Palo Alto Weekly December 11, 2015

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City could nix ‘iconic’ bridge idea due to costs Page 5

Movies 20 Eating Out 25 Holidays 27 Q Arts Menlowe Ballet presents ‘It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker’ Page 17 Q Home A walk down Christmas Tree Lane

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PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING–COUNCIL CHAMBERS December 14, 2015 5:00 PM Closed Session 1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS Special Orders of the Day 2. 2015 City Manager Year in Review Consent Calendar 4. Approval of Scope of Work and Evaluation Criteria for Request for Proposals for Design Development, Environmental Review and Preparation of Construction Cost Estimates for a New Downtown Parking Garage to be Built on the Existing Parking Lot D 5. Approval of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement to the Lease Between the City of Palo Alto, R&T Restaurant Corporation and Hee King Bistro Inc. for the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course Restaurant 6. Approval of a Contract With Spencon Construction, Inc. in the Amount of $1,402,581 for the 2016 Sidewalk, Curb and Gutter Repairs Project 7. Approval of Amendment Number 1 to Contract Number C13149733 With Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. in the Amount of $103,135 for a Total Compensation not to Exceed $679,692 for the Transport and Disposal of Ash and Sludge for the Regional Water Quality Control Plant 8. Approval of Contract Number C16161210 With Shah Kawasaki Architects in the Total Amount not to Exceed $599,052 to Provide Architectural Design Services for Fire Station 3 Replacement - Capital Improvement Program Project PE- 15003 9. Authorization to Operate the Golf Course From January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016 and Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance to Increase Golf Course Revenues Estimate in the Amount of $600,956 and Provide Additional Expense Appropriation in the Amount of $600,956 10. Approval of the Fire Insurance Settlement Payment of $553,599 From State Farm Insurance Company for the Property Owned by the City of Palo Alto and Frank Benest at 2257 Bryant Street and Authority to Sell Property 11. Approval of Amendment Number 1 to C & S Engineers, Inc. Contract Number C151555208A to Include Required Federal Contract Provisions and to Increase the Contract by $650,000 for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $900,000 for Professional Engineering and Design Services; Approval of Amendment Number 1 to Mead & Hunt, Inc. Contract Number C151555208B to Include Federal Contract Provisions; and Adoption a Budget Amendment Ordinance to Close [OL (PYĂ„LSK ,SLJ[YPJHS ,]HS\H[PVU :[\K` 7YVQLJ[ (7 HUK 9LK\JL [OL (U[PJPWH[LK -LKLYHS (]PH[PVU (KTPUPZ[YH[PVU -(( 9LPTI\YZLTLU[ PU [OL (TV\U[ of $90,000 and Restore Available Project Budget of $123,415 to the Airport En[LYWYPZL -\UK" HUK ,Z[HISPZO [OL (PYWVY[ 7LYPTL[LY -LUJPUN 7YVQLJ[ (7 in the Amount of $179,838 and Increase the Anticipated FAA Reimbursement in the Amount of $161,854; and Increase the Ending Fund Balance in the Airport Enterprise Fund by $15,431 :[HɈ HUK [OL 7VSPJ` HUK :LY]PJLZ *VTTP[[LL 9LJVTTLUK (KVW[PVU VM [OL 9Lvised Healthy City Healthy Community Resolution 13. Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Memorandum of Agreement for Ser]PJL ,TWSV`LLZ 0U[LYUH[PVUHS <UPVU :,0< 3VJHS [V! 0UJYLHZL [OL :HSHY` 9HUNL MVY [OL ¸;YHɉJ 6WLYH[PVUZ 3LHKš 7VZP[PVU PU [OL 7SHUUPUN HUK *VTT\UP[` ,U]PYVUTLU[ 7*, +LWHY[TLU[ HUK *OHUNL [OL *SHZZPĂ„JH[PVU ;P[SL [V ¸;YHɉJ ,UNPULLYPUN 3LHKš" HUK (KVW[PVU VM H 9LSH[LK 6YKPUHUJL (TLUKPUN [OL Table of Organization

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Rising costs threaten Palo Alto’s ‘iconic’ bike bridge City Council to consider scrapping selected design for Highway 101 overpass, starting process anew by Gennady Sheyner

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t was supposed to be the centerpiece of Palo Alto’s biking renaissance — a slender, elegant bridge that would span U.S. Highway 101 and offer cyclists and pedestrians a beautiful new entryway into the Baylands. It was supposed to be at once subtle and iconic, sensitive to the

expansive marshlands yet fancy enough to attract attention and appreciation from passing motorists. And in March, when the City Council directed city staff to negotiate a contract with Moffatt & Nichol for the understated, ribbonlike bridge the firm proposed, it seemed like money was no object,

given that the city had already received about $8.3 million in grants for a project that had an estimated budget of $10 million. Now, however, Palo Alto’s hoped-for signature bike project is on shaky ground. Its budget has swollen to more than $17 million, and the city is considering severing ties with Moffatt & Nichol. Public Works staff is now recommending that the council consider a more traditional — and affordable — bridge and launch a

search for a new engineering firm to build the structure. If the council approves the new plan on Dec. 14, the bridge at Adobe Creek wouldn’t be built until fall 2019. According to Moffatt & Nichol, the main factor driving up costs is the volatility of the construction market. When its team submitted its concept to the city-sponsored design contest, the estimated price tag for the structure was $9 million to $9.5 million — well

within the parameters of the competition, which the city launched in late 2013. But things changed dramatically this past spring, just after the selection of Moffatt & Nichol’s low-key suspension bridge over a more glamorous, arched structure proposed by the firm HNTB. Though the arched bridge won the design competition, the council ultimately went with the subtler option, arguing (continued on page 12)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Officials gear up for El Niño FEMA releases disaster plan for California and the West by Sue Dremann

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Betsy Cacho and Brandon Vazquez play the trumpet during music lessons at Juana Briones Elementary School on Nov. 23.

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Becoming a part of the culture of music Program loans elementary school children musical instruments for home use by Chrissi Angeles

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ach school day, about 90 students from East Palo Alto travel across county borders to the Palo Alto Unified School District — a school bus trek that generally takes at least one hour in each direction. For students in the district’s instrumental music programs, this used to involve the struggle of transporting a heavy instrument or running the risk of losing the instrument. Keith Hunter recalls taking the bus ride as a part of his equity training prior to becoming a brass music instructor at Juana Briones Elementary School. “Having that experience on

the bus, getting car sick, spending over an hour getting to the destination ... kinda put it into perspective what these students are going through before the day even starts,” said Hunter, who used his hands to show the cramped spaces between each bus seat. “I noticed in my first two years that those students tended to lose their instruments, forgot them more often or didn’t practice. When looking at the numbers, the (instrumental music pro-

gram) dropout rate was much higher than others. So I wanted to figure out what I could do with that to try to fix it.” This past year after Hunter and his colleagues submitted a proposal to the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund, the Palo Alto Unified School District received a $10,000 grant to provide low-income elementary school music students with loaner instruments to use at home. This grant eliminated the students’ need to transport instruments to and from school. Each student has also been given a practice mute — a bell-shaped contraption that diminishes the sound emitted from an instru-

ment — that helps students practice proper finger placements and breath techniques quietly within small spaces or apartments. Before the grant, 90 percent of students who rode the bus quit the program and opted for choir after fifth grade. The co-writers of the grant proposal wanted to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in instrumental music programs past sixth grade. “I think what we’re looking for is the long-term changes,” said Susan Macy, a winds instructor and grant co-writer. “What we’re hoping for these students is that they have the opportunity to continue throughout the year without having to go back and forth with their instruments.” “You know there’s the initial excitement of a new shiny instrument. ... Then they get to a point where it’s hard and they get discouraged,” district music director Nancy Coffey said. “Especially if

iting a worrying El Niño storm pattern this winter that could rival 1997-98’s flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Wednesday released a 66-page Severe El Nino Disaster Response plan in the event of a disaster in California and other western states. The “Executive Decision Support Guide: Region IX El Niño Event” report was developed to guide planning and responses by federal teams, which would spring into place after local and state resources are depleted. While much of the report is written for emergency-response management, the document does highlight the agency’s predictions for California, Nevada and Arizona. “There is substantial risk in Northern California due to potential levee failures. These risks are derived from the two strongest El Niño winters, 1997-98 and 198283,” the report noted. The worry about levees is notable for Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. The levee at San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto was damaged during a lesser El Niño event in December 2012. That storm caused the volatile creek to overflow its banks in spots along Woodland Avenue in East Palo Alto as well as downstream east of U.S. Highway 101, flooding the Gardens neighborhood. The swollen creek also caused storm drains to back up onto Palo

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It’s not because government is trying to punt or weasel out of a job. — Kenneth Dueker, Palo Alto director of the Office of Emergency Services, on the need for residents to look out for their neighbors and themselves during a disaster. See story on page 5.

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ON THE LOOKOUT ... Old Palo Alto residents are warning their neighbors to keep pets indoors after a coyote was spotted running through the neighborhood last week. Two residents saw it on Santa Rita Avenue on Dec. 3, including Jeanne Fleming, who wrote in an email that the animal was “loping down the middle of Santa Rita in the block between Cowper and Webster.” With the drought still plaguing the foothills and affecting wildlife habitat, some predators may be following prey down the creek in search of food, Palo Alto Animal Services officials said. Officers have received a few calls about the Santa Rita coyote, said Cody Macartney, lead animal control officer, but they have not seen it and cannot confirm that it is indeed a coyote. “It may be a dog or fox,” he said. “We usually see the most coyote activity in the spring and summertime, so this is a tad unusual.” Macartney added: “People should keep all small pets indoors, especially at night.” Residents can call 650-329-2413 to report a coyote sighting.

COIN OF THE FUTURE ... Bitcoins are, apparently, alive and well in Palo Alto. A new bitcoin ATM was unveiled at Barron Park Market in Palo Alto on Wednesday, according to an announcement from CoinSource, a bitcoin ATM network. The machine for the open-source digital currency can be accessed from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. There is a standard fee of 7 percent. High-volume customers are offered reduced fee levels, according to CoinSource. The new machine, which is owned and operated by CoinSource, is replacing an older model owned and operated by another provider, spokesman David Wachsman said. Bitcoins aren’t new to Palo Alto. Last year, Indian street food restaurant, Curry Up Now, started accepting payments using BitPay, a payment platform for the e-currency. In 2013, Coupa Cafe became the first brickand-mortar business in Palo Alto to take bitcoins. A FRESH COAT ... In 2013, amidst proposals for how to improve Gunn High School’s counseling services and student wellness, was a simple idea: repaint the school. Gunn’s Guidance Advisory Committee put forth this recommendation then, and the idea resurfaced during

last school year’s suicide cluster, said Principal Denise Herrmann. And now, it might actually happen. The Gunn site council voted 8-5 Monday night to select a Palo Alto design firm, Architarian Design, to move forward on a process for repainting the campus, which is mostly brown and shades of concrete. In January, a design team will use “varied information gathering techniques to understand space and aesthetic needs as well as ideas for color, light” and other design elements to create a serene space, Herrmann wrote in an email. In mid-February, the design team will gather student, staff and community input to come up with several plans, and by the end of the month, students will review the options and make the final paint color choice, Herrmann wrote. By March, the district would send out a final design plan for competitive bid by local contractors with an eye toward having the painting done over the summer. BACK FROM THE ASHES ... When a fire swept through the Bryant Street home of Frank Benest in May 2014, it created a dilemma not just for Benest and his family but also for Palo Alto’s elected leaders. Benest served as the Palo Alto city manager between February 2000 and August 2008 and, as part of his compensation, he received help from the city when he bought the property in 2001. The contractual agreement entitles Benest to live in the house until the end of 2017 or until his children graduate from Palo Alto’s public schools, whichever comes first. Today, the city still owns a 56.8 percent share of the home and, as a result, officials have been working with Benest on rehabilitating the house. Last year, the council devoted $65,000 toward repairing the home. And on Monday, it will consider a settlement with State Farm for an insurance payment of $543,534 to cover the fire damage. But there is also the broader question of what to do with the home once it reverts to the city. Among the options are to sell the property “as is” to take advantage of the strong real estate market; to demolish the home and market it as a single-family lot; or to rebuild the house. Once the council approves the insurance settlement, city staff plans to discuss these options with Benest in greater detail, according to a new staff report. Q

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iting a decrease in mail volume, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will remove 81 mailboxes from Palo Alto neighborhood corners after the Christmas holiday, a postal service spokesman said this week. The removals, which will reduce the number of collection boxes in Palo Alto from 193 to 112, were set for Monday, Dec. 7, but USPS will keep them in place until after the holidays for customers’ convenience, postal service spokesman Augustine Ruiz said. Each box to be removed after the holidays now has a notice saying it will be taken out and giving the location of the

by Sue Dremann nearest remaining box. Residents in Barron Park and Old Palo Alto were the first to notice messages pasted on the boxes, which indicated that because of a severe decline in single-piece, first-class letter mail, the boxes would be removed. The paring down is happening across the country, Ruiz said. “The daily threshold is 25 or more pieces per box. All of the boxes scheduled for removal have shown fewer than 25 pieces, and many with just a couple of pieces in them. The density checks were done in September to October 2015,” he said. Most people deposit their mail

in the “snorkel” boxes outside the post office either on the way to work or after, he said. Those boxes are always full and are collected more frequently by USPS staff, he added. The postal service has had to shift its strategy since the advent of online sales. The agency was, at its peak, handling 213 billion pieces of mail in 2006, Ruiz said. “We have lost 26 percent, or 55 billion pieces, since then,” he said. “The most visible culprit is the Internet, and of course the severe 2008 recession, where companies cut back on their mailings and migrated to online business transac-

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Anonymous donor spurs major renovation plans at Addison Elementary School Palo Alto school hopes to ease overcrowding, revamp old facilities by Elena Kadvany $3 million, to cover the cost of installing synthetic-turf fields at both Palo Alto and Gunn high schools. In 2014, a new track around the perimeter of Jordan Middle School’s field was made possible with an anonymous $250,000 donation. Perhaps the most significant facilities gift in the school district’s history is the Peery family’s $24 million donation, announced in 2013, to build a state-of-the-art athletic center at Paly. Under school board policy, donors are “encouraged” to make gifts to the district rather than to a particular school. At the superintendent’s or his designee’s discretion, however, a donation can be used at a specific school. Donations to individual sites cannot be used for personnel costs during the school day. At Addison, Principal Amanda Boyce created a committee of teachers and parent site-council members that, with Golton and the architect’s support, kicked off a process to collect community feedback this fall, Boyce said. The school surveyed its second- through fifth-graders about what helps them learn best, which learning spaces on campus they prefer — and which spaces need improvement, Boyce said. Staff then discussed how the physical environment furthers, or hinders, the school’s philosophy and mission, which is to “(support) students’ learning and growth through clear and open communication, collaboration, taking risks and building on the assets of one another with open minds.”

In September, Addison hosted a schoolwide “design-thinking night” — spearheaded by Boyce and a parent who works at the Stanford University Institute of Design, or d.school — in which parents interviewed their children about their experiences at school, identified facilities challenges — for example, crowded tables at lunchtime — and designed prototypes that could solve the issues. Boyce said taking better advantage of both indoor and outdoor spaces on Addison’s campus emerged as a priority that night, as well as increased collaboration across campus, a larger multipurpose room (the current space can’t accommodate all of Addi-

A mailbox at the corner of Los Robles and La Donna avenues is one of 81 marked for removal in Palo Alto after Christmas. tions, especially in the businessto-business, first-class category. “However, while the Internet has caused us to lose significant volume, we have seen a doubledigit increase in packages. So letter-class mail has been replaced son’s 471 students, Boyce said) and a redesigned library. With momentum in education around design thinking and innovation, building a creative makerspace is also “top on our list,” she said. District architect Lisa Gelfand of Gelfand Partners Architects developed a conceptual design with the Addison planning committee, and a final version was presented at a joint meeting of the school staff and site council on Nov. 12 and received “positive feedback,” Boyce said. It was presented to the donor’s representative the following week, who also responded positively, she said. The conceptual design includes a new two-story building that would house the administration on the bottom floor and a new library on the second floor. This building would also become the school’s entrance, Boyce said, and be more visible along Webster. Moving the library and administrative building from its current location — as one wing surrounded by classrooms — would free up space to create what Boyce

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called an “academic learning quad” that “could be the center and the heart of the school.” A small structure could be built close by to house the maker’s space, she added. This would also allow the school to get rid of four portables currently housing the entire fifthgrade class, Boyce said. “It was a very big goal to get rid of the portables because they were just added as a necessity over the years,” Boyce said. Taking out the portables would also free up more outdoor space, solving overcrowding on the school’s field, Boyce added. The school has been staggering the primary and upper grades’ eating and playing times so the entire school isn’t out on the field at once, but Boyce said students simply need “more space to run and play.” One idea is to build a multilevel “exploration” garden with tunnels and bridges. “We are looking at every aspect of the campus,” Boyce said. (continued on page 11)

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new two-story building, outdoor-learning environments, a makerspace, a multipurpose room that can actually fit the entire school — these are some of the items on Addison Elementary School’s capital-improvements wish list, which could soon become a reality with funding from an anonymous donor. A representative for the donor approached the school district in May to communicate the donor’s interest in making a “substantial” contribution toward facilities at Addison, said district Bond Program Manager Bob Golton. Addison, which was founded in 1925 and is located between Middlefield Road and Webster Street and Addison and Lincoln avenues, houses the oldest elementary school classrooms in the entire district. The donor subsequently funded a $25,000 planning grant so the district could engage its architect, the Addison site council and broader school community in identifying what improvements were most critical for the school and create a conceptual design. Golton said that he could not recall any major facilities gifts to elementary schools in recent years. Three elementary sites — Duveneck, Fairmeadow and Ohlone — have been significantly upgraded and new buildings constructed through the $378 million Strong Schools Bond voters approved in 2008. There have been a few facilities donations at the secondary level. In 2007, the board accepted an anonymous donation, just under

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Changes to come throughout neighborhoods after the Christmas holiday

by parcel and package deliveries, all driven by the increase in online shopping,” he added. The parcels are larger and take up more cubic capacity, which requires new technology, such as automated package-processing systems and small-parcel sorting systems, in which the postal service has heavily invested, Ruiz said. “It is safe to say that the future trend will be in parcels because people will continue to shop online and they need a trusted courier to deliver it, and who better to choose than an agency that has been moving the mail for 240 years? So, until someone invents a way to email a sweater, we’ll deliver it,” he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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cent Park Neighborhood Association, predicted that the types of parking problems will spread to his area. New downtown developments that are allowed to pay a parking-assessment fee rather than provide on-site parking will only exacerbate the problem, he said. Beamer said many people park their cars farther from downtown and then travel to work by bike or skateboard, thus enabling commuters to park outside of even the expanded district proposed by staff, which is based on commuters’ “standard walking distances”

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sorville began seeing empty street spots on their blocks — a sight that would have been unheard of before September. Planners estimate that the number of cars parking daily in the district has plunged by 300 to 400. This could be because the city only issues permits to workers and residents; Stanford University students and Caltrain commuters can no longer use the residential blocks as their parking lots. At the same time, however, portions of the Crescent Park and Professorville neighborhoods, just east and south of the district, respectively, have been hit particularly hard by spillover parking. Leslie Johnson Evers and her neighbor Perry Irvine, who live on the 1100 block of Waverley, reported in a letter to the city that since the program took effect their block and the 1200 block have been “inundated by all-day parkers.” Now, Evers wrote, visitors no longer have a place to park between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Even the residents themselves often can’t park. Evers noted that because she doesn’t have a driveway or a garage, she “can’t access my own home if I leave a spot open for even an hour.” “This is a sudden and unnecessary hardship, and it has changed the character of our neighborhood much to its detriment,” Evers wrote. Her block, as well as the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Waverley, are among the dozen now seeking annexation to the parking district, which is bounded by Alma Street, Palo Alto Avenue, Guinda Street, Bryant Street and Lincoln Avenue. Other blocks that have petitioned for annexation are the 800 block of Forest; the 800 and 900 blocks of Hamilton Avenue; the 300 block of Kingsley Avenue; and 500 block of Lincoln Avenue; the 800 block of Lytton Avenue; and the 400, 500 and 600 blocks of Seneca Street. Planning staff are recommending that these blocks, which lie south of Bryant and east of Guinda, be brought into the parking district. In addition, the staff is also recommending that the district be extended beyond these blocks to account for the parking spillage that will occur once the borders are expanded. Residents of those additional blocks would still have to submit a petition showing support before the parking limit would take effect. Not everyone is thrilled about the proposed annexation. Norm Beamer, president of the Cres-

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or people living in downtown Palo Alto, the city’s recently launched parkingpermit program offered a promising start to solving their most frustrating problem of the last decade: parking along their streets that some likened to a daily “tidal wave” of commuters’ cars. But for their neighbors just outside the permit district, the new program has been a curse rather a blessing, steering commuters who had once parked close to the heart of downtown to more peripheral streets, where they can still park all day for free. For those residents, the city’s “solution” didn’t solve the problem; it merely shifted it to their blocks. Now, as city officials consider next steps for what is known as the Residential Preferential Parking Program, residents from a dozen blocks just outside the permit zone’s boundaries are petitioning to join. At the same time, transportation planners and neighborhood stakeholders are considering a host of more fundamental changes to the fledgling program, including a gradual reduction in permits sold to employees. The City Council will have a chance to discuss the proposed changes and offer input on Dec. 14. Among the questions they will consider is whether to annex 12 new blocks for the parking district and whether to limit the number of permits sold to downtown workers. Whatever changes the council adopts would take effect in March, when the second phase of the parking program is set to launch. The first phase, which began in September, was in many ways a pilot, aimed as much at collecting data and learning about commuter behavior as at actually solving the problem. In the first phase, permits were sold to any downtown employee and resident who wanted one. A permit allows the driver to park all day anywhere in the permit district, which otherwise has a twohour time limit. According to planning staff, the program has achieved some success. More people now opt to park in downtown’s historically underused garages, with the wait list for garage permits roughly doubling — from about 120 to 150 applications monthly to around 250 to 300 — since the parking-permit program launched. More importantly, conditions have markedly improved along neighborhood streets. As soon as the program took effect, residents in Downtown North and Profes-

Crescent Park are going to be forced to pay permit fees to park near their homes, then the program needs to eliminate the parking intrusion that is the source of the problem.” Planning staff agree that the number of permits issued to downtown employees needs to be reduced, but they are recommending a more gradual approach to achieve this end. So far, the city has sold 6,693 parking permits, which includes 4,551 resident permits and 2,142 employee permits. Under the staff proposal, the number of employee permits that would be sold next year would be capped at 2,000, and permit holders’ parking spots would be geographically distributed across downtown so that no particular area gets saturated. After that, staff is proposing to decrease the number of employee permits by 200 annually, until 2026, when no employee permits would be sold. The idea of limiting employee permits and distributing parkers geographically has received general support from most members

(about half a mile maximum). “As they institute a permit district on Seneca, you’ll see people parking on Chaucer,” Beamer said. “Once they do it on Chaucer, people will start parking on the next one.” One change that Beamer said would help the situation is limiting permits to residents, a system similar to the parking program in College Terrace. Earlier this week, Beamer and John Guislin, a Crescent Park resident who belongs to the city’s parking-permit stakeholder group, submitted a proposal to the council that residents of each neighborhood be allowed to select the type of permit program they’d like to see. “Now is the time to take action to establish a comprehensive program for Crescent Park like in College Terrace that acknowledges that residential neighborhoods may request a Resident Only Parking Program to protect them from increased intrusion resulting from ongoing development,” Guislin and Beamer wrote. “If residents of neighborhoods like

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SPECTRUM ONLINE A guest opinion, “Groundwater is a valuable resource, not construction waste,” by Keith Bennett and Rita Vrhel has been posted on PaloAltoOnline.com. “In August, while Palo Alto was urging residents to save water under California’s mandated restrictions and to carry buckets of water from our showers to our gardens, we and other neighbors watched numerous construction projects pump 50-100 gallons per minute of groundwater, 24/7, directly into the storm drains. This pumping occurred unabated for months ...” Read and comment on the full opinion piece by Bennett and Vrhel, members of the new group Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater, online. Q

Correction

The Nov. 13 article, “Students innovate at Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo,” misspelled a student’s last name; it is Marie Pluvinage. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-2236514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week

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CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss the status of the city’s labor negotiations with the police and fire unions; with Service Employees International Union, Local 521; with management, professional and confidential employees; and with the Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto. The council will then hear a “Year in Review” presentation from City Manager James Keene; consider expanding the boundary of the Residential Preferential Parking Program district; discuss next steps for building a public-safety building and a new garage on city-owned lots on Sherman Avenue; consider resetting the design process for the U.S. Highway 101 overpass; and approve terms of agreement with the Palo Alto Police Managers’ Association. The closed session will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The regular meeting will follow in the Council Chambers.

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ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ... The district’s Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC) will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave.

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A former Stanford University graduate medical student charged with spiking her lab mates’ water with paraformaldehyde pleaded no contest Tuesday, Dec. 8, to four felony counts of poisoning, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office confirmed. (Posted Dec. 8, 7:32 p.m.)

For South Palo Alto residents, it’s traffic, traffic, traffic Without collaboration with the City of Mountain View, Palo Alto won’t be able to get a handle on the traffic and safety issues plaguing the south portion of the city, residents told Palo Alto officials at a town hall meeting last Thursday night. (Posted Dec. 8, 5:19 p.m.)

With a kick and a snip, El Camino Park reopens in Palo Alto Palo Alto’s kick-off ceremony for the new El Camino Park was, quite literally, a kick off. Mayor Karen Holman scored the inaugural goal Tuesday, Dec. 8, on downtown’s new soccer field at the small park that has been undergoing renovations for the past four years. (Posted Dec. 8, 4:05 p.m.)

Palo Alto hires new Human Resources director City Manager James Keene didn’t wait long in selecting a new leader for the city’s Human Resources Department, tapping a veteran from Los Gatos for the “chief people officer” position. (Posted Dec. 7, 2:38 p.m.)

Oakland street gang implicated in Palo Alto car burglaries A Santa Clara County grand jury has indicted 21 people for a series of sophisticated auto break-ins throughout the Bay Area, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office announced on Monday, Dec. 7. (Posted Dec. 7, 2:09 p.m.)

Suspect at large in south Palo Alto sexual battery Palo Alto police are searching for a man who allegedly grabbed a woman’s breasts after offering her gardening services and entering her south Palo Alto home on Dec. 1. (Posted Dec 6, 4:50 p.m.)

Palo Alto Weekly garners 16 awards in Bay Area competition The Palo Alto Weekly won 16 awards at the Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards luncheon on Dec. 5, including first place for overall excellence for non-daily newspapers. (Posted Dec. 5, 7:33 p.m.)

VIDEO: On ‘Behind the Headlines’ On the half-hour webcast, “Behind the Headlines,” Palo Alto Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong, Publisher Bill Johnson and reporters Elena Kadvany and Gennady Sheyner discuss the lack of public disclosure about Palo Alto Superintendent Max McGee’s and a district committee’s participation in a new-school proposal, as well as residents’ unhappiness about the impacts of groundwater pumping. (Posted Dec. 4, 4:04 p.m.)

BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will convene for a special meeting to hear the elementary schools’ annual Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) reports for the 2015-16 year. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee will discuss an ordinance that would require all businesses to subscribe to composting and recycling services; hear a presentation about the financial results for first quarter of fiscal year 2016; and discuss the long-range financial forecast for fiscal years 2017-26. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee will discuss the status of fleet utilization and replacement; and trenching and electric substructures. The committee will also review proposed changes to the city’s Business Registry ordinance and questionnaire; and discuss an audit of parking funds. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ... The school board’s policy review committee will meet a 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee will discuss the city’s strategy about the California High Speed Rail Authority’s environmental review process for the San Francisco-to-San Jose segment; discuss resources for addressing rail issues going forward, including Context Sensitive Solutions; and discuss prospective 2016 VTA transportation sales tax funding allocations for Caltrain and grade separations. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL APPOINTED OFFICERS COMMITTEE ... The committee will consider changes for its process for evaluating council appointed officers. The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. CITY/SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, in the district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 74450 San Antonio Road, a proposal for two Marriott hotels totaling 297 rooms; and 2501 Embarcadero Road, a proposal by Public Works for a building designed to handle sludge dewatering and truck load-outs from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant site. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear a presentation on Youth Services programs; discuss the Integrated Library System Change; and hear a status report on drive-up book drops at the Mitchell Park and Rinconada libraries. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, in the Downtown Library, 270 Forest Ave. Q

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News Digest School board approves $773K in expenditures At its last meeting of 2015, the Palo Alto school board on Tuesday night unanimously approved several large one-time expenditures, totaling $773,000. Two of the requests were identified as “critial needs”: $160,000 for two full-time athletic trainers, one for each high school, to supplement seasonal part-time trainers who staff said can’t fully meet the needs of students; and $80,000 for seven parent liaisons working at each elementary school and on a pilot basis at Gunn High School to serve as connections between families of minority students and their schools. These dollars will come from the district’s unallocated property tax revenue. The other one-time requests for the 2015-16 year approved by the board are: • $78,000 to complete “phase two” of a review of the district’s special-education department and services, which is currently underway; • $75,000 to explore the possibility of installing solar systems on district campuses; • $100,000 for multiple “curriculum committees” that will “develop and revise living skills and computer science curricula and evaluate various counseling models at our high schools,” the staff report states; • $150,000 for a pilot elementary math program aligned with the Common Core State Standards; a “teacher leadership group” working this year will recommend two to three curricula to pilot in the 2016-17 school year, according to Elementary Chief Academic Officer Barbara Harris. The $150,000 provides the resources to both elementary and secondary schools to purchase math materials during this school year, she said; • $130,000 for developing and expanding elementary classrooms’ leveled libraries, or classrooms that have books with graduating levels of difficulty to meet the reading needs of all students. Q — Elena Kadvany

Palo Alto council open to new Marriott hotels A proposal to build two Marriott hotels on the southern edge of Palo Alto got off to a promising start on Monday night when City Council members indicated that they like the idea — at least in principle. In their first discussion of the hotels proposed for 744-48 San Antonio Road, council members generally agreed that the 2-acre site between Middlefield and Charleston roads could be a suitable location for a new hotel or two. At the same time, council members emphasized that the developer would have to demonstrate that the 297-room complex would not worsen the traffic conditions on the already congested San Antonio Road. They also stressed that the new hotels — AC Marriott and Courtyard by Marriott — would have to be redesigned to be more compatible with the context of the surrounding neighborhood — a tall order for two five-story buildings in an eclectic area marked by one- and two-story office buildings, residential complexes and light-industrial uses. In its “prescreening” discussion Monday, the council did not take any votes on the proposal by T2 Hospitality, which includes two hotels totaling 297 rooms between them — one targeting the hip, cosmopolitan traveler and the other focusing on the business class. The project would also include 353 underground parking spaces and an internal courtyard separating the two buildings. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Petition mounted to rename Jordan Middle School David Starr Jordan Middle School was named for a man known for his accomplishments as founding president of Stanford University, a pacifist and an ichthyologist, or researcher of fish. But Starr Jordan was also a vocal eugenicist — an advocate of a science that promoted the reproduction of genetic traits of particular races over others — and it is because of this that one current Jordan Middle School parent is calling for a new name for the school. Lars Johnsson, who has three children in the district, including two currently at Jordan, started an online petition on Change.org in November to ask the board to discuss renaming Jordan — whose “value system could not be further removed from our 21st century Palo Alto spirit,” Johnsson wrote in an email to petition supporters last month. With more than 300 signatures and the endorsement of parent groups, including Parent Advocates for Student Success (PASS), which represents parents of minority students; the Palo Alto chapter of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC), which represents families of students with special needs; and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs (PTAC), the school board has agreed to discuss the potential name change in January, Superintendent Max McGee confirmed Monday. Q — Elena Kadvany Page 10 • December 11, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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“We’re redesigning in terms of not just classrooms and how you can redesign that, but what outdoor spaces can we create for that social-emotional learning and making sure kids are out there and exploring and having fun?” The conceptual design also includes plans to demolish the existing multipurpose room and build a larger, more multifunctional space with flexible partition walls that could be used to create breakout learning spaces or smaller classrooms. The new space could also have a large open hangar door facing the school’s field to make it an “indoor-outdoor space,” Boyce said. The next step is attaching a price tag to the project, Boyce said, and presenting that to the donor. The school hopes to seek Board of Education approval for the project in early 2016, Boyce wrote in a Dec. 8 message to families. If the Addison plan is approved by the board, the school will then conduct focus groups to gather more input on how to design new spaces, with an eye toward completing final schematic plans in June 2016, Boyce wrote in her principal’s message. Meanwhile, the board’s policy review committee is currently discussing the district’s gifts pol-

they forget to take their instrument home, they lose it or they miss a couple classes. Then the interest falls off pretty quickly because they feel bad about what they’re doing. I think especially with this group that has an instrument at home and one at school we’re going to find that dip is not going to be there. They’ll hopefully accelerate to the end and continue on with their instruments.” East Palo Alto resident Maynor Bacitzep, a fifth-grade clarinet player in Macy’s winds class, said that he chose to play the clarinet in hopes of perfecting his wind instrument technique. After he has mastered the art of playing the clarinet, he hopes to progress to the saxophone. “The saxophone sounded interesting,” Bacitzep said with a smile. “(But) I want to improve; I want to stop squeaking.” Playing the clarinet, he said, has helped him feel more calm. He mentioned that his favorite song to play is “Happy Birthday.” When he’s not busy practicing, he enjoys reading comic books and playing games on his Nintendo Wii with his brother, a fourth-grader who currently plays the recorder. Betsy Cacho, a fifth-grader and East Palo Alto resident in Hunter’s music class, said that she chose to play the trumpet because she wanted to challenge herself.

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The front entrance of Addison Elementary School, founded in 1925. icy. Under a proposed administrative regulation that would provide further guidance, the superintendent or his designee would be able to approve donations of less than $50,000, and amounts more than that would require board approval. According to a board policy that was adopted in 2002 and went into effect in 2004 to address inequities in site-based fundraising, Palo Alto parent-teacher associations (PTAs) cannot raise money for specific schools to pay for personnel. In the wake of that policy adoption, nonprofit educational foundation Partners in Education

(PiE) was launched to conduct districtwide fundraising, which is distributed equally to all schools on a per-student basis. Only PiE is allowed by the school board to pay for salaries of personnel working during the school day. PTAs can support materials, programs and events at individual schools. PTAs can also fund school improvements, playground equipment, classroom supplies, student scholarships for field trips and schoolspecific programs or events like assemblies. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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As the only female in her music class, she said that she enjoys being there because it has given her greater confidence. Although her older brother decided to join the choir program upon entering middle school, Cacho said that she would rather stay in the instrumental music program instead of singing. The young trumpeter has hopes to pursue a career in music. “I wanted to be a veterinarian ... but when I see Mr. Hunter doing this,” Cacho said, waving her hands in the fashion of a music conductor, “now I want to do that.” Each music teacher at Juana Briones School agreed that, above all, the main purpose of the grant is to give all students an equal chance to become a part of a musical community, which could help children feel as though they fit in and belong among their peers. “One of the (goals) is to immerse these kids in the music culture. I see music as being one of those areas where we could easily get them into that culture and to keep them there and help them feel a part of the district,” Hunter said. “I think there are a lot of challenges that they’ll go through, so hopefully this is going to help separate music from being one of those things that’s just stressful.” Q Editorial Intern Chrissi Angeles can be emailed at cangeles@ paweekly.com. See page 24 for information about the Holiday Fund.

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Bike

The City Council on Monday will reconsider whether to proceed with this bridge design for U.S. Highway 101 in south Palo Alto or make plans to build a more traditional, and less costly, structure.

that it would fit in far better with the Baylands environment. In May, Moffat & Nichol submitted a new estimate showing that the total cost for the project would actually be $16.6 million, which includes about $12.2 million in construction costs and contingency spending plus another $4.5 million for engineering, construction management and right-of-way purchases. In a May 17 memo to the city’s project manager, Elizabeth Ames, the firm cited the Bridge Cost Index, a quarterly report published by Caltrans that tracks costs on transportation projects. The firm’s initial $8 million budget was based on a 2011 planning-level estimate, the Moffatt & Nichol memo states. According to Caltrans data, the “cost index” for bridge construction went up from 313 in 2001 to 456 in 2014, connoting a cost increase of about 50 percent. “Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that a bridge cost as high as $12 million ... may be realized by the time the structure is designed and prepared for bid,” the May memo stated. The revised numbers mean that if the city sticks with the design, the bike bridge would be among the most expensive structures of this sort constructed in the Bay Area

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during the past decade, according to data provided by Moffatt & Nichol. To date, the Mary Avenue Bridge that Cupertino completed in 2007 has been the most expensive of the bunch, with a total construction cost of $10.2 million (though the total project cost was $17.6 million). Construction of a bridge earlier this year in Larkspur cost $9.5 million; for a pedestrian bridge that Belmont completed in 2011, the figure was $7.6 million. On Dec. 14, the council will consider whether to pursue the

Moffett & Nichol design despite the larger cost or to look for a new contractor to work on the project. Public Works staff is recommending that the city cease negotiations with Moffatt & Nichol and pursue a more traditional process for bridge design: a “request for proposals” from a firm that would build the structure within what is now the anticipated budget of $11.4 million. Staff is also recommending that the city pursue additional grant opportunities, in hopes of ending up with a budget

of $13 million to $17 million. One potential funding partner that has already stepped up is Google, the Mountain View tech giant that leases offices in several Palo Alto locations. According to a letter from John Igoe, Google’s director for real estate and workplace services, company officials met on Nov. 13 with city staff to discuss a possible contribution. At the end of the month, Google sent a letter to Assistant City Manager Ed Shikada confirming Google’s offer of “up to $1 million” to directly

support the Adobe Creek bridge. The contribution, however, comes with a few strings attached. For one, it hinges on the council pursuing a “more affordable design” for the bridge, “with the low profile suggested in the past as well as being ‘bird safe.’” While this shouldn’t be problematic for a council that has already expressed a strong preference for a low-profile bridge, a second condition could be more controversial: It calls for Google to “receive credit as a traffic mitigation measure for

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Upfront any future development application.” Thus, even though Google’s letter refers to the $1 million as a “donation,” it also makes clear that the contribution should be factored into future land-use decisions involving its applications. So far, this condition has not deterred Public Works staff, which is recommending that the city enter into the partnership with Google. The city could also make a bid for the roughly $4.5 million in Santa Clara County funds that were given to Stanford University for the construction of trails. Stanford has subsequently relinquished the grant and opted to build the trails around its campus with its own money, leaving the county looking for a new recreation project to fund. The council could also direct staff to negotiate with the team led by HNTB, the firm that actually won the design contest only to see its bid rejected by the council for being too showy for the Baylands. Even so, the arched design known as “Confluence” had its share of

fans, including the majority of the design-contest jury and the city’s Architectural Review Board. Even in selecting the understated Moffatt & Nichol design, several council members praised both finalists.

the reset button, some of the features of the proposed Moffat & Nichol suspension bridge could disappear from the design that’s ultimately built, such as a plaza on the Baylands side, a stairwell

‘We’re still thinking of a low-profile sort of bridge, but probably not as slender as in the Moffatt & Nichol design.’ —Brad Eggleston, assistant director, Public Works “I think the community was provided two exceptional designs, and I think the process in that sense did work very well and it will benefit the community greatly over what we might have had as an alternative over the process,” Councilman Pat Burt said at the March meeting. Given the community’s and council’s feedback about the HNTB design’s potential harm to birds and its aesthetics in relation to the Baylands, however, Public Works is not recommending this course of action. With the city preparing to hit

on the west side, a raised sidewalk to separate pedestrian traffic from bicyclists, benches and artwork. The list of strategies submitted by Public Works for reducing costs and making the design more “standard” includes narrowing the bridge deck, making the plaza smaller, standardizing railings and “elimination of the stairwell, raised sidewalk, enhanced lighting, railing, benches, large plaza areas and similar amenities.” But Brad Eggleston, assistant director of Public Works, told

the Weekly that while the request for proposals would focus on “a more conventional, standard type of design,” the city would try to integrate “aspects that came out of the design competition.” “We’re still thinking of a lowprofile sort of bridge, but probably not as slender as in the Moffatt & Nichol design,” Eggleston said. If the council agrees with the staff recommendation, the request of proposals would be released within days of the Dec. 14 meeting and design work would begin in April. Under the present schedule, the design work would conclude in November 2017 and the new bridge would be constructed in 2019. The project is among the most ambitious and expensive in the bicycle and pedestrian master plan that the council unanimously adopted in 2012. The plan, which also includes a myriad of bike projects and trail improvements, identifies the overcrossing at Adobe Creek as “the preferred alternative for improving connections across Highway 101 from south

Palo Alto to the Baylands and Bay Trail.” Currently, the only access to the Baylands in the Adobe Creek area is a low-lying undercrossing that is generally only open from mid-April to mid-October because of the risk of flooding. The new bridge, by contrast, would offer users a pleasant, yearround alternative for reaching the Baylands, according to the plan. “An estimated 100,000 bicyclists and pedestrians would use the bridge each year, a figure that would rise as adjacent bicycle connections improve and area land uses adapt,” the plan states. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com. About the cover: This bridge design was proposed by Moffatt & Nichol, Steven Grover & Associates, Lutsko Associates, JIRI Strasky, and Mark Thomas and Co. Courtesy of Steven Grover & Associates.

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Upfront

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Dec. 7)

Hotels: The council held a prescreening meeting for the two Marriott hotels proposed for the 700 block of San Antonio Road. The council generally supported the site as appropriate for the two hotels. Action: None Zoning: The council approved a host of revisions in the zoning code and established a process for turning staff interpretations. Yes: Berman, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Burt

Board of Education (Dec. 8)

Election of officers: The board elected Heidi Emberling as its president for 2016 and Terry Godfrey as vice president. Yes: Unanimous Gender-identity policy: The board approved two board policies and one administrative regulation that support transgender and gender non-conforming students. Yes: Unanimous Middle school SPSAs: The board accepted the three middle schools’ annual Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) reports. Yes: Unanimous Budget: The board approved a first interim financial report with several new one-time expenditures for the 2015-16 year. Yes: Unanimous

Parks and Recreation Commission (Dec. 8) Master Plan:The commission heard an update on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. Action: None

City Council (Dec. 9)

Infrastructure: The council heard an update about the city’s infrastructure plan and funding mechanisms to implement that plan. Action: None Comprehensive Plan: The council discussed and tentatively approved vision statements and goals for the Natural Resources, Safety and Business and Economics chapters of the Comprehensive Plan. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Scharff

Planning and Transportation Commission (Dec. 9)

Election: The commission elected Adrian Fine and Przemek Gardias to serve as its chair and vice chair, respectively, in 2016. Yes: Unanimous 3225 El Camino Real: The commission approved the environmental analysis and the site and design for a proposed mixed-use development at 3225 El Camino Real. Yes: Alcheck, Fine, Gardias, Rosenblum, Tanaka, Waldfogel Recused: Downing 1050 Page Mill Road: The commission voted to approve the Final Environmental Impact Report for 1050 Page Mill Road, a proposal to demolish two existing structures with 265,895 square feet of floor area and build four buildings with the same square footage. Yes: Alcheck, Downing, Gardias No: Waldfogel Recused: Fine, Rosenblum, Tanaka

Historic Resources Board (Dec. 10)

1250 Bryant St.:The board discussed a proposal for an addition and facade renovation for 1250 Bryant St., a home in the Professorville Historic District. Action: None

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Veronica Weber

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Though the San Francisquito Creek is currently dry near the PopeChaucer Street Bridge in Palo Alto, rainwater from the foothills could fill the creek to overflowing during a heavy and prolonged storm.

San Francisquito Creek wends its way from the foothills to the bay, including through Palo Alto and, pictured here, East Palo Alto.

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Alto streets, and that was in a relatively dry El Niño year, officials noted. The National Weather Service predicts this winter will be wet, in line with 1997-98, the strongest El Niño on record. Given the high-tide events that will take place during December and January, local officials are concerned. And soils hardened by the drought could create significant runoff in valley and urban areas. “From a meteorological standpoint, this is the greater concern for flooding this upcoming season,” FEMA noted. Locally, officials have the added burden of potentially managing a flood during the Super Bowl in January, which will bring thousands of out-of-towners to the Midpeninsula. It is also when one of the highest tides of the winter will occur, Kenneth Dueker, Palo Alto’s director of the Office of Emergency Services, said. Officials are also bracing for the holidays, when the highest tides will occur Dec. 20-27, according to the California Coastal Commission. Combined with wind and heavy rainfall, sea levels could rise up to one foot in many areas, putting multiple medical facilities, schools, power plants, airports, fire stations, hazardous waste sites and wastewater-treatment plants at risk, along with nearly 189,000 people statewide, according to FEMA. California remains the most vulnerable to weather-related disaster declarations out of 10 localities in the FEMA Region IX, which includes Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and other areas. The state accounted for 190 events out of 407 or 47 percent for the region between 1953 and 2012, according to FEMA. Flooding caused 52 percent of the disasters in California among all weather-related events. In El Niño years, 53 percent of disas-

ters were due to flooding. But that number can be deceiving, according to FEMA. Golden Gate Weather Service data shows that there is little correlation between the strength of El Niño and storm damage. In neutral years flooding has caused 55 percent of disasters. But the 1997-98 El Niño increased rainfall 320 percent statewide on average in February alone. The rains were persistent, heavy and often accompanied by high winds. Back-to-back storms left little time for recovery, causing significant mudslides and erosion, according to the report. The result was an estimated $883 million in damage statewide, with 17 storm-related deaths. Forty counties were declared federal disaster areas, according to the report. This year, FEMA is using the 1982-83 El Niño year as its planning model. That season resulted in $1.2 billion in economic losses, 36 dead and 481 injured. Lessons learned from the catastrophe helped to reduce damages in 1997-98, largely due to timed releases of water from reservoirs, according to FEMA. The agency has developed a three-phase, five-stage response once there is an elevated threat from the storms, to cover everything from alternative transportation to evacuation, shelter, food and rebuilding. But FEMA would not come in until local mayors and governors issue an emergency declaration, which could then trigger a federal emergency, officials said during a telephone press conference Wednesday. FEMA also has not dedicated any advance funding for an emergency response, an official said during the press conference. Instead, it will “prioritize resources” it already has. But Dueker said Palo Alto is better prepared than during the 1997-98 flooding. It has a regional agreement with East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Santa Clara Valley Water District, the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Author-

ity, Stanford University and Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for mutual aid in the event of a disaster in any of the communities. “We are more prepared in this storm season than in any in my career here, which started in the 1990s,” he said. But there are limits. While Palo Alto will do all that it can, the public expectation should not be that the city can do everything, he cautioned. Dueker said he hopes that people will take seriously recommendations to look out for their neighbors and themselves. “It’s not because government is trying to punt or weasel out of a job. There are a lot of ambiguities,” he said. “There is not a computer screen with a smiley face and a frownie face” to tell officials when something will absolutely occur, he said. While creek gauges now give responders and residents a 90- to 120-minute warning before flood levels might hit the Pope-Chaucer bridge, there are no predictive systems for soil saturation or landslides, power outages, traffic snarls, sewage leaks or public health issues. And even the best science available is largely subject to human interpretation, he said. Residents can help by staying informed, reporting potential or ongoing problems and helping elderly neighbors and those with disabilities, Dueker added. The city has a robust storms web page, cityofpaloalto.org/storms, which includes links to a storm map, creek monitor and emergency contacts. The site also has a link to the new JPA flood early warning system, which can also be found at floodwarning.sfcjpa.org. Palo Alto will also have a sandbag giveaway on Sunday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., or until they are all gone, at the Municipal Services Center, 3201 East Bayshore Road. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to help load the bags into vehicles for those in need of assistance, Dueker said. Q

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Dec. 2-Dec. 8 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suicide attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 8 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 12 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Disobey court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Misc. muni. code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Violence related Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft related Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alcohol or drug related Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Miscellaneous APS referral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disturbing/annoying phone calls . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Letty Bird Laetitia “Letty” Bird, a longtime Palo Alto resident and volunteer, died on Nov. 30. She was 92. She was born Laetitia Schmidt on Feb. 27, 1923, in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in Antwerp, Belgium. As a teenager during World War II, she evaded capture by the Nazis in southern France until she made an illegal night escape into Switzerland; her parents died in concentration camps. Following the war in Brussels, she met a British army officer, Peter Bird, whom she later married. Together they moved to England, Canada and the United States, with a brief period spent in Australia before returning to the U.S. She lived in Palo Alto for 52 years, and from 1994 to 2011, she was a painstaking volunteer for the Friends of the Palo Alto Library. She also engaged in conversation daily at the coffee shop at the Charleston Shopping Center. She spoke six languages fluently (French, Flemish, German, English, Yiddish and Spanish) and

knew some of others, and she read often, particularly travel stories, biographies and history books. She liked to keep abreast of contemporary events — looking at them often through the lens of her past and left-leaning political persuasion. She also enjoyed travel and had a great sense of humor, according to her friends and family. She was predeceased by her husband of 43 years, Peter Bird, and her daughter, Karin Elizabeth Rockett. She is survived by her daughter, Kristina Diane Bird, and her partner, Justin Holt, of Cambridge, England; and her grandsons, Aaron Liam Rockett, and his partner Beth, of Pittsburgh and Daniel Peter Bird Holt of Cambridge. A private memorial service was held.

Gary Fry Dr. Gary A. Fry, a longtime Palo Alto doctor and resident, died on Dec. 1 at Channing House in Palo Alto, following years of living with progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative neurological disease. He was 85. He was born on March 9, 1930, in Billings, Montana, and was raised in Miles City, Montana. He graduated with a bachelor’s of science from Carleton College in Northfield,

Katherine Agnes (Groo) Dugoni August 12, 1926-December 3, 2015 Katherine Agnes (Groo) Dugoni died peacefully at her home in Palo Alto, CA, surrounded by family, on December 3, 2015 at the age of 89. Kaye, as she was known to her friends, was born in Montpelier, ID, on August 12, 1926. Kaye lived for her family, her Catholic faith, and her community. She was a life master in duplicate bridge and volunteered many hours of service to Las Lomitas Elementary School, La Entrada Middle School and St. Denis Church, among others. Kaye was the matriarch of four generations and she found the greatest joy in spending time with her 7 children, 15 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Kaye leaves behind her sister, Joann Groo of Spokane, her husband of 66 years Arthur A. Dugoni of Palo Alto, and 7 children to cherish her memory: Steven (Lisa); Michael (Marianne); Russell (Maureen); Mary Rouleau (Bertrand); Diane Descalso; Arthur (Kristen) and James (Lisa). She is also survived by 15 grandchildren: Patrick, Emily, Brian, Christine, Paul, Eric, Sean, Aaron, Nicolas, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin, Tyler and Jackson; as well as 6 great grandchildren: Brendan, Kenzie, Connor, Claire, Evan and Charlotte. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, December 19, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Pius Church, 1100 Woodside Rd., Redwood City, CA 94061. All family and friends are welcome to attend the service and reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary, 2911 W. Fort George Wright Dr., Spokane, WA 99224, or to the Arthur and Katherine Dugoni Endowed Student Scholarship at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, 155 Fifth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. PAID

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Minnesota, and then attended Yale School of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. in 1956. While in medical school, he took a yearlong break to study at the Union Theological Seminary with theologians and thinkers Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr. After graduation, he did a two-year rotating internship at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, where he met a nurse named Karen Clippinger. They married in 1958. Gary then worked with the U.S. Public Health Service in Puerto Rico for two years, before completing his residency in internal medicine and cardiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1965, he began practicing at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic in internal medicine/cardiology, where he remained until his retirement in 1995. During those 30 years, he also served as an adjunct clinical professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He and Karen lived in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto from 1965 until 2007, moving a few years later to Channing House. In 1971, he started the Cardiac Therapy Foundation, a nonprofit first located at the Palo Alto YMCA and now at the Cubberley Community Center. The foundation today supports heart patients and at-risk individuals through medical evaluation, classes on exercise and nutrition, and other programs. Its years of success have led to the creation of similar programs across the country. During his retirement, he focused on an interest in writing, participating in the Middlebury Writing Program and programs at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. He was also a member of the Fellowship Forum, a lunch group meeting weekly for retired men from academic, professional and business fields. He also volunteered as a teacher of English as a second language in Menlo Park and Palo Alto as part of the English in Action program. He is survived by his wife, Karen Fry, of Palo Alto; his children, Jonathan Fry of Miami Beach, Florida, Lisa Fry of Sammamish, Washington, and Stephen (Donna) Fry of Carlsbad, California; his brother, Tom (Kay) Fry of Denver; sister-inlaw, Lorna Crocker of Dallas; and five grandchildren, Sasha, Zachary, Kathryn, Julia and Meredith. A memorial service will be held on Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Pathways, 585 N. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085; the Cardiac Therapy Foundation, 4000 Middlefield Road, Suite G-8, Palo Alto, CA 94303; or Stanford Brain Support, P.O. Box 7264, Menlo Park, CA 94026.

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Menlowe Ballet dancers Chantelle Pianetta, left, Julie Giordano and Peter Hershey will perform in the company’s full-length production, “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker,” Dec. 12-20 at the Menlo-Atherton Center for Performing Arts.

The professional dancers of Menlowe Ballet rehearse for this year’s holiday production: a blend of “The Nutcracker” and the 1946 classic film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

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kovsky and Duke Ellington, classi- took a quick break to discuss what cal ballet and ballroom dance tech- it’s like to join his dancers on stage. “It’s a lot of fun,” he said, adding, niques in this mashup of Christmas “I’m not as visceral and young as I traditions. “There are plenty of really great, used to be, so it’s also a lot of acting.” Dancer Terrin McGee-Kelly, who traditional ‘Nutcrackers’ around,” Shiveley noted. “We don’t want to has been with the company since its compete; we want to add options for inception, said dancing with Lowe in the company’s first full-length audiences in the area.” Ballet Master Julie Lowe played ballet is particularly gratifying. “He’s my favorite partner,” she a central role in writing the script said. “He’s so animated. It’s nice for the production. “The goal was to take the spirit of having him on this side for once.” McGee-Kelly dances the role of a the movie and the magic of the ballet and blend them into a story with Salvation Army volunteer and also the angel who appears to George a little more heart,” she explained. Like “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “It’s “Drosselmeyer” Bailey, while the a Wonderful Nutcracker” is set in role of Mary, the oldest daughter of upstate New York in the 1940s, the Bailey family and this show’s which means the costumes (com- Clara, is danced by the expressive missioned specifically for this show Julie Giordano, whose first lead role and designed by Stanford Univer- with the company was in last year’s original Mongosity professor lian ballet, “The Connie Strayer) Legend of the and backdrops ‘The goal was to take Seven Suns.” (painted in Utah Audiences and transported the spirit of the movie need neither a to the Penin- and the magic of the knowledge of sula on moving “The Nutcracktrucks) evoke the ballet and blend them er” nor “It’s style of the post- into a story with a a Wonderful war era. Though Life” to enjoy the choreography little more heart.’ consists primar-Julie Lowe, Ballet Master, this production, ily of classical Menlowe Ballet though those who know the ballet technique, the show also features rising ball- stories will catch familiar details room dance stars Chelsea Farrah and various amendments, from the and Eric Koptke. The couple spe- dances of the Mouse Queen and the cializes in the American Smooth Lone Ranger Doll to the staircase style and recently competed at the finial that falls off. With a professional technical Ohio Star Ball Championships, a prestigious annual ballroom dance director at the helm backstage and competition. In “It’s a Wonderful more pro dancers than the comNutcracker,” Farrah and Koptke pany has presented yet in a single will dance the roles of Mrs. and production, Menlowe Ballet is stepMr. Bailey, the parents of the fam- ping up its game for this show. Yet ily. They have choreographed their Julie Lowe was quick to emphasize own jazzy pas de deux: a light- the real message of this production: “The presence of people in your hearted blend of Balboa, Peabody life who are important is what and quickstep styles. “It’s our first time doing ball- makes the wonder and magic of the room with a ballet company,” noted holidays really special.” Q the long-limbed Farrah, who herself Arts & Entertainment Editor studied classical ballet for 13 years. Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed With a cast of 20 professional at eschwyzer@paweekly.com dancers and more than 90 students from the associated school, the What: “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker,” Menlo Park Academy of Dance, presented by Menlowe Ballet the production incorporates dancWhere: Menlo-Atherton Center for ers from age 6 (they play the baby Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield mice) to 60-something. Road, Atherton At the upper end of that specWhen: Saturday, Dec. 12 through trum, Michael Lowe is more acSunday, Dec. 20 customed to sitting in the audience Cost: $28-$55 than taking his place beneath the Info: Go to menloweballet.org lights, but it’s clear he’s enjoying his or goo.gl/lT40DJ. starring role. During rehearsal, he

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Lowe’s role is an amalgam of the magnanimous Uncle Drosselmeyer, who sweeps in to the Christmas party bearing gifts, and Jimmy Stewart’s George Bailey: a man down on his luck and feeling hopeless — until an angel reminds him of his im-

pact on the people he loves. According to Menlowe Ballet’s executive director Lisa Shiveley, the aim of the show is to maintain some of the magic of “The Nutcracker,” but to imbue the story with a deeper message about the spirit of the holidays. “It’s not about the stuff, the presents and gifts; it’s about the presence of those you hold dear,”

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Shiveley noted as she sat in the ballet studio last week watching the dancers rehearse Act I. “The central message of this show is that everyone has value.” Menlowe Ballet could have chosen to depart entirely from “The Nutcracker.” Instead, the company is combining the Sugar Plum Fairy and the guardian angel, Tchai-

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Ceramic art open studio From Jeonju, South Korea, to the Imperial Ancestral Temple of the Forbidden City in Beijing, Lee Middleman’s pots get around. This weekend, the Portola Valley-based ceramic artist opens the doors of his studio to the public. Known for his use of complex textures, rich glazes and experimental firing techniques, Middleman has established himself as a respected ceramic artist both in the States and abroad; his works are included in the permanent collections of museums from India to Turkey to Japan. The artist also has an interesting back story: Prior to devoting himself to ceramic art, Middleman earned his doctoral degree in physics at Stanford University and spent many years in the high-tech industry. Those who venture into the hills above Portola Valley this Saturday or Sunday, Dec. 12-13, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. will discover a wide selection of works that share an earthy palette and a distinctly Asian aesthetic. The pieces range from round, stippled bowls reminiscent of urchin shells to elegant vases bearing swirling patterns to vessels with bark-like surfaces and perforated lids. Middleman’s studio is located at 16 Coalmine View, Portola Valley. To learn more about the artist, go to leemiddleman.com or call 650-851-0295.

Books An evening with Anita Diamant She made her name with the 1997 bestseller, “The Red Tent,” but Anita Diamant has written numerous novels and nonfiction works since then. The author will appear at Palo Alto’s Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, on Tuesday, Dec 15, to discuss her latest historical novel, “The Boston Girl.” Tickets are $15-$30. Go to goo.gl/ FHUUlH or call 650-223-8649.

Music Messiah singalong Baroque composer George Frideric Handel may not have intended for his famous “Messiah” oratorio to be sung by bands of cheerful amateurs, but Messiah singalongs have become a beloved holiday tradition. Stanford University holds its annual Messiah singalong at Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, this Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10-$15. Bring your own score, or purchase a copy at the door. Go to goo.gl/LdyYtC.

Community Public art open house Meet the commissioners, take part in a hands-on workshop and share your vision of the future of public art in Palo Alto when the Public Art Commission hosts a holiday open house and master planning workshop on Monday, Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m. The event takes place in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Go to goo.gl/1Wr3qR or call 650-617-3517.

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Exhibit ‘Women’s Power to Stop War’ Ever heard of the “Raging Grannies?” Now through Jan. 23, Palo Alto’s Rinconada Library at 1213 Newell Road hosts an exhibit titled, “Women’s Power to Stop War.” The collection of photographs, text and memorabilia examines the history of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, whose local chapter was founded in 1922. Go to goo.gl/G0aGTA or call 650-326-1235.

Concert ‘Holiday Extravaganza’ Young musicians take the stage this Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m, when the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra hosts its “Holiday Extravaganza” concert at the Cubberley Community Center Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road. The program features excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Ballet” as well as appearances by Palo Alto’s iSing Girlchoir, dancers from Mountain View’s Pacific Ballet Academy and PACO’s youth ensemble, the SuperStrings Orchestra. Tickets are $10. Go to goo.gl/ OQwGOI or call 650-856-3848. Q

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“Too much is true!” So bellows former cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, as he recalls the horrors of the whaling vessel “Essex” to none other than Herman Melville in the fact-based drama, “In the Heart of the Sea.” As Hollywood has it, the author’s research took the form of this emotional confab, more or less directly leading to the 1851 classic, “Moby-Dick.” In fact, Melville

consulted another man’s memoir for inspiration, but the excusable white lie makes a dramatically effective, if obvious, framing device. Adapted by Charles Leavitt from Nathaniel Philbrick’s nonfiction book “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex,” director Ron Howard’s film mostly unfolds aboard the “Essex,” circa 1820. Executives on Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island crew up their ship with reluctant First Mate Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), whose promised captainship has gone the way of nepotism, to inexperienced seaman and corporate scion George Pollard Jr. (Benjamin Walker). It’s a recipe for tension as the deeply frustrated Chase attempts to maintain effectiveness without boiling over with masculine pride. Once the stormy weather turns literal, the “Essex” meets the first of its trials. Soon, desperation for a successful haul of whale oil — that which keeps the lights on in 19th-century America — emboldens Pollard, Chase and Second Mate Matthew Joy (Cillian Murphy, making the most of an underwritten role) to chase a report of a pod of hundreds of whales in the South Pacific, despite warnings of a “demon” among them. And so the Essex sails to “the edge of sanity,” where they indeed encounter the rumored great whale, “white as alabaster, hundred feet long,” and ominously scarred. Business concerns turn to an out-and-out struggle for survival as the whale lays waste to the

ship and subtracts from the 21 souls aboard. Our witness to it all is young Nickerson (Tom Holland of “The Impossible”), who suffers torments like being lowered into the head of a dead whale to extract the last drops of oil, but also enjoys male bonding with fellow orphan Chase. Back in 1850, the elder Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson) unloads every gory detail on Melville (Ben Whishaw). There’s something simply compelling about how the latter scenes depict a writer’s process of scavenging and soul-stealing, and something deliciously tart in the era-spanning references to being “in the oil business” to the exclusion of morality and ethics — not to mention the implications for the ecosystem. The audiences gamest for this journey will be responding to its old-fashioned sea-yarn pleasures, newfangled a bit by 3D-enhanced CGI and “overboard” color timing. Though the action tends to be more visceral than comprehensible, and the shipboard scenes rarely leave a green-screened studio for open-sea verisimilitude, the well-suited cast performs admirably (Hemsworth’s wandering dialect notwithstanding). Too much is true? Not quite, but “In the Heart of the Sea” turns out to have a fair ratio of truth to hooey, its seascape painted in saltwater spray and the blood of man and beast. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material. Two hours, 1 minute. — Peter Canavese

MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted. For reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. The Black Camel (1931) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 7:30 p.m., Sat 4:40 p.m. Boruto: The Nauruto Movie (Not Rated) Century 20: Sun 12:55 p.m. Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Century 20: 7 & 10:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Brooklyn (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 16: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:35, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 3:50, 7:15 & 10:25 p.m. Carol (R) Palo Alto Square: 2, 3:45, 4:45, 6:30 & 7:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:15 & 10:15 p.m., Fri & Sun 1 p.m., Sat 10 & 11:15 a.m. Creed (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10 & 11:30 a.m., 1:05, 2:35, 4:10, 5:40, 7:25, 8:55 & 10:35 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 & 11:40 a.m., 1:30, 2:25, 4:05, 5:10, 7, 7:50, 9:45 & 10:30 p.m. In 3-D at 10 a.m., 12:35 & 3:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 12:50, 1:45, 3:25, 4:25, 6:05, 7, 8:40 & 9:35 p.m. In 3-D at 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:25 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, 6:05, 7, 7:55, 9:20, 10:10 & 11 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 2, 3:45, 5:10, 7:05, 8:30 & 10:15 p.m. In D-BOX at 2, 5:10 & 8:30 p.m. In the Heart of the Sea (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 1:15 & 7:15 p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 a.m., 4:15 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 3:20, 6:15 & 9:15 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 10:55 a.m., 1:50, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. In D-BOX at 11:55 a.m., 3:20, 6:15 & 9:15 p.m. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) (Not Rated) Century 20: Sun 2 p.m. Krampus (PG-13) Century 16: 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 2:45, 5:25, 8 & 10:35 p.m. Lazybones (1925) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sun 2 p.m.

The Letters (PG) Century 20: 4:40, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m., Fri & Sun 10:55 a.m. & 1:50 p.m. Love the Coopers (PG-13) Century 20: 11 a.m. Macbeth (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:45, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:15 p.m. The Martian (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 7:40 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 4, 7:15 & 10:25 p.m. MET Opera: The Magic Flute Encore (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat 12:55 p.m. Century 20: Sat 12:55 p.m. Palo Alto Square: Sat 12:55 p.m. Murder in Trinidad (1934) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 6:05 & 8:55 p.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 Peanuts Movie (G) Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:55, 2:50 & 5:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 1:45, 4:10, 6:45 & 9:10 p.m. Room (R) +++1/2 Guild Theatre: 4:40 & 9:40 p.m. The Secret in Their Eyes (R) Century 20: 11 a.m., 4:25, 7:10 & 10:05 p.m., Fri & Sat 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 3:40 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 3:30, 7 & 10:20 p.m. Spotlight (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 10 a.m., 1, 4, 7:05 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 4:25, 7:35 & 10:35 p.m. Street Angel (1928) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sun 3:40 p.m. Suffragette (PG-13) +++ Guild Theatre: 2:10 & 7:15 p.m. Tamasha (Not Rated) 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.

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The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly: Trumbo 000 The at-times stranger-than-fiction “Trumbo” recalls how Sen. Joseph McCarthy targeted American communists, compelling them to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). As one of the “Hollywood 10” who refused on constitutional grounds to cooperate, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) has gone down in history as a champion of true American values. Throughout his struggle, the writer has the support of his long-suffering wife (Diane Lane) and children, though he tests their patience with his substance abuse and short, hot temper. Cranston gives a floridly theatrical performance in keeping with Trumbo’s wit, and director Jay Roach offers an irreverent view of Hollywood as a “Dream Factory” propped up by the likes of communist-slayer Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren, delightfully tart). Rated R for language, including some sexual references. Two hours, 4 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Dec. 4, 2015)

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Peninsula Christmas Services First Lutheran Church

600 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto 650-322-4669 | www.flcpa.org Sundays in Advent: 9:15 a.m. Christian Education 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. Worship / Holy Communion December 13 Santa Lucia Festival 5:30 p.m. International SmÜrgüsbord—bring a dish to share! 7:00 p.m. Santa Lucia Program and Reception

Valley Presbyterian Church in the Redwoods 945 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 650-851-8282 www.valleypreschurch.org

December 20 Lessons and Carols 4:00 p.m. Theme: O Come, Emmanuel December 24 5:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.

Christmas Eve Family Service and Pageant Choir Concert—selections from Handel’s Messiah Choral Festival Candlelight Service

December 25 Christmas Day 10:00 a.m. Carols with Communion

Christmas Eve Worship 5:00 pm

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Christmas blessings from St. Bede’s Episcopal Church Let us celebrate together! Christmas Eve—Thursday, 12/24 4PM Children’s Christmas Pageant & Eucharist 5:30PM Community Dinner Free to all; RSVP appreciated 7:30PM Choral Prelude 8PM Festival Eucharist with Choir

Christmas Day—Friday, 12/25 10AM Holy Eucharist with Carols

First Sunday after Christmas — 12/27 10AM Christmas Lessons & Carols and Eucharist

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Peninsula Christmas Services

Covenant Presbyterian Church December 13, 2015

ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH PALO ALTO CHRISTMAS EVE

V 4:00 pm Children’s Christmas Pageant & Communion V 10:00 pm Festive Choral Christmas Eve Holy Communion beginning with Carols

CHRISTMAS DAY

V 10:00 am Holy Communion with Carols 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto (650) 326-3800 www.saint-marks.com

December 20, 2015

December 24, 2015

10:30 a.m. Worship The Mystery of Bethlehem - Healey Willan Choir Cantata with Organ and Harp 4:00 p.m. Chamber Concert Series Music of the Christmas Season Harpers Hall Harp Ensemble 10:30 a.m. Worship The Wonder of Bethlehem Intergenerational Drama 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Lessons and Carols Rev. Dr. Margaret Boles Covenant Presbyterian Church, 670 E. Meadow Dr., Palo Alto 94306 (650) 494-1760 www.CovenantPresbyterian.net

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St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish, Palo Alto Our Lady of the Rosary, 3233 Cowper Street St. Albert the Great, 1095 Channing Avenue St. Thomas Aquinas, 751 Waverley Street

CHRISTMAS EVE – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24TH 5:00 pm Family Mass – Our Lady of the Rosary (Children’s Christmas Pageant during Mass) 5:00 pm Family Mass – St. Albert the Great (Children’s Christmas Pageant during Mass) 6:00 pm – St. Thomas Aquinas 7:00 pm – Our Lady of the Rosary (Spanish) Midnight Mass – St. Thomas Aquinas (Latin)

CHRISTMAS DAY – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25TH 7:30am – St. Thomas Aquinas; 9:00am – St. Albert the Great; 10:30am – Our Lady of the Rosary; 10:30am – St. Thomas Aquinas; 12:00 Noon – St. Thomas Aquinas (Latin)

CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24 4:00pm Family Eucharist with Carols 8:30pm Special Early Wind-Brass Music Featuring - The Whole Noyse 9:00pm Solemn Candlelight Eucharist with Choir CHRISTMAS DAY, DECEMBER 25 10:00am Eucharist with Carols All Saints’ Episcopal Church 555 Waverley Street, Palo Alto

www.asaints.org Sundays 8am & 10am

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Thank you for donating to the Holiday Fund As of December 4, 184 donors have donated $67,655; with match $135,310 has been raised for the Holiday Fund Hugh MacMillan ....................... 500 Peter Stern ............................... 250 Elizabeth Tromovitch................. 100 Merrill & Lee Newman .................. * Mary Lorey ................................... * Elizabeth Salzer & Richard Baumgartner ............. * Roy & Carol Blitzer........................ * Bruce Campbell ..................... 2,000 John & Lynn Wiese ................... 100 Susan & Doug Woodman ............. * Tony & Carolyn Tucher .................. * Marlene & Joe Prendergast ....... 100 Carol Kersten & Markus Aschwanden.......... 200 Page & Ferrell Sanders .............. 100 Norman & Nancy Rossen .......... 200 Suzanne Bell ............................. 100 John & Lee Pierce ..................... 250 Irene Schwartz .............................. * Sally & Craig Nordlund ............. 500 Robert & Joan Jack ................... 250 Ruth Hammett.......................... 500 Irene Beardsley & Dan Bloomberg ...................... * Nancy & Joe Huber ................... 100 Mike & Cathie Foster ................ 500 Linda & Steve Boxer ...................... * George Cator ........................... 100

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The traditional alcoholic beverage to serve with holiday meals may be wine, but local beer purveyors say beer can offer just as much variety, complexity and complementary flavor.

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by My Nguyen / photos by Veronica Weber

nstead of wine, consider serving beer at the dinner table this holiday season. Here in the Bay Area, we’re celebrating the peak of the craft-beer movement, and choices abound for food and beer pairings. Christmas ham and amber ale? Check. Latkes and blonde Belgian ale? Check. Beers have the aromas, flavors, diversity and food compatibility to keep you and your dinner guests in the holiday “spirit.” Unsure where to start? Read on for suggestions from local purveyors on how to pair brews with festive appetizers, main courses and desserts.

Getting the party started

At holiday get-togethers, a cheese plate is often served before dinner, and nothing goes better with cheese than beer, said Ryan Hummel, bar manager at Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View. Beer and cheese have a natural affinity, he explained, because both begin with grass: wheat and barley in the case of beer, actual grass in the case of cheese. Hummel offered some winning combinations. Serve creamy Bries with a light witbier: a Belgian-style (continued on page 26)

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beer made from wheat, coriander and orange peel. A salty and piquant blue cheese pairs well with an India Pale Ale (IPA), a hoppy beer. Hummel also borrows a recipe from Randy Mosher’s “Tasting Beer: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink.” “You can take a light, creamy Camembert cheese and pair it with a roasty brown ale,” he said. “That kind of matches the creamy, melty cheese of a grilled cheese sandwich with the toasted bread.” The acidity and carbonation of beer helps cut through the fats in cheese and cleanses the palate, said Devin Roberts, the sales and marketing director of Freewheel Brewing Company in Redwood City. For a mild cheese, Roberts recommended a Pilsner (a pale lager), a wheat beer or Freewheel’s K9 Kölsch: a delicate lager with floral and fruity notes that contrast the creaminess and fattiness of the cheese.

Ϋ<RX ZDQW WR PDWFK WKH LQWHQVLW\ of your beer to the intensity RI \RXU IRRG ά Ryan Hummel, Bar Manager, Steins Beer Garden “For a stronger cheese like blue, you want something to match the flavor intensity,” he said, adding that his go-to beers in this category include doppelbock — a stronger version of the traditional German bock — or Freewheel’s Barleywine, a strong ale with fruity notes.

Pairings for main courses

When choosing which beers to serve with dinner, Hummel recommended brews that accentuate the food by offering complementary or contrasting flavors. “You want to match the intensity of your beer to the intensity of your food,” he said. “So if you’re dealing with a roasted turkey, I’d

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say a Belgian-style dubbel is a perfect match.” The dubbel is a malty beer with some spices; it complements the stuffing and turkey but won’t overpower the main course, Hummel said. For the heavier Christmas ham or prime rib, choose a roasted malt or other dark beer to accentuate the flavor of oven-roasted meat. Amber or British-style brown ale make great choices, he said. Unsurprisingly, beers brewed with spices pair well with dishes featuring cinnamon or ginger. Guldem Tanyeri, co-founder of Palo Alto Brewing Company, is a fan of porters (the darkest style of beer) for hearty holiday meals. One of her favorites is the company’s own Cool Beanz Coffee Porter, which is brewed with beans from Philz Coffee. “I always suggest drinking what you like with your food,” Tanyeri added. If you’re serving brisket during Hanukkah, Freewheel’s Roberts suggested picking a beer that will “kick up the complexity” but also match the brisket’s rich, salty flavor. Think beers with “malty and roasty flavors, or even a little more hoppiness,” he said. Roberts’ favorites include Freewheel’s Big V Amber and Mind the Gap IPA. Don’t confine beer to the mug — many dishes can be flavored with beer, said James Michaud, a home brewer and wine consultant at Beltramo’s Wines & Spirits in Menlo Park. Try marinating red meat in beer, Michaud suggested. “I also like to use more robust beers when grilling or roasting meat, as the extra sugar content of these beers can help create a nice crust or glaze on the outside of the meat,” he said. Beer, much like wine, can be transformed into a sauce or gravy, Michaud added. “The next time you want to make a sauce to put on top of a steak, try deglazing the pan with a malty barley wine or stout. The thicker texture of the beer will make for a nicely thick and rich sauce and the interplay of the roasted, nutty character of these beers and the malty sweetness pairs well with juicy steaks. “These beers, being more robustly flavored, can also stand up well to other spices and seasonings, allowing you to tinker with some more familiar flavors in your sauces or marinades,” Michaud explained. For side dishes like cranberry sauce, Hummel suggested a sweeter beer like a bock to contrast with the acidity in the sauce, while Michaud recommended lambic: a strong sweet Belgian fruit beer.

James Michaud, a wine, beer and spirits consultant for Beltramo’s Wine & Spirits in Menlo Park, recommends beer pairings for holiday meals. For creamy dishes like mashed Feeling stuffed after dinner? or scalloped potatoes, Hummel You might try a ginger beer, like and Michaud said to choose a beer Royal Jamaican Alcoholic Ginger that will open up the starchy con- Beer, to aid in digestion. tent. A high alcohol-by-volume For those who head straight to (ABV) beer or a bitter beer will a whiskey or scotch after a meal, do the job, Hummel said. a high ABV barrel-aged beer is a “Sour beers pair very well with quality substitute, Hummel said. fatty, creamy dishes because they “Goose Island (Beer Comhelp cut through that creaminess,” pany) makes a Bourbon County he added. Stout, which is an amazing beer Latkes, the traditional Hanuk- that is aged in bourbon barrels,” kah potato pancakes often served he noted. “It’s almost 15 percent with applesauce or sour cream, alcohol and it’s got a lot of rich play nicely with lots of beers, vanilla and oaky notes that can Roberts said. fill in the place of a scotch or an “You can’t go wrong with any after-dinner whiskey.” medium-bodied beer (with) fried If you can get your hands on potatoes,” he noted. “Some- it, Samuel Adams’ Utopias, an thing with a touch of sweetness American strong ale-style beer and crispness can act as a palate that’s 35 percent alcohol, is “very cleanser between bites.” warming and has a great similar His picks included a blonde Bel- effect to having a small whiskey gian ale or Freewheel’s Pale Ale. pour,” Hummel said. Of course, the holidays wouldn’t Rounding off the evening be the same without a cup of hot Time for dessert — but in- chocolate or eggnog. One of the stead of washing down a batch of holiday cocktails at Steins is made Christmas cookies with a glass from chilled homemade eggnog, of milk, try a mug of craft-brew spiced rum and Andechser Dopsuds, Hummel suggested. pelbock Dunkel, a German dopA multitude of spicy beers will pelbock beer. pair perfectly with gingerbread “It’s got chocolate hints and a cookies, he said, among them lot of caramel, which pairs well Golden Road Brewing’s Back with the baking spices in eggnog,” Home Gingerbread Stout. Hummel said. “The beer will pick up the simiPalo Alto Brewing Company’s lar flavors, and it’s a very intense Oaxacan spiced stout combines beer, so it won’t be overwhelmed the comfort of a hot chocolate by the cookie.” with the kick of a cocktail. “It Beer even pairs well with the tastes like a spicy mocha,” Tanyeri most famous holiday dessert: said. The dark, chocolaty, spicy fruitcake. Michaud recommends beer was created with the help of a Belgian dubbel: a rich beer with brewer Saul Reyes of Tied House flavors of raisins, dates and spices. in Mountain View, she added. Palo Alto Brewing Company’s These days, Tanyeri pointed Tanyeri cautioned never to drink out, “There are many breweries a beer sweeter than the dessert it- playing around with flavor proself. “A bit of maltiness going to- files, so you can have your cake ward sweetness can enhance your and drink it too.” Q dessert experience,” she said, adding that a German dunkelweizen Digital Editor My Nguyen (a dark wheat beer) or a brown ale can be emailed at mnguyen@ will pair perfectly with desserts. paweekly.com.

H A P P Y H O L I DAY S

Gift in a jar

Spread holiday cheer with simple do-it-yourself presents

by My Nguyen photos by Veronica Weber

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he holiday season can be hectic, and sometimes gifts can fall through the cracks until the very last minute. But no need to panic. Below are four easy — and thoughtful — last-minute gift ideas using eas household item: a Mason jar. a common c

Holiday hot chocolate in a jar Keep your loved ones warm this holiday season with K a cup c of rich hot cocoa. Layer the dry ingredients (hot chocolate powder, dry milk powder, powdered sugar, cho mini marshmallows, crushed candy canes and chocomin late chips) in a Mason jar for a fun and festive gift. Add miniature bottle of Baileys Irish Cream for a “spiked” am hot cocoa. What you’ll need: W • One 32-ounce Mason jar • Five packets of hot chocolate • 1 3/4 cups of dry milk powder • 3/4 cup of powdered sugar • Crushed candy canes • Mini chocolate chips • White mini marshmallows • One miniature bottle of Baileys Irish Cream (optional) Pour the cocoa powder into the bottom of the Mason P jjar. ar. Then add a layer of dry milk powder and powdered sugar, followed by a layer of chocolate chips and crushed sug candy canes. Top everything off with the marshmallows can and seal the lid. Tie the miniature bottle of Baileys and a ggift tag to the neck of the jar with twine.

Festive M&M cookies in a jar Whether it’s sugar, gingerbread or shortbread, cookies evoke warm Christmas memories, so how about gifting a co-worker or neighbor with pre-measured dry ingredients? What you’ll need: • One 32-ounce Mason jar • 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon of baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda • 1/4 teaspoon of salt • 1 cup of red and green M&Ms • 1/3 cup of brown sugar • 1/2 cup of granulated sugar Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and pour into the bottom of the Mason jar. Then pour the brown sugar and granulated sugar on top of the mixture. Top everything off with the M&M candies. Now, it’s time to decorate the jar. Cut a 6 1/2-inchdiameter circle of red fabric and place it over the opening on the jar and seal the opening with the lid. Tie a colorful ribbon around the outside of the lid and add a festive label to the front of the jar. Lastly, include instructions (see below) on how to make the cookies. Instructions: Pour the contents of the Mason jar into a bowl and stir. Add 1/2 cup of melted unsalted butter, one beaten egg and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Stir until everything is combined. Chill the dough for 30 minutes. Roll the dough into small balls and place them on a lined baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for eight to 10 minutes. (continued on page 30)

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Nicole Macuil and her daughter Nathalia Jimenez-Nacuil, 3, look at the golden butterfly ornaments adoring their Christmas tree at their home on Nov. 24. Their tree is adorned with about 60 golden butterfly ornaments.

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hen the Christmas season begins, Palo Alto resident Nicole Macuil always remembers the most beautiful holiday tree she has ever seen: An exotic white and turquoise Christmas tree at a friend’s house that has become the basis of her holiday tree goals and one she always wished to emulate, she said. “My dream was to someday have a beautiful tree that when people came to my house, they would be left in awe like I was when I saw that tree,” she said. Macuil’s tree today is covered in golden butterflies, and she has named it “Dreams do come true.” She is one of thousands of local residents for whom the Christmas tree takes on special meaning. Beyond the twinkling lights, golden n garlands and storebought baubles, there are personal messages. Some are steeped in age-old cultural traditions; others, such as Macuil’s, become the hub of new traditions for transplanted immigrants. “The Christmas tree was always special. Every year, my mom and I put up the tree. I couldn’t wait. It was like a comfort. It wasn’t complete until I put a present underneath. I would purposely wrap anything just to put things under the tree,” she said. But the tree is about more than Christmastime; it is also about relationships, Macuil said. “We both loved art and we are creative. It was about getting to bond with my mom,” she said. When Macuil married and had

children, she sought out the bigc gest, tallest, fattest tree she could afford. Her first tree had pine cones on it, but during a trip to a Big Lots store, she found the golden butterfly ornaments that became the basis of her special tree. As Macuil decorated her tree, she kept returning to the store to buy more of the golden-winged creatures. “I think I went back 30 times that day. Now I think the tree has 60 butterflies all over it, and when I look at it, it’s the tree that totally describes me,” she said. Every year she adds something new: a garland, a gold ribbon, a star, the handmade angels given to her by her neighbor. Macuil’s daughters are 2 and 3 years old now. This Christmas she hopes to pass down another tradition, the one in which they can

help decorate, as she did with her mother. “It’s that bonding and making everything beautiful — it’s the thing that brings Christmas to the house,” she said. Barron Park neighborhood resident Winter Dellenbach’s family traditions have carried over from Europe. “My husband’s family has been doing this back into (their) time in Germany: They have a 7- to 8-foot candle-lit tree, hung with fresh tangerines and old German wooden ornaments,” she said. “We light the tree ... and later light the Advent cake on Christmas Eve. The he room is only candle-lit for evening, with the evening lasting as long as thee candles do.” Family and friends nds

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are served glugg, a mulled wine, with raisins and almonds in each cup for fertility. For Palo Altan Patricia Karmin, tradition includes passing on ornaments in her family. “When we were children, every year we were given a special ornament to hang on the tree. Each of our collections were kept in separate boxes after the holidays. When the four of us grew up and began our adult lives, those boxes went with us to our new homes. It made Christmas more special,” she said. “As we hung the old beloved ornaments — even the ones that became tattered or worn after 20plus years — it brought back the memories of each Christmas we shared together,” Karmin added. “Most of us carried that tradition along to our own children; those without children passed their ornaments to a special niece/nephew or child that we knew, and just kept some as keepsakes.” Karmin still has her red Santa Claus rattle ornament from her third Christmas, she said. “Yes, his ‘fur’ trim is falling off, and the face paint is chipped, but it brings back the memories of our lives growing up at home and the happy events we all shared,” she said. Woodside resident Michele Colucci’s tree is filled with a collection off official White House ornaments that are issued every year. She used to own and operate a chain of political memorabilia stores on the East Coast, and her sister worked as the special assistant to the president for domestic policy for a few years. “So between her work and my retail stores, I’ve collected all the White House ornaments over the years,” she said. Colucci carried the official collectible ornaments from people who had received them along with personal notes from the first ladies or presidents. “It’s a wonderful collection and is reflective of the presidency back to 50 years ago,” Colucci said. There’s the first family sleigh ride; the presidential train car; the first presidential automobile, and many collectibles of

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Residents of Fulton Street prepare for the annual holiday tradition by Matt Rupel / photos by Veronica Weber

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eventy-five years ago, the residents of Fulton Street set out Christmas trees along the street and strung up lights from the 1500 block to the 1700 block. When the lights came on, one of the city’s oldest traditions was born: Christmas Tree Lane. Every year, Fulton Street lights up with a set of trees and house decorations that glow for about a week before and after Christmas. Some display traditional Christian decorations, others celebrate a Jewish heritage while some remain secular in nature. Visitors come from all over the city and beyond to observe the spectacle. Homeowners have kept the ritual alive year after year, halting only for conservation efforts during World War II. The street’s residents organize themselves into a committee that delegates

the various responsibilities that go into getting the street ready for the holidays. People take turns handling each task from year to year, and each year, the whole street lights up. This year’s chairperson, Susan McDonnell, said that it’s a large group effort to get everything going, but it always gets done because the residents are really passionate about the tradition. “We have someone get the ‘No Parking’ signs from the city; we have someone that ensures the city lights change from white to red; someone organizes the coffee we have each year for all of the neighbors on the day we put up the decorations. It’s really a great way to bring the neighborhood together,” she said. All of the houses seem to participate, and she said that they even expanded Christmas Tree

Top: A house on Christmas Tree Lane is festively decorated for the holidays in 2013. Bottom: Snowmen decor greets visitors at this Fulton Street home in 2013. Lane by a few houses this year. “I think it’s sort of understood that you’re getting into this when you move here,” she said. Larry Christensen moved to Fulton Street in 1980, and he was caught off guard. “We had no idea when we

bought the house,” he said. “Everyone just gets drawn up into the holiday season, the lights and decorations.” Traditionally, when a new family moves in, the one that is (continued on page 33)

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157 Glenwood Ave. Dunlop Trust to Baker Trust for $6,150,000 on 11/02/15; previous sale 06/03/1988, $1,450,000

East Palo Alto

2348 Glen Way T. Truong to J. Durr for $440,000 on 11/03/15; previous sale 07/29/2015, $373,000

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A couple admires the holiday decorations on a house on Christmas Tree Lane in 2010.

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leaving passes on a set of old-fashioned Christmas lights so that the holiday festivities can continue, McDonnell said. The committee also sends around a flier to prepare the neighbors for the decorating. Some homes simply string up Christmas lights, while others have a theme. Themes vary from the nativity scene to the Nutcracker. Others, such as McDonnell’s neighbors, use the dis-

plays to promote something like a literacy campaign. “My neighbor has replicated pages of ‘The Night Before Christmas,’” she said. “She’s the founder of an organization called Bring Me A Book, so it’s very fitting that her display features a book.” This year, Christmas Tree Lane lights up on Dec. 12. The displays turn on at 5 p.m., and there’s guaranteed to be a parade of onlookers driving through the street. Q Editorial Intern Matt Rupel can be emailed at mrupel@paweekly.com.

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435 Casita Way Hoogs Trust to P. Gupta for $2,350,000 on 11/19/15 2014 Churton Ave. Vinnicombe Trust to D. Silver for $3,000,000 on 11/20/15 195 Del Monte Ave. Weiler Trust to Kanyal Trust for $1,875,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 02/1973, $33,700 548 Gabilan St. M-C Trust to D. Kwon for $1,501,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 04/12/2011, $816,500 134 Jardin Drive W. & E. Schlough to N. & N. McMahon for $2,750,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 06/25/2013, $1,931,000 80 Los Altos Square D. & B. Blase to C. Crose for $1,605,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 08/14/2008, $995,000 184 Merritt Road Tinker Trust to Macey Trust for $1,395,000 on 11/19/15; previous sale 08/29/1990, $628,000

594 Pinecrest Drive Blackman Trust to N. Jiang for $3,550,000 on 11/18/15; previous sale 02/28/2002, $1,178,000 595 Springer Terrace Vojvoda Trust to M. & K. Depristo for $2,410,000 on 11/17/15 1759 S. Springer Road, #B Lieberman Trust to N. & J. Baer for $1,672,500 on 11/20/15; previous sale 05/01/2007, $927,000 434 Tyndall St., #B Cleland Trust to K. Pivetti for $1,475,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 10/05/2012, $1,000,000 371 Verano Drive Hollinger Trust to Grover Trust for $3,800,000 on 11/23/15; previous sale 07/19/1995, $637,500

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14210 Baleri Ranch Road Trinity Trust to D. & C. Huber for $4,875,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 09/02/2010, $4,225,000 11688 Dawson Drive H. & T. Shah to Wei Trust for $3,510,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 10/26/2000, $5,600,000

Menlo Park

201 Ballard Lane Segal Trust to B. Janofsky for $1,650,000 on 11/03/15; previous sale 10/31/2012, $1,249,000 142 Sand Hill Circle P. & S. Claverie to McKay Trust for $1,400,000 on 11/03/15; previous sale 03/11/2005, $792,000 2140 Santa Cruz Ave., #C203 E. Snee to A. & O. Diordievic for $850,000 on 11/02/15; previous sale 01/30/2009, $515,000 2065 Sterling Ave. Chesler Trust to T. Howerton for $2,085,000 on 11/03/15; previous sale 09/15/2006, $1,050,000

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I manage an apartment building that doesn’t allow pets. I recently found out that one of the tenants has had a dog in his unit for the past three weeks. When I confronted him, he gave me a note from his doctor, which says that he’s disabled and that the dog is actually an assistance animal. I understand that I have an obligation to accommodate tenants with disabilities, but this person violated his lease by not asking me before he brought the assistance animal to the property. Do I still have to allow the dog?

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Yes, you must allow the assistance animal (and the tenant) to continue to reside at the property. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is responsible for enforcing the Fair Housing Act, has made it very clear that tenants with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodations at any time before or during their tenancies. The federal agency even recently sued a housing provider on behalf of a tenant who brought an assistance animal to the property without first telling his housing provider. Feeling deceived, the housing provider subjected the tenant to inappropriate inquiries and demanded that the dog be removed from the property. The housing provider is now facing civil penalties up to $11,000, along with damages to be paid to the tenant. Though you too may feel deceived, it might be helpful to understand why

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Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $850,000 Highest sales price: $2,275,000

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Total sales reported: 16 Lowest sales price: $674,500 Highest sales price: $1,850,000

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(continued from previous page) 137 Stone Pine Lane Deloulay Trust to Barnum Trust for $2,275,000 on 11/02/15; previous sale 04/04/2013, $1,550,000 160 Stone Pine Lane S. & A. Patel to K. & M. Patel for $1,500,000 on 11/03/15; previous sale 07/27/2006, $960,000 193 Willow Road IPKO Limited to ADS Venture for $1,600,000 on 11/02/15; previous sale 09/20/2012, $1,270,000

Mountain View

1910 Aberdeen Lane P. On to D. Jacobs for $1,167,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 04/03/2013, $805,000 201 Ada Ave., #41 S. Harris to H. Chen for $1,300,000 on 11/23/15; previous sale 08/06/1997, $345,000 1521 Alison Ave. T. Ngan to Cho Trust for $1,800,000 on 11/23/15; previous sale 08/31/2011, $993,000 1661 Cornell Drive Gomez Trust to J. & S. Blitzer for $1,750,000 on 11/18/15 321 Easy St., #2 J. Titulaer to V. Agrawal for $850,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 08/05/2005, $480,000 901 Heatherstone Way A. & A. Zurborg to Yang Trust for $1,850,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 11/16/2009, $750,000 166 Holly Court Self Trust to A. Mukherjee for $1,010,000 on 11/19/15; previous sale 11/17/2003, $505,000 2521 Mardell Way Menezes Trust to C. Hohne for $1,250,000 on 11/17/15

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453 Mountain Laurel Court S. Sprang to I. & C. Rechter for $1,401,000 on 11/23/15; previous sale 06/19/2008, $752,000 1945 Mount Vernon Court, #13 C. Zhu to R. Pradhitya for $801,000 on 11/19/15; previous sale 03/28/2012, $325,000 308 Pacific Drive M. Khettry to H. Cheng for $1,460,000 on 11/18/15; previous sale 08/29/2002, $680,000 701 N. Rengstorff Ave., #18 D. & H. Yoon to Phelan Trust for $745,000 on 11/19/15; previous sale 11/05/2014, $620,000 255 S. Rengstorff Ave., #75 M. & T. Kryston to A. Hong for $1,000,000 on 11/18/15; previous sale 02/01/2012, $399,000 2255 Showers Drive, #213 C. Talbot to M. Tsai for $674,500 on 11/19/15; previous sale 01/15/2008, $455,000 291 Tyrella Ave. Weaver Trust to C. Hu for $1,500,000 on 11/17/15 928 Wright Ave., #801 Zynda Trust to J. & M. Robbins for $900,000 on 11/19/15

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Trust to Leland Stanford Junior University for $2,195,000 on 11/18/15 1122 Tahoe Lane Sterling Park to C. Degiere for $1,659,000 on 11/1/15 666 Toyon Place Reimer Trust to W. Wang for $2,384,000 on 11/23/15; previous sale 05/1972, $46,900

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5 Stadler Drive S. WojtowiczPraga to D. Shmueli for $1,700,000 on 11/03/15; previous sale 11/12/2009, $1,450,000

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923 Oregon Ave. revised landscape and clarification, new landing at exterior doors, new fence, $n/a 3655 Middlefield Road new detached garage, $11,712 281 Creekside Drive structural revisions to headers and to beam with dry rot, $n/a 3655 Middlefield Road new carport, $11,620 1500 Page Mill Road Hudson Pacific Properties: tenant improvement and use and occupancy, work includes breakroom relocation, tenant previously called equity office and occupies the same space, $76,100 152 Ferne Court re-roof, $20,000 3655 Middlefield Road new single-family residence (factory built home), $382,453 1801 Middlefield Road new AC unit, $n/a 423 University Ave. replace and relocate tank water heater, $n/a 4211 Wilkie Way replace sewer cleanout at property line, no work in the public row, $n/a 397 College Ave. re-roof, $20,000 222 Fulton St. red-tagged gas line replacement, $n/a 497 E Meadow Drive redtagged gas line replacement, $n/a 3655 Middlefield Road demolish existing house, $n/a 3655 Middlefield Road demolish existing detached garage, $n/a 360 Ferne Ave. furnace replacement in the same location, $n/a 772 Palo Alto Ave. remove/ replace water heater, $n/a 900 Arastradero Road deferred submittal for chiller anchorage, $n/a 3368 Bryant St. re-roof, $13,650 765 Moreno Ave. install new front door and replace sliding door in living room to new temporary glass folding door system, work includes new whole house fan and ducting, $34,000

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It’s all about the Heisman

M-A FALLS IN FINAL . . . The firstever trip to the CIF State Division I volleyball championship match for the Menlo-Atherton girls ended in defeat as the Bears (27-8) fell to defending state champion Redondo Union, 25-16, 25-18, 25-16, on Saturday night at Santiago Canyon College in Orange. The Bears were close a few time, getting to within 20-16 in the second set before the Sea Hawks (36-4) pulled away. The final set, however, was all Redondo Union, which held a 20-7 lead at one point. Megan Rice led the Sea Hawks with 22 kills, while Norene Iosia recorded 36 assists on the night. Junior all-around standout Jacqueline DiSanto led the Bears with 14 kills and six digs with junior Kirby Knapp providing 27 assists and seven digs with junior Kiana Sales finishing with 11 digs. MenloAtherton loses six seniors — Leanna Collins, Courtney Foliaki, Shauna Sabet, Tatum Maines, Rachel Gerber and Kelsey Tonsfeldt.

ON THE AIR Friday Men’s soccer: Stanford vs. Akron (College Cup semifinals), 5:30 p.m.; ESPNU

Saturday Men’s basketball: Dartmouth at Stanford, 7 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks

Sunday Women’s basketball: Stanford at Texas, 10 a.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM)

Tuesday Men’s basketball: DePaul at Stanford, 7 p.m.; Fox Sports 1; KNBR (1050 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM)

Wednesday Women’s basketball: Tennessee at Stanford, 6 p.m.; ESPNU; KZSU (90.1 FM)

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Stanford sophomore Christian McCaffrey, who had 461 all-purpose yards in a 41-22 win over USC last Saturday to win the Pac-12 title and clinch a Rose Bowl berth, is a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.

he list of possible honors awaiting Stanford sophomore running back Christian McCaffrey is as staggering as his accomplishments this season. He is a finalist for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year award, the Maxwell Award presented to the top player in the nation, and the Doak Walker Award for the best running back. McCaffrey, an Academic AllAmerican who already has been named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, on Tuesday was named the winner of the Hornung Award for the nation’s most-versatile player. The biggest honor, however, is still out there. That would be the Heisman Trophy. McCaffrey is one of three finalists for the award, presented to the best college football player in the country. He’s joined by junior running back Derrick Henry of Alabama and sophomore quarterback Deshaun Watson of Clemson. “It’s been a dream,” McCaffrey said. “To be put in that conversation is extremely humbling.” The winner will be announced Saturday at 5 p.m. PT in New York City and the ceremony will be televised live on ESPN. “We figured this would happen,” Stanford coach David Shaw (continued on next page)

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ndrew Daschbach heard the grumbling and read the negative words. A 1-2 start by his Sacred Heart Prep football team had led outsiders to believe the Gators were overrated and over-hyped. A 13-0 season the year before, which included a shutout victory over Bellarmine in the CCS Open Division championship game, had led to such high expectations for SHP. Anything else was just unacceptable. Thus, getting off to the worst start under coach Pete Lavorato since his 2006 team opened 0-3 had the wolves barking at the door. “A lot of people counted us out,” Das-

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by Rick Eymer enior co-captain Brandon Vincent, the heart of the Stanford men’s soccer defense, took a little less than one second to admonish himself for hitting the crossbar on a penalty kick during overtime last Saturday before dashing back into position. That’s how long he gave himself before clearing his mind of everything but the task at hand. As a result, he was ready to support another attack three minutes later that led to the Cardinal’s 2-1 sudden-death victory over host and top-ranked Wake Forest and a trip to the College Cup this weekend at the stateof-the-art, 18,467-seat (the stadium can hold over 21,000) Sporting Park in Kan(continued on next page)

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VOLLEYBALL HONORS . . . Stanford’s Hayley Hodson has been tabbed the AVCA Pacific North Region Freshman of the Year, while a total of four Cardinal women’s volleyball players have earned all-region first team honors, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced. Joining Hodson on the 14-player team were seniors Madi Bugg and Brittany Howard and redshirt sophomore Merete Lutz. Also named to the Pacific North Regional was Santa Clara University sophomore Kirsten Mead of Palo Alto. She received honorable mention. Other AVCA regional honorees: In Division III, Menlo-Atherton grad Katie Doherty of Bowdoin, a junior libero, made the Northeast Regional first team. Joining her was Palo Alto grad Maddie Kuppe, a senior outside hitter from Tufts and Paly grad Becca Raffel, a sophomore outside hitter from Middlebury. Palo Alto grad Shelby Knowles, a junior outside hitter from Wheaton College, was honorable mention on the Midwest Region team.

McCaffrey is hoping to end Stanford’s 45-year drought

Andrew Daschbach (right) caught the winning 33-yard TD pass to beat Riordan for a CCS title.

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Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey (5) was named the MVP of the Pac-12 Championship Game after his 461 all-purpose yards beat USC, 41-22, earned the Cardinal a berth in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 against Iowa.

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said of McCaffrey being named a finalist. “He gained more yards than anybody who has ever played. That’s something you can’t dance around. It’s not just a really good year, it’s a historic year.” McCaffrey has done it all for the Cardinal. He leads the FBS in all-purpose yards and broke Barry Sanders’ 27-year-old NCAA single-season record on Saturday by collecting 461 against No. 24 USC while leading Stanford to a 41-22 victory and the Pac-12 title. He now has 3,496 and averages a national-best 268.9 yards per game. McCaffrey is the fourth Stanford player to be invited to the Heisman Trophy ceremony since 2009, when running back Toby Gerhart finished second behind running back Mark Ingram of Alabama by 28 points, the closest voting in the history of the award. In 2010 and 2011, Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck placed second to quarterback Cam Newton of Auburn and quarterback Robert Griffin of Baylor, respectively. Quarterback Jim Plunkett captured Stanford’s only Heisman Trophy in 1970. He led the team to a Pacific-8 Conference title and engineered a 27-17 upset over previously unbeaten Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. The Hornung Award acknowledges what pretty much most football experts already knew, that McCaffrey is more versatile than the other Heisman candidates. Included in those 3,496 all-purpose yards are 1,847 rushing yards, 540 receiving yards and 1,109 return yards. He also has throw for 39 yards and two touchdowns while accounting for 15 touchdowns. “Christian McCaffrey can do it all on offense, and on kick and

punt returns.” said the award’s namesake, Paul Hornung, the former Green Bay Packers all-pro who starred at Notre Dame. “He has physical skills, awareness on the field, focus and determination, a tremendous combination. McCaffrey plays the game the way I did — he’ll do anything to help his team win.” Meanwhile, Henry has rushed for 1,986 yards and has 97 receiving yards for 2,083 all-purpose yards. He has accountred for 23 TDs. Watson, who plays quarterback for the nation’s No. 1 team, has thrown for 3,512 yards and rushed for 887 more while accounting for 41 touchdowns. McCaffrey, however, is the most versatile and has the award to prove it. “I am beyond blessed and humbled to be named the Paul Hornung Award winner,” said McCaffrey. “To be mentioned in the same breath with the award’s previous winners and Mr. Hornung, one of most versatile players ever to play the sport, is incredible. This honor is a testament to all the efforts and support of my teammates, coaches, staff and the entire Stanford football program.” When Barry Sanders set the NCAA record of 3,250 set in 1988, he won the Heisman Trophy. Now it’s up to the voters to see if that standard still applies. Sports Illustrated polled 14 of SI and SI.com’s college football writers and editors. Players received five points for a first-place vote, down to one point for fifth. McCaffrey earned the most votes with 54 while Watson was second with 50 and Henry third with 45. Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield was fourth and Florida State running back Dalvin Cook was fifth. In other award-related news, Shaw this week was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award. It marks

Stanford head coach David Shaw celebrated the Pac-12 title. the third time during his five-year tenure as Stanford head coach that he has been honored. The winner will be announced December 16. Next up for Stanford will be the 102nd Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. The Cardinal will meet Iowa (12-1) for the first time ever. Kickoff is 2 p.m. PT. Stanford’s victory over USC in the Pac-12 Championship Game secured the berth and moved the Cadinal senior class to 42-13 with a third conference crown. “There aren’t a lot of teams out there that have won three championships in anything,” said offensive guard Joshua Garnett, an Outland Trophy finalist. McCaffrey produced one of the most electrifying performances in program history by recording 461 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns in prime time on national television. For the second time in a game this season, he surpassed 100 yards rushing (207) and receiving (105). McCaffrey threw an 11yard scoring pass to quarterback Kevin Hogan, caught 28-yard touchdown pass from Hogan and tacked on a 10-yard run. Q

what Stanford does.” Gunn was being playful, though (continued from previous page) only UCLA has won more overall NCAA titles than Stanford’s 107. “The blue sky goal is to build sas City, Kan. Eighth-seeded Stanford (17-2- an empire here,” Gunn said. “You 2) meets No. 4 seed Akron (18- always hope to have great seasons 3-2) at 5:30 p.m. (PT) in the late like this. You see other programs national semifinal Friday. No. 2 do it year in and year out.” For Vincent, reaching the ColClemson (17-2-3) and No. 6 Syracuse (16-5-3) clash in the earlier lege Cup embodies one of several steps the Cardinal has taken. semifinal. “This is what we play for,” The winners meet Sunday at 11 a.m. (PT) in the national champi- said Vincent, a semifinalist (with Morris) for the MAC Hermann onship game. Vincent, Slater Meehan, Ty Trophy, soccer’s version of the Thompson and Eric Verso are the Heisman Trophy. “We’ve had this lone seniors on a Stanford team conversation since my freshman that reached its first College Cup year. We’ve fallen short in years past, but we use that as motivain 13 years. Junior forward Jordan Morris, tion. We’re on the doorstep and also a member of the U.S. national we want to keep fighting together and Under-23 teams, is Stanford’s until we get (the title).” Vincent’s ability to quickly top offensive threat and he’s playing better now than at any time disengage from a missed penalty during his college career. He’s kick is a result of working specifiscored 11 goals in 16 games, in- cally on the mental aspect of the cluding 10 in his past 12 and three game. “It’s where everything stems in his last two. from,” Vincent said. “Every year you con“You’ve got to be leveltinue to grow,” Morheaded in every situaris said. “Under (head tion and we have traincoach Jeremy) Gunn ing sessions where we we’ve had more posknow we will be tested. session time than in You keep the same previous years, when gritty, hard-working we were more about deattitude no matter the fending. He’s very good situation.” at getting each player The team works with to understand his role. a sports psychologist “to Everyone’s role is very Jeremy Gunn try and maximize every clear and it’s very much facet of the program,” Gunn said. a team effort.” Ten different players have “I’m a long-time believer that the scored at least one goal for Stan- mental is so much more important ford, with Foster Langsdorf the than the physical aspect.” Gunn pointed to the consistency second-leading goal scorer with of his team’s play as its special seven. Vincent has five goals. Verso, with 12, and Corey quality. “They’re probably more Baird, with 11, have combined for 23 of the Cardinal’s 44 assists, stressed about their physics exam which ranks seventh nationally. than come kickoff time,” Gunn If the Stanford teammates were a said. “The players are ready, exschool, they would rank in a tie cited and confident. It’s not presfor 94th among the 202 Division I sure, it’s an exciting opportunity.” Gunn has been to the College soccer teams. Stanford ranks 11th nationally in goals-against aver- Cup before, leading Charlotte to the national title game in 2011. He age at 0.69. The Cardinal and Zips had five also coached Fort Lewis to the nacommon opponents this season in tional Division II title in 2005 and Wake Forest, UC Santa Barbara, was an assistant with Cal State Santa Clara, UCLA and SMU. Bakersfield when it won the DiviAkron went 3-2 against them, sion II title in 1997. “You learn lessons from the outscoring them, 9-7. Stanford went 4-1-1, meeting the Bruins times you’ve gone,” Gunn said. twice in Pac-12 play, outscoring “The first time is some crazy, weird unknown thing. So many them 12-8. Akron, second in the nation things are different and I tell them with a 2.43 scoring average, won to enjoy the experience.” NOTES: A program-record five the national title in 2010 and was national runner-up on two other Stanford players were named to occasions. Clemson owns two na- the 2015 NSCAA NCAA Divitional titles (1984, 1987) and was sion I Men’s All-Far West Region a runner-up on one other occa- Teams on Wednesday. Morris sion. The Cardinal, tied for 24th along with senior co-captains nationally with 1.86 goals per Thompson and Vincent were firstgame, reached the national title team selections, junior goalkeeper game in 2002 — losing to UCLA Andrew Epstein earned a spot on — and in 1998 — losing to In- the second team and Verso was diana. Syracuse has never played selected to the third team. It’s the for a national title. This is the fur- third NSCAA All-Far West Rethest the Orangemen have gone in gion nod for Morris, who was a the tournament after reaching the first-teamer last season and also named to the third team as a freshthird round last year. “It would be unbelievable and man in 2013. Like Morris, Vincent incredible for the players,” Gunn was on the NSCAA All-Far West said of the possibility of winning Region first team last season. the school’s first men’s soccer The 2015 Pac-12 Men’s Soccer title. “It would mean the world to Scholar-Athlete of the Year has everybody. To the university, it’s anchored Stanford’s back line over another day at the office. That’s the past four years. Q www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 11, 2015 • Page 45

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The Sacred Heart Prep football team celebrated its fourth straight section title following a 35-28 triumph over Riordan in the CCS Open Division III championship game last Saturday night in Campbell.

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chbach said of the uncharacteristic start. Since one of those losses was to Riordan, the prospects of beating the Crusaders in the CCS Open Division III finale last Saturday night perhaps weren’t the best for SHP fans. “I definitely had that in the back of my mind,” said Daschbach, “and used that as extra motivation.” Daschbach and his teammates took that early season negativity and turned it into something positive as the Gators scored in the final seconds and held on to beat Riordan, 35-28, at Westmont High in Campbell to claim a fourth straight section championship and fifth in the past six years. The victory earned the Gators (10-3) a date with McClymonds (12-0) in the Division III-A regional bowl game this Saturday at Independence High in San Jose at 7:30 p.m. “We’ve had some success on that field,” Daschbach said of Independence High. “We won one CCS championship there and one CCS semifinal.” Should SHP win the NorCal regional, the Gators will advance to face the winner of Rancho Bernardo (11-2) and Oak Hills (9-5) in one of 13 state championship games the following weekend. The SoCal regional winner will host the division state finale on Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. While McClymonds presents a glossy record, Daschbach is confident the Gators will be ready. “It absolutely is just another game,” he said. “We’re going into it like any other football game. We know our coaches will have us ready.” SHP heads into the game on a six-game win streak, having won nine of its past 10. The Gators are ranked No. 88 in the state by MaxPreps while facing teams with a combined 90-65 record this season. SHP has played only three opponents with losing records this year. McClymonds, meanwhile, has

SHP’s Lapitu Mahoni (15) rushed for 118 yards with two TDs. faced only three teams with winning records in 2015 while opponents are a combined 54-61. The Warriors played both Oakland and Fremont twice (league and playoffs), teams with a combined record of 9-15. The Gators played only one team twice — Riordan. The first game ended up 48-21 for the Crusaders, but the rematch was quite different. Sacred Heart Prep, the No. 6 seed, held what seemed to be a safe 28-14 lead when junior Isoa Moimoi scored on a one-yard run with 11:56 left in the game. The No. 5-seeded Crusaders (9-4), however, rallied behind a 65-yard punt return for a TD by Aidan Verba-Hamilton with 5:51 left to play and then Jason Greene scored from 19 yards out and added a two-point conversion to tie the game at 28 with 2:42 left to play. Faced with a fourth-and-8, Lavorato dug into his bag of tricks called for a double reverse, with quarterback Mason Randall ending up with the ball and firing a 33-yard scoring strike to Daschbach with just 40 seconds left to play. “We maybe run that play once a week in practice,” said Daschbach, “but we haven’t had many reps.” In fact, Lavorato had never called that play before. “He’s always kept that in his back pocket,” Daschbach explained. “When coach Lav called

that play, I looked over at coach (Mark) Modeste and he looked at coach Lav like he was crazy.” The play worked to perfection, but SHP was not out of the woods quite yet. Riordan marched quickly downfield and was inside the Gators’ 40 when SHP defensive back James Kirkham picked off a pass and sealed the victory. “I’ve played in a lot of sporting events over the years,” said Daschbach, a three-sport standout. “But, that one probably is at the top, considering the stage it was on — for a CCS championship. I can’t think of a more exciting game, one that went back and forth like that. “I’m was extremely happy that game didn’t go overtime. A lot of our guys were running out of gas.” The Gators grabbed 7-0 lead on a one-yard run by senior Lapitu Mahoni. He added a two-yard TD run in the second period for a 14-0 lead. Riordan got a 45-yard interception return for a TD just before halftime to make it a 14-7 game. With 2:26 left in the third quarter, Daschbach caught a four-yard TD pass from Randall as the Gators moved ahead by 18-14. Greene, however, ripped off an 81-yard touchdown run for a 21-14 game with 2:02 left in the period. Moimoi led the Gators’ dominating run game with 142 yards on 24 carries with one TD. Mahoni added 118 yards on 26 carries with two scores. Randall completed 10 of 14 for 162 yards and two touchdowns, both to Daschbach, who caught five passes for 98 yards and intercepted a pass on Riordan’s first series while playing both ways. He also had a pair of sacks from his linebacker’s position. Daschbach had eight solo tackles and David Peterson finished with 10, eight solo. Now, the stage is set for the next biggest game of the season for SHP. The game plan is set and the players are prepared. That has been the program’s trademark during Lavorato’s 13 years, during which he has compiled a record of 119-35-1. And there’s room for two more wins in 2015. Q

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Andrew Daschbach

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The sophomore tennis standout captured her second straight singles championship at the CCS Individual Tournament with a 6-2, 6-0 win in the semifinals and a 6-4, 6-0 triumph in the finals to finish the season 26-0.

The senior linebacker/tight end played both ways in the CCS Open Division III finals and had eight tackles, an interception and caught five passes for 98 yards and two TDs, including the winner to beat Riordan, 35-28.

Honorable mention Folashade Akinola Menlo-Atherton wrestling

Jacqueline DiSanto* Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Greer Hoyem

Sam Craig Palo Alto cross country

Scott Harris Priory basketball

Lapitu Mahoni*

Menlo-Atherton basketball

Kirby Knapp

Sacred Heart Prep football

Isoa Moimoi

Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Carly McLanahan

Sacred Heart Prep football

David Peterson

Menlo-Atherton basketball

Kayla Tahaafe

Sacred Heart Prep football

Mason Randall*

Eastside Prep basketball

Sacred Heart Prep football * previous winner

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PREP ROUNDUP

SHP’s Johnston earns MVP honors in CCS water polo

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acred Heart Prep junior Maddy Johnston, who helped lead the Gators to an unprecedented ninth straight Central Coast Section Division II girls’ water polo title this season, was named the Most Valuable Player on the All-CCS Division II team. Johnston also was ranked the No. 1 overall player in either division. Joining Johnston on the Division II first team was SHP senior Malaika Koshy and junior Maddie Pendolino, plus Castilleja senior Celia Aldrete. Second-team honorees included SHP junior Layla Waters and sophomore teammate Nadia Paquin plus Castilleja senior Maddie Macdonald. The girls’ Division I team includes Palo Alto seniors Katie Francis ad Gigi Rojahn plus Gunn sophomore goalie Zoe Banks. The second team has Gunn ju-

nior Mikaela Wayne and MenloAtherton junior Kyra Sheeper. The boys’ All-CCS team includes Menlo School senior Chris Xi, SHP junior Jackson Enright, Gunn senior Christian Znidarsic and SHP junior goalie JC Marco on the first team. The second team includes SHP senior Finn Banks, Menlo senior James Thygesen and MenloAtherton senior Mostyn Fero. Cross country Gunn senior Gillian Meeks wrapped up her prep career by finishing 46th in the girls’ division at the Nike Cross National on Saturday in Porland, Ore. Meeks ran 18:08.1 over the 5,000-meter course (3.1 miles). At the Foot Locker West Regional at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Palo Alto sophomore Sam Craig had the best finish by a local runner as he took second in the Sophomore Boys 1 race. Q

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