Palo Alto Weekly February 5, 2016

Palo Alto

Vol. XXXVII, Number 18

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Transitions 16 Seniors 17 Worth a Look 26 Eating Out 27 Movies 29 Puzzles 54 Q Arts Gallery launches art-and-tech pop-up

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Q Sports Historic soccer win for Menlo boys

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Local news, information and analysis

Traffic drives 2016 priorities in Palo Alto City Council’s new priority list much like old one — but with special attention to mobility

by Gennady Sheyner

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o one disputes that traffic congestion is one of Palo Alto’s most urgent and mystifying priorities.

But as the City Council approved its list of official priorities for 2016 on Jan. 30, the big question was whether the topic would stand

alone or get tied with the related issues of housing and parking.

After a lengthy debate, the council decided by a 5-4 vote to go with the latter approach as it approved a priority list that looks much like last year’s. The main difference is that the city’s top

2015 priority, which pertained to the “built environment,” in 2016 specifies that there will be a “special emphasis on mobility.”

In addition to that priority — which now reads “Built environment: housing, parking and livability with particular emphasis on mobility” — there are three holdovers from 2015: infrastructure; healthy city and healthy community; and completion of the Comprehensive Plan, with

special focus from the council.

Everyone agreed that those three remain pertinent in the new year, though the council debated whether “infrastructure” should be de-emphasized or included in the “built environment” because the projects it connotes are already in the works.

Vice Mayor Greg Scharff proposed that mobility should stand alone as a city priority, an idea supported by Mayor Pat Burt and councilmen Marc Berman and

Cory Wolbach.

“I think mobility is what people really want us to focus on and fix,” Scharff said.

The comment was made minutes after City Auditor Harriet Richardson presented to the council the results of the latest National Citizens Survey, which showed rising angst in the community over transportation. Since 2010, the (continued on page 11)

HIGHER EDUCATION

Neuroscience pioneer tapped to lead Stanford University Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a former faculty member, named university’s 11th president

by Elena Kadvany

Veronica Weber

Mark Barela, right, general manager for Calave wine bar in Palo Alto, helps customers with the wine list on Feb. 3. Calave is one of few local establishments to host a Super Bowl party.

BUSINESS

Super Bowl Sunday hoopla?

Not in Palo Alto No big events, few public parties planned locally for the NFL event

by Sue Dremann

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he banners won’t fly and Super Bowl 50 special events won’t be taking place in one of Silicon Valley’s premier destinations — Palo Alto — according to business leaders. Even sports bars are taking a low-key approach to the golden-anniversary event.

The reasons are manifold; in part, it’s because the city is located in the northern reaches of the county and most events are taking place in the South Bay or San Francisco, some local restaurateurs said. True, Stanford University is hosting the Denver Broncos’ pre-game practice sessions, and community leaders do expect the area to be busy with visitors. But other driving factors

for the understated approach are economic and security-related, business association officials said.

“Downtown has a wait-andsee attitude,” said Russ Cohen, executive director of the Palo Alto Downtown Business and Professional Association.

“There will be no fun zone or tent village. You have to have staffing and permits.”

The logistics of doing anything overtly related to the Super Bowl were too prohibitive, said Judy Kleinberg, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce CEO and president.

“The city applied for special status to use the Super Bowl logo, but nobody wanted to go through with it. It was partly because to do anything official, you had to jump

through a million hoops. We thought about it, but the more we got involved — with the congestion, concerns and crowds — we didn’t think we wanted to invite that kind of concern,” she said.

Recent terrorist acts across the globe targeting large crowds, notably in Paris, were also a factor.

“It’s a sign of our unfortunate times,” she added.

But Kleinberg and Cohen said businesses will welcome visitors who do come to town, and they hope visitors will patronize the city’s shops and restaurants. Judging from the bookings at Palo Alto hotels, businesses could be (continued on page 14)

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fter six months and thousands of hours reviewing prospective candidates for a successor to Stanford University President John Hennessy, who announced in June 2015 that he would step down after more than 15 years of leading the university, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of The Rockefeller University in New York City, has been named the university’s 11th president, the Stanford Board of Trustees announced Thursday.

Tessier-Lavigne, 56, is a former Stanford faculty member, neuroscientist and advocate for higher education. For the past five years, he led The Rockefeller University, a private biomedical research and graduate-education institution.

“Marc Tessier-Lavigne brings to Stanford an infectious energy, confident leadership, a distinguished academic record and a lifetime immersed in leading initiatives to develop knowledge for the benefit of humanity,” Steve Denning, chairman of the Stanford Board of Trustees, said in a press release.

Tessier-Lavigne was the unanimous choice presented to the Board of Trustees by a 19-member Presidential Search Committee that was tasked with conducting a comprehensive and inclusive global search for a new president, according to an announcement. The full board unanimously approved the committee’s choice in a special meeting Thursday morning.

In a press conference Thursday, members of the search commit-

tee described Tessier-Lavigne’s achievements and attributes, from his pioneering neuroscience discoveries to a “bold,” “inspirational” and collaborative leadership style.

“We knew that we needed a leader with a breadth of experience, stellar academic qualifications, proven ability to lead with conviction and also a track record for building consensus,” said Kam Moler, chair of the Faculty Senate and professor of applied physics and physics. “Marc brings us these qualifications. He’s first and foremost an academician, an outstanding faculty member. He led transformation in his field of research. But he’s also highly respected by his colleagues as a leader, a collaborator, a mentor and a teacher.”

“He is a coalition builder,” Denning echoed.

“We were all impressed by his imaginative leadership,” Denning added. “He has created new paradigms and fresh, new approaches at every institution he has led.”

Tessier-Lavigne’s resume is wide-ranging. He has held faculty positions at Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He conducted pioneering neuroscience research, identifying molecules that direct the formation of connections among nerve cells to establish circuits in the developing brain and spinal cord, according to the university. He served as executive (continued on page 10)

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Downtown has a wait-and-see attitude.

—Russ Cohen, head of the Palo Alto Downtown Business and Professional Association, on merchants’ stance toward anticipated Super Bowl crowds. See story on page 5.

Around Town

A JOINT DECISION ... While legalized marijuana is becoming the norm in communities in Oregon, Washington and Colorado, Palo Alto is in no rush to join the movement.

Even so, the council decided not to adopt this week an emergency law that would have expressly prohibited the cultivation and delivery of pot within the city’s border. The proposed law was the city’s response to state legislation that was passed last year establishing a regulatory and licensing structure for marijuana. Cities that don’t have local ordinances in place by March 1 would automatically be subject to the provisions of the state law.

Palo Alto officials had been rushing to meet this deadline and to adopt a local law, but on Monday they agreed to slow down. The reason for the change of direction is Assembly Bill 21, which removes the March deadline and gives cities more time to address the requirements of California’s new Medical Marijuana Safety and Regulation Act, as the 2015 bills are collectively known. The bill has already passed the Assembly and the Senate and was awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature early this week. At the same time, at least one council member believes that the proposal to ban the growth and delivery of pot in Palo Alto is too extreme. Vice Mayor Greg Scharff said he probably would not support the new ordinance if it prohibits marijuana delivery. “I think people who are sick and ill, often people with cancer, do use medical marijuana, and I see no downside to the city, frankly, of having the current delivery services.” With the issue now less urgent, the council voted unanimously to put off the debate until another day.

‘A VERY GOOD SIGN’ ... The vacant grocery-store space at Edgewood Plaza is inching closer to finding a grocer, according to a Feb. 2 email from developer, John Tze. In the email to a neighborhood resident, Tze, of Sand Hill Property Company, said that leaseholder The Fresh Market is in the process of negotiating a sublease with a new grocer, and the process appears to be going well. “That’s a very good sign, but we are definitely not yet at the finish line or in a position to declare success. ... Although the substantive negotiations are directly between TFM and the prospective grocer and, thus, involve Sand Hill Property Company only minimally,

we have offered to help the parties in any way we can as they move forward with their negotiations,” Tze wrote. If the sublease is signed, it will be up to The Fresh Market and the prospective, as-yet-unnamed tenant to make the details public, Tze said. If negotiations fall through, Tze said he is still in touch with potential grocers so that efforts to find a replacement can continue immediately. “But, again, I am very optimistic the negotiations between TFM and the prospective grocer will lead to a successful outcome,” he wrote.

CALLING ALL FRANCOPHILES ...

The chance you’ve all been waiting for has arrived: You can now audition to star in a James Francodirected film, made entirely by local high school students. The students are participants in the James Franco Film Production Workshop, a new class Franco launched this year at his alma mater, Palo Alto High School. The class, which began in September, is taking place this year with the students meeting with Franco once a month for several hours and working with one another in between.

They’re creating an adaptation of a young-adult novel by Betsy Franco (James’ mother) called “Metamorphosis: Junior Year.”

Franco posted a casting call on his Instagram account this week.

The project is seeking volunteer high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 and a few adults to audition for various roles, from the main character, Ovid — a “charming, introspective, sweetly neurotic junior in a suburban high school” (the actor must know how to skateboard) — to Ms. Hunt, a “clueless” Living Skills teacher in her early 40s who “speaks in a monotone when relating emotional material in her class,” according to the course website. They are also looking for extras who can help recreate the atmosphere of various settings (high school hallways and classrooms, soccer games, an LGBT rally). The end product of the year-long class will be a professional-level feature film produced by Franco’s Rabbit Bandini Productions, the same company that produced the 2014 film “Palo Alto.” More information and applications are available by emailing palyworkshop2015@ gmail.com or going to metamorphosisjunioryearthefilm. squarespace.com. Q

Upfront NEIGHBORHOODS

Palo Alto expands downtown’s parking restrictions Council agrees to add streets to nascent permit program

by Gennady Sheyner

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ith more Palo Alto residents clamoring for parking restrictions that would keep commuters off their neighborhood streets, a conflicted City Council voted early Tuesday morning to expand and revise downtown’s nascent parking-permit program.

By a 5-0 vote, with Mayor Pat Burt, Vice Mayor Greg Scharff and council members Marc Berman and Karen Holman all recusing themselves from the discussion because of conflicts of interests, the short-handed council debated, agonized over and ultimately approved a proposal from city planners to push the boundaries of the existing parking district into neighborhoods in downtown’s outskirts.

The move is both the expected evolution of the controversial Residential Preferential Parking program (RPP) that the council approved last September and a response to residents for whom the new restrictions have proven to be a curse rather than a blessing.

Tad Baer, who lives on a block of Lytton Avenue just east of the parking district, was one of several residents who saw his parking situation deteriorate after the RPP made its debut last fall. The program, for the first time, required residents and employees to purchase permits to park for more than two hours on residential streets. The restriction

is intended to stop Caltrain commuters and Stanford University students from using the neighborhoods for free all-day parking. To cope with the rule change, some commuters simply began to park in areas of downtown just outside of the parking district.

“Our neighborhood went overnight from a neighborhood to a parking lot,” Baer told the council. “It’s been difficult for us, the citizens of Palo Alto.”

The expansion pushes the district’s boundary past Guinda Street to include the western section of Crescent Park. With the change, the district now includes 12 blocks whose residents have petitioned to be annexed into the district: the 1100, 1200 and 1300 blocks of Waverley Street; the 800 block of Forest Avenue; the 800 and 900 blocks of Hamilton Avenue; the 300 block of Kingsley Avenue; the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue; the 800 block of Lytton; and the 400, 500 and 600 blocks of Seneca Street.

It also includes nearby blocks where the problem is expected to occur. While the parking restrictions would not take effect on the latter blocks, residents who live in these areas would be eligible to apply for annexation to the downtown district.

The change pushes the eastern edge of the district from Guinda to Hale Street and the intersection of Lincoln and Forest avenues.

The district will also be expanded

south, from its current boundary of Lincoln (east of Bryant Street) to Embarcadero Road.

The council was conflicted in more ways than one. With five council members having property interests within the expanded zone (or, in the case of Mayor Pat Burt, just outside the zone), and only four eligible to participate, the council was left one person short of a quorum. So the council had to draw a name out of a hat to see which of the conflicted colleagues would be allowed to join the discussion. That honor fell to Councilman Eric Filseth, a Downtown North resident well familiar with the neighborhood’s parking frustrations.

The council also struggled to decide whether to move ahead with the staff plan or to support an alternate proposal from Crescent Park residents looking for a parking program more akin to the one in College Terrace. In that program, permits are sold only to residents.

After a debate that stretched past 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, the council ultimately went along with the staff recommendation, though council members made several concessions to critics of the expansion.

Councilman Tom DuBois proposed not selling any permits to employees in the newly annexed areas until staff has a better sense of how the employees are using their permits. While regular em-

Utility rates set to rise in Palo Alto Combination of drought, growing capital costs could add 9 percent to average bill

by Gennady Sheyner

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mark the first time in decades that all rates will rise at the same time. Jane Ratchye, assistant director of the Utilities Department, noted Wednesday that the 2016 increases had been projected a year ago, when officials were coming up with rates for the current fiscal year. Even so, the new projections show that the rate hikes will have to be more sizeable than initially expected.

“We know it’s going to be quite a big hit for everyone,” Rates Manager Eric Keniston told the Utilities Advisory Commission Wednesday. “We know electricity will probably be higher than the 10 percent (shown here). We’re hoping we can get through this OK.” The reasons for the increases are many, though in most cases they are tied to the ongoing drought. Because the city usually draws about half of its electric load from hydroelectric sources,

best way to protect the quality of the Crescent Park neighborhood is to simply not sell parking permits to employees.

Those blocks that are petitioning to get into the district are not doing so because they like the new system, Beamer said, but because they have been presented with a “fait accompli” and a difficult choice: Buy a permit or be inundated with cars.

“Please don’t think these petitioners are cheerfully agreeing to convert their blocks into parking lots for downtown offices. Now you can provide them with that option,” he said.

The council, however, decided to go along with the staff proposal.

Unlike in the current program, however, the employee permits would be distributed throughout downtown by zones — a move intended to keep commuter vehicles from clustering around downtown’s commercial core. Now, each permit would specify the zone in which the driver is allowed to park.

The council approved the proposal, even as members acknowledged that as soon as the annexation occurs, the problem will only continue to spread to the blocks that will remain without parking restrictions.

“It is moving just like a flight of birds,” Kniss said of the parking problem. “When you tell them they can’t (park) here, they just go further. They go further east or further south. I don’t see this resolving the problem whatsoever.”

Yet council members also acknowledged that they need to honor the residents’ petitions.

Wolbach noted that the residents of the blocks seeking annexation have made it clear that “they don’t like what they see and are asking us for a redress of grievances.”

“I am reluctant to further delay granting that redress of grievance to those streets,” Wolbach said. Q

Projected increases to average residential bill

UTILITIES

alo Alto residents should brace themselves for a dramatic spike in their utility bills in July, with electricity, gas, water and wastewater rates all set to go up at the same time.

That is the early projection from the city’s Utilities Department, which is planning to raise electricity rates this year for the first time since 2009. While the tentative plan calls for bumping the rates by 10 percent, staff said Wednesday that the increase could end up being 12 percent or higher.

Altogether, the rate changes are expected to add about 9 percent to the median residential utility bill, or about $23.25 per month. As of last July, the median residential bill in Palo Alto was $245.23.

Though growing bills are a familiar trend to Palo Alto’s utility customers, particularly during a time of drought, this year could

ployee permits would be limited to 2,000 in the second phase of the program, workers would also be able to purchase hangtag and daily permits that can be swapped among cars. DuBois’ proposal, which the council ultimately accepted, calls for staff to come back with a plan for monitoring the permits and distributing the permitted parking locations throughout the downtown area.

“I feel we haven’t looked at this in terms of, ‘What are the easy loopholes?’” DuBois said. “We know there are businesses being run out of homes, hotels run out of homes. This permit process seems like a good opportunity to moderate this stuff.”

DuBois also added a provision requiring staff to reduce the number of permits sold to employees by 10 percent (or 200 permits) every year, with the goal of selling none by 2026. Staff had originally proposed this reduction, though the council had rejected it in December.

This time, the five participating council members — DuBois, Filseth, Liz Kniss, Greg Schmid and Cory Wolbach — all agreed to re-insert it into the ordinance.

The council largely agreed with Filseth’s position that the purpose of the parking-permit program is, above all, neighborhood protection.

“It’s about the piece of the Comprehensive Plan that says we’re going to protect neighborhoods from impacts of commercial vehicles,” Filseth said. “The solution for transportation is the TMA (Transportation Management Association, a new nonprofit aimed at reducing the number of commuters who drive solo) and potential parking garages, but RPP has to be about protecting the quality of neighborhoods.”

Norm Beamer, president of the Crescent Park Neighborhood Association, made his case that the

the drought means that Palo Alto has had to buy its electricity from elsewhere. At the same time, the electric utility’s hydro stabilization reserve, which the department dipped into in prior years to avoid rate increases, has all but dried up, making rate hikes unavoidable, according to staff.

The goal, Keniston said, is to get the utility back to cost-recovery levels. The big wildcard, he noted, is the drought, which is now in its fourth year.

“The longer this goes on, the more we have to go out and buy market power, which is more expensive,” Keniston said.

Other factors that could further impact the electricity rates include the addition of a new transmissoin line and new smart-grid initiatives, according to staff.

Water rates, which went up by 13 percent last July, are also expected to continue on their up-

FY 2017

$23.25

FY 2018

$23.76

FY 2019

$21.32

FY 2020

$14.38

FY 2021

$14.52 Source: City of Palo Alto

ward trajectory. Staff expects to raise water rates by 9 percent in July and projects similar increases in the following two years.

These bumps are generally tied to the cost of buying water wholesale from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

While the cost hovered around $1 per 100 cubic feet of water a decade ago, it stands at more than $4 today.

Palo Alto is also contributing toward the commission’s ambitious $4.8-billion effort to upgrade the Hetch Hetchy system.

The rate hikes aren’t expected to stop this year. Staff is projecting raising the water rates by another 10 percent in July 2017 and again in July 2018.

The rates for natural gas, meanwhile, are expected to go up by 7 percent in July, driven in

large part by the growing costs of transporting the gas through PG&E’s pipelines. According to staff, PG&E’s transportation costs are projected to nearly double in the current year. The city’s own efforts to upgrade its gas infrastructure — including a large-scale crossbore inspection program and gas-main replacements — are also contributing to the higher costs.

Unlike the electricity rates, the gas rates are effectively in line with staff’s predictions from last year of about 7 percent. At the same time, the Utility Department is now expecting to see largerthan-anticipated increases in the next few years. The city’s prior forecast for 2016-2022 predicted gas rates would go up by 7 percent (continued on page 12)

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With the race to succeed Assemblyman Rich Gordon in Sacramento heating up, Cupertino Mayor Barry Chang has raised more than $330,000 for his campaign, overtaking Palo Alto Councilman Marc Berman and Mountain View Councilman Mike Kasperzak, according to documents filed earlier this week with the California Secretary of State.

The campaign filings show Chang receiving $336,708 in contributions between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2015. With only $473 in expenditures, Chang ended the year with $336,236 in his campaign chest.

The campaign filings show the Berman campaign ending 2015 with $259,800 in cash. Two other candidates, patent attorney Vicky Veenker and Kasperzak, had $192,240 and $140,540, respectively.

All four are are looking to replace the termed-out Gordon in the 24th Assembly District, which includes Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Mountain View and parts of Cupertino, along with other cities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

The latest campaign filings show Berman received $92,353 in contributions in the July to December reporting period. Kasperzak received $60,917 in the same period.

Menlo Park Councilman Peter Ohtaki and Palo Alto resident Seelam Reddy have also declared their intentions to seek the Assembly seat, though neither has filed a campaign statement electronically. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Yelp not moving into College Terrace Centre Business-review company Yelp has decided not to move into the College Terrace Centre in Palo Alto after all, Yelp spokesman Vince Sollitto said, citing construction delays.

“Yelp decided to expand in Chicago instead of the oft-delayed Palo Alto location and reached an agreement with the landlord to vacate the lease and make it available to another tenant,” Sollitto wrote in an email, which also noted the decision came in early 2015.

San Francisco-based business-review company Yelp announced plans in September 2014 to move into the College Terrace Centre, taking 38,000 square feet of office space at the 65,382-square-foot mixed-use, transit-oriented development at 2180 El Camino Real.

But a month prior to signing its agreement at College Terrace, Yelp announced in August 2014 that it would also open a large campus at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, according to the company.

Yelp’s departure might be fortuitous for the developers, who were able to negotiate a new pre-lease agreement for an unknown sum with another company for the entire 45,572 square feet of office space, according to a press release by Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company that is a partner at College Terrace Centre. Greystone announced its partnership with property owners the Clara E. Chilcote Trust on Jan. 15.

Palo Alto developer Jim Baer, who leases a nearby space to First Republic Bank, said that to his knowledge the company plans to lease the development for branch banking on the ground floor and the upper floor for financial services and professional offices.

The College Terrace project is about 55 percent completed. It is scheduled to open in late summer, Greystone said. Q — Sue Dremann

Palo Alto firms up rules for pumping groundwater Responding to rising citizen concern, Palo Alto officials on Monday took aim at the controversial practice of “dewatering” and approved new rules for property owners who wish to pump groundwater so they can build basements.

The large number of basement projects and the ongoing drought have given rise to a new grassroots group, Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater, which has been lobbying the City Council to curtail the practice of dewatering and to treat groundwater as a precious natural resource.

The grassroots group scored its first major victory Monday night when the council approved a set of actions aimed at educating residents, accommodating use of discharged water and ensuring that impacts on surrounding properties are considered.

The most significant new rule is a requirement that applicants submit a statement of effects of the groundwater pumping on nearby buildings, infrastructure, trees and landscaping. This requirement will take effect this spring.

Other changes include new requirements for fill stations, which allow the non-potable groundwater to be recaptured and used for other means, including construction cleanup and irrigation. These stations, which are already required, would now have to offer sufficient water pressure to accommodate multiple users.

The council voted 7-2, with council members Karen Holman and Greg Schmid dissenting (taking the position that the proposal didn’t go far enough), to adopt the new rules. Council members acknowledged that these were only the first of a series of actions that they plan to take on this topic in the coming months. Q — Gennady Sheyner

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Jay Paul scales back its development plans for California Avenue Company withdraws one of its two research-and-development proposals on Park Boulevard

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fter more than a year of commission reviews and design revisions, Jay Paul Company has withdrawn the application for one of its two proposed research-and-development projects in the bustling area near the California Avenue Caltrain station.

The San Francisco-based developer informed the city of its decision to withdraw the application for 3045 Park Blvd. in a letter last month. The project was one of four “pipeline” projects that the City Council agreed to give preference to in evaluating which developments should be allowed to proceed under the city’s new cap on office space.

The office cap — which applies to downtown, the area around California Avenue and El Camino Real — limits construction of new office and research-and-development projects to 50,000 square feet a year total in those three areas. Because Jay Paul has been going through the approval process for both 3045 Park and 2747 Park since October 2014, the council agreed last year that these two projects should be placed at the head of the line.

The 29,120-square-foot devel-

opment proposed for 3047 Park would have taken up more than a half of the cap total. Now that the application is withdrawn, Jay Paul is focusing on getting approval for 2747 Park, a 47-foottall, three-story building that would also be used for research and development and that would replace an existing single-story building between Page Mill Road and Sheridan Avenue.

Ray Paul, executive vice president of Jay Paul Company, wrote in a letter to the city that it is “crucially important to us that this action (the withdrawal of the application for 3045 Park Boulevard) not derail our application to develop 2747 Park Boulevard in 2016.

“Consequently our withdrawal of 3045 Park Boulevard is conditioned on the City’s ability to keeping this project on track for approval in 2016,” Paul wrote.

The withdrawal of 3045 Park has already had one significant effect on the city’s approval process for 2747 Park. First of all, it reduces the number of projects competing for approval under the new cap. In addition, it allows Jay Paul to avoid performing an Environ-

mental Impact Report (EIR) — a detailed analysis of the two projects’ impacts on things like traffic, noise and the natural environment.

Whereas before, Jay Paul planned to order the analysis for the two developments, now staff is limiting its environmental review to what’s known as a “mitigated negative declaration” — a less stringent analysis. The document was released last week and the public comment period on the document will remain open until Feb. 29.

According to the traffic analysis for the 2747 Park, the project would result in about 541 new vehicle trips daily, including 75 in the peak morning hours and 110 in the peak evening hours.

Though the “level of service” at the intersections around the project would remain unchanged, the new development would add 1.3 seconds to the time it takes to cross the chronically congested intersection of Page Mill and El Camino Real during the morning commute. The intersection currently functions at service level “E” in the morning and at level

Cities join forces to back transportation-funding plan Palo Alto prepares to endorse allocations of $6 billion from proposed county tax measure

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raise their stature in negotiations with the VTA. The details of the conceptual plan were hashed out by city representatives during a series of meetings since late 2015.

On Jan. 8, city officials agreed to adopt an “advocacy position” that each would take to his or her city council for approval. The Palo Alto council is scheduled to consider this plan on Feb. 8.

Much like a prior proposal from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a business-advocacy organization that is leading the drive for the tax measure, the plan from the nine cities would devote $1.2 billion for the extension of BART to San Jose, a project that has eaten up roughly 80 percent of the revenue from the last two ballot measures. The cities’ plan, however, also specifies other funding priorities. It would give preference to Caltrain improvements, allocating $1.3 billion: $400,000 for projects that would increase the number of passengers the rail line could serve, such as longer trains and sta-

A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss the status of its negotiations with the SEIU and the firefighter, police and utility managers unions. The council will then discuss the Community Services and Facilities element in the Comprehensive Plan; approve the administrative guidelines for the city’s new office cap; and consider an advocacy position for the 2016 transportation tax measure. The closed session will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8. Regular meeting will follow at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hear an informational update on a Center for Disease Control (CDC) study on youth suicide clusters and vote on the creation of an advisory committee on renaming school facilities as well as discuss a new “joint student support system” committee, funding to support mental health and wellness in the 201516 school year and the renewal of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Altos School District. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 9, in the board room at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee will discuss a proposed ordinance banning smoking at multi-family residences and creating a licensing program for tobacco retailers. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission will consider an application for a single-story overlay in Royal Manor and discuss a 39,908-square-foot development proposed for 2515-2585 El Camino Real. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board will discuss 1250 Bryant St., which includes additions and alterations to a two-story residence and construction of a secondary-dwelling unit and a two-car garage in the Professorville Historic District. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission is tentatively scheduled to discuss the speaker series, “An Immigrant Experience in Palo Alto”; select the CDBG Review Committee members; and discuss plans for the joint HRC/Council study session. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Q

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ith Santa Clara County cruising toward a November transportation tax measure, Palo Alto and eight other cities in the north county and west valley are rallying behind a new plan for how the $6 billion from the measure would be spent.

Officials from the cities have been holding meetings in recent months and lobbying the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to pursue a regional strategy for transportation improvements, including a systemwide plan that would integrate mass-transit initiatives, highway fixes and community-level transit services. The measure, which is proposing a 1/2 cent sales-tax increase, is projected to raise about $6 billion over 30 years.

Now, the nine cities — Palo Alto, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Mountain View, Saratoga and Sunnyvale — are coalescing around a plan that they hope will

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tion enhancements, and $900,000 for a countywide “grade-separation” program. The latter would submerge the train tracks under street crossings, or vice versa. It’s an initiative that has emerged in the past year as one of Palo Alto’s top transportation priorities.

In addition to the rail projects, the cities’ funding plan would devote $1 billion to local streets and roads, funds that each jurisdiction could use for either maintenance or new projects. Another $1 billion would be used for improving county expressways, while $500,000 would be allocated to the “streets and highways” category, which focuses on “regionally significant roadways,” according to a new report from Palo Alto’s Department of Planning and Community Environment.

In another departure from prior proposals, the cities coalition proposes to allocate $500,000 for congestion relief and “transportation-demand management” programs, which aim to get people

out of their cars and into other modes of transportation.

While the agreement between the cities allows each to make its own tweaks to the overall plan, the idea is to present a unified vision and increase the bargaining power of those jurisdictions that are farthest from the county’s power center in San Jose.

The concept plan has already secured the unanimous endorsement of the Palo Alto council’s Rail Committee, which voted on Jan. 27 to forward the discussion to the full council. At the meeting, members of the committee lauded the proposal, particularly its emphasis on Caltrain improvements and traffic-reduction measures.

They acknowledged, however, that some of the spending categories (including “expressway”) remain vague and are subject to further refinement.

Councilman Tom DuBois said he supports improving the interchange at Page Mill Road and Interstate 280 to accommodate more cars and create better bike pathways. Others on the council have been more skeptical about the county proposal to add new lanes on Page Mill, unless the additional lanes are carpool lanes.

Everyone on the Rail Committee agreed, however, that allocating funds from the tax measure for reducing the number of solo car commuters would be a good investment. DuBois recommend-

ed devoting $500,000 — or about 8 percent — of the tax-measure funds to congestion relief. Transportation-demand management is cheaper than construction, he noted. Mayor Pat Burt concurred.

“We want to see those dollars used for congestion relief in a broad sense, with traffic management and transportation-demandmanagement measures, rather than merely expressway expansion and capacity,” Burt said at the Rail Committee meeting.

Committee members agreed that some of the definitions in the concept plan will need to be hashed out further. They also agreed that changing the allotments at this point could jeopardize the coalition, which is why they unanimously approved the plan as presented.

“If there is a need for north county and west valley cities to show a unified front at this stage, knowing that this isn’t written in stone, I’m comfortable with that,” Committee Chair Marc Berman said.

If the full council concurs and adopts the coalition’s position, it will follow in the footsteps of Mountain View’s council, which voted 6-1 (with John Inks dissenting) to support the plan. The councils of Campbell and Cupertino are also scheduled to take up the subject in early February.

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vice president for research and chief scientific officer at Genentech, where he led 1,400 scientists in disease research and drug discovery for cancer, immune disorders, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative diseases, according to the university.

In 2011, he assumed his current post as president of The Rockefeller University. There, he led the Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, moved the school â&#x20AC;&#x153;deeper in to the cultural fabric of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;? and launched an almost $1 billion capital campaign, Denning said. He also helped to establish the New York Genome Center, an international consortium of academic, medical and industry leaders working on translating genomic research.

Tessier-Lavigne is also a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tireless advocate for societal support of science,â&#x20AC;? the university press release states. He has testified before Congress on the need for federal

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funding of research and championed growth of the New York bioscience community, according to the university.

Tessier-Lavigneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early life was more humble: He was born in Ontario, Canada, to a father who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t finish high school and a mother who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attend college, he said Thursday.

A â&#x20AC;&#x153;typical Canadian army family,â&#x20AC;? they moved around the country and to Europe, where he completed most of his schooling, he said. He mostly attended French schools in London and in Brussels until college â&#x20AC;&#x201D; experiences that gave him a â&#x20AC;&#x153;global view,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Tessier-Lavigne went on to obtain an undergraduate degree in physics from McGill University and later a second undergraduate degree in philosophy and physiology from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

He said it was this exposure of physiology that led him to neuroscience. He then earned a doctorate in physiology from the University College London and did postdoctoral work there as well as at Columbia University.

From 1991 to 2001, he taught at UCSF, beginning as an assistant professor of anatomy and rising to associate and then full professor of anatomy and of biochemistry and biophysics, according to the university. From 2001 to 2005, he taught biological sciences at Stanford and held the Susan B. Ford Professorship, having been recruited by Hennessy. While at UCSF at Stanford, he was also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Last year, he also co-founded a San Francisco biotech company called Denali Therapeutics to research drug therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. He also previously co-founded a neuroscience startup called Renovis,

which was later acquired.

Tessier-Lavigne said Thursday that he will first meet with every segment of the campus community to â&#x20AC;&#x153;seek to understand the opportunities and challenges facing the university, and to hear your aspirations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fundamental law of great institutions that they never stay the same; they either move forward, or they recede,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and our charge is to ensure that Stanford, as extraordinary as it already is, continues to get better and better, year in and year out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How will we achieve this? As a community.â&#x20AC;?

Tessier-Lavigne said he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speculate on what specific plans might emerge out of dialogue with the campus community, but he identified several core principles that he said will guide the work.

The first is a sustained commitment to â&#x20AC;&#x153;the importance of liberal arts education as the best way to prepare students for an impactful life.â&#x20AC;? He later commented on a declining appreciation in the United States for liberal arts education, â&#x20AC;&#x153;eroded over time as people become more and more focused on more careerist approaches.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievements at all stages of biomedicine â&#x20AC;&#x201D; basic research, translational research, and public application â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are truly exceptional,â&#x20AC;? Denning said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but equally critical for us is his deep commitment to strengthening what he sees as the endangered liberal arts values in our undergraduate education. He has stated his commitment to supporting and strengthening those doing research and teaching not only in STEM fields, but in the social sciences, humanities, arts and the professions.â&#x20AC;?

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Palo Altans’ opinions on local transportation 80 66 70 62 2010 60 2015 47 50 44 40 31 26 30 20 10 0 Traffic flow on local streets Ease of travel by car Ease of travel by public transportation

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number of people who rated traffic flow on local streets as “good” or “excellent” dropped from 47 to 31 percent, while the proportion giving these two ratings to “ease of travel by car” declined from 66 percent to 44 percent. When asked about ease of travel by public transportation, only 26 percent gave the city high marks, down from 62 percent in 2010.

City Manager James Keene noted that these problems aren’t unique to Palo Alto. Keene said he rarely travels to the East Bay now because the traffic has gotten so bad.

“It’s not like we get out of Palo Alto and it’s smooth sailing to Mountain View or Redwood City,” Keene said. “The situation has gotten worse all over the Bay Area.”

Burt concurred with Scharff’s idea to make mobility a separate priority. Though he acknowledged that it’s connected to other land-use issues, there is nothing unusual about different council priorities having linkages between them, he said.

“When we look at the community survey and what we perceive as what’s going on with today’s community and subregionally, the top problem that’s been identified is transportation,” Burt said.

Making transportation a subset of the built community priority, he argued, would send a mixed signal.

“I just think it stands as its own priority, and I think the communi-

ty is going to question why we’re not placing as one of our priorities the thing that’s most important to the community at this time.”

Berman and Wolbach also indicated that they would support a motion from Scharff to make mobility a separate priority. However, Councilman Greg Schmid disagreed and argued that doing so would obscure the related reasons for why the traffic has gotten so bad.

“Is the problem transportation, or is the problem how we created that mobility issue?” Schmid asked. “It seems to me in our Comprehensive Plan we are trying to deal with the issue of development caps, jobs, housing, balances or imbalances and mobility as a manifestation of this deeper problem.”

Council members, Tom DuBois, Eric Filseth, Karen Holman and Liz Kniss all concurred that the issue of mobility, while critical, is so intertwined with other land-use factors that they should be kept together, and they supported Schmid’s substitute motion, which prevailed by a single vote.

Council members also offered their own thoughts on issues that should demand more attention from the council and staff. For Wolbach, housing ranked high on the list.

“You sometimes hear the idea that ... Palo Alto has always been a very expensive place,” Wolbach said. “But according to our residents and their comments about housing costs, they are not impressed.”

Wolbach cited the statistics

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behind the tentative proposal, everyone expects further changes down the line. Councilman Greg Scharff, who in late January attended a meeting with officials from other coalition cities and with Carl Guardino, president of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, said he expects the discussion in advance of the ballot measure to be an “iterative process.” Yet he also called the funding plan “a really positive proposal” and urged his colleagues not to make any changes that would undermine the cities’ negotiating position.

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from Richardson’s presentation, showing the median household income increased by about 20 percent between 2010 and 2015.

In the same period, the price of a median single-family home went up by 60 percent.

“Housing costs have increased three times the rate of income in Palo Alto,” Wolbach said. “If you’re trying to switch from one residence in Palo Alto to another — maybe trying to downsize — that makes it very difficult to do that.”

After setting its priorities, the council set its attention to prioritizing the roughly 70 major projects on the city staff’s growing to-do list. To determine which projects should be ranked highest, council members placed green stickers on sheets of paper next to those projects they see as most important.

Not surprisingly, transportation once again dominated the list.

After each council member distributed his or her 24 stickers, the top vote-getter was “grade separation” of railroad tracks (submerging the tracks under the crossing streets, or vice versa), which received seven stickers. Projects that got six stickers were local transportation funding; traffic signal timing; the bike and pedestrian master plan; the implementation of the Housing Element; the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan; and a new public-safety building. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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manity,” a personal passion of his, Tessier-Lavigne said, reflecting on his neuroscience research. (His research has focused on the cause and treatment of degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as on therapies for spinal cord injuries, according to the university.)

Tessier-Lavigne said he also plans to focus on undergraduate teaching, undergraduate education, research and “foster(ing) great inquiry in all disciplines, across the board.”

Beyond this, there are many issues on the top of his mind, he said, particularly those of concern to students in recent years: diversity and inclusion, sexual assault, and the health of the school environ-

ment for those who live and work there. In response to questions from the media, he said he feels well-prepared to work with student activists on these issues, based on his experience interacting with students with similar concerns at The Rockefeller University.

“The university must strive to lead on these issues and be responsive to student concerns while remaining true to the core values and mission of the university,” Tessier-Lavigne said.

Hennessy will continue in the post until Aug. 31, and TessierLavigne will take over on Sept. 1, according to the university.

John Etchemendy, who has served as provost with Hennessy since 2000, will continue in his role with Tessier-Lavigne until a successor is appointed for his position. Q

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board (ARB)

1700 Embarcadero Road [15PLN-00394]: Request

by Deeg Snyder, on behalf of Jones Palo Alto Real Property, LLC. for a Major Architectural Review to demolish the existing approximately 18,000 square feet building and to construct a new approximately 62,000 square feet building for an automobile dealership in the CS (D) Service Commercial and Site Design Review Combining District. The application includes Design Enhancement Exception requests to allow deviation from the 10 feet build-to-line from Embarcadero Road and Bayshore Road and deviation from the height limit requirement to accommodate elevators for rooftop access. A request to allow zoning change for the Automobile Dealership (AD) overlay is also being considered separately by the Planning and Transportation Commission. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration are being prepared. Project Planner: Sheldon A Sing 3225 El Camino Real [15PLN-00003]: Request by Hayes Group Architects for Architectural Review of a new 29,249 sq. ft. mixed-use project, replacing the existing 7,000 sq. ft. retail building, that includes eight residential units and 11,984 sq. ft. of commercial space. The two-building project includes surface parking and one level of below-grade parking under the two and four story structures, providing a total of 74 parking spaces. Project includes a shared parking reduction request of 1% (1 space) and a Design Enhancement Exception request for a 3% reduction to the Build-To-Line requirement. Zoning District: CS Service Commercial. Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration have been prepared. Project Planner: Clare Campbell 2501 Embarcadero Way [File 15-PLN-00371]: Request by Public Works for Site and Design Review of a New Two-Story, 7,500 Square Foot, 50-Foot Tall Building Designed to Handle Sludge De-watering and Truck Load-outs, with Adjacent Stand-by Generator, Outdoor Equipment Area and Landscaping Improvements to be Centrally Located on the Regional Water Quality Control Plant Site.

A Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration Has Been Published and Circulated for a 30-day Public Review and Comment Period. Zone District Jodie Gerhardt Current Planning Manager The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • February 5, 2016 • Page 11

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this year and by 4 percent in each of the next three years. Now, the forecast calls for following this year’s rate increase with three consecutive 5 percent bumps.

The rising gas rates are also driven partially by the fact that people have been using less gas in the past year, which results in less revenue for the gas utility.

Because the Utilities Department still has to face the high fixed cost of delivering the gas, it has

to compensate for the lower revenues by raising rates.

Then there is wastewater, which has become more expensive to treat, according to utilities staff.

Like with gas, staff is envisioning several years of increases, starting with 9 percent in fiscal year 2017 (which begins on July 1, 2016) and then moving to 10 percent in each of the next two fiscal years.

The figures are still tentative and subject to revision, staff told the utilities commission Wednesday. Next month, the commission will see a more detailed report with projected rate changes. The City Council is expected to con-

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sider them in June.

The commission didn’t spend much time discussing the rates Wednesday, though Commissioner Steve Eglash asked staff to take another look at the various reserves and come back with figures showing what the “smallest possible bill change” could be. Commissioner James Cook said that while no one likes to see rate increases, it is critical for the city to run “prudent reserves” and to have a “safe and reliable infrastructure.”

“While we don’t want increases, we also don’t want to be Flint, Michigan,” Commissioner James Cook said, referring to the city where the water was found to be contaminated with lead. “We want to make sure this is done prudently.” Q

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“D” in the evening (“F” is the lowest possible score). When the analysis takes into consideration other area developments that have been approved but not yet constructed, the level of service drops to “F” in the morning and to “E” in the evening.

To address the congestion, Jay Paul would be required to help the city pay for a new traffic signal at the intersection of Park and Page Mill Road. The environmental analysis also recommends that Jay Paul install signs at the corner of Sheridan and Page Mill directing pedestrians to use Park and California Avenue to access the Cal-

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City Council (Feb. 1)

Groundwater: The council approved changes to the city’s regulations for groundwater pumping for basement construction. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach No: Holman, Schmid Parking: The council approved an expansion of the downtown Residential Preferential Parking district. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Kniss, Schmid, Wolbach Recused: Berman, Burt, Holman, Scharff

Council Committee Finance (Feb. 2)

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Fees: The committee discussed a cost-of-services study for planning fees and considered a schedule for implementation of fee increases and adjustments.

Action: None

Utilities Advisory Commission (Feb. 3)

Sustainability: The commission heard a presentation from Chief Sustainability Officer Gil Friend about the city’s new Sustainability and Climate Action Plan.

Action: None Rates:The commission heard a presentation about proposed rate increases for fiscal year 2017. Action: None

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train station. Another recommendation is that Jay Paul install “yield to bicycles” signs along Park.

Meanwhile, Jay Paul’s decision to pull back its plans for 3045 Park represents yet anther change for the centrally located site. In 2013, Jay Paul proposed using this site to help construct Palo Alto’s new public-safety building, which would be attached to a large public garage. In exchange, the company requested approval of a massive office development next to the AOL headquarters at 395 Page Mill. The project, which would have brought 311,000 square feet of commercial development to the already congested area, was summarily panned by the council and ultimately withdrawn by Jay Paul.

With the withdrawal of 3045 Park, the development projects subject to the ordinance this year “may total just slightly more than 50,000 square feet,” according to a new report from the Department of Planning and Community Environment. The new ordinance evaluates the projects that are going through the city’s approval process as of March 31 and creates a competition between developments based on traffic impacts, design quality, environmental impacts and value to the community.

The proposed scorecard, which the council is set to review on Feb. 8, also gives a slight preference to mixed-use projects that include housing, retail and cultural amenities such as art galleries and studios. The council will also review on Feb. 8 the proposed administrative guidelines for the new office cap, which is set to remain in place for either two years or until the adoption of the city’s updated Comprehensive Plan.

Even without the office cap, Jay Paul’s proposal for 2747 Park still has several hurdles to clear before it wins the city’s approval. Last

Upfront month, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Architectural Review Board discussed and generally lauded the proposed design for the new building. At the same time, board member Peter Baltay expressed concerns that the new development is effectively an office building going up in a zone that was intended for light-industrial use. He said he would not be able to support a finding showing that the project complies with

the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zoning policies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a requirement of the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval (the board did not take any votes on the project at that meeting). â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a speculative office building, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fairly handsome one as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming along,â&#x20AC;? Baltay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily disagree with that use, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for us to ignore (the requirement for zoning compliance).â&#x20AC;? Q

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Drones prohibited over Super Bowl airspace With the long-awaited Super Bowl 50 fast approaching, the Federal Aviation Administration is reminding Bay Area residents not to try to get a droneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-eye view of the big game. (Posted Feb. 3, 3:37 p.m.)

Police: Woman groped in downtown Palo Alto Police are looking for a man who allegedly groped a woman in downtown Palo Alto Tuesday evening, according to a police department press release. (Posted Feb. 3, 8:36 a.m.)

Stanford Blood Center in need of donations to avoid shortage With an estimated two to three million people expected to visit the Bay Area for Super Bowl 50, the Stanford Blood Center is seeking donors to help them stock up on blood. (Posted Feb. 3, 8:10 a.m.)

Community Notebook: Parents start local mental-health support group A group of parents who saw a need for a locally based, ongoing group to support other parents concerned about the mental health and well-being of their teens will be launching such a group this month. (Posted Feb. 3, 8 a.m.)

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Changing the tideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on youth mental illness More than 300 local parents, educators, clinicians and community members gathered Tuesday morning to discuss ways to combat what one speaker called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;new normâ&#x20AC;? for teenagers in the area: alarmingly high rates of anxiety, stress, depression and death by suicide. (Posted Feb. 2, 4:13 p.m.)

East Palo Alto man found guilty in 2013 shooting of YMCA coach An East Palo Alto man was found guilty Monday of shooting and injuring a YMCA wellness coach as he was walking home from work in 2013, prosecutors said Tuesday. (Posted Feb. 2, 1:22 p.m.)

Community Notebook: Palo Alto hosting teen forum on Feb. 6 The Palo Alto Youth Council and City of Palo Alto are teaming up to host a second annual teen forum on Saturday, Feb. 6, to discuss topics from dealing with stress and tackling mental illness to helping friends in need. (Posted Feb. 1, 11:02 a.m.)

Traveling to Super Bowl 50? Bring a clear plastic bag Anyone traveling to Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stadium to watch Super Bowl 50 on Valley Transportation Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (VTA) light-rail trains had better not bring any bags on board other than clear plastic ones, Santa Clara County Transportation Authority officials said. (Posted Feb. 1, 11:01 a.m.)

Expect traffic, parking changes related to Super Bowl 50 The Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers arrived in the Bay Area yesterday for Super Bowl 50, which will be held at Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stadium in Santa Clara Sunday, Feb. 7. (Posted Feb. 1, 10:49 a.m.)

VIDEO: On â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Behind the Headlinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; On the half-hour webcast, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Behind the Headlines,â&#x20AC;? Publisher Bill Johnson leads a discussion with reporters Elena Kadvany and Gennady Sheyner about new school proposals and the possible construction of more â&#x20AC;&#x153;grannyâ&#x20AC;? apartments to deal with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing shortage. (Posted Jan. 29, 3:05 p.m.)

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busy. Many hotels were close to being sold out days before the game, with only a few rooms left, reservations staff said during a phone canvass of local establishments.

Jose Sandoval, revenue reservation manager for the Garden Court Hotel, said the hotel was starting to see increasing numbers of people reserving blocks of rooms, which were going for $750 per night, double occupancy. The hotel had already sold out of rooms with two beds. Garden Court had a three-night stay minimum with no-refund deposit but might drop the requirement to a two-night minimum, he said.

At Dinahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden Hotel, the average two-person room was going for $281.50 to $369, depending on the day. The higher-end Railroad Barron Signature Suite, which includes a wet bar, was still available on Wednesday at $559.

And Stanford Terrace Inn had a few rooms left, with a standard double going for $422. Crowne Plaza Palo Alto had four of its king-bed rooms left late this week at $451.81, according to its website.

But the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most obvious places for a football celebration, sports bars, arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t planning anything unusual, employees and managers said. The Old Pro on Ramona Street planned nothing beyond what the sports bar does

every year for the Super Bowl: patrons can make reservations, and they pick their seats when they arrive to view the game on multiple screens. Tickets are $40, with $20 going toward food and beverages, an employee said.

At The Patio on Emerson Street, â&#x20AC;&#x153;happy hourâ&#x20AC;? will last from the beginning of the game through the end, and pizza will be available, another employee said.

The biggest advertised event, at Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, is the $500-per-person NFL Alumni Gameday Brunch with 10 â&#x20AC;&#x153;pro-football legends.â&#x20AC;?

The Calave Wine Bar on California Avenue will also host a Super Bowl 50 party on game day for $100 per person â&#x20AC;&#x201D; limited to the first 50 people, by reservation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which will include an all-you-can-eat appetizer, taco and nacho bar and all-you-candrink beer and wine on tap, according to their advertisements.

Kleinberg said that corporations often book private restaurant dining rooms for Super Bowl parties. But in Palo Alto, a check of local restaurants found that rooms were not sold out.

At New Orleans-themed bar and restaurant Nola downtown, a 40-person lounge is booked for a cocktail and appetizer party on game day.

The restaurant plans to hold happy hour during the game for all other patrons, an employee said.

But Cafe Pro Bono on Birch Street in the California Avenue retail district, another locale not-

ed for its private dining room, did not have any private-room bookings related to the Super Bowl, an employee said.

At the Crowne Plazaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4290 Bistro, about three or four parties were booked for Super Bowl latemorning brunches, a restaurant employee said. But meeting rooms at the hotel are not being booked exclusively for Super Bowl events, according to Sales and Catering Coordinator Kelsey Krimmer.

The meat loversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pampas restaurant on Alma Street is not counting on any Super Bowl Sunday business. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing to accommodate an employee party, staff said.

Kleinberg noted that most of the action is in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, for example, is hosting a Pro Football Hall of Fame Super Bowl Luncheon honoring John Madden on Friday at $1,000 per seat. She recalled being a part of the hoopla during a Super Bowl event in San Diego, where busloads of corporate visitors were escorted from their luxury hotels to the stadium by a police contingent. Police shut down the San Diego Freeway to accommodate the caravan.

But this year, Kleinberg plans a low-key Super Bowl 50 celebration in keeping with Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s muted tone: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to stay home and be cozy and make popcorn and watch it on TV,â&#x20AC;? she said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglary attempt. . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto burglary attempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 16 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . 10 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 9 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Casualty/fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Education code/misc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Soliciting without permit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Violence related Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 3 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Misc. vehicle code violation . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Appropriation of lost property. . . . . . . . 1 Concealed firearm in vehicle. . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Illegal dumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Juvenile report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbal dispute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A LEASE TO PALO ALTO LAWN BOWL CLUB FOR CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 474 EMBARCADERO ROAD, PALO ALTO. CALIFORNIA Notice is hereby given that the Palo Alto City Council will consider entering into a new lease for a City owned building at 474 Embarcadero Road with Palo Alto Lawn )V^SZ *S\I 0UJ H UVU WYVÄ[ JVYWVYH[PVU HUK H WYV]PKLY of recreational events, instruction and services to residents of the City of Palo Alto and the greater Silicon Valley community. Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club has been operating at this location since 1964. This public notice is required according to the City’s Policy and Procedure Section 1-11/ASD – Leased Use of City Land/Facilities.

A copy of this notice will be mailed to property owners and tenants within 300 feet of the subject property in accordance with Section 18.77.080(d) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC). The City Council will review and HWWYV]L [OL ÄUHS SLHZL H[ H YLN\SHY *V\UJPS TLL[PUN VU Monday, March 7, 2016.

The term of the lease will be similar to the current one and will include a four (4) year term with two options to renew for two (2) additional three (3) year periods.

Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club will be responsible for rent, maintenance, and operation of the property as well as their allocated utility costs.

For additional information, please contact Hamid Ghaemmaghami, Manager of Real Property, City of Palo Alto at (650) 329-2264, or email: hamid. ghaemmghami@cityofpaloalto.com

Transitions Sally Anderson

Sally Delamater Anderson, a longtime Palo Alto resident and educator, died on Jan. 14 from complications of Parkinson’s disease.

She was 81.

She was born on July 10, 1934, in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.

She spent her childhood and teenage years there and went on to graduate from Kent State University with a degree in education. After receiving training as a teacher, she worked as an elementary school teacher in Interlaken, New York. She met her husband of 60 years, Robert Anderson, in 1954 at a Broadway production of “Kismet” in New York City.

She and Robert relocated to Palo Alto in 1965. In Palo Alto, she worked as a teacher’s aide in special education for 30 years and served as a tutor for Project Read, a literacy program in the Bay Area.

She was an avid bicyclist, averaging at times over 10,000 miles per year, travelled mostly in California and Oregon. In 1993, she biked across the country, with an average of about 85 miles a day in a trip that totaled over 5,000 miles.

She was also a talented artist and seamstress and worked at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre sewing costumes for many of the theater’s productions. Another pastime was walking her dogs each day, and she enjoyed walking through neighborhoods and at Foothills Park, the Palo Alto Baylands and other nature preserves.

She was predeceased by her son, Steve Anderson. She is survived by her husband, Robert Anderson of Palo Alto; her daughters, Karen Anderson of Palo Alto and Wendy Bogdan of Sacramento; her two grandchildren; and her dog, Seamus.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests walking a dog, planting in a garden or going for a bike ride in her memory.

Chris Martinez Christopher James Martinez Sr., an active East Palo Alto community member and resident, died on Jan. 12. He was 46.

He was born on Dec. 18, 1969, in Redwood City to Jackie and John Martinez. When he was 13, he moved to Iowa, where he played football and ran track in high school. At age 20, he came back to California and soon met Leonora Brown, an East Palo Alto resident. While they were dating,

Gerda Mosse October 3, 1925 – January 7, 2016 Gerda B. Mosse, 90, a Holocaust survivor who devoted her career to helping people and improving their well-being, died January 7 in Los Gatos. Gerda worked for many years as a county social worker in northern California. After her retirement at age 65, she worked as a psychotherapist at Hope Services until age 83, when she retired a second time.

The daughter of Ilse and Richard Bloch, Gerda was a native of Berlin who escaped Nazi persecution in Germany and went into hiding in the Netherlands as a teenager.

She survived largely with the aid of families in the Dutch countryside where Gerda worked quietly as a nanny, caring for the children of her protectors, Reverend Adriann Faber and his wife Ank. Though her formal education had been interrupted by the war years, Gerda resumed her schoolwork in September 1945 in Holland and took her secondary school examinations in May 1946.

In 1947, Gerda immigrated to the United States, settling initially in Massachusetts to attend college. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in philosophy and received a master’s degree from Columbia University School of Social Work two years later. In 1952, Gerda married Albert Mosse, with whom she had two children, Elise and Jacques. The Mosse Family lived in Los Altos Hills for almost 20 years. She married Benjamin Kazan in 1988.

Late in life, Gerda Bloch Mosse returned to Holland to honor the families who had kept her safe from the Germans, succeeding in getting the Fabers entered on the rolls of Yad Vashen, Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority.

Her son and her sister Doris predeceased her; she is survived solely by her daughter, Elise Mosse, of San Jose.

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he began attending church with the Brown family. He and Leonora married in August 1992.

He began his career at the Value Max grocery store, before later going to trade school at Opportunities Industrialization Center West (now JobTrain) for carpentry. He was employed for a time at BG Flather Construction Inc. and later found a home working as a diesel mechanic at AAA Rentals.

He loved coaching for his children’s football and baseball teams with the Palo Alto Knights and Ravenswood Little League. He also savored father-daughter dances and opportunities with family to build Legos, watch Raiders football games and read the daily devotional before bed. All of his children attended schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District.

He was predeceased by his father, James Martinez; his father-in-law, Donald Brown Sr.; and his grandparents. He is survived by his wife, Leonora Martinez of East Palo Alto; his mother-in-law, Glenda Brown of East Palo Alto; and his children, Toyita, Christopher Jr., Elijah, Jordan, Jonathan, Austin and Carmella.

He is also survived by two grandsons, Chimmie Jon and Gabriel Ontiveros; his brothers, Raymond and Gordon Martinez; his sister, Dawn Martinez; and many brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews and close friends.

A memorial service was held on Jan. 23 at the New Sweet Home Church in East Palo Alto.

Memorial donations to support the family can be made at gofundme.com/kyjbhumk.

WEDDINGS

Diane Gabl and Franz Kratz Diane Gabl and Franz Kratz will marry in February 2016 in Menlo Park. The couple first met at Menlo Church’s Impact singles group, which is led by the groom.

The bride currently works as an intellectual property attorney. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in physics and from the University of Chicago with a law degree. She is the daughter of Dr. Edward Gabl and Carol TkachGabl of Saline, Michigan.

The groom currently works as an aerospace engineer. He graduated from the University of San Francisco and Gunn High School. He is the son of Adolf and Gwendolyn Kratz of Los Altos Hills.

The bride and groom both currently reside in Palo Alto and will live together in Los Altos Hills.

FEBRUARY 2016

LivingWell A monthly special section of news

& information for seniors

Veronica Weber

The new Stanford Neuroscience Health Center unites researchers and clinicians in the same facility.

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New Stanford building gathers neuroscience researchers, clinicians Neuroscience Health Center includes clinic for memory disorders

by Chris Kenrick

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tanford University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center as well as its Center for Memory Disorders are among the groups in a brand new building combining patient clinics and research into a wide range of neurological diseases.

The five-story Stanford Neuroscience Health Center — next to the old Hoover Pavilion and across the street from Stanford Shopping Center — is designed to be a “one-stop” diagnosis and

treatment center for people with a variety of conditions including Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors and various neuromuscular challenges. It opened in January.

On a recent weekday afternoon patients — some in wheelchairs and many assisted by family members or caregivers — navigated the airy first-floor lobby.

Receptionists there serve as the check-in center for the whole

building, streamlining the process for patients who may have multiple appointments on the same day.

Besides being patient-friendly, with features such as handrails and wide corridors, the new center aims to harness the brainpower that is spread out among many departments within Stanford, said Alison Kerr, a vice-president of operations for Stanford Healthcare. (continued on page 19)

Dr. Victor Henderson, director of Stanford’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, left, speaks with Dr. Michael Greicius, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences.

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By putting doctors and departments together, treatment plans become less dependent on the staff to whom a patient happens to be referred, Kerr said.

“If you’re all working in the same area you see someone and you can just grab them and say, ‘I just saw this woman — can you look at her films or come over and talk to her?’” Kerr said.

“Most department chairs in neurology and neurosurgery don’t actually work together, but they work very well together here,” she added. “Being able to partner with our university colleagues in creating a rich environment that translates into patient care is our sweet spot.”

Stanford patients representing a range of neurological conditions helped to design the interior of the Neuroscience Health Center, Kerr said. They include people like San Carlos resident Nancy Stohn, a Parkinson’s patient who has been a feng shui consultant, interior designer, space planner and art consultant.

“Members of our Patient and Family Advisory Council chose every piece of tile, fabric and color,” Kerr said. “On chair days we brought in all the chairs we were considering for them to try out. If you have a rod in your spine, that’s really important.

“And as we were designing this space we knew it didn’t make sense to put the Alzheimer’s clinic on the first floor near a door where cars are driving because sometimes Alzheimer’s patients get frightened and they bolt,” Kerr added. “Our patients helped us understand all these things.”

The new building includes a “wellness center,” where Parkinson’s patients can participate in dance and tai chi classes, and also a small, outdoor “mobility garden” where patients can use handrails while practicing ramps, stairs and walking on concrete, sand and wood-chip surfaces.

While there’s no cure for Alzheimer’s, recent advances in understanding its underlying biological and chemical processes offer hope that breakthroughs will happen, said physician and professor Victor Henderson, who directs the Alzheimer’s Disease

Patients at the Stanford Neuroscience Health Center can practice walking across a variety of surfaces — such as cobblestones, sand, smooth pavement, dirt and stairs — in an outdoor garden.

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The current treatments of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine drugs are “better than what was available 20 years ago, but not what we need,” Henderson said.

Currently, an estimated 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and that number is expected to reach 13.8 million by 2050. The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is one of more than two dozen Alzheimer’s centers across the country funded by the National Institutes of Health.

“These are supposed to serve as centers of excellence to be on the cutting edge of finding new forms of treatment and prevention for Alzheimer’s and related dementias,” Henderson said.

Henderson’s research interests include factors that affect cognitive skills at midlife as well as different forms of mental and physical activity in older men and women, which many believe can address cognitive aging and perhaps lower the risk of dementia.

He is also studying the cognitive consequences of estrogen, testosterone and other hormones.

Stanford researchers are conducting eight clinical trials on (continued on next page)

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Avenidas honors seven with ‘Lifetime of Achievement’ awards May garden party will celebrate winners, raise funds for senior agency

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even local residents — three individuals and two couples — will be honored this spring by the senior services agency Avenidas with “Lifetime of Achievement” awards.

They are Palo Alto residents Bill Busse, Judy Koch, Marty Deggeller and Dick and Jerry Smallwood, and Los Altos residents Jim and Emy Thurber.

A garden party honoring the seven — and serving as Avenidas’s major annual fundraiser — will be held Sunday, May 15, 3 - 5 p.m. in a Palo Alto backyard.

“A common thread among this year’s honorees is that they are all hard working, humble people who have simply done the right thing because it was the right thing to

by Chris Kenrick do,” said Avenidas President and CEO Amy Andonian. “Avenidas is delighted that we have the opportunity to bring these distinguished individuals together so that they can share in the spotlight for all that they have accomplished.”

Busse, an architect, completed several large buildings at Stanford University as well as the Palo Alto Baylands Interpretive Center and the Downtown Library. His community interests have included international exchange and development, human relations, peace and arms control, Stanford Basketball, the Palo Alto Rotary Club and the natural world.

Koch began her career as an English teacher but later joined her husband in purchasing and

operating a small machine shop in Sunnyvale. The business thrived and Koch began a small library on site to encourage employees, many of whom were Spanishspeaking, to read to their children.

The venture developed into the nonprofit Bring Me a Book Foundation, which has helped 450,000 children and parents in underserved communities since 1998.

Deggeller made the decision to commit his time and engineering skills to the nonprofit sector following his 1996 retirement from a career in engineering management. The results can be seen all over Palo Alto and East Palo Alto.

Through the Kiwanis Club and the tree preservation group Canopy, Deggeller assembled, repaired,

painted, planted, maintained and oversaw many improvements, including more than two miles of irrigation lines and more than 1,000 trees.

Jim and Emy Thurber have made their marks both locally and in Washington D.C, where Jim worked for the U.S. Information Agency and Emy worked in the Washington office of former U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston. Both Thurbers have served on the Santa Clara County Democratic Committee and the California State Central Committee. Jim has been mayor of Los Altos and president of the Los Altos History Museum and has also been involved with the Association of Bay Area Governments and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Emy has been a director of the Mid-Peninsula YWCA, board president of the Sempervirens Fund and chair of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women.

Dick and Jerry Smallwood were already active in the community

and raising a family when they launched Pursuit of Excellence, a college scholarship program, in 1984. Dick, who had attended MIT on a scholarship, wanted to help make that opportunity available for others in need. The two started small, with just one student the first year. But pooling their own funds with those of others over the years, Pursuit of Excellence has helped 261 students.

The group seeks out students with challenging backgrounds for whom additional funds — between $500 and $5,000 the first year — can be the tipping point in allowing them to attend a fouryear college.

The May 15 garden party honoring all seven of this year’s Lifetime of Achievement honorees is open to the public. The $75-perperson ticket proceeds will go toward supporting Avenidas’s “programs for positive aging,” according to the organization. Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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memory disorders, including Henderson’s Aging Brain Study and Brain Bank Program. The Aging Brain Study, seeking people with Alzheimer’s, mild cognitive impairment, Lewy Body dementia, Parkinson’s and healthy volunteers, will collect medical and family histories and medication, and will follow participants over time. The Stanford Brain Bank Program is seeking a broad range of people with neurological disorders as well as healthy adults 65 and older to serve as controls.

Participants will be asked to consider donating their brains at the time of death. Scientists hope to better understand neurodegenerative disorders by comparing clinical and autopsy findings and by examining microscopic, biochemical and genetic features.

The pathologist’s brain autopsy report will be given to family members.

For healthy people hoping to improve their odds against cognitive decline, regular physical activity, social engagement and mental activity is thought to help, Henderson said.

“There are so many baby boomers,” he said. “There are things people think might make a difference, but I have to preface that by saying the kind of evidence we have (to support those links) is observational rather than experimental. It’s not the same as a clinical trial, where you randomize a large group of people.” Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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Senior Focus WALKING IN GOOD COMPANY ...

Avenidas offers two regular morning walking groups for older adults.

Tuesday walks are typically about 2 ½ flat miles in the local baylands.

Thursday walks are usually 3 to 5 miles, with some climbing, in nearby parks but sometimes farther afield.

Thursday walks in February will include Sawyer Camp Trail (Feb. 11), Coyote Point (Feb. 18) and Russian Ridge (Feb. 25). For more information or to join the mailing list, contact Patty Bellardo at patty@ bellardo.com or 650-387-5256 for Tuesday walks, and Mark Alguard at mark.alguard@gmail.com or 650575-6291 for Thursday walks.

OLDER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS ... Kandis Scott, who was in her 50s when she decided to join the Peace Corps, will present a slide show and share her experiences as an older volunteer in Romania. Today, Feb. 5, 1:30 - 3 p.m. at Avenidas.

SENIOR COMPANIONS ...

Information session on senior companions, who serve as friendly visitors for other seniors who want to remain living independently in their own homes. Senior companions provide transportation to doctor appointments, assist with grocery shopping and more. This session will cover stipend information and other benefits of becoming a senior companion. Thursday, Feb. 11, 1 p.m., Mountain View Senior Center Social Hall, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View.

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SING FOR VALENTINE’S ... Music instructor Paul Engel will lead a Valentine’s Sing Along on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2:30 - 4 p.m. at Avenidas.

Special holiday treats included. $8 for Avenidas members; $10 for nonmembers.

GARDENING TIPS ... Master gardener Roberta Barnes will discuss choosing and planting shrubs. Barnes will explain different ways of pruning shrubs and which technique is best for different plants.

Friday, Feb. 12, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Avenidas. Free.

PIANO TRIO MASTERPIECES ... The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center’s Music at Noon series presents the piano trio of Markus Pawlik, David Chernyavsky and Angela Lee performing works

by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and others. Performances include lunch.

Tuesday, Feb. 16, noon - 1:30 p.m.

RSVP to Michelle Rosengaus at mrosengaus@paloaltojcc.org or 650223-8616. Early admittance at 11:40 a.m. to those who RSVP by Feb. 14.

A CABARET OF STORYTELLING ...

Hear a variety of tellers tell personal stories and traditional folklore from around the world. This session, which includes refreshments, features graduates of Avenidas’s storytelling class taught by Enid Davis. Friday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. Free.

COMPANIONSHIP FOR CAREGIVERS ... Social worker Paula Wolfson will lead a discussion on the intimacy needs of caregivers who no longer have intimate relationships with their ill spouse or partner. She will discuss how some couples have pro-actively addressed this issue by creating “ethical wills.” For family caregivers only. Free. Thursday, Feb. 25, 3 4:30 p.m. RSVP by calling 650-2895400. Q

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Partner/Spouse Caregiver Support Group

AARP Smart Driver

Acupuncture appts available

Every Monday, 11:30am-1pm @ Avenidas.

Drop-in, free.

Refresher Course, 2-6:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for info. $15/$20

9:15-11:30am. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. $25

UNA Film Festival: “One Girl against the Mafia”

Feb. 10

Feb. 23

2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

Parkinson’s Support Group

Avenidas Village Coffee Chat

2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Call Robin Riddle @ 650-724-6090 for more info. Free.

10am @ Avenidas. RSVP required. Call 650289-5405.

Feb. 11

Presentation: “COPD: The #3 Killer in the US Today”

Feb. 2 Tuina

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Every Tuesday, 10-11am @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

2:30-4pm @ Avenidas. $8/$10

Rosen Movement

Feb. 12

Every Tuesday, 11:30am-12:30pm @ Avenidas.

Drop-in, free.

FREE OPEN HOUSE

Feb. 3 Open Chess Day

LEARN ABOUT CLASSES, ENJOY DEMOS, MEET INSTRUCTORS, AND ENTER TO WIN RAFFLE PRIZES!

Every Wednesday, 1-5pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

Mindfulness Meditation

Every Wednesday, 2-3pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

Feb. 4

RSVP REQUESTED: (650) 289-5400

Movie: “Infinitely Polar Bear”

1:30pm @ Avenidas. 0/$2

Sing the Best of Valentine’s Day

Garden Club: “Caring for Your Shrubs”

1:30-3pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to pre-register. Free.

Feb. 15 Avenidas closed

Feb. 16 Armchair Travel: Train Trip through Switzerland

2:30-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to pre-register. Free.

Feb. 17 Better Breathers Club

2:30pm @ Aveindas. Pulmonary function tests beginning at 3pm. Free.

Feb. 24 Blood Pressure Screening

9:30-10:30am @ Senior Friendship Day, 4000 Middlefield Road. Drop-in, free.

Feb. 25 Book Club: “The Beekeepers Apprentice”

by Laura King, 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Free Caregiver 101: “Caregivers, Companionship and Intimacy”

3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. RSVP requested. Call 650-289-5400. Free.

Musical Jam Session

10:30-11:30am @ Avenidas. Free.

Feb. 26

Bring your acoustic instrument or voice, 2-4pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, $3.

Feb. 18

Every Friday, 1-4pm @ Avenidas, $2/$3.

Feb. 5

10am – every Thursday. Call 650-575-6291 for trailhead info or to schedule. Free.

Every Friday, 2-4pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

Skin Cancer Screening

Feb. 29

Peace Corp Global Ambassadors: “An Older Peace Corp Volunteer in Romania”

1:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

Feb. 8 Presentation: “Life of a Service Dog” Complete schedule or info about Avenidas events, call 650-289-5400

Calendar of Events

2:30pm @ Avenidas. RSVP requested. Call 650289-5400. Free.

Because Living at Home is the Best Way to Live

Avenidas Walkers

11:30am-12:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-2895400 for appt. Free.

Feb. 19

Non-scary Duplicate Bridge Bridge Game

Senior Legal Aid appts available for

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“A Cabaret of Storytelling”

7pm @ Avenidas. Refreshments. Free.

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Pace Gallery launches art-and-tech pop-up in Menlo Park

by Sheryl Nonnenberg

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igh-tech digital installations with traditional Japanese influences are on display in “Living Digital Space and Future Parks,” the new exhibition at Pace Art + Technology, a pop-up space for the New York-based Pace Gallery. The gallery, located at Tesla’s former dealership in Menlo Park, will present the large-scale exhibition by the Japanese art collective teamLab beginning Feb. 6 and continuing through July 1.

This intersection of art and digital technology is well-placed in the heart of Silicon Valley. But unlike other art fairs that have attempted to lure young and wealthy entrepreneurs into the fold of high-powered art collecting, “Living Digital Space and Future Parks” is strictly for visitors.

“The pieces are not for sale,” Pace Menlo Park Director Elizabeth Sullivan said. “This is a museum-style show, intended to introduce Pace’s new art and technology program.” As they would in a museum, visitors will pay an entry fee ($20 for adults; by appointment only) before exploring the various rooms.

On a recent tour, teamLab’s Noriko Taniguchi explained the history and philosophy of the 400-member collective that includes engineers, artists, programmers, mathematicians, CG animators, designers and composers.

Collaboration is key to teamLab. Taniguchi, who holds the title “Catalyst,” stressed that each piece is the product of a group effort, with no one person taking a lead role and no hierarchy in the company. Usually, a group of around ten people work on a project, and “everyone is an artist.” Although the company (founded in 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko) began as a technology firm, it has morphed into an interdisciplinary group of “ultra-technologists” who explore the confluence of art, technology and design.

The underlying philosophy of all of teamLab’s immersive installations, Taniguchi said, is “Ultra Subjective Space.”

“It’s a more complicated approach,” she said, “and people in the West may be confused by it.”

While it may sound futuristic, the idea, which is basically a rejection of conventional

Top: “Crows are Chased and the Chasing Crows are Destined to be Chased as Well” Middle: “Flutter of Butterflies beyond Borders” Bottom: “Flowers and People Cannot be Controlled but Live Together”

rules of perspective, is rooted in the past.

From the 17th to 19th centuries, the prevailing influence in Japanese art was of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, especially those of Hokosai. His “Great Wave Off Kanegawa” is a seminal image, reflecting the notion of the “floating world” that inspired Van Gogh and Monet. Since there is no focal point in the art, the eye moves horizontally and the viewer becomes immersed in the work. This interaction is also reflective of the Japanese belief that man and nature are enmeshed.

“We want people to have a feeling beyond the normal art experience,” Taniguchi said.

“We want people to feel that they are inside the art.”

So how, exactly, is this achieved? Some of the multi-roomed environments consist of screens installed on walls, while others involve imagery that is projected around the entire space, from ceilings to floors. Most of the 20 installations include a musical component, with original compositions by a teamLab member. There is a suggested route through the building, with the idea being that the experience begins quietly and then increases in volume.

“Black Waves” is a translation of an ancient image — the rolling sea — into contemporary terms by means of digital technology. Standing before the screens, the viewer is lulled by the steady coursing of the water, depicted by thousands of lines that culminate with a crescendo of white foam.

“We calibrated the actual movement of waves,” explained Taniguchi. “We respect nature, the movement of nature and the way it is complicated and beautiful.”

Nature is the theme of most of the installations, which bear names such as “Crystal Universe,” “Flower and Corpse Glitch,” and “Flowers and People Cannot be Controlled but Live Together.” The concept of being a part of nature runs throughout. Some installations have sensors that cause a change in imagery as the visitor walks through. Several sites will allow the visitor to select their own experience, through an app downloaded onto a smartphone. In many of the pieces, (continued on next page)

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such as “Flutter of Butterflies beyond Borders,” the artwork is being created in real time by a computer program, resulting in a state of continuous change that will never be repeated.

In “Universe of Water Particles,” a series of curvilinear lines gives form to water rushing over a virtual rock. According to the exhibition catalog, “these lines give the impression of life, as though water was a living creature.” The water flows in accordance with the laws of physics, but the Japanese concept of time and space is reflected by the time lag during the simulation of the water particles that leaves an afterimage. The objective for the viewer is that “their very souls are fusing with the water and its living energy, then perhaps they will be able to comprehend the connection between how the ancient Japanese perceived, felt about, and behaved toward the world.”

If all of this sounds rather serene and contemplative, there are also rooms with eye-popping movement, color and sound. “Crows are Chased and the Chasing Crows are Destined to be Chased as Well” is a digital installation in three dimensions on seven floor-to-ceiling acrylic screens. It tells the tale of Yatagarsu, a mythical bird, which is rendered in light and flies around

the space, creating bold calligraphic lines of color.

When the piece was installed in Milan last May, Taniguchi said there was a fear that people might experience a sensory overload.

“No one fainted,” she said, “and in fact, most people commented on how incredibly immersive it is.”

While the entire exhibition is described by Pace as a “digital playground for all ages,” there will be an area in a separate building dedicated to youngsters. teamLab Future Park will feature interactive — and yes, collaborative — activities with names including “Sketch Aquarium” and “Hopscotch for Geniuses.”

Taniguchi said that she and her teamLab colleagues believe that in the future, “creativity will be the crucial thing for humans, especially for kids, and we believe our ‘co-creation’ artworks are able to enhance people’s creativity.”Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be reached at nonnenberg@aol.com What: “Living Digital Space and Future Parks” by teamLab Where: Pace Art + Technology, 300 El Camino Real, Menlo Park When: Feb. 6-July 1, by appointment Cost: $6.27-$19.98 Info: Go to www.pacegallery. com/menlopark or www. teamlabpace.eventbrite.com

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Somewhere in the middle

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Los Altos Stage Company’s ‘Middletown’ is a portrait of small-town loneliness

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Kama Fletcher and Michael Sally form a sweet bond as Mary Swanson and John Dodge in “Middletown.”

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he mundane and the cosmic are side by side in Los Altos Stage Company’s production of “Middletown,” which creates a quiet place for contemplation through its portrayal of small-town life.

It’s a play that travels through time and space with a cast of characters both familiar and slightly odd, including a librarian, a cop who philosophizes into his walkie talkie just to see if anyone is listening, and an astronaut. These and other Middletown residents seek the beauty in the everyday.

Playwright Will Eno, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist, writes in wandering language that sways between small talk and existential confession. A great admirer of Thornton Wilder’s classic 1938 play “Our Town,” Eno acknowledges “Middletown’s” heritage by echoing “Our Town’s” use of direct address and contemplative style.

“Middletown” swerves in its

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Evan Kokkila Schumacher plays the Cop and Ronald Feichtmeir the Mechanic in “Middletown.”

REVIEW THEATER own direction with a preoccupation on lost souls and a creeping sense that the fantasy of smalltown life has faded.

The play opens on a sparse set (designed by Kuo-Hao Lo), consisting of a cold blue sky, the silhouette of rooftops, two framed windows, a park bench and a vintage microphone. We meet a character referred to as the “Mechanic,” beautifully performed by Ronald Feichtmeir, seated upon the park bench. This young man, who struggles with his sense of reality and his sobriety, has a violent encounter with the neighborhood Cop (Evan Kokkila Schumacher).

Feichtmeir’s performance embodies a troubled mind. His lines slide out in a start-and-stop fashion and he seems always on the verge of becoming permanently lost.

The play also follows new Middletown resident Mary Swanson (Kama Fletcher) who, pregnant and with an ever-absent husband, searches for meaning in her small-town life. When she meets the anxious and curious “renaissance” handyman John Dodge (Michael Sally), they search for solace with a broken sink and cosmic questions, developing a tender relationship as they stumble through their odd bond.

There is a melancholic vibe to the whole production with the music of Elliot Smith, Fleet Foxes and Iron and Wine transitioning from one scene into the next. The play is a challenge in tempo; I felt like I was a visitor to a series of small moments rather than a cohesive whole. This structure has its power, but can easily cause a production to drag. More dynamic pacing and staging from director Gary Landis might have helped

give it a lift.

The confessional nature of the language poses another challenge: It so often reveals the characters’ internal monologues that it sometimes seems like there is nothing left to learn. There may be more depth to the script than Los Altos Stage Company’s literal interpretation allowed for.

Some of the lead performances come across as rather stiff and flat, with the notable exceptions of Feichtmeir and Dee Baily as Librarian. In her cardigan and beaded reading glasses, her chaotic, fast-talking and warm presence brings the poetic lines back to earth. Her character shines through the poetry.

The rules of the “Middletown” world are absurd and sincere at the same time. When two tourists appear enthusiastic about seeing the sites of the town, their tour guide is so overwhelmed by how little she has to tell them that she describes her own life instead — and they love it. The small details, the small mythologies that make up the struggles of quiet lives are what this play is made of. Though it’s an imperfect production, it leaves the quietly powerful message that sometimes to talk about the big things we have to talk about the small. What happens in the middle, between life and death? “Middletown” meditates on this intriguing thought. Q Freelance writer Maev Lowe can be reached at maevrona@ gmail.com.

What: “Middletown” by Will Eno Where: Los Altos Stage Company, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos When: Through Feb. 21 Cost: $18 - $36 Info: Go to losaltosstage.org or call 650-941-0551

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‘Fur, Fins and Feathers’ The work of students and faculty from the Community School of Music and Arts’ Art4Schools Program will be on display at an annual art exhibit in the Mountain View City Hall Rotunda, 500 Castro St., through Feb. 26, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The free exhibition features more than 500 pieces of artwork (based on the “fur, fins and feathers” theme) from more than 20 local elementary schools.

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Performance ‘White Power: A Comedy’ Thao P. Nguyen’s new solo show, “White Power: A Comedy,” will be performed at Stanford University’s Nitery Theater, 514 Lasuen Mall, Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 4-6, at 7 p.m. The free show, presented by Stanford Theater & Performance Studies Graduate Student Repertory, tackles the issue of cultural appropriation with storytelling and slapstick humor.

Nguyen began a doctoral program in Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford in the fall of 2014.

Her performance will be part of a double feature with “The House on Mango Street,” a theatrical adaptation of Sandra Cisneros’ novel. Go to thaosolo.com.

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The winners of the Orion School’s Author and Illustrator Contest (who are featured in a book available on Amazon.com) will present their works at the school’s 14th annual Author & Illustrator Fair on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the school, 815 Allerton St., Redwood City. The fair is free but there will be food, coffee and books for purchase, with all sales benefiting the school’s library. There will also be activities for kids. Go to rcsd.k12.ca.us/domain/626.

Talk Yann Martel in conversation with Tamim Ansary The author of the bestselling novel “Life of Pi,” Yann Martel will be at Menlo Park’s Kepler’s on

Wednesday, Feb. 10, to talk about his new novel, “The High Mountains of Portugal,” which takes readers on a mesmerizing journey through the last century. Martel will be interviewed by AfghanAmerican author Tamim Ansary. The discussion starts at 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s is located at 1010 El Camino Real. Go to keplers.com/event/ premier-event-yann-martel.

Theater ‘We are in a Play!’

Parents and local kids are likely familiar with the work of Mo Willems, the author/illustrator of critically acclaimed animated shows and beloved children’s literature, including “Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus.” Willems’ “Elephant & Piggie” series, which follows best friends Gerald the elephant and Piggie, is now playing at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre in the form of “Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are In A Play!’”

The show runs through Feb. 14 at 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Cost is $12-$14. Go to fopact.org/.

Art Seeing red To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Los Alto’s Gallery 9 is showcasing different artwork by 30 local artists, focusing on the symbolic meaning of the color red.

The free exhibit, appropriately titled “Red,” features a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, jewelry and ceramics, and will be on display for the entire month of February, Tuesday-Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. Gallery 9 is located at 143 Main St. Go to gallery9losaltos.com.

Above: The works of students and faculty from the Community School of Music and Arts’ Art4Schools Program will be on display at an annual art exhibit in the Mountain View City Hall Rotunda through Feb. 26.

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t didn’t take long to realize that Bird Dog is not the kind of restaurant Palo Alto sees very often. The restaurant, which opened at 420 Ramona St. in November, offers big-city sophistication with a hefty dose of quirkiness.

Whether it’s the lightly wilted spinach ($11) bursting with the fragrant allure of vadouvan (a French version of an Indian spice blend), a stunning, abstract plating duo of eggplant and shishito peppers ($13) or heirloom carrots ($14) of myriad sizes in a robust sauce made from red curry, tamarind and oranges, chef/co-owner Robbie Wilson is clearly a vegetable whisperer.

The only holdover from Wilson’s menu at his previous restaurant, the acclaimed Mattei’s Tavern in Santa Barbara wine country, is the simple yet downright special whole avocado ($14) grilled over California red oak chips. The avocado is halved, the pit scooped out and an umamipacked ponzu sauce fills the hole, with precise grill marks on the avocado. Some fresh wasabi and kombu seaweed complete what is a perfect dish. Palo Alto better thank Wilson’s wife for insisting that he bring the avocado starter with them to the Bay Area.

Bird dishes are indeed highlights at Bird Dog. Wilson uses dry-aged duck for a lovely and complicated preparation involving smoking, brining and then cooking the bird sous-vide; it’s artistically laid out with bronzed skin on one of the two pieces ($27). Then add to the equation finely minced cashews, like sand, and the curveball of a banana sauce-like pudding made from both whole old bananas and banana chips.

Even more thrilling is a delicately fried chicken thigh ($18), served with smoked uni and an egg-yolk sauce that together become something like the seafoodtinged mayonnaise that drips down your hands while eating a lobster roll.

Wilson is clearly having fun at Bird Dog. He also is a disciplined, thoughtful chef. He learned in the kitchens of industry giants like Thomas Keller, Nobu Matsuhisa and Tom Colicchio, and he wants to “bird dog” the fun in fine dining. (The term means to pursue with fierce determination, but mostly, it’s just a fun phrase that reflects how Wilson wants to share the Silicon Valley mindset of achieving success and having a good time en route.)

So, rather than music in the restrooms, you’ll hear a distinctive voice: Julia Child, talking about things like the various culinary uses for butter. (This is both in 1. Robbie Wilson, executive chef and owner of Bird Dog, stands in the restaurant’s open kitchen during dinner service on Jan. 29, 2016.

2. The tai snapper at Bird Dog is served with lime, chiles, pecans and sesame oil.

3. The eggplant with tomato, shishito pepper and red pearl onion at Bird Dog proves a winning combination.

homage to her influence on cooking and because the Santa Barbara native often would stay at Mattei’s Tavern.)

Artistic birds hanging from the ceiling were made by a graffiti artist. The well-priced and well-chosen wine list tells diners to “Enjoy The Hunt” with a picture of a dog leash, since we all know using a wine list can be detective work. The bread is an excellent grilled roti, liberally sprinkled with sea salt.

Quirky, fun and it works.

Not everything was a rousing hit, but the faults were minor. The cured and cooked plancha salmon ($24) had an ideal, medium-rare consistency but it needed another dimension. Wagyu ribeye ($33) looked like it was going to be utter steak bliss and mysteriously didn’t boast as beefy a character or buttery texture as anticipated. A bowl of farro with a poached egg and miso ($12) needed more miso and was too watery (continued next page)

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instead of rich and thick. I adored the acidity, spice and crunch of lime, chiles, pecans, and sesame oil with the raw tai snapper ($17), yet some bites of fish were stringy.

All of these are small quibbles.

It’s easy to look past them with what must be Palo Alto’s most creative cocktails, split between re-interpreted classics and new inventions. I recommend the “Otobai,” a yuzu-driven version of a Sidecar.

The 120-seat dining room is awash in black and whites as if Armani chose the color palette.

An immaculate open kitchen anchors the rear of the space and a stone-topped bar sits by the front windows, with the dramatic dining room and bare-wood tables sandwiched between the two. Pay attention to the gorgeous handblown glass lamps above; none of them are quite alike.

Service is both attentive and laid back. One area for improvement: with sharing encouraged, servers need to stagger the courses with smart pacing so the table is never cluttered.

Desserts bring more sweet and savory crossover fun. A chocolate cremeux comes with Hitachino beer in the ice cream; a winning Meyer lemon tartlet was served with a dot of avocado mousse and a quenelle of coconut ice cream.

The best of the three dessert options is the cookie jar ($5). The rotating selection of “cookies,” from passion fruit mini-macarons to seaweed and cacao-nib studded madeleines, are worthy of the sweets you would find at the end of a meal at a three-Michelin starred in Paris, for their quality and intriguing flavors.

They are the perfect way to end a night at a new Palo Alto cornerstone. Hopefully, this signals the beginning of more restaurants that are able to bird dog fun, creativity and quality.

Freelance writer Trevor Felch can be emailed at trevorfelch@ yahoo.com.

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Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay star as a couple who receive shattering news that changes their marriage.

A less perfect union Charlotte Rampling questions her marriage in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;45 Yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 0001/2 (Aquarius Theatre) We all know what happens when a pebble kicks up on the highway and leaves a tiny crack on a windshield. The crack grows, slowly, inexorably, the life of the windshield numbered. So goes the tragic form: one bad choice, one unsettling piece of information, and the hero will never see the end of it. In Andrew Haighâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;45 Years,â&#x20AC;? the crack forms in a marriage, and we watch it agonizingly spread.

Writer-director Haigh has a knack for burrowing under the skin of those who lead lives of ostensible creature comforts but creeping emotional discomfort.

Best known for â&#x20AC;&#x153;gay-themedâ&#x20AC;? projects (the lovely film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weekendâ&#x20AC;? and the nearly departed HBO series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lookingâ&#x20AC;?), Haigh here adapts David Constantineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

short story â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Another Countryâ&#x20AC;? to examine how a man and woman, poised to celebrate the titular anniversary, are forced by one bit of news to reexamine their entire history together, including the viability of their marriage.

Childless retirees Kate and Geoff Mercer (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) enjoy an upper-middle-class existence in the British countryside. News arrives, however improbably, of a body discovered in a Swiss glacier. The body, preserved since 1962, belongs to a girl named Katya, the girlfriend Geoff lost on a backpacking expedition when he was 25. When this news joins the couple at their breakfast table, the couple make an immediate tacit agreement that the gruesome revelation is unsettling,

yes, but trivial.

And so the dishonesty begins or, to put it another way, continues, for both Geoff and Kate have their doubts, rediscovered along with Katyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body. Behavioral shifts signal the unspoken, the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domestic tranquility disturbed. A badly timed sexual mood marks the first bout of protesting too much, one that fizzles sadly. Geoff lets stubble grow out, and both he and Kate frequently find themselves lost in thought.

From the dead, Katya shakes the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sense of purpose, as individuals and in their consecrated union.

If Geoff is tortured by what might have been, Kate suffers the possibility that she has always been, and always will be, second best to the idealized girl frozen in that glacier. Haighâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typically sensitive direction abets performances of heartbreaking personal and relational frailty from the Oscar-nominated Rampling and the unjustly neglected Courtenay.

The final twist of the knife comes with the anniversary party, held at the same site as the battle-capping Trafalgar Ball in 1805. â&#x20AC;&#x153;45 Yearsâ&#x20AC;? locates its drama largely in micro-expressions and gestural nuances, the resistance to melodrama clarifying the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s haunting staying power. Not unlike the characters, you may well find yourself living with the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revelations long after you wish you had forgotten their implications, about the long odds for romance, the deeper psychology of mating, and the devastating possibility that love isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an absolute but a willful, occasionally mutual, delusion.

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(1998 Kosovo) and highlights the slender options available under (Serbian) occupation.

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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (R) Century 16: 1:30 & 7:25 p.m.

Century 20: 7:05 & 10:35 p.m. Fri. & Sat. noon, 3:25 p.m.

45 Years (R) +++1/2

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

The 5th Wave (PG-13) Century 16: 10:20 a.m.

Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 4:35, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m.

Anomalisa (R) +++1/2

Aquarius Theatre: 2:25, 4:35, 7:40 & 9:50 p.m.

The Big Short (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 10:25 a.m., 1:25, 4:35, 7:40 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m.

The Boy (PG-13) Century 16: 10:40 a.m., 4:45 & 10:45 p.m.

Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m.

Brooklyn (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 4:25 & 10:15 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:55 p.m.

The Choice (PG-13) Century 16: 10:25 a.m., 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m.

Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 & 10:10 p.m.

Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home (PG-13) The Danish Girl (R)

Century 20: 7:35 & 10:15 p.m.

Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:50 & 4:45 p.m.

Dirty Grandpa (R) Century 16: 12:50 & 9:55 p.m.

Fifty Shades of Black (R)

Century 20: 2:15, 4:55, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m.

Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:50, 5:40, 8:10 & 10:40 p.m.

The Finest Hours (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 1:05 & 7:05 p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 a.m., 4 & 10:05 p.m.

Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 4:30 & 7:30 p.m. In 3-D at 1:35 & 10:20 p.m.

Hail, Caesar! (PG-13) Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 4:25, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. In X-D at 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10 & 10:45 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:45 p.m.

The Hateful Eight (R) ++1/2

Century 16: 8:50 p.m.

Century 20: 9:20 p.m.

Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) Century 16: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 2:35, 4:20, 5:20, 7:10, 8:05 & 9:35 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:10 a.m. In 3-D at 10 & 11:50 a.m., 12:45, 3:30, 6:15 & 10:30 p.m.

Century 20: 10:45 & 11:10 a.m., 12:30, 1:10, 1:45, 3:05, 4:15, 5:35, 6:15, 6:50, 8:05 & 10:40 p.m. In 3-D at 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 3:40, 5, 7:35, 8:45 & 10:10 p.m. In 3-D D-BOX at 3:40 & 8:45 p.m. In D-BOX at 10:45 a.m., 1:10 & 6:15 p.m.

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minutes) charms with its offbeat deadpan approach to the story of a family that literally crashes into a convent of nuns who try to help in spite of their vows of silence.

Best in show, though, goes to Patrick Vollrathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrenching halfhour German drama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)â&#x20AC;?, about a divorced fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unusual visitation day with his 8-year-old daughter, which turns into an emotionally trying, heartfelt but risky journey.

The animated selections have a mostly familiar feel, falling into certain formulas popular in the short-form animated genre. For starters, perennial nominee Pixar returns to the category with Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sanjayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Teamâ&#x20AC;? (7 minutes), recently seen in front of the feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Good Dinosaur.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sweet-natured exploration of a first-generation Indian-American boy warming to his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hindu faith by imagining gods in the vein of the boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved superheroes.

Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bear Storyâ&#x20AC;? (11 minutes), from Chile, also uses CGI but through a wholly silent aesthetic, in a melancholy but hopeful story of a bear turning his family tragedy into art.

With his enjoyably quirky, borderline-absurd 16-minute Russian entry â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Live Without Cosmos,â&#x20AC;? Konstantin Bronzit explores a deep bond of friendship between cosmonauts in training, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trumped for sheer loopy joy by Don Hertzfeldtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delirious, mind-bending â&#x20AC;&#x153;World of Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;? (17 minutes), in which a little girl learns of her fate from her time-traveling future self.

The pithiest entry in either program, the 6-minute U.K. short â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prologue,â&#x20AC;? is also the least kidfriendly, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been positioned at the end and preceded by a warning in case youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to make an early exit with your child. Rich-

ard Williams and Imogen Suttonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film strikingly depicts, in handdrawn animation, two Spartan warriors clashing with two Athenians, exposing blood and genitals in the process. The 88th Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 ... now you have another way to get ready.

Both programs not MPAA rated. One hour, 26 minutes (Animated) and one hour, 47 minutes (Live Action). â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Peter Canavese

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The Revenant (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 11:55 a.m., 3:30, 5:25, 7, 8:55 & 10:25 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 1:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 3:30, 7 & 10:25 p.m.

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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10 a.m., 1:10, 2:50, 4:20, 7:35, 9:25 & 10:45 p.m. In 3-D at 11:35 a.m., 6:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 3:50, 7:10 & 10:30 p.m.

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Lunar New Year

Calligraphy couplets, lanterns, plants are believed to get year off to an auspicious start

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by Crystal Tai

o more than 9,000 Palo Alto residents of Chinese descent, February can be as festive as December.

Only a few weeks after removing the Christmas tree, some decorate the living room in a completely different way for Lunar New Year. This time around, the Year of the Monkey starts Feb. 8.

Chun-hui Yu, an artist teaching Chinese brush painting and calligraphy at the Pacific Art League, has been guiding her students to handwrite propitious messages on red paper for Lunar New Year’s home decorations.

Yu showed how the traditional calligraphic pieces are displayed: One horizontal banner is posted

Palo Alto resident Wendy Zhang’s home decorations for Lunar New Year include a red lantern and a potted bamboo plant.

above a door with two vertical ones along each side and one Chinese word as a diamond-shaped sign on the door.

“As red is a cheerful color.

Posting auspicious words on red paper is meant to welcome good luck into the house. People in China and Taiwan usually post them on the outer side of the front door,” Yu said.

Placing the Chinese word for “blessings” — fu — upside down, Yu explained that the Chinese word for “upside down,” dao, sounds the same as the Chinese word for “arrival.” Placing “blessings” upside down symbolizes the arrival of blessings.

Yu’s horizontal banner read “joyfully welcoming spring.”

The two vertical — “a year begins again; all phenomena start over” — were written in parallel structure to form a couplet, called chun-lian, meaning “spring festival couplet.”

Chinese call the Lunar New Year the “spring festival” because ancient Chinese marked the onset of spring as when the ground begins to thaw, which today coincides with early February. The 15-day celebration of Lunar New Year moves around on the calendar each year and can start between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.

Palo Alto residents may not see many spring couplets posted on neighbors’ homes. According to Juliana Lee, a real estate agent living in Palo Alto, that’s because

many local Chinese residents may be too busy to decorate their houses. She said only one Chinese family among all her Palo Alto clients has presented calligraphy pieces at the front entrance, and other Chinese families usually do it indoors, just as she does.

“Although we love our heritage, we don’t want to stand out in the neighborhood,” Lee said. “As immigrants, we want to fit in.”

Monica Hu, principal of Palo Alto Chinese School, said her students learn to write spring festival couplets, but where they are posted actually varies from one family to another.

Her own family displays Lunar New Year’s messages in the living room, on passage doors and on the bucket they use to store rice.

Palo Alto resident Wendy Zhang has put out her decorations for the new year, including a red lantern that hangs down from the ceiling light fixture.

Red lanterns are not just for Lunar New Year in general but for the 15th day of the Lunar New Year’s celebration in particular, known as the Lantern Festival.

The round shape of the lantern matches the evening’s full moon, which is the first of the lunar year, and symbolizes family reunion.

Zhang also displays a potted bamboo plant. She said bamboos are auspicious living room plants, given the Chinese saying, “Bamboos bring peace and serenity.”

Other popular plants for Lunar New Year include vases of ume blossoms (a symbol of resilience), potted orchids (for elegance) and potted Chinese sacred lilies (for

Courtesy Hsien-li Fang

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At left, artist Chun-hui Yu’s calligraphy decorates a door, as it traditionally would for Lunar New Year. Above, Yu writes a springfestival couplet as she teaches at the Pacific Art League.

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BEE BENEFITS ... Hear from Richard Baxter, owner of Golden Harvest Bees in Redwood City, about the bees native to the local area and why pollinators are important on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillview Community Center, Room 12, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Baxter will be hosted by the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society.

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NEIGHBORHOOD STROLL ... Walk through Downtown North and learn about the trees on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon. Tree walk participants will meet at Johnson Park, on the corner of Hawthorne Avenue and Kipling Street in Palo Alto.

Canopy staff and an expert arborist will lead the free, two-hour walk. Participants will learn about local tree specimens, including how to identify them and their historical context. In addition, experts will answer questions and share tree selection and care advice. Canopy asks that participants RSVP online.

For those interested but unable to attend this event, Canopy offers self-guided tour information for Downtown North and more than 10 other neighborhoods and local sites. Info: canopy.org/abouttrees/canopy-tree-walks

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Learn how to care for roses year-round with Filoli’s Rose Care Series, which starts on Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Filoli, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. Instructor Mimi Clarke will guide participants through three sessions during this series: “Pruning and Care: Climbers, Ramblers & Scramblers,” “Pruning and Care: Hybrid Tea Roses” and “Summer Rose Care.”

The first lesson focuses on climber roses, pillar roses, wall roses and ramblers, and how to prune and train them. The next two classes take place on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, June 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Fees for this series are $135 for members and $160 for non-members. Info: bit.ly/FiloliRoseCareSeries

Hsien-li Fang and her husband, Wen-lung Wang, place a potted orchid plant, apples and Mandarin oranges on the coffee table of their Palo Alto home as auspicious symbols for Lunar New Year. prosperity).

Wen-lung Wang and Hsien-li Fang picked a potted orchid plant for their Palo Alto home.

Fang said she and her husband are doing less than her grandmother used to do in Taiwan for Lunar New Year. For instance, she said they didn’t put a whole set of calligraphy pieces but just an upside-down sign of “blessings” on the wall above the fireplace.

In addition, Fang placed apples and Mandarin oranges on the coffee table.

She explained that the Chinese word for “apple” sounds close to “peaceful,” and “Mandarin orange” is similar to “lucky.”

Mandarin oranges also appeared in Yu’s Saturday class at the Pacific Art League. They were at the center of a round candy box, the typical container used to serve refreshments during Lunar New Year. Yu’s students said they were filling the box with goodies — precisely as they would do at home. Q Freelance writer Crystal Tai can be emailed at crystal2@ stanfordalumni.org.

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Real Estate Matters

Are we heading toward a correction this year?

by Xin Jiang

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t the beginning of 2015, I wrote the column “A longterm cyclical view” and pointed out the high probability of a temporary correction in property pricing in Palo Alto, assuming everything is cyclical and looking back at the two price declines of the past 17 years.

The median home price in Palo Alto for all sold transactions in 2015 actually rose by another 14 percent to reach $2.485 million. This marked the fourth-consecutive year of doubledigit increase, and contrary to my earlier projection, the “super cycle” seemed intact. A strong local tech economy, low inventory and multiple layers of demand were among many factors that continued to support property prices in Palo Alto.

What’s the outlook for this year? Is the tide finally going to turn? I do see increasing probabilities that the market is going to change. Among various moving parts of the market, many are pointing to the same direction.

1. Local buyers have started to experience weakening purchasing power. The NASDAQ Composite Index closed 19 percent below its 2015 high on Jan. 22. This is definitely not encouraging for local buyers who plan to cash their stock options as an initial down payment. This trend has already emerged in South Bay where buyers backed off at the last minute to write offers. Weak tech-stock performance in general may be another reason why buyers have become more willing to wait. Since last summer, especially for entry level homes in Palo Alto, a high number of offers has become less likely to lift the final selling price as it used to in the past few years.

2. International demands may soften, too. While there’s no reliable statistic to tell us the real impact of international, mainly Chinese, buyers on our property market, they do play a role that can’t be ignored. The big correction of Shanghai Composite Index early this year (down 18 percent in the first three trading weeks this year) basically triggered the weakness of global stock markets. This brings a different impact for potential Chinese buyers.

For high-end buyers ($4 million Source: MLS or more), the big decline of local stock market only reminded them how “safe” an investment the homes here in Palo Alto are. Many of them also have financial resources already in U.S. dollars that can be redirected to buy homes here whenever they want.

However, for mid-to-low-end Chinese buyers, the weak stock market will put a more meaningful dent in their wealth portfolio. Moreover, cash-out refinancing is normally part of the game plan for buyers in this segment. It means that they buy homes in all cash but plan to borrow against the home later so that the funds can be put somewhere generating possibly higher return. One commonly used international bank has just restricted lending on home mortgages to foreign residents, including Chinese. Furthermore, many of the mid-to-low-end Chinese buyers need to convert Chinese currency to U.S. dollars to be able to participate in the property market here. Chinese RMB has never been a freely traded currency; it has just become more difficult due to both government controls and the market’s

fear of continuous RMB depreciation against U.S. dollar.

3. Potential sellers may become more willing to take actions now than later. For many local residents, shortterm ups and downs of property price have little impact on their daily life. However, for people who are considering selling their homes within two to three years, they may start to accelerate the process once they see that bidding wars are cooling and buyers have become less desperate.

In hindsight, once the market starts to correct, it normally takes about two years to recover. The fear of having missed the peak of the market could lead to more houses on the market. The increasing supply could soften the pace of price increase or might lead to a moderate price decline.

The market is constantly evolving. 2016 will definitely bring a tough test of the resilience of the property market in Palo Alto. Q Xin Jiang is a Realtor with Alain Pinel Realtors in Palo Alto. She can be reached at xjiang@apr.com.

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The 2015 Appreciation Awards were presented by 2015 President Chris Isaacson and Executive Officer Paul Cardus to Jeff Bell (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), REALTORÂŽ of the Year; Clayton Nelson (Clayton Nelson & Associates), Affiliate of the Year; Chris Trapani (Sereno Group), Spirit of SILVAR; Kathryn Tomaino (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award.

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HOMES FOR THE NEW YEAR!

2979 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto Stunning Contemporary Estate in the Palo Alto Hills Open Sat & Sun 1:30-4:30pm Nestled in the Palo Alto Hills, next to the Palo Alto Golf and Country Club, this gated, luxury estate is the ideal home for comfortable California living or grand entertaining. Completely remodeled with the finest finishes and amenities. Enjoy living among all the natural beauty and tranquility of a forest, while only minutes from Stanford and the bustle of Palo Alto and Silicon Valley. Highly acclaimed Palo Alto schools: Nixon Elementary, Terman Middle, and Gunn High. (Buyers to verify availability).

6 bedrooms, including 3 ensuite Q 5.5 bathrooms Q Approx. 5,732 sq ft of living space Q Approx. 39,824 sq ft (.91 acre) lot Q 3-car garage PRICE UPON REQUEST

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COMING SOON IN LOS ALTOS HILLS Brand new construction with spectacular views of the bay.

Excellent location with Palo Alto Schools. Close to Stanford, Downtown Palo Alto, Downtown Los Altos. Over 6600 sq ft on over 1.1 acre lot. 6 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms. Excellent opportunity to select furnishing before completion.

CONTACT JULIE FOR MORE DETAILS

890 ROBB ROAD, PALO ALTO Main Residence & Guest House: 6 bd, 7.5 ba, Library, Office, Attached 3-car and 1 car garage, Custom Wine Cellar, Theatre, Spa, Sauna, Gym.

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Terraces and Outdoor Kitchens, Pool, Spa, Sport Court, Putting Green, Elaborate Gazebo with Exceptional Views.

LISTED AT $14,288,000

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services

Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

$35,000,000

$24,800,000

11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills $23,995,000

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

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

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

Ano Nuevo Scenic Ranch, Davenport

91 Selby Lane, Atherton

291 Atherton Avenue, Atherton

$19,800,000

$16,900,000

$14,688,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: Catherine Qian, Lic.#01276431

Listing Provided by: Nancy Gehrels, Lic.#01952964

26880 Elena Road, Los Altos Hills

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

245 Mountain Wood Lane, Woodside

$12,888,888

$11,488,000

$7,750,000

Listing Provided by: Dan Kroner, Lic.#01790340

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

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Lic.#01242399

2991 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto

1175 Barroilhet Drive, Hillsborough

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

$5,999,988

$6,888,000

$6,888,000

Listing Provided by: Tom Rollett, Lic.#01383194

Listing Provided by: Sophie Tsang, Lic.#01354442.

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

SOLD!

45 Holbrook Lane, Atherton

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

1990 Valparaiso, Menlo Park, CA

$5,890,000

$5,850,000

$2,700,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello Lic.#01343305

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

Listing Provided by: Denise Villeneuve Lic.# 01794615

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Woodside 1590 Cañada Lane Woodside, CA 94062 650.206.6200

Menlo Park 807 Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 650.543.7740

Los Altos 496 First Street, Ste. 200 Los Altos, CA 94022 650.947.4700

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1175 Barroilhet Drive, Hillsborough, CA 94010 This lovely Hillsborough home offers 6 bedrooms and 6½ bathrooms across 5,950 square feet of living space. The grounds are beautifully manicured and lead to the grand entry with high ceilings. The Grand Master Suite on the ground floor includes a cozy fireplace and doors leading out to the patio, as well as an attached full study and a private master bathroom. An au pair or in-law suite is situated on a lower level, perfect for live-ins or guests. The large kitchen features an island and plenty of space for all your cooking needs. With a large family room, dining room, spacious backyard, and 3 car garage, this vibrant home is perfect for any family.

Sophie Tsang, MBA 650.947.4655 sophie@interorealestate.com www.SophieTsang.com ID:SophieTsangRealtor Lic.#01399145 © 2016 Intero Real Estate Services Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and a wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc. All rights reserved. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This is not intended as a solicitation if you are listed with another broker.

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List Price: $6,888,000

Call For More Property Information or to schedule a home tour. www.1175BarroilhetDrive.com

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O F F M A R K E T E XC LU S I V E I N C R E SC E NT PA R K , PA LO A LTO Extensively renovated in 2010, a classic exterior artfully blends into a contemporary interior showcasing modern materials and an ideal setting for outdoor living and entertaining.

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Focusing on an active mind and body, experienced in a social environment, allows aging adults to embrace aging with health and a sense of self-worth and self-sufficiency - improving their quality of life.

To learn more about PVI programs or volunteering with PVI, please visit www.penvol.org | call 650-326-0665.

During the months of January through March 2016, Sereno Group Real Estate and its Palo Alto agents will be contributing 1% of their gross commissions to the Peninsula Volunteers, Inc fund.

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Just Completed Estate Property in Central Atherton 5 Carolina Lane, Atherton t Designed & built by David Crouch and Ken Friedman – Zega Properties t Very private location at the end of a cul-de-sac t 7 bedrooms each with en suite bath, 2 half-baths, plus 1 outdoor bath t Guest house with full kitchen, 1 bedroom, and 1 bath

t Library, study center, office, two family rooms, recreation room, sports bar, fitness center, theatre, and wine cellar t Pool, spa, fire pit, barbecue kitchen, and sport court t Professionally landscaped grounds of approximately 1.02 acres (44,810 square feet)

t Approximately 12,778 total square feet

Offered at $17,800,000

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WOODSIDE $6,950,000

LOS ALTOS HILLS $4,398,000

PALO ALTO $3,998,000

245 Lindenbrook Road | 6bd/5.5ba Scott Dancer | 650.529.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

12101 Oak Park Court | 4bd/4ba John Forysth James | 650.323.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

536 Lincoln | 4bd/2.5ba Lynn Wilson Roberts | 650.323.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

MENLO PARK $3,150,000

LOS ALTOS $2,398,000

MENLO PARK $1,610,000

36 Politzer Drive | 4bd/4ba Keri Nicholas | 650.462.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

1924 Somerset Court | 4bd/2.5ba J. Stricker/S. TenBroeck | 650.941.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

222 Sand Hill Circle | 3bd/2+ba M. Corman/M. Montoya | 650.462.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

PALO ALTO $1,595,000

LOS ALTOS $1,250,000

MOUNTAIN VIEW $1,098,000

320 Poe Street | 2bd/2.5ba Lori Buecheler | 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT 1:00-5:00, SUN 11:00-3:00

38 Woods Lane | 2bd/2ba Shirley Bailey | 650.941.1111

BY APPOINTMENT

301 Cypress Point Drive | 3bd/2ba Laura McCarthy | 650.941.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

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4 Bedrooms

2 Bedrooms 117 Middlefield Rd Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

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5 Bedrooms 172 Stockbridge Ave $6,950,000 Sat 1-5 Pacific Union International 314-7200

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45 Holbrook Sat 12-3 Intero Real Estate

$5,890,000 206.6200

7 Bedrooms 120 Selby Ln $10,495,000 Sun 11:30-2:30 Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 847-1141

FIND YOUR NEW HOME PaloAltoOnline.com/real_estate

536 Lincoln $3,998,000 Sat 1:30-4:30/Sun 11-2 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

LOS ALTOS HILLS 12911 Atherton Ct Sat Coldwell Banker

$3,749,000 324-4456

12101 Oak Park Ct Sat 2-5 Alain Pinel Realtors

$4,398,000 323-1111

MENLO PARK $838,000 324-4456

2 Bedrooms

EAST PALO ALTO

445 Oak Ct Sat

3 Bedrooms

3 Bedrooms

Sereno Group

5 Bedrooms 725 Center Dr $4,775,000 Sat Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474 2350 Tasso $5,180,000 Sat Keller Williams Palo Alto 454-8500

2 Bedrooms - Condominium 2140 Santa Cruz Ave A302 Sat 2-4 Coldwell Banker

2254 Williams St $3,195,000 Fri 4-6/Sat 1-4 Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 847-1141

$1,650,000 323-1900

6 Bedrooms 2979 Alexis Dr Call for price Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 462-1111

PORTOLA VALLEY Lot

222 Sand Hill Cir Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$1,610,000 462-1111

16 Santa Maria Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

HILLSBOROUGH

1350 Johnson St Sat 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,598,000 462-1111

SAN JOSE

6 Bedrooms

1146 Sevier Ave Sat 1-4 Coldwell Banker

2647 Gonzaga St Sun 1-3:30 Coldwell Banker

30 Mc Creery Dr Sat/Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$680,000 324-4456

$4,950,000 375-1111

LOS ALTOS 2 Bedrooms - Condominium 50 W Edith Ave 6 $1,298,000 Sat 1-4/Sun 11-1 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

4 Bedrooms

$949,000 324-4456

1975 Avy Av Call for price Sun 12-2 Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 847-1141

3 Bedrooms 5257 Manderston Dr Sat Alain Pinel Realtors

4 Bedrooms

REDWOOD CITY

1994 Valparaiso Ave $3,550,000 Sat 1-4/Sun 12-2 Alain Pinel Realtors 462-1111

2 Bedrooms

36 Politzer Dr Sat 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$3,150,000 462-1111 $2,950,000 324-4456

1924 Somerset Ct Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,398,000 941-1111

940 Continental Dr Sun Coldwell Banker

405 Old Oak Sat 12-3 Intero Real Estate

$3,500,000 206.6200

PALO ALTO

1537 Liptoe Ln Sat/Sun 12-5Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,495,000 823-1024

$1,600,000 851-2666

3407 Jefferson Ave Sat 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$1,245,000 823-1024

$770,000 324-4456

4 Bedrooms 328 W Oakwood Bl Sat 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$2,668,000 851-2666

5 Bedrooms

2 Bedrooms - Townhouse 320 Poe St $1,595,000 Fri 4-6 Sat 1-5/Sun 11-3 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

5 Colton Ct Sat/Sun 1-5 Coldwell Banker

$3,795,000 323-7751

WOODSIDE

4 Bedrooms

4 Bedrooms

2088 Channing Ave $2,995,000 Sat Pacific Union International 314-7200

785 W California Way $3,295,000 Sat/Sun 12:30-3 Coldwell Banker 851-2666

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement SHARETEA PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612788 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Sharetea Palo Alto, located at 540 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KJY Brothers, LLC 507 15th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 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 January 8, 2016.

(PAW Jan. 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 2016) COMMUNITEE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 613197 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Communitee, located at 1094 Tanland Dr., #102, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JOHANNES ESCUDERO 1094 Tanland Dr. #102 Palo Alto, CA 94303 JASON WEST 528 Gregory St. San Jose, CA 95125 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/1/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 22, 2016.

(PAW Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2016) 1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 613351 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: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): POWER SMITHS ELECTRIC INC. 4410 Casa Madeira Ln. San Jose, CA 95127 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/30/15.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 26, 2016.

(PAW Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 613350 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): 1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING 4410 Casa Madeira Ln. San Jose, CA 95127 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 12/14/2015 UNDER FILE NO.: 612019 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): PAUL SMITH 4410 Casa Madeira Ln. San Jose, CA 95127 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: An Individual.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 26, 2016.

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997 All Other Legals Trustee Sale No. : 00000005411640 Title Order No.: 8571114 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/04/2006. 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 01/09/2006 as Instrument No. 18761066 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: NANCY E. HILL, 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: 02/19/2016 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: 1654 MIRAMONTE AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94040 APN#: 189-05021 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 $357,032.47. 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.

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 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www. nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005411640. 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 1180 IRON POINT ROAD, SUITE 100 FOLSOM, CA 95630 916-939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 01/13/2016 NPP0269802 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 01/22/2016, 01/29/2016, 02/05/2016

File No. 14-10845 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER 1939 ROCK STREET HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION (ASSOCIATION) COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AND A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT (LIEN) DATED 07-11-2014 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 02-18-2016 at 10:00 AM, AT THE NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE TO THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113 ALLIED TRUSTEE SERVICES, (Trustee) 990 Reserve Drive #208, Roseville, CA 95678, (877) 282-4991 under and pursuant to Lien, recorded 07-18-2014 as Instrument 22649436 Book - Page - of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, CA, WILL CAUSE TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check/ cash equivalent or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale) the property owned by ELLY GRIMALDI, AS TRUSTEE OF THE ELLY GRIMALDI REVOCABLE TRUST INITIALLY CREATED ON MAY 2, 2012 situated in said County, describing the land therein: A.P.N.: 153-42-007 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1939 ROCK STREET #7, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 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 satisfy the sums due under the Lien. The estimated total unpaid balance at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $9,438.16 THE PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE 90-DAY POST-SALE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION AS SET FORTH IN CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 5915(B). Association heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default. The undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the Association, 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 888-988-6736, or visit this Internet Web site www.salestrack.tdsf.com for information, using the file number assigned to this case: 14-10845 . 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.

DATE: January 18, 2016 ALLIED TRUSTEE SERVICES, Trustee KATHLEEN YOUNG, Authorized Signature TAC#987156 PUB: 1/29/16, 2/5/16, 2/12/16 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: OLEG JARDETZKY Case No.: 1-16-PR 178058 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of OLEG JARDETZKY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by:

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ALEXANDER JARDETZKY in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: ALEXANDER JARDETZKY 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 March 14, 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.

Petitioner: 44 Mariposa Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408)395-1251 (PAW Jan. 29, Feb. 5, 12, 2016) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-10-380098-RM Order No.: 100489552-CA-BFO YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/5/2004. 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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MARGARET S BENING AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 3/17/2004 as Instrument No. 17664715 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 2/26/2016 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse located at 190 N. Market Street San Jose, California 95113 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $164,280.11 The purported property address is: 4250 EL CAMINO REAL, #C324, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 167-55-100 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

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the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 888-988-6736 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-10-380098-RM IDSPub #0100784 2/5/2016 2/12/2016 2/19/2016

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CARDINAL NOTES . . . Stanford women’s gymnast Ivana Hong was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for her standout performance this past weekend at the Metroplex Challenge, as announced by the conference Tuesday . . . Stanford’s Kayla Bonstrom was named to the 2016 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, as announced by the organization Wednesday. Bonstrom was a 2015 NFCA Second Team All-American and a NFCA First Team All-West Region selection at first base. She is a three-time All-Pac-12 selection and was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team in 2015 . . . Stanford women’s gymnastics alumna Carly Janiga (‘10) was named to the Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics AllCentury Team, as announced by the conference on the Pac-12 Networks Sports Report. Janiga is one of 16 gymnasts selected to the All-Century Team, which consists of gymnasts across four decades.

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Impressive victories keep the Bears perfect in PAL South Division races

by Keith Peters ime is running out on those teams hoping to catch the Menlo-Atherton boys and girls in the PAL South Division basketball races this season.

With only three games remaining, the M-A girls hold a one-game lead while the boys lead by two.

Both squads solidified their division leads with impressive victories on Wednesday.

In a showdown for first place, the host M-A girls won their 16th straight game by shocking former co-leader Hillsdale, 65-35. The Bears improved to 9-0 in league (19-2 overall) while the Knights fell to 8-1 and 12-9).

Hillsdale raced to a 30-23 first-half lead as Marisa Otonari drained four 3-pointers, all coming in the first period as the Knights held a 20-12 advantage.

Neither team scored for the first three minutes of the second period before Hillsdale connected on a pair of 3-pointers to extend its lead. M-A’s Ofa Sili kept her team in the game with 10 first-half points and freshman Mele Kailahi nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the Bears into intermission with some momentum — despite trailing for the first time in almost two months.

M-A coach Markisha Coleman made some defensive adjustments at halftime and the Bears dominated. Megan Sparrow got M-A rolling with a 3-pointer on the opening possession and Kailahi followed with three more treys to finish with 16 points.

M-A’s Ilana Baer scored 10 second-half points and added three steals to spark the Bears to 42 secondhalf points. Meanwhile, the M-A defense limited the Knights to just five points after intermission as

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The streak is over Menlo School boys beat SHP in WBAL for the first time in 17 matches

by Keith Peters his has been a soccer season unlike any other for the Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo School boys in the West Bay Athletic League.

For the first time since both squads joined the league in 2009, neither team is sitting in first place and most likely neither will capture the division title.

Also for the first time, Menlo has a chance to make the Central Coast Section playoffs at the same time SHP misses them.

And, the Gators’ unbeaten streak against the Knights has come to an end.

All this was decided following Menlo’s thrilling 1-0 victory on Wednesday that was wrapped up when senior Will Chisholm took a pass from sophomore Dylan Williams and slotted a shot past SHP junior keeper Diego Sanchez long after the scoreboard clock had stopped for the final two minutes plus stoppage time.

Menlo had come into the match with a record of 0-11-5 against SHP since 2009.

“I guess the 17th was a charm,” said Menlo coach Marc Kerrest. “A lot of seniors really wanted this . . . obviously, this a big game whether we are playing for first or last place.”

The teams actually were playing for neither as King’s Academy won on Wednesday and is sitting safely on top of the WBAL

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Cardinal addresses its needs with one of its best recruiting classes

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with a 7-0-1 mark and 22 points with four matches remaining.

Menlo, meanwhile, improved to 5-2-1 in league (9-4-1 overall) and kept its hopes

atthew Gutwald may turn out to be the most interesting man among Stanford’s latest group of recruits. The Dublin resident did not sign one of the 25 national letters of intent the Cardinal football office received Wednesday.

Gutwald, who received offers from colleges across the nation, including six from the Pac-12, but choose to decline them all and commit to Stanford as a preferred walk-on.

The 6-foot-4, 275-pound offensive guard had his heart set on either Stanford or Notre Dame, only making unofficial visits to both schools. Once he learned of his acceptance at Stanford, the decision was easy.

“I came back (from a trip to Notre Dame) and thought about if football wasn’t in the picture, which school would I pick,” Gutwald told the Cardinal Sports Report. “I had Stanford without a doubt. And then I kind of realized looking back at all my experiences on campus, I felt like that’s where home is.

And the education is just so incredible you can’t even put it into words. That’s what set it apart.”

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TOP RECRUIT . . . Stanford head menís water polo coach John Vargas has announced the signing of Ben Hallock, regarded as the nationís top collegiate menís water polo prospect in the 2016 class. A native of Studio City, Hallock has not only starred at Harvard-Westlake School the past four years, but the 6-5, 210-pound standout is also the youngest member of the United States Menís Water Polo Senior National Team. In his most recent competition with the United States Senior National Team, Hallock scored four goals and added two assists to help lead Team USA to a third-place finish in the 2015 FINA Intercontinental Tournament last April. He played alongside former Stanford standouts Tony Azevedo, Bret Bonanni, Janson Wigo and Alex Bowen, and future Cardinal teammates Jackson Kimbell and Drew Holland. Hallock also competed in the 2015 Volvo Cup and the 2014-15 Senior Team Games for USA Water Polo. Honored as the 2015 Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year, Hallock scored 97 goals and added 86 assists despite missing three weeks of his senior season this past fall. He guiding the Wolverines to a 24-3 record and its third straight appearance in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Finals. Hallock also was named the CIF Division I Player of the Year for a second year in a row in 2015.

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Finally, a chance to produce A healthy Verhoeven is what Stanford needs right now

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rant Verhoeven knows tractors. Stanford’s 6-foot9 senior center was raised on a 40-acre farm in Hanford, on the same place his father, former NBA player Pete Verhoeven, also was raised.

Driving tractors may not be the same as driving the lane, though Verhoeven is comfortable doing both.

He’s getting a chance to play more often now that he’s healthy.

After playing 14 minutes in the Cardinal’s 96-74 loss at Utah last Saturday, Verhoeven officially set a career high for minutes played in a season.

Those averages of 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game may not seem like a lot, but for Verhoeven it represents a successful return from an injury-riddled college career.

In 17 games, Verhoeven has 39 points, 45 percent of his career 86, and 41 rebounds. It took 32 games as a sophomore to reach 21 points and 34 rebounds. He also shot, and made, his first career 3-pointer at a crucial juncture of Stanford’s win over Arizona State.

He’ll get his chance to continue his best season Saturday, when Stanford travels to California for a 1 p.m. tip-off, to be aired on ESPN2.

The Cardinal (11-9, 4-5 Pac-12) and California (14-8, 4-5) are in a three-way tie, with UCLA, for seventh place in the conference, three games back of Pac-12 leader Oregon and two games behind co-second-place Colorado, USC, Utah and Washington.

If Stanford wants to make noise in the conference race, this weekend’s game would be a good place to start, even though the Golden Bears are one of three conference teams who have yet to lose at home.

“The NIT would be a disappointment but we’ll take what we get,” Verhoeven said Wednesday.

“Right now we’re shooting for the NCAAs.” That’s not as far-flung as it seems on paper. The Pac-12 has 11 teams, all with winning overall records, ranked among the top 75 in the NCAA RPI ratings. Most bracketology services have the conference earning up to eight bids into the NCAA tournament.

Stanford could help itself with a victory over the Golden Bears, though after giving up 96 points to Utah and 91 in a loss at Colorado two days earlier, it might be a difficult task.

“You’re not going to beat any team like that,” Verhoeven said.

“We have to lock in defensively.

Stanford senior Grant Verhoeven (left) hopes to help the Cardinal upset Cal for a second time this season.

We have to stop them in transition and not let them get anything easy. We’ve given up a lot of open 3’s because our rotations haven’t been good.”

It’s been a point of focus in practice.

“Our defense has to be able to travel,” Cardinal coach Johnny Dawkins said. “We allowed a 71 percent shooting percentage in the first half against Utah. That’s not us. We have to do a better job forcing missed shots.”

Stanford junior guard Marcus Allen said there’s some pent-up anger ready to be turned loose Saturday.

“It’s tough to lose twice on the road,” he said. “We’re all upset.

There’s a big emphasis on defense this week. We have to improve our defensive numbers.”

Stanford currently ranks fifth in the Pac-12 with its 69.4 scoring defense but 10th in field goal percentage defense (.436). On the other hand, the Cardinal ranks last in scoring (70.9) and next-tolast in field goal percentage (.420).

California leads the conference in both scoring defense (67.0) and field goal percentage defense (.388). Those numbers do not bode well for Stanford.

“We’ve only played one side of the league,” Dawkins said. “There are a lot of unknowns still left in regards to competition with this league. With nine games remaining, it’s so close, it’s not out of the realm of possibilities of winning the conference.”

Of the nine remaining games, Stanford will play six games against teams either tied or ahead of them in the conference standings. The Cardinal travels to Cal, Washington and Arizona and will host Oregon, USC and UCLA. In terms of the conference tournament, the Cardinal can still

gain a tiebreaker against UCLA, Washington and USC. Stanford split with Utah and can earn splits with Oregon and Arizona.

Winning the regular-season title is the best-case scenario and finishing among the top four would be ideal. With nine teams separated by three games, nothing is out of play yet.

“We have to go in together and come out together,” Allen said.

“We have to be tougher, smarter and play harder. We’re looking to get after it defensively.”

Verhoeven, meanwhile, hasn’t strayed too far from his roots.

He’s majoring in sustainable earth systems. The family farm grows corn, alfalfa and, recently, walnut trees.

The last time he and his father played a game of basketball, in his sophomore year of high school at Central Valley Christian, the game had to be suspended because it was getting a little rough.

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tween 12th and 18th by most recruiting services, stronger.

The Cardinal need to replace three starters along the offensive line and restocked by signing five and adding Gutwald.

Stanford also signed four defensive linemen, a quarterback, a pair of running backs, four cornerbacks, a five-star linebacker, another top linebacker, a pair of tight ends, three wide receivers, a kicker and a long snapper.

“The coaches did an outstanding job traveling across the country and finding these guys,” Cardinal coach David Shaw said. “It’s tough to get defensive linemen at Stanford. We found four who are bigger now than the seniors who left.”

Thomas Schaffer (6-7, 270) of Vienna, Austria, who attended Lake Forest Academy in Illinois, will become the first Austrian to play FBS football.

“When he talks, you hear Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is so cool,” Shaw said. “People he knew had parents who attended Stanford.”

He’s joined by Bo Peek (6-3, 296) from Tampa, Fla., Jovan Swann (6-2, 270) from Greenwood, Ind. and Michael Williams (6-2, 300) from Forth Worth, Texas.

The lack of depth along the defensive line was a major concern for the Cardinal, especially after losing Harrison Phillips to a season-ending injury suffered against Northwestern. Tight end Eric Cotton was asked to switch to defense and he made his debut in the Rose Bowl.

“Competition will be there,” Shaw said. “We need these guys to step up and play. I’m excited to have numbers. Summer will be huge for these guys. We’ve shown we’ll play freshmen if they are ready.”

The five offensive linemen signed are Devery Hamilton (6-7, 290) of Ellicott City, Md., Henry Hattis (6-6, 270) of Rio Rancho, N.M., Nate Herbig (6-4, 350) of Kalaheo, Hawaii, Dylan Powell (6-3, 270) of New London, Mo. And Clark Yarbrough (6-6, 282) of Rumson, N.J. “They’ve termed themselves ‘Phat 5,’” Shaw said. “These are five big players, and that also includes Matthew, and I see them developing into what we need.”

The secondary was fortified with the signings of Malik Antoine (5-11, 184) of Baton Rouge, La., Treyjohn Butler (5-11, 186) of Rancho Cucamonga, Obi Eboh (6-2, 194) of Southlake, Texas and Andrew Pryts (6-1, 196) of Hermitage, Pa., whose father played as a linebacker at Penn State and had a tryout with the Houston Oilers.

K.J. Costello (6-5, 220), out of Santa Margarita High in Southern California became the first quarterback signed since Palo Alto grad Keller Chryst two years ago.

He and Ryan Burns will get the first chance to earn the starting job.

“They’re in the meat of the offense,” Shaw said. “We’ll give them a great opportunity in the spring. We’re going to overload them and see how it goes. We haven’t had had a true freshman play there (since Menlo School grad John Paye) and it’s tough to play as a freshman. His longterm prognosis is pretty doggoned good. He’s bright and will be able to pick up the system as well as anyone we’ve had.”

Offensively, Stanford also signed wide receivers Simi Fehoko (6-4, 190) out of Sandy, Utah, Paxton Segina (6-4, 210) from Austin, Texas and Donald Stewart (6-4, 200) from Hillside, N.J., tight ends Scooter Harrington (6-5, 240) from Riverside, Conn., and Kaden Smith (6-5, 250), still recovering from an ACL injury, out of Flower Mound, Texas, and running backs Dorian Maddox (5-10, 205) out of Bowie, Md. and Trevor Speights (5-11, 207) from McAllen, Texas.

Outside linebacker Curtis Robinson (6-3, 215) from Irvine, is the highest-rated player in the class as a five-star prospect. He’s joined at the position by Tangaloa Kaufusi 6-3, 220) out of Salt Lake City.

Richard McNitzky (6-1, 215), from San Antonio, was offered as a long snapper. Jet Toner (6-3, 185), from Honolulu, is a kicker and punter.

NOTES: Palo Alto High seniors Mike Grandy and Eli Givens both are headed to new teams next season, the 6-5, 305-pound Grandy to San Jose State and the fleet 6-1, 195-pound Givens to Southern Utah. Grandy is an offensive lineman and Givens is a wide receiver. Meanwhile, Menlo-Atherton’s 6-2, 270-ound defensive lineman Bryce Rodgers is headed to UC Davis to continue his football career. Q

It’s Stanford-Cal women in Battle of Bay II Rick Eymer xpect a different kind of game Friday night when No. 15 Stanford travels to Berkeley to meet California at 7 p.m. in part II of the ‘Battle of the Bay’ women’s basketball style.

For one thing, it’s a safe bet the teams will combine for more than 100 points, unlike Tuesday night’s 53-46 Stanford victory that left both coaches a little frustrated.

“We’re going to need to play better Friday,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said.

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“I wouldn’t expect to win if we played like this.”

Stanford (18-5, 8-3 Pac-12) entered Tuesday’s game ranked second in the nation in field goal percentage defense and held the Golden Bears (11-11, 2-9) to their lowest shooting percentage of the season (28.6).

“If we played on Mars Friday I think we would shoot better than 28.6 percent,” Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. “When you hold them to 53 it should be enough to win us the game. We should be able to score 54.”

It was Cal’s lowest point to-

tal since netting 39 at Kansas almost two years ago. Stanford scored its fewest points in a win on the season.

“It was not one of the prettiest Battle of the Bay games,” Gottlieb said. “It won’t go down in anyone’s Hall of Fame.”

Karlie Samuelson scored 15 points and Erica McCall recorded her 13th double-double of the season on a night when both teams combined to shoot 31.4 percent.

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alive for a CCS playoff berth. The Knights need to win their final four matches and have King’s lose twice just to tie for the title.

SHP dropped to 4-3-1 (7-6-3 overall) and into third place. Only the top two teams advance to the postseason.

While Menlo isn’t harboring any title hopes at this point, SHP’s loss ended a streak of seven straight outright or shared WBAL crowns. Not only are the Gators out of title contention, but they are facing their first season without a postseason berth since joining the WBAL — depending on how second-place Menlo fares over the next four matches.

“It’s too early to start doing the math,” said Kerrest. “A lot can happen in these final four matches.”

Menlo can control its destiny by winning out, thus knocking SHP out of the CCS playoffs. The Gators, who have one final match against King’s Academy, could slip back into the postseason should Menlo slip up.

That’s why Kerrest told his team after the post-match celebration: “We’ve got more to do. Four more league games and then get into the big dance . . . We can’t let this be the top of our season . . .

We just need to focus on what we can control.”

What Menlo controlled Wednesday was the SHP offensive attack. While the Gators had their chances, Menlo keeper Nolan Peterson repelled the attacks.

“Nolan played a huge game,” said Kerrest, who also handed out compliments to defenders Michael and David Quezada, Tyler McGraw and Andrew Arnold.

For SHP ooach Armando del Rio, the loss was frustrating and disappointing.

“We’ve had difficulties finding the net,” he said. “I don’t think we have 20 team goals.”

And the loss of the streak over Menlo?

“Eventually it’s going to end,” he said. “I did not want it to happen on my watch. But, that’s the game of soccer.”

In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Palo Alto moved to within a victory of clinching the league title and a berth into the CCS Open Division following a 5-1 victory over visiting Gunn. The Vikings improved to 7-0-2 in league (130-3 overall) while the Titans fell to 1-6-2 and 1-11-2.

Palo Alto has 23 points while second-place Homestead (4-1-4) has 16 following a 4-2 win over Santa Clara on Wednesday. Both teams have three matches remaining. The Mustangs’ best finish is 25 points while one more win by the Vikings give them 26.

Paly will visit Mountain View on Friday (3:30 p.m.) with an eye on clinching.

Against Gunn, Brian Tracy scored in the 28th minute off an assist from Roberto Sotelo.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Alison Lu PALO ALTO HIGH

Christian Fioretti, Lucas Fioretti

The senior scored three goals and sparked the defense in three shutout soccer victories, tallying the winner in a 1-0 win over Los Gatos, to keep the Vikings tied for first place in the SCVAL De Anza Division race.

MENLO-ATHERTON HIGH The senior twins combined for 79 points, 20 rebounds, 25 assists and 14 steals as the Bears won three basketball games, including a 65-50 win over SHP, and remained atop the PAL South Division standings.

Honorable mention Lucy Augustine

Roshan Bal

Gunn soccer

Pinewood basketball

Grace Battles

Alex Gil-Fernandez*

Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Cameron Gordon Sacred Heart Prep soccer

Ansley Queen Palo Alto soccer

Tatiana Reese* Priory basketball

Mia Shenk* Sacred Heart Prep soccer

Gunn basketball

Eric Norton Menlo-Atherton basketball

Matthew Peery Pinewood basketball

Mason Randall* Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Allesandro Reale Palo Alto soccer * previous winner

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

Neil Verwillow got the eventual match-winner in the 33rd minute off another Sotelo assist.

Paly scored three more times in the second half -- one unassisted goal by Cole Tierney and two by Allesandro Reale — before Gunn got on the board with a goal from Alper Karakas.

In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton suffered a scoreless deadlock with visiting Hillsdale and fell into a three-way tie for first place with Sequoia and Aragon, all with 6-2-1 league marks.

The Bears will host Sequoia on Friday at 4 p.m.

Girls soccer Palo Alto remained undefeated in the SCVAL De Anza Division and got some help to take over sole possession of first place.

While the Vikings were blanking last-place and host Milpitas, 6-0, previous co-leader Mountain View was being held to a 0-0 draw by Saratoga. As a result, Paly is sitting atop the standings at 8-0-1 (13-0-1 overall) while Mountain View drops to second at 6-0-2 (13-0-2).

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a chance to win the division title.

At Milpitas, senior Jacey Pederson scored three goals with Ally Scheve, Emily Tomz and Alison Lu scoring solo tallies.

In the SCVAL El Camino Division, Gunn’s title hopes took a hit following a 1-1 deadlock with visiting Lynbrook. Natalie Hill gave the Titans a 1-0 lead in the second half with a penalty kick, but Lynbrook later countered. Gunn dropped to 6-2-1 in league (8-51 overall) after beginning the day alone in first plae.

In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton took a very big step toward solidifying a berth into the CCS playoffs by handing longtime nemesis Carlmont a 3-2 loss on Tuesday in Atherton.

The victory moved the Bears to 6-2-1 in the PAL Bay Division and 8-4-1 overall and into a tie for second place with the Scots (6-2-1, 7-6-2) with five matches remaining, including one at home against first-place Woodside (9-0 (11-0-1) to close the regular season on Feb. 18.

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the Bears pressured Hillsdale’s 3-point shooters.

M-A will host Carlmont on Friday at 6:15 p.m. After that, the Bears face two teams with losing records to close the regular season.

While the M-A girls were cruising, the M-A boys were doing the same during a 63-47 victory at Hillsdale. The Bears grabbed a 16-8 first-quarter lead and led by 34-18 at the half on the way to improving to 9-0 in league and 19-2 overall with their 11th straight win.

Christian Fioretti led the Bears with 20 points with Eric Norton adding 19 points and three steals.

Lucas Fioretti dished out five assists for M-A, which played without starting post Blake Henry, sidelined by illness.

M-A will host Carlmont on Friday at 7:30 p.m., with a victory giving the Bears no worse than a tie for the division title. The Bears can win the crown outright by beating second-place Burlingame on Tuesday (5:30 p.m.) in Atherton.

In the SCVAL De Anza Division, the Gunn boys lost a game on their league lead following an 86-73 loss to host Wilcox. The Titans fell to 6-2 in league (132 overall) following a five-game win streak. The Chargers (5-3) moved into second place.

In Palo Alto, Max Dorward tallied 18 points and Jack Simison added 15 as Paly (4-4, 13-7) handed Milpitas a 60-51 loss at Gunn The West Bay Athletic League race held true to form as all the favorites claimed victories on Tuesday night. However, not all were blowouts.

Sacred Heart Prep barely hung on to first place with a 58-57 victory over host Harker. Fortunately for the Gators (9-0, 11-8), it didn’t take a last-second shot to win.

The Gators fell behind by 22-12 after one period and had to rally.

Making only three of six from the free-throw line didn’t help SHP, either, as it bounced back from Saturday’s nonleague loss at Menlo-Atherton that snapped a nine-game win streak..

Seniors Mason Randall and Andrew Daschbach each scored 15 points to help bring SHP out of its hole while maintaining a one-game lead over second-place Pinewood.

In Hillsborough, Pinewood remained within reach of the top spot following a 67-39 triumph over host Crystal Springs. The Panthers (8-1, 12-7) had 10 players score, led by senior Ryan Knotts with 14 points and six rebounds.

Matthew Peery added 11 points plus six assists and Nathan Beak finished with 11 points. A 22-8 first quarter got Pinewood rolling.

In Portola Valley, host Priory got 32 points from senior Scotty Harris in a 73-63 overtime victory over Eastside Prep. The visitors held a 10-point lead entering the fourth quarter, which saw Priory

outscore the Panthers, 23-9, and send the game to overtime when Harris hit a buzzer-beating shot Priory (5-4, 9-5) also got 21 points and close to 20 rebounds from 6-foot-9 Emmanual Ajankau-Makun.

In Atherton, host Menlo School made it a two-way tie for third place by holding off visiting King’s Academy, 46-34. The Knights (5-4. 7-12) got another standout performance from senior Jared Lucian, who had 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and five rebounds. Sophomore JH Tevis collected 11 points, nine rebounds, four steals and three assists. Senior Ben Simon added seven points for four assists for Menlo, which held King’s Academy to just three second-period points as the Knights took a 2115 halftime lead.

Girls basketball Palo Alto remained in second place, a half-game behind idle Los Gatos, following a 48-37 SCVAL De Anza Division victory over Saratoga at Gunn High. The Vikings improved to 6-2 in league (13-6 overall) while avenging an earlier loss to the Falcons.

“Defensive pressure on the ball and offensive rebounds were the keys to the win,” said Paly coach Scott Peters. “Fullcourt defense bothered Saratoga all night.”

Paly grabbed a 28-19 halftime lead and pulled further ahead with a 15-7 advantage in the third period. Paly got 17 points from 6-3 Alexis Harris, who helped dominate the offensive boards. Lauren Koyama added 10 points for the Vikings, who continued to struggle at the free-throw line while making just three of 15 attempts.

In another SCVAL De Anza Division game, Gunn (3-5, 12-7) handed host Wilcox (3-5, 10-10) a 62-50 defeat as Archer Olson scored 23 points and Chloe Gong added 11. Olson was active and accurate from the free-throw line where she made 11 of 12. She also had five rebounds. Tiazha Jackson finished with 10 boards and eight points with Georgia Hake adding nine points and seven rebounds.

In the WBAL Foothill Division, Ma’ata Makoni and Riley Hemm each tallied 12 points in pacing host Sacred Heart Prep to a 47-34 victory over Castilleja. SHP improved to 3-3 in league and 14-4 overall while Castilleja dropped to 0-6 and 8-11.

Both teams scored just six points in the first quarter before SHP held Castilleja to single-digit scoring over the next two periods to pull away.

For Castilleja, senior co-captain Ellie Chen scored her 1,000th career point while finishing with a game-high 19. Chen, who entered the game with 999 career points, added eight rebounds and three assists. Junior Cate Alder scored 10 for Castilleja.

Chen, a 5-6 point guard, is the sixth player in school history to reach 1,000 points and holds the ongoing school record of 23 consecutive games with a 3-pointer.Q

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Prepare with tips from the Santa Clara Valley Water District • Prepare a family emergency plan and emergency kit for your home and your car.

• Learn the best route to high ground to avoid floodwaters.

• Don’t walk or drive in flooded areas. Six inches of moving water can make you fall. And a foot of water will cause vehicles to float away.

For more flood safety tips, text the word WATER to 84444, or visit valleywater.org.

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