Palo Alto Weekly December 4, 2015

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Undisclosed new-school proposal sparks dissent Role of superintendent, enrollment subcommittee criticized, defended

by Elena Kadvany

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n Tuesday, Nov. 10, early in a presentation of the Palo Alto school district’s Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC) to the school board, a PowerPoint slide appeared with the colorful logo of the XQ Super School Project, a new, $50 million

education initiative launched by Laurene Powell Jobs. The project’s tagline: “Rethink high school.”

The slide followed another that listed two preliminary recommendations of a subcommittee tasked with looking at enrollment at the middle and high school levels: The

first was to open a new, innovative secondary school or schools at Cubberley Community Center and the second to “form small learning communities within our existing middle and high schools by extending the pathways that are nascent today and rolling out ‘core teams’ or ‘house systems’ systemically.”

“Currently, there is a competition going to re-think high schools that’s been staged by a nationally, internationally known, locally based

large philanthropic organization promoting the use of student voice to innovate within high schools,” said Mark Romer, a member of the EMAC secondary subcommittee and parent in the district, referring to the XQ Super School Project.

“This is just one of many examples of rethinking high school that’s on the stage nationally,” he continued, also pointing to a White House Summit on Next Generation High Schools that had been

announced that very day. “We’re seeing that this is where the energy in the community is. High school is where the national conversation is.”

Absent from the rest of the presentation and subsequent board discussion on Nov. 10 was any mention of the fact that the EMAC secondary subcommittee’s five members, plus Superintendent Max McGee, were part of a larger (continued on page 8)

DEVELOPMENT

Council deals blow to contested downtown project Palo Alto officials agree to send 429 University Ave. back to the drawing board

by Gennady Sheyner he bitter tug-of-war be- while somewhat responsive to tween a developer looking the council’s direction, don’t go to construct a four-story nearly far enough in addressing building at 429 University Ave. some of its main concerns about and neighbors who say the pro- the proposed building’s mass, posal is too massive will extend scale and compatibility. It didn’t deep into next year after the help that the Historic Resources City Council voted unanimously Board generally agreed that the Monday for a fresh round of pub- project didn’t consider a broad lic hearings on the controversial enough area in determining the impact of the new building on project.

The council specifically di- historical structures downtown. rected the city’s Architectural Re- Nor that the Architectural Review Board to focus on portions view Board generally concluded of the zoning code that relate to that the revised design, while less what’s known as context compat- bold than its predecessor, is also ibility. This means comparing the more bland.

Then there was the continbuilding’s mass, scale and design to other buildings downtown, in- ued opposition from neighcluding the Victorian homes that bors, including shopkeepers on populate Kipling Street, which Kipling who argued that the 31,000-square-foot building intersects University.

Proposed by property own- would overshadow their busiers Elizabeth and Jaime Wong nesses and damage the character in 2013, the discussion of 429 of their block.

Michael Harbour, a doctor University Ave. has gradually morphed into a proxy battle in whose office is on Kipling, once a broader debate over down- again led the charge. Harbour, town development. The proposed whose appeal triggered the counbuilding would replace a pair of cil’s review of the project in May, one-story buildings, including the argued Monday that the revised one that until recently housed the design amounts to “the same colossal building and footprint on boutique shop Shady Lane.

After securing the approval the narrowest street in downtown of city staff earlier this year, Palo Alto.”

“The new building is not comthe project faced a citizen appeal and ended up in front of the patible,” he said. “The only thing City Council. In May, the council that was done here was the third voted 5-4 to request fresh reviews and fourth floors were moved to in front of the city’s Historic Re- the rear of the building and shiftsources and Architectural Review ed all the massing there.”

The design has, however, boards.

Six months later, the feedback changed in several ways from the was generally the same. The (continued on page 13) council agreed that the changes,

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Third-grader Mia Reynaga, right, gets help from Adilene Jaimes, a student at Eastside Preparatory School, as fellow tutor Vanessa Velazquez helps Kate Gonzalez, center, and Brianna Garcia helps Zeenat Dhillon at the Girls to Women after-school tutoring program on Dec. 2.

HOLIDAY FUND

East Palo Alto organization helps girls transition to womanhood Girls explore life options through mentoring, academic program

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our years ago, Hannah Cervantes didn’t enjoy speaking in front of her class. Now a sixth-grader at Terman Middle School in Palo Alto, Hannah, 11, is rubbing shoulders with presidential candidates and exudes confidence and independence, according to her father, Charlie Cervantes.

With the help of Girls to Women, a tax-exempt youthdevelopment organization, Hannah is well on her way to achieving her goal of becoming a veterinarian. She is reading 250-page books in a matter of a few hours, winning schoolwide art competitions, and, on occasion, helping her little brother,

by Muna Sadek Chuck, with his homework. In November, Hannah was among a small group of girls selected to meet Hillary Clinton at a Los Altos fundraiser.

G i rls to Women caters to girls ages 6 to 14 years and their families, offering homework assistance, mentoring, science and technology education, extracurricular activities and referrals to social services. Since 2007, Girls to Women has served nearly 800 girls in the East Palo Alto area.

The organization was born out

of a need of single mothers for after-school program for their daughters, according to founder, executive director and former city Mayor Patricia Foster.

“I could see the benefit, knowing the issues in East Palo Alto,” said Foster, a resident since 1980.

Charlie Cervantes heard about Girls to Women through word of mouth and said Hannah has found in it a community of girls her age as well as youngadult mentors. Volunteers work to tailor lessons and teaching methods to the interests and personality of the child, he said. (continued on page 12)

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We want to be data-driven.

Cory Wolbach, Palo Alto City Councilman, on pursuing long-term studies on Palo Alto’s aquifers.

See story on page 7.

Around Town

SUPERINTENDENT’S WEBINAR ... Palo Alto Unified Superintendent Max McGee hosted his first-ever webinar on Tuesday night to reflect on 2015 and look forward to the new year. Though the video-conference platform that the webinar was held on could accommodate up to 500 viewers, the peak number of viewers reached, according to Chief Technology Officer Derek Moore, was 51. McGee kicked off the show with a photograph of his family at Thanksgiving, the district’s vision statement and an encouragement for readers to send in questions (only four came in during the hourlong webinar). McGee also began with his top “highlights” from 2015: the work of his Minority Achievement and Talent Development committee; Gunn High School’s shift to a new block schedule; the elementary schools’ participation in Columbia University Teacher’s College Reading & Writing Project; the now-required use of Schoology; and a new survey that all students will take at the end of every semester to provide more direct and ongoing feedback to teachers.

McGee then turned to 2016, looking forward to six ambitious, high-level goals adopted by the board during the last school year, from increasing personalized learning to supporting student mental health. District staff also answered questions about a range of topics, from facilities construction to a review of the district’s special-education services that is currently underway to the district’s relationship with the teachers’ union. Last, but not least, were “Mother McGee’s helpful hints” for the remaining weeks of 2015 — tips, McGee said, that his own mother once imparted to him: choose to have a good day, “be quick to forgive and less quick to judge” and find a way to serve someone else. If you missed the inaugural webinar, don’t despair.

There will be more in 2016.

NEW FRONTIER ... The historic Palo Alto High School journalism program is seeking to bring its history into the 21st century — and centuries to come — by digitizing 120 years of coverage. “Palo Alto High School students have been telling the story of Palo Alto and the Silicon Valley for over 120 years through its publications The Madrono, Campanile, Verde, Viking, C Magazine and Proof,” a description of the digitization

project reads. “Digitization will help to preserve this rich and informative archive for future generations of students.” The program hopes to launch a digital database and website that will “enable students, teachers, alumni and other interested readers and scholars to access and use its contents.” Such a project comes with a large price tag, so the program has launched an Indiegogo Generosity campaign to raise a total of $60,000 to match a donation from the Brin Wojcicki Foundation. (The foundation, which has made donations previously, is led by Google cofounder Sergey Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, the daughter of longtime Paly journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki.) The Brin Wojcicki Foundation will match the first $50,000 donated. Paly hopes to fund the project by the end of 2015 to enable the archive to “be fully up and running just in time for the Campanile’s centennial in 2018,” the Indiegogo page reads. To donate, go to bit.ly/1NssBTN. IN THE TRENCHES ... “In God we trust, and everything else we check,” State Sen. Jerry Hill said when discussing California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project. Hill, whose district covers large swaths of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, was in Palo Alto on Nov. 16 to brief the City Council on his latest legislative efforts and the latest news on the rail line. At the top of the city’s priority list is grade separation (an underpass or overpass).

The council has for years been advocating for a train trench as an ideal alternative to achieve grade separation and prevent the traffic congestion that would inevitably occur as a result of more trains.

While current plans for the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles line don’t include grade separation in the Peninsula area, Hill indicated that the California High Speed Rail Authority remains open to the idea. A few weeks ago, Hill and Palo Alto Councilman Pat Burt had a meeting with the rail authority’s board chair, Dan Richard. Burt said he and Hill received “constructive responses” from Richard, who agreed to have subsequent meetings with the city about grade separation. “We both agreed that even if high-speed rail didn’t come to the Peninsula, the eventuality, with the additional use of Caltrain, will drive that anyway,” Burt said.

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Palo Alto prepares to plumb the mysteries of groundwater Spurred by citizen complaints, city looks at revising rules, pursuing studies to better understand impacts of ‘dewatering’

by Gennady Sheyner

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he millions of gallons of water that have been pumped out of Palo Alto sites this year and sent toward the city’s storm drains have historically been viewed as a byproduct of basement construction, rather than a valuable resource going to waste.

But with the drought now in its fourth year and residents increasingly raising flags about groundwater pumping, known as “dewatering,” the city is preparing to institute new requirements around the practice as well as to pursue studies in an attempt to plumb the mysteries of this hid-

den water source.

In its first discussion of a topic that has rattled the residents of Old Palo Alto, Crescent Park, Community Center and other neighborhoods where the practice of dewatering occurs, the City Council’s Policy and Services Committee tentatively endorsed on Tuesday a list of shortterm reforms proposed by staff to address the issue and added a list of other, more ambitious, initiatives.

These include requiring contractors to analyze and limit the impacts of dewatering; exploring new fees to capture the

value of the discharged water; finding new uses for the water that’s pumped out; and pursuing a long-term study focusing on best practices for groundwater.

Dewatering has become a bigger issue this year in Palo Alto, with more residents buying up properties, tearing down houses and building bigger ones, often with large basements. Whereas a decade ago, the city issued between five and 10 dewatering permits per year, this year the number was 14. In 13 of these cases, the homeowner was building a second story in addition to the new basement, according to

Public Works staff.

Signifying the rising level of concern, close to 50 residents attended the hearing for what was mostly a technical discussion about the complex topic. More than a dozen, including those affiliated with the new group Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater, addressed the council to request a moratorium on dewatering permits and more studies about the impact of basement construction on the city’s water supply, nearby homes and trees. Many argued that allowing the water from construction sites to flow freely into storm drains (and, ultimately, into San Francisco Bay) sends the wrong message about the value of the water.

“It is important to remember that this groundwater serves as an emergency water system for Palo Alto,” said Rita Vrhel, a member of the citizens group.

“Even though it’s not potable at this time, it could be treated, and in a period of continued drought, it could be a significant resource to us all.”

Former Mayor Peter Drek-

meier told the committee that under the city’s present system, the water being pumped from basements is “seen as a problem versus a resource.”

Keith Bennett, a resident of Old Palo Alto who spearheaded the formation of Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater, also argued that water should not be treated as a mere byproduct of construction.

“Whether potable or not potable, this water is clearly usable for irrigation,” Bennett said. “It should be managed as a valuable resource.”

Skip Shapiro drew applause from the audience after suggesting that the committee consider zoning laws that would simply restrict basement construction in areas where groundwater needs to be pumped.

“If (someone is) building basements in residential areas where dewatering is required, perhaps that’s not an appropriate place to add basements,” Shapiro said.

The council had commissioned studies on the topic in the (continued on page 14)

NEIGHBORHOODS

Palo Alto house destroyed in rapidly spreading blaze

by Gennady Sheyner, Jocelyn Dong and My Nguyen very little would be salvaged.

Because the famously airy homes developed by Joseph Eichler typically have wood-panel walls and lack sheetrock or other insulating materials, they tend to catch fire quickly, firefighters said.

The large quantity of books and other materials inside the house enabled the quick spread of the flames. By the time firefighters arrived at the scene just minutes after the 911 call, they were welcomed by 20-foot-tall flames.

Fire officials briefly evacuated surrounding houses, and a few neighbors milled about on the street watching as fire, police, utilities and other personnel addressed the incident. Utility officials also shut off gas service for about 30 customers in the area.

Police closed Bryant and Redwood Circle in the neighborhood while firefighters battled the blaze, which they were able to fully suppress by about 11:45 a.m.

Standing with friends outside of the home he’s lived in since 1978, Martin surveyed his situation.

“Life is over. Everything I own is up in flames. A lifetime of work and over 1,000 books, which probably contributed to this,” Martin, who is retired, said somberly.

As firefighters sprayed foam onto the burnt structure to help the wood absorb water, Martin said he didn’t know where he would go.

The American Red Cross was expected to arrive to help Martin,

Capriles said around noon. Fire crews were expected to remain on the scene for a few hours to ensure that all embers had been put out, potentially flammable material had been removed and the area was safe, she said. Q

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An Eichler house in Palo Alto’s Fairmeadow neighborhood is engulfed in flames as firefighters arrive on the scene the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 2.

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alo Alto firefighters on Wednesday morning knocked back a two-alarm house fire on the 3600 block of Bryant Street, though not before the flames completely engulfed the midcentury Eichler home, sending up a cloud of smoke that was visible for miles.

The resident of the brown, single-story house at the corner of Redwood Circle and Bryant, Wayne Martin, said he awoke to the smell of smoke and saw an extension cord to his bedroom on fire. He was able to escape immediately.

“It’s an Eichler, so I have a door out of my bedroom,” said Martin, who added that he is physically uninjured.

Firefighters were dispatched to the “fully engulfed fire” at 10:44 a.m., according to radio dispatches. By the time they got to the scene, the flames had spread to other rooms.

Firefighters initially fought flames on the exterior of the house, deeming it dangerous to enter the interior. Some electrical lines fell in the back of the home, Deputy Chief Catherine Capriles said.

By 11:30 a.m., the giant black cloud of smoke billowing up from the house was drastically reduced as firefighters hosed down the building. Firefighters then went inside the house to check for and remove flammable objects.

It didn’t take long, however, for fire officials to determine that

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community group developing a detailed proposal for a Palo Alto Unified middle and high school to submit to the XQ competition.

The chair of the secondary subcommittee, Joe Lee, later told the Weekly that this omission was not intentional, and Romer said that the group assumed McGee would inform the school board.

“We did not feel it was our role or responsibility to do so,” Romer said.

However, the lack of public disclosure about the XQ application has created concern in the community over the past few weeks that there has been an inappropriate drive by a small cadre of community members toward opening a new school before the idea has even gone through the proper, democratic channels necessitated in a public school district. What’s more, the involvement of the district superintendent in these efforts, and the lack of transparency over the exact nature of his actions, has raised questions as to whether he’s been acting as a helpful facilitator to interested community members or an advocate for a radical new idea in a way that oversteps his role.

The XQ application, submitted on Nov. 14, only became public five days later when posted to a recently created Facebook page, “Palo Alto Supports a New 6-12 Public School.” Screenshots of the application were posted in an

album with the message, “We intend the new Palo Alto School to be part of the national movement to innovate secondary education.”

“Our goal is to start a radically innovative school within a highperforming district and develop a blueprint for how we might bring innovation to Palo Alto Unified’s more than 12,000 students and beyond,” the “Wayfinder School” concept submission begins. “Our opportunity and challenge is to bring a purpose-based, personalized high school experience to a conventionally ‘high achieving’ district, and to do it as part of the district (not a charter) to benefit both marginalized students in the district as well as so called ‘high achievers.’”

Later the application states, “With the unbelievable collection of resources in Palo Alto and Silicon Valley, we see founding this school as more than a ‘the next cool thing’ in Silicon Valley, but as a moral obligation.”

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ow the XQ application came to be — and whether it overlapped with the work of the district’s enrollment committee — has been at the center of speculation and debate.

After word of the XQ application began to spread in late November, some school board members expressed concern about the timing of the application — before EMAC had presented its final recommendations to the board or gained board approval. Several board members said they heard about it first from

Corrections

The Nov. 20 article, “Pressing ahead with the gender revolution,” incorrectly stated who runs the Stanford University Faculty Diversity Initiative and Faculty Incentive Fund. These programs are part of the provost’s office. The Nov. 27 article, “Invites for all,” incorrectly stated the last name of Julianne Francis. The Nov. 27 story, “Council set to rule on divisive downtown development,” incorrectly credited a rendering for 429 University Ave. The project architect is Jim Trotter. The Weekly regrets the errors. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

community members, then in a Nov. 20 “Weekly” message from McGee. Trustee Terry Godfrey called the application “premature and a distraction.”

“It’s really outside our process,” she told the Weekly. “We’re discussing process of enrollment management, not the process of creating a whole different school.

That might come out of enrollment management but that’s a little bit of the cart before the horse.”

To board President Melissa Baten Caswell, typical district processes went awry.

“If we had followed the process, I would have expected it to be handled differently,” she said. “The board would have been aware of this. If they wanted to do this, we would have been able to give some guidance on whether it was appropriate or not appropriate.”

The application’s airing also fanned the flames of some internal conflict within the enrollment committee. Todd Collins, chair of the elementary subcommittee, who publicly challenged the secondary group’s analysis and findings at a Nov. 10 board meeting, posted online this week an open letter to the board to express concern about the integrity of proposals from a group associated with the Wayfinder School concept and XQ application. Collins’ letter is from about a dozen “community leaders, teachers, administrators, parents, and students coming together for a single purpose — to urge the PAUSD Board to create an inclusive and impartial citizens advisory committee for improving our secondary schools.” The group behind the letter is seeking signatures of support to be included in the board’s packet for its Dec. 8 meeting.

“We are concerned about issues that have come to light about the EMAC’s composition, analysis, and impartiality,” the letter reads.

“With a majority of the secondary subcommittee identified as ‘Team Members’ promoting a specific new school proposal, it is impossible for the Board to rely on the group’s objectivity and impartiality.”

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he idea for a new school has actually been gathering steam for most of this year — with the full knowledge of McGee, who’s lent his support to enthusiasts of the concept.

Romer said he first heard mention of this potential school from the superintendent in late April following a screening of the documentary “Most Likely to Succeed” at Gunn High School. (The film focuses on High Tech High, a public charter high school in San Diego.)

This film showing had been organized by members of a PAUSD parent-education committee, also with the help of Kevin Efrusy, a Palo Alto resident and partner at Accel, and his wife, Molly Efrusy, president and co-founder of the Efrusy Family Foundation. Molly is also a national advisory board member for the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University.

An overflow audience polled afterwards indicated overwhelming support for opening a new school in Palo Alto. Eighty-three percent of respondents said they would “probably or definitely” attend (either as a teacher, student or a parent sending their child) a new school in the district modeled after High Tech High.

McGee took notice. The next night, he sent an email to several people who organized the screening (including Romer and his wife as well as the Efrusys) and others who participated in a panel afterwards stating that he wanted to show the film to his Minority Achievement Talent Development committee, members of his leadership team and “all members of my Enrollment

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Management Advisory Committee, who I hope will be recommending opening of a new school.”

The EMAC’s first meeting, in fact, was only the week prior, on April 20. It had begun with the charge “to prepare multiple, strategic, evidence-based, actionable recommendations that will enable the district to design, develop, and implement short- and long-term plans for accommodating projected PAUSD enrollment consistent with PAUSD educational standards.”

In late May and early June, Romer said he participated in brainstorming sessions at the Stanford University d.school to create a set of cards promoting the Wayfinder School concept. (One of the cards reads: “What if ... Palo Alto harnessed the creative horsepower of our community and crafted a radically new school that became an innovation hub for public education?”)

Romer said McGee was aware of these sessions, but did not attend any that Romer did. Romer said he and the Efrusys eventually showed McGee the cards on June 11.

McGee told the Weekly he “thought they were terrific.” He then shared copies of the cards with the school board at a June 17 retreat, briefly mentioning the Wayfinder concept and a desire to take advantage of Cubberley as part of a discussion of board goals for the 2015-16 year. He also shared the cards with the Palo Alto Council of PTAs, administrators and others throughout the summer, he said.

That June, McGee also asked Romer and the Efrusys to present the Wayfinder concept to the entire enrollment management committee, along with district leadership. Several secondary-school principals attended. The goal, the presenters said, was to open a 6-12 school at Cubberley by the fall of 2017, according to district minutes from the June 15 meeting.

Upfront Romer, who was not initially a member of the EMAC, attended the group’s next meeting on June 29 to talk further about the Wayfinder concept — at McGee’s request, he said. McGee opened the meeting by explaining the “confluence of events” that had led to the creation of EMAC in April: rising enrollment, particularly at the middle schools; a “renewed emphasis” on student mental health and wellness; the groundswell of support for a progressive school indicated at the “Most Likely to Succeed” screening; “competition from other innovative programs” and an “appetite for innovative schools.”

“All these events kind of came together and intrigued me enough to meet with Mark, some folks from the d.school, Carol Dweck at Stanford, some potential funders ... to think of a big vision for what a new school would look like,” McGee said. He and Romer both said the d.school would provide a fellow to work with the district to design a new school.

The enthusiasm for an innovative new school was not universally embraced, however. At that June 29 meeting, other EMAC members questioned whether this was the charge of their group of 11 parent volunteers. They also cautioned against opening a new, small school that would benefit only a few families in the district and leave the majority of students in schools still too large.

EMAC member Todd Collins suggested that the topic of a new, innovative school is “in some ways too important for this committee” and would require an entirely separate committee’s attention.

“It would be presumptive in some ways to say, ‘Let’s create a new school and the new school should look like this,’” Collins said.

Diane Reklis, EMAC co-chair and former school board member, said, “It’s important to discuss if we’re the right committee to do this work.”

But, she added later, whatever they recommend, “It has to be big. ... We’re tired of Band-Aids. We aren’t a great district when we just have Band-Aids that are obscuring the light of the lighthouse.

We’ve been doing Band-Aids since I can remember.”

Others agreed. Wendy Ho told the group: “One of the reasons I applied to the committee was because I thought we’d be doing something different, big, creative.”

The idea that the EMAC might explore the possibility of a new school didn’t sit well with at least one school board member. On June 30, Caswell, in response to an email from McGee recapping the June 29 meeting, expressed disagreement with looking at what she called a long-term solution instead of focusing on problem identification and more immediate solutions.

“I have heard concerns from the community about the role of this committee,” she wrote. “There are basic problems in the short to medium term that we need solved quickly around basic capacity issues, availability of classrooms/

Who worked on the XQ application?

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he “Wayfinder School” concept submission to the XQ Super School Project was completed on Nov. 14, weeks before the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC) was set to make its final recommendations to the school board, but after the group’s secondary subcommittee first publicly presented its preliminary proposal that the district open a progressive 6-12 school at Cubberley Community Center.

That proposal, made to the school board on Oct. 26, caught the attention of Palo Alto resident and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, EMAC members and Superintendent Max McGee said.

McGee said that Powell Jobs contacted Jo Boaler, a Stanford Graduate School of Education professor and math-education expert, the next day to express her interest in having a group submit an application to the XQ Super School Project, a national competition to design and build innovative public high schools. Run through Powell Jobs’ Oakland-based nonprofit, the Emerson Collective, the XQ project will award $10 million to five or more winning applicants in August 2016.

Boaler passed the message along to McGee, who connected Boaler with the EMAC secondary subcommittee members via email. McGee “urged” the subcommittee to work on an application with Boaler, along with education experts from the Stanford University Institute of Design, or d.school, and several other Palo Alto parents, said Mark Romer, an EMAC secondary subcommittee member who helped to write and submit the XQ application.

McGee wrote in an email to the Weekly that he told Boaler, “I thought it was a good idea if they wanted to pursue it because IF something were to transpire at Cubberley perhaps we could be eligible for an award.”

The XQ application indicates there are 16 “current team” members, with photos of several of them appearing, including of McGee, Romer and the following: • Diane Reklis, EMAC cochair and secondary subcommittee member; former PAUSD board member • Joe Lee, EMAC secondary subcommittee chair and Palo Alto parent buildings, how to deal with the new kids coming in from Stanford new construction, what to do about our large and growing middle school population, the large waiting lists for some of our choice programs and how much annual operating budget we feasibly have to solve these issues. Do you feel the committee has a clear enough charter and capacity to make recommendations on this?”

“It is really important that we

by Elena Kadvany • Sara Woodham, Palo Alto parent and co-chair of Parent Advocates for Student Success (PASS) • Patrick Cook-Deegan, lecturer and education innovation fellow the Stanford d.school • Kevin Efrusy, a Palo Alto resident and partner at Accel • Molly Efrusy, wife of Kevin, president and co-founder of the Efrusy Family Foundation, also a national advisory board member for the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University • Kelly Schmutte, experiment designer at the Stanford d.school and lecturer in the mechanicalengineering design department • Susie Wise, Stanford d.school K-12 Lab director and co-founder of the Urban Montessori Charter School in Oakland Romer said that he was aware of the XQ competition — it was announced in early September, five months into the EMAC’s work — but that “there was no plan to complete the XQ submission until Superintendent McGee reached out on the 27th (of October).” McGee said he also became aware of the competition at the end of September “from some parents who thought it might be worth pursuing, but (I) did not encourage or discourage them.”

Members of the EMAC secondary subcommittee told the Weekly they saw the XQ initiative as a million-dollar opportunity with no strings attached — at this early stage of the competition, it did not bind the district to anything, they said.

They said they were also operating under the impression that an initial concept submission was due by Nov. 15, though the official application deadline is Feb. 1, 2016. (The Nov. 15 deadline was an “opportunity to receive feedback,” the XQ website states, and submitting an application after that date would not have disqualified it in any way.)

“The XQ application is a placeholder concept submission and does not commit the district to build a school, or place any other obligations on the district,” Romer told the Weekly. “There is no downside — and potentially a lot of upside — in the event that the school board approves a design task force. So I applaud

solve the short term looming problems,” she wrote, “before we move those problem-solving resources to long-term visionary planning.”

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he EMAC’s secondary subcommittee members today worry that the subtlety and evolution of their recommendations have been lost in the brouhaha over the potential of a new school in Palo Alto and McGee’s role.

Subcommittee chair Lee wrote

the initiative of the more than 15 members of our community who — with the blessing of Dr. McGee — were willing to volunteer their time to submit the concept and generate this option value in the form of non-taxpayer dollars for our community.”

Lee said the potential funding seemed like a “pot of gold,” and just one of many private funding sources the district should consider for a potential new school.

In a Nov. 20 memo, McGee disclosed the XQ application to the school board for the first time (though several board members said they heard about it first from community members), describing it as a “placeholder for potential funding for a new school project.” He wrote that a “local team was assembled with PAUSD parents, Stanford faculty, and d.school representatives to submit a concept plan that was due by November 15. A d.school fellow wrote the proposal in conjunction with the committee, and asked me to comment on the first draft, which I did.

“Clearly, if the Board were to approve a Design Task Force (DTF) as the draft recommendations of the Secondary Subcommittee of EMAC shared last week, the DTF could drawn upon this preliminary work of this committee ... or not,” McGee wrote.

McGee said in an interview with the Weekly that his involvement in the writing of the application was minimal. He called into what other EMAC members said was a “kickoff” meeting on Nov. 4 — organized by Romer and held at the d.school to plan the writing of the XQ application — from the East Coast for about five minutes to talk about “preparing students for careers that don’t exist, the importance of ‘purpose, meaning, and joy’ in student learning ... and the preliminary success of AAR (Advanced Authentic Research project) as an indicator of student interest in project-based learning.”

He said he wasn’t sure who was on the phone or in the room besides “some folks from the d.school involved and others from Stanford and some interested parents,” though Romer said that before the meeting, McGee suggested he contact several parents who he thought would be in an email to the Weekly that his team saw — and still sees — the XQ application as “a completely separate and orthogonal process to the mainline EMAC workstream — that is, a quick submission due

by Nov. 15 to preserve our option value for non-taxpayer money if the Board chose to go down that road.”

Committee members have repeatedly emphasized that they are not asking the board to approve the opening of a new school, but

important to include in the conversation. At least one of those parents, Sara Woodham, participated in the application process.

Others present on Nov. 4 said that McGee kicked off the meeting over the phone, setting the objective and context for the group.

Over the summer, McGee said he had worked with Kevin Efrusy and others to write a four-page description of what a new school might look like. Participants at the Nov. 4 meeting said that they agreed, with McGee, that that document would serve as the starting point for the XQ application. McGee told the Weekly he “didn’t know how Kevin (Efrusy) used it (the four-page document)” and that “if they used it, it wasn’t at my direction.”

Several days after the Nov. 4 meeting, McGee said Romer asked him to review a first draft of the concept submission. He “read it in fits and starts during a busy day” on Nov. 12 and then gave further feedback over the phone during intermission at a high school play that evening, he said.

“I just gave him a few big picture ideas because it was not my application and was not my role to wordsmith what this independent group wrote,” McGee said.

The next day, he summarized these ideas in a one-page note, added two pages of “important literature” and data he thought the group should include in the application. He said he told Romer he did not need to see the final submission because “it was their work, not mine, but given that the concept proposal was for a public school and NOT a charter school or private school, I thought it was important to have some knowledge of what they were doing and provide some big ideas that they might consider.”

“Again, I played a minor part,” McGee said in a previous interview. “I thought I would contribute a couple thoughts, which is what I did. I’m sorry if it looks bad to folks in the community, if they think I was involved in authoring (it) ... I can see both sides of this. Some people say, ‘That’s your job as a superintendent, to support grants,’ and others say, ‘You shouldn’t get too far out in front of this.’

“I think it’s best to stay above the fray and be neutral and objective,” he said.

McGee has since asked that his name be removed from the XQ application, he told the Weekly. Q instead the creation of a design task force. This group, made up of a more diverse set of stakeholders (including students and educators) than the 11 parents on the current enrollment committee, would be better suited to the task of delving deeper into the details, such as curriculum and pedagogy, of a potential new secondary school, they said. (continued on page 11)

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News Digest Two-story homes banned in Greer Park North Palo Alto officials agreed early Tuesday morning to ban two-story homes in the Greer Park North neighborhood.

By a unanimous vote, the City Council agreed to support the request from residents for a “single-story overlay,” a zoning designation that prohibits two-story homes in Eicher neighborhoods where more than 70 percent of the residents support the restriction.

The residents of Greer Park North, an Eichler-style enclave that includes Metro and Moffett circles and portions of Greer Road and Amarillo Avenue, met this criterion and, as a result, became the latest community to join the emerging trend.

The council’s vote came about a month after members supported a similar request from the Los Arboles neighborhood. In each case, proponents of the overlay argued that a ban on two-story homes would help preserve the Eichler character of their neighborhoods, which are marked by clusters of short, glass-heavy houses.

In each case, they argued that taller homes would destroy the Eichler vibe and allow residents of the new taller homes to peer from above into neighbors’ backyards and bedrooms. In each case, the City Council unanimously agreed. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Palo Alto Police Department installs drug disposal container Palo Alto residents have another place to safely dispose of unused, expired or unwanted prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications.

A new medication disposal bin has been installed in the lobby of the Palo Alto Police Department, located at 275 Forest Ave. in downtown.

The lobby is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No paperwork or identification is required, and there is no fee for disposal, according to a press release from the police department.

Residents can dispose of any type of medication, including prescription drugs that are considered to be “controlled substances” like pain medicine. Loose pills should be put into a Ziploc plastic bag. Those already in blister packaging don’t need to be removed from the packaging and can be deposited directly into the bin. Liquid medication and ointments can also be deposited directly into the bin.

Syringes, needles and other skin-puncturing devices cannot be disposed of at this location, police said.

The disposal bin was installed earlier this fall as part of a regional effort of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the California Product Stewardship Council, the City of San Jose, the County of Santa Clara, and the City of Palo Alto for their “Don’t Rush to Flush” campaign. The campaign, which launched in 2013, encourages residents to stop flushing unwanted medication so as to protect water quality and public health.

For more information, visit dontrushtoflush.org. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

Bomb squad detonates grenade at Stanford Research Park A building at Stanford Research Park was evacuated Monday, Nov. 30, after a construction crew discovered a hand grenade while digging at the site, triggering a response from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad.

After closing the street, the bomb squad conducted a controlled detonation of the device, according to the Palo Alto Police Department.

Police and fire officials learned about the suspicious object at about 1:30 p.m., when they received a report about the discovery at 3145 Porter Drive, a site that is owned by Stanford University and houses Stanford’s procurement office.

The procurement building was evacuated Monday as a “precautionary measure,” according to the police department.

Police said the grenade was found by a landscaping worker who had been digging a trench in the soil. The worker reportedly found what the police called a “strange object” about 4 feet underground. The worker then picked up the object and, realizing it could be dangerous, “hastily tossed the grenade away,” according to a press release from the police department. The grenade landed in an open area near Porter Drive.

According to the police, the device was determined by the county bomb squad to be an old fragmentation grenade that was “extremely decomposed.”

After the squad destroyed the grenade with a single detonation, members determined that it had been inert and had not contained any explosive material, police said.

While the origins of the grenade are unknown, police noted that Camp Fremont, a U.S. Army post, was located in the same general area between 1917 and 1920. Q — Gennady Sheyner LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com Page 10 • December 4, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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They are also recommending what they repeatedly describe as a “both, and” approach so as to not leave the current secondary schools behind. If approved, the design task force would also be tasked with investigating and recommending what reforms are most needed at the district’s existing middle and high schools.

Yet community members, and even a fellow EMAC member, have questioned the efficacy of the secondary subcommittee’s “both, and” approach. If the process to open an exciting — and costly — new school is approved, will the existing schools really get the attention they deserve?

Collins spoke during open forum at the Nov. 10 board meeting to challenge the secondary group’s data analysis — particularly that the district’s secondary schools are too large — and recommendations.

“But so what, right? There’s a school of thought that even if their recommendation is completely wrong, what’s the worst thing that can happen?” Collins said. “We build a new school. Capital costs are viewed by many people as practically free. We’re told that there are donors waiting in the wings to fund part or all of a new school.

So why would anybody be against

building a new, innovative school?

“I actually think a lot is at stake,” he continued. “We are not a district that’s light on its feet. We spent three years debating the school calendar. The decision to open a new secondary school, the bond to fund it, the design of the building, choice versus neighborhood enrollment, the impact of traffic — not to mention, that’s even before you get to the new educational program that would be there. This program would consume our complete attention for the entire next five to seven years, plus in turn, our entire current budget surplus for every year thereafter.”

Collins later sent the board a 16page report detailing his critiques of the secondary group’s analysis and findings. He followed that with the open letter to the school board — for which Collins is currently collecting signatures — in which he writes that the secondary group’s involvement in the XQ proposal makes it “impossible for the Board to rely on the group’s objectivity and impartiality.”

Lee rebuffs assumptions that his subcommittee had “some pre-ordained nefarious motive” in submitting the XQ application as “absurd and simply is not true,” he said.

“It seems that some folks are so keen to derail even the POSSIBILITY of investing in new PAUSD secondary schools that they are claiming to see shadows where there are exactly none,”

Lee wrote in an email. “I see a lot of rushing to judgment and prematurely girding for battle when the only ‘ask’ from the EMAC secondary team is for the board to kick off a design task force, who should be commissioned to continue the work EMAC-SSS (secondary schools subcommittee) has started on the ‘why’ by investigating the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ ... so that the Board can be ready to make a set of go/no-go decisions by summer 2016.”

Last week, McGee decided to cancel a town hall meeting on the entire enrollment committee’s recommendations scheduled for Nov. 30, citing new survey data that needed to be analyzed. He also postponed the delivery of the EMAC’s final report to the board, originally scheduled for Dec. 8, to Jan. 12.

He wrote in a Nov. 23 message to the board that “EMAC still has much work to do prior to issuing their final report, and they have not yet finalized either the scenarios or recommendations in this report.” The committee will meet twice before making these final recommendations, on Monday, Dec. 14, and Monday, Jan. 4, at the district office.

“Please note,” McGee continued, “that I have not finalized my recommendations and will not do so until I have had the opportunity to evaluate pros and cons, fully understand costs and benefits, listen to community members,

and ultimately recommend what I believe will be in the best short and long term interest of our current and future students, families, faculty and staff, and taxpayers.”

McGee said he was “without a doubt” an objective, neutral participant in the EMAC process.

Romer — whose involvement in the schools had previously been minimal beyond his own children — told the Weekly said McGee’s willingness to connect outside efforts with district processes is something to be lauded, not questioned.

“The overriding theme that connects Wayfinder, EMAC and XQ

is that Max wanted to have the debate inside the proper channels of the district, rather than outside the process. Personally, I view that as a very positive sign of Max’s leadership,” he said. “He has at every turn welcomed outside ideas and connected them with in-district processes and people. My sense is that he has always been neutral on the outcome, not championing the idea of a new school, but he has been inclusive in the process and guided the conversation within the district’s processes.” Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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“The methods and techniques that the staff use are way more effective than mine,” he said.

“They gave her different options (for) solving the problems.”

The organization currently serves about 60 girls a year, the majority of whom are low-income and of Hispanic, African-American or Pacific Islander descent.

Foster said many volunteers and staff members attend area schools, such as Eastside College Preparatory and University of San Francisco. Additionally, many are of the same ethnic and cultural backgrounds as the girls, which helps greatly, Foster added.

“Our girls are mainly Latinas,” Foster said. “When they have a tutor who is of the same walk of life, people they can relate to ... (it) makes a world of difference to them. They feel connected to them almost instantly.”

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ily on after-school homework assistance, but it is also part of the MAGIC (More Active Girls in Computing) mentoring program, which aims to teach girls relevant skills in computing and technology. Once a week for an hour for part of the year, girls are paired with mentors who work individually with the girls.

“Hannah can master the computer better than I can, and I work in an office,” Charlie Cervantes said.

“She’s shown me some tricks.”

Foster explained that many people still hold the misconception that engineering and computer science are not options for girls. Girls to Women’s educational programs aim to change that thinking.

“When I think of my upbringing there was never a chance in the world for me to be an engineer. But my brother is an engineer,” Foster said. “(We) bring out an engineer to work with the girls. ... The girls work on a science project of their own choice.”

The girls also learned Web design, blogging, and coding two weeks out of the summer.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss the two hotels proposed for 744-750 San Antonio Road and adopt an ordinance amending numerous sections of the Municipal Code, including building and zoning regulations. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 7, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission will receive an update on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will discuss enrollment projections, a new Business Entrepreneurship and Math program at Gunn High School, the matrix and charge for the board’s review policy committee, new board policies, and the submission of Gunn’s Central Building project design. The board will take action on a new policy to support transgender and gender non-conforming students; acceptance of the middle schools’ annual Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA); and the first interim financial report. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, in the board room at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council will meet in a closed session to discuss the status of the city’s negotiations with the police and fire unions; the Service Employees International Union, Local 521; and the Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto. The council will also discuss the Natural Environment, Safety, and Business and Economics chapters of the Comprehensive Plan as part of the process of updating the plan. The closed session will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at City Hall. The Comprehensive Plan discussion will follow in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to elect its chair and vice chair, consider the Final Environmental Impact Report for 1050 Page Mill Road; and discuss a site-and-design application for a mixed-use project proposed for 3225 El Camino Real.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 1250 Bryant St., a request for alterations to an existing building and a construction of a secondary dwelling in the Professorville Historic District; and 1020 Bryant St., a request for facade alterations and a relocation of an existing building in Professorville Historic District. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss a community forum on “Implicit Bias”; discuss a speaker series, “The Immigrant Experience in Palo Alto”; and hear an update from its Homeless Vets Subcommittee. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

“They each got to choose a topic of their personal interest and really delve into that topic,” said Girls to Women Program Coordinator Kristyn Crouse. “Some really great websites came out of it.”

But success in Girls to Women is not measured solely on academic achievement, Foster said.

“When the girls get through with their homework here during their school year, they go into activities.

It’s important for children to develop a hobby early in life,” she said. “We expose them to as much as possible.”

Girls learn skills such as gardening, digital photography and blogging. In the summer, they visited the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach — a trip funded by the San Mateo Parks Foundation, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford and the Chabot Space and Science Center.

Girls in elementary school had a handful of sessions with Bay Area photographer Van Nguyen Stone and were faced with the question “What Is Wisdom?”

Their answers will be presented through photographs and displayed side-by-side with answers from a group in Carrefour, Haiti, in mid-January. Girls also participated in every aspect of artist Linda Gass’ residency at Cooley Landing. In conjunction with Gass, girls are working to paint silk for a community quilt.

Crouse, who has been with Girls to Women for about a year, said the group provides a “safe space” for youth to make friends and work through tough issues — not just related to academics but also to growing up.

Apart from its work with girls, Girls to Women supports the girls’ families through referrals to housing, food, social justice and immigration resources.

Girls to Women was supported this year with a $5,000 grant from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund, and last year, more than 100 volunteers contributed nearly 1,000 hours.

“Without that support, we would not be in business,” Foster said.

In 2014, the organization garnered $70,000 in grant revenue and about $60,000 from individual donors.

With increased donations, Foster said she hopes to integrate more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in the after-school program, alongside involvement in the Technovation Challenge — a 12-week technology entrepreneurship competition that tasks girls with designing and coding a mobile application that combats a community issue.

“As I look to inspiring the girls and guiding them,” Foster said, “it’s not just for jobs, but to develop the whole person.” Q The Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund supports dozens of local nonprofit organizations that make a difference in the lives of youth, families and others in need in our community. One-hundred percent of each donation goes directly to the nonprofit agency; there are no overhead costs to the fund. To make a donation or learn more, see page 4 in this edition of the Weekly.

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version the council saw in May. The bold, dark masonry frame that once enveloped the building’s bottom three stories has been lowered to the second story to de-emphasize height. The third floor, which in the prior iteration modulated between 4 1/2 and 18 feet from the street, will now be a uniform 9 feet from University.

The fourth floor will be set back even further: between about 30 feet and almost 40 feet from the street.

Supporters of the project, including its new architect, Jim Trotter, argued that with these generous setbacks, the four-story building will effectively look two stories tall.

“Pedestrians and local shoppers will continue to have a similar or better level of retail options with a more contemporary design,” Trotter said.

Kent Mitchell, an attorney representing the Wong family, stressed that the building meets all of the city’s laws, as well as its goal of encouraging more mixeduse developments downtown. The applicant has followed the rules and the council needs to do the same by approving the project, he said.

“The applicant has worked diligently to present a code-compliant project, and staff has confirmed that this is a code-compliant project. ... It may be that there is a political discussion to be had about the appropriate nature of development in the downtown area, but that’s a discussion that has not yet been had, and the ordinance in place should still be in full effect,” Mitchell said.

Though no one disputed that the Wongs met the requirements

when it comes to height and density, several council members argued that the picture is far less clear when it comes to the more subjective criteria of neighborhood compatibility, context and “design linkages” to neighboring properties.

Councilman Pat Burt remained as skeptical as he was in May about the project’s ability to meet compatibility findings. The project, he argued, meets only a “fraction of the code” — the sections that specify height limit, density and other easily measurable attributes. It doesn’t do as well with the “more subjective” requirements of the code — namely, the ones that concern themselves with compatibility and that are subject to the Architectural Review Board’s (ARB) approval.

“That’s the discussion that we’re essentially having,” Burt said. “I still have considerable concerns over meeting a number of findings.”

Other council members concurred that the project still isn’t compatible with the neighborhood, even while acknowledging that the criteria are fairly subjective.

“We are between a rock and a hard place on compatibility,” Councilwoman Liz Kniss said.

“And compatibility is very difficult to define.”

Councilman Eric Filseth agreed but concluded that while compatibility is a subjective criterion, the proposal for 429 University Ave. doesn’t seem to meet it.

“I hate subjective codes, but subjective codes are still codes,” Filseth said. “And to my view, this doesn’t meet code.”

Mayor Karen Holman argued that code compliance means more than just meeting the basic numerical requirements about density and setbacks. If these

were the only factors, she said, the city wouldn’t need an architectural board.

“That’s why we have contextbased design criteria and ARB findings,” Holman said. “To say it’s code compliant because it satisfies the basic numerical aspects of code is not a complete look at the code.”

The council’s decision shifts the onus back to the Architectural Review Board. And unlike in its review earlier this year, the board was directed Monday to delve deeper into the design and take a formal vote to recommend either approving or denying the project.

Councilman Greg Scharff, who recommended sending the project back to the architectural board, said that he is “not doing this to delay the project.” The board’s prior comments on the project, Scharff said, constitute the most “tepid endorsement” he’s ever seen from the board.

After the meeting, Jaime Wong said his family will consider the council’s direction and whether or not to continue with the project that has been two years in the making and that remains many miles away from the finish line.

“We’re talking about something that we’ve been working on since 2013,” Wong said.

Harbour, for his part, told the Weekly he was glad that the council agreed about the project’s incompatibility with city code. The applicant, he said, “is very lucky that it wasn’t outright denied.”

“I think it needs to be significantly scaled back,” Harbour said.

“This building will be seen from as far away as Lytton (Avenue).” Q

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of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Nov. 30)

429 University Ave.: The council voted to refer back to the Architectural Review Board the proposed design for a four-story, mixed-use building at 429 University Ave. Yes: Unanimous Fiber: The council approved creating a new position for managing fiber and wireless initiatives and directed staff to continue negotiations with Google Fiber and AT&T about possible partnerships with the city on a fiber network. Yes: Unanimous Greer Park North: The council approved a single-story overlay for the Greer Park North neighborhood. Yes: Unanimous

Council Policy and Services Committee (Dec. 1)

Groundwater: The committee discussed proposals to create new requirements for dewatering permits and to explore a long-term ground-water management plan. The committee agreed to continue the discussion early next year. Action: None

Council Finance Committee (Dec. 1)

Utilities: The committee voted to accept and forward to the full council the Utilities Organization Assessments Update Report. Yes: Unanimous PV Partners: The committee voted to continue the PV Partners program until the requirements set forth in the California Million Solar Roof Bill legislation have been fulfilled. Yes: Unanimous

Utilities Advisory Commission (Dec. 2)

Palo Alto CLEAN: The commission approved a recommendation from Utilities Department staff to continue the Palo Alto CLEAN program. Yes: Ballantine, Cook, Eglash Abstained: Danaher Absent: Foster, Hall, Schwartz

Architectural Review Board (Dec. 3)

261 Hamilton Ave.: The board voted to support a proposed master sign program for 261 Hamilton Ave. Yes: Baltay, Furth, Gooyer, Kim No: Lew 3225 El Camino Real: The board discussed but did not vote on a proposed development at 3225 El Camino Real, a 29,267-square-foot, mixed-use development with retail, office and residential uses. Action: None

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PG&E hits the ‘rewind button’ on tree removals in Palo Alto Admitting that their plan to remove hundreds of trees from their gas pipeline right-of-way got off on poor footing, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) representatives on Wednesday night told residents and City of Palo Alto officials that they are resetting the program negotiations to start anew. (Posted Dec. 3, 9:55 a.m.)

Palo Alto Medical Foundation names new CEO Palo Alto Medical Foundation, one of Sutter Health’s key assets in the Bay Area, has named Elizabeth Vilardo, M.D., as its new CEO, according to a Nov. 25 press release. (Posted Dec. 2, 8:36 a.m.)

Council tries to narrow rift with planning commission They are either the unsung heroes of Palo Alto’s planning process or a rogue group of pro-growth advocates with a recent tendency to provoke, rather than support the City Council. Whatever one’s view, it’s hard to deny the recent rupture between the council and city’s Planning and Transportation Commission — a problem that the two bodies addressed at a joint meeting Monday night.

(Posted Dec. 1, 8:16 p.m.)

East Palo Alto homicide suspect pleads not guilty to murder, attempted murder charges A suspect in a 2014 East Palo Alto homicide who was arrested earlier this month pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

(Posted Nov. 26, 11:34 a.m.)

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past, though Public Works staff acknowledged Tuesday that the numbers in these reports aren’t particularly reliable. The Santa Clara County Water District doesn’t have all the desired data either, said Phil Bobel, assistant director of Public Works.

The water district “would be the first to admit that our northern county groundwater situation is not well-studied enough to answer the kinds of questions you’d like answered,” Bobel told the committee.

Committee Chair Pat Burt, who also sits on a water district committee charged with looking at the subject, noted that the district has recently allocated $3 million for water-conservation efforts, money that could be spent on further exploring groundwater and possible uses for it.

Burt also suggested that the city consider zoning changes related to basement construction, though this would be a longerterm initiative that is unlikely to be completed by next spring, when dewatering could resume (the city’s existing policy prohibits the practice between October and April).

In the short term, Public Works staff will confer with hydrogeological experts and other

stakeholders, refine the city’s proposed reforms and return to the committee early next year to discuss potential rule changes.

Among the most significant, Bobel said, would be requiring a contractor to do a study on the localized “microimpacts” of dewatering, including impacts of water pumping on nearby houses and trees.

“This would be a major new feature,” Bobel said. “The contractor would have to engage a third-party expert to evaluate the impacts and effects on neighboring properties and to avoid those impacts.”

Staff also proposed firming up the city’s rules on installing filling stations at dewatering stations, which would allow residents, landscapers and others to fill up trucks and buckets with the pumped-out groundwater.

While these stations are already required, they would now be required to have adequate water pressure to accommodate multiple users concurrently.

Another proposal that will be further explored in the coming months is one requiring contractors to provide water-hauling services once per week to deliver the water to area parks or other areas where it can be used.

The committee generally endorsed most of these recommendations, though members also proposed a host of new

initiatives for staff to pursue in the longer time frame, possibly in collaboration with neighboring cities and the county’s water agency.

Councilman Cory Wolbach said his biggest concern is water security, making sure Palo Alto’s aquifers continue to be adequately supplied. He supported going ahead with the long-term study, which would explore the water levels in both the deep and shallow aquifers (the deep aquifer, which is much larger than the shallow one, includes the city’s emergency-water supply), and estimate the amount of water that flows between the two aquifers and how it fits into the bigger picture of the area’s water ecosystem.

“We don’t want a knee-jerk reaction. We want to be datadriven,” Wolbach said. “Before we decide what to do, let’s think about what goals we’re trying to achieve. What are the problems we are trying to solve?”

Committee members also suggested that whatever rules the city adopts should be flexible to account for dry and wet years.

Councilman Tom DuBois suggested that there be some “context sensitivity in terms of what we require.”

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December 15, 1923 – September 17, 2015 Carmen Broz was a powerful presence in the world because she lived her life in service to others. She was fulfilled and at peace when she passed away.

The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301. All friends and family are welcome. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Palo Alto Friends Meeting – El Salvador Projects, 957 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94303.

Carmen founded the El Salvador Projects to educate young people of the poorest communities in El Salvador.

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Nov. 24-Dec. 1 Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Burglary attempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

William Curtis Doyle

January 19, 1929 – November 27, 2015 William C. Doyle, a Palo Alto resident and former Lockheed vice president who innovated in the field of electronic warfare, passed away on Nov. 27 from lung cancer complications. He was 86.

Bill was born Jan. 19, 1929 in Utica, N.Y. and raised in the gritty small towns of Forestport, Vernon and Vernon Center. A fine baseball and basketball player, and a dedicated student, he won a Navy ROTC scholarship to study electrical engineering at Cornell University. The poor kid from the sticks survived the five-year grind and eventually thrived in college, serving as president of Delta Chi fraternity.

Equally important, one football weekend, Bill met on a blind date Joy Fairchild, a California native and Elmira College student who showed him the sunny side of life. They married Sept. 13, 1952 at the Navy chapel on Treasure Island, and their union endured over the next 63-plus years.

Following his 1952 graduation from Cornell, Bill served as an electronics officer aboard the USS Kula Gulf, an escort carrier patrolling the Atlantic Ocean, until his honorable discharge in 1955 as a lieutenant junior grade. He joined the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo, N.Y. and earned an MSEE from the University of Buffalo.

Then, amid a snowy Upstate New York winter, California beckoned. In 1960, Bill joined Sylvania’s Electronic Defense Laboratory and entered the spooky world of electronic reconnaissance. He moved in 1964 to Applied Technology, Inc.. At ATI, he was intimately involved in developing airborne electronic countermeasures used with lethal effect in the Air Force’s Wild Weasel program.

Bill worked at Litton Amecom before returning to ATI as a vice president. Studies at Harvard Business School in an executive’s program preceded his being hired by Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in 1979. There, he managed programs whose details were hidden in the federal government’s “black” budget. Eventually, Bill was promoted to vice president in Lockheed’s start-up Austin division, where early efforts were made to develop a remotely piloted vehicle. Following his 1989 retirement from Lockheed, he worked for a Bay Area company called Physics International for 18 months before retiring for good.

A life-long tinkerer, Bill had several patents, some of them classified. He wrote reports, also classified, whose public titles included phrases like “special warfare” and “submarine location.”

When he wasn’t working behind locked doors, he expressed his inventiveness by making wine, building handy devices and crafting exquisite stained glass windows. He could fix anything, except maybe a car. He loved his family, dearly.

He is survived by his wife, Joy Doyle, of Palo Alto; daughter, Sharon Doyle of Burke, Va.; son, Michael Doyle of Arlington, Va.; and five grandchildren, Erin, Carson, Matthew, Brendan and Margaret.

Contributions may be made to the SPCA or U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, http://shipsstore.navymemorial.org/ donate/donation.

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Vehicle related Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 8 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Speeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 7 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Animal bite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disposal request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Education code/misc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 False fire alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Public incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Terrorist threats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Verbal harassment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Menlo Park

Nov. 24-Dec. 1 Violence related Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Probation arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Middlefield Road, 11/24, 1:33 p.m.; child abuse/neglect.

180 El Camino Real, 11/29, 6:13 p.m.; assault/simple.

Homer Avenue, 11/29, 10:15 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Chaucer Street, 11/30, 8:45 p.m.; family violence/misc.

El Camino Real, 11/30, 8:58 p.m.; child abuse/emotional.

Menlo Park Linfield Drive and Waverley Street, 11/25, 7:12 p.m.; spousal abuse.

1200 block Madera Ave., 11/26, 10:19 a.m.; domestic violence.

300 block Ivy Drive, 11/30, 6:43 a.m.; spousal abuse.

1100 block Madera Ave., 12/1, 7:58 a.m.; assault with deadly weapon.

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Spyros Andreopoulos, former Stanford Medicine news and public affairs director, dies at 86 the school to get the facts straight and avoid scandal.

His position as director made him the official spokesman for the medical school and hospital, and he also served as editor of Stanford M.D. magazine and founded its next iteration, Stanford Medicine. He retired in 1993, becoming director emeritus. He lived for many years at his Stanford home with his wife, Christiane, who was a longtime French teacher at Castilleja School.

During his career, he penned the book “Aging in America & the Role of the Academic Health Center” (1988), co-wrote the medical novel “Heart Beat” (1978) and edited “Primary Care: Where Medicine Fails” (1974). He wrote a notable article called “The Unhealthy Alliance Between Academia and Corporate America” in 2001, as well as more than 60 pieces published in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, the Palo Alto Weekly

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pyros Andreopoulos, the 30-year director of Stanford Medicine’s news and public affairs office and a respected writer on health care and biomedical research, died on Nov. 20 at a Menlo Park nursing home.

He was 86.

Once called the “the conscience of the medical school,” Andreopoulos was known for fighting for transparency and openness in the medical center’s news office and as adviser to its leaders. Reporters and members of the public relations field found him forthcoming and knowledgeable, and his many writings provided new perspectives on medical ethics that were appreciated by both the public and professors, colleagues recalled.

He was born on Feb. 12, 1929, in Athens, Greece. During World War II, his father participated in resistance operations in Greece, and his family helped a Jewish woman and her daughter evade German soldiers for two years. In high school, Andreopoulos studied English alongside German officers before Greece was liberated by Britain in 1944.

In 1948 and 1949, he studied chemical engineering at the University of Athens, but his time there was cut short when he was drafted to serve for two years in the Royal Hellenic Air Force in Korea. His English-speaking skills made him an ideal liaison between the Greeks and the U.S. Air Force.

Following the war, Andreopoulos was employed in Greece at the United States Information Agency, where he assisted in producing a film series on the impact of the Marshall Plan in Greece.

Intending to do research for another film series, he went to Kansas State University in 1953, but when the series was canceled, he enrolled at Wichita University to study journalism on a scholarship.

In Wichita, he covered the education and science beats for the Wichita Beacon newspaper, later becoming assistant editorial page editor. In 1959, psychiatrist Karl Menninger recruited him to work at The Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. He remained there until 1963, when the Stanford opportunity drew him west.

Andreopoulos tackled all kinds of emerging stories at Stanford, including friction between the medical center and the City of Palo Alto, researchers creating a virus in a test tube and the first successful heart transplant in the U.S. The open policy of the administration at the time allowed him and others to cover the university factually, whether the coverage was positive or negative.

His philosophy was that writing about unfortunate occurrences, rather than hiding them, allowed

and other newspapers commenting on medical education, drug company advertising, health care policy and the uninsured, among other issues.

He served on the board of the California Division of the American Cancer Society and consulted for the National Cancer Institute, many academic medical centers and a handful of foundations, including the Lucile and David Packard Foundation.

The Association of American Medical Colleges gave him multiple awards for his achievements in public affairs, and in 1994, Stanford Medicine won the Sibley Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the pinnacle of recognition for a university magazine.

He is survived by his wife, Christiane Andreopoulos of Stanford; his sister, Rena Michalopoulos of Athens, Greece; his daughter, Sophie Fitch of San Carlos; and his granddaughters, Kelly Anne and Alison Fitch.

Memorial donations can be made to the Guttmacher Institute (guttmacher.org or 800-355-0244 ext. 2237). Q

Harriet Lee

October 4, 1923 – November 10, 2015 Harriet Lee, 92, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in the comfort of her home in Menlo Park, California.

Her preferred Cremation took place on November 18th and her ashes were interred on November 19th at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, CA. Harriet was born October 4th, 1923, the daughter of Harrison Dudley Lee and Thelka Selk Lee. She graduated from Keystone High School in 1941 and received her BA from the University of Nevada in 1948 and her MS in Social Work from Columbia University in New York in 1955. She also attended Birmingham University in England under a Fulbright Scholarship Grant from 1957-1958.

Harriet was married to Bill Binford from 1957-1959. From 19591983 she worked as a Social Worker for San Mateo County. After retirement she resided in her home in Menlo Park, CA. During Harriet’s youth she was a babysitter for Ben and Marie Eggers’ two children, Barb and Allan (Lanny) in Keystone, Iowa.

She was also Godmother to Ben and Marie’s youngest child, Cathy. She has always been a special person to the Eggers family and considered a member of their family.

She is survived by her nephew Dennis Lee (Judy), from Oregon and James Lee, from LaPorte City, IA, along with great nieces and nephews and the Eggers family, Barb (Ken DeKlotz), Allan (Lee), Cindy (Rick Jennings), her Godchild Cathy (Joe Humeniak), Carri Eggers Markoulis and Crisula, and their family members.

Harriet was preceded in death by her parents: two brothers, Roy and Kenneth, and three sisters, Dorothy, Lenore, and Mae Kay. Her family extends a special thank you to Carri Eggers Markoulis and Harriet’s Caregivers, the Makoni Family, for the past four years. Because of their loving care, Harriet got her wish to stay in her home until her passing.

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Dr. Herbert C. Schwartz (1926-2015)

Dr. Herbert C. Schwartz (19262015) of New Haven, Connecticut, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015. He was without pain or suffering and his family was at his side. He joins the love of his life, Carolyn, who preceded him in death.

Herbert Schwartz was a freelance sports reporter for the New York Times when he was called to duty in the Navy during WWII. After his service, Herb attended Alma College in Michigan and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He obtained his MD from SUNY College of Medicine in Brooklyn and completed his medical residencies at Kings County Hospital in NY and Stanford University in CA. His lifelong love of hematology was inspired during his medical training in NY. Herb was fortunate to have many collaborators in the field but, most importantly, Dr. Cartwright at the University of Utah introduced him to Carolyn, who would become his wife of 56 years.

In 1957, the family moved to Palo Alto, CA where Herb did his seminal work in hematology. He rose to the rank of Professor at Stanford University and became the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, playing a vital role in the opening of the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. Herb was known for riding his bike to work, favoring plaid shirts over white coats, and he cherished the opportunity to co-research and publish with both his brother Dr. Robert Schwartz (Brown University, RI) and his nephew Dr. Alan Schwartz (Washington University, St. Louis) also hematologists.

When he retired in 1991, he and Carolyn took to traveling.

Herb never lost his passion for sports, his family and his friends.

He kept up with his friends in the Sunshine’s Wednesday Afternoon Tennis (SWAT) group. They continued their love of the arts, he playing his cello in the local orchestras while she was always painting and drawing. The couple finally moved to Gardnerville, NV in 2007 to be closer to their son.

Herb and Carolyn instilled their values in their children, Michael Schwartz and wife Jean (Incline Village, NV), Rebecca Chamberlain and husband John (Solana Beach, CA), Sara Heller and husband Dan (Kentfield, Ca), their ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren through their S.M.A.R.T.E. (Schwartz Music Art Travel and Education) grants that will continue to enrich their family member’s lives for generations to come.

Our lives, and the lives of hundreds of children for whom Herb has cared during his medical career, have been made better by his efforts. He will be loved and missed. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in his tribute be made to the Stanford, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at www.supportlpch.org .

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Editorial It’s the secrecy, stupid School superintendent works behind board’s back to advance new ‘innovative’ high school

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o help keep then-candidate Bill Clinton focused on the poor condition of the U.S. economy in his 1992 presidential campaign against George H.W. Bush, campaign manager James Carville posted what became a famous sign in the campaign headquarters: “The economy, stupid.”

Variations on the phrase have since become commonplace in American politics and in corporate executive suites to remind leaders of how losing focus can undermine important work or create a crisis in trust and confidence.

Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee needs to post a few “It’s the secrecy, stupid” signs around his office after the revelation that he actively participated behind the scenes in the creation of a lengthy foundation grant proposal for a new “radically innovative” high school in Palo Alto.

The proposal was submitted last month without the approval or knowledge of the school board, and without any public disclosure or discussion. It came to light only because the group behind it created a Facebook page to encourage the public to lobby the school board to support a new school. The posting of the proposal spurred McGee to mention it to the board in a routine weekly update memo on Nov. 20.

For a leader who repeatedly has urged others to avoid creating unnecessary controversies and distractions that drain time and energy and create avoidable conflict, McGee’s undisclosed collaboration with a self-selected group of parents, educators from the Stanford School of Education and the Stanford ‘d’ (design) school to fashion a proposal for a new public high school is a serious breach of trust that will be difficult to repair.

McGee’s judgment in signing on as one of 16 “team members” of the “Wayfinder School” is even more puzzling given the application’s portrayal of the school district as a place that is failing on multiple fronts to provide a successful educational environment.

Citing the “serious mental health issues that plague Palo Alto students” the proposal states, “We must do something to create a school (and community) culture that values the mental health of our students — not just pay lip service to it — and this starts from truly understanding the needs of our students and including them every step of the way.”

The proposal outlines in detail how the proposed new school “will offer a guide for how others might also start a truly innovative school within a traditional district.”

It would be unfair to attribute every word in the long application to McGee, but according to multiple sources he initiated the effort to prepare the proposal, provided input, reviewed drafts and formally signed on as a member of the submission team. His enthusiasm for the idea was evident to everyone involved, and he has sought support for it without divulging the existence of the grant application, all while maintaining publicly that he hasn’t yet decided on whether he will recommend a new secondary school to the community.

McGee and the others behind the application (which include all five members of a subcommittee McGee formed to study enrollment trends in the secondary schools) say that the application was nothing more than a “place holder” that had to be quickly created over three weeks in order to meet a Nov. 15 deadline for the national XQ Super School competition. (According to the XQ website, the actual submission deadline is in February; Nov. 15 was merely an optional deadline to receive informal feedback from the foundation.)

When the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC) secondary school subcommittee addressed the school board on Nov. 10, no one revealed that all its members were actively engaged, with McGee, in preparing the Wayfinder application that would be submitted the following week.

The entire enrollment committee’s work lacked transparency from the beginning. A district web page set up in April promised meeting notices, agendas and minutes but contains just two items posted in October relating to elementary enrollment. The committee didn’t include any teachers, principals or students, or representatives of any parent groups. Insufficient interest in serving on the committee led McGee to take everyone who applied. While the small group of parent volunteers worked hard and developed some valuable and helpful data, it strayed significantly from its purpose of examining district enrollment patterns and projections.

The needs of our school district as described in the Wayfinder proposal are real, and the interest in bringing innovative reforms to our secondary schools is exciting and worthy of much discussion and action. Unfortunately, Superintendent McGee’s lack of transparency has created a mess that must first be repaired. That must start with apologies to the board, EMAC committee members and the public, and his acknowledgment that secrecy is the enemy of democracy.

And some signs around the office wouldn’t be a bad idea either. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Guest Opinion Hitting ‘re-set’ with school enrollment committee

by Todd Collins

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he Palo Alto school district’s Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC) started out as a good, even necessary, idea: With a new superintendent in place, take a fresh look at enrollment trends, facilities and staffing, from kindergarten to high school, and assess whether the district has what it needs to educate current and anticipated students.

Some good work has been done. Reams of analyses on school size and enrollment trends were compiled. But a good idea has run aground of a flawed process, over-expanded scope and compromised credibility, making the EMAC’s recommendation for a new, innovative third high school difficult to rely on.

At this point, the Board’s path forward is clear: thank the EMAC for its work, conclude its efforts and establish a new task force — one that includes teachers, principals, students and a representative group of parents and other stakeholders — to consider all the options for investing in innovation and improvement in our secondary schools.

The EMAC’s problems started with its composition — no teachers, principals, or other educators were included, except for Dr. McGee. Yet we were encouraged to look not just at capacity but also at potential innovative programs. A small group of parents (myself included) might be fine to count up kids and classrooms and review enrollment forecasts, but we are not well-equipped to judge how best to improve academic results or school connectedness, at least not without significant support from the experts: our teachers, principals and educational staff.

By contrast, the 2007 Attendance Area Advisory Group (AAAG), a predecessor to the EMAC, had over 40 members, including seven principals, staff or parents from every school (two from many), senior district administrators, and stakeholder representatives from the employee associations, the CAC, and PTAC. The AAAG maybe have been over-large and unwieldy, but broad involvement is necessary if we want to get analysis and recommendations that will earn support across the District.

With such a small group, it is not surprising that the EMAC report has significant shortcomings.

Some are simple, though at times quite substantial, errors that could be corrected; but others are troubling misstatements and omissions that may reflect a less diverse set of views and a desire to persuade the community of a particular conclusion.

It is noteworthy that the EMAC contains no parents of under-represented minority or low-income students.

For example, the report holds out Hillsdale High School in San Mateo as a model for PAUSD: With smaller enrollment and a high-profile “house” system, Hillsdale had attained “99th percentile” school connectedness scores on the statewide California Healthy Kids Survey, a benchmark of school

environments, the committee reported. But on review, the actual results are quite different — Hillsdale’s connectedness scores are actually below those of both Paly and Gunn. It turns out that committee members hadn’t actually seen the Hillsdale results and relied on an (incorrect) anecdotal report that fit their chosen narrative.

Many shortcomings are laid out in a review of the EMAC report that I delivered to the Board last week. The surprise should not be that the report falls short; it is more surprising that we would send a small group of community volunteers to analyze such a complex and important topic without professional support and a wider set of reviewers.

Finally, the superintendent and a large subset of EMAC secondary subcommittee members have associated themselves with an application for funding for the “Wayfinder School,” a project to create a new innovative school in Palo Alto started by a small group of local parents and wealthy funders.

This could create a serious concern if the Wayfinder application later morphs into a charter school proposal (the application contains praise for charter schools and some strong criticism of PAUSD).

But even more troubling is that no one — not the board, the public or even the other EMAC members — was informed that this group was working to develop and promote the Wayfinder proposal in early November when the board heard the subcommittee’s report for the second time. It is hard to accept the EMAC’s report as objective and impartial when a majority of the group is actually listed as “team members” promoting a specific proposed new school.

So how do we move forward? First, the board should recognize that continuing the EMAC process is unlikely to yield additional value. It is hard to see how additional data, analysis or discussion will remedy the underlying issues with the committee’s composition and potential conflicts.

Second, the board should establish a new task force on improving the secondary school experience. This group can both draw on a more complete set of stakeholders — especially teachers, principals, students, and a wider range of community members — and take on a fuller set of options.

Of particular interest are proposals to increase staffing, reduce class size and foster innovative programs at our existing schools — options not considered by the EMAC. Finally, the board needs to be diligent in setting expectations and Dr. McGee in communicating new initiatives. Dr. McGee has shown he wants to think big in bringing the new school concept to the EMAC and connecting with Project Wayfinder.

But it appears that he did so without keeping the board and the community up to speed. Big change and innovation in Palo Alto requires a high degree of community and board involvement. It is the only way to earn the level of support needed to make it happen. Q Todd Collins chairs the PAUSD Elementary Subcommittee of the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee and formerly chaired the Bond Citizens Oversight Committee, but the views expressed here are entirely his own. He is a resident of Barron Park and has two children who went through Palo Alto schools.

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Letters Rumblings at 4 a.m.

Editor, It is Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 4:17 a.m.; my husband and I are sound asleep. And then, we are awake.

United Flight 396 at 3175 feet is screeching overhead on its approach to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). It is so loud that instead of doing my best to roll over and go back to sleep, I reach for my iPhone to send my first complaint of the day. When Nippon Cargo Flight KZ 0109 rumbles past at 4:36 a.m., we are still awake. It’s almost an hour before we start our day, but we both know that our night’s rest is over.

We live 23 miles from SFO. Until last spring, the planes overhead were hardly noticeable.

Now, they come as frequently as every two minutes. This affliction is pervasive. Low-flying planes are overhead at the farmers market on California Avenue, the Arizona Cactus Garden at Stanford University and First Presbyterian Church in Professorville. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) claims th at the changed routes have “no impact” on Palo Alto is outrageous. I urge everyone to go to skypossepaloalto. org to learn more. Download the Spacefrog mobile app at spacefrog.herokuapp.com. Start complaining! Every complaint becomes part of the public record that the FAA and Congress must weigh when evaluating NextGen in the Bay Area.

Lissy Bland Wilton Avenue, Palo Alto

Money in the air Editor, Am I bothered by airplane noise? The answer is yes! Living as I do in College Terrace where the quality of life has declined as the frequency of jet aircraft, landing at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has increased. The chaps at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) probably don’t live in communities impacted by these flights overhead, at lower altitudes, or they might have stuck to the previous routing of air traffic over the bay at higher altitudes.

Ever-increasing population has found the airlines enjoying steadily increasing business. Now I can hear jets throughout the day until well past midnight, and it most definitely is affecting the wellbeing of my soon-to-be-85-yearsold body. However, you don’t have to be ancient to be disturbed by air traffic noise.

Geography plays a part in the problem — namely the location

of SFO. The airport’s history suggests that it never expected to be one of the busiest airports or that it would have to accommodate larger jet airplanes arriving from places all over the world.

Living under jet airplanes traffic pattern, in the past, was usually found in low-rent districts, where it was just too bad if the residents didn’t care for noise and air pollution. Now residents with very high property values such as in Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, etc. are up in arms at being forced to live with the problems.

Where this ruckus is headed is still a bit hard to determine. I envision a class action suit will soon arise with the FAA, with possibly others named as defendants.

Since a lot of cash goes from this area to our politicians, and since money talks louder than ever these days, I’d guess the FAA and the airlines will soon bow to the wishes of our affluent (very wealthy) residents.

Phil Spickler Harvard Street, Palo Alto

Legal consequences Editor, In your article about the Nov. 9 flood-information meeting, Sue Dremann quoted Len Materman, the hardworking and dedicated executive director of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, speaking in response to the question of “Why can’t the Pope/Chaucer Bridge just be removed?” as saying, “We didn’t feel like we were in a position to take it out and impact other communities downstream.” This is the neighborly position to take.

However, as Len knows, there are consequences to taking such a position. If we don’t allow the bridge to divert a certain amount of water into Palo Alto and Menlo Park when the flow of the creek exceeds the capacity of the Chaucer Bridge Culvert, that water may cause flooding downstream.

The one difference to keep in mind is that while there may be humanitarian consequences from allowing greater flooding to happen downstream, there are not the same legal consequences as there are diverting water upstream. Len is saying that the diversion of water at Pope/Chaucer, which will cause flooding, is preferable to removing the bridge and allowing that water to flood someone downstream. If the bridge were to cause another flood like the one in 1998, the City of Palo Alto will be legally responsible for the damage. If the bridge were removed, and flooding occurred downstream, the city would not be legally responsible. As the old saying goes, “You pays your money and you takes your choice.”

John Paul Hanna Crescent Drive, Palo Alto

Guest Opinion Task force needed to analyze school ideas

by Sheena Chin, Natasha Kachenko, Joe Lee, Diane Reklis and Mark Romer he Enrollment Management Advisory Committee, Secondary Schools Subcommittee (“EMACSSS”) would like to share its perspectives for both the School Board and the community, encourage additional dialogue, and pass these points of view on for additional study.

We recommend that the District establish a Design Task Force to consider how or whether to: 1. Expand small learning communities or pathways in our existing secondary schools and 2. Design, finance and phase-in a new 6-12 school (or schools) We propose that this Task Force be community-engaged, involving teachers, students, parents and administrators. We note with enthusiasm that Todd Collins recommends a very similar Task Force.

As a result of our study, the EMAC-SSS feels that new innovative middle and high school(s) — combined with systematic changes at our current schools to offer new learning pathways and create more teacher + student engagement — would help improve the learning experience for all of our secondary students. Meanwhile, there is national excitement around redefining high schools from the White House to Stanford University, and we believe it makes sense to catch this wave.

We are not asking the Board to approve opening a new secondary school at this time, nor are we asking the Board to implement a “house system” or “core teams” without further study. Those are significant decisions and require further vetting by the larger PAUSD community.

We are asking the Board to commission a Task Force to come up with the “what” and the “how” so that the Board can be ready to make a set of go / no-go decisions by summer 2016.

In over 1,000 hours of committee work since April 2015, the EMAC-SSS surfaced five distinct areas of concern that deserve further investigation by the Board.

For further details, we encourage you to read more at https://www.pausd.org/enrollment-management-advisory-committee-0, which contains the EMAC-SSS presentations and our recent open letter to the Board.

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School size EMAC-SSS believes that our secondary schools are too big: • Our current middle schools are reaching levels last seen 50 years ago • Our current high schools have reached historical highs • Bigger than local, comparable schools with similar social-economics and academic repute • Bigger than national averages • Bigger than the average of the Top 200 high schools in US News & World Report • Bigger than optimal levels recommended in numerous academic research studies • PAUSD teachers, students, parents, and administrators gave critical feedback in interviews and focus groups.

EMAC-SSS has consistently said that we found no single “smoking gun” that our secondary schools are too big. Rather, our conclusion is based on the preponderance of data listed above. A smart person can cherry-pick at any one of the data points, but the overall argument holds even if you choose to discount several of them.

There are examples of large U.S. high schools, but we find it unreasonable to claim that “size doesn’t matter” simply because some large schools succeed. If en-

rollment size truly does not mean anything in terms of pedagogical policy setting, then there wouldn’t have been so many academic research studies over the past 50 years on the subject of school size. Most educational professionals believe that school size matters.

XQ concept submission We wish to clear up any confusion about the role of the EMAC-SSS and the purpose for the concept submission to the XQ Super Schools Initiative. XQ is a competition for private funds to develop innovative high schools. $50 million will be granted to 5-10 high schools in 2016. Nov. 15 was a qualifying deadline to submit responses to a set of questions; the actual grant application deadline is in February 2016.

After The Weekly reported on our preliminary proposals to the Board on Oct. 26, several people at Stanford University reached out to Superintendent Max McGee and suggested working together with the District to submit a concept. Dr. McGee then invited the EMAC-SSS and several community members to join in this effort, which is independent and parallel to the EMAC-SSS work.

The concept submission does not commit the District to build a school nor place any other obligations on the District. There is no downside and potentially a lot of upside. This is a placeholder that preserves the “option value” — in the form of potential non-taxpayer dollars for our community — for a later date in the event the School Board chooses to move forward with a new high school.

Allegations of bias Some have suggested there might be a pre-meditated bias within the EMAC-SSS and insinuated that it might compromise the integrity of our findings.

One of the best things about the EMAC-SSS process is that five independent-minded individuals looked objectively at the data, agreed that the preponderance of evidence unambiguously leads to a strong desire for a focus on connectedness, expanded programming options, smaller learning communities in our existing schools, and potentially a new school. We held healthy debates about the different points of view and formed our recommendations as a team.

Citizens who serve on committees are obviously allowed to have a point of view, but that isn’t the same as steering recommendations toward a pre-conceived bias.

• One member of EMAC-SSS is a prior School Board member and Cubberley Community Advisory Committee member • Another member served on the recent Minority Achievement and Talent Development advisory committee • A third member helped build and deliver a presentation to the School Board last June to envision what a new school might achieve.

• Members of EMAC were undoubtedly influenced by the work of several past committees and many came with strong points of view for or against opening new schools.

In conclusion We praise Superintendent McGee and the School Board for their leadership, enthusiastic support and the environment that encourages the creative energy of this community to imagine what might be possible for our secondary students.

We believe there are no obstacles and many good reasons to establish a Task Force to elicit detailed answers to key questions of budget, timeline, program and land use before decisions can be made. Q The authors comprise the Palo Alto school district EMAC Secondary Schools Subcommittee.

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Arts & Entertainment A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more,

edited by Elizabeth Schwyzer

l e e f e m s e She mak ike dancing l Peninsula dancers are loyal to longstanding holiday show

by Kate Daly | Photos by Michelle Le Above: Aleah Chowdhary-Fitton, left, Ella Forese, Katherine Tearse, Victoria Sanie and Annie Reynolds watch dancers rehearse for “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

Right: Though she is confined to a wheelchair, director and choreographer Coleen Duncan remains actively involved in dance. This December marks her 11th year directing Dancers Repertory Theatre’s annual holiday production. hether she’s wearing her new jeweled collar and leaping around in her fur-trimmed cat costume or pirouetting as Raggedy Ann in painted red pointe shoes with rhinestones, 14-year-old Amelia Threatt of Menlo Park will be sparkling on stage.

Even when she’s scurrying around as a mouse in a mask, she’ll be wearing crystals to accent her eyes, because, in her words, “Coleen loves crystals, and we love Coleen.”

The “Coleen” in question is Coleen Duncan of Atherton, now in her 11th year as volunteer artistic director and choreographer of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” a traditional holiday ballet put on by Peninsulabased Dancers Repertory Theatre.

This year’s six-show run opens Sunday, Dec. 6, in Woodside.

The narrative of the show is based on the famous 1823 Clement Moore poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” A medley of recorded classical and holiday instrumental music will serve as the soundtrack to more than an hour of dancing by performers who this year range in age from 5 to 55.

The production has such a faithful following of family, friends and fans that it typically sells out, Duncan said, adding that the bejeweled “’Twas” logo sweatshirts they sell each year are pretty popular, too.

Jewel-loving Threatt first appeared in “’Twas” at age 5, when she danced the role of a teddy bear. The scene where the little bears bounce around in their furry onesies

is an annual “showstopper,” according to Susan Hines, a member of the group’s auxiliary board. Hines and her husband have devoted countless hours to the production since their 15-year-old daughter, Kerrianne, joined the company eight years ago.

Duncan herself was 8 years old when she first danced in “’Twas,” which was first staged in 1969 and intended as a family-friendly alternative to numerous “Nutcracker” productions on the Midpeninsula. She continued to perform in the show each year until she graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School and left for college. She went on to pursue a career as a professional dancer and actor before getting married and switching gears to work for the San Jose Sharks.

Yet dance has always remained her passion.

Now 50 years old, Duncan has spent the last 18 of her 50 years in a wheelchair, but she hasn’t let it slow down her dance career.

A diabetic since childhood, Duncan experienced a run of poor health in her thirties that limited her mobility.

“I had a failed kidney-pancreas transplant, had an allergic reaction, have lost some fingers, a leg and a foot, and am on dialysis three times a week,” the director explained.

She also has rods in her neck and wears a body brace to hold herself erect, though she can stand with support.

During long rehearsals at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center in Menlo Park and at Dance Arts Center in Redwood City, Duncan is in constant motion, shuffling to mobilize her wheelchair or illustrate a kick,

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clapping to emphasize beats and calling out steps. Meanwhile, her service dog, a golden retriever named Cookie, naps in the corner.

Among Duncan’s loyal cast members is Kayla Hollister of Woodside, who started out as a teddy bear four years ago and has now graduated to the roles of owl and sugar plum.

The fifth-grader enjoys her weekly classical ballet class at Menlo Park Academy of Dance, but says what she really looks forward to is rehearsing every weekend in the fall in preparation to perform “’Twas.”

“It’s really fun,” Hollister said of the rehearsal and performance experience. “I feel really happy.”

Hines credits Duncan for making “’Twas” such a positive experience for the performers.

Duncan’s dedication is infectious, Hines said, adding, “(She) fosters teamwork and community but still holds dancers to the highest standards of their ability.”

It’s clear “’Twas” is a labor of love for the veteran director.

“I love every minute of it,” Duncan said, adding that the preparation and rehearsal process “literally takes all year.”

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Cost: $15-$20 Info: Go to twasthenight.org or email cduncan@twasthenight.org.

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She estimates there are 20,000 “bits and pieces� of costumes in bins in her garage and storage unit.

That number does not include her vast inventory of scenery and props, such as Santa’s antique sleigh.

For Duncan, as for many in her cast, “’Twas� is a longstanding family tradition. Her mother, Sylvia Duncan, recently retired as coowner of Menlo Park Academy of Dance.

For many years, the studio cosponsored “’Twas,� but for the first time this year is participating instead in Menlowe Ballet’s new production of “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker,� which will be performed at the Menlo Atherton Performing Arts Center Dec. 12-20.

The shift has impacted the cast of “’Twas,� Duncan explained.

Last year, there were 152 dancers involved; this year there are 88.

In the beginning of the season, Duncan hires older students to demonstrate dance steps to the younger kids.

For the past few months, 11-yearold Sophia Clemente of Menlo Park has been busy teaching the younger girls who dance the roles of dolls, snowflakes, reindeer and presents.

This is Clemente’s fifth year with the production. She also auditioned for “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker,� but chose to continue with “’Twas� because, she said, “The energy is really nice, and everyone is really nice. I love Coleen; she’s an amazing person.�

Back for her 10th season is adult dancer Carolyn Godfrey, who plays the mother mouse, human mother and Rudolph. Duncan, Godfrey said, “puts everything she’s got into the show.� “It’s inspiring, the sheer creativity and will,� she added. “It’s absolutely magical, this incredible atmosphere and camaraderie.� Q Freelance writer Kate Daly can be emailed at katherinemunroedaly@ gmail.com.

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he statistics are sobering: Suicide is now the 10th most common cause of death for men and women. Every 13 minutes, another American dies from suicide.

Yet statistics don’t convey the full horror and grief left in the wake of a loved one’s self-inflicted death. Sometimes it takes a firstperson account of the lead-up and aftermath of such a traumatic event to express its enormity.

In her new memoir, “All the Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness,” Portland, Oregon-based radio broadcaster Sheila Hamilton reveals how her husband’s suicide a decade ago caught her unaware and devastated her and her family.

Hamilton will discuss her book at Shine On Book Salon this Friday, Dec. 4, at Gravity Bistro in Palo Alto.

The news director and morning show co-host for top-rated rock station KINK-FM, Hamilton is a fivetime Emmy winner and currently holds the title of “Portland’s #1 Radio Personality.” Yet for all her insight as a reporter, Hamilton wasn’t able to interpret correctly the signs of her husband’s developing mental illness. She could not understand why her spouse, building contractor David Krol, indulged in extramarital affairs, let his business

fall into disarray, seemed to want to lead a separate life from her, and finally was hospitalized after breaking into his girlfriend’s house and stealing a gun.

Six weeks after being formally diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Krol shot himself without leaving any kind of note. Hamilton and their 9-year-old daughter, Sophie, were left grief stricken and confused, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

Years later, when she decided to write a memoir about the experience, Hamilton found she was able to reconstruct her years with Krol thanks to the journals she kept at the time.

“I felt I needed to have the story move through me, in a way, to make sense of the trauma that I had experienced, and also to have an accounting for my daughter if she ever wanted to have an understanding of what happened to her dad,” Hamilton explained in a recent phone interview.

The chapters of “All the Things We Never Knew” alternate between accounts of Hamilton’s and Krol’s years together — both the good and the bad — and discussions of the latest research regarding suicide and mental illness.

“What I really learned is how much mental illness hides itself,”

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Hamilton said. “That a person can appear as if they’re functioning and doing OK in life, but they go through periods where they’re under more stress, and then the illness really begins to manifest. I want people to understand how much mental illness waxes and wanes in a human being, especially in the early development of the illness.”

In her memoir, Hamilton discusses how difficult it can be for people with depression or mania to reveal their problems.

“Most people don’t want to talk about how they’re feeling,” she said.

“They’re not very comfortable about it. They’ve been raised in places where, if they think about any kind of mental frailty, it’s considered a character flaw or a weakness. So people don’t want to be very open about it. That’s what makes determining whether a loved one has a mental illness especially fraught. It’s very difficult to do.”

Even once it becomes clear that someone needs help, she noted, it can be difficult to get the proper care.

“There are certainly a lot of holes in our safety net. Even as we begin to improve the conversation around stigma and people begin to ask for help, they find that getting good help is difficult. Your insurance (might not) cover a provider that you hear is

very good. And when you finally do find a provider, der, it’s a sixto-eight-week waiting list.”

Yet Hamilton sees viable alternatives to these frustrating roadblocks.

“What’s working more for people right now is a combination of a very low use of pharmaceuticals and a higher reliance on connection to family and friends to help you through a crisis.”

Hamilton said she also sees the value in mindfulness, yoga and cognitive behavioral therapies.

“That’s where I think mental health is headed. It’s not going to be between you and a psychiatrist and the medication helping you get better. It’s going to be between you, your loved ones, your extended family, your church or some sort of social group and your workplace.”

Asked about the detection and prevention of teen suicide, Hamilton said, “We must understand that anybody who is struggling with these issues of depression or anxiety and is going through really big changes — and I believe that a lot of young people are living at hyper-speed and are undergoing radical change right now — any time that they have their sense of identity undermined by some personal or cultural change, they’re at risk for suicide.

“We’ve got to start taking our emotional health as seriously as we

take the training for the SATs,” Hamilton said. “We must pay as much attention to the development of a person’s emotional spectrum as we do to their physical health.

We get them tutors for their soccer and their piano and everything else for which they’re showing aptitude.

What are we doing to help kids develop really strong and resilient minds?”

As for her own family, Hamilton has remarried, and her daughter is now a college student. She waited a long time before finally letting Sophie read the manuscript of “All the Things We Never Knew.”

“We were on a family vacation together, and she told me that I got it absolutely right,” the author remembered. “I think that’s the highest praise I’ve received.” Q Freelance writer Mike Berry can be emailed at mikeberry@ mindspring.com.

What: Shine On Book Salon with Sheila Hamilton Where: Gravity Bistro, 544 Emerson St., Palo Alto When: Friday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: Go to goo.gl/RyGO5O.

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CALLING ALL DOGS!!!

Volunteers Needed for Pet Visitation Program We are seeking pet therapy teams (handler and dog) to visit patients at the bedside, families in waiting areas and lowering stress levels among staff. If you feel your dog can demonstrate how to follow basic obedience commands, has the desire and aptitude to be around strangers and other animals, is comfortable in new environments and would pass a veterinarian health screening, your dog may be eligible to volunteer in many capacities. Adults are required to meet volunteer guidelines.

Stanford Health Care, in conjunction with Pet Partners is holding a free information session (about one hour) on Saturday, January 9th, 2015 at 3:00 pm in Palo Alto. No pets please – humans only.

RSVP required to attend this session Email Lyn Belingheri at labsite@sbcglobal.net. Location details will be sent to you via email.

For more information Visit the Stanford PAWS website at http://stanfordhospital.org/ forPatients/patientServices/ pawsGuestServices.html

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Festival of French Animated Film A cat with a nefarious night job, a recluse whose life is altered by a robotic pet, a friendship between a mouse and a bear: Animals play some of the starring roles in the Festival of French Animated Film, screening Dec. 4-5 at Mountain View’s Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Hosted by the Alliance Française Silicon Valley, the festival will celebrate some classics of the genre (among them 2010’s crime-themed “A Cat in Paris” and 2013’s Academy Award-winning animated short, “Mr. Hublot”) as well as introducing audiences to some new faces of French cinema, including Eric Montchaud, director of 2014’s “Anatole’s Little Saucepan,” which features a boy who’s reluctant to part with his cooking pot.

The festival kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. with a welcome from the Alliance’s director and from Mickaël Coëdel, lead animator at George Lucas’ San Francisco-based motion picture company, Industrial Light and Magic.

The event continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $15-$20. Go to goo.gl/qx1wlT or call 650-903-3000. For more about the Alliance, go to afscv.org.

Community Downtown tree lighting ceremony Celebrate the holiday season in community when the City of Palo Alto hosts its annual tree lighting ceremony and celebration this Friday, Dec. 4. Revelers of all ages can enjoy face painting, hot drinks, live choral music and more. The free event runs 4-7 p.m.; the tree lighting takes place at 6 p.m. Go to goo.gl/R54vB6 or call 650-463-4900.

Dance ‘The Christmas Ballet’ Don’t come expecting Clara, Drosselmeyer or the Sugar Plum Fairy; Smuin Ballet offers up a different holiday dance tradition with “The Christmas Ballet.” The Bay Area-based company known for its sexy, contemporary approach to classical dance performs a mixed bill at Mountain View’s Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Dec. 9-13. Tickets are $23-$71.

Go to goo.gl/XU4Pm8 or call 650-903-3000.

Event Taste of the Mountains Wine Walk Head to Menlo Park’s Santa Cruz Avenue on Saturday, Dec. 5, for an afternoon of boutique wine tasting from regional vineyards and wineries including Thomas Fogarty and Russian Ridge at the Taste of the Mountains Wine Walk. A $45 ticket buys a wristband, glass and a map of pouring locations. Go to goo.gl/OIGDU9.

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Art ‘Jasper Ridge Moments’ The Midpeninsula boasts some glorious natural places, and photographer Dan Quinn makes it his business to capture some of that beauty. This Saturday, Dec. 5, 1-3 p.m., the Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter will host a free reception for “Jasper Ridge Moments,” a show of Quinn’s works featuring the flora and fauna of Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. The show runs through Feb. 21. Go to goo.gl/E2WDhN or call 650-493-8000.

Born in France, her first language is French. She was educated in a bilingual home in the US. She holds a Master’s degree in French Literature from the University of Minnesota (with completed coursework for a Ph.D.), a double Bachelor’s degree in French and US Education from Saint Mary’s College/Notre Dame and a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish from St. Mary’s University.

She received a King Juan Carlos I Fellowship, spending two summers in Madrid and Salamanca, Spain. She received a study grant for the Sorbonne from the French government.

Trilingual, having also taught English and Humanities, she is an accomplished pianist, a world traveler, and an avid downhill skier and tennis player. She enjoys classical music and visiting art museums.

Believing in the importance of knowing foreign languages as a useful skill and a means to enhance life experiences, she especially appreciates the opportunity to share her enthusiasm and passion for teaching French.

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Dance ‘The Nutcracker: A Holiday Ballet’ For a family-friendly holiday tradition, catch Redwood City’s Ballet America in “The Nutcracker.” With a cast of more than 100 local dancers plus professional guest artists, the production features all the classic characters, from the Mouse King to the Nutcracker Prince. Performances take place Dec 4 and 6.

Tickets are $22-$39. Go to goo.gl/gn7Zgo or call 650-369-7770. Q

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Above: Among the films screening at the Festival of French Animated Film in Mountain View Dec. 4-5 is 2010’s “A Cat in Paris.”

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Eating Out Mixed nuts and Merlot

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Calave brings urban CALAVE BRINGS URBAN sophistication to PaloSOPHISTICATION Alto wine TO PALO ALTO WINE BAR SCENE bar scene

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ardon the pun, but to experience the range of Palo Alto watering holes in a nutshell, just head to the corner of Birch Street and California Avenue. On one side, there are glasses of Barolo and Bordeaux being poured at the 5-month-old Calave Wine Bar. On the other resides the venerable Antonio’s Nut House, home of margaritas at rock-bottom prices and complimentary peanuts served by a gorilla.

Calave marks the fourth wine bar in the city and the first outside downtown.

What the term “wine bar” really means, nobody knows, except that there is a bar and wine is the emphasis. Some wine bars, like Gravity on Emerson Street, have menus and service that blur the line between bar and restaurant. Others, like Calave, barely have space for more than a refrigerator and toaster. The most ambitious item at Calave is the serviceable but not special turkey, avocado and cranberry-mayonnaise panino ($12).

That’s too bad, because Calave is such a fun addition to Palo Alto, and a small creative boost in the kitchen could make a significant difference. How about avocado on toast, fresh produce salads and smoked fish?

As for that faithful wine bar stand-by, the cheese and charcuterie plate ($25), it offered a decent selection of prosciutto, salami and the usual cheeses like Asiago and brie, but the choices were uninspired. Meanwhile, peanut butter sandwiches get an entire section on the menu. You heard me right. Peanut butter meets French onion soup with Gruyere and sweet onions in one sandwich ($11). It’s actually far better than you’d imagine. As is the case with all the sandwiches at Calave, the fillings are dominated by the bread; the kitchen needs to work on proportions.

Outside of sandwiches, a perky romaine lettuce-based Caesar salad ($9) arrived perfectly dressed but suffered from being served in a gummy, jaw-tiring Parmesan bowl. A better bet are the “share a bites” ($6-$8). These selections let you snack on olives, superb popcorn with a spot-on kiss of truffle oil and — my personal snacking downfall — orange-coriander spiced mixed nuts with distinct cumin overtones, served in elegant glass bowls. Desserts include a crème brûlée and Cocoa Vinoso chocolate truffles from the San Francisco’s Bridge Brands Chocolate.

This summer, owner Lori Romero created Calave by splitting her hair salon in two because she saw a need for a wine bar in this part of town. As it turns out, the space at 299 California Ave. housed the Mayfield Brewery from 1886 to 1920 (you can guess what historical event led to its demise). Four beers are on tap at Calave, but with around 40 wines by the glass, it’s clear where the emphasis now lies.

On the wine front, I’ll recommend the superb Robert Hall Viognier from Paso Robles; the slick, fruit-edged Pence Ranch Santa Barbara pinot noir; and the menu’s wildcat: the plush, zesty Tuscan-style Merlot-Sangiovese “Lost Weekend”

by Beauregard Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains, one of six wines served on tap. If it’s your first time at Calave, go for the “P Yes Pinot” flight or the sparkling wine flight served in lovely coupes instead of flutes (both $20).

The flights bring up two vital points. First, good luck fitting two flights and any food on a tiny table for two. It won’t work. Second, service was almost always excellent, except for the up-selling sometimes done to get guests to order the $25 European reds flight. In fact, the European reds description card was presented and explained to my table not once but twice before the regular menu, as if it was the lone option that night. The first time it happened, I rolled my eyes. The second time, it felt like a condo timeshares presentation.

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Left: The limited food menu at Calave features a turkey, avocado and cranberry-mayonnaise panino as well as a traditional cheese and charcuterie plate.

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Eating Out

ShopTalk

by Daryl Savage

FREEZING AT TOWN & COUNTRY ... The big chill has arrived in Palo Alto. We’re not talking weather, ice cream or the 1980s Kevin Kline movie. This chill is in the form of a chamber which gets down to minus 150 degrees centigrade. Part exercise studio, part athletic training, but mostly cryotherapy — the use of extreme cold to speed the healing process — The Performist opened last month at Town & Country Village, taking over the former location of Xercise Lab, which closed after a threeyear run. The 2,000-square-foot-space has been transformed into a futuristic setting. Its showpiece is the cryotherapy chamber, which is said to offer an array of health benefits, including treatment for muscle soreness and chronic pain, as well as weight loss. That’s according to Stephen Evans, a Palo Altan with a technology investment background and one of the owners of The Performist. “I was initially skeptical of cryotherapy,” Evans admitted, but after extensive research and a visit to 12 other centers in the U.S., he and his three business partners were so enthusiastic about it, they decided to personally fund the venture. “We absolutely believe in its technology,” said Evans, who gets treatments daily. “It’s kind of like a supercharged ice pack. I use it every morning. I like it with my coffee.” The small room used for cryotherapy has two unusual objects in it — a 650 pound, 7-foot-tall cryotherapy chamber and a 230-liter tank of liquid nitrogen. When a client enters the chamber, liquid nitrogen is pumped into it, cooling the oxygen that envelops the body. The maximum time allowed in the chamber is three minutes. “You get a real endorphin rush that lasts for the next six hours,” said Evans, who also talked about the weight loss benefits. “It burns up 500 to 800 calories in three minutes,” he said. So what’s the cold hard truth about

cryotherapy? Can it really freeze away pain and pounds? “Whole Body Cryotherapy was invented in Japan in 1978 by Dr. Yamauchi to reduce pain and inflammation in his arthritis patients and improve muscle recovery,” Evans explained. “It has since become popularized in Europe as people have realized it has much broader benefits, but it has only reached critical mass in this country over the past two years — now there are 120 locations across the U.S.” The timing of the opening of The Performist comes on the heels of an accidental death of an employee at a Las Vegas cryotherapy center last month. Evans emphasized the numerous safety precautions in place at The Performist.

“We have very strict protocols,” he said. “We are constantly monitoring the chamber; there is always a trained staff person in the room.

And the machine automatically shuts off at three minutes.” Additionally, the chamber has a magnetic door that can be released at any time by the user or operator, and multiple sensors are installed to monitor the gas levels, according to Evans. “Also, we take your blood pressure and you must complete a detailed medical survey before you’re allowed to enter the chamber,” he said. The Performist is open daily, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The cost for three minutes of subzero temperatures is $55, and a monthly membership for unlimited cryotherapy visits is $850. In an effort to introduce the concept of cryotherapy to this area, The Performist is inferring a complimentary first session until the end of the year. Evans calls it “First Freeze Free.” And that’s pretty cool.

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hurt, since the choices are basically the same today as when I first visited in July. It’s time to bring a Palo Alto start-up mentality to the wine list.

Balance both the comfort and risk, and Calave will soon be the leader of the pack among Palo Alto wine bars.

I’ve heard many people say Calave would fit right in in London or New York. They’re right. The 35-seat space exudes a sophisticated, urban feel, headlined by a U-shaped bar with rows of wine glasses hanging above, evoking a chandelier. Black and white alternate as primary color schemes, giving everything a glamorous, RoarLQJ ά V DWPRVSKHUH , KDOI H[SHFWHG Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable to stroll in. Seating areas vary from a high communal table to a cozy, low-slung sofa to snug tables with tremendously comfortable “cigar” chairs. Outside seating expands the capacity, which is often needed at happy hour.

The Palo Alto community already embraces Calave for

what it is: a rare California Avenue place that’s open until midnight Thursday through Saturday. Even if the menu doesn’t take another leap, I’ll come back for that popcorn and another glass of the Duval Leroy Brut Champagne. Q Freelance writer Trevor Felch can be emailed at trevorfelch@ yahoo.com.

Calave Wine Bar 299 S. California Ave., Palo Alto 650-521-0443; calave.com Hours: Mon.-Wed., 4-10 p.m., Thurs.-Sat., 4 p.m. to midnight, Sundays, 4-9 p.m.

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The screen-righter Cranston plays ‘Trumbo,’ crusader against Hollywood blacklist 000 (Aquarius, Century 20) sonages of Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Louis B. Mayer, John Wayne and Hedda Hopper, yet “Trumbo” will be more valuable for young viewers who need the film’s history lesson.

The at-times stranger-than-fiction “Trumbo” recalls how Senator Joseph McCarthy targeted American Communists, most

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Lovers of the Golden Age of Hollywood will have a blast at “Trumbo,” though they may also feel like the proverbial choir being preached to by this account of the Red Scare and the Hollywood blacklist, as dramatized in the person of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. There’s red meat for that crowd in the per-

publicly those in Hollywood, compelling Congressional testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

As one of the most prominent of the famed “Hollywood 10” who refused on constitutional grounds to cooperate with HUAC, Trumbo has gone down in history as a champion of true American values. Jay Roach’s film, adapted

by John McNamara from Bruce Cook’s biography “Dalton Trumbo,” makes for a clear, concise and zesty account of the encroaching shadows in those otherwise sunny post-war days.

Trumbo (Emmy and Tony winner Bryan Cranston) and his In “Trumbo,” Helen Mirren plays American gossip columnist Hedda Hopper; Bryan Cranston plays screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

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The Tall Tree Award recognizes outstanding service to the Palo Alto community, based on local impact, breadth of contribution, diversity of individuals impacted, timeliness and originality of contribution.

To make a nomination, download the form at paloaltochamber.com or contact the Chamber of Commerce at (650) 324-3121 DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2016

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Movies Lane’s Cleo) and children (most prominently Elle Fanning’s Nikola), though he tests their patience with his substance abuse of cigs, liquor and Benzedrine, as well as his short, hot temper under stress and on deadline.

All of this is plenty to constitute an interesting drama, but McNamara goes further, making “Trumbo” transcend hagiography to offer instead a nuanced portrait of a flawed hero. Composite character Arlen Hird (Louis C.K.), friend and fellow screenwriter to Trumbo, calls him on his hypocrisy as a wealthy communist who thrives on capitalism, suggesting

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politically sympathetic peers (including Michael Stuhlbarg’s Edward G. Robinson) attempt to win respect for communist ideals and the right to non-seditious dissent, but they’re already on a slippery slope to HUAC. Beginning in 1947, we see Trumbo in public, at work and at home, with a contempt-of-Congress prison stint making for a horrible interlude. Throughout, the writer has the respect and support of his long-suffering wife (Diane

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7th Heaven (1927) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Sun 3:30 p.m.

that his high-minded ethical proclamations amount to something of a house of cards. We also see Trumbo as an erudite and witty man of letters, a leader in his profession, a lovingly driven provider for his family and a fearless political leader.

Roach gives it all a light touch, reminiscent of “Ed Wood” in its irreverent view of Hollywood as a “Dream Factory” propped up by the likes of communist-slayer Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren, delightfully tart). Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping with Trumbo’s wit, while Theodore Shapiro supplies a vintage-styled jazz score, such spoonfuls of sugar helping the history go down.

Rated R for language including some sexual references. Two hours, 4 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

Creed 000 Director Ryan Coogler’s “Creed” puts Rocky in the corner and makes a new boxing star out of Adonis Johnson Creed, the son of Rocky’s frenemy, Apollo Creed.

We first meet Adonis in 1998 Los Angeles as a juvie inmate and orphan. Having never lost his proclivity for fighting, the present-day Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) decides to quit his financial group job and fly to Philadelphia to follow in his father’s footsteps. “Creed” does the same with 1976’s “Rocky,” this time casting Sylvester Stallone as the manager-trainer.

Adonis finds romance with singersongwriter Bianca (Tessa Thompson), suffers embarrassment and prepares for a climactic championship bout. All in all, “Creed” is questionable as a film, good as a movie and brilliant as a franchiseextender. Rated PG-13 for violence, language and some sensuality. Two

Full Of Fine Actors Giving Rich Performances With Endlessly Layered Characters.”

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Century 20: 8:45 p.m.

Bridge of Spies (PG-13)

Brooklyn (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 3:50, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:55 p.m.

Creed (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10 & 11:30 a.m., 1:05, 2:35, 4:10, 5:40, 7:25, 8:55 & 9:35 p.m.

Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 1:15, 2:45, 4:20, 5:50, 7:25, 9 & 10:30 p.m.

The Good Dinosaur (PG) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:55 a.m., 1:30, 2:25, 4:15, 5:10, 7, 7:50 & 9:45 p.m. In 3-D at 10 & 11:40 a.m., 12:35, 3:20, 6:05, 8:50 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 12:35, 1:45, 2:25, 3:10, 4:25, 5:45, 7, 8:20, 9:35 & 10:50 p.m. In 3-D at 11:45 a.m., 1, 3:40, 5:05, 6:15, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:10 a.m., 12:20, 1:25, 3:35, 4:40, 5:45, 7, 7:55, 9, 10:10 & 11 p.m., Sat & Sun 11:15 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 2, 5:05, 6:15, 8:15 & 9:25 p.m. In X-D at 12:55, 4:05, 7:15 & 10:25 p.m. In D-BOX at 10:55 a.m., 2, 5:05 & 8:15 p.m.

The Johnstown Flood (1926) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Sun 2 p.m.

Krampus (PG-13) Century 16: 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m.

Century 20: Noon, 2:45, 5:25, 8 & 10:40 p.m.

Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m.

Liliom (1930) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 5:45 p.m.

Liliom (1934) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 9:15 p.m., Sat 3:35 p.m.

Love the Coopers (PG-13)

Century 20: 7:55 p.m., Fri & Sat 4:50 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.

The Martian (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10 a.m., 1:10, 4:20, 7:30 & 10:45 p.m.

Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 4, 7:20 & 10:30 p.m.

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989) (PG-13) Century 20: Sun 2 p.m.

National Theatre: Hamlet (Not Rated)

Aquarius Theatre: Sun 11 a.m.

The Night Before (R) Century 16: 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m.

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

The Nutcracker from NYC Ballet (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat 12:55 p.m. Century 20: Sat 12:55 p.m.

The Peanuts Movie (G) Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:25, 2:50, 5:15 & 7:40 p.m.

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

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R)

Guild Theatre: Sat 11:59 p.m.

Room (R) +++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 4:40, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:45 p.m.

The Secret in Their Eyes (R) Century 16: 2:30, 5:15, 8 & 10:45 p.m.

Century 20: 4:25, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m., Fri & Sun 11 a.m. & 1:40 p.m.

Spectre (PG-13) Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:35, 5:05, 7:10, 8:30 & 10:40 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:50 a.m. & 3:15 p.m., Sat 3:50 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 3:30, 7 & 10:20 p.m.

Spotlight (R) +++1/2 Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 4:25, 7:35 & 10:40 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m.

Suffragette (PG-13) +++ Tamasha (Not Rated)

The Good Dinosaur 001/2 Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” is a mixed bag, with near-photorealistic landscapes, guffaw-producing sight gags and impressive character animation sharing time with an overly familiar plot and characters. A meteor misses Earth 65 million years ago, so the dinosaurs — including a young Apatosaurus named Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) and his parents and siblings — survive. Arlo wants to “make his mark” on the world, but his ambition soon gets him separated from his family. He teams up with feral human cave boy “Spot” (Jack Bright) to find a way home. At best, the story evokes Jack London, but more often it features weird choices, like a Western-themed midsection featuring Tyrannosaurus ranchers. Rated PG for peril, action and thematic elements. One hour, 40 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 27, 2015)

“SHEER JOY IN CINEMATIC FORM,

Bolshoi Ballet: Lady of the Camellias (Not Rated) Century 20: Sun 12:55 p.m.

The Letters (PG)

hours, 12 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 27, 2015)

The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly:

Guild Theatre: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m.

Century 16: 11:20 a.m., 3, 6:45 & 10:15 p.m.

Trumbo (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 1:15, 4, 7:05 & 9:55 p.m.

Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 4:05, 7:25 & 10:20 p.m.

Victor Frankenstein (PG-13) Century 16: 11:45 a.m. & 10:25 p.m.

Zoo in Budapest (Not Rated)

Century 20: 10:45 p.m., Fri 2 p.m.

Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 7:30 p.m.

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

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews and trailers at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies

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Class Guide Winter

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his winter may prove to be the wettest in recent memory, but that doesn’t mean it has to chill you to the bones. Even when it’s dark and damp, learning something new can reinvigorate your spirits. Work up a sweat while mastering a yoga pose; reach a deeper understanding of a perplexing favorite author; find the perfect mix of spices to make a new soup both piquant and satisfying. With the guidance of local schools, studios and organizations, striving for all these goals and more can keep us active and energized for the new year.

The Class Guide is published quarterly by the Palo Alto Weekly, the Almanac and the Mountain View Voice.

Business, work and technology CareerGenerations 2225 E. Bayshore Road, Suite #200, Palo Alto 650-320-1639 info@careergenerations.com careergenerations.com CareerGenerations offers group workshops and programs to meet the career needs of a variety of individuals, including college students looking for internships, graduates looking for employment and those reentering the market.

ReBoot Accelerator for Women GSVlabs, 425 Broadway, Redwood City 650-421-2000 reboot@gsvlabs.com rebootaccel.com ReBoot Accelerator for Women keeps local women current, connected and confident about re-entering the workforce through workshops taught by instructors from LinkedIn, Google, Apple and Enjoy and social media experts. Oneweek immersion and eight-week (meeting once weekly) courses are held throughout the year.

For the dancer Brazivedas 53 Shorebreeze Court, East Palo Alto 650-644-7343 brazivedas.com Brazivedas offers classes in Brazilian dance, music and martial arts for all ages and experience levels. Classes are held at several venues, including Mitchell Park Community Center, Stanford University campus and a home studio in East Palo Alto.

Dance Connection Cubberley Community Center, L-5, 4000 Middlefield Road,

Palo Alto 650-322-7032 (office), 650-8520418 (studio) info@danceconnectionpaloalto.com danceconnectionpaloalto.com Dance Connection offers a preschool combination class for preschool-age children (beginning at age 3), graded classes for youth and adults, and other programs to meet dancers’ needs. Ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, lyrical, Pilates and more are available for students at various levels of ability.

classes that train new pilots, as well as help more experienced ones acquire needed licenses.

DanceVisions

Kim Grant Tennis Academy

Cubberley Community Center, L-3, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-324-8751 info@dancevisions.com dancevisions.org DanceVisions, a nonprofit community dance project, serves dancers of all ages and abilities.

Types of dance taught range from modern to hip-hop, jazz, lyrical, Middle Eastern belly dancing, ballet, East Indian dance and contact improvisation.

Silicon Valley Ballet Palo Alto Studio Cubberley Community Center, G-6, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 408-288-2820 ext. 223 school@siliconvalleyballet.org siliconvalleyballet.org/ palo-alto-studio The Palo Alto Studio of Silicon Valley Ballet (previously known as Ballet San Jose) provides ballet instruction to children ages 2½ to 10, with particular attention paid to dancer health and child development. There are also creative movement classes and a Dance With Me class (for ages 1½ to 2½ and caregivers) held at the studio.

Sessions are held at various times on Fridays.

Zohar School of Dance & Company Cubberley Community Center, L-4, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-494-8221 zohardance@gmail.com zohardancecompany.org With roots going back to 1979, Zohar School of Dance holds a range of adult dance classes in jazz, contemporary, modern, ballet, musical theater and tap. Though mainly an adult studio, Zohar also welcomes younger students.

The great outdoors Advantage Aviation 1903 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-494-7248 info@advantage-aviation.com advantage-aviation.com With many instructors, Advantage Aviation has a selection of flying

Brad Lozares Golf Shop 1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-856-0881 bradlozaresgolfshop.com Group and pr ivate lessons — teaching golf skills, rules and etiquette — are available for juniors and adults at any level of experience.

3005 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-752-8061 admin@kimgranttennis.com kimgranttennis.com The Kim Grant Tennis Academy organizes an array of tennis classes and programs for adults and children, as well as those with special needs. Camps are also held over winter break.

REI 2450 Charleston Road, Mountain View 650-969-1938 rei.com/stores/mountain-view.html REI regularly offers classes on topics such as cycling, bike maintenance, camping and snow skills, outdoor navigation and more.

Health and fitness Blue Iris Studio 3485 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 650-858-1440 blueirisstudiopaloalto.com Blue Iris studio offers classes in yoga, Pilates and meditation, as well as wellness services, that are tailored to various experience levels.

Equinox 440 Portage Ave., Palo Alto 650-319-1700 equinox.com/clubs/ northern-california/paloalto Equinox’s Palo Alto location offers a variety of fitness and wellness activities including cycling, Pilates, yoga, barre, conditioning, Zumba and more. It also hosts dance-based fitness classes by Danceation, which encourage movement, positivity and community.

SoulCycle 600 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto 650-784-7510 soulpaloalto@soul-cycle.com soul-cycle.com/studios/palo/28 SoulCycle combines inspirational coaching, high-energy music, indoor cycling, choreography and more to create an enjoyable, full-body workout. Riders of all fitness levels and as young as age 12 can participate in a variety of classes. (continued on next page)

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Studio Kicks 796A San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 650-855-9868 info@studiokickspaloalto.com studiokickspaloalto.com Studio Kicks is a family fitness center offering cardio kickboxing classes and training in martial arts for children and adults.

Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto Cubberley Community Center, M-4, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-327-9350 mjchan@ttopa.com ttopa.com At Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto, established in 1973, students learn the classical Yang Style Taijiquan Slow Form style of tai chi. Beginning classes start monthly.

Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA Unity Church, 3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto Mitchell Park, The Bowl, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto 650-396-9244 taoist.org/usa The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, a charitable organization

with nationally accredited volunteers, holds classes designed to improve balance, strength, flexibility, relaxation and health. Beginner classes are held a few days each week.

Uforia Studios 819 Ramona St., Palo Alto 650-329-8794 uforiastudios.com Uforia Studios offers exercise classes incorporating dance (Fuego and Hip Hop Club), spin (Revolutions and Ucycle) and conditioning (Grit).

YogaWorks Palo Alto 440 Kipling St., Palo Alto 650-468-2929 yogaworks.com/en/locations/ california-north/palo-alto With locations across the nation, YogaWorks studio holds classes on yoga fundamentals; vinyasa, Hatha and Iyengar styles; restorative yoga; and circuit training.

Just for seniors Avenidas 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto 650-289-5400 avenidas.org Avenidas offers a plethora of classes, as well as lectures and workshops, for seniors focusing on topics such as general health, physical fitness, languages, humanities, computing, music and writing. Membership costs, fees

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and class descriptions are listed on the website.

Language courses Berlitz Learning Center 159 Homer Ave., Palo Alto 650-617-0720 berlitz.us/paloalto Berlitz provides adult and youth language instruction in Spanish, German, French, English and other languages. Private lessons, tutoring, testing services and cultural agility training for businesses are also available.

German-American School of Palo Alto GAIS Campus, 475 Pope St., Menlo Park 650-520-3646 contact@gaspa-ca.org gaspa-ca.org Started in 1960, the GermanAmerican School of Palo Alto (GASPA), a Saturday school, teaches immersive German language classes, which also cover culture and traditions. Sessions are available for all skill levels and students ages 3 to 18. No prior knowledge of German is required.

Language classes at the Palo Alto Adult School Palo Alto High School, Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-329-3752 adultschool@pausd.org

paadultschool.org/class/ world-languages Classes are offered in Spanish, French, Italian and Mandarin Chinese. The classes cover beginning and advanced skills and sometimes literature and arts.

Mind and spirit Ananda Palo Alto Ananda Temple, 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 650-323-3363 ext. 0 inform@anandapaloalto.org anandapaloalto.org Ananda Palo Alto classes and events cover various topics including yoga, meditation and spirituality.

dia and multicultural art classes in small groups for children and adults at her studio in Palo Alto, as well as individual lessons.

Art Works Studio 595 Lincoln Ave., Palo Alto 650-796-1614 artworkspaloalto@gmail.com artworkspaloalto.net Art Works Studio holds regular fine-art classes for youth, who are given the chance to explore and learn about art history. A new 16-week session will begin in January 2016.

Art & Soul

Music, arts and crafts

Webster Street Studio, 2326 Webster St., Palo Alto 650-269-0423, 650-316-9208 artandsoul.paloalto@gmail.com artandsoulpa.com Art & Soul runs after-school art clubs throughout the week at Walter Hays and Ohlone elementary schools and Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, in addition to a club on Wednesdays at its studio. Programs allow children to explore drawing, painting and sculpture techniques, as well as develop their observational skills. Art & Soul also offers Art & Wine events for private groups.

Art with Emily

Deborah’s Palm

402 El Verano Ave., Palo Alto 650-856-9571 emilyjeanyoung@gmail.com artwithemily.com Emily Young teaches mixed-me-

555 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto 650-473-0664 info@deborahspalm.com deborahspalm.com Deborah’s Palm is a nonprofit com-

Integrated Healing Arts 4153-4161 El Camino Way, Palo Alto 650-493-7030 iha@integratedhealing.org integratedhealing.org Integrated Healing Arts instructors teach ongoing classes on meditation, self-development, self-realization, tai chi, qigong and spiritual health.

Class Guide munity organization that aims to provide a warm and supportive environment for all women. Its class offerings range from workshops on compassion and stress management to classes on cooking, dance, memoir writing and art.

Homemade 2170 Avy Ave., Menlo Park (mailing address) 650-399-0505, 888-292-4624 member@homemade-cooking.com homemade-cooking.com Homemade’s programs provide instruction in healthy cooking, wellness coaching and support from a caring community. Teaching kitchens are located at the Oshman Family JCC, the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center in Menlo Park and the Stanford University campus.

Midpeninsula Community Media Center 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 650-494-8686 info@midpenmedia.org midpenmedia.org The center offers workshops for a range of media arts, including video production, photo enhancement, studio work and more. The center suggests starting with one of its free hourlong orientation sessions.

Opus1 Music Studio 1350 Grant Road, #5, Mountain View 4131 El Camino Real, #200, Palo Alto 650-625-9955 (Mountain View), 650-384-6848 (Palo Alto) musicopus1.com Opus1 Music Studio holds group music lessons for young children, including classes for first-time music learners (ages 3 to 6) and sessions on piano performance and music theory. Private lessons are also offered.

Pacific Art League 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto 650-321-3891 info@pacificartleague.org pacificartleague.org The classes and workshops at the Pacific Art League are taught by qualified, experienced instructors for children and adults with varying experience. Instructors teach many mediums, including drawing,

painting, watercolor, printmaking, digital art and more.

Palo Alto Art Center 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto 650-3617-3525 cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/ artcenter Palo Alto Art Center classes and workshops — teaching children, teens and adults — cover such areas as ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, sculpture, Adobe Photoshop and more.

Sur La Table Cooking School Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real, #57, Palo Alto 650-289-0438 cooking073@surlatable.com surlatable.com/category/ cat2211278/Cooking+Classes Sur La Table offers hands-on cooking classes, guiding students in making regional cuisines, themed meals or special foods like bread, croissants and baked goods. Classes for kids, teens and adults are available.

Parent education Children’s Health Council 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 650-617-3812 info@chconline.org chconline.org Children’s Health Council holds a variety of classes touching on childbehavior issues, dyslexia, anxiety and depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism and other topics related to encouraging all children’s success. Available from September to May, all classes are taught by the organization’s experts.

Parents Place 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto 650-688-3040 parentsplaceonline.org/peninsula A resource center for parents, Parents Place on the Peninsula offers workshops on subjects ranging from sibling rivalry to building a child’s self-esteem and confidence.

Parent and child activity groups are also organized.

School days Amigos de Palo Alto 1611 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto

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650-493-4300 info@amigosdepaloalto.com amigosdepaloalto.com Amigos de Palo Alto is a Spanish immersion preschool for children 2½ years and older. Students are mix of native and new Spanish speakers, and the program combines reading, writing, art and play to develop a love of learning. Amigos also offers Spanish immersion after-school programs for kindergarteners with some Spanish experience.

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Emerson School 2800 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-424-1267 emersonschool@headsup.org headsup.org/emerson-school Emerson School provides a fullday, year-round program for grades one to eight, teaching a personalized, Montessori curriculum. Lessons draw from classical subjects and other areas, including art, music, foreign language, physical education, communication, life skills and more.

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I started Fundamentals of Writing I. I hope to improve my writing to find a good job and go to a short-time college to refresh my professional skills and give a better life for my family.”

Jairo De la Cruz, Adult School Student

German International School of Silicon Valley 310 Easy St., Mountain View 650-254-0748 office@gissv.org gissv.org/gissv-home-english The German International School of Silicon Valley is a private school providing preschool to high school students with a bilingual education.

The school also offers German language courses for all ages on Saturdays, as well as adult and corporate courses on weekdays.

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In my Photoshop Elements class, I learned new shortcuts and techniques. Ruth provided great hand outs for each class lesson. With my new skills, I have worked on various photos that I use in my volunteer publication projects.”

Ellie Mansfield Retired—Sempervirens Fund

Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School 450 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 650-494-8200 hausner.com Instructing children in kindergarten through eighth grade, Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School provides strong academics, instruction in Jewish studies and the Hebrew language, enrichment opportunities and after-school programs.

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pacdc@headsup.org headsup.org/headsup HeadsUp! Child Development Center serves infants, toddlers and preschoolers (to age 6) with a full-day program, year-round. The Montessori curriculum focuses on building thinking skills and personal values.

A bilingual Chinese-English preschool classroom is also available.

International School of the Peninsula Cohn Campus (grades one to eight), 151 Laura Lane, Palo Alto 650-251-8500 Cowper Campus (nursery to kindergarten), 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto 650-852-0264 istp@istp.org istp.org International School of the Peninsula is an independent bilingual immersion day school with two nursery-to-fifth-grade programs in French and Mandarin Chinese, as well as an international middle

school program. Some of the programs offered include media and technology, music, gastronomy and athletics.

Kehillah Jewish High School 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 650-213-9600 kehillah.org This college-preparatory high school (grades nine through 12) features modern science and computer labs, art and music studios, a drama program, a full range of academic courses with small class sizes, sports teams and more.

Leaping Lizards Nature Awareness Preschool 397 Fernando Ave., Palo Alto 650-858-0355 magdalena@leapinglizardspreschool.com leapinglizardspreschool.com Leaping Lizards Preschool provides children with an education grounded in exploring and expanding their curiosity, love and

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knowledge of nature. The preschool’s calendar runs from early September to late May, with morning classes offered one to two days a week. Children must be 3 years old and potty trained.

Lydian Academy 815 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 650-321-0550 lydianacademy.com Lydian Academy is a middle and high school offering individualized instruction prepares students for college. Lessons include a mix of one-on-one teaching and group sessions. It also tutoring, after-school and summer school programs.

Meira Academy 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 650-485-3589 office@meiraacademy.org meiraacademy.org Meira Academy is a traditional, allgirls Jewish high school devoted to academic excellence in general and Jewish studies, preparing its students for college, as well as seminaries in Israel.

Milestones Preschool 3864 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-618-3325 preschool@abilitiesunited.org milestonespreschool.org Milestones Preschool offers a yearround, project-based program that fosters the social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of children ages 2 to 5.

Mustard Seed Learning Center 2585 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 650-494-7389 info@mustardseedlearningcenter.org mustardseedlearningcenter.org The Mustard Seed Learning Center is an after-school tutoring and care program that teaches local youth to speak Mandarin Chinese, in addition to emphasizing social development and excellence in mathematics, science, arts and music. It also has a preschool program.

Oshman Family JCC Leslie Family Preschool 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 650-223-8788 earlychildhood@paloaltojcc.org paloaltojcc.org/preschool The Oshman Family JCC’s preschool program provides one- to

NURSERY & KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE Jan 9 from 10:00–11:30am (children welcome) THURSDAY TOURS — Dec 3 & 10 from 10:30am–12:30pm (adults only please) Visit our website or call us for more information PENINSULASCHOOL.ORG • (650) 325-1584 Page 32 • December 4, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

five-days-per-week options for children 18 months to 5 years old (ages 2 to 4 at Congregation Beth Am), with an emphasis placed on experiential learning, family involvement and play. Parent/caregiver participation programs are available for children 12 to 23 months old.

focus include fostering self-discipline, critical thinking, independence and cooperation, creative expression and a love of learning.

Peninsula School

Palo Alto High School, Tower Building, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto 650-329-3752 adultschool@pausd.org paadultschool.org Computer, language, cooking, writing, art, outdoor and finance classes — and many other offerings — are available through the Palo Alto Adult School. Registration for the winter session is underway, and classes start on Jan. 11.

920 Peninsula Way, Menlo Park 650-325-1584 peninsulaschool.org Peninsula School is a progressive institution teaching about 250 students from nursery through eighth grade, with an emphasis on choice and experience. Classes cover core subjects as well as instruction in music, physical education, drama, ceramics, woodshop and more.

Sand Hill School 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto 650-688-3605 info@sandhillschool.org sandhillschool.org Located at the Children’s Health Council, Sand Hill School teaches children from kindergarten through sixth grade (expanding to eighth) with language-based learning differences, and assists with the attention and social difficulties that go along with them.

Sora International Preschool of Palo Alto 701 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto 650-493-7672 info@sorapreschool.com sorapreschool.com Sora International Preschool is an English-Japanese bilingual preschool for children 3 to 6 years old. The school combines an earlychildhood play experience, instruction in Japanese and English, and exposure to both cultures through traditional events.

Waldorf School of the Peninsula Mountain View Campus, 180 N. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View 650-417-7600 Los Altos Campus, 11311 Mora Drive, Los Altos 650-209-9400 admissions@waldorfpeninsula.org waldorfpeninsula.org Waldorf School of the Peninsula serves children from nursery up through high school. Areas of

Something for everyone Palo Alto Adult School

Stanford Continuing Studies Littlefield Center, 365 Lasuen St., Stanford 650-725-2650 continuingstudies@stanford.edu continuingstudies.stanford.edu Stanford Continuing Studies organizes classes in liberal arts and sciences, creative writing and professional and personal development. Courses are held in the evenings or on Saturdays. Stanford Continuing Studies also presents lectures, performances, conferences and other events.

The Class Guide is published quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and the Almanac. Descriptions of classes offered in Palo Alto, Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley and Woodside are provided. Listings are free and subject to editing. Due to space constraints, classes held in the above cities are given priority.

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744-750 San Antonio Road [15PLN-00314]: Request by Rashik Patel on behalf of M10 Dev, LLC for Architectural Review of a lot merger, demolition of existing structures and construction of two new hotel buildings (297 rooms in 153,580 square feet). The project includes surface parking and an underground garage, hotel amenities and other minor site improvements. Environmental Assessment: pending. Zoning District: Service Commercial CS. 2501 Embarcadero Road [File 15PLN-00371]: ARB study session to discuss Public Workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal for a new two-story, 7,500 square foot, 50-foot tall building designed to handle sludge de-watering and truck loadouts, with adjacent stand-by generator, to be placed centrally on the Regional Water Quality Control Plant site, and a new outdoor equipment area next to the existing incinerator to handle sludge blending and odor control functions. This project will return to the ARB in 2016 as a Site and Design Review application following publication of an environmental analysis and Planning and Transportation Commission review.

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erusing the cookbook selection at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, I selected several volumes that were published during the past year, took them home and tried out a few of the recipes. Here’s what I found.

Readers, cooks can explore tastes ranging from Eastern Europe to Chez Panisse

by Anne Sturmthal Bergman photos by Veronica Weber

Unpretentious wine guide Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine,

by Madeline Puckette and Justin Hammack, Avery, 2015, paperback, 230 pages, $25 This is a good book for someone who may have just moved to California, who simply wants to discover the world of wine, or for people such as myself, who know what they like but don’t know how to describe it. While I found some of the diagrams confusing, the basic layout is good.

It starts with fundamentals, including the size of a glass, alcohol content nt and characteristics of wine. The rest of the book goes over styles of wine (sparkling, full bodied, dessert and so on) and wine regions of the world, from Argentina to Australia and Spain to South Africa.

I liked this unpretentious beginners guide to wine. It will help you sound knowledgeable without being pretentious.

A life through food Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food, by Joanne Weir, Oxmoor House, 2015, hardback, 287 pages, $35 Joanne Weir is one of the many chefs who was nurtured and influenced by Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. She has written 17 cookbooks, lectured, taught and traveled, and this is very personal book about her life with food. There is far more writing than recipes, and if one wants to follow a life immersed in food, this is a good book.

However, I buy cookbooks for recipes. There were not nearly as many as I would have liked, and not many jumped ed d off ff the page and begged ed to be made. I did id make the lamb chops ps with lavender salt, t, and although I do not ot have a “ridged cast st iron stove top grill ll pan” and made them m in a heavy bottomed ed frying pan, they had a nice variation and an unexpected combinaation of flavors.

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Kepler’s Books offers readers and cooks a range of 2015 cookbooks, ks, s, including “Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & Eastern Europe,” “Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food,” “Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine,” “Citrus: s:: Sweet and Savory Sun-kissed Recipes,” and “How To Eat.” t.”

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with chili and lime were easy to put together and had a little bite. The curried chicken, which only took a few minutes to make, used the citrus and coconut milk in a unique and distinctive way.

I used a premixed curry powder from Draeger’s Market, and I think the choice of curry powder is crucial. If you want it spicy, add a spicy curry mix; if you want it milder, choose a more mild one. The herbed and smashed potatoes with lemon juice and oregano were crispy and unusual.

The citrus in these recipes added a little zest (so to speak) to each dish. Highly recommended.

Dishes with zest Citrus: Sweet and Savory Sunkissed Recipes, by Valerie Aikman-Smith and Victoria Pearson, Ten Speed Press, 2015, hardback, 175 pages, $19.99 When I first came to California as a college student from the Midwest, I was enchanted by seeing lemons, limes, oranges and other citrus fruits on trees, as opposed to wrapped in plastic wrap in the grocery store.

The fragrance when the trees bloomed was intoxicating. I discovered Meyer lemons, which were unlike any lemon I had ever tasted. I have looked for years for a cookbook that does justice to citrus fruits. This is the one.

I made linguini with clams, which had lime zest and juice in it. The lime made it slightly more piquant than the usual clam linguini, but still delicious. I also made the marmalade bread pudding. The bread I used was too large and it ended up being more like a vertical French toast. With smaller pieces of bread, it would have been perfect. The almonds

Short and sensible How To Eat, Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 2014, 125 pages, small paperback, $9.95 This charming book, which would make a lovely stocking stuffer, reminds us to eat mindfully. For those of us who eat in a hurry, who don’t stop to appreciate even a good pickle, this book will cause us to stop and pay attention to what, when and how we eat.

Recipes reflect diversity Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & Eastern Europe, by Olia Hercules, Weldon Owen, 2015, hardback, 240 pages, $35 When most of us think of Ukraine, we think of civil war and cold weather. This book offers a very human view of a different world. The book starts out with a brief overview of the contents by noting the diversity of people in Ukraine: Serbs, Bessarabians, Jews, Moldovans, Uzbekistans, Armenians and Ossetians. The recipes reflect this complex mix. The broths and soups exemplify this diversity and include beet broth, sorrel broth, beet soup, chicken broth and several Armenian soups. The recipes use expected ingredients, such as beets, cabbage, sorrel, potatoes, onions and carrots. But they also use gherkins, dill, fresh herbs, allspice and salami.

These are hearty soups for a cold, rainy night. There are sections on dumplings and noodles, meats, fish, conserves, breads, pastries and more. This is not a book for light eaters.

I made tomatoes stuffed with herbs and cheese, which was easy and unusual. The tomatoes

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are hollowed out and stuffed with the pulp that is mixed with feta cheese and fresh herbs.

Then, they are baked with a touch of olive oil on the top. I used dill, parsley, a bit of garlic, and some tarragon and oregano, but I think that whatever fresh herbs one has would be fine. It looked elegant and colorful, and had a complex mix of favors. The Armenian baked vegetables included the usual vegetables with the addition of cabbage and dill.

This is a nice cookbook for those who might want to learn

more about Eastern European food, or those who can trace their family roots back to this region. Q Freelance writer Anne Sturmthal Bergman can be emailed at anniebergman@ gmail.com.

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Panisse experience and the food world that grew from it, this is a worthwhile book.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cambodian Dancer: Sophanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gift of Hopeâ&#x20AC;? includes a Khmer translation of the text, illustrations

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he search for personal identity and young people dealing with modern challenges figure prominently in notable new books for children and teens, including several by local authors. (Disclosure: the Bay Area childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writers community is small and collegial. I know the writers and illustrators.) Listen up, parents: these books are not just for kids.

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Stanford psychiatrist Daryn Reicherter gracefully tells the story of a Cambodian dancer and survivor of the Khmer Rouge who now teaches ancient Cambodian dance to children in San Jose.

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and is becoming a young Shakespeare scholar. Her dream part is Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet.” She thinks that may happen someday, and then she hears rumors the theater is going to close. In her quest to save her favorite place in the world, Beth makes some bad choices and pays the price. Yet even while being grounded she manages to deepen her devotion to Shakespeare and, ultimately, to use her studies to the theater’s advantage. Brava!

not only helps George with the “Charlotte” dilemma, but also shows Melissa how much fun being a girl can be. Parents: read this book with your kids over winter break.

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Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Julie Morstad; $18; Chronicle Books; ages 5-8.

Before Sophany, there was Anna Pavlova, a Russian prima ballerina who had a major impact on ballet.

In poetic text and stunning illustrations, “Swan” shows how attending a performance of “The Sleeping Beauty” inspires the daughter of a single mother laundress not to give up trying to get into ballet school even though she’s too thin and her feet are all wrong. Yet she works hard and changes dance to fit her style. Anna dances for royalty, but also for those in remote areas of the globe — poor people, as she once was — until a train accident in the snow gives her a chill that leads to her death.

This lyrical biography is enhanced by a note from the author filling in the details of Pavlova’s life and influence.

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George

by Alex Gino; $17; Scholastic; ages 8-12.

George is a fourth-grader and the only one who knows she’s a girl. “George” is a groundbreaking novel by an Oakland author about a kid who wants what a lot of kids want: to be seen as they truly are, along with, perhaps, a certain part in the class play.

In George’s case, her family at first misunderstands her “differentness” — George isn’t gay, she’s transgender. She’s bullied at school and isn’t allowed to try out for the part of Charlotte in “Charlotte’s Web” because, of course, her teacher sees her as a boy. Thank goodness George has best friend Kelly in her life. Kelly comes to acknowledge George as her new girlfriend Melissa, and

by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm; $13 paperback; Graphix/ Scholastic; ages 8-12.

The brother-sister creators of the bestselling Babymouse books for younger readers here produce an autobiographical graphic novel dealing with a serious subject that’s surprisingly funny.

Ten-year-old Sunny’s summer with her Florida grandfather isn’t the vacation she envisioned.

Grampa lives in a retirement community with a bunch of old people, and she has to sleep on a squeaky, uncomfortable hidea-bed. But that’s better than what she had back home in Pennsylvania with a violent, probably drugaddicted teenage brother.

Sunny hangs out with Gramps and “the girls” and makes friends with the groundskeeper’s son, Buzz. He introduces her to comics and comic book heroes. Sunny learns that superheroes can’t save everyone, and neither can she. She decides she doesn’t want to keep secrets anymore, especially about her brother.

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Palo Alto author and selfproclaimed theater geek Joanne Stewart Wetzel’s middle-grade novel is certain to appeal to young people who love being on stage or backstage, or who simply enjoy a fast-paced book about a determined kid and her family and friends. The plot has as many twists and turns as Lombard Street. Bonus: it’s set in a fictional Peninsula town.

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tures. Third pal Tabitha discovers social justice and activism, but her attempt at civil disobedience backfires. Bridge, Em and Tab may have to break their longtime rule about no fighting.

Older teens aren’t having it any easier: a mystery high school girl can’t face the consequences of something stupid she did.

Bridge’s older brother makes silly bets he always loses. And Em’s soccer teammate may not be the friend she purports to be.

Once again Newbery medalist Stead weaves plot threads with precision and fillips of humor.

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Paint My Body Red

by Heidi R. Kling; $14 paperback; Entangled Teen; ages 13 and up.

“Paint My Body Red” is Palo Alto author Heidi R. Kling’s re-

sponse to local teen suicides: a story of Silicon Valley high school students who have enormous academic pressure and irresponsible parents, where suicide on the train tracks becomes contagious. (This is not a chronicle of real people and events. The author did not know the specific circumstances of local victims.)

Paige Mason’s mother is a CEO with a new husband and stepson who was accused of date rape in New York. Paige and her stepbrother are left alone in the house.

What could possibly go wrong?

The novel begins after graduation and the sixth suicide, when Paige is sent to spend the summer with her father on his Wyoming ranch. Senior year has left her a physical and emotional wreck, wracked with guilt. She arrives to find Dad dying of ALS (Mom hadn’t told her). Paige has trouble getting over the bad times in California (“Then” chapters) even as she heals in Wyoming (“Now” chapters) with the help of a hot cowboy and a horse to break.

“Paint My Body Red” is ultimately a hopeful and important book for teenagers, and also highly recommended for parents. Q Contributing writer Debbie Duncan is a Stanford writer and author of books for children and adults, and can be reached at debbie@debbieduncan.com.

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Pickleball coach Monica Williams lobs the ball over the net while playing with partner Mike Wyman against Kathy Levinson, center, and Susan Luxton, right, at the Mountain View Senior Center using a handball court, which has been converted for playing pickleball.

At Mitchell Park, pickleball gains an enthusiastic following With light paddles and balls, its low impact ‘keeps you very, very mobile’

by Chris Kenrick / photos by Veronica Weber

M

onica Williams, an athletic 73-year-old and a tennis player of 50 years, stumbled upon a new passion two years ago.

She and her husband were visiting friends in Arizona who were enthusiasts of pickleball, a paddle game played on a small court with a 34-inch to 36-inch tall net.

“They kept telling us, ‘Play pickleball,’” Williams said. “I thought it was a card game like pinochle or something. But they taught us to play, and I haven’t picked up my tennis racquet since.

It is just so much fun.”

Williams is an evangelist for an enthusiastic and growing local cadre of pickleball players, who drop in on weekends at the Mitchell Park tennis courts next to the Magical Bridge Playground.

On a recent Saturday, dozens were in motion on the two tennis courts that organizers had retaped to mark the much smaller pickleball court boundaries.

“You can fit 24 players on two tennis courts,” Williams said.

In two years, the local pickleball group’s participant list has ballooned from eight to more than 150.

Former tennis players are wellrepresented among the pickleball players, who span all ages but include a significant over-50 contingent, and so are former racquetball, paddle tennis and softball players. But Williams insists pickleball is so easy to learn that even nonathletes can pick it up quickly.

“You don’t have to run so far and it’s low impact because the paddles are lighter and the balls are lighter than a tennis ball,” she said. “But the game is quick, and it keeps you very, very mobile.

“A lot of us over 50 get to a point where we don’t move so fast and we have aches and pains. The good thing about this as opposed to tennis is that a senior citizen can play a teenager and the senior citizen can win because there’s a lot of finesse to it.”

During the weekend sessions at Mitchell Park, Williams issues friendly invitations to passers-by to join the game, and many have taken her up on it.

Ron Albrecht of Palo Alto often walked by the courts, and Williams would invite him to play.

“About the third time I finally said to my wife, ‘I’d like to check out that game,’” Albrecht said.

Now he’s a regular.

“I needed something because I had played senior softball in

Redwood City for 12 years,” he said.

Longtime Palo Alto resident Susan McConnell played soccer for years, and then tennis. She took up pickleball several months ago and has become a devotee, playing two to three times a week — as often as she used to play tennis.

“I actually captained tennis teams for years, but then I couldn’t play because I had bone on bone and ended up with a knee

Sheila Reddy lunges as she hits the ball while playing a game of pickleball on Nov. 20.

replacement,” McConnell said.

“Plus, my husband had Lewy body dementia and I had to take care of him. I also fractured the patella in my other knee.

“When you have so many injuries you can’t play tennis — you can’t cover the court. But this I can actually play and it fills my life with joy — it makes me happy,” McConnell said.

Palo Alto residents Carrie Chiang and Ed Gong are also recent recruits to pickleball, although Gong continues to play some tennis as well.

Chiang was bereft after having to give up tennis because of a bad knee.

“I was so sad — no tennis, no friends — and Monica said, ‘Come try pickleball,’” Chiang said. “I realized I can use all my tennis gear — my shoes, my clothes — and now I see my tennis friends showing up here too.

We hang around here every weekend and get the exercise we need.”

The Mitchell Park pickleball group originated two years ago with Tom Foladare, a longtime player of paddle tennis.

“It became harder and harder to get (paddle tennis) games together because we were all getting older and getting injured,” Foladare said. “I saw pickleball in San Diego when I was visiting my father and I realized it was more accessible for people who are nonathletes and seniors because the ball (continued on page 41)

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doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move as fast and the impact of the ball isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as hard on the joints. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day I bought a pickleball net and invited my paddle tennis friends out and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re switching sports.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really how this group got started, and there were just four people that day.â&#x20AC;?

Charles â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chuckâ&#x20AC;? Kaspar of Mountain View first heard of pickleball from the sports director of the El Camino YMCA, where he is on the board of managers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sports director said he was thinking of bringing in pickleball, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never heard of it so I went and did some legwork,â&#x20AC;? Kaspar said.

He has since become a regular player at Mitchell Park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are 75 million baby boomers, and that explains a lot of this,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They play tennis and so forth and people have gotten older. They have arthritis and knee, hip and rotator cuff issues, so this is a natural. What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen here is tremendous growth even though awareness of the sport is very low.â&#x20AC;?

Several Mitchell Park players said they were attracted to the drop-in nature of pickleball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to email anybody and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be on time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all drop-in,â&#x20AC;? Chiang said.

Additionally, said Williams, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very social game because we normally play doubles. You wait for somebody to finish, and whilst youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re waiting, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sitting around and visiting. I know a couple of people who started whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lost their spouses, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given them a whole new lease on life.â&#x20AC;?

Williams, who now teaches pickleball on Wednesdays on courts at Rengstorff Park behind the Mountain View Senior Center, has been pushing the City of Mountain View for some tennis courts to be painted with â&#x20AC;&#x153;blended linesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; faint lines marking pickleball boundaries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had an Introduction to Pickleball class in May

and 40 people showed up,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We said weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to continue giving sessions but we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possibly tape that many courts.â&#x20AC;?

Foladare has been visiting other West Coast pickleball communities and said some tennis courts have been converted for pickleball playing in Cambria, Paso Robles, Simi Valley, Tustin and Walnut Creek. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about places with older people,â&#x20AC;? Foladare said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As our population grays, pickleball is perfect.â&#x20AC;? Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

Gil Draper hits the ball while playing a game of pickleball at the Mountain View Senior Center on Nov. 20.

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CHAMBER MUSIC ... The Grace Note Chamber Players will perform works by Antonin Dvorak and Robert Fuchs on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from noon to 1:30, as part of the Community Tuesdays program at the Oshman Family JCC. The event includes lunch, and the price is $20 or two punches on the Community Tuesday punch card. Early admittance will begin at 11:40 a.m. for people who RSVP by Dec. 13 to Michelle Rosengaus at 650 2238616 or mrosengaus@paloaltojcc. org.

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Living Well (continued from previous page) happier and healthier lives, Colby noted. “Older people with a sense of purpose can make powerful contributions toward addressing urgent problems in the world,” she said.

RETIREMENT SURPRISES ... In a retirement study of more than 12,000 people aged 55 to 80, Fidelity Investments said it uncovered some unexpected results. Surprisingly, Fidelity said, nearly 60 percent of men said they want to spend more time with their wives, while women tended to be more interested in spending more time with their grandchildren (nearly 70 percent) than with their husbands (43 percent). In another surprise, Fidelity said, nearly half the respondents did not link their retirement date to level of savings. Some 49 percent said their retirement date is not linked to money but to a specific date and that, if necessary, they would adapt their retirement lifestyle to fit their income. The remaining 51 percent said their finances would determine their retirement date. Fidelity said the survey found it is a myth that “people work in retirement because they have to.” Sixty-one percent indicated that “they like what they do,” and nearly half (48 percent) added that “feeling valued” was an important reason to continue working. The study, based on both in-depth interviews and online surveys, was done in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity.

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VEGGIE DINNER ... Enjoy gingery Chinese winter greens stir-fry and sesame-lemon cookies at Monday Night Vegetarian Dinners, including this Monday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto. This week features an Asian-inspired menu prepared by chef Gary Alinder.

Anyone is welcome to come and dine for $18. Guests must register by Monday at noon. Info: 650-599-3320 or yourhealthandjoy.com/dinners DECORATE FOR THE HOLIDAYS ... Buy holiday greens and custom arrangements on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Locals can pick up fresh holiday greens for their home or have Gamble’s flower arranging experts create for them a holiday arrangement. Arrangements can be customized in either a provided container or one purchased during the sale. Those using provided containers can drop them off between Monday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 11. The custom arrangement will then be ready for pick-up at the sale. Info: gamblegarden.org/event/holidaygreens-arrangements-sale EXOTIC EDIBLES ... Explore the region’s unusual edible fruits and nuts on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2-5 p.m., at Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.

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A home with curb appeal helps a homeowner sell their home, says Kit Davey, a Redwood City-based interior designer. Home sellers should repaint their home as needed, such as painting trim white.

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Give buyers what they want Potential buyers are looking for a spacious, light-filled and well-maintained home that is ready to move into. They want uncluttered, clean and tidy rooms in which they can visualize their furnishings, and an exterior with curb appeal. Give them what they want! Concentrate your staging efforts on: • Improving your home’s presentation to the street.

• Creating a spacious, uncluttered look in every room.

• Bringing in light.

• Making repairs that reassure buyers the house has been well-maintained over many years.

• Neutralizing finishes so that the new homeowner can move in right away.

Curb appeal Make sure your house numbers are easy to read and that your mailbox is in good shape.

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In the dining room, Davey recommends removing a lead of the table and placing flowers on the table, instead of setting the table.

If you need to repaint your home, paint the body of the house in a light beige, khaki or gray, and then paint the trim in white with the front door and shutters in a coordinating color, such as hunter green, navy blue or black. If your home’s neutral-colored paint is in good shape but the trim is an unusual color, simply paint the trim in white and repaint the front door. Power wash a dusty house to make it

look freshly painted.

Give your front yard a manicured look: fertilize and edge your lawn, thoroughly weed, and trim any dead or misshapen plants. Provide easy passage to the front door by trimming low-hanging branches or overgrown hedges. Cover planting beds in fine tan bark (continued on page 46)

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and plant oodles of colorful flowers. Move any trailers, boats, cars or trash cans from the driveway so the buyers can see the home and not your toys. Take care of repairs; fix that leaning fence or broken pane of glass, and replace missing shingles.

Make your front entry inviting by purchasing a new welcome mat, adding a brass kick plate to the bottom of your door and replacing a dated light fixture. Remove your screen door and store it in your garage. Remove tired garden furniture and scraggy potted plants, and replace with a few clay pots brimming with fresh, blooming plants. Place only high quality wood or wrought iron furniture on your porch — no plastic or aluminum.

Interior staging Most Realtors will encourage you to repaint your home’s interior and refinish your hardwood floors (or re-carpet in a light beige) so your home’s interior appears bright and spacious. This can be expensive, but you’ll get a very good return on your dollar.

Your entry will seem larger if you remove the area rug and any furniture that crowds the space. Add light by replacing art with a mirror and by using the maximum wattage in the light fixture.

Arrange your living and family room furniture so that it invites visitors into the space, rather than blocking them. Keep the window coverings open and lights on. Remove excess furniture, and declutter every surface. Visitors may not enjoy viewing

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Clean, uncluttered rooms, such as a bedroom or kitchen, help the potential buyers visualize what the space would look like with their furnishings, Davey says. religious items, sexy artwork, guns, animal skins or an over-abundance of family photos, so it’s best to pack them away. Add a few nice touches: place several logs in the fireplace, and position healthy potted plants or fresh flowers here and there.

Increase space in your dining room by removing a leaf from the table and storing several chairs. Don’t use a table cloth or set the table, simply place a live plant or bouquet of flowers, flanked by a pair of candlesticks, on the table.

Brighten your kitchen by painting outdated cabinets and adding new hardware.

Remove appliances and clutter from the countertops, and display several decorative

items instead. Remove all refrigerator magnets and items stored on top of the fridge. Clean every surface until it shines.

Your bathrooms should also be squeaky clean. Remove tired window coverings to let light in. Increase space by removing floor mats, decluttering the vanity top and keeping the shower curtain or door open.

Store all hygiene items, and remove the trash can. Invest in new towels which coordinate with the tile color. Add a plant or dish of potpourri on the vanity.

Remove furniture that crowds your bedrooms. Declutter all surfaces, and remove any art which is tacked or taped to the walls. A new bedspread and colorful

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pillows can add a fresh look.

For additional help, check out books in the library on selling your own home and copy their preparation checklists. Or ask your real estate agent to walk through your home to give you room-by-room suggestions. Or hire a staging specialist to get the honest feedback you need. Everything you do to prepare your home for sale is money in your pocket! Q Kit Davey, Allied Member A.S.I.D., is a Redwood City-based interior designer who uses what you already own to redecorate. Email her at kitdavey@aol. com or call her at 650-367-7370.

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

Atherton

59 Leon Way Barnum Trust to Mohr Trust for $5,100,000 on 10/29/15 44 Maple Ave. Couch Trust to Elder Trust for $2,475,000 on 10/29/15; previous sale 10/02/1998, $790,000 57 Northgate St. Neubauer Trust to E. Jalili for $1,700,000 on 10/30/15; previous sale 03/03/1987, $150,000

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Los Altos Hills

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $1,700,000 Highest sales price: $5,100,000

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $2,501,000 Highest sales price: $2,900,000

East Palo Alto

Menlo Park

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $535,000 Highest sales price: $535,000

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $1,450,000 Highest sales price: $2,025,000

Los Altos

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $2,540,000 Highest sales price: $5,550,000

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $730,000 Highest sales price: $1,825,000

Palo Alto Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $1,640,000 Highest sales price: $5,850,000

East Palo Alto 1982 W. Bayshore Road, #310 L. Hall to S. & J. Knapp for $535,000 on 10/30/15; previous sale 05/30/2014, $415,000

Los Altos

170 Almond Ave. A. & B. Barzin to J. Skinder for $2,540,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 05/30/2003, $1,005,000 131 Angela Drive McCall Trust to S. & K. Czerwinski for $2,915,000 on 11/13/15; previous sale 08/08/1975, $90,000 1472 Club View Terrace Tanigami Trust to Jenny Beyond Co. for $5,550,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 09/10/1998, $1,450,000 865 Gardenia Way Kutch Trust to D. Chu for $3,280,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 08/20/2003, $1,275,000 430 Los Altos Ave. Wong Trust to K. Okane for $2,750,000 on 11/13/15

Source: California REsource

Los Altos Hills

14690 Saltamontes Way Lewis Trust to S. & M. Kaushal for $2,900,000 on 11/16/15 12998 Vista Del Valle Court Okada Trust to Xuereb Trust for $2,501,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 08/1976, $115,000

Menlo Park

105 Laurel Ave. S. Mukherjee to S. & G. Webb for $2,025,000 on 10/30/15; previous sale 12/07/2011, $1,065,000 1962 Menalto Ave., #A Winkler Trust to R. Jiang for $1,450,000 on 10/29/15; previous sale 11/18/1994, $270,000 230 O’Connor St. K. Bretz to S. Goswamy for $1,725,000 on 10/29/15; previous sale 06/24/2002, $600,000

Mountain View 700 Chiquita Ave., #13 T. Rooney to S. Ahuja for $1,100,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 12/28/1994, $217,000 402 Foxborough Drive Poncini Trust to Romain Trust for $1,825,000 on 11/13/15 2047 Montecito Ave., #27 E. Hendrata to N. Hekmat for $730,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 02/26/2003, $310,000

Palo Alto

225 Homer Ave., #2 A. Hedayatpour to Brown-Cheng Trust for $2,100,000 on 11/16/15; previous sale 10/27/1988, $349,000 229 Matadero Ave. V. & S. Ball to GEG Properties for $1,640,000 on 11/16/15 425 Middlefield Road Hatami Trust to Z. Wang for $2,500,000 on 11/16/15

921 Newell Road R. & H. Weng to L. Tan for $2,500,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 05/22/1996, $496,000 519 Tennyson Ave. Overman Trust to Chen Trust for $4,158,000 on 11/12/15 1565 Webster St. H. & N. Farzaneh to P. Wu for $5,850,000 on 11/13/15; previous sale 06/20/1991, $642,000

BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto

4074 Orme St. guest bathroom remodel, $17,500 3145 Porter Drive revised scope to remove two boilers and issue separate permits (15-2959 and 15-2960) for each boiler required

by Stanford University. (Stanford requested separate permits because of separate funding and

contractors), $n/a 420 Fernando Ave. temporary power, $n/a 623 Greer Road temporary power, $n/a 900 Arastradero Road VMware: add two closed loop chillers to equipment yard, $178,000 445 Sherman Ave. owner tenant improvements, includes interior space build-outs associated with electrical, mechanical and plumbing, no exterior change, $40,000 3717 Park Bl temporary power, $n/a 924 Industrial Ave. commercial re-roof, $48,760 181 Coleridge Ave. partial reroof, $10,000 555 Coleridge Ave. new pool and spa with an ASTM safety cover pool equipment and gas line are existing, $130,000 40 Primrose Way partial re-roof, $5,015 4016 Orme St. bathroom remodel, work includes new skylight and eliminating window, $22,000 619 Tennyson Ave. install a twoway cleanout under house, $n/a 737 Loma Verde Ave., Unit #10 Apt 10: water heater replacement, $n/a 1473 Dana Ave. re-roof, $17,500 1457 Kings Lane Alternative Materials and Methods Request review ahead of submittal infeasibility reach code, $n/a 80 Roosevelt Circle roof cleaning and coating, $10,519 3204 Greer Road bathroom and master bedroom remodel, work includes two new windows and new interior wall, $24,740 770 Stern Ave. re-roof, $13,900 496 Hamilton Ave. use and occupancy for new tenant Thyme LLC, $n/a 2073 Edgewood Drive change back patio to landing and steps

down to grade, $n/a 2581 Park Blvd., Unit #Y207 Apt Y207: kitchen and bath remodel, work includes window replacement throughout, replace front door, replace roof-mounted heat pump, new lights in family room, $22,143 3145 Emerson St. replace AC unit, $n/a 800 Chimalus Drive install vinyl siding on the one-story home, $35,618 102 Loma Verde Ave. Apt 102 and 104: replace wall furnaces in two apartment units, $n/a 250 Middlefield Road kitchen remodel, $9,800 628 Waverley St. multifamily home: replace existing gas lines because of gas leaks, redtagged, $n/a 2906 Cowper St. temporary power, $n/a 218 N California Ave. kitchen remodel, work includes new tankless water heater, $30,000 1449 University Ave. new detached one car garage with a trellis between the house and garage, $30,005 360 Everett Ave., Unit# 4B replace furnace, retile bathroom and shower, replace incandescent can lights with LED, no exterior changes, $10,000 445 Sherman Ave. Suite A-E: QuestBridge tenant improvement and use and occupancy for a tenant space on the ground floor, work includes remodeling a bathroom on the second floor, no exterior work, $55,000 102 Middlefield Road roofmounted PV system, $n/a 3133 Louis Road addition and remodel, includes converting existing two-car, attached garage to one car and the relocation of the electric meter, $90,900

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Your Realtor and You Silicon Valley REALTORS® Learn Real Estate Business in the Philippines “Doing Business in the Philippines,” hosted by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) Global Business Council in November, attracted more than 40 members and guests. The Philippines is Asia’s second fastest growing economy today and the business of real estate there is booming, according to Philippine-based real estate agents.

The program, moderated by National Association of REALTORS® President’s Liaison to the Philippines Jennifer Tasto, had as panelists International REALTOR® Members (IRM) from the Philippines from the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations Inc. (CREBA), SILVAR’s cooperating real estate association.

They included Bernard Umali, Evangeline Yia, Arlene Posadas and Connie Castellano. Their presentations focused on buying and selling property, estate settlement, project selling, ownership of land and registering property in the Philippines.

Here are some facts members learned: • Top buyers of Philippine property are early nesters due to the country’s young population, business process outsourcing workers, overseas Filipino workers and investors.

• The Philippine economy is strong, with a growth of 5.6 percent in the second quarter of 2015, defying a regional slowdown which has affected countries like China and Japan.

• Over 10 percent of Filipinos live outside the Philippines and work in over 150 countries.

Overseas Filipino worker remittances are at a record high, posting $26.93 billion in 2014.

Of this money, 60 percent is devoted to real estate investment.

• The cost of real estate in the Philippines is much more affordable than in other Asian countries, along with the rate of return on investments.

• Growth in business process outsourcing and tourism has spurred real estate sales.

• The migration rate in Manila also has made the country’s capital a favored location for residential condominiums. The Philippines has an estimated population of 101 million people, many of whom flock to the capital in search of employment.

• Renting property has become a thriving business because there is a housing backlog - 5.5 million housing units are needed to serve the Philippines’ rapidly growing population.

“Real estate is a truly global business and especially interesting as each culture is different.

In most countries, the practice of real estate is not regulated, so it is very beneficial for REALTORS® to learn about other countries, especially when they have foreign clients not acquainted with rules and practices here, and vice versa,” said Mark Wong, chair of the SILVAR global business council.

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Real Estate Matters

2015: A frustrating year for buyers

by Xin Jiang

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n Palo Alto, 2015 has been a very frustrating year for buyers. The biggest reason is limited inventory. As of Nov. 23, there had been 516 new listings this year in Palo Alto, similar to 521 listings for the same period last year, but is 29 percent less than last cycle peak in 2008 and 46 percent less than in 1998 when MLS Listings data started to be digitally available. Considering we now have multiple layers of demands, not only from local, high-tech buyers but also from buyers and investors from all over the globe, with only half of the supply versus 17 years ago — no wonder competition among buyers is fierce. Consequently, median home price (all homes in Palo Alto) has reached $2.5 million so far in 2015. This is 80 percent more expensive than in 2008, and 4.7 times more expensive versus the median home price back in 1998. Moreover, for 2015 in particular, a high level of frustration is equally shared by buyers at all budget levels.

Entry-level buyers with an approximate $2 million budget have to focus on mostly the south part of Palo Alto for single-family homes. For those that are not Eichler fans or want to avoid flood zones, choices are further limited to certain areas of Midtown or Barron Park.

This translated into more bidding wars in those specific neighborhoods. The median home price in Midtown has risen 24 percent so far over 2014, and much faster than the 15 percent increase overall in Palo Alto. While it all depends on what kind of homes that will be available next year, at this point, it seems that Barron Park offers some value. Few months ago, several homes with decent lot size and in a prime location of Barron Park were sold below $2.5 million. Just as other neighborhoods in Palo Alto, the community and schools of Barron Park have kept evolving in a positive direction.

If entry level is this tough, do buyers with a $4-$5 million budget have more choices and more bargaining power? The answer is no. First of all, buyers with a

2015 year-to-date median neighborhood home price (in millions) $4.50

$4.20

$4.15

$4M $3.51

$3.50 $3M

$2.76

$2.53

$2.82

$2.50

$2.20

$2M $1.50 $1M $.50 $0

Barron Park

Community Crescent Center and Park Professorville

Green Gable

Midtown

Old Palo Alto

South Palo Alto

Source: MLS Listings on Nov. 23, 2015

higher budget tend to be more particular about what kind of homes they want and accept less compromise. Secondly, even after considering the size of the neighborhoods and the pyramid shape of the demands toward the higher price range, there were substantially fewer listings in the north part of Palo Alto than in the south. For instance, south Palo Alto had the highest number of active listings so far this year at 146 versus 49 in Old Palo Alto and 29 in Crescent Park. Competitions among these financially wellestablished buyers are at a whole new level. It’s not rare to see homes get bid up $500,000 or even $1 million over listing price. Several $4 million transactions in Crescent Park earlier this year had nine to 12 offers. Buyers at this budget point had to be patient and more flexible, including expanding searches to the premium neighborhoods of neighboring cities.

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Things are not easy for even $10 million buyers in Palo Alto this year. Many of those buyers focus on Old Palo Alto, and demand a large lot (10,000-plus square feet) with good width (more than 50 feet). Average lot size of homes sold in Old Palo Alto so far this year was 7,600 square feet versus 10,000 square feet last year. The largest lot sold this year through public/on-MLS transactions was 13,355 square feet versus the couple we had with around 20,000 square feet last year. Some of the buyers have started to include Atherton, Hillsborough and Los Altos Hills into their searches. This partially explains the 26 percent jump in median home price in Atherton this year to $5.59 million, and 94027 has finally become the most expensive ZIP code, according to Forbes. Old Palo Alto and other premium neighborhoods in the Bay Area are very different communities.

Buyers in this price range really need to sort out priorities to avoid buyers’ remorse.

What kind of market do we expect next year? As stated in my January article, I believe that from a long-term and cyclical perspective, we’ve passed the peak of this seven-year super cycle in the spring of 2015. If normal seasonality (market tends to go up toward April or May) does not kick off as strong as usual, then we could be indeed in a temporary correction. Rapidly declining affordability, a strong U.S. dollar, uncertainties associated with global economy, anything can be the trigger. On the other hand, a shortterm correction is actually a good thing for the healthy state of the market in the long run. Q Xin Jiang is a Realtor with Alain Pinel Realtors in Palo Alto. She can be reached at xjiang@apr.com.

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Permits (continued from page 47) 1160 California Ave. roofmounted PV system, $n/a 685 Encina Grande Drive remove/replace water heater, $n/a 623 Greer Road raise second floor wall plate height from 6 feet, 8 inches to 9 feet and replace existing second floor cathedral ceiling structure with new roof rafter and ceiling joist, adjust interior wall accordingly, covert existing attic space on second floor into new master bath and closet, new roof deck outside of master bedroom, $73,493 986 El Cajon Way re-roof, $15,000 3350 W Bayshore Road remove one boiler on the roof and replace with two smaller boilers in parallel, $96,400 3589 Arbutus Ave. re-roof, $20,038 4228 Pomona Ave. replace water heater, $n/a 634 Wellsbury Way two-bathroom remodel, $5,000 152 Walter Hays Drive replace water heater, $n/a 777 San Antonio Ave., Building 2 Building 2: voluntary seismic upgrade, add shear clips and shear walls to the cripple walls in the crawl space, no exterior changes, $38,000 3540 La Mata Way bathroom and kitchen remodel and add a wall to create a hallway so the garage does not enter into a bedroom, relocate the washer and dryer to the garage, $33,000 555 Oregon Ave. replace water line from meter to house, water meter is in the planter strip, $n/a 875 Mockingbird Lane gas line revision and new gas line to new barbeque, $n/a 2521 South Court roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 1473 Dana Ave. single-story addition, kitchen and bath remodel, install new tankless water heater with dedicated gas line, $74,000 1148 High St. roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 308 Ramona St. install NEMA 14-50 outlet in garage for EVSE, $n/a 285 Hamilton Ave. Houzz: tenant improvement and use and occupancy for a tenant to occupy the entire third, fourth and fifth floors, work includes new rooftop equipment, $3,500,000 180 El Camino Real, Suite #153 install illuminated sign for Stella McCartney, $n/a 1900 Birch St. 17-panel PV system, $n/a 777 San Antonio Ave., Building 1 Building 1: voluntary seismic upgrade, add shear clips and shear walls to the cripple walls in the crawl space, no exterior changes, $38,000 2120 Amherst St. red-tagged gas leak repair, $n/a 777 San Antonio Ave., Building 3 Building 3: voluntary seismic upgrade, add shear clips and shear walls to the cripple walls in the crawl space, $38,000 732 Ames Ave. addition and remodel, includes partial garage conversion to living space, service upgrade to 200 amps, $120,000 963 Paradise Way inspection after gas leak repair, $n/a 880 Arroyo Court copper repipe of house and replace water line after the meter, $n/a 2231 South Court re-roof, $24,918 528 Tennyson Ave. bathroom and office remodel, work includes creating a cased opening, replacing rail at front entry, add backsplash in the kitchen, $30,000 251 Lincoln Ave. revision to sheer walls lengths, $n/a 443 Ferne Ave. roof cleaning and coating, $13,553 811 Channing Ave. install Level 2 electric vehicle charging equip-

Rent Watch

Do I have to comply with rent due dates and grace periods? edited by Anky van Deursen

Q

My landlord and I have always had a positive relationship, but of late he has been changing the nature of our rent payment dates.

We have never had a written lease or rental agreement, and I always paid rent when I got paid. I pay every month, though on different days, and have never missed a monthly rental payment. Now, after seven years, my landlord has called and said he wants the rent paid in full by the first of every month. Can he do this after accepting rent payments based on my work payment schedule for more than seven years? And isn’t there a grace period for monthly rental payments anyways?

A

You have touched on what is one of the oddest features of rent payments in California. Most written agreements specify the date rent is due and also stipulate that most rent payments are due at the beginning of the month. The overwhelming majority of rental agreements and leases in California make rent due on the first of the month or within the first five days of the month. Your situation is an important exception, when there is nothing in writing specifying the rental payment date. The California Civil Code (1947) states that “When there is no usage or contract to the contrary, rents are payable at the termination of the holding, when it does not exceed one year. If the holding is by the day, week, month, quarter, or year, rent is payable at the termination of the respective periods, as it successively becomes due.” This means that it can be that rent is due

ment on side yard, $n/a 1911 Waverley St. replace electric service to 200 amps, remove bedroom window on second floor, $n/a 827 Chimalus Drive revisions, including minor window and door changes with associated minor changes to shear walls and minor changes to the interior layout, $n/a 845 Webster St. 845 and 847 Webster: kitchen and two-bathroom remodel, expand the interior stairway, rewire the entire house, add a new AC unit and central heating, work includes relocating the electric service for 847 Webster to the front of the building and upgrading the electrical service for 845 Webster to 200 amps and relocating to the front of the building, $75,000 261 Hamilton Ave., Suite #130 use and occupancy and retail tenant improvement for Shinola retail firm to occupy ground floor suite, $390,500 471 Margarita Ave. window replacement in six units, $20,000 3423 Cork Oak Way 15-2033: revised rebar foundation and restamp lost job set, $n/a 3000 El Camino Real Map Royalty, Floor 8: install three electrical outlets, $n/a 857 Waverley St. install two Level 2 electric vehicle charging charger associated electric, $n/a 695 Toyon Place re-roof, $5,500 3584 Lupine Ave. reinforce truss framing in garage, install five out-

at the end of the rental period rather than in advance of the rental period. If you have never had anything in writing specifying that rent needs to be paid in advance then you might consider showing your landlord this civil code section, providing that rent is due at the end of the rental period (monthly, in this case).

There is one important caveat. Because you have a month-to-month agreement, your landlord could issue a written Thirty Day Change of Terms of Tenancy stating that thirty days after the issue of this notice, rent will become due and payable on the first of each month.

However, there is no automatic grace period in the California Civil Code in the absence of any written stipulation giving a tenant a grace period for paying rent. A generous landlord might allow you a couple of days grace (written or verbal), but it is not legally required to grant a grace period.

Resources: nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/ renters-rights

Can I charge my roommate for half of rent and cleaning costs?

Q

My roommate and I have been living in this apartment for the past three years. Last year, she got laid off, and we made an arrangement that she would handle most of the housework and in exchange pay 25 percent of the rent while I pay 75 percent of the rent. We recently had a major argument, and she has decided not to do any more cleaning. So now I want to hire a house cleaner, charge my roommate for 50 percent of the rent plus the cost of the house cleaner.

Can I do this?

lets, new attic ladder, sheetrock and insulation, $1,000 4261 El Camino Real water line replacement (work to be done in public row 15str-00108), $n/a 2323 Birch St. new ductless air conditioner, $8,900 532 Colorado Ave. repair of water damaged sheetrock kitchen ceiling and associated ceiling light replacements, install insulation, $2,195 2465 Louis Road re-roof, $3,750 436 Palo Alto Ave. remodel and new elevated deck, work includes remodeling and structural upgrades to basement, remodel the kitchen, new windows and siding, replace tank water heater with a tank water heater and replace furnace, $175,000 1730 Embarcadero Road install three illuminated signs, $n/a 1576 Hamilton Ave. sewer line replacement, no work in the public row, $n/a 1511 Madrono Ave. kitchen and bath remodel, includes interior wall changes, replace existing windows in kitchen and new bay window at kitchen, $55,000 4201 Juniper Lane, Unit #E install NEMA 14-30 outlet in garage for Level 2 EVSE, $n/a 2155 Greer Road temporary power, $n/a 80 Roosevelt Circle remodel two restrooms, install six highefficiency, recessed lighting in bedroom, $10,000 735 Layne Court replace exist-

ing wall furnace with new wall furnace in same location, $n/a 432 College Ave., Apt #C Unit C: bathroom remodel, $22,000 315 Homer Ave., Unit #402 install NEMA 14-50 outlet in underground garage, $n/a 1645 Escobita Ave. re-roof, $16,000 370 Oxford Ave. roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 1130 Forest Ave. replace water heater, $n/a 245 Lytton Ave. commerical, replace gravel deck with stone paving, $10,000 380 Maclane service upgrade and relocate panel, $n/a 769 Oregon Ave. three windows and bedroom slider, $2,000 389 Margarita Ave. electric service upgrade, $n/a 3252 South Court replace water heater, $n/a 326 University Ave. replace rooftop HVAC unit, $10,900 3888 Duncan Place roof cleaning and coating, $8,251 301 High St. removal of proposed interior non-load bearing walls and minor interior door modifications, $n/a 1651 Page Mill Road deferred submittal for penthouse framing, $n/a 3500 Deer Creek Road Telsa: Building 26, install step-down transformer after the meter, install two 225-amp subpanels, receptacles and disconnect, no exterior work, $20,000

A

Since you use the term “arrangement,” we assume this agreement between you and your roommate was never documented in writing. A verbal agreement is generally enforceable, but the lack of a written version means that you and you roommate may well disagree about the exact terms of the arrangement. This type of situation is why we always recommend that these type of agreements between roommates be documented in writing. Assuming you can prove the agreement existed, you could enforce it in a small claims action against your roommate, but taking her to court will require you to expend time and energy, and it will almost certainly cause further damage to your relationship. If the relationship totally breaks down, the next step will depend on whether both of you signed the rental agreement with the landlord or whether only one of you is on the rental agreement and the other is a “subtenant.” When both of you are on the rental agreement, only the landlord can evict one or both of you. If only one of you is on the agreement, the person on the agreement would have to pursue the eviction against the subtenant. All of these approaches generate unhappy consequences, so our strongest advice to you is to contact the local mediation program in your area. A mediator can bring both you and your roommate together under conditions that are neutral and convenient.

Mediation would allow you to look for ways to repair your relationship or at least mutually agree on a peaceful resolution. Q Project Sentinel provides landlord-tenant dispute resolution and fair-housing services in Northern California, including rental-housing mediation programs in Palo Alto, Los Altos and Mountain View. Call 650-856-4062 for dispute resolution or 650-321-6291 for fair housing, email info@housing.org or visit housing.org.

1651 Page Mill Road lab equipment anchorage deferred submittal, $n/a 2153 Waverley St. install 1/2inch gas line to existing fireplace for new gas log set, $n/a 770 Mayview Ave. deferred submittal for truss, $n/a 1651 Page Mill Road basement seismic bracing deferred submittal, $n/a

1651 Page Mill Road deferred submittal for roof screen framing, $n/a 1651 Page Mill Road equipment anchorage deferred submittal, $n/a 170 Walter Hays Drive 200-amp service replacement in the same location, $n/a 733 Waverley St. emergency gas leak repair, $n/a

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CONTEMPORARY DESIGN IN CENTRAL ATHERTON Sleek and stylish upgrades complement the modern feel of this well maintained four bedroom home. Floor to ceiling windows in the living room offer a dramatic outlook onto the expansive and tranquil backyard studded with redwood trees and majestic oaks.

Situated on approximately one acre, this property provides the perfect opportunity to expand to one’s vision, or enjoy in its current refined condition.

Ideally located across from beautiful Holbrook Palmer Park, within the top Menlo Park School District and close proximity to Stanford University, Facebook, local shops and restaurants.

• 4 bedrooms • 2.5 bathrooms • Living space approximately 2190 sq ft • Garage approximately 550 sq ft • Lot approximately 42,025 sq ft • Top Rated Menlo Park Schools: Encinal Elementary, Hillview Middle School and Menlo-Atherton High School

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services

Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

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$35,000,000

$24,800,000

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

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

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291 Atherton Avenue, Atherton

$19,800,000

$16,900,000

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Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

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10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

$13,888,000

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Listing Provided by: David Bergman, Lic.#01223189

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245 Mountain Wood Lane, Woodside

1175 Barroilhet Drive, Hillsborough

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

$7,750,000

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138 Bolivar Lane, Portola Valley

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

38 Haciendas Drive, Woodside

$6,488,000

$5,850,000

$4,350,000

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

APPOINTMENT ONLY

APPOINTMENT ONLY

SALE PENDING

1 Faxon Road, Atherton

85 Greenoaks, Atherton

3665 Woodside Road, Woodside

$20,700,000

$12,950,000

$4,200,000

5+ BD / 5+ BA

6 BD / 5+ BA

3 BD / 2.5 BA / 2,120 SF

Custom gated estate in premier Menlo Circus Club

Superb new construction by Laurel Homes and Adcon

Sunny at lot in Woodside. 3.3 acres. Western Hill views.

location on 1.7+ acres with solar-heated pool, golf

Builders. Premier location in Lindenwood. Pool spa,

practice hole.

1BD/1BA guest house.

1faxon.com Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459

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191 Meadowood , Portola Valley

580 Washington Ave, Palo Alto

415 Olive Street, Menlo Park

$3,495,000

$3,188,000

$2,495,000

2+ acres

3 BD / 3 BA

7 BD / 3 BA

Gracious lot. Views of Windy Hill. 7k sf allowable* Imagine

Exquisitely remodeled 2 story home in the heart of

Prime west Menlo Park. Move in today, remodel, or build

the possibilities!

Old Palo Alto. Beautiful home with many distinctive

new, lot size of approximately .27 acre (12,100 square feet)

Jennifer Pollock, 650.867.0609 Deanna Tarr, 415.999.1232

architectural features.

Doyle Rundell, 650.722.1385

Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 tom@tomlemieux.com

doyle@pacunion.com

SALE PENDING

AMAZING VIEW

RENTAL IN LINDENWOOD

4 Chateau Dr, Menlo Park

101 Alma Street #1103, Palo Alto

82 Linden Avenue, Atherton

$2,195,000

$2,100,000

$25,000 / month

3 BD / 3 BA

3 BD / 3 BA

7 BD / 5+ BA

Remodeled townhome in downtown Menlo Park, 2 blocks

Bright and light Living Room with open space, updated

Contemporary, light lled home with rooms opening to the

to Santa Cruz Avenue.

kitchen. 24hr Security and doorman, on-site management,

patio & pool on almost 1 acre. Pool and guest house.

Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 tom@tomlemieux.com

gym, pool.

Amy Sung, 650.468.4834 amy@amysung.com

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Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459 tom@tomlemieux.com

Coldwell Banker

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Los Altos Hills $8,888,000 State of the art contemporary home on 1.3 ac, top custom details, pool. 14123TracyCt.com 7 BR/6 BA Elaine White CalBRE #01182467 650.566.5323

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $6,999,888 728 Addison Ave Experience European Luxury Modern Mediterranean estate custom-built in 2014, perfect floor plan for entertaining. 5 BR/3.5 BA Alex Comsa CalBRE #01875782 650.325.6161

Portola Valley $5,500,000 2 Sierra Lane Large home on a cul-de-sac with west¬ern mountains and Windy Hill views, 2SierraLane.com 3 BR/3.5 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961

Woodside $4,549,000 Estate home on 5 acres w/ gorgeous ocean views.Chef ’s kitchen, spacious decks & tennis ct! 4 BR/3 full BA + 2 half Valerie Trenter CalBRE #01367578 650.323.7751

Menlo Park Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $3,895,000 60 Politzer Dr Beautifully landscaped w/ brick walkways & patios, sunny seating areas and places to play. 6 BR/5 BA Pat McDonnell/ Sophie Kirk 650.324.4456 CalBRE #01926896/ 01926401

Palo Alto $2,199,000 291 Creekside Drive Beautiful newly renovated Eichler home in the heart of Greenmeadow Community 4 BR/2 BA Elena Talis CalBRE #01396001 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,998,000 393 Whitclem Dr Light-filled single level ranch style 3BR, 2.5BA home with large family room. Gunn High! 3 BR/2.5 BA Gwen Luce CalBRE #00879652 650.324.4456

Menlo Park Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,849,000 2140 Camino A Los Cerros Storybook charm with dormer windows and unique turret entrance. 5 BR/2 BA Rebecca Johnson/Karen Fryling 650.323.7751 CalBRE #01332193/01326725

Menlo Park $1,598,000 2131 Avy Ave Rarely available stunning Menlo Heights End Unit townhouse w/attached 2car garage! Hurry! 3 BR/2.5 BA Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Redwood City Sat/Sun 12 - 4 $1,298,000 1846 Barton St 1846 Barton St 3/1 single level in cul-de-sac, oversize lot; good to live in as-is, update or build new. 2 BR/1 BA Gil Oraha CalBRE #01355157 650.325.6161

Woodside $1,198,000 Updated home w/ open LR, hi ceilings & remodeled kitchen w/ an additional 1/1 in law apt. 2 BR/2 BA Valerie Trenter CalBRE #01367578 650.323.7751

Redwood City Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $849,888 1161 Grand Street 1161 Grand Street Sought-after neighborhood for this fixer upper Eichler home. Great family room added sqft.

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Dublin Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $846,500 3486 Capoterra Way 3486 Capoterra Way Spacious luxury townhome, sun-drenched corner unit. Large 3rdfloor loft, 4-car fin garage. 3 BR/2.5 BA Terri Brown CalBRE #01387483 650.325.6161

La Honda Sat 1 - 4 $829,000 9 Sequoia Dr $70,000 Reduction! Tahoe style hme on lg lot. Master Suite w/skylights. Sep in-law w/BA. 4 BR/2 BA Janis Friedenberg Grube 650.851.2666 CalBRE #01365341

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Price Reduced to $9,950,000 Beds 4 | Baths 3 Home ±2,740 sf | Lot ±3.2 acres

ATHERTON 75 Reservoir Road, Atherton | 75reservoir.com Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com

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Offered at $4,998,000 Beds 5 | Baths 4.5 Home ±3,424 sf | Lot ±9,376 sf

CRESCENT PARK 725 Center Drive, Palo Alto | 725center.com

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Noelle Queen, Sales Associate 650.427.9211 noelle.queen@dreyfussir.com

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Offered at $2,498,000 Beds 2 | Baths 2 Home ±1,048 sf | Lot ±5,250 sf

PROFESSORVILLE 1028 Emerson Street, Palo Alto | 1028emerson.com

Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com

Noelle Queen, Sales Associate 650.427.9211 noelle.queen@dreyfussir.com

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

PROFESSORVILLE 1116 Ramona Street, Palo Alto | 1116ramona.com Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com

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LOS ALTOS HILLS RETREAT PALO ALTO SCHOOLS

PRICE REDUCED TO $3,998,000 MAIN HOUSE Beds 3 | Baths 2.5 Home ±3,285 sf | Lot ±22,880 sf

14700 Manuella Road, Los Altos Hills 14700Manuella.com

GUEST HOUSE Studio | Bath 1 | Kitchen Workshop: ±835 sf Wine Room: ±170 sf 2-car Garage: ±580 sf

Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com

Summer Brill, Sales Associate 650.468.2989 summer.brill@dreyfussir.com

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PORTOLA VALLEY 183 Vista Verde Way, Portola Valley | 183vistaverde.com

Offered at $3,995,000 4 Bedrooms | 3 Full Baths | 1 Half Bath Home ±4,680 sf | Lot ±40,616 sf

Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com License No. 01121795

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O F F M A R K E T E XC LU S I V E I N C R E SC E NT PA R K , PA LO A LTO FIHVSSQW SJ½GI ½XRIWW VSSQ ` JYPP FEXLW LEPJ FEXLW Approx. 6,500 sq. ft. on 3 levels | Approx. 17,000 sq. ft. lot | One mile to downtown Palo Alto Offered at $9,950,000

160 GREER ROAD, WOODSIDE Wonderful Central Woodside location | Approximately 10.4 acres | Lovely western hill views Mostly level land | Pre-approved plans for a new home | Possible sub-divide Offered at $18,000,000

DOWNTOWN PALO ALTO 728 Emerson Street, Palo Alto | 650.644.3474

Shena Hurley 650.575.0991 shena.hurley@sothebysrealty.com

Susie Dews 650.302.2639 susie.dews@dreyfussir.com

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Rich Bassin, Broker Associate 650.400.0502 rich.bassin@sothebysrealty.com richbassin.com License No. 00456815

Marlena Lyon, Director of Sales 650.793.5934 marlena.lyon@dreyfussir.com License No. 01971666

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement TAKE POINT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 610522 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Take Point, located at 30 Gladys Court Apt. 2, Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ERIN ASHBY 30 Gladys Court Apt. 2 Mountain View, CA 94043 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 27, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4, 2015) LEGACY GROUP FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 610582 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Legacy Group, located at 1575 Tenaka Place #D7, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): SAMANTHA E. SANTANA 1575 Tenaka Place #D7 Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/15/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 29, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4, 2015) Golden Acorn Music FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 610583 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Golden Acorn Music, located at 109 McFarland Ct., Apt. 319, Stanford, CA 94305, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MATTHEW D. FERNALD 109 McFarland Ct., Apt. 319 Stanford, CA 94305 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 29, 2015.

(PAW Oct. 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4, 2015) MAKER WHARF PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 610993 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Maker Wharf Palo Alto, located at 409 Sherman Ave. Ste. 200, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): SPCA1, Inc. 409 Sherman Ave. Ste. 200 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 November 10, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 20, 27, Dec. 4, 11, 2015) SILICON VALLEY WINDOW CLEANING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611157 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Window Cleaning, located at 3210 Tristian Av., San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JOSUE ALVARENGA 3210 Tristian Av. San Jose, CA 95127 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 November 16, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 20. 27. Dec. 4, 11, 2015) AdvanTel Networks FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611168 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: AdvanTel Networks, located at 2222 Trade Zone Blvd., San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): AdvanTel, Inc. 2222 Trade Zone Blvd.

San Jose, CA 95131 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12-4-2008.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 16, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 20, 27, Dec. 4, 11, 2015) YOU AND ME ROASTING LEANOVATE LAB FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611236 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) You and Me Roasting, 2.) Leanovate Lab, located at 736 Southampton Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HANS-JORG KNOLL 736 Southampton Drive Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 18, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11, 18, 2015) MAIA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611068 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Maia, located at 415 Cambridge Ave., Ste. 3, 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): EU INT’L CORP. 741 Barron Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/06.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 12, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11, 18, 2015) DI MARIA & CONE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611342 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Di Maria & Cone, located at 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 304, 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): STEVEN J. CONE 1536 Maddux Ave. Redwood City, CA 94061 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2009.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 19, 2015.

(PAW Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11, 18, 2015)

997 All Other Legals Title Order No.: 150016996 Trustee Sale No.: 15-00617A Reference No.: 14-07063 APN No.: 154-40-051 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 10/30/2014.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/10/2015 at 10:00 AM , A.S.A.P. Collection Services, as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 11/3/2014 as Document No. 22758930 Book n/a Page n/a of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, property owned by: Hoa T. Nguyen and Nai H. Nguyen WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank, a

check drawn by a state of federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.) At: At the gated North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse at 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA Said sale shall be subject to a 90 day right of redemption period per the requirements of the California Civil Code section 5715(b). All rights, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, describing the land therein, under Assessors’ Parcel Number: 154-40051 The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 255 S Rengstorff Ave Apt 51 Mountain View, CA 94040-1734 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit: $46,050.64 Estimated Accrued Interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale The claimant, Parkview West Homeowners Association under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site at www.nationwideposting. com using the file number assigned to this case 15-00617A. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR Date: 10/30/2015 For Sales Information Please Call (916) 939-0772 or go to www.nationwideposting.com A.S.A.P. Collection Services, as Trustee by: Platinum Resolution Services, Inc., as Agent Stephanie Strickland, President NPP0262973 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 11/20/2015, 11/27/2015, 12/04/2015 Title Order No.: 8500714 T.S.#: 201401435 HOA File #: PVPM-PTC-Schroeder APN No.: 193-52-008 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 11/20/2014.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/17/2015 at 10:00 AM, United Trustee Services As the duly appointed

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Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 12/2/2014 as Document No. 22787556 Book Page of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, property owned by: Ruth A. Schroeder WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank, a check drawn by a state of federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.) At: At the gated North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse at 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA All right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, describing the land therein: 193-52-008 The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 274 Pamela Drive, Unit 8 Mountain View, CA 94040 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit: $25,100.33 Estimated. Accrued Interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale The claimant, Pamela Terrace Condominium Association under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2014-01435.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR Date: 11/6/2015 United Trustee Services For Sales Information Please Call (916) 9390772 Lisa Chapman, Trustee Sale Officer NPP0263635 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 11/20/2015, 11/27/2015, 12/04/2015

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STANFORD FOOTBALL

Legacy of success for Hogan

BEST OF CENTURY . . . Former Stanford quarterback John Elway has been named the Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Century, as announced by the conference. Elway was one of four Cardinal to earn a spot on the AllCentury team. Elway was a two-time first-team All-American and two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year selection who rewrote the Stanford and Pac10 career record books. He threw a record 77 career touchdown passes and compiled the second-most career passing yards (9,349), pass completions (774) and pass attempts (1246) at Stanford. As a consensus All-American and Player of the Year in 1982, Elway finished the season as runner-up in the Heisman Trophy race to Herschel Walker. As the 1980 Pac-10 Player of the Year, he set a Stanford record with 27 touchdowns passes, a mark broken by fellow All-Century teammate Andrew Luck in 2011. Elway was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. Joining them among the five players at QB was Jim Plunkett, Stanford’s only Heisman Trophy winner. Also named to the AllCentury team from Stanford was wide receiver Ken Margerum.

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Stanford senior Kevin Hogan is the winningest quarterback in school history and will lead the Cardinal into a fourth straight bowl game following Saturday’s showdown with USC in the Pac-12 Championship Game.

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PREP VOLLEYBALL

CCS FOOTBALL

M-A girls will play for state title

SHP takes another shot at Riordan

by Keith Peters

by Keith Peters

letcher Anderson was going to celebrate his first-year wedding anniversary last Saturday night, but he had a conflict. His Menlo-Atherton girls had a NorCal volleyball semifinal match against Pitman. So, the Bears presented him with another kind of gift, a victory.

“That was a great anniversary gift. I even told the girls that they were able to give us our best wedding anniversary ever,” Anderson said of the upset of No. 2 Pitman, last year’s state runner-up.

The gift-giving continued on Tuesday night as the No. 3-seed-

hen Sacred Heart Prep opened its football season by losing two of its first three games, a lot was lost at that point.

First and foremost, the Gators would not repeat their remarkable 13-0 season of 2014 when they captured the Open Division title of the Central Coast Section playoffs. Also gone was SHP’s 14game winning streak. Gone too, along with nine defensive starters to graduation, was a superlative defense that allowed fewer than 15 points a game.

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by Rick Eymer evin Hogan, the winningest quarterback in Stanford football history, will leave a legacy unlike any other quarterback in school history and it’s not all about his accomplishments and statistics.

Hogan, about to play in his 50th college football game, prefers to assume a quiet demeanor when he’s interacting with the public, though his teammates have an entirely different view of the man who won his first 10 career starts.

“He’s someone you want to have on your side forever,” said Heisman Trophy candidate Christian McCaffrey, the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. “I feel blessed to have played with him and to call him a leader. Go back to the USC game, when he hurt his ankle. He came back and just fought and won us that game.

After Northwestern, he brought us all together and exhibited nothing but leadership.”

Hogan has a chance to lead the seventh-ranked Cardinal (10-2, 8-1 Pac-12) to its third conference title in four years Saturday.

Stanford and USC (8-4, 6-3) meet at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara at 4:45 p.m. to determine which team advances to the Rose Bowl.

The Cardinal can still lay claim to one of the four spots for the overall national championship with a win and help from elsewhere.

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A PALY GREAT . . . Before there was Jeremy Lin, there was Jim Loscutoff. Before there was “Linsanity”, there was “Jungle Jim.” Loscutoff, who became Palo Alto High’s first NBA player in 1955 — decades before Lin became famous in the league — passed away Tuesday in Massachusetts at age 85 from complications of pneumonia and Parkinson’s disease.

Loscutoff was seven-time NBA champion who played his entire nine-year career with the Boston Celtics. He is the only Celtics player to have his name, and not uniform number, retired “for his leadership and all-around excellent play.”

Affectionately nicknamed “Loscy” or “Jungle Jim” (for his aggressive style of play), Loscutoff was the team’s first-round draft pick — No. 3 overall — out of Oregon in 1955.

The 6-foot-5 forward averaged 6.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in his career. He played under legendary coach Red Auerbach, and alongside Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell, helping Boston win the first of its 17 NBA titles in 1957. The Celtics retired “Loscy,” his nickname, which hangs in the rafters because he asked his No. 18 not be retired. The team later retired it for Dave Cowens. Loscutoff averaged 19 points and 17 rebounds for the University of Oregon after spending three years in the service.

He was born in San Francisco, but graduated from Palo Alto High in 1948 after playing for Hod Ray and George Hurley.

Cardinal QB heads into Pac-12 title game as a winner

Sacred Heart Prep senior Lapitu Mahoni (15) had 100 rushing yards in the first meeting with Riordan.

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Sports CCS TENNIS

SHP sophomore keeps unbeaten streak intact Choy improves to 59-0 in her prep career after winning section singles championship for second straight season

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neer) each won just one title.

“Pound for pound, she’s as good as I’ve seen around here,” said Jeff Arons, the director of tennis at Sacred Heart Prep and former Stanford All-American who has been playing and teaching tennis in the local area for most of his 54 years.

With two years remaining, Choy can make more history with a third straight championship next season.

“That’s my next goal,” Choy said.

Choy has accomplished much during her budding career. In recent months, she has won two national titles in the 16s age division — she ranks No. 5 in the nation in that bracket. After the CCS Individual Tournament was delayed a week by inclement weather, Choy took the time off to play in a USTA National Selection (Level 2) Tournament in Irvine over the Thanksgiving break.

Playing in the 18s division, Choy played six matches in four

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ara Choy has been unbeatable against high school competition during her first two tennis seasons at Sacred Heart Prep. She was 33-0 last season and 26-0 this year for a sparkling 59-0 mark. She hasn’t even lost a set during that time.

This season included a second straight West Bay Athletic League singles crown and, on Tuesday, the top-seeded Choy claimed her second consecutive Central Coast Section singles title following a 6-4, 6-0 triumph over No. 3 seed Sarah Bahsoun of Los Gatos at Bay Club Courtside in Los Gatos.

After beating Menlo School freshman Ashley Vielma in the semifinals, 6-2, 6-0, and then rallying past Bahsoun, the 4-foot-11 Choy added her name to the CCS history book by becoming only the eighth girl to win back-to-back titles since 1975. Former Stanford All-Americans Linda Gates (Burlingame) and Lisa Green (Pio-

Sacred Heart Prep sophomore Sara Choy won her second straight singles title at the CCS Individual Tournament this week while improving to 59-0 in her high school career. days and ended up claiming the title. She won every match in straight sets and played just two tiebreakers. As for the level of competition, Menlo-Atherton’s Lanie Van Linge, the PAL Bay Division singles champ, lost in the Round of 32 and Carina Burdick of Los Altos, who teamed with

Juliette Martin to win the CCS doubles title, lost in the opening round.

“It was a really good tournament,” said Choy. “One of my best tournaments ever. The competition was fierce . . . it was really hard.”

Choy said the national tour-

nament was a good tuneup for Tuesday’s semifinals and finals.

Choy breezed past Vielma like she did to win the WBAL title, but Bahsoun provided a different challenge. Choy had expected to face No. 2 seed Ashley Yeah of (continued on next page)

NCAA SOCCER

Stanford men a win away from reaching College Cup Cardinal must beat top-ranked Wake Forest on Saturday

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“We’ve been building all season for this,” Stanford senior Eric Verso said. “We’re not afraid of any team. We’ll go play and see what happens.”

Verso and his fellow seniors Brandon Vincent and Slater Meehan have set the foundation and offered leadership to a group that went through a coaching change and came out with the mental toughness that has led the Cardinal to where they are.

“We’re ready 100 percent,” Morris said. “Obviously they are a great team but we’re ready to go there and do great.”

Morris has scored 10 goals on 51 shots and recorded three assists for 23 total points and he’s done it in 15 games. He missed the other five due to his commitment to the national team during qualifying for the Olympics.

“We’re a well-rounded team full of good players,” Verso said.

“What he is able to give us is special moments that no one else in college soccer can do. He was spectacular. He put on a show.”

Morris and Vincent were named two of 15 semifinalists for the men’s 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy on Tuesday.

Morris, the Pac-12 Player of the Year, is ninth in the country in game-winning goals (5), 15th

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by Rick Eymer tanford takes aim at securing its first trip to the College Cup, the men’s soccer version of the Final Four, in 13 years Saturday as the seventhranked Cardinal (16-2-2) travels to top-ranked and top-seeded Wake Forest (17-2-2) at 4 p.m.

It will, of course, take a complete team effort against the Deacon Demons, who are in the Elite Eight for the first time since 2009.

Wake Forest is 4-0 in it previous appearances in the Elite Eight.

Stanford is 2-0 against Wake Forest, though the teams haven’t met in 20 years. Stanford coach Jeremy Gunn previously was at Charlotte from 2007-11. While with the 49ers, Gunn beat Wake Forest by 3-1 in 2009 and 2-0 in 2010 in his only two tries.

The Cardinal is 17-12-3 alltime in the NCAA tournament, 4-7 on the road and 3-1 in the quarterfinal.

“Communication is the key,” Cardinal junior forward Jordan Morris said. “We’ve built up that connection, and that’s great for this time of the year.”

The Deacons advanced with a 1-0 victory over Indiana, scoring in the 88th minute. Stanford beat Ohio State, 3-1, to make it to the quarterfinal as Morris scored twice.

Stanford senior Brandon Vincent (left) and junior Jordan Morris were named two of 15 semifinalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy, given to the nation’s top player. in goals per game (0.67), 14th in points per game (1.53) and earlier this season scored in five straight matches, becoming just the second Stanford player to do that since 1987.

Gunn this week was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Far West Region Coach of the Year.

Women’s soccer No. 3 Stanford won’t be going to the College Cup final four after being eliminated by Duke on the basis of penalty kicks, 3-2, following a 1-1 draw last Friday night.

The Cardinal (19-2-2) outshot Duke, 22-8, overall and 9-6 in shots on goal. What counted,

though, was Blue Devils goalkeeper EJ Proctor saving Stanford’s last chance.

The contest was full of near misses and missed opportunities.

“It was a competitive game and we had chances to finish,” Cardinal coach Paul Ratcliffe said. “Either they would make a big play or we were just unfortunate.”

Stanford sophomore Andi Sullivan, meanwhile, is one of 15 players in the country selected as a women’s MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist.

Sullivan is an elite two-way player, leading Stanford in points (12), goals (5) and game-winning goals (3) for a majority of the season while also leading one of the

nation’s best defenses as a holding midfielder. She started every game and played all but 37:30 minutes during the season.

The sophomore captain helped Stanford record 12 shutouts and limit opponents to 13 goals on the season (0.55 GAA). Her control, distribution and defense makes her the key orchestrator of both Stanford’s offense and defense.

“It’s been a tremendous season,” Ratcliffe said. “They all wanted more and they’re disappointed now but in a few months they will be able to gain some perspective.”

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It’s a perfect finish for Gunn senior Meeks After finishing ninth a year ago, she races to individual championship in the girls’ Division II finals

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Gunn coach PattiSue Plumer, the former Stanford All-American and two-time Olympian. “She ran an outstanding race. She had a great race plan and executed it perfectly. I just couldn’t be more proud of her.”

Meeks ran the fourth-fastest girls’ time at the state finals, trailing only Division IV champ Cate Ratliff of Santa Cruz (17:03.7), Division IV runner-up Morgin Coonfield of McKinleyville (17:07.2) and Division I champ Destiny Collins of Great Oak (17:09.4).

“She went through the mile in 5:25 in the back of small pack; she started pushing the pace on the up hill just before the 2 mile (mark),” said Plumer. “With about 400 to go, she made a big move and dropped both girls and then held on to win by five seconds.

She was very tired. “ Meeks also became only the second state champ from Gunn in cross country. Ruth Graham won the Division II state crown in 2001 while clocking 18:08.

Tori Tyler finished third in 2004 in 18:09. Meeks ran the same time as former Gunn standout Sarah

Gunn’s Gillian Meeks (710) beat Amanda Gehrich of Tesoro and Megan McCandless (right) of Granda to the finish line.

Robinson in 2013, when Robinson finished fourth. No Gunn girl has run faster in the state finals.

Meeks, who was ninth last year in Division I, previously ran 17:44 on this same course at the Clovis Invitational this season. Her other two 5K races were 17:47 at Sunnyvale Baylands and 17:54 at the Stanford Invitational. Her previous fastest time this season was 17:17 over 2.95 miles at Crystal Springs.

Meeks, who will run for Harvard next fall, next will run at the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday at Glendoveer Course in Portland, Ore. “She is super excited,” Plumer said.

Meeks, meanwhile, was among a handful of local individuals and teams competing in Fresno.

The next-best individual performance was by Menlo School sophomore Robert Miranda, who finished ninth in the boys’ Division IV race in 15:40.2. The time was a personal best for Miranda at 5K by 32 seconds, established a school record and left him as the No. 3 runner from the CCS in all divisions behind Justin Robison of Lynbrook (15:06.4, second in Division II) and Roman Munoz of King City (15:36.8, sixth in Division IV).

“Extremely happy with Rob’s race,” said Menlo coach Jorge Chen. “He ran very smart and was only four seconds behind the CCS champ.”

Last season, as a freshman, Miranda finished 27th in 16:12.

In 1997, Menlo School’s Martin Keck took 10th in the Division V race.

On Saturday, Miranda engineered his race like a veteran though he didn’t expect he would be among the top 10 at the first mile then again at mile 2.

“That wasn’t quite the plan,” Miranda said, “But this year, I went out a lot more relaxed -- last

year was bit overwhelming — I felt today I could relax and had good control.”

It was Chen who helped Miranda set the tone for the grand stage.

‘Jorge is a great coach and he said to me, ‘Here’s what the race is going to be like, and here’s what to expect.’

“We have been altering pieces of my running throughout the season, and trying to do better each race, so I knew what I had to do, and if I gave everything I had, I would have a good one.”

And he’s hoping for another one as he heads to the Foot Locker Western Regionals on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.

Priory senior Hana Marsheck had the next-best local finish as she ran home 23rd in the girls’ Division V race in 19:33.8. The Priory girls were 17th in the team standings.

Eastside Prep freshman Zion Gabriel was 30th in the same race while clocking 19:46.0. In the boys’ Division V race, Priory senior Robert Screven was 33rd in 16:35.3.

Menlo-Atherton senior Annalisa Crowe was 38th in the girls’ Division I race while clocking 18:37.2. She was the third-fastest CCS runner, the same position she finished at the section finals.

Sacred Heart Prep senior Natalie Novitsky was 40th in the girls’ Division IV race in 19:22.5.

Gunn’s Illi Gardner was well back in the Division II race, but still clocked 19:46 for the 16thfastest time in Gunn history on the course.

The only other local team entered was Palo Alto in the boys’ Division I race. The Vikings had junior Kent Slaney leading the way, but Slaney managed just a 63rd-place finish in 16:08 while running on a sore knee.

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Malcolm Slaney

Menlo School sophomore Robert Miranda raced to a ninth-place finish in the boys’ Division IV finals.

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by Keith Peters t has been quite a season in cross country for Gunn senior Gillian Meeks, who won all three Santa Clara Valley Athletic League races before winning the SCVAL El Camino Division and Central Coast Section Division II races.

Yet, Meeks was even better on Saturday as she ran off with the Division II individual crown at the CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Meeks toured the 3.1-mile (5,000 meters) course in a personal record of 17:16.0, averaging 5:33.1 per mile while winning the title by 5.3 seconds over Megan McCandless of Granada.

“I felt great,” Meeks said in an interview with FloTrack.org. “The conditions were perfect; I think I peaked just right for this race, so it’s great . . . I’m so happy, so thankful and I’m just really proud that I did this today.

“My coach has just been so awesome. She cares about me so much and she prepared me really great for this race.”

“Super happy for Gillian,” said

Los Gatos, but Yeah defaulted in order to play elsewhere.

Choy, then, had to re-adjust to a different opponent who provided a different look as a lefty. Choy actually trailed in the first set, 4-2.

“In my mind, I was very frustrated,” Choy said. “I lost focus and I was angry at myself. I had to put the past out of my mind and just play every point.”

Choy battled back and held serve to close to 4-3. She then broke Bahsoun to deadlock the match at 4. Choy held serve for a 5-4 lead and broke her opponent again to take the first set. With her confidence back and momentum on her side, Choy broke Bahsoun three times in the second set -- including the deciding point.

Despite having her unbeaten streak on the line, Choy was able to concentrate on the moment.

“When I’m on the court, I try not to think about those things,” she said.

Her latest title, meanwhile, presents a clutter problem for the Palo Alto resident. Where are all those medals and trophies being stored?

“I ran out of room in my room,” she said. “We’re putting them in the living room now.”

Choy will be gunning for more hardware over Christmas break later this month when she competes in the 16s singles in a USTA Level 1 tournament in Arizona.

Notes: The No. 3-seeded team of sophomore Julia Marks and freshman Yvette Leung of Menlo-Atherton fell in the doubles semifinals on Tuesday to the No. 2-seeded tandem of Pamela Duke and Elizabeth Schick of Harker, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.

Marks and Leung hadn’t played doubles prior to the postseason, but helped the Bears to an 18-4 record during the regular season with Marks playing mostly at No. 2 singles and Leung at No. 3. They had qualified for CCS by winning the PAL Bay Division doubles crown by topping teammates Julia Chang and Sally Carlson. Q

Sara Choy.

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ed Bears upset top-seeded Monte Vista (Danville) in the CIF Northern California Division I title match and qualified for their first-ever appearance in the state finals.

Menlo-Atherton (27-7) handed the host Mustangs (34-6) a 25-23, 25-17, 25-18 defeat and will play SoCal champ and No. 4 Redondo Union (35-4) in the state championship match Saturday at Santiago Canyon College in Orange at 8 p.m.

Redondo Union, the defending state champion, eliminated No. 6 Trabuco Hills, 25-12, 25-19, 2515 on Tuesday to earn a return trip to the finals. Redondo Union is ranked No. 4 in the state and No. 13 in the nation by MaxPreps while M-A is No. 29 in the state.

“We played a great match (Tuesday night). These girls are playing their best volleyball and it’s happening at the right time,” said Anderson. “It is VERY exciting to see all of their hard work paying off.”

Anderson’s wife, Lauryn, shared her husband’s excitement at both the semifinal and championship matches, as she serves as his assistant coach.

“We have both been coaching for some time now, but our experience has been in the club volleyball environment,” Anderson explained. “This is our first endeavor with high school and being able to do it together has been a blessing.”

So, too, has the team’s success.

Menlo-Atherton, which lost three starters off last year’s team that lost in the NorCal finals and finished 30-4, has six seniors this season. The Bears’ lineup, however, is dominated by juniors.

One of those juniors, Jacqueline DiSanto, led the way Tuesday night with a team-leading 15 kills plus 14 digs. Fellow junior Kirby Knapp contributed 46 assists, with senior Leanna Collins a recipient of many of those sets while finishing with 14 kills. Junior Alexa Roumeliotis added 31 digs for M-A, which has seven juniors plus sophomore Lauren Heller.

There were 20 ties and and nine lead changes in the first set, with the largest deficit for either team being two points. It was tied at 23 before M-A junior Eliza Grover and senior Courtney Foliaki produced kills to secure the 25-23 win.

Monte Vista took a 6-1 lead in the second set before the Bears roared back to take nine of the next 13 points and go on to the victory.

The Mustangs were clearly frustrated after dropping the first two sets and that carried over into the third set. Monte Vista made three straight errors as M-A took a 5-3 lead and never lost it as Grover and Foliaki had big kills. Junior Kiana Sales clinched the triumph with a kill from the back row.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Gillian Meeks

Lapitu Mahoni

GUNN HIGH

SACRED HEART PREP

The senior ran a personal best of 17:16 over the 3.1mile course at Woodward Park in Fresno to win the Division II title at the CIF State Cross Country Championships, earning an invitation to the Nike nationals.

The senior running back scored the first three touchdowns of the game and finished with 19 carries for 189 yards to spark the Gators to a 33-10 semifinal win in the CCS Open Division III football playoffs.

Honorable mention Sara Choy Sacred Heart Prep tennis

Leanna Collins* Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Jacqueline DiSanto* Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Kirby Knapp Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Alexa Roumeliotis Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Ashley Vielma* Menlo tennis

Zane Elsafy Sacred Heart Prep football

James Kirkham Sacred Heart Prep football

Isoa Moimoi Sacred Heart Prep football

Nick O’Donnell Sacred Heart Prep football

Mason Randall* Sacred Heart Prep football

Brendan Semien Sacred Heart Prep football * previous winner

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

Winning NorCals for a first time has been a lot to take in for Anderson, but he had some advice at perhaps what to expect when he took over.

“When Ron Whitmill (previously the head coach at M-A and now the coach at Valley Christian) presented the opportunity at M-A to me, he told me this was a special group of girls,” Anderson said. “He really loved coaching these kids and it was hard for him to leave, so he wanted to make sure someone came in who would be truly committed to the team and the girls.

“At the beginning of the season it was obvious that this was a group of ballers. I was excited about the level of competitiveness in the gym and the level of play they maintained.”

Menlo-Atherton had a rough start to the season, going 0-3 in its first preseason matches. The Bears then went 5-0 at the Chris Chandler Invitational at Menlo School.

“That’s when we knew we were going to have a successful season,” Anderson said. “The girls work so hard in practice and truly just love to play volleyball and

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win, which makes my job easy. I don’t know if I would have predicted a NorCal championship and a trip to state at that point in the season, but I definitely felt like this team was special and they’ve proven that they are a force to be reckoned with.”

Menlo-Atherton will be out to finish the season with a championship, but this is all new for the Bears.

“Now that we have one match left, it’s in uncharted territory,” Anderson said. “Our focus as a coaching staff is to prepare the girls as best as we can for what we are going to face and maintain the positive, winning vibe that the group is carrying with them right now. We’re still learning as we go, but we’ve realized that enjoying every step along the way is what it’s all about for us and for the girls.

“Ultimately, we are all just excited about the upcoming match and challenge that comes along with it. These girls have continued to impress me with each and every match we’ve played in this playoff run and I have no doubt that they will continue to do so on Saturday.” Q

average of 20 points a game.

Sixth-seeded Sacred Heart Prep (continued from page 75) opened the postseason with a 4221 romp over No. 3 Live Oak (9-2) and his staff went back to work, before stuffing No. 2 Monte Vista tweaked the roster with some Christian (10-2) last weekend, personnel changes and scored 33-10.

“We definitely played really 76 points in the very next game.

The Gators went 8-1 in their final well against them,” Lavorato said. nine games, earned a three-way “We’re back to where we were tie for the PAL Bay Division title (last year). I don’t know if that’s and captured a pair of CCS Open good enough to beat Riordan.”

SHP gained just 331 total yards Division III playoff contests.

That brings us to Saturday in the first game with the Crusadnight’s showdown with Riordan, ers, but the Gators have improved a team that handed SHP a shock- in all facets of the game. In fact, ing 48-21 defeat on Sept. 11. Both compared to last season’s team, teams are 9-3 and set for their SHP is averaging 30 more passrematch, at Westmont High in ing yards, one more rushing yards Campbell at 7 p.m. The winner and has eight more touchdowns.

The offensive advances to a state line, which reregional playoff turned only three game while the interior players loser sends its ath(senior Justin Harletes off to winter mon, junior Kyle sports.

Stadler and senior “We want to win Mark Bechtel) plus a CCS championtight end Andrew ship,” said LavoraDaschbach, added to, who is seeking junior Josh Suzuki a fourth straight and senior Nick section crown afRalston. ter compiling a “Last year’s of38-3 record durfensive line was ing the past three good,” said Lavoraseasons. “That’s a to. “This year’s, I good thing. If you think, is better. I do win, you get the would say it’s the bonus of going to SHP seniors Andrew best, as a team, NorCals.”

Daschbach (left) and judged by how well Winning a CCS Mason Randall. they run block.” title and qualifyThe OL has opened holes for ing for a possible state bowl game was probably the furthest thing on senior Lapitu Mahoni, who leads Lavorato’s mind after his team got the way with 202 carries for 1,437 yards (119.8 per game) and 24 off to a 1-2 start.

“Our preseason schedule was touchdowns with seven games of much tougher than last year’s,” 100 yards or more.

“Last year he was good,” he said.

SHP opened 2015 with a 47-7 Lavorato said. “This year he’s romp over Leland, but fell to Rior- even better.”

Mahoni had 189 yards on 19 dan and then Palma, 31-28. Riordan beat Palma (17-14) to reach the carries and scored the first three finals. “Those three teams were touchdowns in the victory at Monte Vista Christian last week. just better competition,” he said.

SHP junior Isoa Moimoi, MaDuring those three games, the SHP coaching staff was attempt- honi’s cousin, is next with 743 ing to find replacements for the rushing yards on 132 carries with graduated nine defensive starters 13 touchdowns. Last year’s team average 242.8 yards per game, but from ‘14.

“It was a real steep learning this season it’s up to 243.7.

Also benefiting from solid curve,” Lavorato explained. “We threw them into the fire right blocking is senior quarterback Mason Randall, who will be makaway.”

It was obvious after the loss to ing his 40th start on Saturday and Riordan that SHP needed to im- has thrown 46 TD passes in his prove drastically on defense or career. He already has surpassed face a long season. The Crusad- last year’s totals with 2,272 passers finished with 507 total yards, ing yards, completion percentage of .679, an average of 189.3 yards 351 rushing.

Lavorato experimented with per game, 21 touchdowns and just players in different positions three interceptions in 187 attempts.

“Obviously,” Lavorato said, and made the necessary changes while sticking to his primary zone “Mason is a special high school quarterback.” defense.

Daschbach has 46 catches for “Then, it was just a matter of learning and getting better,” he 916 yards and fellow senior Nick said. “Playing man is easy, you O’Donnell has caught 44 passes just cover your man. In zone, all for 885 yards.

While SHP has the offense to five guys (in the backfield) have to work together. It takes time to compete with Riordan, the decidlearn that stuff. I thought we did a ing factor could be defense.

“There’s reason to hope that our pretty good job of putting the pieces together . . . Right now, we’re defense will play better,” Lavorato said. “I just think it’s coming playing pretty good defense.”

Since losing to Menlo-Atherton down to who can hang in there . . .

(17-14), the Gators have won five I can’t say if we play mistake-free straight and held opponents to an we’ll beat them.” Q

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end, Hogan already has led Stanford to a fourth consecutive bowl game during his career and to its seventh straight overall. Before 2009, the longest streak was three years between 1933-35.

“I’m just trying to do my job the best way I know how,” Hogan said. “I’m just trying to do my job the best way I know how. I want to be the person I am and not do anything special. I want to lead by example, to lead the way I believe it should be led.”

With a 34-10 record as a starter (and he should be given credit for one more after leading Stanford to a win over Colorado in relief of Josh Nunes in 2012), it’s hard to argue. How many other college quarterbacks have played in four bowl games?

“It means the world to me,” Hogan told Jim Rome. “Just the quarterback tradition at Stanford. When you play this game, you play to win. You don’t worry about the individual stats, the touchdowns, the yards. It’s a team game and at the end of the day it’s the only stat that matters. Just to bring wins to this program is unbelievable.”

Hogan spent his true freshman year as an understudy to Andrew Luck. It was Stanford coach David Shaw’s first at the helm.

Shaw seemed to know what he had, devising special packages for Hogan through the first five games in 2012. His relief effort against the Buffaloes turned heads as he led Stanford on six consecutive scoring drives, including five touchdowns, and Shaw turned him loose the rest of the way.

“If I had to win one game, he’s the guy I’d want,” Shaw said.

“He’s the last guy I worry about.

He has maturity, a command of football and he can shrug things off. He’s a leader for us.”

Hogan proved that last weekend as he led the Cardinal on a game-winning drive in less than 30 seconds, setting up a 45-yard

Stanford senior quarterback Kevin Hogan received the game ball following last week’s 38-36 win over Notre Dame.

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“He doesn’t get enough praise,” field goal by Conrad Ukropina to Cardinal senior receiver Michael beat Notre Dame, 38-36.

“The guy’s unbelievable,” Mc- Rector said. “He came in as a redCaffrey said of Hogan. “I’ve never shirt freshman and has carried us seen a leader like him. He does ever since. He’s the backbone of this team.” so many great things Hogan has completfor this offense, for ed two-thirds of his this program, for this 1,070 pass attempts school . . . We’re so for 9,018 yards and lucky as Stanford owns a career 153.4 football players to efficiency rating. have that guy as our He became the first quarterback.”

Stanford quarterback Despite all his to rush for more than success, Hogan has 1,000 career yards. never been named to “Kevin Hogan has the All-Pac-12 first been one of the most team — he has been Conrad Ukropina consistent players in a second-team selection and an honorable mention — this league since I’ve been in this but he has been named the Pac-12 league,” Cal coach Sonny Dykes Championship Game MVP and said. “He gives them a chance the Foster Farms Bowl Offensive to win every Saturday and that’s about the best thing you say about MVP. He’s never won a national a quarterback.”

For Shaw, in addition to his award, but Hogan has been named to the Maxwell Award and Davey leadership qualities, Hogan’s best O’Brien Award watch lists in each asset is game management; how of the past three seasons and to he gets Stanford into the right the Manning Award and Johnny play, his decision-making and Unitas Golden Arm Award watch his ability to run a two-minute lists in each of the past two years. offense “It’s been outstanding,” Shaw Hogan is one of 12 finalists this season for the Manning Award, said. “At the ends of halves and presented to the top quarterback at the end of the game. He’s one of the best quarterbacks in the nain the country. tion. We put it in his hands.”

Meanwhile, Shaw earned Pac12 co-Coach of the Year honors with Washington State’s Mike Leach. McCaffrey was joined on the first team by senior offensive linemen Joshua Garnett and Kyle Murphy, junior tight end Austin Hooper, senior inside linebacker Blake Martinez, and senior defensive lineman Aziz Shittu. McCaffrey also was selected to the first team as a return specialist.

The Cardinal played the Trojans in the third week of the season. In many ways, it was a different year.

The Trojans, who started 3-3, have a different head coach.

“We’re preparing no differently than we have all season,” Hogan said. “The only difference from the first time we played this season are some minor personnel changes and they’ve gotten a lot better and are playing well. From what I hear, they have a good guy Hogan was the center of attention in a postgame celebration after leading them.” Q driving Stanford to within field-goal range.

tanford’s 41-31 victory over USC at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Sept.

19, was a turning point for the Cardinal football team this season. Two weeks after the season-opening Northwestern loss, the victory boosted Stanford’s confidence, proved it was indeed a Rose Bowl contender, and ignited a near-perfect run through conference play.

Among the lasting memories of that game are quarterback Kevin Hogan’s courageous second-half performance while playing with an injured ankle while leading a Stanford rally from an 11-point deficit. Other lasting impressions were the pain and the soreness that came against the only other conference opponent that chooses to play smash-mouth power football.

On Saturday at 4:45 p.m., the Cardinal (10-2) again faces USC (8-4), this time in the Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

“I remember it was a physical game,” Stanford safety Dallas Lloyd said. “It was a battle. That’s what’s going to happen this week. It’s going to be head-to-head physical football, which is exactly what we live for. That’s what we train for all year.”

Stanford head coach David Shaw laid out Stanford’s keys to victory: “We’ve got to run the football with efficiency,” he said.

“If they load the box, we have to make plays outside. And we have to be able to change field position with the passing game.

Kevin Hogan’s got to play a great game as a decision maker, as a thrower, and as a runner.

“Defensively, we’ve got to limit the explosive plays. I know USC’s been watching our last couple of games and is getting excited because we’ve given up a lot of explosive plays. We have to limit those and, at the same time, recognize that they’re going to have to run the football.

They’ve got a big front, they’ve got good backs.

“It’s going to be an olderschool USC-Stanford game to where we’re playing a similar style. It’s a physical style with play-action passes, two every efficient quarterbacks who are well-traveled and been through a lot, and two defenses with a lot of young players who can make some great plays and can give up some plays.”

From the defense’s perspective, “You have to stop the run,” Lloyd said. “But the biggest thing we need to do is elimi-

nate big plays. If we can do our job, and make offenses work to move the ball incrementally down the field on us, we can have more success. That’s what we’ll be working on.”

Injury update On the injury status of Stanford cornerbacks, Shaw is optimistic that Alijah Holder can return this week, but Ronnie Harris remains questionable.

Chasing records Heisman Trophy candidate Christian McCaffrey will have two games (and possibly three?) to break two significant records.

The FBS season all-purpose yardage record is held by Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders, who gained 3,250 in his Heisman-winning year of 1988. McCaffrey has 3,035 and sits at No. 3 on the all-time list, with Western Kentucky’s Antonio Andrews next at 3,161 from 2012.

The Stanford season rushing record is held by Toby Gerhart, who ran for 1,871 yards in 2009, a season in which he was second in the Heisman balloting in the closest vote ever. McCaffrey has 1,640, with Tyler Gaffney second with 1,709 from 2013.

USC connection Placekicker Conrad Ukropina grew up in Pasadena among an extended family of USC fans, though he rooted against the Trojans, per his father’s wishes.

Conrad’s father, Bill, graduated from Washington State.

“I love beating the Trojans,” he said. “Will it probably come down to something like that?

Absolutely. I’ll run out there and give it my best shot.”

One thing Ukropina learned from his predecessor, Jordan Williamson, is that he was able to move on from kick to kick by having a short memory. “Kickers need to have a short memory.”

Ukropina was a freshman walk-on and not on the travel squad when Williamson made the field goal to beat Oregon in 2012. Ukropina drove nearly nine hours to Eugene to watch that game. Williamson texted congratulations after Ukropina’s winner last week.

As for Ukropina’s USC family, “All the Trojans are definitely going to be rooting for USC,” he said. “It’s a running joke they have. They root for the Trojans 98 percent of the time and, strictly when the ball is leaving my foot, then they root for Stanford.” Q – Dave Kiefer is a member of the Stanford Sports information Department

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393 WHITCLEM DR $1,998,000 REBECCA JOHNSON/ 2140 CAMINO A LOS CERROS $1,849,000 0MKLX ½PPIH WMRKPI PIZIP &6 &% VERGL [ 7XSV]FSSO GLEVQ [MXL HSVQIV [MRHS[W ERH KAREN FRYLING PEVKI JEQMP] VSSQ XLEX LEW EXXEGLIH ô FEXL ¯ 650.281.8752/650.438.2331 YRMUYI XYVVIX IRXVERGI PSGEXIH MR XLI HIWMVRebecca.Johnson@cbnorcal.com GSYPH FI YWIH JSV XL FIHVSSQ KYIWX VSSQ EFPI 9RMZIVWMX] ,IMKLXW RIMKLFSVLSSH Karen.Fryling@cbnorcal.com EY TEMV +YRR ,MKL CalBRE #01332193/01326725

WOODSIDE | OPEN SUNDAY

610 WOODSIDE WY $1,395,000 MARGOT LOCKWOOD 8LMW WTEGMSYW LSQI LEW ER STIR žSSV TPER 650.400.2528 [ HIGOW WTE [MXL ZMI[W SJ [IWXIVR LMPPW homes@margotlockwood.com Large 1BD/1BA with huge loft & lots of storCalBRE #01017519 EKI ;SSHWMHI 7GLSSPW

ELAINE WHITE 650.324.4456

LOS ALTOS

PALO ALTO | OPEN SAT/SUN

GWEN LUCE 650.224.3670

280 FAMILY FARM RD. $9,695,000 'LEVQMRK LSQI SR SZIV EG [MXL WYVVSYRHMRK ZMI[W SJ XLI ;IWXIVR ,MPPW .EWTIV 6MHKI 4VIWIVZI -RGP KYIWXLSYWIW TSSP PERH MW JII S[RIH

LOS ALTOS HILLS

MENLO PARK

JAN STROHECKER 650.906.6516 CalBRE #00620365

REDWOOD CITY | OPEN SAT/SUN 12-4

GIL ORAHA 650.889.0889 CalBRE #01355157

1846 BARTON ST $1,298,000 8YGOIH E[E] MR E WSYKLX EJXIV GYP HI WEG XLMW FV FE WMRKPI PIZIP VERGL LSQI SR ER SZIVWM^IH PSX MW MHIEP XS PMZI MR EW MW YTHEXI SV FYMPH RI[

2131 AVY AVE $1,598,000 [[[ %Z] GSQ 0SGEXMSR 0SGEXMSR 0SGEXMSR 7STLMWXMGEXIH VIQSHIPIH 8S[RLSYWI [MXL ER EXXEGLIH GEV KEVEKI MR HYTPI\ WX]PI

REDWOOD CITY | OPEN SAT/SUN 1:30-4:30

TOM HUFF 650.430.0952

TomHuffHomes@Yahoo.com CalBRE #00922877

1161 GRAND STREET $849,888 7SYKLX EJXIV RIMKLFSVLSSH JSV ½\IV YTTIV 8SRW SJ TSXIRXMEP JSV XLMW )MGLPIV LSQI +VIEX JEQMP] VSSQ EHHMXMSR 1EOI XLMW ]SYV 2I[ =IEV´W TVSNIGX

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