Palo Alto Weekly December 25, 2015

Palo Alto

Vol. XXXVII, Number 12

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December 25, 2015

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Our Neighborhoods

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2015 in pictures Palo Alto’s year in photos Page 8

Donate to the HOLIDAY FUND page 16

Transitions 10 Eating Out 14 Movies 18 Puzzles 24 Q Arts Ring in 2016 with a pop, bang or contemplation

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Q Home Residents recycle, reuse holiday decor

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Q Sports No state title, but SHP season is still a winner

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Residents question need for new downtown garage Palo Alto officials put off decision on parking structure until early 2016

by Gennady Sheyner alo Alto officials often liken tive stool. The third leg, however, the city’s strategy for deal- is now starting to wobble.

The City Council last week electing with the city’s parking crisis to a three-legged stool: re- ed not to go forward with a staff produce the demand for driving, make posal to begin design work on a new better use of parking structures downtown garage, a facility that was and increase the supply of garages. included in the city’s 2014 infraWith 2015 coming to a close, the structure plan and that was to go up city can point to plenty of progress on a city-owned lot on Hamilton Avon the first two legs of the figura- enue, near Waverley Street. Public

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Works Department staff had asked the council to approve the scope of work by which companies would bid on the project. The approval was placed on the council’s “consent” calendar, a list of non-controversial items that get approved in bulk and without discussion.

But rather than move along the staff recommendation, the council agreed to hold a hearing on the downtown garage at a future meeting. The decision came after several members of the public questioned

the need for the new garage and suggested that it would instead exacerbate the area’s parking crunch by encouraging more people to drive.

Among the speakers was downtown resident Sandra Slater, a steering-committee member of Palo Alto Forward (a pro-housing citizens group) and the northern California director of Cool City Challenge, an environmental project. Slater noted that the city is already pursuing numerous measures for discouraging driving, including

Jessica Ambriz walks with her daughter Genesis Rosas and fellow parents and kids during “circle time” at Family Connections preschool on Dec. 15. Circle time is activity in which the preschoolers dance around the circle and say goodbye to one another at the end of the school day.

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Connecting to education Family Connections helps put low-income kids on equal educational footing

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n a humble house in East Palo Alto’s Gardens neighborhood, mothers and young children gathered around colorful picture books, turning the pages at teacher Margarita Ventura’s direction. Each page is illustrated with a corresponding creature or object, letter of the alphabet and sound.

“Monkey, monkey, m-m-m,” the preschoolers and their moms sang along.

In the course of three hours, the children — and their mothers — exercised while they counted, developed fine motor skills, explored science, made art and shared healthful snacks.

All are part of a holistic educational program run through the nonprofit Family Connections, which provides kids with early-learning programs that allow them to enter kindergarten and higher grades at skill levels equivalent to or above their peers’.

Family Connections is the only parent-child participation program dedicated to lowincome families in San Mateo County. The tuition-free school has helped more than 1,000 families in Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and Redwood City to jump-start their children’s education since 1993. A Palo Alto

Weekly Holiday Fund recipient, Family Connections received $10,000 this year to support its K i nderga r ten Readiness program in East Palo Alto.

The need is great. Despite the best intentions, children in these poorer communities are still being left behind — a particularly glaring situation amid Silicon Valley’s wealth and highly educated population.

According to San Mateo County School Readiness Data, having a high quality preschool

experience is one of the biggest influences on a child’s school readiness, but there are too few preschool slots in the county to accommodate all of the children in need. Even with a traditional preschool experience, English Language Learner children are entering kindergarten behind their peers. In many cases, they then fall even further behind.

That deficit is stark among local low-income school children.

Just 28 percent of students at Belle Haven Elementary School and 25 percent of third-graders at Fair Oaks Elementary School in Redwood City scored proficient or advanced in English/language arts, according to reports by Belle Haven and GreatSchools.org, Family Connections noted in its grant application to the Holiday Fund. According to research by the Anne Casey Foundation, children who have lived in poverty and are not reading proficiently

the new Residential Preferential Parking program (which forces employees to buy passes to park on residential streets beyond the newly established two-hour time limit); and the new Transportation Management Association, a nonprofit with a mission to reduce the number of people driving solo to work.

Slater requested that the council compare the costs of these new programs with that of a new garage. A recent survey by the Transportation Management Association revealed that many downtown workers would be willing to ditch their cars if they had a more reliable and affordable transit option. The Epiphany Hotel, she noted, recently purchased Caltrain passes for its employees, resulting in about 25 percent of them commuting to work by train.

“We should evaluate what the effectiveness is of this and other innovative programs that are in the works so that the council can be spending citizens’ money wisely and effectively,” Slater said.

Adina Levin, member of the groups Friends of Caltrain, likewise beseeched the council to focus on getting people out of their cars rather than building a new garage. Through the transportation nonprofit and work on the permit program, numerous opportunities to achieve the former objective have been identified, she said.

Neilson Buchanan, one of the architects of downtown’s new Residential Preferential Parking program, went a step further and urged the council to ditch the garage project. Buchanan acknowledged the irony of his opposition to a measure that aims to relieve his Downtown North neighborhood’s parking squeeze. Even so, he said, “I don’t see the garage as part of the solution for neighborhood quality at all.

“The garage is only going to attract more cars like bees come to honey,” Buchanan said.

The council didn’t discuss the garage but merely agreed to hold a full hearing on it early next year.

But thus far, the council majority has been supportive of a new downtown garage. The $13 million facility is one of several city infrastructure projects to be funded largely by hotel-tax revenues.

Palo Alto voters agreed in 2014 to raise the hotel-tax rate from 12 to 14 percent with the understanding that the increase would be used to improve the city’s infrastructure.

In that sense, backing away from a downtown garage would come with some political risk for the council. It would also attract opposition from the downtown business-

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in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park neighborhood early Wednesday morning was arrested after a private-security officer spotted him and stopped the attempt. (Posted Dec. 19, 5:15 p.m.)

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Palo Alto school district hires coordinators

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Two key hires will begin work in the Palo Alto school district in 2016: a new spokesperson and an equity coordinator who will oversee the district’s efforts to better support historically underrepresented students and families. (Posted Dec. 23, 7:34 a.m.)

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East Palo Alto man arrested for robbery After a “lengthy foot pursuit,” police captured and arrested a 56-yearold man Monday afternoon on suspicion of stealing alcohol and threatening to shoot a security guard at Trader Joe’s in Menlo Park, police reported. (Posted Dec. 22, 11:35 a.m.)

Government closures, hours for Christmas Day A list of local and regional service closures and changes for Christmas Day. Some will have special hours and be closed during the holiday period. (Posted Tue, Dec. 22, 7:43 a.m.)

Former administrator dies in scuba diving accident Kathleen Meagher, a former teacher and administrator in the Palo Alto school district, died on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in a scuba diving accident in the Caribbean, her mother confirmed Monday. (Posted Dec. 21, 6:48 p.m.)

Police: East Palo Alto man booked for break in An East Palo Alto man who police said was trying to break into a car

A 41-year-old Palo Alto man who was jogging was struck and killed Saturday morning by a Chevy Tahoe SUV at the intersection of Sand Hill Road and Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park, police reported.

The small wood-framed fire station known as Station 3 made its debut in 1948, the year of the Marshall Plan, Gandhi’s assassination, and Dewey’s famous non-defeat of Truman for the American presidency.

Now, the small and seismically deficient station is about to undergo a long-awaited renovation. (Posted Dec. 19, 8:02 a.m.)

City: The reason HR director resigned The recent resignation of Kathryn Shen from her position as director of the city’s Human Resources Department was prompted by the department’s “changing needs” and reached by a mutual decision between Shen and City Manager James Keene, according to Keene. (Posted Dec. 18, 3:03 p.m.)

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es who see new parking facilities as crucial to relieving congestion.

Business leaders have asserted the importance of a new garage in light of the new downtown parkingpermit program, which the city is considering making even more exclusive. During a Dec. 14 council discussion, several business representatives criticized the council’s proposal to limit the number of permits that would be sold to employees in the future. Charles “Chop�

Keenan, a prominent downtown developer, said setting a cap on em-

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in third grade are about three times more likely to drop out or fail to graduate from high school.

But Family Connections’ results are promising. In a 2014 alumni survey, 75 percent of Family Connections parents reported that their child is reading at or above grade level.

The success may be due to the fact that the lessons in its colorful classrooms aren’t just for kids.

Parents learn how to nurture their children and develop positive parenting skills. They learn how to manage stress and to become good leaders; how to be their child’s first teacher and their lifelong advocate.

Family Connections is teaching parents how to value their own self-worth and to let those attributes shine, even if they can’t read or write or don’t have good finances, said Ruth Pinkus-Resnik, program director. “Our strongest part is family engagement. The parent is an asset in the community. We believe that when we build a strong foundation in the parent-child relationship and build community (and) when we support each other and when a parent feels confident and proud, the child feels that,� she said.

Programs, many of which run concurrently with the preschool education, help identify and address risk factors such as mental health, substance abuse and family violence so that the child has a better chance of healthy growth

ployee permits would be “premature.� But if the council were to pursue this strategy, he said, it should be done “in concert with more supply.�

Chamber of Commerce CEO Judy Kleinberg likewise urged the council to evaluate constructing a new garage for employees, or building more affordable housing, rather than capping the number of employee permits. Consider the negative effects that would have on small businesses, she said.

For Councilman Greg Scharff, abandoning the new facility would be tantamount to betraying the public trust. At a Dec. 9 discussion of the city’s infrastructure projects, Scharff lauded the

fact that the city is “moving forward on every item that we set forth when we went to the public� to ask for the hotel-tax increase. “One of the things we’ve done in Palo Alto over the years, as you look at these things, is that we’ve always honored our commitments to the public,� Scharff said. “I think it’s important that we do all of these (projects) and get them done.�

According to an evaluation that the council commissioned last year, the lot on Hamilton and Waverley would accommodate 300 spaces and increase downtown’s supply by 214 spaces (86 spaces exist on the current lot). In October, the council chose this lot,

and development. The organization offers maternal depression screening and helps identify special-needs children, getting kids and their families the services they need early on.

Along with basic education, Family Connections weaves in several other skill-building components: a father-involvement education and activities program, a parent cafe where small-group discussions allow parents to meet and talk about important topics and build leadership skills; support groups with a psychologist; health and nutrition classes with gardening, cooking and exercise; and a parent leadership program to increase self-esteem and encourage advocacy and involvement in the child’s education.

For Iraida Gutierrez, a mother of three, Family Connections has been a godsend. “When I came to this country seven years ago from Panama, I had no family here,� she said. “Everyone was always working.�

Seeking community and resources for her son, she brought her son to Family Connections when he was 18 months old. Now he is in the Young Scholars program, which provides support and mentoring for children from the time they enter Family Connections through high school and entrance into college. The program ensures that students meet educational benchmarks, such as third-grade reading proficiency, high school readiness and college preparation, Pinkus-Resnik said.

Gutierrez’s daughter, 3, is also

enrolled at Family Connections.

During a recent weekday, the lively and curious child headed for the lending library in search of a book; then she took part in the jumping game that teaches kids how to count while exercising and expelling some of that exuberant little-kid energy.

Gutierrez looked on, reflecting on the education she has received here. “I’ve learned how to improve myself as an individual because I am the role model for my children. If I want good kids, I have to be a good person. It has helped my kids to be independent and to relate with other kids and to have the opportunity to interact with different children,� she said.

And she is already seeing the results of that impact. Gutierrez’s son, Natanael, has developed a kind and giving heart. It’s the sort of attribute that Family Connections seeks to instill to build a strong and thriving community of leaders for the future.

When Natanael, now a kindergartner at the Cesar Chavez Aspire School, saw that other children were in need, he approached his mother to ask if they could help.

And that makes Gutierrez proud. “He asked me if we could give a blanket to kids who don’t have any,� she said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

Donations to the Holiday Fund, which support dozens of nonprofits like Family Connections, are still needed. More information can be found on page 16.

known as Lot D, over other potential sites and directed staff to also evaluate Lot G, which is located on Gilman Street, behind the downtown post office. Councilwoman Liz Kniss was the only member who voted against the proposal.

Kniss argued that the city should first see how the city’s permit program and other demand-oriented programs shake out before moving ahead with the parking structure.

In addition to a downtown garage, the city is also looking to build a new structure near California Avenue. That plan advanced last week when the council directed staff to move forward with design work on a new public-

safety building on a city-owned lot on Sherman Avenue. As part of that project, the city is also looking to build a parking garage on an adjacent Sherman Avenue lot, between Birch and Ash streets.

The parking structure near California Avenue would include 460 spaces, replacing the two lots that currently offer 300 spaces, according to a report from the Public Works Department. Staff expect to issue a design contract for both the public-safety building and the new California Avenue garage next spring. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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spirit of 2015 Photographs and text by Veronica Weber

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t is always difficult to sort through hundreds of photos taken over the span of 12 months to capture the essence of a whole year of news.

As I looked back over our coverage of the events that unfolded in 2015, it became apparent that this was a year filled with reflection, solidarity and awareness.

It was a year that saw the final ride of the Freedom Train, a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. It was a year of vigils and prayer services to honor the people lost in mass shootings across the globe and nation.

It was also a time for rallies at City Hall to urge civic leaders to save the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park and protests at Stanford University over the administration’s handling of sexual-assault cases.

It was a year in which a family searched for fund-

ing so that research could find a cure for their son’s debilitating disease, when young students came forward to tell others about their gender identity, and when worshippers celebrated the blessing of their new religious home in Palo Alto.

Though these few photos cannot represent all that happened over the year, I believe they reflect the spirit of 2015. Q

WATCH IT ONLINE PaloAltoOnline.com Many more photos capturing the news and events of 2015 are featured in a digital slideshow by Staff Photographer Veronica Weber and Digital Editor My Nguyen. Go to PaloAltoOnline.com to watch the retrospective.

President Barack Obama exits the stage at Stanford University on Feb. 13 after signing an executive order asking private companies to share information to combat cybersecurity threats. He was at the university to speak at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection.

Buena Vista Mobile Home Park residents Melodie Cheney, far left, Nicolas Martinez and his son Angel, center, and Blanca Fonseco, right, hold up photos of families and children who live in the park as Palo Alto City Council members decide on June 29 whether to set aside funds to preserve the housing site.

Students from Stanford University Law Professor Michele Dauber’s class, “One in Five: The Law, Policy and Politics of Campus Sexual Assault,” hold up banners to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus as students pass by the university’s White Plaza on Sept. 17.

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Parishioners of the University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto pray during a special service on June 18 in remembrance of the nine victims of a mass shooting in South Carolina at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Ron Davis sits in his Palo Alto kitchen, which is filled with medical supplies, as he reads a note card left by his son, Whitney Dafoe, around 3 a.m. Whitney, pictured as a boy in the Little League poster above Davis’ head, suffers from a debilitating case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and has been bedridden for more than three years. Because Whitney cannot speak, Davis and other family members have to communicate with him about his health using note cards, which can take hours at a time.

A Palo Alto elementary school-aged transgender girl holds her self-portrait, which she created with colored pencils. Her mother is one of several who fought for a comprehensive district policy, which was adopted by the school board in December, to protect the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming students.

Hussain Lahore Wala hugs his granddaughter, Fatema Bhaijeewala, 3, as they wait on March 7 for the arrival of Syedna Aali Qadr Mufaddal Saifuddin to bless a new south Palo Alto mosque, an act that officially opens the place of worship.

Freedom Train riders, right, exit in San Francisco following the final run of the train, which commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. After more than 30 years, the annual ride from San Jose ended because of low ridership and high costs, organizers said.

About the cover: Clockwise from top right: Ben Sattler does a nose manual trick at the Greer Park skate park; police investigate a murder-suicide at Alta Torre Apartments on March 19; Stanford students leave candles at a memorial for the 147 students killed in Kenya; Margaret Petros is working with Assyrian families who have fled from the Islamic State (ISIS); Bryan Bradford preps for the Game of Hearts’ Campy Drag Show; Boy Scout Max Grubb helps Pat and Gregory Hyver experience the New York City Veteran’s Day Parade in 360 degrees through Google Cardboard at the Palo Alto VA. Photos by Veronica Weber; Drag Show photo by Michelle Le. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • December 25, 2015 • Page 9

Dick Raymond November 30, 1923 - September 16, 2015

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In memoriam

ach year the Palo Alto community bids farewell to a handful of individuals who made an extraordinary mark on public life — some as teachers, others as executives, City Council members, volunteers or coaches, among many other roles. While no list of names or achievements can be exhaustive, the following shows the variety and depth of contributions made by community members who died in 2015.

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April 28, 1919 – December 8, 2015

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Shulamith Rubinfien 92, died at home, in the presence of her loving family, on December 12, 2015, in Palo Alto, California. After a career in advertising in Chicago and Boston, and years living in Tokyo, Japan, she opened and ran the Daruma Inc. antiques business in Palo Alto for 21 years. Later, she became an active volunteer at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford and on behalf of the Palo Alto History Museum project.

A private funeral was held Tuesday, December 15th.

Shulamith was preceded in death by her husband, David. She is survived by her children, Leo, Elisabeth and Louisa, and her grandchildren, Anna and Julian Rubinfien; Noah, Ben and Eli Sneider; and Sonia and Jane Schlesinger.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which helps protect refugees around the world. www.hias.org PAID

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Ray Bacchetti, who died on May 10 at the age of 81, worked tirelessly as a local volunteer and public servant, including five years on the Palo Alto school board, six years on the city’s Human Relations Com m ission and eight years with the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.

In addition to participating in task forces, committees and stakeholders groups, he volunteered with the Palo Alto Police Department, helped to lead Project Safety Net, did many shifts as a Track Watch volunteer and co-founded the group Palo Altans for Government Effectiveness.

His activities won him the Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement Award in 2009 and a Tall Tree Award in 2013.

Scott Carey, who died on Aug. 11 at the age of 82, was a former Palo Alto mayor and a well-known figure in Silicon Valley real estate.

Educated as a lawyer, Carey joined the residential real-estate brokerage firm Cornish & Carey in 1968 and helped to grow the company into one of the area’s most prominent commercial real-estate firms. From 1975 to 1979, he served on the Palo Alto City Council, including a term as mayor, and was considered to hold “establishment” views. As one of his key achievements, he labored to win council support for the $7.5 million acquisition of 500 acres in the lower foothills, which would become the core of the Arastradero Open Space Preserve.

Carl Djerassi, who died on Jan. 30 at the age of 91, was a scientist involved in the creation of the first oral contraceptive — landing him the nickname “father of the pill” — and a chemistry professor at Stanford University.

He took a job at Stanford in 1959 and over the course of his career published more than 1,200 papers, contributing to his field’s understanding of tools used to analyze complex molecules. Stanford President John Hennessy called him “first and foremost a great scientist.”

Inspired by his third wife, poet and professor Diane Middlebrook, Djerassi wrote short stories, novels and plays about the life of a scientist.

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John E. Nittler died peacefully at his home in Palo Alto, California, on Dec. 8, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was 96 years young.

John was born in Shickley, Nebraska, on April 28, 1919, where he graduated high school and helped his father on the family farm.

He hitchhiked to California in 1940 where he found work on the Mapes Ranch in Modesto milking cows.

In 1942 he moved to Palo Alto where he met the love of his life Rachel. They married in 1947 and raised five children. He always said he married the prettiest girl in town.

She was his whole world. John was known for his tremendous kindness and generosity and his strong Catholic faith.

John retired from Midtown Market in July of 1982 after 39 years in the grocery business.

John is survived by his daughters, Cheryl Mautner, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Mary Piciullo, as well as fourteen grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

John is preceded in death by his wife, Rachel, of 56 years; his daughter, Patricia; and his son, Michael.

A Celebration of Life Mass will be held on Jan. 9, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto, CA 94306. All family and friends are welcome to attend the service and reception immediately following.

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Spyros Andreopoulos, who died on Nov. 20 at the age of 86, worked for 30 years as the director of Stanford Medicine’s news and public affairs office. During his career there, he covered the friction between the medical center and the City of Palo Alto and achievements including the first successful heart transplant in the U.S. In addition to working as editor of Stanford M.D. and then Stanford Medicine magazines, he wrote widely for local publications, including the Weekly, on medicine and health. Once called “the conscience of the medical school,” he was known as an advocate for openness in sharing news good and bad from the school and hospital, colleagues said.

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Dave Goldberg, who died in an accident on May 1 at the age of 47, was the CEO of Palo Alto-based company SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg. Not long after graduating from Harvard University, Goldberg began his career in media, working at Capitol Records, founding Launch Media Inc. and becoming vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Music. In a Facebook post, Sandberg conveyed how lucky she felt to have had him in her life: “If the day I walked down that aisle with Dave someone had told me that this would happen ... I would still have walked down that aisle.”

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Dick Raymond, born November 30,1923, died at his home in Lake Oswego, Oregon, in the company of his family. Dick was a former resident of Menlo Park and the founder of Portola Institute, the incubator of Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog.

He is survived by his wife, Carole; his children, TM, Megan, Kit, Jonathan, and Camela; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

more than 2,000 artists by establishing the Djerassi Resident Arts Program at his Woodside ranch.

Dick Rosenbaum, who died on Oct. 11 at the age of 81, served three terms on the Palo Alto City Council, with one year as mayor in 1998, distinguishing himself as a fiscal c on s e r va t ive and a champion of residential quality of life.

He first became engaged in politics through his opposition to the Superblock, two proposed 10-story towers in downtown. He sat on the council from 1971 to 1975 and 1991 to 1999. His leadership helped the city weather financial crises and develop a road map to energy independence. In his retirement, he stayed involved with the community, volunteering as president and treasurer of the Palo Alto Historical Association and a member of the Utilities Advisory Commission. Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who had been a fellow council member, said Rosenbaum saw clearly that “a quality of life is what makes Palo Alto what it is.”

Harriette Shakes, who died on July 13 at the age of 70, was a longtime educator in Palo Alto elementary schools and a graphic designer who lent her efforts to community projects.

Shakes first moved to Palo Alto in 1971 and taught first grade at Ventura and Addison elementary schools and first and fourth grades at Fairmeadow Elementary School.

During the summers, she re-wrote the district’s social studies curricula for kindergarten through sixth grades. She later became principal of Escondido Elementary School.

In her retirement, she focused on her lifelong love of graphic design, helping out with campaigns for City Council, school board and other positions. As a member of the Palo Alto Historical Association, she designed the group’s website and the book “Palo Alto Remembered.”

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Ring in 2016 with a pop, a bang or quiet contemplation

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

ecember is winding its way to an end, which means it’s time to say goodbye to 2015 and usher in the new year.

For some, the shift in the calendar year is cause for all-out celebration.

For others, it’s a time for reflection, renewal and resolution.

Whatever your style, the Midpeninsula offers a range of events to help you honor the start of 2016, from champagne brunches to nightclub parties to nature hikes in wide-open spaces. Read on for a few ideas on how to spend Dec. 31, and feel free to create your own tradition — there’s no wrong way to welcome the new year.

Hike Bald Mountain

The year may be nearly dead, but the Dead live on! Join Grateful Dead cover band the China Cats at Redwood City’s Club Fox for a night of Dead-style jamming and feel-good vibes. The line-up also features Bay Area singer-songwriter Pat Nevins. Sorry kids; you gotta be 21 or over to party with these guys.

Fancy spending the last hours of 2015 taking in fresh air and panoramic views? Join docents from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District for a New Year’s Eve group hike at Sierra Azul Preserve, located in the hills above Los Gatos. The fastpaced, 11-mile hike will travel through mixed woodland, chaparral and grassland.

Where: Club Fox, 2209 Broadway St., Redwood City When: Thursday, Dec. 31. Doors open at 8 p.m.; show starts at 9 p.m.

Cost: $25-$35 Info: Go to goo.gl/5dsNFL or call 877-435-9849.

Sup in style If fine dining’s your thing, consider splurging on an evening meal at Quattro, the upscale Italian restaurant with California flair located at the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto. On New Year’s Eve, Executive Chef Marco Fossati will be serving a special four-course menu starting at 5:30 p.m.

Among the menu choices are a slow-roasted venison loin, chestnut bucatini pasta and an Alaskan halibut fillet.

Where: Quattro Restaurant, 2050 University Ave., East Palo Alto When: Thursday, Dec. 31, 5:30-10 p.m.

Cost: $110 per person Info: Go to goo.gl/6N6QwX or call 650-566-1200.

Engage your spirit Looking for a ritual or ceremony to help you send out the old and bring in the new? Consider attending the New Year’s Eve Service at Ananda, Palo Alto’s nondenominational spiritual community. Through discussion, chanting, meditation and a fire ceremony, attendees will be encouraged to “release the energy of the past” and embrace the future.

Where: Ananda, 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto When: Thursday, Dec. 31; meditation, 5-7 p.m., worship service, 7:30 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: Go to goo.gl/Va7AJG or call 650-323-3363.

Club the year away Over at Mountain View’s Opal Night Club, the last night of the year will go down in high style with The Gatsby Experience. Dress to impress and dance your way into the wee hours of Jan. 1 to the tunes of DJ EZ & BENOFFICIAL. Those with plenty of friends and extra dough to spare may even want to splurge on VIP bottle service.

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On Dec. 31, dress to impress and dance your way into the wee hours at Mountain View’s Opal Nightclub.

Where: Opal Nightclub, 251 Castro St., Mountain View When: Thursday, Dec. 31, w9:30 p.m.

Cost: $25; $500 for VIP bottle service Info: Go to opalnightclub.com or call 650-318-6732.

Where: Sierra Azul Preserve When: Thursday, Dec. 31, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: Go to goo.gl/vO6tqa.

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The 14-piece Michael Jackson tribute band Foreverland will play Redwood City’s Fox Theatre on New Year’s Eve.

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The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District will host a free New Year’s Eve group hike at Sierra Azul Preserve.

Toast Auld Lang Syne This one’s strictly for those who’ve earned it: The City of Palo Alto once again hosts the annual New Year’s Eve champagne brunch for seniors. The afternoon of feasting and celebration features live swing music from the 10th Avenue Band, dancing and raffle prizes. For those too young to make the cut, a ticket to the brunch makes a great stocking stuffer for grandpa.

Where: Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto When: Thursday, Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Cost: $15-$18. Tickets can be purchased at any Palo Alto community center or at the Avenidas Senior Center.

Info: Call 650-289-5400.

Bow down to the King of Pop For a night of all-out fun and nonstop dancing, join 14-piece Michael Jackson tribute band Foreverland at Redwood City’s Fox Theatre. Their New Year’s Eve dance party promises a night of timeless hits from the Jackson 5 era through to the late-career classics. Also included: party favors, a balloon drop and a champagne toast at midnight.

Where: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City When: Thursday, Dec. 31. Doors open at 8:30 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m.

Cost: $45-$60; VIP add-ons available.

Info: Go to goo.gl/zFJx26 or call 650-369-7770.

Dance, drink, repeat Those serious about getting their party on should check out Mountain View’s Monte Carlo Latin nightclub, where everyone, from the DJs to the bartenders, is dedicated to throwing the best New Year’s Eve party in the region.

That’s a subjective claim, of course, but if you’re looking for thumping techno, smoke machines, disco balls and cheap drinks, look no further. DJs Hector and Adrian Gonzalez will be spinning tunes, and those who make it to midnight (continued on page 12)

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Where: Monte Carlo, 228 Castro St., Mountain View When: Thursday, Dec. 31, doors open at 9 p.m.

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Take heart in art Among the highlights of 2015 for Midpeninsula art lovers has been the flourishing of the Stanford University arts district.

While most art galleries close for the holidays, the Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection will remain open on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Take time to reflect on the passing of the New Year while soaking in the abundant creative riches of the community.

Where: Anderson Collection, 314 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford When: Anderson and Cantor: Thursday, Dec. 31, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 1, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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If you don’t know your bachata from your horchata, there’s still time in 2015 to learn some sizzling moves. Just head to Alberto’s Salsa Studio in Mountain View on Dec. 31 for beginner or intermediate salsa lessons followed by a night of partying the year to an end, Latin-style.

Where: Alberto’s, 736 W. Dana St., Mountain View When: Thursday, Dec. 31; beginner lesson begins at 8:30 p.m., intermediate at 9:30 p.m. The balloons will drop at midnight.

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Eating Out Veronica Weber

Bird Dog, a contemporary small-plates restaurant that opened at 420 Ramona St. in Palo Alto in November, was arguably the most exciting restaurant opening of 2015.

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YEAR IN REVIEW T MIDPENINSULA DINING

by Elena Kadvany

he endless cycle of restaurants moving in and out of the MidPeninsula persisted in 2015, with continuing growth in cities like Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos.

Was 2015 the year of boba in Palo Alto? Perhaps, with four milk-tea cafes — three of them large international chains — setting up shop on or around University Avenue.

Palo Alto also saw the opening of longtime San Jose breakfast staple Bill’s Cafe; the news that Stanford Shopping Center will house three new restaurants and one bakery in 2016; and the temporary closure of Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, set to reopen its doors in January with a new name, menu, beers and look.

It was also a big year for sleepy Los Altos, with the openings of upscale American comfort-food restaurant Turn Bar + Grill, Hawaiian ramen joint Charley’s Noodle & Grill, Cetrella (the second outpost of the Half Moon Bay favorite) and Cho’s Mandarin Dim Sum (the reincarnation of the Palo Alto hole-inthe-wall on California Avenue). Los Altos also is now the home of the reinvented Amber India, dubbed Amber Club, in a new, enormous

space just barely across the Los Altos-Mountain View border on El Camino Real.

The year bid farewell to many longtime local establishments, from Fran’s Market and Scott’s Seafood in Palo Alto to Fiesta del Mar in Mountain View (which technically moved to the owners’ Agave Mexican Bistro on Castro Street) and Hunan Home’s in Los Altos. Menlo Park suddenly lost the popular Borrone MarketBar (though the owners indicated it could reopen in the new year), but gained Mademoiselle Colette, a true Parisian bakery, on Santa Cruz Avenue.

Read on for the top food-related happenings of 2015 and the most anticipated opening of the new year.

TOP PENINSULA FOODIST POST OF 2015 By leaps and bounds, the mostviewed post on this writer’s Peninsula Foodist blog was the one an-

nouncing the sale of Su Hong To Go in Menlo Park to a new owner.

The news rocked generations of Su Hong fans who for years had been loyally and regularly consuming Bee King’s delicious General’s Chicken, potstickers and Chinese chicken salad. King, who owned the to-go outpost as well as a nowshuttered sit-down restaurant on El Camino Real for more than three decades, decided in late September to retire. Some customers cried upon hearing the news, she said.

King sold both locations to Jason Kwan, owner of Jason’s Cafe just down El Camino. Kwan kept the venerable Su Hong menu but changed the restaurant’s name to Chef Kwan’s. He and other staff members spent the last days of official Su Hong business reassuring panicking customers that everything would be the same, except for the name.

MOST EXCITING OPENING OF 2015 Arguably the most exciting opening of the year was Bird Dog, a contemporary smallplates restaurant that opened at 420 Ramona St. in Palo Alto in November. It’s the brainchild of well-known Santa Barbara chef Robbie Wilson and his wife, Emily Perry Wilson, who teamed up with Silicon Valley power couple Chamath Palihapitiya and Brigette Lau to open the restaurant. Robbie Wilson’s resume includes renowned kitchens like The French Laundry in Yountville and Nobu in New York City.

The Bird Dog menu is split into three sections — raw, proteins and vegetables/grains — with intriguing items found nowhere else in Palo Alto, such as woodgrilled avocado with ponzu and ocean lettuce, and delicate Thai snapper with lime, chili, sesame and pecan.

Eating Out BIGGEST REVAMP Those who built downtown Palo Alto’s Varsity Theatre in 1927 could never have imagined what the space would be today: a techiefocused “innovation hub” caffeinated by none other than third-wave coffee pioneer Blue Bottle Coffee.

Palo Alto-based German software company SAP bought the historic landmark with plans to open HanaHaus, described on its website as “a community of purpose defining a new cafe experience where creative individuals and entrepreneurs can come together to meet, socialize, share ideas and connect with experts.” Translation: Silicon Valley movers and shakers (or just regular people) can for a small fee reserve spaces for meetings, network at events, attend designthinking workshops and the like — or, just drink coffee.

SHORTEST SHELF LIFE Despite its best efforts, artisan hot-dog eatery Chez Franc in Palo Alto did not survive criticism of the price of its haute dogs.

The restaurant at 415 California Ave. closed in May after only four months of business. Owner Jacquetta Lannan, a former attorney and culinary school graduate, opened Chez Franc in January after months of unanticipated delays and funding challenges. Just two months before closing, Chez Franc slashed its prices by several dollars.

“We are all sad that this restaurant didn’t succeed in the way we hoped,” Lannan wrote in an email announcing the closure. “However, please be proud of us for taking a bold leap and following our dream; I know that I am.”

MOST ANTICIPATED OPENING OF 2016 Easily, the most anticipated opening of the new year will be a new Los Altos outpost of Manresa Bread, the popular bakery spinoff of David Kinch’s celebrated Manresa restaurant in Los Gatos.

Andrew Burnham, partner at Manresa, said they’ve long been eyeing Los Altos as one piece in a larger expansion puzzle. They took notice of a changing downtown landscape, with Google co-founder Sergrey Brin buying up real estate and new developments being built as well as new restaurants moving in. Burnham said the Los Altos Manresa Bread will be similar to the existing bakery but will have the addition of full espresso and coffee service with Verve Coffee.

There will also be cold-brew coffee flowing from a nitrogen tap, kefir on tap and all of the famed breads and baked goods. Los Altos will “basically be a better reflection of what we want the experience to be like from the very beginning,” he said. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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24 Anonymous ........................ 8,870 New Donors Annette Isaacson ........................ 100 Arden King ..................................... * Hoda Epstein .................................. * Dennis Kreiss ................................ 50 Diane & Brandy Sikic................... 250 Colleen Anderson ....................... 250 Debra Satz .................................. 150 John DeVries............................ 2,000 Dorsey & Katherine Bass ............. 500 John & Nancy Cassidy.............. 1,000 Steve & Gayle Brugler .............. 1,000 Richard Johnsson ..................... 7,000 Phil Hanawalt & Graciela Spivak . 500 Susan & Harry Dennis ................... 50 Jim Lewis ........................................ * Shirley Ely ................................... 500 Scott & Sandra Pearson .............. 500 Margot Goodman .......................... * Eugene & Mabel Dong ............... 200 Barbara Klein & Stan Schrier ........... * Robert & Constance Loarie ............. * Bobbie & Jerry Wagger ................... * David & Virginia Pollard .............. 300 Fred & Deborah Kurland ............. 300 Harry & Susan Hartzell ................ 250 Lawrence Naiman ....................... 100 Jacqueline Rush .......................... 200 Carolyn Williams & Mike Keeler...... * Jody Maxmin .................................. * Mary Jackman ................................ * Amy Harris & Joss Geiduschek .... 100 Susan Elgee & Steve Eglash ........ 500 Robert & Betsy Gamburd ................ * Gil & Gail Wooley ....................... 200 Nick & Betsy Clinch..................... 250 Ted & Frances Jenkins ................... 75 Barbara Sawyer .............................. * Tom & Patricia Sanders ................... * Mary Ann Webb ......................... 100 Bjorn & Michele Liencres ......... 1,000 In Memory Of Dick Rosenbaum......................... 200 Emmanuel & Lucie Rudd............. 100 Dad, Mom and Louie...................... * Marilyn Tabb................................... * Ludwig Tannenwald ....................... * Ando & Barbara MacDonell ........ 100 Letty Bird ........................................ * Bob Markevitch .............................. * Philip Gottheiner ............................ * As a Gift For Sallie Tasto .................................. 125 Sandy Sloan................................ 125 Organizations deLemos Properties .................... 200 deLemos Properties .................... 200 Previously Published Donors Lee Sendelbeck............................... * Andrea Smith ............................. 100

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“The Big Short” sets the tone with a Mark Twain epigram: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” What will follow is a quintessentially American tale of intelligence, foolishness and chicanery, and the subject is that great collective delusion we call money.

Like a “Game of Thrones” played with credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligation, “The Big Short” follows multiple narrative threads that intertwine, each anchored by a movie star.

Christian Bale plays Dr. Michael Burry, the carte-blanche captain of Scion Capital who sees the housing crash coming and declares, to the horror of his investors and colleagues, “I want to short the housing market.” Steve Carell is outspoken money manager Mark Baum (based on Steve Eisman); Ryan Gosling is trader Jared Vennett (based on Greg Lippmann) and Pitt plays trading whiz Ben Rickert (based on Ben Hockett). These men come to believe that doomsday is coming, and though some carry a measure of premature survivor’s guilt about it, each sees a way to capitalize on the disaster.

McKay knows that, for most Americans, talk of mortgagebacked securities instantly makes eyes glaze over. That’s more than just motivation to keep things entertaining; it’s the barely subtextual social-justice subject of the film. “The Big Short” amusingly employs B-list celebrities for quick explanations of the most crucial, and most intimidating, financial terminology, while McKay and his cast offer crack comic timing and the manic editing scheme by Hank Corwin proves dazzling and cacophonously musical. The collage of cultural distraction is both the media and the message here, the underlying point being that this rigged economic system works by the passing of arcane (continued on next page)

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Haunted by his greatest success, Baum rages, “We live in an era of fraud.� That our nation forever struggles with inadequate education compounds the crimes of financial exploitation laid bare and left unprosecuted in the most recent financial crisis. The laughs catch in our throats as “The Big Short� convincingly insists we’re about to do it all over again.

Rated R for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity. Two hours, 10 minutes. — Peter Canavese

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BY THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FINANCE AUTHORITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 13, 2016 at 10:30 a.m., the California School Finance Authority (the “Authorityâ€?) will hold a public hearing, as required by Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with respect to the proposed issuance and sale of revenue bonds, pursuant to H WSHU VM Ă„UHUJPUN HUK PU VUL VY TVYL ZLYPLZ MYVT [PTL [V [PTL VU ILOHSM VM *VSSLNL MVY *LY[HPU 0UJ H *HSPMVYUPH UVUWYVĂ„[ W\ISPJ ILULĂ„[ JVYWVYH[PVU [OL ¸)VYYV^LYš PU HU HNNYLNH[L principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000 (collectively, the “Bondsâ€?). ;OL WYVJLLKZ VM [OL )VUKZ ^PSS IL \ZLK [V Ă„UHUJL HUK YLĂ„UHUJL [OL HJX\PZP[PVU JVUZ[Y\J[PVU L_WHUZPVU YLTVKLSing, renovation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of the charter school educational facilities known as (a) Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy, located at 400 105th Avenue, Oakland, California, (b) Aspire East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, located at 1039 Garden Street, East Palo Alto, California (c) Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy, located at 1009 66th Avenue, Oakland, California, (d) Aspire Alexander Twilight College Preparatory Academy, located at 2360 El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, California, (e) Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy, located at 2360 El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, California, (f) Aspire Port City Academy, located at 2040 West Lane, Stockton, California, (g) Aspire Langston Hughes Academy, located at 2050 West Lane, Stockton, California, (h) Aspire Titan Academy, located at 6720 South Alameda Street, Huntington Park, California, (i) Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy, located at 6724 South AlaTLKH :[YLL[ /\U[PUN[VU 7HYR *HSPMVYUPH HUK Q (ZWPYL 7HJPĂ„J Academy, located at 2565 East 58th Street, Huntington Park, California (collectively, the “Projectâ€?), (2) pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, and (3) fund a debt service reserve fund with respect to the Bonds.

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OPEN HOME GUIDE 24 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com

Home Front HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET ...

Do some holiday art shopping through Thursday, Dec. 31, excluding Dec. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at The Main Gallery, 1018 Main St., Redwood City.

At this free event, shoppers can purchase local art from the gallery’s holiday gift market. Art for sale includes ornaments, jewelry, scarves, paintings, ceramics and more from 20 local artists. Info: themaingallery.org/shows CAL AVE MARKET ... Find local goods and produce on Sunday, Dec. 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the California Avenue Farmers’ Market on California Avenue near El Camino Real in Palo Alto. This year-round farmers market is sponsored by the California Avenue Area Development Association. Info: urbanvillageonline.com/markets/ california-avenue SEWING TIME ... Gain sewing knowledge at the Fabric Arts Clinic on Monday, Jan. 4, 5-9 p.m., at the Cubberley Community Center, Studio U7, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Jennifer Gonsalves, an artist and costume designer, offers free sewing help during this monthly event. Info: bit.ly/ SewingJanuary16 READY FOR ROSES ... Practice rose trimming techniques on Saturday, Jan. 9, 10-11 a.m., at the Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto. During the free event, Master Gardener Kathleen Heckler will teach class participants how to keep roses healthy and offer guidance during hands-on practice. Participants should bring hand pruners and gloves, and wear long sleeves. Info: mastergardeners.org/201601-09/ Hands-on-Rose-Pruning-Clinic WINTER GARDENING ... Learn about winter gardening during an eight-week course that begins on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Cubberley Community Center, Room A7, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

This course is offered through the Palo Alto Adult School and costs $58. Instructor Sherri Bohan will teach students about organic disease control, soil, watering and more. The Palo Alto Adult School also offers a range of other courses during its winter quarter, which begins on Monday, Jan. 11. Info: bloomngrdr@gmail.com or paadultschool.org/classes/ gardening-in-winter

Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email bmalmberg@paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

After holiday celebrations, residents can place poinsettias in a compost bin.

Discarded Christmas trees should be placed outside next to the green bin. (This is an illustration showing an artificial tree.)

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t didn’t take Ellen Wilson long to find the right Christmas tree this year. The Palo Alto resident and her family spotted it in about 20 minutes at a local tree lot hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Menlo Park in Palo Alto. They look forward to the tradition every year.

“I love the smell,” Ellen said.

“The best thing is when you open the door and smell the tree.”

Her husband, Steve, said the search for the Christmas tree is a fun family thing they do together.

Their children — Alastair, 11, and Sofia, 13 — also enjoy the hunt.

Like many residents, the Wilsons will keep their tree on display until New Year’s Day. Then what?

Now that Christmas is here, the next thing for residents to consider is what to do with their trees and holiday decor.

Recycle, reuse GreenWaste of Palo Alto will provide curbside tree pick up for the next four weeks. Residents are asked to have their trees on the curb by 6 a.m., said Katelyn Lewis, environmental outreach manager for GreenWaste. Trees should be placed next to the green compost cart.

There will be no standard curbside pickup on Dec. 25 because of the holiday, but regular service schedules and tree collection will start next week on Dec. 28, she said. There is no service on Sundays. If a resident’s regular collection day falls on the holiday, service will resume the next day. For example, if you take down the tree

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Residents asked to recycle, reuse holiday decor

by TaLeiza Calloway-Appleton / photos by Veronica Weber on Jan. 1, it can be picked up Jan. 2.

Lewis said trees must be undecorated and cut into 4-foot lengths with stands removed. Wreaths will also be accepted and also must be undecorated. If wreaths are small enough, they can be placed inside the green compost carts, she said.

When asked about how many trees she suspects will be picked up this year, she said it’s hard to say but they serve 18,000 single-family customers in addition to apartment communities and others.

Collected trees will be taken to the Zero Waste Energy Development Company (ZWED) in north San Jose, where they will be anaerobically digested to create renewable energy and compost.

Steve said he plans to take part in the curbside tree collection service offered by GreenWaste.

Another option when it comes to disposing of the tree is to use it for backyard compost. Because the tree is biodegradable it works nicely for making mulch, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.

Decorations like ornaments and holiday lights will also be taken but must be placed in the appropriate bins, Lewis said. Lights should be

bundled and placed in the blue recycle bin. The new LED lights will not be accepted, she said. While residents are encouraged to donate unwanted ornaments, those that are made of the same material like plastic and metal can be recycled.

Standard glass ball ornaments cannot.

What about wrapping paper and gift boxes? Residents are asked to consider repurposing these items.

“We’re all for people reusing,” Lewis said. “If they can reuse their wrapping paper, we encourage them to reuse as much as they can.”

Lewis said this is a busy time of year but the company is prepared for the increase in material. If residents require extra service/pickup, they can call 650-493-4894 or email pacustomerservice@greenwaste.com. Residents are also encouraged to call if they are unsure of what will be picked up and if they have questions about proper sorting, she said.

“At this time of year, we see a lot of extra materials,” she said.

“We ask that residents bundle their cardboard and containerize their recyclables.”

Food waste is also heightened during the holidays, and residents

Wrapping paper can be recycled after the holidays. are asked to eat those leftovers and/ or compost those scraps. In July, the city through Zero Waste Palo Alto started a food scraps collection program that now allows residents to place food scraps in their green compost bins, Lewis said.

Keep it fresh Even though Christmas has arrived, there’s still plenty of time to enjoy your tree. How do you keep it fresh in the final days? According to Tom Boeddiker, water is key for freshness. Boeddiker is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Menlo Park and has volunteered at the Palo Alto tree lot for many years. His father was a Kiwanis Club member, so he said he grew up helping at the tree lot.

“We always remind people to keep the reservoir full,” he said.

“It’s really about keeping moisture up in the tree.”

Boeddiker said sales from the tree lot help provide about $35,000 in scholarships to Menlo Atherton High School students. He said he too will recycle his Christmas tree.

Freelance Writer TaLeiza Calloway-Appleton can be emailed at tjcalloway2@gmail. com.

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Home & Real Estate HOME SALES

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

Atherton

91 James Ave. King Trust to WKLM Limited for $6,498,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 07/01/2003, $2,995,000 67 Redwood Way J. Katz to Mrkt Trust for $3,425,000 on 11/09/15;

previous sale 11/04/2014, $2,175,000 355 Stevick Drive Mcclure Trust to Cloverhouse Limited for $5,100,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 04/14/1972, $85,000 490 Walsh Road Walsh Road Limited to J. Gagnon for $6,000,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 02/07/1996, $13,500

East Palo Alto

2351 Glen Way Nay Trust to F. Ye for $675,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 12/06/2013, $337,500

Los Altos

22 Almendra Lane Kramer Trust to Song Trust for $3,398,000 on 12/04/15 360 Bellevue Court Schott Trust to Harris Trust for $4,002,000 on 12/03/15 234 Live Oak Lane Campbell Trust to Goldfein Trust for $4,900,000 on 12/04/15 1595 Morton Ave. Loretz Construction to B. Podbere for $3,125,000 on 12/02/15; previous sale 12/15/2014, $1,550,000 2071 Robinhood Lane Rodden Trust to C. Han for $2,100,000 on 12/04/15 915 Stagi Court M. Shorts to L. Yu for $2,700,000 on 12/03/15; previous sale 07/18/1995, $770,000

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466 7th Ave. R. Wilhelm to V. Nahmias for $750,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 09/19/2007, $520,000 852 14th Ave. Clark Trust to E. Hu for $1,096,000 on 11/13/15 710 Berkeley Ave. Colligan Trust to J. & J. Goldberg for $4,800,000 on 11/13/15; previous sale 06/14/1990, $555,000 1871 Camino A Los Cerros Thomas Trust to Katz Trust for $4,575,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 02/26/1999, $1,950,000 1898 Camino A Los Cerros Lavine Trust to S. Goswamy for $1,525,000 on 11/09/15; previous sale 03/19/1980, $138,000 1360 Crane St. W. Chiu to Desmond Trust for $2,800,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 01/05/2007, $1,690,500 855 Menlo Oaks Drive Carter Trust to Tan Trust for $3,425,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 10/20/1986, $357,000 2140 Santa Cruz Ave. D. & C. Olson to H. Hwang for $750,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 07/08/1998, $325,000

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $3,425,00 Highest sales price: $6,498,000

Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $650,000 Highest sales price: $1,295,000

East Palo Alto Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $675,000 Highest sales price: $675,000

Palo Alto Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $1,050,000 Highest sales price: $7,600,000

Los Altos

Woodside

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $2,100,000 Highest sales price: $4,900,000

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $1,460,000 Highest sales price: $2,850,000 Source: California REsource

Menlo Park Total sales reported: 8 Lowest sales price: $750,000 Highest sales price: $4,800,000

Mountain View

1001 Asbury Way L. Catura to P. Tarantino for $1,295,000 on 12/02/15; previous sale 11/30/2007, $750,000 201 Flynn Ave., #16 C. McGrath to K. Garg for $865,000 on 12/02/15; previous sale 07/30/1996, $185,000 555 Tyrella Ave. F. Grabau to S. & M. Eleazer for $801,500 on 12/03/15; previous sale 10/15/1998, $260,000 264 N. Whisman Road, #1 J. Corollo to C. Cruz for $650,000 on 12/04/15; previous sale 11/19/2008, $325,000 264 N. Whisman Road, #5 J. Beaman to L. Agarwal for $935,000 on 12/04/15; previous sale 08/08/2006, $508,000

Palo Alto

425 Alma St., #311 D. Douglas to Shimada Trust for $1,050,000 on 12/04/15; previous sale 10/29/2013, $798,500 901 College Ave. L. Or-Teng to L. & T. Dam for $2,308,000 on 12/03/15; previous sale 02/26/2015, $2,130,000 950 Elsinore Drive Makowski

Trust to M. Makowski for $2,300,000 on 12/02/15 1932 Emerson St. R. & P. Duggan to D. Xu for $7,600,000 on 11/30/15; previous sale 03/13/2012, $5,475,000 3905 Middlefield Road, #B M. & L. Caldarone to H. Parekh for $1,075,000 on 12/04/15; previous sale 09/28/2012, $639,000 2557 Park Boulevard, #L102 J. Harrington to Fitzgerald Real Estate Holding for $1,262,000 on 12/02/15; previous sale 04/17/2007, $650,000

Woodside

770 Bear Gulch Road Martin Trust to K. Porter for $2,625,000 on 11/12/15; previous sale 08/07/2007, $2,325,000 118 Hillside Drive C. & K. Clemens to M. & S. Garr for $1,460,000 on 11/10/15; previous sale 10/04/2013, $1,200,000 36 Morse Lane Barsocchini Trust to Simon Trust for $1,811,000 on 11/13/15; previous sale 09/13/1972, $17,000 3316 Woodside Road Driscoll Trust to N. & S. Wright for $2,850,000 on 11/10/15

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751 General Contracting A NOTICE TO READERS: It is illegal for an unlicensed person to perform contracting work on any project valued at $500.00 or more in labor and materials. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertising. Check your contractor’s status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less than $500.00 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

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Across 1 Letterhead illustrations 6 Key holder 9 “Your Movie Sucks” author Roger 14 “I’m on ___!”

15 Anonymous Richard in court cases 16 Where it’s happening 17 Like some French sauces 18 Observation from one person to another, part 1 20 Observation, part 2 22 Street of bad dreams?

23 “Ice Age” sloth 24 Allow 25 Stick (out) 28 Singer who dropped “McEntire” from her performing name 30 Last name in cartoon skunks 32 Appease fully 33 Possible pigeon perch 35 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tony 36 Observation, part 3 40 “Oh ___! -- it’s full of stars!” (line from the novel “2001”) 41 “And there you have it!”

42 Rake in 43 British artist Lucian 45 BBQ specialty 49 180 degrees from SSW 50 Membership charge 51 Red or Dead follower 53 “Poetry Out Loud” org.

54 Response to the observation, part 1 57 Response, part 2 60 “The Kiss” artist Gustav 61 Baby food, typically 62 Legendary coach Parseghian 63 Word before craft or board 64 Northernmost NYC borough 65 Modern, in Munich 66 Make some z’s

Down 1 Brief writer 2 Maryland’s state bird 3 Lose sensation 4 “In My Own Fashion” autobiographer Cassini 5 ___ a fox 6 Cholesterol-laden burger topper 7 “Game of Thrones” actress Chaplin 8 Scarab, e.g.

9 What’s happening 10 Titanic obstacle 11 Pair of bunnies?

12 Bitterly regret 13 Golfer’s support 19 Mountaintop feature 21 First name among early “SNL” regulars 25 Crows’ cousins 26 “Reader” founder Eric 27 Lowest two-digit positive integer 29 “Good Eats” host Brown 31 “Pet” annoyance 32 Say some naughty words 34 LAX listing 35 Pomade alternative 36 Blue used in printing 37 Shrek, for example 38 “Undersea World” explorer Jacques 39 Evades the seeker 40 Checkers pieces 43 Pool table fabric 44 Grant another mortgage 46 Describing a living organism process (unlike, say, from a test tube) 47 Yuppie’s German car, slangily 48 “Being and Nothingness” author 50 UPS rival 52 Goth necklace pendants 54 Small songbird 55 1950s Hungarian leader Nagy 56 Tesla founder Musk 57 “Be on the lookout” message 58 Low-down sort 59 Prefix sometimes seen around vasectomies

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THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM

995 Fictitious Name Statement STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 611256 The following person(s)/registrant(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): LUMO LLC Hanahaus, 456 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 08/03/2015 UNDER FILE NO. 607698 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): BRIAN MURRIHY 2440 Massachusetts Ave., Unit 25 Cambridge, MA 02140 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: A Limited Liability Company.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 18, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) GENIUS KIDS PA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611612 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Genius Kids PA, located at 569 San Antonio, Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): KARER CDC, LLC 13 Canepa Ct. Redwood City, CA 94062 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/11/12.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 1, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) ROS BUILDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611641 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ros Builder, located at 867 Birch Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): RENE ORELLANA SALAZAR 867 Birch Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 2, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) MARINUS CONSULTING, LLC GOURMET SPECIALITIES, LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611093 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Marinus Consulting, LLC, 2.) Gourmet Specialities, LLC, 830 Stewart Drive, Suite 121, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): WAVEFORM ENTERPRISES, LLC 830 Stewart Drive, Ste. 121 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/28/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 12, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) MEDICAL MASTER CLASSES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611784 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Medical Master Classes, located at 200 Sheridan Ave. #404, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):

MARY LIS URUENA 200 Sheridan Ave. #404 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 7, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) SILICON VALLEY PENINSULA ROTARACT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611774 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Peninsula Rotaract, located at 250 Stratford Place, Los Altos, CA 94022, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Unincorporated association other than a partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JUSTIN TAIT 250 Stratford Place Los Altos, CA 94022 MICHAEL CONDON 1051 Cascade Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 7, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) LA BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611690 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: La Bodeguita Del Medio, located at 463 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CHINCOTEAGUE INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 463 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on July 1, 2013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 4, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) AMAR REALTOR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612005 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Amar Realtor, located at 505 Hamilton Ave. #100, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MURAHARI AMARNATH 505 Hamilton Ave. #100 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/7/2010.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 14, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) 1025 TERRA BELLA ASSOCIATES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611832 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1025 Terra Bella Associates, located at 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): HAURY PROPERTIES, LLC 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/1/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 8, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) NextFlex Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute FHE-IMI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611936 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) NextFlex, 2.) Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, 3.) FHE-IMI, located at 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the

THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM registrant(s) is(are): FlexTech Alliance, Inc. 3081 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/1/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 10, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) GIG CRICKET FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612044 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: GIG Cricket, located at 1111 Story Road, Unit 1077, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GIG TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 1225 Judah St. San Francisco, CA 94122 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/16/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 15, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) 1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612019 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1 Acceptance Testing, located at 4410 Casa Madeira Ln., San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): PAUL SMITH 4410 Casa Madeira Ln. San Jose, CA 95127 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/09/15.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 14, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) Flight VC Flight Ventures FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611985 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Flight VC, 2.) Flight Ventures, located at 2625 Middlefield Rd. #880880, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): UPRISING CAPITAL, LLC 2625 Middlefield Rd., #880 Palo Alto, CA 94306 GIL PENCHINA 2625 Middlefield Rd., #880 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/01/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 11, 2015.

(PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUDITH ANN DeMARCO aka JUDITH A. DeMARCO Case No.: 1-15-PR-177677 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JUDITH ANN DeMARCO aka JUDITH A. DeMARCO. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MICHAEL J. DeMARCO in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: MICHAEL J. DeMARCO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 8, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Pauline R. Reimer Earle & Reimer a Professional Corporation 16190 Los Gatos Blvd., Ste. 100

Los Gatos, CA 95032 (408)358-5051 (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) Title Order No.: 8500714 T.S.#: 201401435 HOA File #: PVPM-PTC-Schroeder APN No.: 193-52-008 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 11/20/2014.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 1/7/2016 at 10:00 AM, United Trustee Services As the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 12/2/2014 as Document No. 22787556 Book Page of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, property owned by: Ruth A. Schroeder WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank, a check drawn by a state of federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.)

At: At the gated North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse at 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA All right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, describing the land therein: 193-52-008 The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 274 Pamela Drive, Unit 8 Mountain View, CA 94040 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit: $26,793.66 Estimated. Accrued Interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale The claimant, Pamela Terrace Condominium Association under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned

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off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2014-01435. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR Date: 12/11/2015 United Trustee Services For Sales Information Please Call (916) 939-0772 Edna Kogut, Small Claims Specialist / Trustee Officer NPP0266863 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 12/18/2015, 12/25/2015, 01/01/2016 Trustee Sale No. : 00000005113113 Title Order No.: 150063979 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/04/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/03/2007 as Instrument No. 19604348 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: HIROSHI IMANAKA AND YOKO IMANAKA, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 01/14/2016 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE TO THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE AT 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA..

STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 490 LOMA VERDE AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306 APN#: 132-15-095 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the

street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $632,821.39. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may

charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

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Sports Shorts PLAYER OF YEAR . . . Stanford sophomore running back Christian McCaffrey did not win the Heisman Trophy this year, but he did receive an honor on Tuesday that was nearly as prestigious. McCaffrey is The Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, becoming the first non-Heisman Trophy winner to earn the honor in six years.

McCaffrey was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Derrick Henry, but received 29 of 60 votes from the AP Top 25 media panel to edge the Alabama running back. Henry received 16 votes and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was third with 11. Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds and Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield each received two votes. The last time the AP player of the year was not the Heisman winner was 2009. That season Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh was the AP voter’s choice while the Heisman went to Alabama’s Mark Ingram. McCaffrey is the first Stanford player to win the award.

SOCCER CAMP . . . Stanford’s Brandon Vincent, Eric Verso and Ty Thompson were among 59 NCAA Division I college players invited to participate in the 2016 adidas MLS Player Combine, Major League Soccer announced. Top collegiate players from across the country will showcase their talents in front of representatives from all 20 MLS clubs in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 7-12, 2016. All invited players will be eligible for selection in the 2016 SuperDraft, presented by adidas, which will take place on Thursday, Jan. 14, in Baltimore. A committee of MLS coaches and NCAA Division I coaches from every conference selected the invitees, all of whom completed their college eligibility this season

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SHP’s Isoa Moimoi (25) and his teammates couldn’t pull away from Rancho Bernardo and dropped a 35-14 decision in the state finals.

No state title, but SHP season a winner Gators fall to Rancho Bernardo, 35-14, in a CIF championship game but still post an 11-win season

by Ed Wehde acred Heart Prep senior quarterback Mason Randall had some facial hair when his team defeated Burlingame on October 30. Perhaps being a bit superstitious and with Halloween the following day, Randall decided to keep his budding beard.

That one victory turned into seven straight and Randall never put a razor to his face. Why tempt

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fate?

Randall, however, did bring a razor to San Diego last weekend.

No matter what happened in the CIF Division III-A championship bowl game, it was time for the beard to disappear.

“I thought it was going to be a happy shave,” said Randall, “but it’s going to be a little bit of a sad shave.”

Sacred Heart Prep’s final game of 2015 definitely was a downer

for the Gators as they fell to host Rancho Bernardo, 35-14. It was SHP’s second state finale in three years, both ending in a defeat.

“This one hurts just as much or even more than the last one,” said senior Andrew Daschbach, who was a starter on the SHP team that lost to Corona del Mar in the 2013 title game. “I’m just honored to get a chance to play in this game, and it’s a great Rancho Bernardo team. So, a lot of respect for those

guys over there. But this one hurts as much as any of them.”

Despite the loss, which ended a seven-game win streak, SHP coach Pete Lavorato deemed his team’s season a success.

“We won a CCS championship for the first time in Open Division III, and we beat some great teams doing that,” Lavorato said. “We started the season 1-2 and came (continued on next page)

PREP BASKETBALL

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

There’s plenty of holiday hoop action

Stanford women win without seniors

by Keith Peters he holiday break is most often spent with family and friends. Schools are out, relatives are in town and there is plenty of eating, drinking and relaxing — unless you happen to be a basketball player.

The holidays also provide plenty of basketball tournaments.

Next week will be highlighted by two fairly large and prestigious events — the Joe Schram Holiday Basketball Classic and the Eastside Prep Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

The Schram event features two eight-team events, one for the girls and one for the boys, at St. Fran-

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by Rick Eymer ithout a senior starter for the first time in 13 years, the No. 12 Stanford’s women’s basketball team needed to look elsewhere for leadership. The past four games, including the Cardinal’s 83-41 victory over Cal State Bakersfield on Tuesday, featured an all-junior starting lineup.

So far, it’s proven to be a winning formula.

Team captain Erica McCall and third-year starter Lili Thompson, the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week, set the tone and they lead by example more than by vocalizing. The three other starters —

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WATER POLO CHAMPS . . .

Stanford grad Kiley Neushul scored five goals, including the gamewinner in a shootout, to help the U.S. Women’s National Team beat Spain, 14-13, and capture the Holiday Cup water polo title in Newport Beach on Sunday. Stanford’s Maggie Steffens added four goals for the Americans, who finished 5-1 at the Cup and 41-6 on the year. The Cardinal’s Gabby Stone had nine saves in goal to earn the victory. Cardinal grad Melissa Seidemann also scored. Team USA recorded gold medals at three major championships — FINA World League Super Final, Pan American Games, FINA World Championship — during the year.

Stanford’s (L-R) Kailee Johnson, Erica McCall and Alanna Smith are leading a senior-less team this season.

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back and now we’re 11-4. We won the NorCals and made it to the state championship game. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.”

The Gators had averaged nearly 250 yards per game on the ground this season, but the San Diego Section Division II champion Broncos (13-2) held the SHP running game to a season-low 119 yards on 34 carries.

Junior Isoa Moimoi led the way with 59 yards on 15 carries, and senior Lapitu Mahoni ran for 35 yards on 14 rushes. Both rushed for more than 1,000 yards this season, with Mahoni finishing with 1,687 and Moimoi 1,109.

Mahoni now ranks No. 2 in school history, just missing the record of 1,705 yards by Matt Walter in 2009.

“I’ll have to look at the tape,” Lavorato said. “Maybe we got away from our running game a little too soon.”

Lavorato credited the Broncos’ defense for his team’s struggles.

“The other team played really well,” Lavorato said. “They were flying to the football. They were just tough. Instead of making six or seven yards, we were only mak-

ing two or three yards a carry.”

With their running game scuffling, the Gators were unable to sustain any long drives.

Trailing 14-0, they went 55 yards in the final 37 seconds of the second quarter and got on the board with a 21-yard TD pass from senior Mason Randall to Daschbach as time expired in the half.

SHP then received the secondhalf kickoff but managed only one first down before punting.

“That (touchdown) was a big play to get us momentum,” Randall said. “I thought we were going to come out after halftime and roll down the field and score. It didn’t work out, but credit Rancho Bernardo for battling and playing a great game.”

After Rancho Bernardo scored to take a 21-7 lead late in the third quarter, the Gators responded with a one-play drive. Randall scrambled away from the rush and hit Daschbach, who finished with seven catches for 166 yards and two scores, for a 76-yard TD, cutting the lead to seven again.

But, SHP would get no closer as its next four drives ended with a punt, a failed fourth-down play and a pair of turnovers. Rancho Bernardo took advantage and put the game away with two fourth-

quarter touchdowns.

Randall threw for 237 yards and two scores with two interceptions.

He finished the season with 2,883 yards and 28 touchdown passes.

“He’s a great athlete. He’s a great quarterback. He’s a great kid,” Lavorato said of his signal caller. “All of the above. He’s led us to two state championship games, three CCS championships.

What else can you say. The kid’s great.”

Rancho Bernardo’s offense was led by junior running back Milan Grice, who ran for a game-high 127 yards and two touchdowns, and junior quarterback Mark Salazar, who was nearly perfect, completing 12 of 14 throws for 186 yards and two scores.

Daschbach had 10 tackles to lead the defense, with Zane Elsafy adding eight. Both are among the 20 seniors that will be graduating.

The Gators will lose their entire starting backfield plus both receivers and the core of their offensive line. Lavorato, however, has never had a losing season in his 13 years as head coach and has never lost more than five games (once).

Cleary, there will be plenty of work to do next season to keep their Gators at their now-expected level of success. That elusive first state title is the perfect carrot. Q

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Tierna Davidson

Alex Gil-Fernandez

SACRED HEART PREP The senior midfielder returned from helping the U.S. U-20 soccer team qualify for the 2016 U-20 World Cup and scored all three goals in a 3-2 nonleague win over Santa Clara to give the Gators momentum for 2016.

GUNN HIGH The senior forward scored 69 points in three basketball wins, including 25 plus 14 rebounds in the championship game, as the Titans defended their title at the Panther Invitational and remained undefeated.

Honorable mention Tatum Angotti

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Karlie Samuelson, Briana Roberson, Kailee Johnson — bring plenty of experience.

When the Cardinal returns from its holiday break, the schedule may not look so friendly.

Stanford hosts Chattanooga (84) on Monday night, its final nonconference game before opening Pac-12 play on Saturday, Jan. 2 at Arizona.

“I hope we’re well-rested and ready to go,” Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer said. “There are no more easy games. Chattanooga beat us last year, so we remember them. Arizona beat us, Arizona State beat us twice, we remember them.”

Stanford is No. 2 in the NCAA RPI and has played the nation’s third-toughest schedule.

Pac-12 teams have won 79 percent of their nonconference games, playing at least 10 games against top-10 teams.

USC (11-0) and Oregon (10-0) head into the weekend unbeaten. Oregon State’s lone loss has been to Tennessee. Washington, Washington State, California and Stanford each have two losses.

Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and UCLA also have winning records.

The Bruins lost at Cal in a nonconference game, 108-104, in double overtime on Monday night. Their only other setbacks were to No. 2 South Carolina by three points and No. 3 Notre Dame in overtime.

The Sun Devils beat No. 10 Florida State and lost to the Gamecocks by two.

Kaylee Johnson put together another solid performance against Bakersfield with 11 points and

seven rebounds in 11 minutes.

McCall scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds for her eighth doubledouble of the season against the Roadrunners, who are coached by her father Greg McCall.

“It was kind of weird,” McCall said. “When my dad comes to the gym I always look for him to help me. I couldn’t do that today.”

The two did share the limelight before the game, as the father presented the daughter with a plaque that honored her contributions to the USA basketball team that won a gold medal at the World University Games over the summer.

“It was special for me,” McCall said. “My dad has worked with me on basketball all my life. He instilled the love of the game in me. We were talking before the game and he told me not to be nervous, that it was just his team.”

The Cardinal never trailed in the game, dominating the paint.

Stanford outscored the Roadrunners 40-12 inside and outboarded them 61-36, including 18-12 on the offensive glass.

The Cardinal had 21 assists, seven from Thompson, and blocked 12 shots. The blocks were the second-most ever in a single game. McCall blocked four..

Men’s basketball If Dorian Pickens has a say in things, he’ll make sure Stanford won’t suffer a drop-off without Reid Travis in the lineup.

In the two games Travis has missed due to a stress reaction in his left leg, all Pickens has done is score a combined 44 points.

Pickens will be back in the starting lineup when the Cardinal (6-4) hosts Carroll College in the final nonconference men’s basketball contest Sunday night at 6 p.m.

He earned the start after scoring a career-high 24 points coming off

the bench in Stanford’s 75-73 loss to Texas on Saturday night.

He followed his career best with a 20-point effort to help the Cardinal return to the win column with a 70-60 victory over Sacramento State on Monday night.

“Our game is to be aggressive,” Pickens said. “We want to come out and lock in defensively.”

The Cardinal has won four of five entering its game against the Fighting Saints, who play in the NAIA Frontier Conference.

“We have a lot of confidence in Dorian,” Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins said. “I told him to be ready for anything we throw at him. Whether he starts or comes off the bench, he has to provide a spark.”

Pickens has scored 60 of his 130 points in the past three games and reached double figures for the seventh time. It was also his third 20-point game.

Pickens was 6-of-7 from 3-point range and made all six of his free throws in the game against the Longhorns, who won at the buzzer. He was 3-of-11 from long range against the Hornets.

“He showed good poise,” Dawkins said. “He missed his first few shots and a lot of younger guys might have stopped shooting.”

Pickens also has 11 rebounds the last two games and added five assists on Monday night.

Something clicked for Pickens, who is shooting just over 55 percent from the field (16-for-29) over his past three games after going 9-of-36 (25 percent) in the previous five games.

Michael Humphrey turned in a career-high 21 points to go with nine rebounds against the Hornets and Rosco Allen secured his second double-double with 11 points and a season-high 12 rebounds. Q

Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Grace Battles Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Chloe Eackles Pinewood basketball

Akayla Hackson Pinewood basketball

Riley Hemm* Sacred Hearet Prep basketball

Ma’ata Makoni Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Andre Augustin Gunn basketball

Dami Bolarinwa Palo Alto soccer

Will Chisholm Menlo soccer

Andrew Daschbach* Sacred Heart Prep football

Jeffrey Lee-Heidenreich Gunn basketball

Michel-Ange Siaba Palo Alto soccer * previous winner

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

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cis High. Those tournaments will run Monday through Wednesday, at the same times, in two separate facilities on campus.

The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, which also runs the same three days, has been expanded to 24 teams and will be held at Eastside Prep and Menlo School.

The event is to support the Susan Cohan Colon Cancer Foundation, Inc. In addition to the host schools, the girls-only tourney will include Sacred Heart Prep, Priory and Menlo-Atherton among the three eight-team brackets that include teams from the Central Coast Section, North Coast Section, Southern Section, Sac Joaquin Section, Central Section, Oakland and San Francisco.

The Elite bracket features Eastside Prep, defending 4A state champ Argyle (Texas), CiceroNorth of Syracuse, N.Y. (alma mater of UConn All-American Brianna Stewart), Arizona state D-2 runner-up Seton Catholic, Mitty, Berkeley, Arroyo Grande and Valencia.

Eastside Prep (5-2) opens against Valencia on Monday while Menlo (5-2) hosts Kipp

Summit Academy, both at 6 p.m.

Sacred Heart Prep (7-0) and Menlo-Atherton (6-2) tip off Monday at Menlo School at 10:30 a.m.

Priory (4-3) will face University (SF) at noon at Eastside Prep.

The Elite bracket championship match will be Wednesday at 6 p.m., with the two other bracket finales set for 4:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., all at Eastside Prep.

In Mountain View, the Palo Alto boys (5-1) will open on Monday against San Ramon Valley at 4:30 p.m. Other teams in the tourney include Rocklin, Encinal, Leigh, Mountain View, Davis and St. Francis.

In the girls’ tourney, Pinewood (4-2) will face Rocklin on Monday at 4:30 p.m., with Palo Alto (5-2) taking on North Salinas at 7:45 p.m. Should the Vikings win, they’ll face the Skyline-St. Francis winner on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.

Both championship games will be Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.

Boys basketball Gunn improved to 7-0 and closed its preseason schedule at home with a 67-54 win over Santa Teresa on Monday.

Senior forward Alex Gil-Fernandez led the Titans in scoring with 21 points while Jeff LeeHeidenreich added 15 and Jonathan Davis 11. Q

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