change, saying it “doesn’t make sense.” The city, she argued, wants to encourage people to fix seismically unsafe buildings. This would take away an incentive to do so. “Is the council really saying that extra square footage and extra parking are more important than the lives of the people who live and die in these buildings?” Downing asked. “I really can’t support this.” In an interview, Downing said her main point was to identify this issue as an important policy decision that should be made outside the process of routine code clean-up. Given the high number of aging buildings downtown, any changes to incentives for seismic retrofits should be made at the policy level, she told the Weekly. When asked about her particular quote, she noted that the decision to change these incentives was spurred by the council’s focus on parking requirements.

“It was clear this was part of the top priorities of the council when they were making these changes,” Downing said. Despite its disagreements with the council, the commission has invested a considerable amount of time and energy in its work. Its discussion of PC zoning, for example, stretched for two long meetings and featured a laundry list of issues and concerns. It applied similar rigor to the new office cap; the recent proposal to regulate chain stores on California Avenue; and the current code cleanup. Commissioners also often disagree with one another. Rosenblum and Downing, for instance, opposed Alcheck’s proposal to allow developers to pay for zoning exemptions as part of the PC process, a practice that Alcheck argued would spur creativity. And while the commission ultimately supported a package of reforms by a 6-1 vote, Commissioner Przemek Gardias dissented.

“There are clearly alignment issues between the council and the PTC on policy,” Filseth said, before characterizing the commission as advocating for “unlimited commercial growth and unlimited housing growth.” “It is to move from an expensive suburban environment to an expensive urban environment — and that’s not where the majority of the voters want to go,” Filseth said. DuBois, who also leans toward slow-growth policies, said he thought likewise. He then alluded to Downing’s comments about the seismic-rehabilitation exemption. “Two meetings ago, one commissioner said that we care more about square footage and parking than people’s lives,” he said. “Three other commissioners (Michael, Rosenblum and Tanaka) agreed with that statement. I take serious issue with that.” Other council members quickly jumped to the commission’s defense and chided their colleagues for criti-

‘Our job is to help the council make better decisions. It’s not our job to make policy.’ —Greg Tanaka, chairman, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission

Yet the commission’s wideranging discussions and unflinching criticism of council policies have also puzzled and frustrated some council members. In August, when the council rejected the commission’s proposal for reforming PC zoning, Councilman Pat Burt marveled at the “very strong disconnect between what the commission recommended or even considered and what the council gave as guidance.” In some cases, Burt said, the commission proposed steps that directly contradicted the council’s desire (such as when commissioners proposed relaxing the city’s height limit for PC projects). Commission Vice Chair Fine concurred there is “some disconnect” and said that the commission did not feel that the council’s guidance (which called for the commission to focus its discussion on particular elements of the ordinance, such as public benefits and geographical areas where projects would be allowed) was “the correct way” to consider the reforms. This week, the rocky relationship was shaken up further when Filseth made a motion to have the council’s Policy and Services Committee consider ways to encourage construction throughout the city of small in-law apartments — also known as granny units or accessory-dwelling units — before the item goes to either the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) or the full council. Filseth, who was elected last November as part of the residentialist movement, said that he does “not have confidence that sending it to the PTC will be productive.”

cizing citizen volunteers. Councilman Greg Scharff said it’s “really inappropriate to bash the PTC like we just did” and argued that the criticism “makes it very difficult for them to do their job.” Reasonable people, Scharff said, can disagree. Councilman Marc Berman said he was surprised that the council is choosing to “impugn the motive and integrity of one of our commissions, with citizens volunteering their time on it.” “I wouldn’t serve on one of our boards and commissions if I thought my work and opinion is going to get impugned at a time when I’m not in the audience to have the opportunity to reply,” Berman said. Other council members took more moderate views. Councilman Cory Wolbach said he appreciates hearing from the commission, especially if he disagrees. Wolbach said the council should be grateful to the commission for getting the council out of its “cognitive bubble.” He also said he thinks members of the planning commission “have not been appreciated by the council and that they are doing the best they can.” “There is a feeling of distrust from both sides,” Wolbach said. Mayor Karen Holman and Vice Mayor Greg Schmid both supported Filseth’s proposal to send the housing item to the council committee for vetting and shaping of direction before the planning commission considers it, though Holman acknowledged that she doesn’t recall such a process taking place in her 14 years of experience as a planning commissioner and council member. In this case, she said, the commission would benefit from some council guidance before it tackles the subject

of accessory-dwelling units. “Too much of the things I’ve seen from the PTC are based on personal perspectives and not grounded in the Comprehensive Plan and our zoning rules ... the history of what the community has done and looked at before,” Holman said. She also agreed with Scharff’s suggestion that the council and the commission need to “clear the air.” They will have a chance to do that in late November during their annual joint study session. That’s when each side will have a chance to directly address the other, whether to offer suggestions or air grievances. The Filseth proposal ultimately fizzled by a 4-4 vote, with Burt absent. This means the normal process will occur: The planning commission will get to review the housing issue first, before it comes to the council committee and, ultimately, the full council. Downing said one problem with the conversation that has taken place thus far is the “disconnect” in people’s minds about the role of the planning commission. Its mission is to review new ordinances in their entirety, she said, though special focus can be given to those areas identified by the council. The commission isn’t meant to be ideological or to “necessarily support the council’s decision,” she said. Its role is to offer more opportunity for more community feedback, whether from residents speaking publicly at commission meetings or from commissioners themselves. “We’re not an elected body. We’re not elected by the people. It’s up to the council members to make the right decisions and make them based on what they read as the demand of the community and what the voters want. Our body is more technical in nature than that.” Tanaka, the commission’s chair and longest serving member, likewise emphasized in an interview this week that the commission is purely a recommending body. His job, he said, isn’t simply to consider whether issues are pro- or anti-growth but to make decisions based on data and diligent analysis. Even though the council at times rejects the commission’s recommendations, Tanaka said he doesn’t see that as a problem. The commission, he noted, has a specific focus, a limited purview and a narrow lens. The council, which is an elected body, sees things through a different lens, which makes some disagreements inevitable. “Our job is to help the council make better decisions,” Tanaka told the Weekly. “We don’t make decisions. We make purely recommendations. I think what’s important is for us to look at different sides, dig in, analyze the issues as much as possible and, based on that kind of process, make a recommendation. It’s not our job to make policy. That’s not what we’re trying to do.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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News Digest One dead, one injured in head-on collision A man is dead after a head-on collision Saturday evening, Oct. 17, near Stanford University, officials with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said. The Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office identified the man as Donovan Meher of Redwood City. Meher, 45, was driving south on Junipero Serra Boulevard between Stanford Avenue and Campus Drive when his 2009 Nissan Versa crossed into the northbound lanes and collided with a 2012 Volkswagen Passat driven by a 64-year-old Redwood City woman, according to CHP officials. The woman suffered major injuries that required treatment at Stanford University Hospital, CHP officials said. Meher died at the scene of the crash, according to CHP officials. Investigators have not determined if drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash, CHP officials said. The investigation is ongoing. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff/Bay City News Service

County approves road-rage ordinance Motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians and equestrians can now file a civil lawsuit over hostile behavior on the road — and collect up to $1,000 if successful — thanks to an ordinance approved by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20. The issue was originally brought to the board nearly a year ago by Supervisor Dave Cortese and broadened to include acts of road rage suffered by anyone on county roads. According to Cortese’s office, complaints from bicyclists who have been threatened and endangered by motorists played a major part in leading the board to pass the ordinance. Examples of bad behavior that the ordinance may protect against include motorists driving too closely to cyclists or pedestrians, making threats, cutting others off or throwing objects, according to Cortese’s office. Q — Bay City News Service

Shopping center announces 10 new stores Stanford Shopping Center is entering its final phase of renovation, and on Tuesday, Oct. 20, Simon Property Group, which owns the center, unveiled a list of 10 retail stores that will be among more than 25 new stores expected to open in the spring of 2016. The new retailers to set up shop in the former Bloomingdale’s area include Anthropologie; Allen-Edmonds Shoe; Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics; Luisa Spagnoli, a Italian women’s fashion boutique; AllSaints, a British fashion house; lululemon; Everything But Water, a designer swim and resort fashion boutique; The North Face; Uno de 50, a Spanish jewelry shop; and Vineyard Vines, a clothing and gift store. On the food front, three new eateries to make their debut include True Food Kitchen, which will include vegan, vegetarian and glutenfree options on its menu; Tender Greens, which will serve dishes made of fresh produce from local farms; and Minamoto Kitchoan, a shop that will sell artisanal Japanese desserts. A new plaza (part of the renovation of the shopping center’s common areas), located at the west end of the shopping center between Neiman Marcus and Macy’s, will be completed in November. The new outdoor space will feature gardens, a stretch of lawn where people can sit and a water feature with infinity edges. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

City to proceed with storm-drain measure Normally out of sight and out of mind, Palo Alto’s storm drains will be in the public spotlight in fall 2016 as part of a special election that the City Council agreed to pursue Monday night, Oct. 19. The council voted 8-0, with Pat Burt absent, to support a recommendation from Public Works staff to bring a measure to the city’s property owners that will help pay for maintenance and upgrades to the city’s storm-drain system. If voters approve the measure, rates would likely stay around the current level of about $12.63 a month. If they don’t, rates would drop to $4.25 per month, the rate that was in effect in 2005, when voters approved the current storm-drain tax. The 2005 measure is set to expire in 2017, prompting the city to seek a renewal. The 2016 vote would take place through a mail-only election and would only apply to property owners. As part of its vote, the council also agreed Monday to appoint a citizen advisory committee that would review the list of projects that would be funded by the tax and help set the new rate before the measure is sent to voters. This is similar to the process that the council used in 2005, and 58 percent of the voters that year approved the measure. Q — Gennady Sheyner LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com

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launch of the Macintosh at Flint Center in Cupertino, that software engineer Andy Hertzfeld make the computer talk even though Hertzfeld said he wouldn’t be able to do it; and Jobs’ insistence that Cunningham achieve absolute darkness in the auditorium by extinguishing the legally required “exit� lights. “I actually don’t remember whether that really happened,� Cunningham said. “The reason it didn’t stand out in my memory is because he asked me to do hundreds of things like that.� Cunningham said she was “hired and fired four or five times� by Jobs during the 1980s, when she worked with him during the formation of NeXT and as he acquired an increasing stake in the animation company Pixar. The last time he called to hire her, she said, she had to decline because she was working for a competitor. “I didn’t talk to him again for years,� she said. Working for Jobs, Cunningham said, meant creating for people an emotional connection with the products and ensuring that everything to do with Apple and Jobs were consistently portrayed in a certain way. “He was very picky about the environment because he wanted to make sure the impression the journalists left with was exactly the right one,� she said. For example, he preferred giving interviews at the Carlyle Hotel in New York because “he respected the authenticity of it — real wood, real marble. When you walk into the Carlyle Hotel you feel this classic, authentic thing, and he wanted people to feel that way about the Macintosh also. It would never have done to have the event in a ballroom somewhere.� In Walter Isaacson’s “Steve Jobs,� a 2011 biography that Jobs authorized and upon which the “Steve Jobs� movie is based, Cunningham describes Jobs arriving at the Carlyle and insisting that his suite to be completely redone — the piano moved, the strawberries replaced — even though it was 10 p.m. and meetings were to begin the next day. He particularly did not like the flowers, sending Cunningham on a late-night quest in Manhattan for calla lilies. “He believed that if you built an environment, you could affect the way people experience things, so everything he did was about the environment as much as about the thing he was trying to do at the time,� she said. Critics of the “Steve Jobs� movie — “many emanating from Apple — think it portrays Steve as too nasty,� Cunningham said. “But all those people working at Apple today didn’t work with Steve in the 1980s. “He grew and matured and learned a lot of stuff in that time,� she said. “Because I didn’t work with him in the 2000s I cannot say he mellowed, but he did become a CEO, which he never was before. He became a leader, and in

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Palo Alto resident Andy Cunningham worked with Steve Jobs in the 1980s. In the new movie, “Steve Jobs,� she is portrayed by actress Sarah Snook. addition to being a visionary and a motivator he became a CEO.� But even as part of the youthful Macintosh team in the early 1980s, Cunningham said, “all of us had a feeling — we definitely knew he was the real deal. He really did change the world we live in, and he was right here in Palo Alto.� Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

sity to consider other options in 2013. To resolve the impasse, Stanford has proposed mediation. In late June, the two sides signed a “tolling agreement,� which suspends the statute of limitations that would normally apply to Stanford’s claim against the city. According to the agreement, the parties “deem it in their mutual benefit to determine whether or not it may be possible to resolve Stanford’s claim through negotiations without resort to litigation.� McCown said the mediator has not yet been picked, though some names have been proposed. Nickel said the goal of the upcoming City Council closed session, which will follow the regular Oct. 26 meeting, is to get council direction before heading into the talks with the mediator. Nickel called it “a good sign� that Stanford asked for mediation. “Both parties have been negotiating to try to find some mutually beneficial resolution,� Nickel said. “We think we found it with a mediated process.�Q

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss the city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program; consider adopting a Healthy Cities, Healthy Communities Resolution; and select a voting delegate for the National League of Cities annual meeting on Nov. 7. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The council will then go into closed session to discuss anticipated litigation relating to Stanford University fire-protection services. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hold a special study session to hear an update from the enrollment-management advisory committee on its secondary-level research and preliminary recommendations. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will discuss Palo Alto and Gunn high schools’ SAT, ACT and AP results; the results of a counseling survey administered at Gunn; resolution for two open U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights cases; and the board policy review committee’s procedures. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to consider changes for the city’s “revolving door� policy, which pertains to how long former employees have to wait before they an appear before the city to represent another person or entity. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to review the Baylands Interpretive Center improvements; discuss a Dog Park Pilot Program; and hear an update on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss 1050 Page Mill Road, a request by 1050 Page Mill Road LLC, to demolish two buildings totaling 265,895 square feet and to construct four two-story buildings with the same square footage and underground parking. The commission will also consider a variety of changes to the city’s zoning code, including clarifications and updates based on recent council direction. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ... The school board’s policy review committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at the district office, Room A, 25 Churchill Ave. The agenda items were unavailable at press deadline.

NOTICE OF A SPECIAL DIRECTOR’S HEARING To be held at 3:00P.M., Thursday October 29, 2015, in the Palo Alto Community Meeting Room, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Go to the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue to re]PL^ ÄSLK KVJ\TLU[Z" JVU[HJ[ (SPJPH :WV[^VVK MVY PUMVYmation regarding business hours at 650-617-3168. 308 Lincoln Avenue [15PLN-00245] Request by Brandon Corey for Home Improvement Exceptions (HIE) and Minor Historic Review for the construction of a new covered patio attached to an existing single car garage that would exceed the 12 foot height limit by 5 3/8-inches and intrude above the interior side daylight plane in a property that is designated as a Category 3 structure within the designated Professorville Historic District. Zoning Dis[YPJ[! :PUNSL -HTPS` 9LZPKLU[PHS 9 ,U]PYVUTLU[HS (Zsessment: Exempt from the provisions of California EnviYVUTLU[HS 8\HSP[` (J[ *,8( WLY :LJ[PVU Hillary E. Gitelman Director of Planning and Community Environment

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of a school district may appoint legal counsel to advise the superintendent and the board and to act as legal counsel for the district. Townsend also repeated concerns she raised in June about the generalist nature of the position. She said that the board should understand it will likely need to continue to employ external, specialized legal firms for particular topics, such as around federal civil-rights law Title IX or special education.

“The field of education demands increasingly specialized legal expertise, which comes from outside counsel, and outside counsel is more fiscally sound for many reasons,� Townsend wrote in an email to the Weekly on Monday. “As the legal field itself demands this competence and specialization instead of in-house counsel, so too do school districts across the state and country.� She also expressed concern about how individual board members might interact with counsel and said she wanted to be informed of any such interaction, though under board bylaw,

56;0*, 6- ( 7<)30* 4,,;05. VM [OL *P[` VM 7HSV (S[V (YJOP[LJ[\YHS 9L]PL^ )VHYK (9) 8:30 A.M., Thursday, November 5, 2015, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto. org/planningprojects; contact Diana Tamale for additional information during business hours at 650.329.2144. 7VY[LY +YP]L 4H`Ă„LSK B 735 D! Request Jim Inglis, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for Major Architectural Review for demolition of an existing 67,580 square foot structure and JVUZ[Y\J[PVU VM ZX\HYL MVV[ VɉJL I\PSKPUN ;OL ZP[L PZ H 4H`Ă„LSK KLZPNUH[LK WYVWLY[` HUK PUJS\KLZ [OL JYLH[PVU VM a new commercial lease line. Environmental Assessment: City of Palo Alto/Stanford Development Agreement and Lease Project Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2003082103) and Exemption 15302 (Replacement and Reconstruction). Zoning District: Research Park (RP). This item was continued from the meeting of September 17, 2015. ,S *HTPUV 9LHS B 735 D: Request by Eric Allen, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for Major Architectural Review of site furnishings and sign exceptions for new directional and directory freestanding signage at Stanford Shopping Center. Environmental Assessment: Categorically Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act per Section 15301 and Section 15304. Zoning District: Community Commercial (CC). ,S *HTPUV 9LHS B 735 D! Request by Jason Smith, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for Major Architectural Review of façades and signage for Victoria’s Secret/PINK in Building CC at Stanford Shopping Center. Zoning District: Community Commercial (CC). Environmental Assessment: Categorically Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guideline Section 15301. ,S *HTPUV 9LHS B 735 D! Request by Jason Smith, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, for Major Architectural Review of façades and signage, including a sign exception, for The North Face in Building CC at Stanford Shopping Center. Zoning District: Community Commercial (CC). Environmental Assessment: Categorically Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guideline Section 15301. Jodie Gerhardt *\YYLU[ 7SHUUPUN 4HUHNLY The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Page 12 • October 23, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

individual board members cannot contact attorneys directly for legal advice unless authorized by a majority of the board. Board member Ken Dauber opposed Townsend’s recommendation that general counsel have no reporting relationship to the board. He noted that under board bylaws, the relationship between the board and an attorney is the same whether the position is internal or external. “We have to live within the parameters that are set by statute and by our own bylaws,� Dauber said at the Oct. 13 meeting. “Those don’t allow as a first cut a relationship between the attorney and the superintendent that does not involve the board because the board is the client of the attorney, and so the board is responsible by statute for appointing and evaluating the attorney.� McGee told the Weekly that the “debate is over the dotted line. I think everybody agrees with the bylaw about the direct report to the superintendent.� Other California public school districts, including San Francisco Unified, Alameda Unified, Oakland Unified, Los Angeles Unified, San Diego Unified, Ventura Unified and others employ general counsel with a range of re-

porting relationships, though none have an in-house attorney that reports only to the superintendent, as Townsend proposed. San Francisco’s and Los Angeles’ general counsel report to both the board and superintendent, with a dotted line to the board. Oakland’s reports to both the board and the superintendent. Alameda’s in-house attorney reports only to the board. San Diego Unified’s general counsel reports to the board with a dotted line to the superintendent. Board President Melissa Baten Caswell, however, said on Oct. 13 that the California School Board Association (CSBA) “had a very hard time� finding districts with a “dotted line� relationship between the school board and legal counsel or any direct report beyond the superintendent. “I don’t think this is a common practice,� she said. Baten Caswell told the Weekly Monday that she could “live� with the dotted line relationship but thinks that it creates unnecessary complexity. She said her experience in large organizations she worked for that had such a structure was that it produced confusion. Board Vice President Heidi Emberling said in an interview that she didn’t understand why

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Oct. 19)

Avenidas: The council agreed to contribute $5 million toward the renovation and expansion of Avenidas. Yes: Berman, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Burt Storm drains: The council agreed to pursue a fall 2016 mail-only election to renew storm-drain fees and to form a citizen committee that would help craft the measure. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Burt Secondary units: The council voted 8-0 to explore encouraging the construction of more accessory-dwelling units. The vote came after an amendment to have the Policy and Services Committee consider the issue before the Planning Transportation Commission failed by a 4-4 vote, with Dubois, Filseth, Holman and Schmid supporting it. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Burt

Council Finance Committee (Oct. 20)

Pensions: The committee discussed the new reporting standards under Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 68. Action: None Aquatics: The committee approved the request from the Community Services Department to release a request for proposals for delivery of aquatics programs and services. Yes: Unanimous

there was any debate over the reporting relationship. She sees it as parallel to the way the board interacts with any top staff, such as the chief budget officer or associate superintendent. “To me it just seems like the relationship is outlined in the board bylaw, and whether we have a dotted line or not is irrelevant,� she said. Given the disagreement on the board, which McGee said would take at least two more meetings to resolve, and the fact that applications for the general counsel position closed in late August, McGee said this week he plans to reopen the applications in the first quarter of the 2016 calendar year. When asked why the board has to vote on an organizational structure when the board-attorney relationship is already outlined in a bylaw, McGee said, “The fact is the (board) member asked for it to be brought to the agenda and we put it on the agenda.� McGee first proposed in June that the district hire in-house counsel to save the district money amid sky-rocketing legal fees and to make the organization more efficient and effective in handling legal matters. The district’s legal expenses for the 2014-15 year totaled $884,119, according to McGee. The general counsel’s primary responsibilities would be to advise the district on topics like labor and employment; employee and student discipline; the Brown Act and issues related to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The council would also investigate formal complaints filed by district families and serve as an ombudsman for “informal but potentially serious complaints�; respond to Public Records Act requests; and review and approve work completed for the district by outside legal counsel, according to a district staff report. McGee said Monday he would like to have a general counsel hired by July 1, 2016. He has indicated that two board members would serve on an interview panel for the position. “We’ll just take a deep breath and bring it back after the new year,� he told the Weekly. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Neighborhoods

A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann

NEIGHBORHOODS PAST ... If you’ve ever wanted to know the history behind some of Palo Alto’s beautiful heritage residences, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST) is holding its free, twohour Fall Neighborhood Tours. The tour of Professorville will start at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25 (meet at 1005 Bryant St.); and of Homer Avenue at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 (meet at 475 Homer Ave.). Information is available at pastheritage.org/tours.html. IT HAPPENS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ... A free community forum, “Domestic Violence — It Couldn’t Happen Here, Could It?” will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7-9 p.m., at Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. The event is sponsored by the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission and will include law enforcement, legal and psychology experts, a survivor of domestic violence, discussion of challenges faced by women with affluent abusers, where to get help to escape an abusive relationship and how to safely help someone you suspect is being abused. To RSVP, contact Mary Constantino at 650463-4906 or mary.constantino@ cityofpaloalto.org. Q

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

Andrea Edelman and Jeremy Watt stand in the front yard of their College Terrace home, decorated to look like a cemetery, as they prepare to host trick-or-treaters on Halloween. They’ve listed their home on the Nextdoor.com treat map.

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Destination: trick or treat Residents turning to Nextdoor.com’s Treat Map for Halloween goodies and spooky houses by Sue Dremann

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he life-size skeletons in front of Andrea Edelman’s College Terrace home lean into their ghoulish task, thick chains pulling forward as if to tear the house down. There’s Larry, Steve, Oscar, Bob and Tim — and Katrina, the overseer. Betty Sue, the skeleton dog, keeps a watch over the ossified crew. Edelman and her boyfriend, Jeremy Watt, who created the skeleton tableau, love Halloween. Only a vacation kept them from putting up deco-

rations starting on Oct. 1, she said. They are not alone. On streets throughout the Terrace, neighbors have set up elaborate displays, and some keep remnants of Halloween decorations up year round, she said. “Hundreds of children come through this neighborhood,” Edelman remarked. And when trick-or-treaters set out on Halloween night in search of candy and a few scares, Edelman is making sure they’ll know where to find her. She and other

Palo Alto residents have marked their homes on trick-or-treating maps created by Nextdoor.com, a website that connects residents within neighborhoods. The Nextdoor treat map is viewable by anyone signed up through their neighborhood. Candy corn icons mark the spots where Halloween-friendly neighbors will hand out toys, Snickers bars and other treats. Purple haunted-house icons indicate spooky Halloween displays. Zoom out and the map expands to encompass all of Palo Alto. It can be printed out or downloaded onto mobile devices using the Nextdoor app. This map of sugary treasure started last year as a way to connect neighbors after Nextdoor commissioned a Harris Interactive online survey about what Americans think makes for a good Halloween. The results:

COLLEGE TERRACE

Neighborhood eyesores reduced to rubble College Terrace property owner, 95, prevails in fight with City Hall by Sue Dremann

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ollege Terrace resident Lucille Mellish made headlines in April after the Palo Alto Historic Resources Board declined her petition to remove one of two dilapidated homes she owns from the city’s Historic Inventory so that she could demolish it. The 1906 home at 757 College Ave. and an adjacent home at 739 College had been vacant for decades, and Mellish, 95, wanted to

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rid herself of the dangers she said they posed and to have the properties unencumbered for her heirs. Mellish and her husband purchased the 696-square-foot cottage at 757 College in 1968. It wasn’t on the Historic Inventory at the time, but 10 years later the city added the home to the list. Mellish said she never wanted the home to be designated as a historic residence. No one has lived at 757 College for

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100 TREES ... Barron Park residents were alarmed last October when the VA Palo Alto Health Care System clear-cut trees along the Bol Park path while reconfiguring a parking lot. Thanks to the advocacy of 11 residents, more than 100 new trees and additional plants are being provided by the City of Palo Alto, with the help of Landscape Architect Peter Jensen. The trees will shield the path from the VA’s construction and improve the path’s plant habitat. On Saturday, Oct. 24, the nonprofit Canopy and volunteers will plant the trees and other foliage. Canopy is asking residents and users of the bike path and park to join in and help restore the path’s natural beauty. Volunteers will meet on the pathway behind Gunn High School from 9 a.m. to noon.

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safety (95 percent); good neighbors (92 percent); Halloween candy (73 percent); decorations (54 percent) and parties (32 percent). More than 60 percent of parents take their children trick-or-treating and more than half of U.S. parents would participate more in Halloween if they knew what their neighbors were doing, she said. Nearly three in four young parents would feel better prepared for the holiday if they could plan their routes ahead of time. “Halloween is the quintessential neighborhood holiday — it is the perfect time to connect with your neighbors while trick-or-treating and rediscover what you love about where you live,” Danielle Styskal, a spokeswoman for Nextdoor, wrote in an email. “We developed the treat map because passing out Halloween candy is one of the most neighborly things you can do, and using the map gives you an insider’s guide to the best streets for treats in your neighborhood.” Thousands of neighborhoods across the country used the treat maps last year, she added. Mike Forster and Susan Cole, who live in Evergreen Park, said they were the first in the neighborhood to put their address on the treat map. Their neighbors used to decorate extravagantly, which made their street a destination place, but that doesn’t happen anymore. For several years, the couple said, no costumed kids came to their doorstep. But with turnover, the neighborhood is again thriving with children. Three years ago, the number of trick-or-treaters climbed from zero to more than 70, and that number jumped again last year to hundreds, Forster said. “We like having the kids come ... and we like to do treats,” Cole said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

A pile of rubble is all that remains of a 1906 cottage at 757 College Ave. in the College Terrace neighborhood. Owner Lucille Mellish was finally able to have her house demolished this week, after the city’s Historic Resources Board opposed the demolition in April. at least 20 years — except for birds, squirrels, termites and the occasional squatter, Mellish said in April. But the Historic Resources Board rejected her petition, finding the single-story house to be an example of a “workingman’s cottage,” which board members said meets the criteria as a historical

asset. The seven-member board unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council keep the home on the list. Mellish said she didn’t have the money to fix the homes, which were a neighborhood eyesore. She (continued on page 15)

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Avenidas (continued from page 8)

Kniss, who made the motion to contribute to Avenidas, said she saw no reason to delve into the controversial topic of selling development rights. She said she was confident that the city will “find a way to fund this $5 million, without question.” The other four council members said there’s nothing wrong with using development rights to fund this project, noting that the process is entirely legal and consistent with prior actions. Scharff led the charge, arguing that if the council doesn’t specify the funding source, it will make staff’s work more difficult and effectively “undercut” the entire effort to support Avenidas. Mayor Karen Holman also de-

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lives around the corner in an adjacent home on Wellesley Street. “I’m afraid inquisitive children in the neighborhood will go into the home and get hurt, and I’m afraid they will sue me,” she said. “It’s just awful. There’s nothing about it that’s historical. No one has ever lived in it that’s of any note. It’s nothing but a piece of junk,” she said after the hearing. City Manager James Keene’s of-

fended the policy of selling development rights, calling the action “the only incentive we have to support seismic renovation and historical restoration.” Councilman Cory Wolbach concurred and noted that the council hasn’t made any policy decisions about abolishing the use of this mechanism. Without a fifth supporter, Scharff’s motion to include development concessions as a funding mechanism died by a 4-4 vote. This means it will now be up to staff to come up with options for funding the project. The long debate over development rights did little to diminish the enthusiasm of the more than 50 seniors who attended the meeting and who gave the council a standing ovation after the unanimous vote was cast for the contribution. Q fice disagreed with the board, finding that Mellish could demolish the homes since there are no provisions under the city’s ordinance against demolishing a Category 3 historic home, such as Mellish’s, outside of the city’s downtown. Mellish said she received the permits on July 29, and the homes were demolished this week. On Wednesday, the piles of rubble were hauled away. “I’m very happy it’s done. It’s taken a long time,” she said. She does not plan to build on the sites, she added. Q

Board of Directors’ Consideration of Directors’ Meeting Compensation Rate Topic:

Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors’ Consideration of Directors’ Meeting Compensation Amount for Calendar Year 2016

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What: Public hearing for the Board of Directors to consider Directors’ meeting compensation amount for calendar year 2016 When: October 27, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Where: Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Chambers 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118 The Board of Directors of Santa Clara Valley Water District will hold a public hearing to consider the Directors’ meeting compensation amount for calendar year 2016, and for the adoption of an Ordinance providing for said meeting compensation amount. At the time and place fixed for the public hearing, the Board of Directors will receive comments relevant to the compensation of the Directors. After considering all information presented, the Board will consider one of the following options: 1. Keep the Directors’ compensation at the current amount of $260.03 per day, up to 10 days per month; 2. Reduce the Directors’ compensation to a specified amount below the current $260.03 rate per day, up to 10 days per month; 3. Approve an increase in Directors’ compensation in accordance with the California Water Code Sessions 20200-20207. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities wishing to attend this public hearing. To request accommodations for disabilities, arrange for an interpreter, or obtain more information on attending this hearing, please contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board at (408) 630-2277, at least three days prior to the hearing. 10/2015_LG

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Pulse

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto Oct. 13-20

Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Strong arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 10 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 False registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . 11 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 9 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Furnishing alcohol to minor. . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unlawful tobacco vending machine . . . 1 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Gun disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sex offender registration. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disobeying court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Threatening text messages . . . . . . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Warrant arrest/other agency. . . . . . . . . 6

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Violence related Assault and battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mail fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 9 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Elizabeth M. Jones-Wonacott November 12, 1920 – August 26, 2015 Elizabeth M. Jones-Wonacott, 94, died peacefully in her sleep on Aug. 26, 2015, in Redwood City, California. Elizabeth was born in Palo Alto, but lived all of her adult life in Redwood City, the last 75 years in the same house. She graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1938. She was preceded in death by husbands Charles “Russ� Denney. George P. Jones, and Scott Wonacott Sr. Loving mother of six children: Charlotte A. “Sandy� Lawson-Gutowski, Betty J. Hosking, Patricia L. Strait, Lucille “Jane� Henderson, George P. Jones II and Kevin E. Jones. Step-mother to Scott Wonacott Jr., John Wonacott and the late Kathleen Wonacott. She also leaves many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. Private inurnment will be held at Alta Mesa Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1321 Hudson St., Redwood City, CA 94061.

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Births, marriages and deaths

Dennis Fullerton Dennis Arthur Fullerton, a longtime Palo Alto area resident, artist and real estate agent, died on Sept. 30 at Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas. He was 67. He was born in 1948 in Joplin, Missouri, to Carl and Della Fullerton. He moved with his parents and older sister, Pat, to Pleasant Grove, Utah, at a young age. He became interested in art in his youth and attended a summer symposium at University of Kansas while in high school. In 1971, he graduated

from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in drawing and painting, and minors in psychology and architecture. Following college, he moved with his first wife, Sheryl Bennett, to Redwood City. He worked at the Smith Anderson art gallery in downtown Palo Alto before opening a frame shop nearby. During that period, he met and studied with a handful of wellknown Bay Area artists. Later on he taught papermaking and monotype printing at nearby colleges and schools. In 1976, Dennis was licensed as a California Realtor, obtaining his broker’s license in 1978. During his career, he worked at Taylor Properties, Cornish & Carey, Victoria Properties and Fox & Car-

Ronald Deutsch

Lila (Rita) Seldin Kramer

October 15, 1935 – October 4, 2015

May 17, 1928 – September 17, 2015

Ronald Deutsch, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, passed away after a short illness in San Francisco, just short of his 80th birthday. Ron grew up in Liberty, New York with three siblings, Elaine, Barry and Dale. After receiving a masters degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York City, Ron had a distinguished career in journalism and press/public relations work. His assignments carried him from reporting the Vietnam War to the U.S. Embassy in London, to working for Philips Corporation in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Ron met his wife Renee when he worked in London. They were married in 1968 and had two sons, Chrisopher and Anthony. Ron and Renee later divorced but they remained good friends and had daily phone visits between San Francisco and The Hague, The Netherlands, where Renee returned to live. Ron had a love of life, a great sense of humor, and fine intellect. Ron’s sons and brother Dale were with him at the end of his life. PAID

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Dr. Lila (Rita) Seldin Kramer, a Palo Alto resident since 1959, died Sept. 17, 2015, with loved ones at her side. She was 87. A psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, she was born May 17, 1928, in Brooklyn to oral surgeon Dr. Harry M. and Tena E. Seldin, and was raised there and in Putnam Valley, New York. She got her undergraduate degree from University of Wisconsin, Madison, her M.D. from New York University, and was certified as a Jungian analyst by the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. Lila did her residency in psychiatry, and was on the clinical faculty, at Stanford and maintained a private practice in Palo Alto for many years. Lila is survived by her daughter, Linda Kramer (Steven), grandchildren, Sara and David; her son, Ron Kramer (Kim), granddaughters, Hannah and Abby; sisters, Evelyn Rakower (Bill) and Marlene Cohen (Mel); and many beloved nieces, cousins, other extended family and dear friends. Lila was predeceased by her son-in-law Alex Fried. Lila was the adventurist sort. She rode horseback around the pyramids, backpacked the High Sierras including climbing Mount Whitney, skied black diamond trails, rafted, traveled the world and generally lived life to the fullest. In many ways Lila was ahead of her times. For example, she got an M.D. in 1953, at a time when few women did. She was an early feminist and mentor to many younger women. She was the consummate listener. She worked a plot at Palo Alto’s main community garden for decades, was an awesome cook (grandma’s famous chocolate cake; scrumptious meatloaf, brisket, matzo balls, chopped liver and cabbage rolls), a prolific ceramicist and an avid reader. Lila loved spending time with her family and friends, Frank Sinatra, lobster, listening to opera at Davies Symphony Hall and seeing Shakespeare in the redwoods at UC Santa Cruz. She was the coolest mom and grandma ever. Hey, she wore tie die and got a tattoo at age 85! We miss you! PAID

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skadon. He also formed Ramsey & Reed Real Estate in Palo Alto and served on the board of directors of the Palo Alto Board of Realtors. He also worked for 10 years at Old Republic Title on Lytton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. He and Sheryl divorced in the mid-1980s, after which he spent a couple summers living in Rome to study its art, architecture, culture and language. In addition, he took an interest in Mayan art and culture and spent time in Mexico to absorb it. Both of these cultures made an impact on his artwork, but his style of painting often fell within the San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism. In 1989, he was diagnosed with colon cancer, but he was treated, fought and overcame the illness. In 1996, he met Trish Fullerton — who worked in graphic design, advertising and winemaking — at a cousin’s party in Texas. They began a long-distance relationship, and Trish joined him in Mountain View in 1997. They later married in Stonewall, Texas, in 1998, and in the same year moved to San Saba, Texas. In addition to painting and drawing, Dennis’ pastimes included hang gliding and flying gliders and his Cessna; riding his motorcycles and driving his Corvette; admiring art, poetry and birds; and cooking. He is survived by his wife, Patricia “Trish� Williams Fullerton of San Saba; sister, Patricia “Pat� Fullerton (Lee) Fenton of Fairview, Utah; mother-in-law, Louise Williams; brothers-in-law, David Williams and Joe (Jacinta) Williams; sister-in-law, Deborah Williams Lockhart; ex-wife, Sheryl (Janet) Fullerton of Berkeley, California; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family. A memorial service was held on Oct. 11 in San Saba, Texas. Memorial donations can be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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Editorial Investing in Avenidas City should not sell development rights to raise funds

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proposal by City of Palo Alto staff to raise money for the renovation and expansion of the city-owned building that houses Avenidas in downtown Palo Alto by auctioning off to developers the ability to exceed zoning limits on future projects got the reception it deserved Monday night. The council defeated on a 4-4 vote an attempt to use TDRs (transferable development rights) to raise at least $2 million of the $5 million of the city support granted to Avenidas for a project that will cost almost $20 million. As the four dissenting councilmembers (DuBois, Filseth, Kniss and Schmid) pointed out, this funding mechanism would make the impacts of Avenidas’ expansion ripple to other downtown sites that buy the development rights. Filseth correctly argued that if the city wants to fund Avenidas, which all agreed it did, then it should do so directly, not through a scheme to sell density bonus credits. Proponents (Berman, Holman, Scharff and Wolbach) argued that the TDRs are available to owners of other buildings that need costly seismic upgrades, so why shouldn’t the city take advantage of the same rule in financing the seismic work on the Avenidas building? By that convoluted reasoning, the city would take an incentive intended for private property owners, use it for its own financial benefit, and grant development rights elsewhere downtown that violate our zoning limits and impose additional impacts. How does that possibly advance any public purpose? The Avenidas expansion, if ultimately approved by the City Council (the funding request has preceded the approval of the actual project, itself a messy little problem), already comes with significant parking impacts that can’t be solved. Since there is no ability to create parking on the site, Avenidas must aggressively look to expand transportation alternatives to minimize the added parking burdens on an already bad situation downtown. Few question the need for Avenidas’ renovation and expansion. The city gets a bargain by having a thriving, well-managed and largely self-sufficient nonprofit senior center while most cities operate them at great cost. The $5 million is appropriate but using TDRs is not.

Another McGee flip-flop School supe puts hiring on hold despite board OK

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alo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee is now backing away from a plan he was trumpeting months ago and which the school board already approved 4-1 in June. Saying he was “disheartened” by a discussion at last week’s board meeting, McGee says he’s giving up on hiring an inside general counsel for now, after he and the board have spent hours on the subject and candidates have been recruited. The only thing that was “disheartening” at last week’s meeting was board member Camille Townsend’s obstructionist behavior and President Melissa Baten Caswell’s inability to control the discussion, which never should have been on the agenda in the first place. Townsend had been the only board member opposed to McGee’s proposal to hire an in-house legal counsel. Now she is attempting to subvert the rest of the board by throwing up the same objections she raised four months ago. Worse, she seems to have succeeded in getting McGee to give up out of frustration. Showing the same indecision and lack of resolve he did with the zero-period debate earlier in the year, McGee made the mistake of granting Townsend’s request to have the board discuss the position again, this time to revisit whether the new general counsel would report to him only, or to him with a “dotted line” to the board. The discussion served no purpose anyway since both state law and the board’s own policies spell out clearly that the school board, as the client, must appoint and evaluate its legal counsel, whether legal services are provided by outside law firms or by inside counsel. Policies also state that board members must go through the superintendent when desiring information from legal counsel. Back in June, McGee told the board that his leadership team and school administrators supported hiring an inside counsel and could see plenty of benefits to being able to consult quickly with an attorney. He also pointed out the advantages of having counsel present at school board meetings to provide immediate guidance on legal or compliance matters, and of saving money by reducing the use of outside attorneys. The board acted. It is not McGee’s place to unilaterally undo a previous decision of the board, nor is it right for a single dissenting board member to obstruct implementation of a decision already made. With the district’s outside law firms badly underperforming, McGee should show increased resolve to get this position filled — not retreat because he is “disheartened” by the behavior of his own board. Page 20 • October 23, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Where’s your head? Editor, Is it just me, or have others around and about noticed there are more and more cyclists riding without helmets around town these days? I see not only individuals riding without helmets but also parents, out riding with their kids, without helmets. Not only is riding without a helmet dangerous, but doing so also serves as a very poor role model for our emerging young riders. I am a big-time cycling enthusiast, but I will tell you my worst crashes have occurred riding around Palo Alto on errands, not on trips over to the coast on weekends. One crash stands out above all, and thank goodness I had a helmet on, lest I would not have a brain left capable of remembering it. I was riding from my house to Paly for an event, hit a parking standard, went over the handlebars and landed head first, cracking my helmet in multiple places. Better my helmet than my skull because for those who know me, they know I have enough skull problems, thank you very much. Every year, there are 50,000 reported bike accidents in the U.S., according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, and think of the countless others like mine that go unreported. Please Palo Alto, put that noggin’ under a helmet for everyone’s good, including your own. Chris Cummings Sharon Court, Palo Alto

What about caregivers? Editor, Low-income and disabled residents are not treated fairly the City of Palo Alto’s new Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) permit program. Disabled residents, who have a caregiver or In-Home Supportive Services, need to be able to have these people park for more than two hours without a fee. The fee of $25 is a lot of money for low-income residents and their helpers, who may take home a little over $10 an hour. These helpers may work for four to six hours and need to pay for gas, rent, etc. It is hard enough to get caregivers to come to Palo Alto from San Jose and elsewhere. The city offers households who have three or four cars up to four permits at no charge. All residents in the RPP zone should have a free guest permit, especially those who are very low income or disabled. What plans does the city have for low-income and disabled residents in the new RPP program?

Why doesn’t the city offer these residents one free guest permit? How can someone come and visit a mostly homebound individual for the afternoon now? Who will pay the $5 fee? Why does the city want to stop this? Laurence Wertman Channing Avenue, Palo Alto

Tabloid material Editor, As a former Weekly intern, I’m ashamed to see that you’ve stooped to the level of your readership with “Paly teacher rebuked” (Oct. 9). Wagging tongues and raised brows do not a newsworthy story make. A readership hungry for a salacious tale should not be fed. This story is cheap, prurient fearmongering. It exploits this community’s paranoia in the wake of Phil Winston, the Verde piece on rape culture (which, it seems, no one actually read; it’s about nonconsensual sex between students, not about teacher “grooming”), and the havoc caused by Ken Dauber. This community wants to be worked up into a frenzy and wants to crucify someone to satisfy its sense of moral superiority. Never would I have thought that the Weekly would indulge this bloodlust in such a dishonorable, borderline libelous fashion.

You’ve invited the peanut gallery to speculate on the private lives of adult citizens outside of the school setting. In doing so, you’ve destroyed the reputation of a probably innocent teacher. How do you justify referring to him by name, or including a mugshot, when there’s no material evidence that he did anything untoward in his capacity as a teacher? The ravings of a rejected boyfriend are not evidence. I’m shocked that the district or the Weekly would find such ravings worthy of anyone’s consideration. The district is clearly incompetent, but throwing a teacher under the bus is not the way to correct the district’s incompetence. This business reeks of politics, of petty power struggles that have, it seems, killed all journalistic integrity in this town. I hope the Weekly will have the good sense to withdraw from politics and work on creating impartial, factual news instead of arranging fragments of gossip to support a preformed, prejudiced conclusion. Leslie Shen Lowell Avenue, Palo Alto Editor’s note: It was the parents of the female student involved who first brought the matter to the school district’s attention more than a year ago and prompted the investigation of the teacher.

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Will ‘ghost houses’ hollow out our community? by Scott Carlson

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e live in a ghost town. I, at least, already live on a ghost block. In the last two to three years, three of the 20 houses on my block (counting both sides of the street) have become “ghosts.” At that rate, my entire block will be ghost in 6.8 years. There’s no reason to believe my block is special, so I project Palo Alto will be a ghost town within seven years. Global warming and rising seas are going to flood the town? No worries, no one will be here when it comes! A “ghost house,” you may know, is one that is typically bought for far over the asking price by presumably wealthy buyers who then do not live in the house but leave it empty, albeit well-cared for. Not to dance around the subject, the buyers are often from China. (See tinyurl.com/ PAWghost2015.) Now, before I’m accused of racism, let me just say that I am not complaining about the presence of anyone. I am complaining about their absence: Please come live with us! We’re really pretty nice people if you’d get to know us! Maybe we should all feel flattered that we live in a place desirable enough to be a “second home” destination. After all, just what is my beef with the ghosts? They pay

I project Palo Alto will be a ghost town within seven years. taxes. They’re probably driving up the eventual resale value of my home. They appear to keep up the properties, even if they do seem to be using an unconscionable amount of water on their grass (and, often, the lights are on). I don’t envy their wealth. I’m not convinced by those who say the houses might be a security problem, attracting burglars. So just what is it about them? I think it’s this: There’s no denying that their emptiness makes a social hole in our neighborhood. For years I’ve organized the block party for our street; I remember the people who used to live in those houses. They had children; they had lives there. Perhaps it’s because I’m aging and being nostalgic, but it’s the emptiness itself that assaults my sense of community. The architect Le Corbusier famously said that a house is “a machine for living” — it is designed and built to be lived in. Not living in it perverts its purpose, its reason for being. And no house truly stands alone. The organic whole of a town such as Palo Alto is composed of its pieces. If you empty out enough of the pieces, the whole will be hollow. I guess I can’t really blame the ghosts. If I were in their shoes I would probably buy a house in Palo Alto, too (wait, I did buy a house in Palo Alto!). And I can hear the mercenary real estate agents now: It’s

a free market; get over it. But free markets do have unpredictable and sometimes undesirable consequences. In fact, a global real estate market is producing an economic phenomenon of staggering scale. Your local ghost house is a drop in a flood of an estimated annual (in 2014 and 2015) one-half trillion (yes, 500 billion) dollars of mostly cash foreign-capital flow into the U.S. real estate market, with Chinese spending one-third to one-half of that amount. (See tinyurl.com/housing irvine09-15.) According to Juwai.com, a Hong Kong-based property search engine, California is the most popular U.S. destination for these buyers. The result in some local markets is price inflation and narrowing of market access such that one has to wonder if the term “market” even applies any longer. It’s more like a trading club with relatively few members. And this is not just a U.S. phenomenon. Credit Suisse reports that a surge of foreign buyers in Australia has caused housing prices to become “decoupled” from local income levels to the extent that “a generation of Australians are being priced out of the property market. Many face a lifetime of renting.” So what, if anything, can be done? Australia has a raft of old and newly proposed laws regarding foreign buyers. One of them prohibits “temporary residents” from buying “established properties” for investment only and requires them to use the properties “as their residence” in Australia. This apparently doesn’t apply to new construction, or to “established prop-

erties” that are deemed uninhabitable and can be demolished, so it’s unclear just how much the law is preventing “ghosts.” But as far as I can tell, the three ghost houses on my block are “established properties” under such a law and thus would have to be lived in. (See tinyurl.com/AFIP-379.) This is obviously a touchy issue, involving nationality/race, free market capitalism, and American ideals such as offering opportunity to immigrants. But it’s conceivable that “ghost” property could reach a level at which our community really would begin to feel hollowed out. Again, I’m not being a Trump-ian nativist here — I want the home buyers to live in my neighborhood. So if we could craft a law that would pass constitutional muster and make that happen, why not discuss it? But if law can’t or won’t make that happen, what’s the alternative? Maybe the best we can hope for is “friendly ghosts.” Sellers and real estate agents should encourage buyers to meet the neighbors and be honest about their intentions. They should introduce their “house watcher” if there is one; make it known how often they will live in the house, and what their long-term plan is; exchange contact information. If the buyers are going to live in the house part time, neighbors should take the opportunity when they have it to get to know the buyers as well as they can. None of this really fills the “social hole” that a ghost house makes, but it would be a start. Q Scott Carlson is a freelance writer living in the Community Center neighborhood. His email is norskee@comcast.net.

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What is special about Halloween in Palo Alto? Asked outside Rinconada Library. Interviews and photos by Chrissi Angeles.

Mackenzie Ferrell

Alan Fu

Leona McCabe

Phil Martin

Angela Dao

Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto Student

Clara Drive, Palo Alto Student

Channing Avenue, Palo Alto Retired

Harker Avenue, Palo Alto Recent college graduate

Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto Marketing manager

“All the little kids coming around for candy.”

“I grew up here, but I haven’t been here in seven years. It always feels safe here. I like checking out the fall foliage and decorations.”

“I love the big pumpkins by the former (Roller & Hapgood & Tinney) funeral parlor. They’re gigantic carved pumpkins!”

“It’s community driven. I’ve loved trick-or-treating here as a kid. It’s a consistent experience.”

“I’m excited to celebrate it in Palo Alto this year. It’s actually my first Halloween here. ... I’m from San Jose.”

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M i x of fixes e A s

From mechanical chickens to kids’ bicycles, Repair Café volunteers mend them all by Brenna Malmberg photos by Magali Gauthier

s morning light streamed through the open garage doors at the Museum of American Heritage, Peter Skinner began orientation for 38 volunteer fixers and 10 apprentices at the 11th Palo Alto Repair Café. The scene was calm, but soon, the crew was busy solving problems — problems that came in the form of faulty bike brakes, malfunctioning CD players, ripped seams and even the broken leg of a plastic horsey. The quarterly event started in 2012 after Skinner, its founder, heard about the program over in the Netherlands. The global organization began in 2009 thanks to Martine Postma, who wanted to help her community’s sustainability efforts. The first event in Amsterdam on Oct. 18, 2009, sparked a nonprofit that today offers support to more than 750 Repair Cafés, according to group’s website, repaircafe. org. This includes Palo Alto’s, which was the first Repair Café in the United States. Skinner said he sees three types of clients who bring their household and personal goods for repair: environmentalists,

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Clockwise at top left: Fixer Don Van Creveld prepares a rod for the leg of 7-year-old Celia Gorokhovsky’s toy horse. Sue Pelosi fixes a necklace of freshwater pearls. Fixer Don Van Creveld prepares the soldering equipment with apprentice Alex Tataru. Quang Ly holds his toaster oven while fixer Tre Retter screws on the case.

people who want to push back against the consumer culture and people who want to save money. He approves of all of those reasons because they all fall in line with the event’s motto, “Toss it? No way!” In a society focused on the latest and greatest products, Skinner and his crew are taking a stand for preservation and thrift. On this Sunday in late August, they prepared to spend four hours of their time figuring out how to extend the lives of other people’s used goods.

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t 11 a.m., the volunteers started repairing. At the intake table, Linda Filo and Eileen Wall typed signin sheet information into Libby Dame’s Google Sheet. “We call this initial step our triage process,” Skinner said. “We try to match each item to the volunteers with that skill.” The goods are assigned to one of four groups: appliances, clothing/jewelry, bikes and big machines. The item’s owner describes the problem to the fixer, along with details such as what has already been tried or the significance of the object — all of which help the fixer find a solution. Skinner has seen some tricky repairs, such as a mechanical chicken and a clock that turned backward. If anyone gets

stuck, all they have to do is call over fixer coordinator John Eaton or Apprentice Program coordinator Lawrence Garwin, and they will consult on the project. “Most of the people here do this because they just like fixing stuff,” Skinner said. This need to repair has translated to fixed items and happy clients. In August, Palo Alto Repair Café volunteers addressed 1,698 items with a fix rate of 68 percent, according to metrics from Dame and Skinner. “That’s nearly 1,000 things that didn’t go into a landfill,” Skinner said.

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ith a look of hope, 7-year-old Celia handed her toy horse over to Don Van Creveld, a fixer from Redwood City. Her brown horse no longer galloped because it had suffered a broken leg (the leg had literally snapped off). “I’m not a vet,” Van Creveld said, “but we’ll start working on it.” Her parents, Michael and Christina Gorokhovsky from Santa Clara, had tried to glue the leg back on, but it always popped off again. Because the obvious fix wasn’t going to work, Van Creveld and his

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Upcoming Repair Cafés Oct. 25 in Palo Alto Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: The Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave. Info: repaircafe-paloalto.org Volunteer: repaircafe-paloalto.org/volunteer

Repair Cafés

Nov. 15 in Mountain View Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Hacker Dojo, 599 Fairchild Drive Info: facebook.com/RepairCafeMountainView Volunteer: RepairCafeMV@gmail.com or 650-417-FIX-1 (3491)

Above: Lawrence Garwin, Repair Café Apprentice Program coordinator, consults with a fixer on a repair project. Left: Peter Skinner, founder of Repair Café.

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apprentice Alex Tataru, who has mechanical engineering undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University, opted to install a metal wire.

‘Part of it is to make people happy.’ — Mariana Antcheva, a Repair Café volunteer First, Tataru searched for a drill bit small enough to drill into the horse’s tiny plastic leg. Unfortunately, none existed at the site, so another volunteer ran to Hassett Hardware, which contributed supplies and tools to the event. Eventually, a tool arrived that allowed Van Creveld to drill the hole manually, after which he and Tataru slid metal wire into the leg and bonded the pieces together. The successful operation left Celia’s dad holding the horse until it was completely dry and Celia eager to play with her toy again. Yoko Tsuno, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, brought two broken objects that are special to her 7-year-old daughter. One was a black, plastic penguin timer, and the other was a little, white stuffed dog from Japan that used to light up. When the fixer handed over the repaired timer, all Tsuno’s daughter could say was “Yay!” On the dog, Tsuno wasn’t sure how to reach the batteries, so Lyle Hornback cut a few strings to reveal the batteries’ location. “I didn’t want to throw it away,” Tsuno said. “It was just too special to her.”

reg Van Hauser, a Portola Valley resident, brought Jackie Copple to the event because he knew her family heirloom would be in good hands. He had a bike fixed at a previous Repair Café but remembered people bringing all types of gadgets to the fixers. More than five people ended up investigating, and tugging at, the 1960 Singer sewing machine. And eventually, Copple left the event ready to sew and mend her own fabrics. Back with the Gorokhovsky family, Van Creveld, Tataru and fixer Peter Froud worked on a typewriter that required a group effort, with Celia lending a hand. “The kids have been into typing on the typewriter, even though it doesn’t work right,” Christina Gorokhovsky said. “I’m not surprised to see her wanting to jump in and help.” Celia followed Tataru around to find tools and served as the key tester while Froud was troubleshooting. In the end, the typewriter didn’t work perfectly, but Froud recommended a typewriter store that might be able to provide parts and fully repair it.

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hile others banged and soldered, Mariana Antcheva, a resident of Mountain View, sat in the shade hand-stitching a new zipper to a pair of pants. The black fabric slowly moved through her hand as she explained how she gained her skill set while growing up in eastern Europe. “I learned out of necessity,” she said. “Today, it’s more for ecological aspects. To me it’s a no-brainer. It’s a shame to just let objects go.” It was her first Repair Café, and she sewed buttons, repaired two bags, patched a bookbag and saved the pants, which were already on borrowed life, Antcheva said.

Apprentice Clara Druzgalski reassembles a toaster oven with help from fixer Tre Retter.

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rom 2010-2013, Lawrence Garwin attended Stanford University and earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. The experience exposed him to data sheets, components and theory but didn’t provide hands-on practice. That he got from Palo Alto’s Repair Café. Garwin was inspired to start the Apprentice Program, which offers students, graduates and those with an interest in learning a chance to work alongside experienced fixers. “I saw fellow students who had very little hands-on experience,” Garwin said. “These are the same people that are likely going to be designing our next products.” The first apprentices attended the Palo Alto Repair Café event in March 2014. Since then, more than 117 apprentices have worked and learned alongside a fixer at either a Palo Alto, Mountain View or Sunnyvale Repair Café event. One of the many apprentices is Clara Druzgalski, who is get-

by Brenna Malmberg ting her doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford. She volunteered at the Aug. 30 event in Palo Alto alongside Tre Retter of San Jose. Together, they reverse engineered a broken toaster oven and returned it in working order to its owner.

‘These are the same people that are likely going to be designing our next products.’ — Lawrence Garwin, Apprentice Program coordinator “It also feels good to volunteer and help out the wider community using my skills that I have spent a long time cultivating,” Druzgalski said. The biggest lesson she learned while apprenticing was that re-

pairs are often straightforward, yet people often shy away from attempting to fix them. Since apprenticing, she has been inspired to fix her own smartphone and to help some friends laser cut wood to rebuild a model airplane. “I spend a lot of time solving theoretical problems,” Druzgalski said. “It’s really inspiring to put my skills into practice and solve real, hands-on problems, too.” Alice Eamsherangkoon, who graduated from Stanford in 2013 with engineering and productdesign degrees, volunteered for the second time at the August event. She said she appreciates when fixers talk through the diagnosis out loud. The experience has made her consider how a product works, its aesthetics and the ease of future repair. That’s exactly what Mountain View Repair Café’s founder Maia Coladonato hopes apprentices take away from the event. “Having young people, who will probably soon be designing products, thinking, ‘Why is this designed this way?’ is great,” she said. Q

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Above: David Arnold, right, works on a bike alongside his son Colin, middle. At right: Grant Gorokhovsky, 4, plays with his newly functioning Cranky the Crane toy. (continued from previous page)

“Part of it is to make people happy,� she said. “We all own things like that.� Inside the garage, Tanya Tran, an Old Palo Alto neighborhood resident, hoped to save her lamp from the landfill. For the repair, she was told, she needed to buy a new switch. A quick run to Hassett Hardware and $6 later, Tran returned with a white switch in hand for fixer Amil Patel. He consulted with Garwin on which side of the wire to attach the new switch, asking Tran where she would like the switch before he secured it. “I hate it when something doesn’t work and you have to throw it away,� Tran said. “It’s a waste.�

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ikes entered the station bent, disheveled and stuck and in many cases left ready to roll, thanks the bike volunteers. Tom Kabat, a fixer and resident from Menlo Park, worked with second-time apprentice Alice Eamsherangkoon to ready 10-year-old Sam Grotenstein’s bike for more rides. “We increasingly find ourselves biking around the city to avoid traffic,� said Kristin Muller, a resident of Menlo Park and Sam’s mom. Sam tried to roll the bike over, but the squeaking brakes made the bike lurch along. Kabat diagnosed the problem: crimped brakes. He recommended a local store where the family could purchase new brakes that he would be happy to install if they returned with them. Unfortunately, time didn’t allow for a total fix, but Kabat and Eamsherangkoon oiled the gears, giving the bike at least a slight tune up, and provided the owners with some instruction. “At least we know what’s wrong,� Kabat said. “I like to at least give them that and show them how to fix it later with the right parts.� Using their electrical knowledge, fixer Tre Retter and apprentice Clara Druzgalski began to tackle a toaster oven. Before they dove into the fix, both drew an electrical diagram so they could

reverse engineer the problem. This gave them a chance to understand each wire’s function before jumping into the project. “I look over, and she was drawing, too,� Retter said. “We were on the same page.� With completed diagrams, they compared and contemplated potential solutions. Then, they started removing the screws of Quang Ly’s toaster oven. He and his wife patiently stood at the end of the table watching the fixer/apprentice duo test different circuits with a multimeter. Eventually, they rigged a system and instructed Ly on how to operate it. As Ly walked away, rolling the working toaster oven behind him in a cart, Druzgalski and Retter shared a high five.

‘It’s amazing to watch people fix things; it’s an awesome energy.’ — Maia Coladonato, a Mountain View resident and founder of the Mountain View Repair CafĂŠ “It’s so rewarding to know you fixed something,â€? Retter said. “It’s like, ‘Booyah, we got this working!’â€? When not in Palo Alto volunteering, Retter continues to fix at the Tap-Tempo Music Shop, which he owns, in San Jose. Because he is always fixing, friends recommended that he try out the Repair CafĂŠ. “I love fixing things,â€? he said, “and people are patient and appreciative of the help.â€?

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s the day ended, Dame started to add up the stats: 139 clients, 204 items and 119 repairs. “I’ve been so busy that I didn’t drink my coffee or eat my bagel,� Dame said, referring to donated refreshments from that morning. Even though it was a busy day, it doesn’t match the Feb. 24, 2013,

event, which brought 200 people, Dame and Skinner said. That Repair CafĂŠ took place shortly after a San Jose Mercury News article about it, which led to people lined up down Homer Street all the way to the St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Skinner said. Two others remember that day well: Maia and Greg Coladonato. The Mountain View residents had brought a printer to be fixed and ended up leaving with the idea to start another Repair CafĂŠ. “We asked Peter if Mountain View was too close,â€? Maia said, “and he said, ‘No!’â€? Skinner said he would like to see Repair CafĂŠs in every community. With his help, the Coladonatos founded the Mountain View Repair CafĂŠ and held their first event on Oct. 27, 2013. “It’s great to see that there is a demand for this,â€? Maia said. “It’s amazing to watch people fix things; it’s an awesome energy.â€? The Palo Alto and Mountain View events also spurred a Sunnyvale group to start its own Repair CafĂŠ. With help from the local library, the Sunnyvale organizers held their first event on Sept. 27.

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any of the fixers and apprentices spread their talents around, helping in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The next Repair CafÊ in Palo Alto will kick off at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25. The four-hour fix-it fest will take place at the Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. The same core team will lead the way: Skinner overseeing the action, Eaton joining fixers to repair appliances and Garwin guiding the apprentices (see sidebar). All of it will happen in the Museum of American Heritage garage, and considering it’s Palo Alto, that seems fitting. Q Associate Editor Brenna Malmberg can be emailed at bmalmberg@paweekly.com.

About the cover: Celia Gorokhovsky helps volunteer Peter Froud disassemble her parents’ typewriter. Photograph by Magali Gauthier.

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West Bay Opera celebrates 60th season with Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ by Mort Levine

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Sixty years after it was founded, Palo Alto’s West Bay Opera continues to thrive, attracting major international talent and staging grand operas on an intimate scale.

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king. That production was shut by censors after one performance in Paris in 1832. Guiseppe Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, reset the play in the Italian ducal court of Mantua. They somehow got by the Venetian censors. Opening in 1851, it remains one of the most performed of all of Verdi’s works. The opera tells the tragic tale of the hunchbacked court jester who makes the mistake of mocking an aggrieved father whose daughter has been seduced by the lecherous Duke of Mantua. The father, Monterone, lays a curse on Rigoletto for his heartless taunting. The curse is prophetic: In later years, the jester’s own daughter, Gilda, is debauched in turn by the same despicable duke. In his wrath, Rigoletto hires an assassin to kill the man and deliver his body in a sack at a tavern. When Rigoletto arrives to claim the body and prepares to dump it in a river, he hears the duke singing his jaunty “La donna e mobile” (“Woman is fickle”). Shocked, he opens the sack to discover the dying Gilda, who tells him she substituted her life for the duke’s because of their love. The curse — “Maledizione!” — has been fulfilled. In the title role is Krassen Karagiozov, a brilliant singeractor whose solid baritone voice proves equal to the biting satire of the first act as well as to the gripping appeal for pity he later makes to the noblemen who kid-

nap Gilda for the duke’s pleasure. A native of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Karagiozov trained there and in the U.S., including four years as a resident artist with Opera San Jose. In singing the wrenching “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata” (“Courtiers, vile damned race”), he hits a peak of expressive characterization equal to that in any opera. Singing the role of Gilda is soprano Christine Capsuto, whose rich, buttery voice spans the coloratura, lyric and spinto ranges. She expresses her character’s naive youthful innocence and heartfelt fragility, but also captures Gilda’s grit and determination. Her only aria, “Caro nome” (“Sweet name”) tells of the poor student she meets in church who turns out to be the wolfish duke. She also is a key part of the famed quartet in the third act. As the Duke of Mantua, tenor James Callon gives forth with a sweet high tone, especially in the “La donna e mobile” aria. His acting, however, conveys neither the rakishness nor the passion required by the role. Making an important contribution in a lesser role is the everreliable Philip Skinner, whose powerful bass gives added heft to the dark presence of Sparafucile, the assassin. Skinner is a veteran of more than 50 San Francisco Opera productions and is also a frequent WBO performer. Equally vital to the opera’s dramatic conclusion is Anna Yelizarova,

who brings her distinctive and polished contralto singing to the role of Maddalena, Sparafucile’s sister. Although she sings only in the final act, Yelizarova demonstrates her vocal excellence in both quartet and trio. Other important roles in the supporting cast include Justin Scott Bays as the courtier, Marullo; the wronged nobleman Count Monterone as sung by

Kiril Havezov; mezzo-soprano Alexandra Mena as Gilda’s nurse, Giovanna; and mezzo-soprano Katherine Trimble as the Countess Ceprano, a reluctant victim of the duke’s ardor. Conductor Michel Singher produces some magical sound from the small pit orchestra. His baton closely guides the singers, and (continued on next page)

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est Bay Opera (WBO) is one of the most remarkable and longest-lived performing arts organizations in the Palo Alto region. It’s also the second-oldest opera company west of the Mississippi, and this week, it celebrates its 60th year. The company’s founding parents, Henry and Maria Holt (see sidebar on page 26), would be thrilled and proud of what they had wrought if they could experience its latest production of one of the most challenging of operatic masterworks. West Bay Opera’s “Rigoletto” runs Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24 and 25, at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre. The closely interwoven music drama embraces some of the most familiar tunes in all opera, including “Caro nome” and “La donna e mobile” as well as the fabled quartet from the last act, “Bella figlia dell’amore.” But these are just the glittering highlights. There are many other musical gems in this richly inventive score, which WBO first staged in May of 1983. Today, despite its meager annual budget of $500,000, its tiny stage and its 21-piece orchestra, West Bay’s cast of outstanding voices and its thoughtful creative team have managed to stage a “Rigoletto” companies many times its size would envy. It is the ultimate in grand opera on an intimate scale. “Rigoletto” is derived from “Le roi s’amuse,” a scandalous Victor Hugo play about France’s first

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his impeccable timing drives the music and shapes the heightening drama. This is especially evident in Rigoletto’s “Pari siamo” (“We are alike”), in which he remarks of the assassin, “We are two of a kind: My weapon is my tongue, his is a dagger.” According to WBO stage director David Ostwald, the opera is much more than a senseless tragedy. As he explained it, “Rigoletto, in all its dark ferocity, appears to be a piece about despair, but I believe it offers a positive lesson. It allows us to taste a world where there is no place for compassion. In this way, it can open our eyes and hearts to treating ourselves, all other beings and our planet more kindly.” Other members of the creative team include set designer Jean François Revon, who makes much with a limited budget including multiple two-story sets, and Abra Berman, whose costumes are colorful in the ballroom opening and suitably grim for the remainder.

Nick Kumamoto’s lighting scheme enhances the shifting moods from light to dark. Verdi described the character of Rigoletto as badly deformed and absurd, yet inwardly full of love. Is he a demon, or is he simply a father who loves his daughter too much? Operagoers who experience this gripping production will have to decide for themselves. They will be joining the many thousands who have mulled the lessons of “Rigoletto” over the past 164 years. Q Freelance writer Mort Levine can be emailed at mortlevine123@gmail.com. What: “Rigoletto,” presented by West Bay Opera. Sung in Italian with English titles. Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto When: Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m. Cost: $40-$83 Info: Go to westbayopera.org or call 650-424-9999.

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West Bay Opera’s current production of “Rigoletto” stars Kiril Havezov, left, as Count Monterone and Krassen Karagiozov as Rigoletto.

hough they ultimately created one of Palo Alto’s most enduring cultural institutions, West Bay Opera founders Henry and Maria Holt began their immersion in classical music nearly 6,000 miles from the Bay Area. Henry Holt was born Hans Horvitz in a small Czech town, Mladá Boleslav, which in 1909 was part of the far-flung Austro-Hungarian empire. The Horvitz family moved to Vienna, where Hans showed musical talent before he entered kindergarten. His pianistic accomplishment grew under the tutelage of renowned music professor Alexander Wunderer and later Josef Hofmann. By the time he finished formal studies in both piano performance and conducting at Vienna’s Imperial Academy of Music and the Performing Arts in the late 1920s, Horvitz was already doing piano solos under Arturo Toscanini and the Vienna Philharmonic. In 1936, he was first conductor of the Vienna State Opera. Working in the State Opera gained him the trust of major operatic stars of the day, and as a result, Horvitz wound up as an accompanist on a 1935 tour of American recital halls. The brief taste of the U.S. made it clear to him where his future would be. He and his bride, Maria Adler, managed to get out of Austria in 1938, just weeks before the country was “annexed” to Nazi Germany, with its virulent anti-semitism. In New York, Horvitz took the stage name Henry Holt and quickly became busy accompanying America’s best-known opera singers on the piano, co-founding the First Piano Quartet, performing on radio and teaching. Maria joined a professional photo studio. In 1943, the army sent Henry to the Aleutian Islands, where for two years his musical talents were pressed into service both in performance and on radio. Discharged to California, the couple settled in Palo Alto, where Henry Holt soon became the preeminent exponent of classical music on the Midpeninsula. He became the conductor of the Palo Alto String Sinfonietta and director of the First Presbyterian Church choir as well as the West Coast accompanist for international opera singers Lily Pons, Licia Albanese, Cesare Siepi,

West Bay Opera company founders Maria Holt, foreground, and her husband Henry Holt ran the company ran the company for 40 years. Jan Peerce, Richard Tucker and a dozen more. But Holt saw as his main goal the musical education of the community — and especially young people — through lectures and courses. A decade after his arrival here, he began regular “Scenes from Operas,” which led in 1956 the formation of West Bay Opera and the production of full-scale operatic works. He ran WBO until his death in 1969. Maria, not a musician but a talented manager, took over for nearly 30 years, until her death in 1996. She continued the tradition of producing full-scale productions of the major operas as well as many rarities and contemporary works. Today, under the direction of conductor Jose Luis Moscovich, West Bay Opera is working to establish a greater year-round presence beyond the three operas now scheduled annually. This new frontier for the company will likely include summer workshops of new operas, concert versions and ways to showcase young talent: all efforts the Holts would most certainly have applauded. – Mort Levine

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Exhibition ‘Where History Meets Haunting’ Originally built in the 1860s, Mountain View’s Rengstorff House at 3070 N. Shoreline Boulevard makes the perfect haunted house. Head to the historic property on Oct. 23, 24, 30 or 31 and explore some spooky history with a steampunk twist. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Go to r-house.org/calendar or call 650-9036392.

Music Halloween Family Concert From John Williams’ “Suite from ‘Star Wars’” to Danny Elfman’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” Redwood City Orchestra will present popular music at its annual Halloween Family Concert on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. The show takes place Cañada College’s Main Theatre, 4200 Farm Hill Boulevard. Tickets are $10-$30. Go to redwoodsymphony.org or call 650-366-6872.

Festival ‘Scare on the Square’ Downtown Redwood City will be transformed into a Halloween headquarters on Thursday, Oct. 29, when “Scare on the Square” comes to Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, 5-8 p.m. Participants of all ages can enter their jack-o’-lanterns in a carving contest for cash prizes, join the costume parade and enjoy a 3-D light show. The festival is free. Go to goo.gl/id6bMJ or call 650-780-7000.

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Event Halloween Spooky Carnival Looking for more family friendly Halloween festivities? Head to Menlo Park’s Onetta Harris Community Center, 100 Terminal Ave., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 4-6 p.m., for the Halloween Spooky Carnival featuring face-painting, games and snacks. Costumes are encouraged at this free event. Go to goo.gl/DXX2mJ or call 650-330-2250.

Activity Pumpkin Patch Even parents with packed schedules can find time for a visit to Webb Ranch, 2720 Alpine Road, Portola Valley. The farm’s pumpkin patch is open daily through Saturday, Oct. 31, and offers hay, train and pony rides; a petting zoo; a bouncy castle and facepainting. The patch sells organic pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn and more. Go to goo.gl/FxF55z or call 650-854-3134. Q

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and salty, the nuggets fried and crispy. My taste buds were having a party. My coronary arteries? Not so much. My dining partner chose vegan duck: a combination of tofu skin and shiitake mushrooms in a light sauce served with a side of the ubiquitous broccoli. One bite into the dish, he proclaimed loudly, “Hey! This tastes like duck!” He was right. The texture was miraculously meat-like; there was no soy aftertaste. When I took a taste of the sauce on its own, however, it was heavily salted. The food at Veggie Garden begins with beautiful intentions. It’s meat-, dairy- and egg-free; the ingredients are fresh and the dishes are served with enthusiasm. If you have food allergies, employees will do what they can to accommodate you. But if your idea of vegan food is a handful of bamboo shoots nestled on a bed of raw kale, you won’t find it at Veggie Garden. Some items on the menu feature raw and lightly processed vegetables — like the side salad and moo shu rolls — but most dishes are a little naughty. And that’s fine by me. Sometimes, even vegans need to indulge a little. Q Freelance writer Mimm Patterson can be emailed at mimmp@mac.com.

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ack when I still wore Dr. Martens boots with vintage dresses, I dated a vegetarian fond of textured vegetable protein (TVP). Purchased from the local co-op from bulk bins or prepackaged in cellophane bags, dry TVP could be easily confused with dog kibble.

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To prepare, one soaked the knuckle-sized chunks in liquid until they swelled and took on the texture of wet knots of soiled kitchen sponge. To make edible, one smothered the pulpy chunks with sauce. The texture of fake meat has come a long way since then. The taste, while certainly better than the days of chewy kibbles, still has room for improvement. If you shape a slab of 21st-century TVP into a fillet and tell me it’s vegan halibut, it’s going to have to come with sauce. Lots of sauce. And Veggie Garden, a vegan Chinese restaurant on El Camino Real in Mountain View, makes good sauce.

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It may be vegan, but the general’s chicken at Veggie Garden is a rich Hunan dish featuring battered, deep-fried nuggets of soy chicken smothered in sweet-andspicy gravy.

Truth be told, the restaurant does a reasonable job with its vegan garlic fish slice, too. I ordered the entree for a take-out lunch with miso soup, brown rice and a lychee smoothie. The surprise ribbon of seaweed wrapped around the fillet’s edge, coupled with the crunch of a shredded bean sprout garnish, brought to mind memories of the sea. The white miso soup with torn leaves of soft wakame was the perfect complement, and the steamed brown rice brought everything into balance. Veggie Garden is a vegan’s guilty pleasure in the guise of a Chinese restaurant. Open at 2464 W. El Camino Real for almost two years, it’s a great place to have a

casual meal with friends or pick up a quick lunch-to-go. It’s among several options in Mountain View that offer vegan and vegetarian food at a similar price point — among them Garden Fresh Chinese Vegan Cuisine, vegan chain restaurant Veggie Grill and vegetarian Latin Yam Leaf Bistro. The problem is the name, which conjures a verdant field of fresh produce rather than a strip mall on a busy commuter road. If you can move beyond that, even the most die-hard omnivore will have a good time at Veggie Garden. Just don’t expect fine dining. This is a small restaurant that doubles as a take-out spot. Up front are two wall-mounted screens displaying rotating images of menu items. The well-lit seating area is clean and pleasant, but compact, with a modern grayand-brown motif. On a recent Saturday evening, an eager server brought us to our table. We ordered a large bowl of hot-and-sour soup ($7.95) that was thick with tofu, bean sprouts and cabbage. It was comforting enough, but not as sharply spiced or as sour as it might have been. The pot stickers ($5.95) were fresh and delicious, as were the basil moo shu rolls ($2.95) with finely julienned carrots, cucumber and mushrooms bound together in large basil leaves and soft rice wrappers. What let these appetizers down were the dipping sauces. The peanut sauce meant for the basil rolls was too thick and lacked bite, while the pot stickers arrived with a small bowl of sticky sweet plum sauce. Our server noticed our reaction to the plum sauce and returned to our table offering soy

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Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

The Assassin +++1/2 Black Mass (R) ++1/2

Century 20: 10:20 p.m.

Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Century 16: 9:20 a.m., 12:40, 4, 7:20 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 12:40, 2, 3:55, 5:15, 7:10, 8:30 & 10:25 p.m. Bruce Lee: The Fighter (Not Rated) Century 16: 4:40 p.m., Fri 10 a.m., Sun 9 a.m. Crimson Peak (R) Century 16: 10 a.m., 1, 4:10, 7:10 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:50 & 10:45 p.m., Fri 3:40 p.m., Fri & Sat 6:30 & 9:25 p.m. Dracula (1931) (Not Rated) Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 & 7 p.m. Ed Sheeran X Tour at Wembley Stadium (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat & Sun 12:55 p.m. Century 20: Sat & Sun 12:55 p.m. Goosebumps (PG) Century 16: 9 & 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 5:15, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m. In 3-D at 10:25 a.m., 1:05, 3:50 & 7 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m., 1:20, 4, 6:45 & 9:25 p.m. In 3-D at 11:55 a.m., 2:40, 5:20, 8 & 10:40 p.m. He Named Me Malala (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 20: Fri & Sat 10:45 a.m., Sun 10:35 a.m. Palo Alto Square: 1, 3:15, 5:30 & 7:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m. Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:35 a.m., 2, 4:20, 7:05 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 1:55, 4:15, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m.

The Intern (PG-13) ++

Jem and the Holograms (PG) Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:10, 4:25, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m., 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:20 p.m. The King and I (1956) (G) Labyrinth of Lies (R) Central Motion Pictures

“The Assassin” is an aesthete’s delight, full of lushness and lavish attention to detail.

Killing me softly ‘The Assassin’ heavy on arts, light on martial 000 1/2 (Guild) The “wuxia,” or martial arts film, has become something of a rite of passage for Asian filmmakers, even those not obviously inclined to the genre. Taiwaneseborn Ang Lee inadvertently led a charge with “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou followed with “Hero,” and now Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien (“Flight of the Red Balloon”), thus far known for his artful observation of urban anomie, joins the fray with “The Assassin.” Anyone who knows Hou’s idiosyncratic work will know that genre will bend to him before he bends to genre. “The Assassin” makes for an almost perversely unsatisfying “wuxia” film by contemporary standards. No one flies, and Hou shoots the rare bursts of fighting deliberately too close or too far away to revel in the choreography and skill of the performers. Rather, “The Assassin” is a Hou film, and therefore an aesthete’s delight. This ninthcentury historical fiction — based on the Tang Dynasty short story “Nie Yinniang” — has all the lushness and lavish attention to detail we’ve come to expect from ancient-China period films.

“The Assassin” breathes more than it talks, patiently taking in its landscapes and its silkcurtained interiors. The film also serves as a feminist parable of a princessturned-woman warrior (Shu Qi as the titular Nie Yinniang) whose job becomes personal when her handler, a tough-as-nails nun (Zhou Yun), punishes a recent failure by sending the assassin to murder her own beloved cousin, Chang Chen. Raising the stakes: Palace intrigue peaks as small provinces rise up to challenge imperial authority. Partly because of our culture gap, but mostly because Hou is who he is, “The Assassin” plays out in more-or-less studied obliqueness. If the story makes few concessions in clarifying historical rivalries, it also includes symbolic monologues to bolster our senses of character and theme, and the smoldering looks passed between the leads speak greater volumes than any dime-store dialogue could. Hou picked up the Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival by consistently impressing on viewers images of transcendent, melancholy beauty, including cinematic tributes like the opening movement in

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Ladrones (PG-13)

Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 4:30 & 10:30 p.m.

The Last Witch Hunter (PG-13) Century 16: 9:10 & 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 5:20, 8 & 10:40 p.m., 12:10 a.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. In D-BOX at 11:25 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. The Martian (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 9:05 a.m., 12:20, 3:40, 7:05 & 10:30 p.m. In 3-D at 10:10 & 11:20 a.m., 1:30, 2:40, 4:40, 5:55, 8:05, 9:10 & 11:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 1:45, 4:55 & 8:10 p.m. In 3-D at 11:40 a.m., 2:45, 6 & 9:15 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 12:45, 3:55, 7:10 & 10:20 p.m. In 3-D D-BOX at at 11:40 a.m., 2:45, 6 & 9:15 p.m. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13) Century 20: 1:20 & 7:15 p.m. Meet the Patels (PG) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Pan (PG) Century 16: 10:20 a.m., Fri & Sat 1:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:50, 4:35 & 7:35 p.m. Rock the Kasbah (R) Century 16: 9 & 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:35, 7:25 & 10:15 p.m. Shaandaar (Not Rated)

black-and-white “Academy ratio” before transitioning to vibrant, full-color widescreen. And indeed, pageantry is partly the point, including a music-anddance interlude and the ritualistic sword duels (though they be swift, scary and joyless). But Hou remains far more interested in taking moments as they come: a child’s curiosity delightedly observed by otherwise pitiless adults, the countless decisions of Nie Yinniang’s angel of life and death. Taken on the level of a lucid dream, “The Assassin” has primordial imagery and psychological angst to spare. Not MPAA rated. One hour, 47 minutes. — Peter Canavese

Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:50 p.m.

Century 16: 11 a.m., 3, 6:45 & 10:25 p.m.

Sicario (R) Century 16: 7:25 & 10:25 p.m., Fri & Sat 4:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2:10, 5:05, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. Steve Jobs (R) ++ Century 16: 9 & 10 a.m., 12:05, 12:55, 3:05, 4:05, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15 & 10:15 p.m., Fri 1:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m., noon, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9 & 10:35 p.m. Century 16: 9:35 p.m.

The Walk (PG) Woodlawn (PG)

Century 20: 10:10 p.m.

Century 20: 4 & 7:05 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:05 p.m.

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

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THE CENTRALITY OF DESIGN ... Long before Google and Facebook, even before Jobs and Wozniak, Silicon Valley was positioning itself as the center of the design world. In his new book, “Make It New: The History of Silicon Valley Design,” Peninsula resident and professor of design at California College of the Arts Barry M. Katz presents the development of our region’s “ecosystem of innovation.” The book is available on amazon.com. Info: goo.gl/8qMbnf. FORENSIC-PSYCH THRILLER ... Redwood City resident and former psychologist for the Palo Alto Police, Ellen Kirschman knows her way around the justice system. Now, she has used more than 30 years of expertise to pen a mystery novel. “The Right Wrong Thing” tells the story of female officer Randy Spelling and the catastrophic unraveling of her career following the shooting of a pregnant teen. The book is available on amazon.com. Info: ellenkirschman.com. RODENTS TO THE RESUCE ... Never underestimate a mouse. In Stanford University resident and octogenarian Prudence Breitrose’s “Mousenet” series, mice have learned to program computers by closely observing Silicon Valley computer geeks. The latest installation, “Mouse Mission,” sees these plucky rodents traveling to England in an effort to stop in effort to stop anti-environmentalists. The book, geared to readers age 8-12, is illustrated by Stephanie Yue and is available on amazon.com. Info: mousenet.org. TOXIC KNOWLEDGE ... “The Hidden Assassin II.” That’s the compelling subtitle of Palo Alto resident and UCSF professor Alan Wu’s new book, “Performance Enhancing Drugs and Adulterants.” The collection of short stories based on real events includes tales of elite athletes, drug addicts, and ordinary men and women trying to delay the effects of aging. The book is available on amazon. com. Info: alanhbwu.com. WRITING WUNDERKIND ... Los Altos High School sophomore Trinity Suh has released her debut novel, “The Revolution,” a young adult action-romance that she’s been working on since seventh grade. The book’s heroine is Juliet, an adolescent girl assassin bound by mysterious employers to kill a series of teenage targets. “The Revolution” is available on amazon.com and virtualbookworm. com. PUT DOWN THE PHONE AND TALK ... Her opinion piece in The New York Times last month unleashed a maelstrom of responses. On Tuesday, Oct. 27, writer, psychologist and MIT Profesor Sherry Turkle will appear at the Oshman JCC in Palo Alto to discuss her new book, “Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age,” an

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comics code by Michael Berry wenty years ago, headlines trumpeted the observation, “Comics aren’t just for kids anymore!” In today’s superhero-saturated media landscape, however, the more pressing concern might be, “Which of all these comics should kids — and adults — be reading?” Award-winning comics creator Gene Luen Yang, author of “American Born Chinese” and “Boxers & Saints,” has produced work that appeals to a wide range of ages. Having until recently taught computer science at Oakland’s Bishop O’Dowd High School and served as its director of information services, Yang has long promoted the use of comics in education. Now, he’s writing and drawing comics full-time from his home in San Jose. With his latest book, “Secret Coders,” illustrated by Mike Holmes, Yang hopes he has broken the code to helping middleschool kids learn about

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Gene Yang’s latest graphic novel, “Secret Coders,” gives middle schoolers a chance to solve mysteries and crack codes. programming while enjoying a fast-paced comics adventure. Reached during a break in his current book tour, Yang explained, “I wanted to see if I could combine an actual narrative with educational content. And I feel a little nervous about ‘Secret Coders,’ because I’m not positive as to how well it’s going to work. The big fear is that the entertainment part will get in the way of the educational part and vice versa.” Yang shouldn’t worry too much. His books include some of the medium’s most critically acclaimed titles. “American Born Chinese” was the first graphic novel nominated for the National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association’s coveted Printz Award, which is given annually to the “best book written for

teens, based entirely on its literary merit.” “Boxers & Saints,” a two-volume historical chronicle of China’s Boxer Rebellion, also was nominated for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Yang recently received a “Best Writer” Eisner award for his work on Dark Horse Comics’ “Avatar: The Last Airbender” spin-off, and for “The Shadow Hero,” a revival of the Green Turtle, probably the first Chinese-American superhero. With energetic art by Holmes, “Secret Coders” is the first installment of what will be at least a three-volume saga. The story follows middle school student Hopper as she survives her first day at Stately Academy. The campus is creepy, her fellow students aren’t friendly, and she immediately gets in trouble with her teachers and the principal. After she encounters a grouchy janitor and his flocks of weird, four-eyed birds, Hopper seeks help from Eni, an African-American student who teaches her about binary numbers. Together, Hopper and Eni use the principles of coding to solve some campus mysteries. Yang, 42, spent his early years in San Jose and Saratoga. His father was an electrical engineer; his mother was a programmer. “I feel really lucky that I got to grow up in the Silicon Valley,” he said, adding that he got his start in coding the summer after fifth

grade, when his parents sent him to a computer camp. From there, his fascination with coding grew in tandem with his burgeoning obsession with comics. “Even though I didn’t connect them at the time — they were just separate interests to me when I was a kid — I really think there’s a lot in common between the two,” Yang said. “In comics, you’ll usually take a really complex story and have to break it up into these component parts, until you get to the (individual) panel. In coding, it really is the same way. You have this very complex idea, and you have to break it into these simple lines of code.” The cast of “Secret Coders” plays against the assumptions people make about who might excel at programming. Yang pointed out that the world’s first programmer was a woman, Ada Lovelace, and that the young protagonist of “Secret Coders” is named after Grace Hopper, inventor of the compiler. “She basically invented the interface between humans and computers,” Yang said. “It felt appropriate to have a character inspired by her to be my interface between the reader and the computer material.” Yang made sure that the supporting cast of “Secret Coders” has a realistic range of diversity. Hopper’s calm, collected friend Eni excels at computer tech and at basketball. (continued on page 34)

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SUPER BOWL STAR SIGNING ... American football wide receiver and pro football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice will make an appearance at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to discuss and sign copies of his book, “50 Years, 50 Moments: The Most Unforgettable Plays in Super Bowl History. The book is available at Kepler’s and on amazon.com. Info: keplers.com.

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“There are often these stereotypes that say that athletes can’t be nerds, and vice versa,” Yang said. “I know from teaching that there are plenty of kids who can have a foot in both worlds and do it successfully.” Yang said he thinks coding develops a set of skills important in all aspects of life: “In order to be a good coder, you have to be able to think clearly. You have to be able to think logically. You have to be able to put things in sequence, in the proper order.”

BEYOND JUST SAY NO ... A local mother shares her family’s experience grappling with a teenage son’s drug addiction in “Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home.” Author D’Anne Burwell, who also runs the addiction-resources website askforfamilyrecovery.com, describes how her son ended up homeless and addicted to prescription drugs. The book is available on amazon.com. Info: savingjakebook.com.

Items for Book Talk may be sent to Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 93202 or emailed to eschwyzer@paweekly.com. Now that “Secret Coders” is complete, Yang is in the midst of a 12-issue run as the writer of DC Comics’ flagship title, “Superman.” But computing is never far from his mind. He’s putting an “information age” twist on The Man of Steel by introducing Condesa, a new supporting member of the cast. “Aquaman can speak with fish; Condesa can talk to machines,” Yang explained with a chuckle. “Coding has been on my mind a lot.” Q Freelance writer Michael Berry can be emailed at mikeberry@mindspring.com.

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Joan Zwiep sorts through the aprons she has made from fabric samples gathered at FabMo. She is one of more than 40 exhibitors who will be showcasing their goods at the seventh annual FabMo Textile Art Boutique on Saturday.

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oan Zwiep’s love of sewing and creating has spilled over into almost every room of her Old Palo Alto home. Pillows decorate the couch. Wine gift bags sit on the kitchen counter. A clothing rack of aprons fills the center of her daughters’ old room. And her other daughter’s room has been transformed into her creation station. Stacks of cotton, silk and wool fabric fill the bed. Additional squares of color drape over the edge of the ironing board, while a crate on a shelf holds a rainbow of rickrack (zigzag trim) options. A line of partially finished dolls leads up to the technology that makes it all happen: a 23-year-old sewing machine. The flurry of supplies stems from Zwiep’s connection to FabMo, a Mountain View-based organization that collects discarded designer material — nearly 70 tons a year — and offers them on a donation basis for creative use. During the past few years, Zwiep has volunteered her time to sort material and snag fabric finds at the monthly selection events. “For anyone who loves textiles, it’s like being in heaven,” she said. “I just look at all these options and think, ‘What could I make out of this?’” On Saturday, Oct. 24, people can attend

the seventh annual FabMo Textile Art Boutique and see exactly what Zwiep (under the name Joan & Zola) and others make from the repurposed material. The event starts at 10 a.m. and runs until 4 p.m., featuring more than 40 local artisans who make goods that contain at least 30 percent FabMo material. Holly Welstein, FabMo board member and volunteer, said shoppers can expect anything from functional accessories (purses, totes, wallets, scarves, etc.) to home and holiday decor. Welstein herself is one of the boutique’s founders. With nods of approval from Hannah and Jonathan Cranch, FabMo’s founders, Welstein worked with Sarah Jocksin and Megan Rosenhart to start the first boutique seven years ago. Their enthusiasm and interest in seeing what others make spurred their efforts, Welstein said. The event has grown from 30 exhibitors and roughly 100 shoppers to include as many as 50 exhibitors and 900 shoppers. This year, Welstein will showcase pot holders, cat toys, pillows and purses, which she lines with salvaged silk squares. “I work on them all year long,” she said. (continued on page 37)

Top: Zwiep repurposes material to make cloth bulletin boards. Middle: Pillows made from old hand-embroidered guest towels and backed with FabMo material will be for sale by Zwiep this weekend. Bottom: Different pieces of material and trim come together to create cloth wine bottle wraps, which Zwiep will also be selling at the boutique.

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“But a lot of the time is just spent sitting in front of a pile of fabric.” Zwiep echos Welstein’s technique. Back in her daughter’s old bedroom, she clamps pieces of fabric onto a hanger, bundling until she achieves the right colors, textures

Once Zwiep decides on the material, it takes her about 15 minutes to sew the body of one of her newest creations: dammit dolls. They serve as stress relievers and feature a range of fabric, from a silk pom-poms to the cuff of her husband’s old dress shirt for the tie.

and sizes needed for a project. For an apron, this means finding at least one large chunk. On a particular finished apron, she has left the design center’s price tag: $194 a yard. “The quality of the fabric is amazing,” she said. “You just can’t go buy this stuff anywhere.” She chuckles as she thinks of someone wiping their messy hands on the edge of an apron made from $194 fabric. One of her newest creations, dammit dolls, also capitalizes on the rare finds offered from FabMo. These little dolls, once sewed up tight, serve as stress balls and can take a literal beating when someone needs to let off some steam. Silk pom-poms and tassels transform into hair. Pearl button make eyes. And because each item from FabMo is limited and unique, every doll is different. That’s the exact reason Zwiep enjoys the boutique. “We all take different pieces home, and it’s nice to know and see what others are doing.” Q Associate Editor Brenna Malmberg can be emailed at bmalmberg@paweekly. com. What: FabMo Textile Art Boutique Date: Saturday, Oct. 24 Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Cost: Free admission and parking Info: fabmo.org

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SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $6,200,000 Highest sales price: $6,200,000

Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $825,000 Highest sales price: $2,490,000

Los Altos

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $2,065,000 Highest sales price: $5,000,000

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $2,050,000 Highest sales price: $7,650,000

Los Altos Hills Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $18,500,000 Highest sales price: $18,500,000

Portola Valley Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,200,000 Highest sales price: $2,200,000 Source: California REsource

Menlo Park Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $900,000 Highest sales price: $4,205,000

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62 Fredrick Ave. M. & K. Jiaravanont to Orciuoli Trust for $6,200,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 07/23/1997, $1,625,000

Los Altos

775 Anderson Drive Hirsch Trust to Brzozowski Trust for $2,500,000 on 09/17/15; previous sale 12/15/1998, $715,000 74 Bay Tree Lane Slichter Trust to D. Cohn for $2,200,000 on 09/15/15; previous sale 08/12/1983, $350,000

675 Belden Court S. MacKey to Z. Vandrevala for $2,525,000 on 09/17/15; previous sale 09/10/2002, $1,410,000 1605 Crestview Drive Larcen Trust to S. & H. Hahn for $3,400,000 on 09/17/15; previous sale 06/02/2003, $1,525,000 150 Formway Court R. O’Brien to I. & C. Bita for $2,700,000 on 09/22/15; previous sale 08/29/1997, $760,000 1365 Grant Road R. Holt to D. & D. Reouk for $2,065,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 09/24/1986, $195,000 584 Lincoln Ave. United Stephens to Oettinger Trust for $4,280,000 on 09/18/15; previous sale 02/14/2014, $1,740,000 706 Orange Ave. S. Difranco to A. Dominguez for $2,450,000 on 09/16/15 245 Pine Lane Knowles Trust to Scherer Trust for $3,215,000

on 09/18/15; previous sale 03/25/2004, $1,375,000 168 University Ave. D. & E. Stewart to S. & M. Wharton for $5,000,000 on 09/16/15; previous sale 04/24/1992, $600,000

Los Altos Hills

28030 Natoma Road A. McLoughlin to Top Elegant Investment for $18,500,000 on 09/18/15

Menlo Park

1045 Atkinson Lane V. & N. Gupta to D. Lund for $3,400,000 on 09/22/15; previous sale 08/17/2001, $1,250,000 2323 Eastridge Ave., #512 Peterson Trust to D. & C. AlleyneLevy for $900,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 10/14/1994, $230,000

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Mountain View

344 Felton Drive Kelly Gordon Development to McGrath Trust for $4,205,000 on 09/16/15; previous sale 06/14/2013, $2,400,000 4 Manor Place Romelfanger Trust to R. Vartkessian for $2,020,000 on 09/16/15; previous sale 11/23/1973, $40,700 45 Riordan Place S. & A. Baker to McGrew Trust for $3,800,000 on 09/23/15 314 Stanford Ave. Phillips Brooks School to S. & A. McIntyre for $2,036,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 06/14/1973, $41,000 1330 University Drive, #37 Shackleford Trust to J. Beffa for $1,400,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 09/08/2004, $630,500 1142 Windermere Ave. M. & G. MacIel to R. Chao for $980,000 on 09/23/15; previous sale 01/13/1999, $260,000 8 Zachary Court K. Kroner to Lindahl Trust for $3,900,000

1918 Aberdeen Lane Liu Trust to T. McQuade for $1,079,000 on 09/16/15 206 Bush St. H. Li to Li-Chi Trust for $1,575,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 05/21/2014, $1,065,000 860 Greenview Drive Stone Trust to Y. Zhang for $1,800,000 on 09/15/15 2111 Latham St., #121 Mcnally Trust to G. & C. Kim for $825,000 on 09/15/15; previous sale 04/17/2012, $415,000 485 S. Rengstorff Ave. Moore Trust to E. Wang for $1,000,000 on 09/17/15 774 San Pablo Drive C. & W. Momand to K. Veit for $1,410,000 on 09/18/15; previous sale 08/24/2007, $400,000 49 Showers Drive, #W108 B. Fanibanda to X. Wang for $2,490,000 on 09/18/15; previous sale 06/02/2010, $490,000 849 Sonia Way Robbins Trust

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to B. Sirang for $1,450,000 on 09/17/15 1107 Sussex Square G. & S. Brown to F. McQuillan for $1,760,000 on 09/21/15; previous sale 12/17/1979, $159,500 235 Vincent Drive Nuckolls Trust to B. Jonasson for $1,550,000 on 09/18/15; previous sale 08/31/2000, $622,000

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n the not too distant past, estate gardeners were the masters doing fine pruning, plant maintenance and even some design. Supervised by European or Asian immigrants, the properties on the Peninsula were showplaces to be proud of. Home gardeners sustained themselves and their culture with vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs. Family-owned nurseries provided seeds, plants from cuttings, bare roots and divisions, bulbs, rhizomes, tubers and succulents. They also stocked peat moss, manure, fertilizer, potting soil and sand for amending soil. Bulbs would come from Holland, and then from Oregon as the industry took off, providing designers with a palate of color for spring through summer. More recently, the “mow, blow and go” garden service came into being. Estate gardeners became supervisors for maintenance contractors or got their licenses to run their own business either in landscape construction or maintenance. Some became designers and a few became design/build businesses. Homeowners became busy and gardened less, depending on the contractors to act as a clean up crew before the weekend when guests would visit. And now we are still in a drought. A historic drought causing many property owners to cut way back on watering, and, in some cases, stop caring for their garden all together. We are just beginning to see the results with some creative relandscaping and new maintenance regimens. I see this as exciting and challenging. What better time to watch new design and creative ideas come about in the horticultural world. This kind of challenge is exactly what is going on in the industries that are starting up across the Bay Area. Young people are coming out of college with ideas and creating businesses that didn’t exist before. Some that have started as one thing and transformed into completely different. Look at the smartphone evolution. It started out as a phone that could save numbers and evolved into a complete media studio with audio, video, Internet, data communication, voice recognition and publishing capabilities unimagined 50 years ago. Will gardening catch up with this renaissance? Not all people are software savvy or engineer types. There are many who think with an ecological, biological and hydrological intelligence just as the high-tech people think on sociological information technology mind set. This month I am going to suggest some ways to think gardening out of the box in major ways — ways that will not only save water but will change our culture. You

can also come up with the ideas and try them. Some will go nowhere and some will be the new paradigm of the future, sort of like the Tesla in the back yard. I will also have some what-to-do-now-inyour-garden tips for those who just want to get their hands in the soil. 1. If plants could talk, what would they be saying? Where would they be growing and how would they look in relationship with you? You would still have to cultivate them and water them, but what kinds of plants would want to be in your garden rather than the other way around? 2. What if all your plants were moveable? What if they were all in containers that could be rotated throughout the property? Plants could be outside in the day and inside at night. Or who knows what. They did it at Versailles. 3. How could ones property be a nursery, growing ground, showplace and food/flower provider all at the same time? 4. Can a home garden provide an education from preschool through graduate school? And if so can a neighborhood be a botanical/design university? 5. There have been studies for years on plants ability to respond to their surroundings, including their caretakers. Some people have told me they are completely unable to grow anything. There is a lot to learn from this. I think it is much deeper than simply killing a geranium with neglect. If harm to living things can be done then healing can be done too. 6. We are all going to grow old someday. I would like to grow old in a garden. How can we think like this? Giving one another the garden of our dreams right when we decide we are ready to retire. Some won’t want a garden; that’s all right — more for the rest of us. 7. Why do we need houses? What if we can live outdoors year-round?. What if we only lived indoors? What would the outdoors look like? If we lived our lives as if home was a spa, would we get bored with the health and beauty? 8. Experiments have been done with biospheres. There is more to learn. Instead of taking those ideas and building from them why not start from scratch and think about it like a new idea all together. 9. In the interim time we still have chores to do. Continue cleanup, harvest, and remove dead ,dying and diseased plants. Replenish the soil with compost, set up watering systems to just water the plants you want to grow and spread mulch on every patch of bare soil. 10. Plant peas, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, bulbs (for spring) and fall/winter flowers as they come into the nurseries. Don’t give up on the garden you have. Until the new designs and architecture comes in, we still have to have flowers and fresh homegrown food. Keep up the good work. Good gardening. Q Garden coach Jack McKinnon can be reached at jack@jackthegardencoach.com or 650-455-0687, or visit his website, jackthegardencoach.com.

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:

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930 Carmel Court, Los Altos Offered at $2,788,000 Large, Centrally Located Property Enjoying a quiet cul-de-sac setting, this updated 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home of 1,902 sq. ft. (per county) sits on a huge lot of 16,199 sq. ft. (per county) with large side yards and an extensive backyard with a paver terrace. The light-filled interior boasts fine touches like plantation shutters, natural hardwood floors, and dimmable lighting, and the central common areas include an open dining area, a well-appointed living room, an immense kitchen, and a sunken family room. One of the bedrooms can easily serve as a home office, while the peaceful master suite offers a handsomely remodeled bathroom. The property also provides a playset, a variety of fruit trees, two fireplaces, and an attached two-car garage. Caltrain and Terman Park are just moments away, and you will be steps from Village Court Shopping Center. Excellent schools like Santa Rita Elementary (API 941) and Egan Junior (API 976) are within walking distance, and Los Altos High (API 895) is easily accessible (buyer to verify school eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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Clean architectural lines and a modern, minimalist aesthetic defines this stunning contemporary remodel. Spacious and well lit with an open, inviting floor plan, this home is ideal for the way we live and entertain today. The heart of the home is a well-designed gourmet kitchen where cooking can be enjoyed surrounded by family and friends. The flexible splitlevel floor plan with 3 bedrooms on the upper level, and the 4th plus a family room on the lower level accommodates guests with privacy. The gated, expansive driveway with parking for 4 vehicles and a detached 2-car garage is perfect for the car enthusiast! Topping it all off are beautifully cultivated grounds.

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12101 Oak Park Court, Los Altos Hills Offered at $3,988,000 Astounding Views from Hillside Home Soak in extravagant views of Silicon Valley throughout this hillside property of 1.6 acres (per county), which holds a multi-level 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom home of 4,081 sq. ft. (per county). This huge, private lot enjoys a gated paver driveway, mature oaks, vegetable planters, and multiple citrus trees. Dignified yet comfortable, the home hosts hand-hewn pecan wood floors, wool carpets, crown molding, oversized casement windows, a central vacuum system, and ceilings that soar to over 12 feet. Large, elegant spaces include a sunken living room, a formal dining room, a luxurious master suite, and an island kitchen that opens to a family/breakfast room ensemble. Intriguing additional features include a three-car attached garage, three fireplaces, and a heated pool with a raised spa. Just moments from Interstate 280, this home will place you near Los Altos Golf and Country Club and charming downtown Los Altos. Excellent nearby schools include Gardner Bullis Elementary (API 947), Egan Junior (API 976), and Los Altos High (API 895) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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1523 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto A?@;9 A58@ $1?501:/1 !Ŋ 1>? %@A::5:3 1-@A>1? You will have no shortage of entertainment options within this immaculate 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home of 3,309 sq. ft. (per /;A:@EJ @4-@ ?5@? ;: - 8;@ ;2 ] VVY ?= 2@ I<1> /5@EJ 5348E /A?@;95F10 -:0 .1-A@52A88E -<<;5:@10 @41 2>1?4 2>11 Ō ;C5:3 5:@1>5;> showcases open living areas that connect to the fantastic rear terrace by a wall of folding glass to enable seamless indoor/outdoor living. The expertly planned layout includes a main level designed to be handicap-accessible while featuring a professional-grade 01?53:1> 75@/41: @C; ;ő /1? -:0 - ?;<45?@5/-@10 9-?@1> ?A5@1 D@>-;>05:->E @;A/41? 8571 >-F585-: 4->0C;;0 Ō ;;>? - /A@@5:3 1031 LED lighting system, whole-house wiring, and striking custom cabinetry accent the remarkable interior, which is perfectly sized for large-scale gatherings. With easy access to Stanford University and Palo Alto Golf Course, this home’s ultra-modern blend of style and convenience is simply unmatched. Duveneck Elementary (API 956) is within walking distance, while other excellent schools nearby include Jordan Middle (API 934) and Palo Alto High (API 905) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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1376 Fairway Drive, Los Altos Offered at $1,988,000 Pristine Home in Excellent Location Boasting a private yet central location, this extensively remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home of 2,518 sq. ft. (per county) occupies a hilltop lot of 15,360 sq. ft. (per county). Offering vaulted ceilings, crown molding, and white oak floors, fine spaces include an immense living room with a fireplace, a gleaming island kitchen, and a master suite with a private deck. The home also enjoys a wet bar, a large rear terrace, and an attached two-car garage, and you will be steps away from Rancho Shopping Center, McKenzie Park, and Loyola Elementary (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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330 Jane Drive, Woodside Offered at $4,488,000 Luxury Estate in Exclusive Setting Nestled within the gated community of Meadow Vista, this extensively remodeled home offers 7,930 sq. ft. (per county), 6 bedrooms, 6 full and 2 half baths, luxurious amenities, and a leafy lot of just over 3 acres (per county). You will have countless entertaining options thanks to the home’s well-appointed design and flexible spaces, like a loft with a kitchenette, a suite with a wet bar, and a wine room suited for over 1,500 bottles. Spacious rooms include a home office, a dining room with a butler’s pantry, an open, gourmet kitchen, and a two-story great room, and all bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms, including the two opulent master suites. The rear courtyard provides a lawn and views of the mountains, while the attached four-car garage offers a rear ATV exit. In spite of this home’s exclusive woodland setting, you actually will be just minutes from Roberts Market, popular dining venues, and Menlo Country Club. Excellent nearby schools include Woodside Elementary (API 965) and Woodside High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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ATHERTON 3 Bedrooms 70 Valley Ct $8,000,000 Sat/Sun Keller Williams Palo Alto 454-8500

4 Bedrooms 750 El Camino Real Sat/Sun Sereno Group

$3,298,000 323-1900

HILLSBOROUGH 7 Bedrooms 1 Homs Ct Sun

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$9,888,000 543-8500

3 Bedrooms $1,988,000 543-8500

4 Bedrooms 901 Loyola Dr Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,650,000 323-1111

930 Carmel Ct Sun Deleon Realty

$2,788,000 543-8500

5 Bedrooms 360 Bellevue Ct Sun 1-4 Sereno Group

$4,450,000 947-2900

134 Jardin Dr Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,598,000 323-1111

LOS ALTOS HILLS 3 Bedrooms 14700 Manuella Rd. $4,495,000 Sun 2-4 Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474

4 Bedrooms 27446 Black Mountain Rd Sun 1-4 Sereno Group

$3,799,000 947-2900

12101 Oak Park Ct Sun Deleon Realty

$3,988,000 543-8500

14303 Saddle Mountain Dr Sun Deleon Realty

$4,498,000 543-8500

12911 Atherton Ct Sun Coldwell Banker

$3,950,000 324-4456

LOS GATOS 5 Bedrooms 14545 Deer Park Ct Sun Deleon Realty

544 Patricia Ln Sat/Sun Zane MacGregor

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1335 Trinity Dr $1,975,000 Sun 2-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200

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$4,988,000 543-8500

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$1,650,000 324-4456

2142 Gordon Ave. $1,849,000 Sun 2-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200

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18 Mansion Ct $2,400,000 Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200

$3,988,000 543-8500

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$3,495,000 324-4456

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$3,488,000 543-8500

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$4,180,000 462-1111

60 Politzer Dr Sun Coldwell Banker

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45 Joaquin Rd Sun Coldwell Banker

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$809,000 324-4456 $1,798,000 947-2900 $1,899,000 543-8500

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14545 Deer Park Court, Los Gatos Offered at $3,988,000 Private Estate with Panoramic Views Astonishing views can be glimpsed throughout this sprawling 5 bedroom, 5.5 bathroom estate home of 6,172 sq. ft. (per county), which occupies an immense hilltop lot of 3.72 acres (per county). Faced by a brick motor court, this highly customized residence offers soaring ceilings, cherry hardwood floors, multi-zone heating and cooling, and crystal-studded chandeliers. Airy living areas include a sunken great room, a formal dining room, and a lavishly remodeled kitchen opening to a family room. The immense master suite provides an opulent bathroom, while a well-appointed in-law apartment is upstairs. Entertain on the extensive rear terrace, which overlooks the infinity pool and spa. Other terrific features include an off-grid solar energy system, five fireplaces, and a four-car garage. This home’s stunning location is near trails leading into Heintz Open Space, and you will also have easy access to parks like Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve. Top schools nearby include Blossom Hill Elementary (API 951), Fisher Middle (API 932), and Los Gatos High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills

$35,000,000

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doing business as: Blank Space Consulting, located at 2198 Weston Place, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): QUYEN HUYNH 2198 Weston Place Santa Clara, CA 95054 TUAN HUYNH 2198 Weston Place Santa Clara, CA 95054 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/28/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 17, 2015. (PAW Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015) ZHUANGZI LI AND ASSOCIATES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609876 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Zhuangzi Li and Associates, located at 4023 Villa Vista, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ZHUANGZI LI 14110 Negundo Ave., 1st. Fl. Flushing, NY 11355 FRANKLIN MARK SCHELLENBERG 4023 Villa Vista Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Oct. 6, 2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 6, 2015. (PAW Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015) DIVA DOGS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609877 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Diva Dogs, located at 125 Connemara Way #16, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Married Couple. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): CYNTHIA LONNSTROM 125 Connemara Way #16 Sunnyvale, CA 94087 JEREL LONNSTROM 125 Connemara Way #16 Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/1/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 6, 2015. (PAW Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015) PLACES OF LIGHT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609885 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Places of Light, located at 590 Military 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): ELLEN McDONOUGH 590 Military Way Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 6, 2015. (PAW Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015) TOUCHPOINT RESTAURANT INNOVATIONS INC. TOUCHPOINT PLUS TOUCHPOINT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609988 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) TouchPoint Restaurant Innovations Inc., 2.) Touchpoint Plus, 3.) Touchpoint, located at 200 Sheridan Ave., #207, 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): TOUCHPOINT RESTAURANT INNOVATIONS INC. 200 Sheridan Ave., #207 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting

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The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Amar Realtor, located at 505 Hamilton Ave. #100, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): STANFORD REAL ESTATE NETWORKS, LLC 1208 E. Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 9405 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/7/2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 15, 2015. (PAW Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 2015) KM LUXE TRAVELS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 610116 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: KM Luxe Travels, located at 251 High Street, 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): KATHRYN TSENG MOHAMMED 251 High Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 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 October 14, 2015. (PAW Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 2015) ELEVATE HOMES REALTY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 610285 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Elevate Homes Realty, located at 855 El Camino Real, Suite 13A #148, 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 CAFIERO 74 Morton Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/20/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 20, 2015. (PAW Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 2015)

997 All Other Legals AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM DEAN COLDIRON CASE NO. 115PR177100 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: WILLIAM DEAN

COLDIRON also known as WILLIAM D. COLDIRON A Petition for Probate has been filed by WILLIAM D. COLDIRON, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The Petition for Probate requests that WILLIAM D. COLDIRON, JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on November 9, 2015 at 9:00 AM in Dept. 10 located at 191 N. First Street, 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: James M. Allen, 199 Fremont Street, 21st Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105-6640, Telephone: (415) 957-1800. 10/9, 10/16, 10/23/15 CNS-2803326# PALO ALTO WEEKLY

THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH ROBERT KEATING, aka JOSEPH ROBERT KEATING, JR. Case No.: 1-15-PR-177484 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOSEPH ROBERT KEATING, aka JOSEPH ROBERT KEATING, JR. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JAMES J. RAMONI, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JAMES J. RAMONI, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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 6, 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:

Mark A. Gonzalez Lead Deputy County Counsel 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95110 (408)758-4200 (PAW Oct. 16, 23, 30, 2015) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GREGORY L. CHESSON Case No.: 1-15-PR-177329 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GREGORY CHESSON. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUZANNE FERRY (aka SUZANNE CHESSON) in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: SUZANNE FERRY (aka SUZANNE CHESSON) 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 16, 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: Kristin R. Wu, Esq. 550 Hamilton Avenue, Ste. 100 Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650)321-5005 (PAW Oct. 16, 23, 30, 2015)

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ON THE AIR Friday High school football: Sacred Heart Prep at Menlo-Atherton, 7 p.m.; KCEA (89.1 FM) Men’s soccer: UCLA at Stanford, 8 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks

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Stanford sophomore Christian McCaffrey set a single-game school record with 243 rushing yards in last week’s victory over UCLA.

Heisman hype surfaces for Stanford’s McCaffrey National leader in all-purpose yards leads 5-1 Cardinal against visiting Washington on Saturday by Rick Eymer hristian McCaffrey for the Heisman Trophy? He’s one of the nine candidates currently listed on the Heisman’s official (Heisman.com) site. Stanford senior cornerback Ronnie Harris is all for it. “The Heisman comes with wins, give him the Heisman,” Harris said. “If you ask Christian, he wants to help the team. He’s all

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about working hard. He’s not doing any talking.” Jim Plunkett is Stanford’s one and only Heisman Trophy winner, though both Toby Gerhart and Andrew Luck (2010, 2011) each finished second in the voting. Gerhart lost on the slimmest margin (1,304 points to 1,276) in Heisman history in 2009. McCaffrey, named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after

setting a school record with 243 rushing yards in Stanford’s 5635 victory over UCLA last week, leads the nation in all-purpose yards with a 253.0 average per game. The Cardinal (5-1, 4-0 Pac-12) hopes he can continue that success this week when Washington visits for a conference game on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., to be aired on ESPN.

McCaffrey helped Stanford compile rushing games of more than 300 yards in three straight contests for the first time in program history. The Huskies, however, will provide the stiffest test yet. They lead the Pac-12 in several defensive categories, including total defense (345.3) and scoring defense (16.8). (continued on next page)

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here’s nothing like a good grudge match. And, when it pits two of the best boys water polo teams in the nation, even better. That’s just one story line for this weekend’s 10th annual North-South Water Polo Challenge at the Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo-Atherton pools. Defending champion Harvard-Westlake was upended by 2013 champ Mater Dei, 11-10, in a nonleague match last week. Mater Dei limited 6-foot-5 Ben Hallock, a member of the U.S. Senior National Team, to just two goals one shot from two meters. Hallock is headed to Stanford in the fall. The loss snapped the Wolverines’ (continued on page 63)

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RUN CHAMPS . . . Palo Alto junior Kent Slaney and Gunn senior Gillian Meeks ran to individual titles and helped their respective teams win crowns at the third SCVAL cross-country meet of the season on Tuesday. Slaney and Meeks wound up winning all three league meets and helping their squads to team titles in all three. Slaney ran 15:31.9 over the 3.1-mile course at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale to hold off Justin Robison of Lynbrook (15:45.7). Slaney’s time blew away the course record of 15:47.2 set in 2001 by Yohaness Estifanos of Milpitas. It also surpassed the previous best by a Paly runner (16:08.2 by Lucas Matison in 2013) in addition to being a huge improvement over Slaney’s previous best on the course, a 16:59 in 2013. Meeks clocked 17:47.6 to just miss the course record by 2.6 seconds after she took a wrong turn near the end of the race. She still ranks No. 3 all-time on the course after improving upon last year’s time of 17:54.9. Former Gunn standout Sarah Robinson holds the course record of 17:45 (2013) with Menlo grad Lizzie Lacy No. 2 at 17:46.9 (2014). With Slaney leading the way, the Paly boys tallied 38 points to easily win the team crown in the 14-school race. Los Gatos (95) and Lynbrook (120) trailed the Vikings. Paly junior Naveen Pai was fourth in 16:21.5 and sophomore Sam Craig was ninth in 16:39.3. Paly had the fastest times for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Gunn was fourth with 125 points as Reid Kovacs ran 10th in 16:45.7. For the girls, Gunn ran away with the team crown by scoring 54 points. Los Gatos was second (107) and Palo Alto third (112). Gunn junior Illi Gardner was fifth in 18:59.3. Paly sophomore Julia Doubson led the Vikings with a seventh-place finish of 19:43.9. On Wednesday, Robert Screven of Priory finished third in the boys’ division while Sacred Heart Prep grabbed second in the team standings to highlight local efforts in Aragon’s Center Meet No. 2 at Crystal Springs in Belmont. Screven clocked 16:22 on the 2.95-mile layout while helping the Panthers finish fourth as a team.

Stanford’s Brittany Howard (left) and Madi Bugg celebrated a win over Washington on Wednesday.

he Stanford women’s volleyball season took a turn for the better Wednesday night. While not quite in critical condition, a victory over visiting Washington came at a time when the 11th-ranked Cardinal appeared in ill health, and breathed new life into what could turn out to be a successful season. Stanford looks to maintain its momentum when Washington State visits for a Pac-12 match on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Cardinal was in danger of being left in the conference dust, trailing the fourth-ranked Huskies by five points and a set. Stanford rallied for the victory that could spark a nice finish. Stanford senior setter Madi Bugg (continued on next page)

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recorded one kill in Stanford’s 24-26, 25-19, 16-25, 25-20, 1513 Pac-12 Conference victory over Washington and she made it count. “I’m bad at knowing the score and that’s not a good quality,” Bugg said. “I’ve been a hitter for so long that I tend to be an aggressive setter. That was just something I needed to do. It didn’t feel gutsy at the time.” Bugg, who had 55 assists to move into third all-time in school history with 4,477, allowed fellow senior Brittany Howard to pound home the winning point in the fifth set, ending a match that had as many lows as highs and which spoiled Palo Alto grad Melanie Wade’s final visit to Maples Pavilion. Wade, a member of the Vikings’ state championship teams in 2010 and 2011, can still complete her college career with a national championship. The Huskies (17-2, 7-2) are as good as it gets in the country and it’s no stretch to see them in the Final Four. Wade recorded five kills, an ace and was in on four blocks for a total of eight points. Stanford freshman Hayley Hodson had a match-high 29 points on a career-high 25 kills, three aces and a pair of blocks, showing why she was regarded as the nation’s top recruit out of high school. “I think we just decided we had enough of this,” Hodson said. “We talked about getting on the path we want for the rest of the season. We could not take a loss.” Hodson referred to Stanford’s crazy season to date and being down a set and behind by five points in the fourth set. Something just seemed to collectively click after two consecutive Cardinal service errors allowed Washington to grab a 16-11 advantage. “All we can do is find out who we are,” Cardinal coach John Dunning said. “It’s all about getting better and I feel we’re improving.” It’s been a frustrating season for Stanford, beginning with a summer injury to All-American Inky Ajanaku, who is out for the season. Merete Lutz and Jordan Burgess have been dealing with injuries and nearly the entire roster has been asked to play out of position. That’s why a victory over Washington is important for the Cardinal, which helped narrow the gap between the top four teams. Stanford remains in fourth place, but just a half-game behind UCLA and a game behind the Huskies.

“They have a great structure and great discipline,” Cardinal coach David Shaw said. “That’s not surprising. Chris Petersen is a systematic person.” Washington (3-3, 1-2) gave up 30 points to California and 26 points to Oregon, both losses, though both were well below average for the Bears (40.2) and Ducks (39.3). The Cardinal is fourth in the conference at 38.5. The Huskies, whose three losses were all by less than a touchdown, have grudgingly given up 11 touchdowns all season. Stanford scored eight against the Bruins and 15 in its past two games combined. Washington relies on its defense, including a conferenceleading (with USC) red zone defense, to the degree that any malfunction will work against them. The Huskies can’t afford to fall behind. They don’t quite have quick-strike capabilities, though freshman quarterback Jake Browning is another of the good, young signal-callers in the conference. “In high school he put it all out there for everybody to see on film,” Shaw said of Browning. “He made plays, he made great throws and played well for a young player.” Washington freshman linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven, who helped Sacred Heart Prep win the Central Coast Section Open Division title a year ago, also had Stanford on his short list of potential schools and Shaw liked what he saw on film. “I loved watching him play,” Shaw said. “He went sideline to sideline and found a way to get to the ball carrier. He’s a very good football player who plays hard on every single play. He reminds me of (Palo Alto grad) Kevin Anderson. I saw Kevin line up on one side of the field and make a play on the other side.” Unfortunately, Stanford could not offer Burr-Kirven, who has appeared in all six of the Huskies games thus far and has 11 tackles, including a sack. Former Gator Derek Hunter, who transferred to Washington from Georgetown, is also on the roster . He’s listed as a redshirt sophomore tight end. “It’s always a numbers crunch,” Shaw said. “T.J. Tarpley was the only inside linebacker we lost last year and we had four safeties.” In the discussion of who Stanford will face at quarterback — Browning, who injured a shoulder last week, or redshirt freshman K.J. Carta-Samuels, a Bellarmine Prep product — Shaw cautioned that the Cardinal doesn’t worry about stopping certain individuals. “We try really hard not to prepare for individual people because that gets our players’ eyes in the wrong spot,” Shaw said. “That leaves them concentrating on the wrong things, as opposed

Women’s golf Getting solid performances throughout the lineup, ninthranked Stanford scored a wirewire seven-stroke victory over USC on Tuesday in the 54-hole Stanford Intercollegiate hosted by Condoleezza Rice. The Cardinal closed with a 5-under-par total of 279 at sunsplashed Stanford Golf Course

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Stanford freshman Hayley Hodson (right) had 25 kills, including one over Washington’s Melanie Wade (5) from Palo Alto. to complete the tournament at 5-under 847 (287-281-279) and successfully defended the team title it shared with USC last year. It marked the third time Stanford has captured the crown since the event began in 1995, the other coming in 1997. Stanford sophomore Shannon Aubert finished third at 3-under 210 (72-67-71). Playing in the last threesome, she put an exclamation mark on the championship by flagging her approach shot on the par-4 18th hole and converted an eight-foot birdie putt. Stanford senior Lauren Kim (74-70-67) and junior Casey Danielson (71-70-70) tied for fourth at 2-under 211 with Hannah Kim of Northwestern (73-67-71). Kim shot Stanford’s low round of the day, making six birdies and two bogeys, while Danielson grinded through a sore hip and shot even par on the back nine. Men’s soccer Unbeaten in 12 straight, No. 3 Stanford (11-1-1, 4-0-1) begins the second half of its Pac-12 schedule when it returns to The Farm for matches against UCLA (7-60, 3-2-0) on Friday (8 p.m.) and San Diego State (6-5-2, 1-4-0) on Monday (7 p.m.). Both games will be carried live on Pac-12 Networks. Stanford stretched its unbeaten streak with a pair of wins last weekend in Southern California. The Cardinal earned the first win in program history at UCLA on Friday, using a first-half goal from Amir Bashti and a 65th-minute winner from Jordan Morris, who this week was named Pac-12 Player of the Week. On Sunday, Stanford conceded

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an early goal to the Aztecs, but responded with three unanswered, including the two from Corey Baird, to post a 3-1 win. Stanford is among the nation’s defensive leaders, ranking eighth in team goals against average (0.52) and 11th in shutout percentage (0.54). Continuity has led to Andrew Epstein only being called upon for 30 saves thus far and as a team the Cardinal has made 31, an average of 2.38 per game which is the 12th fewest in the country. Men’s water polo Fifth-ranked Stanford (14-6, 0-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) is in the midst of a fourgame losing streak, matching its longest skid in 20 years. The Cardinal looks to rectify that Saturday when it hosts No. 6 UC Santa Barbara at 4 p.m. at Avery Aquatic Center, ahead of football’s 7:30 p.m. kickoff. With his team-leading 58th goal of the season on Sunday, Cardinal senior Bret Bonanni has 324 goals for his career, eight shy of tying Tony Azevedo’s (2001-04) Stanford and MPSF scoring record of 332 goals. Field hockey No. 13 Stanford returns to action this weekend when it plays host to America East opponent UC Davis Friday at 6 p.m. at the Varsity Turf. Tennis The USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships open Friday, with Stanford hosting the women’s event and the Cardinal men traveling to Seattle to compete. The tournaments run through Tuesday. Q

to which gap am I hitting, what am I responsible for, what angles do I need to take at the quarterback. More than anything, it’s about us preparing for them schematically.” The Huskies don’t quite measure up on offense and the Cardinal defense is nearly as good, statistically, as Washington. Blake Martinez, who averages 11.7 tackles a game, may be the best linebacker in the conference. While the Huskies are first in total defense, Stanford ranks second (357.3) and the Cardinal allows 21.7 points while Washington averages 25.7. Washington ranks 11th in both total offense (351.3) and rushing (123.8), while Stanford is fourth in rushing defense, and allows the fewest first downs. One guess to which team makes the fewest first downs. McCaffrey moved into second place among Pac-12 rushers, averaging 140.7 yards per game, just behind Oregon’s Royce Freeman (at 142.4). A direct correlation is that Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan has moved into the conference lead in passing efficiency. When you can run the ball effectively, you can also utilize the passing attack. He throws four touchdowns to every interception. Only Arizona’s Anu Solomon, who has yet to throw an interception, has a better ratio. Hogan continues to recover from an ankle injury, though he has remained in action in three full games since suffering the injury against USC on Sept. 19. Shaw said Hogan was at about 85 percent last weekend. He’s mobile and makes good decision, but Hogan still needs to develop the “burst or explosion” that could make the difference between being fully healthy. As for any talk of the Heisman, Shaw remains reluctant to talk about a campaign for McCaffrey. “It’s six games in,” he said. “It’s fluid. I’ve been through it and I’ve studied it. The only thing that works is playing great late in the year and winning games late in the year.” Plunkett won the award in 1970, after leading Stanford to an 8-3 overall mark and a Rose Bowl victory. Quarterbacks Joe Theismann and Archie Manning finished second and third in the voting that season. Mark Ingram was a sophomore when he edged Gerhart. Johnny Manziel (2012) and Jameis Winston (2013) were freshmen. In fact, the last senior to win it was Ohio State’s Troy Smith in 2006. McCaffrey’s academic status will not count against him. What will work against him is constantly playing late games on the West Coast. If he continues to produce, however, than nothing will stop him. Like Ingram, McCaffrey is the son of a former NFL star and that’s name recognition you can’t promote. Q (David Kiefer and Stanford Athletics contributed to this report)

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50-match win streak, which included six straight wins over the Mater Dei Crusaders — two of which came in the past two CIF Southern Section Division I title games. “They are 1-1 against each other (this season) and this weekend is the last possible time they will face each other before the playoffs,” said Sacred Heart Prep coach Brian Kreutzkamp. “So, the No. 1 seed (in the CIF-SS playoffs) is at stake, as well.” Mater Dei’s win over HarvardWestlake moved the Crusaders into the No. 1 ranking in the CIFSS Division I poll on Monday. Harvard-Westlake is No. 2. Loyola is No. 3, Huntington Beach is No. 7 and Agoura is No. 7. In Division II, Dana Hills is No. 2 while Laguna Beach is No. 2 in Division III. All seven teams will compete this weekend in the North-South Challenge. The final entrant from Southern California is Cathedral Catholic, which was ranked No. 1 in the San Diego Section preseason poll after winning the section title last season. “It will be our most challenging weekend we will have all season,” said Kreutzkamp, whose team dropped an 18-5 decision to Harvard-Westlake in the second round of the S&R Sport Tournament two weekends ago. “It will give us a chance to see where we are at against the best teams in the nation.” The co-host Gators will open against Laguna Beach on Friday at 11 a.m. A victory likely means a date with Loyola at 4:25 p.m. Should SHP win twice on Friday, it probably will play Mater Dei in the first of two semifinals on Saturday at 11:20 a.m. The championship match is Saturday at 5:20 p.m. “Our first goal is try to get ourselves to the top 8 pool where the best of the best will be,” Kreutzkamp said. “I realize we may not be at that level yet, but I want to play them and see if we can get close to them. That is the best way to get ready for Bellarmine next Wednesday (Oct. 28) and the the CCS playoffs after that.” Also entered this weekend is Menlo School and Menlo-Atherton. Menlo and M-A both will open Friday at M-A. The Knights face Huntington Beach at noon with the Bears taking on HarvardWestlake at 2:10 p.m. In boys’ action this week: Sacred Heart Prep held on to a share of first place in the West Catholic Athletic League with a 16-4 romp over visiting Valley Christian. Junior Jackson Enright tallied four goals to pace the Gators (50, 12-3) with Andrew Churukian, Finn Banks, Michael Sonsini and CJ Box all tallying twice. In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo School took over sole possession of first place following

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Gunn, Castilleja heading to CCS golf as champs M-A girls clinch PAL Bay Division crown in tennis; Bears maintain one-match lead in league volleyball race by Keith Peters he Gunn and Castilleja golf teams will be heading back to the girls’ Central Coast Section Tournament just as they did last season — as league champions. Gunn put the finishing touches on its third straight Santa Clara Valley Athletic League title with a 244-345 dual-match win over Wilcox at Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club on Tuesday. Lucy Lamb shot a 5-over 41 to lead the Titans (12-1-1), who earned an automatic berth into the Central Coast Section Tournament on Nov. 3. Next up for Gunn will be the SCVAL Tournament next Tuesday at Santa Teresa GC in San Jose. The Titans will be looking for their third straight league tourney title, as well. Since starting the girls’ golf program four years ago, Gunn coach Chris Redfield has guided his teams to four league titles (including one in the BVAL), had three top-three at CCS, and three trips to NorCals. Senior Tiffany Yang, the lone player remaining from the first team, is a combined 49-2-1 in four years of league play. “This year, the SCVAL was very competitive, with four teams (Gunn, Paly, Lynbrook, and Los Gatos) all very evenly matched,” said Redfield. “The difference between these teams was razor thin and came down to who played their best golf on any given day. We were fortunate to play some of our best golf against the other contending teams. “The team is excited to have the chance to play in the CCS Championship again.” Palo Alto most likely will have to receive an at-large berth into the CCS tourney after finishing fourth in the SCVAL following a 191-200 dual-match win over Los Gatos at Palo Alto Municipal on Tuesday. Stephanie Yu shot an even-par 34 with a bogey on the first and a birdie on the fourth. The Vikings (9-4-1, 10-4-1) also got a 36 from Emily Hwang. Other scorers were Celia Willner (40), Jasmine Choi (40) and Elise Kiya (41). Meanwhile, Castilleja bounced back from its first loss of the season and wrapped up its second straight West Bay Athletic League dual-match title with a 204-219 victory over Harker at Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club on Wednesday. The latest crown, which earned the Gators an automatic berth into the CCS Tournament, is the third overall under head coach Donn Levine and assistant Jim Ono. Once again the Gators (8-1) rode the talents of their freshmen

T Maddy Johnston, Malaika Koshy

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SACRED HEART PREP Johnston, a junior, scored 13 goals in a 4-0 water polo week while Koshy, a senior, tallied 11 goals as they combined for more than half the Gators’ scoring against SI, Clovis North, Monte Vista and St. Francis (Sac.)

The junior running back rushed 21 times for a careerhigh 324 yards, scored all four touchdowns and had 400 total yards in a 31-10 PAL Bay Division win over Aragon that gave the Bears their third straight football victory.

Honorable mention Annalisa Crowe Menlo-Atherton cross country

Cate Desler Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

Abigail Pederson Menlo-Atherton golf

Julia Pham Gunn tennis

Sophie Siminoff Menlo golf

Lydia Tsai Gunn golf

RJ Babiera Menlo football

Justyn Cheung Palo Alto water polo

Calder Hilde-Jones Gunn water polo

Paul Jackson III Palo Alto football

Robert Miranda Menlo cross country

Mason Randall Sacred Heart Prep football * previous winner

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

a 20-4 romp over visiting Mills. Ben Wagner led the Knights (50, 10-8) with four goals with seniors James Thygesen and Chris Xi adding three. Menlo scored 11 goals in the first period. Menlo-Atherton, meanwhile, knocked previously unbeaten Woodside out of a share of the top spot with a 17-4 dunking in the Wildcats’ pool. Mostyn Fero scored seven goals for the Bears (4-1, 12-5), who share second place with Woodside. In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Gunn moved closer to wrapping up another regular-season title following an 11-4 win over host Los Altos. Seniors Calder Hilde-Jones (five goals) and Christian Znidarsic (four) paced the Titans (8-1, 12-5). Girls water polo Castilleja clinched no worse than a tie for its second straight PAL Bay Division title following a 16-4 romp over host Hillsdale on Wednesday. The Gators improved to 6-0 in league (10-4 overall) with one match remaining against host Woodside next Wednesday. Burlingame remained in second place

at 5-1 after a win on Wednesday. Woodside and M-A are tied for third at 4-2. Jenna Kotcher tallied four goals and Serena Rivera-Korver added three to pace Castilleja, which won its first-ever Bay Division crown last season. Goalie Georgia Lewis came up with 12 saves. Menlo-Atherton improved to 4-2 (6-9 overall) with a 4-3 win over host Woodside. Bears’ goalie Lauren McGinnis had 12 saves. In the WCAL, Sacred Heart Prep held on to first place with a 13-8 victory over host Valley Christian in San Jose. Junior Maddy Johnston tallied five goals for the Gators (5-0, 15-4). In the PAL Ocean Division, Menlo School improved to 10-0 in league with a dominating 18-2 dunking of host Capuchino on Tuesday. The Knights (13-6 overall) moved closer to clinching the division crown as Jane Zafran tallied five goals and Chloe Ebrahimian added four. In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Palo Alto got three goals from seniors Katie Francis and Gigi Rojahn in a 9-1 romp over Saratoga. The Vikings improved to 6-4 in league. Q

as Niav Layton (39), Alyssa Sales (39) and Divya Tadimeti (41) led the way. Next up is the WBAL Tournament next Wednesday at Poplar Creek Golf Course in San Mateo starting at 1 p.m. SHP (6-3) put itself in position for a possible second-place tie with Menlo by defeating host Notre Dame-San Jose, 194-231, at the par-34 Los Lagos GC in San Jose. Isabelle Chun led the Gators with a fine 35 with Maddy Ellison (37), Lauren von Thaden (30), Cami Steppe (41) and Sinead Haley (42) rounding out the scoring. Elsewhere, Menlo School wrapped up a 7-3 season in the WBAL with a 196-259 dualmatch victory over Mercy-Burlngame on Wednesday at Poplar Creek. The tone of the match was set early when Jessie Rong of Menlo eagled the par-5 first hole. She carded one more birdie on her way to medalist honors with a 36. Sophomore teammate Sophie Siminoff carded a solid 38 and Nicole Henderson finished strong to card a 40. A day earlier, Menlo posted a 195-220 win over host Notre Dame-San Jose at Los Lagos GC. Rong and Siminoff led the way as Rong earned medalist honors with an even-par 34, highlighted by a pair of birdies, and Siminoff was a stroke back at 35. Girls tennis Menlo-Atherton rolled over a depleted Carlmont squad, 7-0, on Tuesday in Belmont and wrapped up a second straight PAL Bay Division title. The Bears moved to 12-0 in league (16-4 overall) with two matches remaining. M-A swept the singles while dropping only seven games and received resistance only at No. 1 doubles where the M-A tandem of Julia Chang and Sally Carlson were pushed to a 7-5, 7-5 victory. M-A now has won 27 straight league dual matches since the end of the 2013 season. In the SCVAL El Camino Divison, Gunn remained tied for first place with Cupertino following a 6-1 dual-match victory over Wilcox. The Titans are 9-1 in league (15-3 overall) and share the top spot with the Pioneers (9-1 and 15-1), whose only loss is to Gunn as the teams split their head to head league matches. Girls volleyball Menlo-Atherton maintained its one-game lead over Carlmont in the PAL Bay Division race with a 25-9, 25-18, 24-26, 25-17 victory over host Hillsdale on Tuesday night. The Bears improved to 9-0 in league (16-6 overall). Q

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