Palo Alto Weekly March 25, 2016

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Vol. XXXVII, Number 25 Q March 25, 2016

Parents: School sports deserve district funding Page 5

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Educating for

life

Palo Alto Adult School refocuses mission

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Pulse 14 Transitions 14 Eating Out 21 Movies 22 Puzzles 42 Q Arts Photojournalists to speak in new series

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Q Home A ranch home, remodeled

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Q Sports Eastside Prep girls are state basketball champs

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Local news, information and analysis

High schools tell board: Restore athletics funding Students, parents describe how sports support teens’ mental health

by Elena Kadvany

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alo Alto students, parents and high school athletics staff made the case at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting that sports play a critical role in students’ social-emotional health — and thus deserve the funding necessary to sustain that.

Community members filled the

board room and called on district leadership to support a proposed budget allocation of $180,000 — $90,000 for each high school — to “restore” the schools’ athletics programs.

For Eli Freelander, a Palo Alto High School senior and athlete, sports have “offered a great way

to relieve stress during hard academic times and an outlet when anything else is going on in my very difficult teenage life.”

For Walker Rosenthal, a Paly freshman who moved to Palo Alto last summer, joining the football team was the way he made friends and adjusted to his new school.

For Melissa Anderson, co-president of the Paly sports boosters, sports sustained her children’s personal and academic health from freshman year onward in

numerous ways.

“It helps a large school become a little bit smaller. It reduced their stress. It’s a great way to learn discipline and to also build relationships with other teammates and coaches and other adults,” Anderson said. “They learn things on a sports team that they don’t learn in the classroom.”

The parents who raise funds for these programs said they’re stretched thin and need the district to step up its support.

Paly Athletic Director Kathi Bowers told the board that “every single cent” of the school’s $250,000 to $275,000 athletics budget is raised by sports boosters. While the school district pays for personnel, such as the coaches’ and athletic trainers’ salaries, parents are left to support transportation, league dues, officials’ fees, tournament entry fees, equipment, uniforms, training room supplies, (continued on page 11)

RECREATION

New dog parks pitched in Palo Alto City considers plan to expand three existing dog parks, add three new ones

by Gennady Sheyner

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Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks about combating terrorism at the Bechtel Conference Center at Stanford University on March 23.

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Clinton speaks at Stanford in wake of Brussels bombings Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate outlines strategy to defeat extremists

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ne day after the terrorist bombings in Brussels, Belgium, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton laid out her foreign policy strategy to defeat terrorist groups, which she said would rely on collaboration with allies worldwide.

Clinton made the hastily scheduled, 25-minute speech at Stanford University’s Bechtel Conference Center on Wednesday morning, March 23, before more than 135 invited guests and members of the media. Former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, who are fellows with the Stanford’s Hoover Institution, sat in the front row.

Former Secretary of State Clinton did not mince words re-

garding the anti-Muslim statements of Republican presidential opponents Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

She outlined a strategy that would expand military, security and political alliances globally, reinforce the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), partner with technology businesses and nations to strengthen cybersecurity and intelligence operations, and define and invest in communities that are hotbeds of jihadis to counter their influence.

In somber, measured tones, Clinton described the global threat of the Islamic State, or ISIS, mentioning not only the widely publicized attacks in Paris, San Bernardino and Brussels, but also incidents in

Istanbul, West Africa, Tunisia and Lebanon and on a Russian passenger jet.

“Walls will not protect us from this threat. We cannot contain ISIS. We must defeat ISIS. This will be one of the most important challenges facing the next president, who takes office on Jan. 20,” she said.

The country and world “face an adversary that is constantly adapting and operating across multiple theaters. So our response must be just as nimble and far reaching,” she said.

“We need to rely on what actually works, not bluster that alienates our partners and doesn’t make us any safer,” (continued on page 12)

ogged by persistent complaints about inadequate park space for local pooches, Palo Alto officials are preparing to unleash a new policy that would both expand existing dog parks and create new ones throughout the city.

The proposal, which was put together by the Community Services Department and an ad hoc committee of the Parks and Recreation Commission, identifies 12 locations where potential dog parks could go, though one of these — El Camino Park — faces potentially insurmountable obstacles, according to staff.

Each dedicated and fenced dog park would be at least 0.25 acres.

Today, only one existing park — the 0.57-acre stretch at Mitchell Park — meets that threshold.

The city’s two other dog parks, at Greer and Hoover parks, are 0.12 acres and 0.14 acres, respectively.

All three are south of Oregon Expressway, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by elected dog lovers from the north (former Mayor Larry Klein and Councilwoman Karen Holman among them).

Darren Anderson, division manager for Open Space, Parks and Golf, said that staff and the ad hoc committee compiled the list after extensive conversations with stakeholders and a “comprehensive analysis of our entire park system.”

The analysis, as well as conversations with other cities’ officials, convinced Palo Alto personnel that dedicated dog parks have distinct advantages over shared spaces that dogs are allowed to use for certain limited hours.

The so-called “shared use”

parks typically “result in conflicts between user groups,” a staff report notes, and require a contractor to enforce the schedule. Menlo Park’s own parks commission expressed concerns about the joint use of a city softball field and noted “ongoing field-condition issues,” according to Anderson’s report to the Palo Alto park commission, which considered the dog-park proposal Tuesday.

Staff are pitching the new policy calling for the city to “actively pursue” dedicated dog parks as part of Palo Alto’s Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space, and Recreation Master Plan, a broad vision document that the city is now putting together.

Though the proposed policy has yet to be formally adopted, it won enthusiastic plaudits from the commission. The policy calls for the city to evaluate and decide upon at least six new or improved dog parks. Three would be at existing locations: The dog park at Mitchell Park would be expanded to 1.2 acres; Greer’s and Hoover’s would be moved to larger spaces and expanded to 0.87 acres and 1 acre, respectively.

The top two proposed new locations are Eleanor Pardee Park and Bowden Park, each of which has ample space and a budget for park-improvements that could accommodate fencing, a water fountain for dogs and some basic amenities like benches, Anderson told the commission. Significantly, each is located north of Oregon.

Pardee Park, near Channing Avenue and Center Drive, is 9.6 acres, and a dog park would have (continued on page 11)

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

The tech community and the government have to stop seeing each other as adversaries.

—Hillary Clinton, U.S. presidential candidate, on the challenges of national security, privacy and digital encryption. See story on page 5.

Around Town REGARDS TO HILLARY ...

Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had the ear and moral support of two former White House officials, William Perry and George Shultz, during her speech at Stanford University on Wednesday. But another former secretary of state and Hoover Institution fellow, Condoleezza Rice, was conspicuously absent. That was not to snub Clinton, Hyma Moore, press lead for Clinton’s campaign, said. Rice was out of town. But “she sent her regards,” Moore said. During her speech, Clinton pointed to the policies of Shultz and Perry as examples of what works in fighting terrorism: expanding international alliances and approaching issues and nations through diplomacy.

PET PROJECTS ... When Palo Alto officials flirted with the idea of closing the city’s animal shelter on East Bayshore Road four years ago, pet owners and shelter volunteers charged to the rescue. It took a few heated council meetings and a flurry of letters and emails, but no one is talking about shuttering the shelter anymore. Even so, the future of the facility is far from certain as the city continues to look for a third party to take over the shelter’s operations. The process has been filled with stakeholder meetings and negotiations with other animalservice providers. Now, however, there are some proposals on the table. According to Khashayar Alaee, senior management analyst in the Office of City Manager, the city received responses from three organizations: Humane Society of Silicon Valley, Pets in Need and the County of Santa Clara. Under the city’s proposed plan, the animalcontrol function would remain with the city’s police department.

In the coming weeks, staff will review the proposals, with the goal of issuing a recommendation to the council this summer. It was challenging to elicit applicants for the work, City Manager James Keene said during a Tuesday update to the council’s Policy and Services Committee. The facility is smaller than most in the area, and while it’s locally popular, a recent audit makes a case that the local shelter is substandard and requires upgrades. “It’s a small market, niche kind of operation, therefore it’s not

like everyone who can even provide the services can say, ‘That’s a model for us,’” Keene said.

A NEW LEAF ... Gas-powered leaf blowers are technically illegal in Palo Alto’s residential neighborhoods, though as residents often note (and as police statistics confirm), the prohibition is rarely, if ever, enforced.

This week, City Manager James Keene vowed that the public will soon start seeing a difference. The city has added a code-enforcement officer who Keene said will be “making an effort to be proactive” on the issue, which Keene noted has been the subject of complaints for well over a decade. “We are asking our residents and gardeners who work in Palo Alto to stick to electric leaf-blowers,” Keene said Monday. He encouraged residents to use the city’s 311 line to report complaints and to specify the day of the week and time of the violation (or through the police department’s non-emergency line). The city would then send out a warning, and a citation may be given if a violation is discovered, Keene said.

PATRIOTIC DISPLAY ... Nonprofit organizations in Santa Clara County that are planning on holding firework events this Fourth of July have a chance to apply for a new grant program established to fund safe and legal fireworks displays.

The county is allocating $25,000 to sponsor up to two fireworks shows in each of the five supervisorial districts ($5,000 for each district).

“Our support of professional displays helps to deter the illegal use of fireworks in neighborhoods,” Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese said in a statement.

Events involving fireworks must be open to residents in Santa Clara County, be family-friendly and consider public and fire-safety educational elements, according to a press release. Nonprofits have until April 8 to submit an application.

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Upfront CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Defense, prosecution spar over effects of drunkenness at assault trial Former Stanford student charged with sexually assaulting unconscious woman

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an a person who is involved in sexual activity while so intoxicated that she later has no memory of it be considered to have consented to the act?

That is the question before a Palo Alto jury of four women and eight men deciding the fate of Brock Turner, a former Stanford University student who has been charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated young woman outside a campus fraternity house last January.

The trial of People v. Brock Allen Turner began on March 14, more than a year since two Stanford graduate students tackled Turner after they said they saw him “thrusting” on top of an unmoving woman, Emily Doe, in the early hours of Jan. 18, 2015. The Palo Alto Weekly has changed the alleged victim’s name to protect her privacy.

Both Turner’s defense attorney, Michael Armstrong of Palo Alto firm Nolan, Armstrong & Barton, and prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Alaleh Kianerci have focused on how intoxication affected Turner, Doe and others that night and attacked the credibility of their opponent’s witnesses.

Kianerci has called more than a dozen witnesses — from the Stanford deputy who first found Doe laying unconscious in the fetal position around 1 a.m. to the 23-yearold woman herself — and entered numerous pieces of evidence to

show that Doe was too intoxicated to consent to sexual activity.

Doe testified that she has no memory of the alleged sexual assault, of meeting Turner or of making phone calls or sending text messages. When she awoke at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose at 4:15 a.m., she said she did not know where she was or why she was there until a police deputy told her there was “reason to believe she had been sexually assaulted.”

Expert witnesses for both the defense and prosecution have said that Doe had likely experienced an alcohol-induced blackout, meaning she lost some memory of the evening. Defense witness Kim Fromme — a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, who has extensively researched alcohol’s effects on cognition, memory and behavior in young adults — testified Tuesday that someone who is black-out drunk can still make “voluntary decisions.”

Turner took the stand on Wednesday, with his parents, sister and brother sitting in the first row of the courtroom, to solidify that argument. He testified that Doe had indeed given voluntary, verbal consent to the sexual activities they engaged in. He said she was awake, conscious and responsive from the point when he asked her to dance to when they started kissing, decided to leave to go to his dorm, walked outside,

fell on the ground and started kissing again near a Dumpster behind the fraternity house.

Turner testified that Doe at no point seemed too intoxicated to understand what was going on or communicate with him. That included responding positively when he asked if she wanted him to digitally penetrate her, Turner said.

Turner admitted to taking off Doe’s underwear and moving the top of her dress and her bra down so he could fondle her. He said he never took his pants off. A forensic DNA expert testified that no semen was found on Doe’s body or underwear, but her DNA was found underneath Turner’s fingernails and on his right fingers.

“Was it ever your intention to rape (Doe)?” Armstrong asked his client.

“Absolutely not,” Turner replied.

Turner told Kianerci during her cross-examination that “the entire time I was with her, if she was ever unconscious, I would have gone for help.”

Kianerci attacked his credibility, attempting to poke holes in his detailed account of the evening, which stood in contrast to a less detailed statement he gave to a Stanford police detective shortly after being arrested. He did not tell the detective that she verbally consented, that they had danced together or that he ran away from the two graduate students because he thought they might hurt him, he confirmed under oath.

Veronica Weber

by Elena Kadvany

Former Stanford University student Brock Turner walks towards the courtroom in Palo Alto as his trial begins. Turner is being charged with three felony counts related to sexual assault, stemming from a January 2015 incident.

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n Monday, the trial’s sixth day, Alice King, the supervising criminalist for the Santa Clara County crime lab’s toxicology unit, used a technique known as “back extrapolation” to estimate that Doe’s blood-alcohol content at the time of the alleged sexual assault was 0.241 or 0.249, three times the legal driving limit in California of 0.08.

Turner’s blood was taken around 3:15 a.m.; his bloodalcohol level registered at 0.13, according to Kianerci. Around 1 a.m., his level would have been around 0.171, King estimated.

Both King and Fromme testified that there is no definitive blood-alcohol level at which all people black out or lose consciousness. This varies from person to person based on one’s tolerance, genetics and factors like how much a person ate before drinking, how quickly he or she

People v. Brock Allen Turner: timeline of events

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drank and what kind of alcohol he or she consumed.

There is also no objective way to determine if or when someone is blacked out. The only way of knowing, Fromme said, is if the person later says he or she lost memory while drinking, as Doe did.

During an at-times aggressive cross-examination, Kianerci challenged Fromme’s integrity as an independent, neutral expert in the case. She called into question Fromme’s financial compensation for testifying — an $8,000 retainer, plus airfare and hotel costs and a fee of $350 per hour.

Kianerci’s expert witness, King, said in court she was not being paid for her testimony.

Kianerci also questioned Fromme’s track record of testimony in 30 previous cases, the majority on behalf of the defense, and emails between Fromme and Armstrong that Kianerci said suggested she had a “vested interest” in the case.

The emails were disclosed under California discovery law.

In a Jan. 19, 2016, email to Armstrong, Fromme described a sexual-assault and kidnapping case in Washington, D.C., for which she had just testified. The jury returned a not guilty verdict, she wrote.

“Let’s hope for a comparable outcome for your client,” Fromme wrote.

Armstrong, likewise, sought to undermine the prosecution’s witnesses. In his opening statement last week, he asked the juror to carefully consider that almost every witness in the trial had consumed alcohol that evening.

Armstrong spent much of his cross-examination questioning witnesses on previous statements they had made in court or to law enforcement.

He asked Stanford graduate student Peter Jonsson, who tackled Turner after noticing that Doe was not moving while Turner was on top of her, to confirm that he didn’t tell the investigating police officer about a key comment that he’s since claimed he made that (continued on page 10)

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Several Palo Alto Unified kindergarten teachers, speaking on behalf of their colleagues, told the school board Tuesday night that they do not support a proposal to implement full-day kindergarten at all elementary schools in the coming school year.

The teachers defended the current practice at the majority of Palo Alto’s 13 elementary schools, in which half of the kindergarten class stays for a longer day two days each week, allowing teachers to work with students in smaller groups.

The primary driver for moving all schools to a full-day model is a recommendation from the district’s Minority Achievement and Talent Development Committee. The group cited research that shows full-day kindergarten produces stronger long-term academic achievement and social-emotional growth, particularly for certain minority students.

Some kindergarten teachers, however, “don’t feel that full-day kindergarten is the best remedy for a systemic problem,” said Corey Potter, a kindergarten teacher at Hoover Elementary School.

Currently, Barron Park Elementary School is the only school in the district with full-day kindergarten. At Palo Verde Elementary, all students stay every day until 2 p.m. (except early dismissal day on Wednesday).

Superintendent Max McGee has been working with a kindergarten “think tank” committee made up of representatives from each elementary school to collect data, read research and gather feedback on full-day kindergarten. He said he will bring comments back to that group and could return at the board’s next meeting on April 19 with a budget recommendation for full-day kindergarten. Q — Elena Kadvany

Traffic delays on East Bayshore expected A busy route along East Bayshore Road will be reduced to one lane with traffic signals as the third phase of the San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement Project begins on April 4, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced.

In the construction zone, which will remain active through December, a lane will be closed off along a stretch of the frontage road to U.S. Highway 101 about halfway between Laura Lane in Palo Alto and Pulgas Avenue in East Palo Alto, according to Caltrans.

Two traffic signals will funnel traffic in both directions through the single southbound lane. In addition, various lane and ramp closures will occur on Highway 101 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., according to Caltrans.

The closures will allow crews to replace the East Bayshore Road bridge. The work, when completed, will widen the bridge to improve San Francisquito Creek water flow during periods of heavy rain, thus reducing flooding. The existing bridge will be demolished with heavy equipment, and residents and businesses might experience increased noise, Caltrans officials said.

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Smart Shopping Tips Planning is key to avoiding food waste. Buying only what you need will help you eat what you have before it goes bad.

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Explore your cupboards and fridge to plan your meals. Find out what you have on hand and what needs to be eaten soon.

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A plan to modify Palo Alto CLEAN, a program that allows city to buy solar power from local customers, ran into opposition this from residents who argued that the change would kill the program. Last December, the city received its first offer of solar energy from a local producer — the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. Then in February, a company called Komuna Energy submitted four applications to install solar panels at various city garages and sell the power to the city.

Now, the Utility Department is considering drastically slashing the amount of money the city would pay for the locally produced energy, from 16.5 cents per kilowatt hour to the much-lower market rate.

Last month the City Council’s Finance Committee unanimously adopted a proposal to do so, and the City Council was prepared to approve it without debate this week. After hearing protests from a few clean-energy advocates, though, the council agreed to further discuss Palo Alto CLEAN on March 28.

The market rate for solar energy is dropping dramatically. On Monday night, the council unanimously approved a solar contract with Hecate Energy Palo Alto LLC through which the city would pay 3.67 cents per kilowatt hour.

At Monday’s meeting, Craig Lewis, executive director of nonprofit group Clean Coalition, argued that locally generated energy can’t be compared to solar power purchased on the open market, as local solar affords a community greater self-reliance.

Bruce Hodges, a member of the group Carbon-free Palo Alto, blasted the Finance Committee for what he called its “knee-jerk” reaction in recommending the change. Q — Gennady Sheyner

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Claim filed against Palo Alto in police shooting Mother of William Raff accuses police of civil-rights violations

by Sue Dremann

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inutes before two Palo Alto officers fatally shot William David Raff on Dec. 25, 2015, an employee at the mental health facility where Raff lived allegedly rushed out, warned police that Raff was armed with a butter knife and begged them not to shoot, according to an attorney who has filed a claim on behalf of Raff’s mother.

Oakland-based civil-rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin filed the claim for unspecified monetary damages on behalf of Raff’s mother, Tina Cremer, on Monday afternoon, lead attorney Michael Haddad told the Weekly.

The claim alleges wrongful death, conscious pain and suffering, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, intentional torts and civil-rights violations. It asks for damages related to loss of support both economic and non-economic, medical, funeral and burial expenses and other causes.

Raff, 31, who had schizophrenia, was living in facility on the 600 block of Forest Avenue run by the nonprofit Momentum for Mental Health. He allegedly called police dispatch on Christmas night to report a disturbance.

Police officers have said that Raff jumped out at them from the dark and waved a knife while shrieking unintelligibly. Raff allegedly charged, and two officers, later identified as Nicholas Enberg and Zachary Wicht, fired their pistols at him. Raff was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The claim alleges that police knew the Forest Avenue address was a group home for mentally ill persons. The officers are trained in de-escalation, use of communication techniques in crisis situations and modes for keeping themselves tactically safe in order to give the disturbed person time to calm down, but they failed to use or adequately employ that training, according to the claim.

A dispatcher had allegedly called the home after Raff made his 911 call and spoke with a group home staff member. That person assured the police that everything was safe within the

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The March 18 article “Families with twins face commencement conundrum� incorrectly stated the date of Palo Alto and Gunn high schools’ graduation ceremonies. They are scheduled for Wednesday, June 1. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

home. The staff member allegedly told the dispatcher that Raff was having mental health problems and that staff were addressing his issues, according to the claim. But the officers allegedly acted in a threatening manner, which inflamed the situation rather than de-escalated it, according to the claim. “A large staff member came out of the house and told police ‘I’m staff. Don’t shoot. It’s only a butter knife,’� Haddad said. But police ignored the staff member, he said.

Haddad also disputed police claims that Raff was so close to the officers that they were at risk of being stabbed. “He was 30 to 40 feet away.

Even if it was closer, it doesn’t matter because it was a harmless butter knife,� he said.

The claim also accuses, but does not specify in detail how, the police department of unreasonably causing a delay of emergency treatment to Raff that might have saved his life.

Palo Alto City Attorney Molly Stump said in an email: “We generally don’t comment on active claims/litigation, except to say that we will process the claim according to our regular procedures.�

But police spokesman Lt. Zach Perron said after the shooting that video recordings taken by

police cruisers show the incident from beginning to end. Raff was so close when he was shot that one of the officers had to move out of the way to avoid being struck by his falling body, he said. Police have said they did not know Raff was holding a butter knife but only saw the flash of metal in the darkened street.

The claim also accuses the police department of covering up or conspiring to cover up illegal or unconstitutional conduct.

Haddad said that he believes police claims are suspect in part because the department has refused to release the video tapes, which would presumably exonerate them. The police department has refused to allow attorneys and Raff’s parents to view the recordings, he said. Police have also denied reporters access to view the videos.

Cremer’s attorneys have made a formal demand in the claim for the city to preserve all evidence, including the video recordings and any dispatch tapes, interviews and written records.

The shooting is being investigated by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office for any possible wrongdoing, the DA’s office has confirmed.

The city can choose to offer a settlement or reject the claim.

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Palo Alto looks to spur affordable housing City staff to consider ‘micro units’; explore new programs for moderate-income workers

by Gennady Sheyner

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eeking to halt the city’s transformation into an enclave for the super-rich, Palo Alto officials set their sights Monday night on developing housing for teachers, firefighters, government workers and other employees whose incomes are too low to afford local rents but too high to qualify for local affordable-housing programs.

The idea, proposed by Vice Mayor Greg Scharff and embraced by all of his colleagues, was one of several to emerge from a long council discussion focused on a problem that has taken on fresh urgency in recent months: a housing crunch that is sending home prices to new heights, displacing long-time residents, leaving “empty nest” seniors with no options for downsizing and exacerbating the city’s traffic congestion.

In addition to exploring programs for “moderate-income employees,” the council directed staff to consider programs for encouraging the construction

of downtown “micro” units of 200-300 square feet; promoting mixed-use developments with retail and residential components; and focusing more housing California Avenue, which is wellserved by public transit.

The council’s vote to proceed with these initiatives followed a discussion that featured comments from nearly 30 residents, many of whom lobbied for highdensity housing, a relaxation of parking requirements for new housing developments and other initiatives that would make housing construction more enticing.

While tangible solutions are still many months, if not years, from materializing, the council signaled Monday that it has no shortage of ideas for moving the conversation forward.

Councilman Cory Wolbach, one of the council’s leading housing advocates, supported the “micro-unit” concept targeting people who don’t drive. He emphasized that the coun-

cil should make it clear that it would enforce the car prohibition for these units. Wolbach also argued that in addition to promoting these small units, the council should also consider major new facilities.

“We need to think whether we want a Channing House or something like that; or another Opportunity Center or something like that,” Wolbach said.

Council members acknowledged that local solutions cannot solve the regional problem of inadequate housing. That, however, should not deter the city from trying, Councilman Marc Berman said. Doing nothing, he said, definitely won’t make things better.

The council also came up with ideas ranging from new “overlay” districts with affordable-housing requirements to relaxation of height limits in downtown for housing units.

Mayor Pat Burt called the proposal for an affordable-housing overlay an “interesting approach”

and voiced support for microunits, which he said would make sense for single residents and young couples, both in downtown and other parts of the city. Councilman Tom DuBois requested that staff return with plan for ensuring that existing homes are used for housing, not other uses — a proposal that all of his colleagues deemed worthwhile.

While the council has seen its share of divisions in recent years when it comes to new developments, most of the proposals that advanced Monday night did so with unanimity. The lone exception was the proposal to shift some sites designated for housing from San Antonio Road to California Avenue, which has more shopping amenities and transportation options for potential residents.

The council voted 5-4 to make the shift, with Councilman Marc Berman, Councilwoman Liz Kniss, Councilwoman Karen Holman and Councilman Eric Filseth dissenting.

Much like in other recent discussions of housing, members of the public turned out to offer stories of displacement and hardships and tips for improving the situation.

Yet others warned against building too much too fast, without adequately considering the impact of new developments. Some argued that simply building housing will do nothing to make local homes

more affordable or to prevent displacement of long-time residents.

Palo Alto resident Lydia Kou said she was concerned about “the kind of schizophrenic approval of development continuing now in the name of providing housing.”

“Residential growth has its own impacts — a need for parks, community centers, recreation services and schools,” Kou said.

“Building housing has impacts as well and if the cumulative impacts are not addressed it will further compound the issue.”

Barron Park resident Winter Dellenbach argued that marketrate housing will always be “as expensive as the market allows” and urged the council to focus exclusively on below-market-rate housing — the only option that can give middle- and low-income employees a chance to live in Palo Alto.

Council members generally agreed that when it comes to new housing, the focus should be on those who cannot afford local real estate prices but who make important contributions to the community.

Filseth observed that “we can’t possibly house everybody who wants to move to Palo Alto” and said the city should target those who cannot afford market rates.

“That’s the focus: Is this going to help us keep people in town who can’t afford to live here right now?” Filseth said. Q

People v. Brock Allen Turner: timeline of events

Graphic by My Nguyen

Sources: police report, witness testimony and court documents

Turner (continued from page 7)

night. Kianerci used that phrase — “What the f--- are you doing?

She’s unconscious” — as the dramatic entry into her opening statement. Jonsson confirmed he didn’t tell the investigating officer that.

Armstrong also asked Doe about statements she had previously made to police about “partying in college” and blacking out due to alcohol and, in court, about whether her phone was set to ring audibly that night.

On Monday, Armstrong also pushed Doe’s younger sister, Tiffany, to adhere to a statement she made at a preliminary hearing in

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October describing her sister’s level of intoxication at one point in the evening as “totally fine.”

Tiffany told Kianerci Monday that they were all “pretty drunk” and that Doe was slurring her words at that same point in the evening.

The trial is expected to conclude next week. Turner is facing three felony counts: assault with

intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person; sexual penetration of an intoxicated person; and sexual penetration of an unconscious person. In February 2015, he pleaded not guilty to five felony charges, which were later reduced to three. He was a freshman at Stanford in January 2015 and voluntarily withdrew

from the university soon after his arrest. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

To read the Palo Alto Weekly’s full coverage of the Turner trial and other sexual-assault cases at Stanford, go to storify.com/ paloaltoweekly.

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team awards and the like.

Gunn Athletic Director Kirk Johansen said that his school’s athletes attend about 350 competitions each year, and usually two to three officials are needed per contest, for whom the schools have to pay.

Supplemental district funds for these types of items were cut in 2001, according to the Paly sports boosters. The schools moved to a “pay-to-play” model that asked student-athletes to pitch in a $100 fee. That worked well for awhile, Bowers said, but it was decided several years ago to shift to a donation-based model.

Other local districts pay for their schools’ Central Coast Section (CCS) and league fees as well as the cost for officials and some, for transportation, school staff said. The proposed $90,000 for each school would cover transportation, referees and leagues fees for the programs over two years.

Bowers said that more than 1,000 Paly students this year are participating in at least one sport — 150 more students than last year. The schools have also added new sports over the years, including boys and girls lacrosse, freshman football, freshman volleyball and freshman basketball. Another parent said that because of a new law that will go into effect in 2017, cheer will become a sport.

“We’re all scrambling for the last dollar and it’s very difficult,” a mother of a freshman cheerleader at Paly said. “It takes a lot of the parental goodwill when we have to keep going back and asking and asking and asking (for money).”

School board members indicated support for the additional funding, though the issue was not up for a vote Tuesday night.

“I can’t imagine a high school without an athletic program,” said board member Melissa Baten Caswell, likening it to theater, choir, speech and debate and arts. She and other board members emphasized the importance of supporting whatever it is that high school students gravitate toward outside of the classroom.

Board Vice President Terry Godfrey agreed, noting that kids form close relationships through their activities, whether it is water polo, robotics, choir or glass-blowing.

“All of them we should look at with that same eye that it’s their (students’) family on campus,” Godfrey said.

Superintendent Max McGee has said that the series of proposed budget requests, including for high school athletics, will return to the board for action at the board’s next meeting on April 19. McGee and his staff will also provide recommendations at that time for which budget items to prioritize in the coming school year. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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minimal impact on other uses and on adjacent residences, Anderson notes in his report.

Bowden Park, which is near California Avenue and Alma Street, is 2 acres but also has open space that is “underused” and access to residents in multiple neighborhoods, thanks to California Avenue underpass, the report states.

Other locations under evaluation are Heritage Park, Juana Briones Park, Kingsley Island, Peers Park, Robles Park, Werry Park and El Camino Park, though Anderson noted that the lattermost option has certain unique barriers. Among them, Stanford University, which actually owns the El Camino land, is planning to improve the nearby downtown transit hub, and the existence of a dog park could hamper those plans, the report states. In addition, dog owners would need to drive there, thus filling up parking lots near the Red Cross building and near the MacArthur Park restaurant. Given these constraints, Anderson suggested that the site be removed from the list.

Commissioner Keith Reckdahl, however, wasn’t entirely convinced and said removing El Camino would be a “missed opportunity.”

All that would be needed would

be a fence and a sign declaring the dog park to be temporary, he said.

Commission Chair Ed Lauing also lauded the report, city staff and the ad hoc committee for moving forward with a bold proposal.

“This is a terrific example of serious, serious work that came together into a very specific, comprehensive, actionable plan,” Lauing said.

If the policy is ultimately adopted, it would spur a series of public meetings near each proposed site, followed by bids, design contracts and construction. First, however, it will have to win over the council, which is expected to consider the policy in May when it holds its next review of the parks master plan.

The proposal may yet attract opposition, but on Tuesday dog owner Barbara Millin told the commission that she is “very pleased,” even though the proposal doesn’t include everything that dog owners want.

“I have a couple of greyhounds, and they would’ve liked several acres to run around, but for the most part it will meet the needs of most dog owners in the community who want to stay local and meet their neighbors at a fairly local park where a lot of conversation goes on and a lot of support goes on,” Millin said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

Online This Week

These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto Online.com/news.

Twelve auto burglaries reported in one day

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (March 21)

Stanford: The council heard a presentation from Stanford University about its proposal to add 2,000 beds for graduate students at Escondido Village.

The council also approved a letter to Santa Clara County expressing the city’s support for the project. Yes: Unanimous Housing: The council directed staff by a unanimous vote to explore ways to encourage moderate-income housing, build micro-units and ensure that existing housing stock is used for housing and not other uses. The council also voted 5-4 to shift the potential housing sites from San Antonio Road to California Avenue. Yes: Burt, DuBois, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach No: Berman, Holman, Filseth, Kniss

Board of Education (March 22)

Gunn painting: The board approved a proposal to repaint the exterior of Gunn High School. Yes: Unanimous Gunn portables: The board authorized staff to combine existing portables on Gunn’s campus to allow for larger music classes. Yes: Unanimous Gunn lighting: The board approved a bid for new exterior lighting at Gunn. Yes: Unanimous Joint-use agreement: The board approved the renewal of an agreement between the school district and city concerning the public use, brokering and maintenance of district-owned athletic fields, tennis courts and basketball courts to Dec. 31, 2017. Yes: Unanimous

Council Policy and Services Committee (March 22)

Neighborhoods: The committee discussed the city’s efforts to engage neighborhoods and agreed not to move forward with a recommendation to start an ombudsman program for neighborhoods. Action: None

Parks and Recreation Commission (March 22)

Boardwalk: The commission heard a presentation on the Baylands Boardwalk feasibility study. Action: None Master Plan:The commission discussed the city’s new Parks, Open Space, Trails and Recreation Facilities Master Plan, including potential new policies for restrooms in parks and for dog parks. Action: None

Council Rail Committee (March 24)

East Meadow Drive: The committee heard a presentation from Stefan Heck about a proposal to modify the East Meadow Drive crossing near the Caltrain corridor. Action: None Rail: The committee discussed the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s new business plan for the rail line. Chair Berman appointed committee members Burt and DuBois work with staff to draft a letter commenting on the plan.

Action: None

Council Local Transportation Funding Committee (March 24)

Strategy: The committee gave general direction for polling questions that could be included in an initial poll for a transportation tax measure. Action: None

Police are investigating a dozen vehicle break-ins that occurred in Palo Alto on Monday, March 21. Most of the reported auto burglaries occurred along El Camino Real. (Posted March 23, 10:36 a.m.)

Affordable housing complex breaks ground East Palo Alto Mayor Donna Rutherford, San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum and other city and county officials marked the construction start of an affordable rental community for East Palo Alto seniors at a groundbreaking ceremony on March 17. (Posted March 21, 5:45 p.m.)

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Late-night robbery, assault occurs downtown Two men allegedly physically assaulted and robbed another man in a downtown Palo Alto parking lot early Saturday morning, police said. (Posted March 19, 10:40 a.m.)

VIDEO: On ‘Behind the Headlines’ On the half-hour webcast, “Behind the Headlines,” Palo Alto Weekly Editor-in-Chief Jocelyn Dong leads a discussion with reporters Sue Dremann and Gennady Sheyner on the city’s affordable housing crisis and traffic issues, as well as possible solutions to both problems. (Posted March 18, 4:11 p.m.)

Judge green lights Little League cell tower A bitter neighborhood dispute over a new cell tower at the Little League field on Middlefield Road came to a resolution earlier this month when a judge ruled that Verizon can proceed with installing the new equipment. (Posted March 18, 3:30 p.m.)

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Clinton said she supports expanding the coalition and intensifying airstrikes to take out ISIS and extremist strongholds in Syria and Iraq. The U.S. should step up support for local Arab and Kurdish forces on the front and coalition efforts to protect civilians, she said. Clinton also said she supports diplomacy to end Syria’s civil war and Iraq’s sectarian violence.

There must be a worldwide effort to dismantle networks that supply

money, arms, propaganda and fighters, which could mean going after “key enablers,” including in Afghanistan and Libya, Clinton said.

Domestically, she would counter each step that could lead to an attack and work to disrupt plots using technology, she said.

Clinton appeared to take a harder line in terms of decoding encryption on mobile and other devices, despite security and civil-liberties concerns.

But she also said that any solution must involve a partnership between business and the government.

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“So the tech community and the government have to stop seeing each other as adversaries and start working together to protect our safety and our privacy.”

She supports a national coalition on encryption, such as one that U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Mike McCaul are proposing, she said.

Clinton took shots at Trump’s foreign-policy views during her half-hour speech.

“Turning our back on our alliances, turning our alliances into a protection racket, would reverse decades of American bipartisan leadership and send a dangerous signal to friend and foe alike,” Clinton said. “(Vladimir) Putin already hopes to divide Europe.

If Mr. Trump gets his way, it’ll be like Christmas in the Kremlin. It will make America less safe and the world more dangerous. ... And as we saw when a terrorist cell in Hamburg carried out the 9/11 attacks, what happens in Europe has a way of making it to America.”

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“It would be doubly cruel if ISIS can not only force people out of their homes but also prevent them from ever finding new ones,” she said.

Of both Cruz and Trump, Clinton said, “One thing we know that does not work is offensive, inflammatory rhetoric that demonizes all Muslims. There are millions of peaceloving Muslims living, working, raising families and paying taxes in this country. These Americans are a crucial line of defense against terrorism. They are the most likely to recognize the warning signs of radicalization before it’s too late and the best position to block it.”

Clinton was attending fundraising events in the Bay Area on Monday and made the additional stop at Stanford after learning of the Brussels attacks. Her staff approached Stanford about making the speech, said Chaney Kourouniotis, communications manager at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

“We welcome a host of leaders to engage in this kind of dialogue.

We are interested in welcoming other presidential candidates,” Kourouniotis added.

The audience was composed of students, educators and friends of Clinton.

Stanford sophomore David Lim, a symbolic systems major, said he thinks Clinton “has the ability to be a great president.” But he does have a few reservations about her.

He has doubts about the strength of her cybersecurity positions and plans for government and tech companies to collaborate.

On foreign policy, he said he was still a little uncomfortable with what he viewed as her “hawkishness.”

Lim said that he will vote for Bernie Sanders during the June primary, but if, as he expects, Clinton clinches the nomination as the Democratic candidate, he will vote for her in November.

Many millennials find Sanders to be in line with their values and concerns, such as income inequality, Lim added.

Ben Gardner-Gill, a freshman who is considering a political science or history major, said he will also vote for Sanders in the primary and likes his stance on political campaign reform.

“I do think she is not very concerned with campaign-finance reform and the influence of Wall Street on American politics,” he said.

But if Clinton becomes the nominee, he will throw his full support behind her, even campaigning for her, he said.

“America needs strong, steady, intelligent leadership. Hillary will provide this country with good leadership for the next four to eight years,” Gardner-Gill said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ******************************************************* THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp

AGENDA–SPECIAL MEETING–COUNCIL CHAMBERS March 28, 2016, 6:00 PM Closed Session 1.

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: Terman Apartments, 4230-4270 Terman Drive, Palo Alto 94306 Under Negotiation: Potential Sale of City Option to Purchase – Price and Terms of Payment

Consent Calendar 3.

Approval of Amendment Number Two to Contract Number C14151917 With Alta Planning + Design, Inc. to Extend the Term of the Contract for Planning, Community Outreach, Conceptual Design, Preliminary Environmental Assessment for Bicycle Boulevard Projects to March 8, 2017

4.

Approval of Amendment Number One to Contract Number C14150007 With Alta Planning + Design, Inc. to Extend the Term of the Contract for the Feasibility Study and Preliminary Environmental Analysis for the Midtown Connector Project to September 9, 2016

5.

Approval of Amendment Number Two to Contract Number C14153335 With Fehr and Peers to Extend the Term of the Contract for Planning, Community Outreach, Conceptual Design, Preliminary Environmental Assessment for Bicycle Boulevard Projects to March 8, 2017

Action Items 6.

Approval of a Lease Agreement With the Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club, Inc. for City-Owned Property Located at 474 Embarcadero Road for a Period of Up to 10 Years

7.

PUBLIC HEARING: Review and Adoption of a Resolution Increasing and Adjusting Department of Planning & Community Environment User Fees Based on a Cost of Services Study and Recommendations of the Finance Committee

Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce and Palo Alto Weekly present the

Tall Tree Awards Honoring

Outstanding Citizen Volunteer Olenka Villarreal Outstanding Professional Business Person Richard “Dick” Peery

Transitions Robert Huff

Robert Pernell Huff, the first financial aid director at Stanford University, died on March 7 in Palo Alto, following a brief battle with cancer. He was 89.

He was born on Aug. 28, 1926, in Santa Barbara, California. He studied for a year at Santa Barbara State College before transferring to Stanford in 1944. Shortly thereafter he was drafted into the U.S. Army, but he returned in 1946, receiving a bachelor’s degree in history in 1948. He earned a master’s degree in political science in 1949 and a doctorate in political science in 1966.

Pulse POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

March 16-22 Violence related Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Strong arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Check forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

At Stanford, he met a chemistry graduate student and his future wife, Mary Harriette Huff. They married in Texas in 1947 and lived for 57 years on the Stanford campus, raising their two children there.

Huff began working at Stanford in 1948 in the chief counselor for men’s office and later became assistant dean of men in 1956. In 1958, he was chosen as director of financial aid, and he remained in the role until 1994, when emeritus was added to his title. In his retirement, he became a Hoover Fellow and continued to do research and advise.

He had a passion for making higher education affordable for motivated and capable students, and the financial aid office grew greatly in size and complexity during his tenure. A leader in the field, he served as president of the

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, which created the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award to honor him.

He and his wife were avid Stanford sports fans, especially following men’s basketball and football.

They also participated actively in life at the Faculty Club and Stanford Golf Club. Their other pastimes included bridge, bowling, square dancing, traveling, cruising and spending time with family.

He was predeceased by his wife, Mary Harriette Huff, in 2015. He is survived by his daughter, Margaret Huff of Lake Oswego, Oregon; son, Robert P. Huff III of San Jose; brothers, David and Edward Huff of Santa Barbara, California; and six grandchildren.

A memorial service was held on March 19 at the Alta Mesa Funeral Home in Palo Alto.

Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 9 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Reckless driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 10 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Casualty/fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. municipal code violation . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Outstanding Business Palo Alto Bicycles Outstanding Nonprofit Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto

PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Dinner and Networking 5:30-7:30 pm Champagne Dessert and Awards 7:30-9 pm Crowne Plaza Hotel, Palo Alto New format this year! Festive dinner food stations and networking. It’s the best parts of both a cocktail party and a dinner party: mingling and lively conversation merged with food that satisfies. Sit-down champagne dessert and awards.

Chamber Leaders Circle Sponsors City of Palo Alto • The Daily News • Garden Court Hotel Keenan Land Company • Microsoft • Palo Alto Medical Foundation Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online • Rapp Development Silicon Valley Business Journal • Stanford Children’s Hospital Stanford Health Care • Stanford University • Thoits Bros., Inc.

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Menlo Park March 16-22

Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Elder abuse report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 6 Reckless driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 5 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Juvenile contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parole violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

412 Emerson St., 3/16, 11:58 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

San Antonio Road, 3/18, 3:27 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

451 Ramona St., 3/18, 4:26 p.m.; battery/simple.

539 Emerson St., 3/19, 1:56 a.m.; robbery/strong arm.

765B San Antonio Road, 3/20, 12:24 a.m.; arson/auto.

Menlo Park

1100 block Willow Road, 3/20, 4:35 p.m.; spousal battery.

G U I D E TO 2016 S U M M E R C A M P S FO R K I D S

For more information about these camps, see our online directory of camps at www.paloaltoonline.com/biz/summercamps/ To advertise in this weekly directory, call: 650.326.8210

Arts, Culture, Other Camps Art and Soul Summer Camps

Palo Alto

Summer Unplugged! Art, Cooking, Yoga and Mindfulness.

Weekly full, morning or afternoon options. Walter Hays Elementary School. Kinder-Grade Seven. June 6 –July 22.

Register online.

www.artandsoulpa.com

650.269.0423

Hi-Five Sports Summer Camp

Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, CA

Children enjoy up to 8 different team sports a week of outdoor fun and fundamentals. With over 25 years of experience and we are the best provider of youth recreational sports in the nation!

www.hifivesportsclubs.com/ 650.362.4975 bayarea_camp_summer_camp_atherton/

Camp Galileo: 40+ Bay Area Locations Innovation Camps for Kids Inspire a spirit of bold exploration in your pre-k – 5th grader.

Art, science and outdoor fun while building lasting innovation skills like how to embrace challenges and create without fear.

Four fresh themes for 2016.

www.galileo-camps.com

1.800.854.3684

Camp Imagineerz

Palo Alto

Imagine a space full of ideas, fun materials and limitless possibilities – where creativity is celebrated and failure is embraced. Where children learn the power of an “i-can” mindset through Performing Arts, Building, and Play!

www.imagineeerz-learning.com 650.318.5002 Community School of Mountain View Music and Arts (CSMA) 50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, School of Rock, Digital Arts, more!

One- and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment.

Extended care available. Financial aid offered.

www.arts4all.org

650.917.6800 ext. 0

Environmental Volunteers Summer Camp

Palo Alto

Discover nature this summer at Explore! & Girls In Science summer day camps with the Environmental Volunteers in Palo Alto! Field trips, live animals, and hands-on science activities will bring nature alive to kids in grades 1-6. Register and learn more.

www.EVols.org/Explore

650.493.8000

Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)

Palo Alto

PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide variety of fun opportunities! We are excited to introduce two new camps to our lineup this year: Leaders in Training (L.I.T.) and PACCC Special Interest Units (S.I.U.). Also included are returning favorites F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts, Music and Entertainment), J.V. Sports and Operation: Chef! Periodic field trips, special visitors and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the fun offerings of PACCC Summer Camps! Open to campers from all communities! Come join the fun in Palo Alto! Register online.

www.paccc.org

Stanford

EXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford! Stanford EXPLORE offers high schoolers the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineProgramering, neurobiology, immunology and many others.

explore.stanford.edu

Athletics

explore-series@stanford.edu

Palo Alto

Adventure awaits at J-Camp! With options for grades K-12 that fit every schedule and interest, you can mix and match camps to meet your family’s needs. Are you looking for well-rounded camp sessions that focus on variety and building friendships?

We’ve got you covered. Does your child have specific talents you’d like them to explore in depth? Send them our way. We’re looking forward to our best summer ever and want your family to be part of the experience!

www.ofjcc-jcamp.com

650.223.8622

Menlo School Sports Camps

Atherton

Menlo camps are designed for boys and girls grades 4–12 to learn from Knights coaches and staff. Join us this summer to develop skills, foster athleticism and promote sportsmanship in camps covering a range of sports — baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer and water polo.

www.menloschool.org

Nike Tennis Camps

650.330.2001 ext. 2758

Stanford University

Junior Overnight and Day Camps for boys & girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult Weekend Clinics (June & Aug). Camps directed by Head Men’s Coach, Paul Goldstein, Head Women’s Coach, Lele Forood, and Associate Men’s and Women’s Coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Come join the fun and get better this summer!

www.USSportsCamps.com

1.800.NIKE.CAMP (645.3226)

Stanford Baseball Camps

Stanford Campus

Stanford Baseball Camps have gained national recognition as the some of the finest in the country. These camps are designed to be valuable and beneficial for a wide range of age groups and skill sets. From the novice 7 year-old, to the Division 1, professionally skilled high school player, you will find a camp that fulfills your needs.

www.Stanfordbaseballcamp.com Stanford Water Polo

650.723.4528 Stanford

Ages 7 and up. New to sport or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half day or fully day option for boys and girls. All the camps offer fundamental skill work, scrimmages and games.

Academics San Jose

Harker summer programs for preschool – grade 12 children include opportunities for academics, arts, athletics and activities. Taught by exceptional, experienced faculty and staff, our programs offer something for everyone in a safe and supportive environment.

www.summer.harker.org

408.553.5737

iD Tech Camps

Stanford

Students ages 7–17 can learn to code, design video games, mod Minecraft, engineer robots, model 3D characters, build websites, print 3D models, and more. Campers meet new friends, learn awesome STEM skills, and gain self-confidence.

www.iDTech.com

1.844.788.1858

iD Tech Mini

Palo Alto

At Palo Alto High School. Kids ages 6-9 can discover programming, game design, robotics, or graphic design. And with an emphasis on creativity, friendship, and exploration, every camper becomes a maker of fun. We’ve packed every halfday camp session with tons of tech awesomeness.

www.iDTech.com

1.844.788.1858

iD Programming Academy

Stanford

At this two-week, overnight academy, students ages 13-18 explore advanced topics in programming, app development, electrical engineering, and robotics. Create an awesome portfolio, get industry insights, and gain a competitive advantage for college and future careers.

www.iDTech.com

1.844.788.1858

iD Game Design and Development Academy

Stanford

At this two-week, overnight academy, students ages 13-18 explore advanced topics in 3D modeling and printing, video game design, programming, and level design. Create an awesome portfolio, get industry insights, and gain a competitive advantage for college and future careers.

www.iDTech.com

1.844.788.1858

Mid-Peninsula High School Summer Session

Menlo Park

www.mid-pen.org

Alexa Café

Bay Area Pathways Academy (BAPA)

Palo Alto High School

1.844.788.1858

College of San Mateo

www.BayAreaPathwaysAcademy.org

Palo Alto

1.800.854.3684

www.iDTech.com

Academics

stanfordjazz.org

TheatreWorks Summer Camps

www.galileo-camps.com

Girls ages 10-15 discover technology in a unique environment that celebrates creativity, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship.

Girls learn engineering principles, code games, design websites, model and print 3D objects, and much more.

650.725.9016

The Bay Area Pathways Academy(tm) (BAPA) is an enhanced new summer for students entering grades 6 to 9 which offers an exciting array of grade-appropriate academic classes, engaging enrichment classes and fun fitness and aquatics classes, including the opportunity to register for up to 3 two-week sessions.

Stanford University

Twelve innovative majors to explore. 5th – 8th graders dive into a subject that inspires you. Design video games, engineer catapults, build go-karts, paint with electricity, create a delectable dish. Every week is a new opportunity to realize your personal vision.

Mid-Pen’s Summer Session provides innovative, one-week courses that go beyond traditional high school curriculum. Our program offers students courses for summer enrichment and make up high school credits. We have designed creative courses in math, science, English, and Spanish, with options including Physics of Flight and Rocketry, History of the Reagan Years, College Essay Workshop, Creative Writing, Introduction to the Digital Arts, and Drama. Basketball and volleyball clinics suitable for beginning to advanced players. All high school students are welcome to attend. Dates are June 20th to July 21st. Classes are held from 9:30am–2:30pm. Visit our website for full class listings.

www.stanfordwaterpolocamps.com

Week-long jazz immersion programs for young musicians in middle school (starts July 13), high school (July 19 and July 26), and college, as well as adults (August 2). All instruments and vocals.

Stanford Jazz Workshop

8+ South Bay Area Locations

Harker Summer Programs

J-Camp at the Oshman Family JCC

650.493.2361

STANFORD EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research

Galileo Summer Quest

Athletics

Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls

650.574.6149

Write Now! Summer Writing Camps

650.321.1991

Palo Alto / Pleasanton

Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton.

Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing, and Presentation Techniques. Visit our website for more information.

www.headsup.org

Emerson: 650.424.1267 Hacienda: 925.485.5750

Palo Alto

In these entertaining camps for grades K-5, students enjoy juggling, clowning, puppetry, playwriting, acting, improvisation, music, dance — and present their own original pieces at the end of each session.

YMCA Summer Camps Throughout Silicon Valley

Casti Camp offers girls a range of age-appropriate activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing, crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with weekly field trips.

At the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps at 30+ locations plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Financial assistance is available.

www.theatreworks.org/learn/youth/summercamps

www.castilleja.org/summercamp

www.ymcasv.org/summer

650.328.3160

408.351.5473

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Palo Alto Adult School ESL teacher Mary Bazigos, top right, listens as students, from left, Sakina Pupyreva, Tomoko Takeuchi, Chang Liu and Yan Song discuss fire safety as part of a verbal exercise on March 21.

Educating for

life

Rebounding from funding cuts, the Palo Alto Adult School bolsters ESL programs and career training to prepare students for next life steps

Story by Sam Sciolla | Photos by Veronica Weber On the cover: ESL teacher Mary Bazigos addresses the students in her intermediate-high level class on March 21 at the Greendell School in south Palo Alto.

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n one recent morning in an English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom at Palo Alto’s Greendell School, the tables began to fill up, and the “intermediate high” level students — their faces evincing a mix of ages, ethnicities and genders — turned to instructor Mary Bazigos, who started class by setting out the day’s agenda and an reviewing students’ answers to o hhomework. o Bazigos’ Bazigg class was in the midst of of a unit uniit oon weather and natural disasters, disaasterrs, and one student approached prooacchedd the whiteboard to share a ssentence she had composed en about a time when she and her ab b friends came across fallen trees blocking a roadway.

Wielding a green dry-erase marker, Bazigos reviewed the sentence word by word, making corrections and asking the student to explain certain phrases. When finished, Bazigos told her and the class not to be discouraged by the number of changes.

“Please don’t feel bad with mistakes,” she said. “That’s why you’re here.”

“Here” is the Palo Alto Adult School’s ESL program — which offers classes four mornings a week at Greendell, four nights a week at Palo Alto High School and three days a week at Stanford University’s Escondido Village, as well as a host of special programs.

According to the school’s enrollment data, 456 students participat-

ed in the ESL program last spring with an additional 202 taking English enrichment and writing classes, which together represented a bit more than 31 percent of enrollment across all categories.

That percentage was higher in the fall of 2014 (the school’s busiest semester) at nearly 41 percent.

The ESL program symbolizes the school’s recently strengthened emphasis on providing students with the skills they need to continue their education, seek employment and ultimately sustain themselves and their families.

And with new funding and encouragement from the California Department of Education to collaborate with the region’s other adult educators, the school has now become better equipped to assist students in finding opportunities in the professional world and at local community colleges, administrators say.

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ounded in 1921, the Palo Alto Adult School is officially part of the Palo Alto Unified School District and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Today its programs run the gamut from fee-based classes in cooking, computer skills, genealogy, upholstery, foreign languages and many other areas, to fully or partially state-supported programs like career technical education, high school equivalency preparation, citizenship

classes and ESL courses.

Still more classes — exploring subjects like grant writing, computer programming, foreign languages and social media for businesses — are offered online through the firm Education 2 Go. The bounty of programs today doesn’t show the full picture, though, including the rocky financial road of recent years that in the end led the adult school in a new and purposeful direction.

In the years following the Great Recession, education funding in California was sliced, and adult education was often near the top of the list of items on the chopping block. Kara Rosenberg, who served as the Palo Alto Adult School principal from 2000 to 2014, prior to the current principal, Katya Villalobos, recalled that many adult-education operations around the state were reduced to bare bones, or cut entirely.

Before the Recession, Rosenberg said, the state provided funding to adult schools based on reported hours of student attendance. However, when budget cuts started to come down, state funds previously marked for adult schools went instead to the school districts, which could then decide how much to pass on to adulteducation programs.

The Palo Alto Unified School District decided to reduce adultschool funding by 20 percent, forcing the institution to make

Cover Story

Alex Scott, English as a Second Language program director for the Palo Alto Adult School, stands outside of classrooms at Greendell School. some tough decisions. Those included cutting its ESL program from five to four days a week and charging fees for some advanced ESL courses.

In addition, the state decided to stop supporting certain programming, including home economics and classes for older adults, that were not part of a new focus on career education, Rosenberg said. In Palo Alto, some of these programs became fee-based.

As much of its funding comes from property taxes, the Palo Alto school district was not as hard hit as others by the budget cuts, and some smart changes — like the decision to move some ESL classes from Cubberley to the Greendell campus — enabled the district to streamline the adult-school operations and minimize the impact of the funding crisis, according to Rosenberg.

“Many of the changes were actually quite positive,” she said. “We sat down and looked at what we really needed in the community.”

Another change that Rosenberg noted was the phasing out of the school’s aircraft-maintenance technician program, which dated to the 1940s. It was a logical place to scale back, she said, as there were not many jobs in the sector available in the area.

As the economy began to rebound, the state began to eye ways to return funding to adult education while helping to coordinate efforts between entities providing that education. To that end, the State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 86 in 2013, legislation which led to the creation of the Adult Education Block Grant, formally laid out in 2015’s Assembly Bill 104.

According to the California Department of Education website, this new funding source allocates dollars to districts based on past expenditures as well as to newly formed regional consortia — groups of adult-education providers, including school districts, county offices of education and community college districts. To incentivize participation, the consortium funds are only available to districts and other providers who have joined a regional group.

The Palo Alto Adult School took advantage of the opportunity, banding together with Foothill College, De Anza College, Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School and Sunnyvale-Cupertino Adult School to form the North Santa Clara County Student Transition Consortium.

The group created a plan, following instructions to outline the services available in the region, funds available to those providers, the education needs of adults in the region, and how consortium members and other groups would work to “improve integration of services and to improve transitions into postsecondary education and the workforce,” the legislation states.

Villalobos said that the consortium model encourages cooperation between adult schools and community colleges, helping to eliminate redundancies in programming.

“And frankly making it easier for adult-school students to go and receive programs at the community colleges,” Villalobos said, highlighting the goal of providing students with a “seamless transition” through new staffing, career technical education and robust writing programs.

As part of the Adult Education Block Grant for fiscal year 201516, the state allocated nearly $337 million to individual adult-education providers, with an additional $38 million distributed to regional consortia. The Palo Alto Adult School was given $1,283,035 for the school year and received an additional $199,212 through consortium funding, as did the other adult schools in the collaborative.

The Palo Alto school district also received an Adult Education and Family Literacy Act grant of $181,782 for the fiscal year 201516 through funds from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, according to the state education-department website.

Though it is difficult to compare current funding levels to those prior to the recession, funding is definitely on the upswing from prior cuts, Villalobos said. The adult

From left, Argentina Pennant, Olga Arevalo, Shuhuang Wang and Te Yuan Tang share personal stories during an ESL class.

Katya Villalobos, principal of the Palo Alto Adult School, works out of the school’s office, which is located at Palo Alto High School.

Meeting needs, creatively Former Gunn High principal reflects on new role at adult school

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fter serving for four years as principal at Gunn High School, Katya Villalobos became principal of the Palo Alto Adult School in the summer of 2014, excited to learn about teaching adults (a new experience) and become involved in the kaleidoscope of classes and programs offered by the institution.

The switch from K-12 education also required that Villalobos familiarize herself with marketing and advertising strategies to ensure the school’s success. In her new role, Villalobos said, she has been pleasantly surprised by the ability to move quickly on projects. There are fewer hoops to jump through, compared to the K-12 process, in making an idea a reality, she said, which she called “liberating.”

“Not that we don’t have rules on the adult side of the house, but we’re a lot more flexible in program creation,” she said.

During her tenure, Villalobos has seen some fee-based programs rise in popularity. Woodworking classes are now offered four times a week, with an additional open shop period. Nature and birding programs have also grown, she said. Enrollment for a recent wildlife-tracking course filled up in a day.

Meanwhile, she has worked to make offerings in other areas more attractive. She looked carefully at the school’s cooking classes and decided to limit some of the previous programming and introduce courses on seasonal and regional dishes and vegan cooking. That — along with special deals, such as a discounted fee for a friend who tags along — has resulted in increased participation, she said.

From Villalobos’ perspective, many of the main tenets of teaching stay the same whether working with youth or adults, but there are some subtle differences in adult education that make the experience and goals different for both students and teachers. She highlighted two as particularly important: one, students are looking for a social experience with other adults with similar interests, and two, students have made a deliberate choice to enroll and devote time to these classes.

“The students want to be engaged,” she said.

“This is a personal choice for the student, the adult student. They want to learn a craft or a skill or maybe get re-certified. ... We have to make sure that’s one of the first things we keep in mind.” Q — Sam Sciolla

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school this year has been able to commit more dollars to programs in keeping with the state’s focus on college and workforce preparation.

In addition to supporting professional development for teachers and online resources, new funding is going toward career technical education (CTE) — short-term courses offered for a fee through a partner agency, Harper Rand. The adult school brought back these courses in 2015 and this spring is prepared to offer CTE classes in phlebotomy and medical-assistant training if enough students enroll, Villalobos said.

These courses, Villalobos said, are ideal for individuals who have high school diplomas and have previously worked in service-oriented jobs without much opportunity for advancement.

“People who take these courses can go to get either pre-apprenticeships, or some type of entry (level opportunity), and then potentially get jobs ... out of the certifications,” Villalobos said.

In January, the adult school also created a new position, transition advisor and assessment specialist, to serve in a role similar to that of a high school guidance counselor in informing ESL and high school equivalency students of their options for further education and training.

Additional funds are going as well to the ESL program to subsi-

who remains active in the adulteducation world in her retirement, is gladdened by this new focus and hopes that the new consortium model is successful.

“I believe really strongly in this effort ... because it’s really terrible when a student finishes (the program) and we have no way to really help them, except refer them to a website,” Rosenberg said.

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or at least one student in Bazigos’ class, Michelle Yang, the goal of ESL studies is to go to college. While she has not settled on what exact form her future education might take, she talked about her interests in nutrition and preschool education.

Originally from the Henan Province of China, the 28-yearold student moved to the United States with her husband, who was a Stanford University student. She recalled how at first her English speaking skills were poor and she was shy as a result. Then, at one point, she visited Stanford’s Bechtel International Center, where she heard about the Palo Alto Adult School’s ESL program.

Now two years into the program, having started at the literacy level and advanced to intermediate high, she feels more confident and independent, regularly completing errands in public. She also feels more engaged at gatherings with her husband’s co-workers, situations she had struggled in before.

“First time when I came to the

‘People who take these courses can go to get either pre-apprenticeships, or some type of entry (level opportunity), and then potentially get jobs.’

— Katya Villalobos, principal, Palo Alto Adult School dize some of its Writing Academy classes, which hone writing skills invaluable in both business and academic environments.

These changes reinforce the movement toward clearer pathways between adult education and community colleges, represented formally by the new structure of the regional consortium. Rosenberg,

party I don’t understand and I speak very slowly,” Yang said.

“When they asked me some questions, I don’t understand. ... Now I’m not afraid and I can speak a lot.”

At the adult school, Yang has found the other students to be quite welcoming and enjoys celebration of holidays like Christ-

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Student Genry Geberger works on an ESL exercise during class on March 21.

mas. She said that she often recommends the adult school to new arrivals and has a few friends who have taken her advice and currently study there.

“I like it here ... because I can learn a lot, and I also can make a lot of friends, and I can know different countries’ culture,” she said.

ESL Program Director Alex Scott emphasized that all adult schools “play a pretty important role in immigrants’ lives in terms of getting them integrated into the community.” That assistance manifests itself by both providing a positive social environment and through lessons that teach to skills that newcomers need.

While the textbooks and exercises hammer home grammatical concepts (Bazigos’ lesson, for example, focused on time clauses, including “until,” “before” and “as soon as”), the curriculum is meant to be as useful for everyday life to students as possible, Scott said. She pointed to a brand new unit for the intermediate high class that will focus on how to interact as a parent with a child’s school — supplying opportunities to learn how to fill out forms and role play a parent-teacher conference.

According to Scott, who has been in her current role since 2008, the ESL classes begin at pre-literacy and literacy and continue from beginning low to advanced low — all of which are fully funded and free for students. The school holds placement tests four times a year to determine students’ English language skills. More experienced students who test out of the program can take the school’s fee-based English Enrichment classes, which provide opportunities to polish certain areas like idiom usage, advanced writing and conversational fluency.

The school also funds distance learning programs: CBET, for parents who want to help their children with schoolwork, and Learn English at Home (LEAH), for individuals who are unable to attend class on a regular basis. Students in both programs study at home and meet with a teacher once a week in person.

The pre-literacy class is a unique offering that emerged over the last few years, Scott said, beginning with one student from Guatemala whose first language was not a written one. Others in the school, staff discovered, were advancing through levels at the school but eventually hit a roadblock when their writing and reading skills could not keep up. A class was formed and has grown as others have heard through school channels and word of mouth.

“That’s been really exciting ... because those folks are some of the hardest to find and the hardest to serve,” Scott said.

Many ESL students at the Palo Alto Adult School live in the immediate area, but others travel to classes from as far away as San Jose and Fremont, Scott said. By nature of the program, students

stering of the school’s Writing Academy classes, which include three levels that are fully funded beginning this session, Scott said, thanks to Adult Education Block Grant and consortium funds. Having gone through the budget cut and some tight years during her time as coordinator, she said it’s wonderful to see new support and funding from the state.

“We’re not letting our guard down, but we’re sighing relief,” she said.

Working together with other members of the consortium has been enlightening and a “very useful exercise,” Scott noted. As co-chair of curriculum development for the consortium, she has learned much from the other entities’ staff that has been helpful in providing guidance to ESL students.

‘For the first time, we’re really getting acquainted with the community colleges in our area and what sorts of classes and services they provide.’

— Alex Scott, ESL program director, Palo Alto Adult School are also a diverse bunch. During class, Bazigos asked students to talk about life in their “home countries,” with students mentioning Brazil and China. The accents of students hinted that those were not the only backgrounds represented.

Though class material remains focused on practical subjects (education, health, safety, etc.), the program is adjusting its approach to take into account the full range of possibilities for students’ futures, prodded in part by the adult school’s participation in the regional consortium.

“Traditionally, we’ve had a lifeskills focus in our curriculum, and we continue to have that, but what’s new for us is, because of the focus now on transitioning students to work and college, we’re now looking at the college- and career-readiness standards, which are more academic focused,” Scott said.

That shift prompted the bol-

“For the first time, we’re really getting acquainted with the community colleges in our area and what sorts of classes and services they provide,” she said.

Whatever ESL students ultimately hope to accomplish, they appear to be very motivated to improve. During her 13 years at the Palo Alto Adult School, Bazigos said she has continuously found her students to put in immense effort to overcome the attendant challenges of learning a language.

Often, too, students seem deeply appreciative of her help; some have approached her at the end of a semester to offer thanks and talk about the great progress they’ve made.

“It’s one of the few jobs I think that you just get a sense of gratification, that you really helped someone in a very meaningful way in their lives,” Bazigos said. Q Editorial Assistant Sam Sciolla can be emailed at ssciolla@paweekly.com.

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Oil pipelines create a walkway through the village of Okrika Town, Nigeria.

Palo Alto Photo Forum launches photojournalism speaker series

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Photojournalist Ed Kashi will be the first speaker at the Palo Alto Photo Forum.

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Refugee children peer in through the window at the International Medical Corps facility in the Domiz Camp for Syrian Refugees near Dohuk, Iraq, in 2013.

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Armstrong met Kashi at a workshop in Paris a few years back, kept in touch, and invited him to be the forum’s inaugural speaker.

Although currently based in New Jersey, Kashi has been coming to Palo Alto for the past five years to spend a day with Paly students as part of the high school’s “It’s What Matters” photojournalism forum.

“He’s one of the best photographers. He epitomizes the kind of

photojournalism that we would like to present at the forum: He’s engaged, he covers current events, he’s really embraced new technologies that have revolutionized photojournalism,” Armstrong said.

At the forum, Kashi will show work from various projects, including a short film on the California drought (“Paradise Burning,” produced with the New Yorker magazine in 2014); excerpts from his book on oil in the Niger Delta (“Curse of the Black Gold”); an ongoing photo essay and video project on the epidemic of kidney disease among sugarcane workers in Central America; and an excerpt from his film on Syrian refugees.

Kashi has a long history in social and political documentary work and was recognized as the 2015 Multimedia Photographer of the Year by Pictures of the Year International. He’s eagerly embraced new technology throughout his career and counts among

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he desire to use photography to educate, and perhaps influence, the world has given birth to a new speaker series, the Palo Alto Photo Forum, which will bring leading photojournalists to town to present their work and engage in “conversations on visual storytelling.” First up is photographer, filmmaker and educator Ed Kashi, who will speak at the Mitchell Park Community Center on Friday, March 25.

“Nowadays we are overloaded with info, but it’s hard to get to the core of stories. With photojournalism you can get a real sense of people’s lives around the world,” Palo Alto-based documentary photographer and forum founder Federica Armstrong said.

“The idea was just to connect great photographers with the audience here in Palo Alto. People here are very educated, very interested in what is happening around the world, and also very influential. I thought it would be a good way to put the two together,” Armstrong said.

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his clients National Geographic and MSNBC. “It has had a dramatic impact on not only how I create and produce my work but also how it gets disseminated,” he said of using new technology in photojournalism.

“While I am reaching more people around the world, using stills, video, multimedia, books, exhibitions, Instagram and more, the main problem of the moment is a lack of funding and compensation for these uses,” he said.

Ever-busy, Kashi is currently conducting workshops and lecturing, in addition to working on a number of projects around the globe, such as “The Newest Americans,” a multimedia storytelling project about immigrants.

At the Palo Alto event, Kashi will be joined by award-winning photographer Geri Migielicz, current journalism professor at Stanford University and former director of photography at the San Jose Mercury News.

“She’s really an amazing individual, both in terms of being an educator and an editor,” Armstrong said.

Migielicz will lead a postpresentation conversation with Kashi, followed by a Q&A with

A Muslim woman is reflected in a car mirror while Christian women are seen walking down the street in Kano, Nigeria. the audience. A book signing and light refreshments will be available, too.

“I expect they will be touched by a variety of elements,” Kashi said of forum attendees, “including the power of visual storytelling, the importance of making a difference in your work, the new ways we can create and share stories, the informative nature of my

work on these various topics and what advocacy journalism is and can do.”

So far, the project is financially backed by Armstrong and her husband and funded through ticket sales, with some marketing sponsors (including the Palo Alto Weekly). Armstrong said she’s optimistic that the forum will become a regular series.

“If we see there is enough interest we could create a nonprofit organization or apply for grants to sustain the initiative in the long term,” she said. “Right now, two to three really outstanding events per year would be a good balance.”

The next event in the series, to be held in the autumn, is tentatively set to feature National Geo-

graphic’s Randy Olson, founder of The Photo Society.

“His work is more environmental, somewhat of a different style” from Kashi’s, Armstrong said.

Armstrong, a native of Italy, said her own photography projects include work with Canopy, POST (Peninsula Open Space Trust) and Ravenswood Family Health Center, among many other nonprofit clients. The Palo Alto Photography Forum is natural extension of her interest in the intersection between art and advocacy, the global and the local.

“The hope is that this is a venue to promote better understanding of issues and promote conversations,” she said. “It’s a leap of faith. I think it’s something worth pursuing.” Q Interim Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be reached at kkane@paweekly. com What: Palo Alto Photography Forum, featuring Ed Kashi and Geri Migielicz When: Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto Cost: $10 students; $30 general admission Info: Go to paloaltophotoforum.org.

Chosen (by the) people Audiences pick a winner in the Jewish Playwriting Contest

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Jewish women in the South who do Jewish preparation for a burial, a “fascinating, beautiful ritual that’s rarely seen. It has a very lovely ‘Steel Magnolias’ quality, in a very unique environment,” he said.

The Jewish Plays Project stages an annual Open Festival of New Jewish Works in downtown Manhattan. The winning play from the Jewish Playwriting Contest is performed in a workshop production for the general public and industry leaders there.

Ultimately, the Jewish Plays Project aims to get its plays produced at theaters all over the world. In the past five years, Winitsky said, out of 29 plays, 13 have gone on to productions in London, Tel Aviv, and all over the United States.

The contest was started as a way for Winitsky to “take the temperature of what was out there,” discover new work from Jewish playwrights throughout the world, and let audiences help select the most promising, he said.

The Jewish Plays Project selects 10 finalists out of the hundreds of submissions, then sends them out on tour to be winnowed down. For the Palo Alto performance, local producers put together a panel to choose which three would be performed. Each of the three gets one

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he quest to find the best in modern Jewish theater is coming to the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto on Tuesday, March 29, in the form of the Jewish Playwriting Contest — a participatory theater competition that lets audience members vote for which of three plays is their favorite.

The contest is part of the Jewish Plays Project (JPP), the New York-based brainchild of David Winitsky. He founded it five years ago with the goal of working with and encouraging emerging Jewish playwrights, helping them to develop their ideas and advocating for their plays to make it to mainstream stages.

Feeling like too many Jewish plays were stuck in a sort-of “mid20th century movement,” with an overabundance of Holocaust and immigration stories, Winitsky and his team are particularly interested in developing plays featuring fresh and contemporary Jewish voices.

“We were looking for writers who were starting to write about Jewish identity and Jewish ideas in a way that was new,” he said.

“What was needed was a way to develop work that was sensitive to the Jewish content.”

He said he increasingly sees artists pondering what he called pur-

pose-centered Judaism, considering questions such as, “Here’s this ancient set of ethic rules. How do we make it live and purposeful for today’s world?”

Palo Alto audiences will see and vote on 20-minute excerpts from “Redder Blood” by Helen Murphy Pafumi, “Treif” by Lindsay Joelle, and “The Hebrew Ladies Burial Society” by C.P. Englander.

The first is about a young woman with an Israeli mother, a father who’s recently converted to Islam, a rabbi brother, and a new boyfriend. It has roots in both a Midrash (rabbinical literature) story and the playwright’s own life.

“Throughout the play God speaks to her in her head. It’s a really fun play, really lovely, about the notion of divinity and accepting your own specialness in the world,” Winitsky said.

“Treif” is about two young men driving a “Mitzvah Tank” around New York City, trying to “get Jews together to do Jewish things. It’s totally adorable,” Winitsky said.

They encounter a man keen on converting to Orthodox Judaism but find out he may not be who he seems. Set in 1991, against the Crown Heights riots, it’s a tale of acceptance and identity.

“The Hebrew Ladies Burial Society” is about a group of older

Last year’s Jewish Playwriting Contest tour made a stop in Boston (pictured). This year it will come to Palo Alto for the first time. point for being chosen, and the winner will earn two more. At the end of April, after the tour is done, the play with the most points goes to New York.

Audience voting takes place via cellphone.

“It’s the rare theater event where you have to bring your phone and keep it on,” Winitsky said.

This is the first year the contest will come to Silicon Valley but Winitsky hopes it’s not the last.

“It’s a really vibrant, interesting community. The innovation spirit is everywhere in town; the startup mentality,” he said. “That JCC is unbelievable.”

By contest’s end, the tour will have gone to nine different communities, each getting a voice in which show goes to the Big Apple.

“What I’m trying to do is give as many people as possible a chance

to interact with these plays, rather than be in some Jewish ivory tower in New York,” Winitsky said.

“At the end of the day, about 600 people will have weighed in on what new Jewish theater should look like.” Q Interim Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be reached at kkane@paweekly.com What: Jewish Playwriting Contest When: Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Oshman Family JCC Taube Koret Campus, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.

Cost: In advance, $7 students and members; $10 general admission. At the door, $15.

Info: Go to paloaltojcc.org/ Events/jewish-plays-project

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n weekday mornings, the paths surrounding Stanford University’s White Memorial Plaza are arguably the busiest part of campus, a freeway of students in a rush to get to their next class. But just a mile away, the frenetic pace disappears on O’Donohue Farm.

Located on the western side of the campus, the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm is a 6-acre learning facility and farm that offers classroom learning, community workshops and agricultural experimentation. A living laboratory of sorts, the farm is a space where new ideas and techniques for urban farming are put to the test by students and staff.

Unlike the rest of campus, the rhythm of life at O’Donohue Farm moves at a much slower pace, marked by the faint sound of hens clucking and scratching in the background, an occasional car driving by on West Campus Road and the soft crunch of grass under Annie Shattuck’s brown leather boots. As O’Donohue Farm’s program coordinator, she’s not only responsible for organizing a wealth of classes and workshops, but she is one of the first people out in the field every day, collecting fresh flowers and vegetables for Stanford’s residential dining halls.

“This is a teaching and learning farm, so we’re experimenting and prototyping a bunch of practices that you may not be able to do otherwise,” she said. “It’s all an experiment, and that’s a good thing.”

One of those experiments has been employing a permanent bed system for the farm’s main production plots, a technique where only the field’s raised beds are plowed. This allows the untouched pathways between them to go without tilling, allowing for healthy fungi and bacterial growth in the soil, Shattuck said. As winter vegetables like kale, broccoli, leeks and garlic thrive in the raised beds, clover grows abundantly in the pathways, feeding the bees that pollinate flowers on the farm.

While the farm was established in 2014 and broke ground

for a greenhouse and two processing facilities a year later, allocating land for an urban farm was a 20-year endeavor by students from Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences.

“It was really the students who drove this, advocated for it, organized for it and planned it. Students were on planning committees for years before (O’Donohue Farm) was founded,” Shattuck said. “This wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them.”

Students from a number of disciplines come together to test out small-scale farming techniques, addressing issues like sustainable agriculture and environmental science. Patrick Archie, a lecturer in the Earth Systems Program and the director of O’Donohue Farm, said that students — with backgrounds from human biology to urban studies to business — have brought unique perspectives and expertise to the farm. Most recently, the farm planted a number droughttolerant crops to investigate farming practices that could benefit small-scale and urban farms.

In the next year, Archie’s goal is to establish an orchard around farmed plots, including traditionally drought-resistant trees like figs, citrus, olives, pomegranate and stone fruit. The aim is to promote biodiversity, soil management and water efficiency in the farm through “agroforestry,” or growing trees alongside animals and other crops.

With students’ help, Archie said he also hopes to prototype new equipment and farming techniques specifically for small-scale urban farms, such as raised-bed plowing machinery, affordable composting methods and IT systems that could track yields and manage sales.

“There’s not as much (research and development) in this sector because, here in the U.S., there’s not as much demand for it,” Archie said. “There’s been a recent growth in serving the urban population. We hope to create tools and an urban demonstration garden to teach to scale.”

Of the total 6 acres of land on the farm, only one is cur-

rently allocated for production in winter and three for summer crops. Plans for rest of the farm over the next few years include building a barn to serve as a classroom and community gathering area, an outdoor cooking space for nutrition classes and fruit orchards, Shattuck said.

The farm produces more than 2,000 pounds of produce a month for Stanford’s dining halls, catering services and coops, despite the fact that only a fraction of the land is in current use. The hope is that in a few years, the farm will be able to provide food to the Stanford community and community at large year-round, Shattuck said. With a current mix of produce that includes edible flowers like calendula and borage, and berries, dining halls have been able to incorporate fresh foods from O’Donohue into salads and other seasonal dishes.

O’Donohue Farm also embraces diversity through the variety of programs, workshops and community events it hosts, ranging from drumming circles to internships for high schoolers.

One of O’Donohue’s most popular events is a quarterly harvest party where staff, students and volunteers gather to feast on pizzas made in the farm’s wood-burning oven.

Last fall, more than 300 people showed up, and more are anticipated as the farm builds out its outdoor kitchen and dining space this year.

Though it will be years before O’Donohue ramps up to full-scale food production, 300 people have worked on the farm in the past two months alone, and Shattuck expects that number will only get bigger as the farm becomes more established.

“My goal is to have a gathering place on campus where students get to learn with their hands and put into practice what they learned in the classroom,” she said. “It’s really exciting for me. We’re growing people and we’re growing ideas as much as we’re growing vegetables and flowers.”

Editorial Intern Avi Salem can be emailed at asalem@ paweekly.com

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Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill star in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

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‘Batman v Superman’ squints toward the ‘Dawn of Justice’ 000 1/2 (Century Theatres 16 and 20) “Bruce Wayne meets Clark Kent — I love it!” Most of the world will agree with Lex Luthor in Warner Brothers’ new monster tent-pole movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

Wayne (a.k.a. Batman) and Kent (a.k.a. Superman) have met before, of course: on radio, in comic books and in animation. But the two have never before met in live-action — until now.

“Batman v Superman” is, more or less, a direct sequel to “Man of Steel” and, as such, tips to Superman as the protagonist and Batman as the antagonist. Playing off of fan reactions to the devastation in “Man of Steel” and Superman’s arguable corruption, Zack Snyder’s sequel pits Superman (Henry Cavill) against Batman (Ben Affleck) as two sides of the vigilante coin, neither ceding accountability to any authority but his own, and both fielding nagging, if quickly sublimated, self-doubts about certain of their choices.

Egged on by murky external forces, each hero lays plans to contain the other until, inevitably, a more sinister threat forces them to join forces. If “Man of Steel” dragged Superman — in tonal terms — into Christopher Nolan’s world, “Batman v Superman” drags Superman into Batman’s world: a dark, dour, brooding space defined by shadows both literal and figurative.

Chris Terrio’s rewrite of David S. Goyer (both share credit) finds surprisingly smart dialogue that proffers competing philosophical approaches to life and death, psy-

choanalysis (Alfred warns Bruce of “the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men cruel”), and personal and social concepts about whom we put our faith in to make the big decisions: government, parents, God, ourselves? If those ambitions don’t smoothly gel with clanging action, we can at least credit the D.C./WB brain trust for tickling the intellect at the risk of some box-office shekels.

By the same token, effectively putting heroism on hold for most of the film’s 153 minutes, showing Superman burned in effigy, and hearing everyone’s favorite red-caped Boy Scout lament, “No one stays good in this world” beg the question of what today’s 8-year-old will think of this anti-adventure, this tampeddown escapism, this coloring book slathered with oil paint and handed over with no white space left to fill in. Move over kids, these seats are reserved for Peter Pans.

What else? Jesse Eisenberg as a Lex Luthor re-imagined as a diabolically insane Mark Zuckerberg (and a third “orphan boy” who thinks he’s above the law).

Rising star Gal Gadot as a suspiciously Amazonian gentlewoman thief. A convincing “Batfleck,” grayer and brawnier than the previous model. Around 20 minutes of IMAX footage, mostly reserved for the showdown Luthor calls, “Black and blue. Fight night ... God versus man.” And the inescapable shadows of twin towers and domestic terrorism.

Is “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” perfect? Nah, there’s plenty for fanboys to scoff at and nitpick, and those who’ve never set foot in a comic-book shop may not feel very welcome. But this is the sort of marquee franchise movie (“Dawn of Justice” teases that this film ties in to next year’s multi-hero “Justice League”) at which the studios throw every available resource and every dollar stockholderresponsibility allows. And wait a minute ... isn’t that Wonder Woman? Oh, let’s just call it a night and meet back at “Justice League.”

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action throughout, and some sensuality.

Two hours, 33 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

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Lainie Kazan and Louis Mandylor reprise their roles in the comedy “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.”

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ing this week, I found that much of the audience seemed to think it was the best thing since sliced baklava. While I really don’t begrudge anyone a good laugh, and

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10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13) + Century 16: 9:10 & 11:45 a.m., 2:20 p.m. Fri. 4:55, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 5:10, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5:05, 7:45 & 10:25 p.m.

45 Years (R) +++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 16: 9:15, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m., 3:15, 4:45, 7 & 10:45 p.m. Fri. 12:15, 4 & 6:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:15 a.m. Sat. & Sun. 2:30 & 6:15 p.m. In 3-D at 10 a.m., 1, 1:45, 5:30, 7:45, 8:30 & 9:15 p.m. Fri. 10:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 10 p.m.

Century 20: 10 & 11:20 a.m., 1:30, 2:50, 4:20, 5, 6:20, 7:50 & 8:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:50 p.m. In 3-D at 10:45 & 11:45 a.m., 12:50, 2:15, 3:15, 5:45, 6:45, 9:15 & 10:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:10 p.m. Sun. 9:50 p.m. In XD 3-D at 12:10 & 7:10 p.m. In XD at 3:40 & 10:40 p.m. In 3-D DBOX at 10:45 a.m., 2:15, 5:45 & 9:15 p.m. In DBOX at 10 a.m., 1:30, 5 & 8:30 p.m.

The Brothers Grimsby (R) Century 20: 10:45 p.m.

Deadpool (R) +++ Century 16: 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 4:55, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m.

Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 2:40, 5:15, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant (PG-13) Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:55 & 3:55 p.m.

Fri. 7:25 & 10:25 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 7 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: 10:15 & 11:40 a.m., 1:10, 2:30, 4, 5:20, 7:05, 8:25 & 10:05 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:15 p.m.

Eye in the Sky (R) Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:20, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:45 p.m.

Hello, My Name Is Doris (R) ++1/2 Century 20: 10:05 a.m., 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:40 p.m.

Kappor and Sons (Not Rated) Century 16: 10:35 a.m., 10:35 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 7:35 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 1:35 p.m. Sun. 4:35 p.m.

Knight of Cups (R) ++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 2:25, 5, 7 & 9:35 p.m.

The Lady in the Van (PG-13) +++ Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

London Has Fallen (R) Century 16: 4:50, 7:25 & 10:10 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 2:15 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 9:10 & 11:40 a.m.

Century 20: 5, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 2 p.m.

Miracles from Heaven (PG) Century 20: 10:25 a.m., 1:10, 3:50, 7 & 9:45 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 5:15 & 8:05 p.m.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13) Century 16: 9:10, 10:15 & 11:35 a.m., 12:45, 2, 3:10, 4:30, 5:35, 7:05, 8:15, 9:35 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 10:20 & 11:35 a.m., 12:45, 2, 3:10, 4:30, 5:35, 6:55, 8, 9:20 & 10:25 p.m.

Only Yesterday (PG) Aquarius Theatre: 4:15 & 9:50 p.m.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (PG) Century 16: Sun. 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun. 2 p.m.

Rebecca (1940) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 3:05 p.m.

Suspicion (1941) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 5:40 & 9:50 p.m.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (R) +++ Century 16: 9:10 & 11:55 a.m. 2:40, 5:25, 8:10 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: Fri. 11:25 a.m. Sun. 11:15 a.m.

The Young Messiah (PG-13) Century 20: 10:40 a.m.

Zootopia (PG) +++ Century 16: 10:10 & 11:05 a.m., 1, 3:55, 7:10, 8, 10:05 & 10:40 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 2:05 & 5 p.m. In 3-D at 9:20 a.m., noon, 3, 6:10 & 9 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 & 11:05 a.m., 12:50, 1:50, 3:35, 4:35, 6:20, 7:15, 9:05 & 10 p.m.

it would be perverse to try to talk a person out of one, Nia Vardalos’ 14-years-later sequel doesn’t offer many “good” laughs. They’re mostly retrograde “aren’t ethnics funny?” laughs that would’ve felt more fitting in a movie 50 years ago than one from today.

First, some praise for Vardalos, who wrote and starred in the 2002 romantic comedy based on her one-woman show. Then and now, Vardalos has created opportunities for herself, and she’s not unappealing as the eye of Her Big Fat Greek Maelstrom. But that maelstrom — the outlandish stereotypes, shameless mugging and vigorously trilled “r”s, cheap references (the Parthenon, feta cheese, opa!), and broad staging (including how the family lives in what looks like a Greek theme park dropped in the suburbs) — it’s all as warm and fuzzy and comforting (or not) as a Disney Channel show marketed more to parents than to their kids.

It’s the joke that this Greek family is obnoxious, but the joke itself is obnoxious. So it’s laughable when Vardalos pens a scene in which Toula berates a trio of jealous “Anglo” neighbors for standing in her driveway and laughing at her “weird” family. In context, the scene makes sense, but it’s all too easy to take one step back and see that Vardalos is doing something that’s perhaps worse: selling out her heritage and turning her family into cartoons to make monster profits off of cheap laughs.

Anyway, fans of the original have a good chance of warming to the sequel, which brings back marrieds Toula (Vardalos) and Ian (John Corbett) and her gaggle of extended-familial meddlers: mom Maria (Lainie Kazan), dad Gus (Michael Constantine), Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin), et al. Toula and Ian now have a 17-year-old daughter (Arielle Sugarman) to absorb the pressure to couple with a nice

Greek boy, but she’s not the blushing bride of this sequel’s wedding.

That honor goes to Maria, prompting a theme of neglected marriages in need of refreshing.

So if “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” doesn’t exactly have zero urgency, it’s fair to say it suffers from low stakes as well as total

predictability. There’s no inspiration here as Vardalos reprises running jokes from the 2002 film, which had the benefit of at least offering a fresh point of view, for Zeus’s sake (see, it’s easy!).

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material. One hour, 34 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

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

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (327-3241) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews and trailers at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies

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OPEN HOME GUIDE 39 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com

Home Front SORTING THINGS OUT ....

To reduce the environmental impact of waste, as of April 1, new rules for composting and recycling will go into effect in Palo Alto. The ordinance will affect commercial customers who generate at least eight cubic yards of garbage per week, residents in multifamily buildings with five or more units and shared service, and food-service establishments.

In order to comply with the ordinance, people must follow these four steps: to subscribe to the recycling, composting and garbage services; to set up the color-coded containers in convenient locations; to train and educate those who need to know; and sort waste into proper containers. Black carts or tan bins are for bona fide trash, destined for landfill; blue bins are for recyclable items (i.e. plastic, glass, metal and paper); and green bins are for compost (e.g. yard trimmings, food scraps and soiled paper).

Penalties have been put into place for non-compliance: If a cart is contaminated with the wrong category of waste, the trash hauler will place a tag on the cart but still collect the waste; a second violation will bring a waste company representative to the site for waste-sorting training; a third would elicit warning a letter from the city; and fines may be charged as of the fourth violation. Info: tinyurl.com/ pacompost0401 GOING NATIVE ... Organized by the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society in association with UCCE Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County, the annual Going Native Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The community-based tour is offered free of charge and showcases gardens that feature California native plants.

These Bay Area gardens also demonstrate reduced water, chemical and pesticide use, and on tour day select nurseries will provide native plant sales. The gardens are located throughout the Peninsula, with the northwest portion — including five Palo Alto gardens — open on Saturday, April 9, and the southeast portion open on Sunday, April 10. Info: gngt.org/GNGT/ Gardens.php?year=2016 Q

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

This part of Sarah and Winston Crawford’s back yard has a square fountain as a focal point for both indoor and outdoor appeal.

Ranch home

remodeled Ladera couple creates more space within a classic-style house

by Susan Golovin | photos by Michelle Le

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nlike many other home owners in the valley who would rather bulldoze older ranch homes, Sarah and Winston Crawford loved their classic post-World War II home; it was just too small.

They really needed more space for themselves and their two young children and nanny.

“We decided to make it our home for the long haul,” Winston said. It was also important to him and Sarah that they preserved the original style of the three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom home.

The remodel consisted of adding a bedroom, full bathroom and study to the front of the house. These rooms, plus the enlarged kitchen/ breakfast nook now form an L-shape which faces the enclosed front patio. This patio was created by reconfiguring the front yard, moving the driveway and relocating the garage entrance. Part of the extra square footage was used to create a more gracious front entry. They also replaced all hardscape and landscaping, upgraded the master and kids’ bathrooms, replaced all windows and brought the electrical and AV systems into the 21st century.

The nanny’s new bedroom and bath are off the kitchen/breakfast nook, and a pocket door allows for privacy, as do the electric blinds on the large bedroom window. Since the new bathroom is not ensuite it provides for flexibility as their needs change.

“The limestone for the bathroom floor is textured, so it is less slippery,” Winston said.

A mahogany bureau-cum-sink, which the couple bought in Half Moon Bay, is the perfect accent piece. A custom-made mirror hangs over it, with sconces shaped to mimic the bureau’s legs.

“The kitchen was already remodeled when we bought the house,” Sarah said. However, they had to extend the white oak floors into

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The back yard is made up of several parts, one for entertaining, one for the children, and this tranquil oak seating area as a spot to relax.

‘Tis th e S e aso n fo r Pro p e r t y Taxe s It’s every homeowner’s favorite time of year, as property taxes are due April 10, 2016. Gentle reminder: make sure to pay before then and avoid additional fees for late payments.

That said, while exploring different opportunities to save for our clients, some of our most savvy sellers have shared with us over the years that they were unaware of Prop 60, which permits a homeowner to transfer their tax basis one time to a primary residence of equal or lesser value within the same county, and Prop 90, which allows inter-county transfers to participating counties.

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Home & Real Estate Goal of the design: Update and expand a classic California ranch home without changing its character Design challenge: Additions required an entirely new roof in order to maintain clean lines Unexpected problems: Code required an enormous drainage ditch due to hard clay surface and elevated location of the home Year house built: 1962 Size of project: 3,100 sq. ft. home (includes 500 sq. ft. of addition); 12,000 sq. ft. lot Budget: NA Time to complete: one year Architect: David Terpening, 650-328-6300 Building contractor: Steve Zmay, Zmay Construction, Redwood City, 650-568-0477 Interior designer: Marla Ruby, Marla Ruby Interiors, Menlo Park, 650-321-0559 Landscape architect: Robert Bozzini, Bozzini Enterprises LLC, San Francisco, 415-595-8838

The front yard was not level, so to trick the eye, the landscape designer put in steps, walls and olive trees.

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the enlarged space. More problematic was matching the bank of cabinets with solid brass handles and roll-out shelves, which line an extended kitchen wall.

“All of the cabinetry in the house is Midland custom,” Winston said.

“The study area was originally a totally useless indoor patio,” Sarah said. Now, built-in bookcases and cabinetry are located on a wall that once housed an exposed fireplace. A knockout, curvilinear zebra wood desk faces the patio.

“It belonged to a former CEO of HewlettPackard,” Winston said.

The remodeled bathrooms are similar aesthetics with neutral colored tiles — save for the pop of green glass tile in the kids’ shower. In the master bath, marble mosaics were used both in the shower and for lining the tub enclosure. Synthetic tiles were used in the kids’ bathroom because they are very durable, easy to clean and not slippery.

The generous back patio was originally surfaced in aggregate. Both patios are now made of slate.

“I didn’t want a lot of variation in color,” Sarah said. “To get enough to match they

had to bring in extra pallets.”

The front patio wall enhances the view out of the L-shaped addition. It is adorned with a flat water feature, designed by Winston, and two hanging gardens that are framed in stainless steel. Concrete benches with removable cushions line the area, and outdoor furniture is positioned in front of the new gas fireplace.

“We used the same poured concrete atop the gas barbecue that is used for the kitchen counters,” Winston said. “We really wanted to capture an indoor/outdoor feel.”

A leitmotif of composite resin planters of various sizes and shapes but identical color are found here as throughout the property.

“Since there are so many large slidingglass doors, we chose industrial grade Fleetwood windows for the entire house,” Winston said. “The frames are aluminum, anodized to a champagne color.”

The enlarged front entry created space for a door-sized window next to the repositioned front door. Another window in the entry, which mimics one in the dining room is positioned so you can see both as you approach the front entry from the inside. The living room window, which overlooks the back garden was enlarged so as to better frame a much-cherished heritage white oak.

“We used the same drought-resistant

blue and Bermuda grasses used on Southern California golf courses,” Winston said.

“We wanted to create a native California feel with lots of drought resistant plants and not too much color.”

The back garden is compartmentalized into three sections. In the first, two Adirondack chairs face the white oak.

“This is where Sarah and I like to sit and relax,” said Winston.

The back patio is the entertainment area, in the center of which is a modernistic fountain consisting of a hollow cube surrounded by a marble base. A fenced-in sports court with an outdoor playground floor and basketball hoop is the kids’ zone.

It features a “Kinderhotel,” a charming

HOME SALES

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272 Covington Road Field Trust to Wang Trust for $4,950,000 on 03/09/16; Built 1947, 4bd, 1,914 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/03/2012, $2,900,000 1520 Todd Street Lopez Trust to J. Yiin for $1,910,000 on 03/07/16; built 1954, 3bd, 1,353 sq.ft.

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201 Ada Ave. #45 Weber Trust to K. Harrington for $970,000 on 03/04/16; built 1987, 2bd, 1,247 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/25/2012, $615,000 2431 Benjamin Drive Black Trust to P. & R. Brar for $1,300,000 on 03/08/16; built 1954, 3bd, 1,632 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/16/1994, $160,000 950 Boranda Ave. #12 S. & M. Orloff to S. Kang for $1,350,000 on 03/04/16; built 1979, 3bd, 1,543 sq.ft.

77 Church St. Springsky Investment to Y. Zhou for $1,790,000 on 03/02/16; built 1955, 4bd, 1,888 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/20/2013, $1,050,000 505 Cypress Point Drive #291 Lawrence Trust to G. Gaubatz for $757,000 on 03/03/16; built

playhouse that Winston built.

“There are more than 50 LED lights outside,” Winston said. These include metal sconces as well as hanging spot lights. The enlarged entry is accessed by a widened, covered walkway with new white pillars that lead to the front door.

“We put in skylights to avoid a tunnel effect,” Winston said.

The front yard is not totally level. In order to trick the eye, a middle section is bordered on two facing sides by a stepped wall. Each wall is the mirror image of the other. A lovely olive tree in the center provides another visual diversion.

The new garage door is redwood, and they retained the terra cotta ventilation tubes above it. The redwood from the original garage door has been repurposed in gates throughout the property.

The bedroom wing overlooks a series of as-yet empty planters.

“This might be our next project,” Winston said. Q Freelance writer Susan Golovin can be emailed at susangolovin@yahoo.com.

1971, 2bd, 843 sq.ft.

1892 Elsie Ave. Messimer Trust to N. Lam for $1,327,000 on 03/02/16; built 1950, 2bd, 1,232 sq.ft.

1274 Lane Ave. G. & C. Izumi to B. Ghaziani for $1,500,000 on 03/03/16; built 1947, 3bd, 1,205 sq.ft.

1946 San Luis Ave. Classic 1946 San Luis to S. Yee for $1,513,000 on 03/04/16; built 1953, 8,682 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/04/2016, $1,224,000 120 Sleeper Ave. Laferriere Trust to G. Krovblit for $2,500,000 on 03/04/16; built 1986, 4bd, 3,047 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/05/2004, $1,100,000

Palo Alto

2456 Chabot Terrace A. Lazzaro to Y. Yang for $1,850,000 on 03/09/16; built 1950, 2bd, 920 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/05/1974, $31,900 914 Colonial Lane J. Cuddeback to Tu Trust for $2,151,000 on 03/09/16; built 1954, 4bd, 1,560 sq.ft.

936 Colonial Lane B. & W. Boss to J. Ning for $3,560,000 on 03/08/16; built 2009, 4bd, 2,467 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/19/2012, $2,025,000 2670 Cowper St. S. Pakaski to R. Pan for $2,500,000 on 03/03/16; built 1961, 4bd, 2246 sq.ft.

681 Driscoll Court Merrill Trust to E. & K. Rosenberg for $426,500 on 03/07/16; built 1981, 4bd, 3,413 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/19/2015, $543,000

310 Grant Ave. B. Lawrence to V. Vyusin for $197,500 on 03/04/16; built 1983, 1bd, 673 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/27/1988, $112,000 1310 Greenwood Ave. Sullivan Trust to Redwood Forest for $4,600,000 on 03/04/16; built 1946, 3bd, 2,308 sq.ft.

786 Melville Ave. Jones Trust to S. Da for $480,000 on 03/04/16; built 1999, 5bd, 3,627 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/31/1999, $2,200,000 3851 Nathan Way M. Nguyen to S. Li for $2,360,000 on 03/03/16; built 1956, 5bd, 1,844 sq.ft; previous sale 05/07/2014, $2,073,000 3759 Redwood Circle Bendigkett Trust to V. & P. Chaudhary for $1,960,000 on 03/08/16; built 1952, 3bd, 1,588 sq.ft.

410 Sheridan Ave. #111 M. Zych to A. & L. Lopez-Otero for $138,000 on 03/04/16; built 1977, 1bd, 804 sq.ft.; previous sale 01/17/2003, $96,000 149 South California Ave. #A306 S. Hortikar to Anderson Trust for $1,150,000 on 03/08/16; built 1982, 2bd, 1,247 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/21/2008, $673,000 3077 South Court Parker Trust to X. Tian for $2,650,000 on 03/03/16; built 1952, 3bd, 1,417 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/15/1992, $372,500 450 West Charleston Road A. & K. Randall to Edholm Trust for $2,100,000 on 03/09/16; built 1947, 2,236 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/01/1988, $298,000

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public park in the world.*

The buyer will spend over $2 billion to transform the property.

Both transactions were off market deals with Luzon as exclusive representation of the buyer.

Luzon envisions the new ownership leading to further improvements in the quality of life and other conditions in the Woodland Park neighborhood, he said.“There will be upgrading of units, an infusion of investment and a cleanup of the area that will bring value to everybody, particularly the tenants.”*

Efi Luzon, Senior Vice President of Intero Commercial and managing director of the Luzon Team. Just south of 1 Billion dollars SOLD

by Efi in the last 15 months

650-465-3883 www.EfiLuzon.com *Source: Neil Gonzales, The Registry, February 22 2016

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. Lic. # #00991651

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services

Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

700 King’s Mountain Road, Woodside

$35,000,000

$24,800,000

$23,988,000

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: Albert Garibaldi & Natasha Green Lic.#01321299 & #01409216

11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills

91 Selby Lane, Atherton

291 Atherton Avenue, Atherton

$18,950,000

$14,900,000

$14,688,000

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

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

$7,250,000

Listing Provided by: Dan Kroner, Lic.#01790340

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

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Lic.#01242399

1175 Barroilhet Drive, Hillsborough

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

2991 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto

$6,888,000

$6,888,000

$5,999,988

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

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

Listing Provided by: Tom Rollett, Lic.#01383194

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

26861 Purissima Road, Los Altos Hills

1250 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay

$5,850,000

$5,800,000

$2,800,000

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

Listing Provided by: Shawn Ansari Lic.#01088988

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello Lic.#01343305

See the complete collection

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CONTEMPORARY BARRON PARK HOME

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Juliana Lee’s Education Foundation The purpose of the Juliana Lee Education Foundation Our purpose is to support and improve public schools by targeting specific needs. Although our local schools are very good, they have important needs which lack funds. Teachers need discretionary money to implement enrichment and extra curricular activities.

The Juliana Lee Foundation, a 501c3 exempt organization, matches individual donations by doubling their value and donating yearly to PiE and Palo Alto Unified School District PTA at different sites.

The Foundation’s Approach • The Foundation interviews representatives from schools to understand their specific needs, then evaluates and estimates the funds needed.

• The Foundation creates public fundraising events to raise funds to meet the chosen needs. Juliana Lee matches every dollar donated by the public until her maximum limit is reached.

• All funds raised are managed by a CPA and the list of donors (those who have given their permission) is published periodically.

March 21, 2016 Juliana Lee Juliana Lee Foundation 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 100 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Ms. Lee, Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE) appreciates the continued support we’ve received from you this year. You have participated annually in our campaign as a Challenge Grant donor. Over the past five years, you contributed $235,000 towards PiE’s gifts to all PAUSD schools. PiE’s mission is to raise money to support staff who help all PAUSD students reach their fullest intellectual, social, and creative potential.

Juliana Lee, founder of JL foundation; Max McGee, superintendent of Palo Alto unified school district; Linda Lyon, PiE executive director and Colleen Gormley, PiE Board Member and 2016-2017 PiE Board President.

Thank you for your generosity!

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Downtown Menlo Park 640 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park 650.847.1141

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Across 1 CBS drama spun off from “JAG” 5 Retired auto racer Teo ___ 9 “That was close!”

13 1966 Grammy winner Eydie 14 “___ stands ...”

15 First state to vote 16 Trap during a winter storm 17 Mah-jongg piece 18 Sketch look 19 Scrunch a sea mammal into a tiny space?

22 A googol divided by a googol 23 “It’s nothing ___ consequence” 24 “The Hunchback of ___ Dame” 28 Stefan who won six Grand Slam singles titles 30 Catching up to, with “on” 32 Put into piles 33 Specter 35 What old mattresses do 36 Big sea waves for a Detroit union?

40 Ocean off Ga. and Fla. 42 Make like a 33-Across 43 For you and me 46 Whom to “take one for” 48 1990s Flockhart TV role 50 Apply, as pressure 51 Campbell’s spaghetti sauce brand 54 Kissing in front of everyone, e.g.

55 Memorize everything involving sugar suffixes?

58 “Falling Up” poet Silverstein 61 Earth sci.

62 Actor Tom of “The Dukes of Hazzard” 63 Lose it, in a way?

64 Bowling spot 65 Numbers ending in 8, e.g.

66 Pro votes 67 Suffix after hip or hoop 68 Yellow Muppet

Down 1 “Out of the question” 2 Dessert with a hardened layer 3 Phony, for short 4 Mister, in Rio 5 Ayatollah’s decree 6 Man from Manchuria 7 Farm animal with a beard 8 Anatomical duct 9 Name yelled in “Cast Away” 10 Earth mover 11 She for a shepherd 12 Hell, it’s said 13 Some action figures 20 CD followers?

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48 Ball club VIP 49 String in the attic?

52 Former ABC executive ___ Arledge 53 Swiss mathematician Leonhard 56 Long swimmers 57 Travel randomly 58 Retreating 59 Paint swatch option 60 “Golden” time

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ELISHA MARIE SKIN & BODY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614173 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Elisha Marie Skin & Body, located at 544 Forest Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): ELISHA MARIE CAUNDAY 544 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 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 February 22, 2016.

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771 Painting/ Wallpaper Glen Hodges Painting Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. #351738. 650/322-8325

Roe General Engineering Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, artificial turf. 36 yrs exp. No job too small. Lic #663703. 650/814-5572

781 Pest Control

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MARISAN GROUP FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614206 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Marisan Group, located at 941 E. Charleston Rd. Suite 102, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MARIA PATERNO 1 Spencer Ct. Sausalito, CA 94965 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/31/2011.

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

(PAW Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016) GEARCLOUD LABS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614367 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Gearcloud Labs, located at 474 San Luis Ave., Los Altos, CA 94024, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): ILIOTECH SOFTWARE SERVICES, LLC 474 San Luis Ave. Los Altos, CA 94024

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NOON, WEDNESDAY Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 19 Jan. 2016.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 24, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016) KEVIN YU CELLO STUDIO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614594 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Kevin Yu Cello Studio, located at 1370 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KEVIN YU 1370 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/2016.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 1, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2016) THE SECRETARIAT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614709 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: The Secretariat, located at 1094 Tanland

Dr. #102, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): TAWNI ESCUDERO 1094 Tanland Dr. #102 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/16.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 2, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016) EVAL GAL-OZ, PH. D. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614437 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Eval- Gal-0z, Ph. D., located at 415 Cambridge Ave., Ste. 3, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): E.U. INT’L CORP. 741 Barron Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/23/2011.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 25, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016)

THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM CABANA HOTEL-PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614509 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Cabana Hotel-Palo Alto, located at 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): BHUPENDRA PATEL 2 Cowell Ln. Menlo Park, CA 94025 PARIMAL PATEL 4 Williams Ct. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/2004.

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

(PAW Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016) LAUGHING BROTHERS GRAPHICS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614425 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Laughing Brothers Graphics, located at 3198 Berryessa St., Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MALONEY ENTERPRISES 3198 Berryessa St. Palo Alto, CA 94303 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 February 25, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016) WYZ KID LABS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614586 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Wyz Kid Labs, located at 125 University Avenue - Suite 120, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): AWELE NDILI 2027 Wendover Lane San Jose, CA 95121 ROBERT STEVENS 180 Pineview Lane Menlo Park, CA 94025 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/17/2016.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 1, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 11, 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 614748 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): EAGLE DEEP 2225 E. Bayshore Rd., #200 Palo Alto, CA 94303 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 05/26/2015 UNDER FILE NO. 605242 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): DEEP EAGLE LLC 2225 E. Bayshore Rd., #200 Palo Alto, CA 94303 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: A Limited Liability Company.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 2, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016) SILICON VALLEY LAUNCH FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614166 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Launch, located at 530 Lytton Ave., 2nd. Fl., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): BILL HANLEY 530 Lytton Ave. 2nd. Fl. Palo Alto, CA 94301 HEJIAO TANG 4298 Wilkie Way Unit P Palo Alto, CA 94306 SHAN JIANG 3833 Park Blvd.

Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/08/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February, 19, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016) NETWORKWISE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 615013 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Networkwise, located at 3075 Louis Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): PAUL SEAH 3075 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 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 March 10, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016) WINARSKY VENTURES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 615161 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Winarsky Ventures, located at 107 Primrose Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): NORMAN WINARSKY 107 Primrose Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 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 March 15, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 15, 2016) FORETOKEN PRESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 615204 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Foretoken Press, located at 4290 Wilkie Way Suite E, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): SEVERIN PEREZ 4290 Wilkie Way Suite E Palo Alto, CA 94306 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 March 16, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 15, 2016) KickOff Career FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614369 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: KickOff Career, located at 412 Everett Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): PATRICIA WARD-DOLKAS 412 Everett Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 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 February 25, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 15, 2016) NextFlex Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute FHE-MII FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 614809 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) NextFlex, 2.) Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, 3.) FHE-MII, located at 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): Flextech Alliance, Inc. 3081 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/1/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 4, 2016.

(PAW Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 15, 2016)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 15-00383-2 Loan No: FRBandC File No. 050625-0439 APN 148-16-037, 14816-039 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 18, 2011. 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 April 1, 2016, at 11:00 AM, At the North Market Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 191 North Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113, FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on January 27, 2011, as Instrument No. 21062804 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, CA, executed by: 544 SAN ANTONIO ROAD LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, as Trustor, in favor of Preferred Bank, as Beneficiary.together with that certain Modification of Deed of Trust dated as of March 8, 2012, recorded in the Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California on March 20, 2012, as Instrument No. 21588215, and any modifications thereto are collectively referred to herein from time to time as the “Deed of Trust”, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning on the Northeasterly line of Fayette Drive, as said line was established in the Deed from Clark W. Betts, RR UX, to the City of Mountain View, and recorded May 1,1964 in Book 6487 of Official Records, at Page 118, Santa Clara County records, at the intersection thereof with the Northwesterly line of that certain 0.50 acre Parcel of Land described in the Deed from Lester P. Cooley, et ux, to H.M. Frank and K.J. Masero as filed for record October 27,1948 in Book 1695 of Official Records, at Page 303, Santa Clara County Records; thence from said point of beginning along said Northwesterly line of the 0.50 acre Parcel and also the Northwesterly line of that certain 0.50 acre parcel of land described in the Deed from William L. Colley, to H.M. Frantz and K.V. Masero as filed for record on October 27,1948 in Book 1695 of Official Records, at 297, Santa Clara County records, North 25° 45’ 00” East 203.01 feet to the most Northerly corner of said last described 0.50 acre parcel; thence along the Northeasterly line of said last described 0.50 acre parcel, South 51° 34’ 34” East 172.55 feet to the intersection thereof with the Northwesterly line of San Antonio Avenue, as said Northerly line was established in said Deed to the City of Mountain View; thence along said Northwesterly line South 25° 45’ 00’ West 165.88 feet and Westerly on a tangent curve to the right, having a radius of 30.00 feet, through a central angle of 102° 49’ 30” an arc distance of 53.84 feet to said Northerly line of Fayette Drive; thence along said Northeasterly line of Fayette Drive, North 51° 25’ 30” West 135.06 feet to the point of beginning.

Except therefrom all that portion of Parcel One and Two as described in the Deed from H.M. Frantz, et ux, to City and County of San Francisco as filed for record August 3,1949 in Book 1827 of Official Records, at Page 5, Santa Clara County Records, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the Northwesterly line of the hereinabove described 0.778 acre parcel distant thereon North 25° 45’ 00” East 86.83 feet from the most westerly corner thereof in the Northeasterly line of Fayette Drive, as said Northeasterly line was established in the Deed from Clark W, Betts, et ux, to the City of Mountain Views as filed for Record May 1,1964 In Book 6487 of Official Records, at Page 118, Santa Clara County Records; thence from said point of beginning South 69° 36’ 44” East 169.09 feet to a point on the Northwesterly Line of San Antonio Avenue as established in said Deed to the City of Mountain View, distant thereon South 25° 45’ 00” West 62.53 feet from the

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most Easterly corner of said hereinabove described 0.778 acre parcel; thence along said Northwesterly line of San Antonio Avenue North 25° 45’ 00” East 62,53 feet to said Easterly corner; thence along the Northeasterly line of said 0.778 acre Parcel North 51° 34’ 34” West 51.35 feet to a point on a line parallel with and 80.00 feet Northeasterly, measured at right angles from the course hereinabove described as South 69° 36’ 44” East 169.09 feet; thence along said parallel line North 69° 36’ 44” West 112.89 feet to said Northwesterly line of the 0.778 acre parcel; thence along said Northwesterly line South 25° 45’ 00” West 80.35 feet to the point of beginning. Together with those certain rights contained in the Deed from H.M. Frantz and Dorothy V. Franz, his wife, 10.

Masero and Virginia, His wife to City and County of San Francisco, a municipal Corporation, dated July 5,1949 and recorded August 3,1949 in Book 1827 of Official Records, Page 5. 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 714.730.2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case 15-00383-2. 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. The real property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 544-554 SAN ANTONIO ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 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 without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto). The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $1,632,397.20 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount.

In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right.

The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the prop-

erty receiver, if applicable. DATE: March 7, 2016 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, TRUSTEE 15-00383-2 11000 Olson Drive, Suite 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 916-636-0114 Sara Berens SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.servicelinkasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714.730.2727 A-4565728 03/11/2016, 03/18/2016, 03/25/2016 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEAN MONMA LAW aka JEAN H. LAW Case No.: 1-16-PR 178287 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JEAN MONMA LAW, aka JEAN H. LAW. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DAVID LAW in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: DAVID LAW 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 April 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Richard A. Schindler, Esq. Schindler & Meyer, P.C. 236 West Portal, #773 San Francisco, CA 94127 (415)421-0856 (PAW Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016)

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$45,000,000* $85,275,000* 2016 Series B 2016 Series C Tax Allocation Bonds Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds (Mission Bay South Redevelopment Project) (Mission Bay South Redevelopment Project)

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Stanford heads to Sweet 16

WIGGINS RETIRES . . . Former Stanford All-American Candice Wiggins has announced her retirement from the WNBA. The 29-year-old said she spent the winter contemplating ending her basketball career and finally decided on March 2 that it was time to leave the game.

Wiggins announced her retirement from basketball Tuesday on The Players’ Tribune website. She played eight years in the WNBA, including the first five with the Minnesota Lynx.

She earned Sixth Woman of the Year honors her rookie season and helped the Lynx win a title in 2011, a year after she ruptured an Achilles’ tendon. Wiggins, who was selected No. 3 overall in the WNBA draft in 2008, went on to play for Tulsa, Los Angeles and New York. She helped the Liberty to the best record in the league this past season, providing key minutes as a reserve. She matched her season high with 15 points in the decisive third game against Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals that New York lost.

That was her last game as a pro.

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Monday College baseball: Stanford at San Jose St., 6 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM)

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Stanford’s Lili Thompson (1) split two South Dakota State defenders for a layup, was fouled and made the free throw with 8.2 seconds left to carry the Cardinal to a 66-65 win in an NCAA second-round game.

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Eastside Prep girls are the champs!

Panthers win first state championship

by Rick Eymer t was all about unfinished business for the Eastside Prep girls, who reached the first state basketball championship game in school history a year ago only to lose by four points.

That loss set the tone for this season and redemption was on the minds of the players as they progressed through an up-and-down season marked by injuries.

“To be honest, we’ve got some unfinished business to take care of,” Eastside coach Donovan Blythe said before his team took the floor Thursday morning in the CIF Division V state finals at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.

A few hours later, that unfinished business was finished — coming in the form of a 57-50 victory over Village Christian.

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by Harold Gutmann tanford’s strength this season has been its defense, so it’s no wonder that the Cardinal used a defensive stand to advance to the Sweet 16.

Junior guard Lili Thompson gave 13th-ranked Stanford the advantage at one end of the court and junior forward Erica McCall made sure the Cardinal kept the advantage at the other end.

McCall blocked a shot from South Dakota State standout Macy Miller with one second left and the Cardinal came back to beat the Jackrabbits, 66-65, in the second round of the NCAA women’s tournament at Maples Pavilion on Monday night.

No. 4 seed Stanford (26-7) held 12th-seeded SDSU (27-7) without a field goal for the final 4:43 and overcame an eight-point deficit with four minutes left.

Despite playing without a senior starter for the first time since 2002-03 and not winning a Pac12 regular-season or tournament title for the first time since 19992000, the Cardinal still managed to get back to the Sweet 16 for the ninth straight year.

“It’s very satisfying,” said Tara VanDerveer, who coached her 1,000th game at Stanford and improved to 827-173. “Most people talk about next year’s team but you never know about next year,

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WATER POLO BID . . . The USA Women’s National Team moved to 4-0 at the Olympic Qualification Tournament and secured first place in Group A following a 15-7 water polo win over Greece on Thursday in Gouda, The Netherlands. Stanford grad Kiley Neushul turned in a stellar performance by scoring five goals, adding five assists and drawing three exclusions. Ashleigh Johnson did the job in net by turning away nine shots and racking up five steals.

The win leaves the United States with eight points in group play, meaning they can’t be caught from behind as Greece suffer its first loss of the tourney. Team USA closes out group play on Friday when the Americans take on South Africa.

In addition to Neushul’s five goals, Stanford senior Maggie Steffens tallied three, incoming Cardinal freshman Makenzie Fischer had two and KK Clark from Menlo Park (and Sacred Heart Prep) tallied twice.

Fischer scored four goals in an 8-6 win over Spain on Wednesday. The Americans topped Canada, 14-7, on Day 2 with Fischer and Neushul each scoring twice, after routing Japan, 18-2, in the opening round.

Notre Dame up next in rematch of last year’s regional semifinals

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so let’s enjoy this year. I’m proud of the strength and resilience and grit that this team showed. This isn’t our best shooting team or best execution team, but maybe it’s the hungriest team.”

The Cardinal next faces topseeded Notre Dame (33-1) in the semifinals of the Lexington Regional on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

(ESPN) at Rupp Arena. It will be a rematch from last year’s regional semifinals that Notre Dame won, 81-60.

“We’re not looking at it as a rematch,” said Thompson. “Both teams are different. We look at it as the next game and we want to keep playing. Both teams are in a different spot, so it’s all about this one game.”

No. 3 Kentucky (25-7) and No. 7 Washington (24-10) also advanced to the Lexington Regional. The Pac-12 has four teams — UCLA and Oregon State are the others — in the Sweet 16, a first for the conference.

The Cardinal heads into the Sweet 16 ranked second in the country in field-goal percentage defense (32.6), 17th in scoring defense (53.8) and sixth in blocks (6.2 per game) — coming off arguably its most exciting game of the season.

Thompson scored the winning points on a 3-point play with 8.2 seconds left to cap a game-ending 12-3 run. Thompson played all 40 minutes and finished with 19 points and five assists, while McCall had 20 points and 12 rebounds to record her 17th doubledouble this season.

“Fans tweeted me,” Thompson said, in regards to reaction from her winning play. “I got a lot of new followers, that was awesome.

I’d say 100-200 more followers.”

The Jackrabbits, who beat No. 5 Miami Saturday to record their second-ever NCAA Tournament win, were attempting to go to their first-ever Sweet 16. This was their seventh tournament appearance in eight years, and they had played nonconference games against

Stanford’s Erica McCall (24) celebrates a 66-65 victory over South Dakota State after her last-second block.

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Notre Dame and Maryland, so four turnovers in the final five they would be comfortable facing minutes. top competition.

A 3-pointer by Briana Roberson They certainly weren’t in- brought Stanford within 64-63 timidated on The Farm, where with 1:14 left. Thompson missed a Stanford came in 33-4 in NCAA 3-pointer with 18 seconds left, but Tournament home after Miller went 1 games. SDSU outfor 2 from the line, scored Stanford Thompson got an23-13 in the third other chance. quarter to overcome Using a screen a six-point halftime

by Kailee Johnson, deficit and led 62-54 Thompson drove with 4:43 left. down the middle “There is treof the lane, made mendous pressure the layup and was in this tournament fouled. and there is tre“She is the one mendous pressure you want the ball in on the home team,” her hands,” McCall SDSU coach Aaron Tara VanDerveer said of Thompson.

Johnston said. “People might feel “She is clutch. This girl’s crazy like it’s a huge advantage to be at good. Honestly, I wouldn’t have home, and it really is, but when any other person with the ball in things aren’t going well that’s tre- her hands. The way she finishes, mendous pressure, even more so the way she attacks, is something than being on the road.”

I admire a lot.”

But the Cardinal slowly chipped Despite being 1 of 5 from the away at the lead as SDSU missed line in the fourth quarter to that its last five shots and committed point (Stanford finished 10 of 22), Thompson made the go-ahead free throw.

“You have to have a short memory,” Thompson said. “You can’t step up to the free-throw line and think about the three that you just missed. All I’m hearing from my coaches and my teammates is, ‘Take your time. We believe in you.’ So, you just step up, depend on your preparation, and knock it down.”

SDSU still had one last chance, but Miller (19 points, eight rebounds) was closely guarded by Roberson and was forced to take an off-balance jumper that was rejected by McCall.

“I don’t think you could ask for a better, harder-fought game by both teams,” VanDerveer said.

“Every person, every basket, every rebound. It was what coaches love to talk about you’ve got to McCall (right) prepares to reject a final shot attempt by Macy Miller play each play, because each play mattered.” Q in the final second to preserve the win.

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t seems such a long time ago that the Stanford women’s water polo team captured the 2015 NCAA Championship with a 7-6 win over UCLA, finishing the year with a 25-2 record.

The Cardinal, which started the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, heads into this weekend with a 15-2 record and only No. 3 nationally.

Clearly, there is work to do.

Stanford will be back at it Saturday by hosting No. 9 Arizona State in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action that will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks starting at 11 a.m.

Stanford, which finished 6-0 in the MPSF last season, is off to a 1-0 start. The Cardinal is coming of a 16-5 nonference win over host and No. 13 UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday as sophomore Katie Dudley scored a career-high five goals.

Dudley never scored more than twice (six times) in a game before showing off her prowess against the Gauchos, scoring twice in the first, twice in the third and once in the fourth. Her output matched Kat Klass for the Cardinal’s single-game high this season.

Men’s golf Defending individual champion Maverick McNealy will lead Stanford into its annual tournament, The Goodwin, that runs through Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course.

The 25-team field is comprised of No. 4 USC, No. 10 Stanford, No. 17 North Carolina, Arizona, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Denver, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount, Marquette, Nevada, Northern Colorado, Northwestern, Oregon, Pacific, Pepperdine, St. Mary’s, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Southern Methodist, UC Davis, UCLA, UNLV and USF. Women’s golf The 11th-ranked Cardinal concluded play Wednesday in the SDSU March Mayhem at The Farms Golf Club by falling to sixth-ranked UCLA, 4-1, to finish fourth in the 16-team match play tournament.

Second-ranked USC won the title by topping Arizona, 4-1, in Rancho Santa Fe. Junior Casey Danielson secured the only win for the Cardinal, beating Hadas Libman, 4 and 2.

After scoring three-straight victories, senior Lauren Kim sustained her first defeat by dropping a 4 and 2 decision to Lilia Vu. Women’s gymnastics Stanford’s Ivana Hong is one of six finalists for the AAI Award, presented to the nation’s most out-

standing senior women’s gymnast.

Hong was named a secondteam All-Pac-12 selection on beam earlier this week — the fourth all-conference honor of her illustrious career. Hong is a fourtime All-American and a threetime NCAA Regional champion.

Women’s lacrosse Stanford senior Anna Salemo has been named the MPSF Women’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Week.

Salemo, a native of Littleton, Colo. helped lead the Cardinal to a home win last week against eighth-ranked Penn State (7-2).

The attacker accumulated three points on three goals with only four shots for a .750 shots on goal percentage. The 2016 season is the first collegiate season for the attacker.

On Wednesday, Lucy Dikeou scored the first goal of the game and then waited until the opportune time to net the final goal of Stanford’s nonconference lacrosse match against host Johns Hopkins.

Inbetween, the contest was riddled with drama and grit, with the eighth-ranked Cardinal (6-1) pulling off the 10-9 sudden-death overtime victory over the host 19th-ranked Blue Jays.

Softball Whitney Burks hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to erase a deficit, but Stanford was unable to complete the comeback and dropped a 4-1 nonconfernce decision in eight innings to visiting Dartmouth (7-8).

Stanford (11-11) had opportunities offensively throughout the game, generating baserunners in seven of the eight innings, but could not capitalize against coach Rachel Hanson’s former team.

Men’s tennis A solid showing by Maciek Romanowicz helped Stanford post its third consecutive win Wednesday, a 4-1 victory over host Pacific.

The Cardinal (8-6) travels to Tucson to open Pac-12 play against Arizona on Friday.

Women’s tennis No. 20 Stanford dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 11 Pepperdine on Tuesday at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

The Waves (10-2) clinched the match by winning the doubles point, thanks to victories at the top two spots of the lineup.

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first state title in school history.

Freshman Zion Gabriel added 16 points, including key 3-pointers, as the Panthers (20-11) finished the season on a nine-game winning streak. Eastside Prep was the No. 1 seed from Northern California while Village Christian (26-9) was No. 8 in SoCal. The little school from East Palo Alto, with seven available players and no one standing over 5-foot-9, made a triumphant return to the state title game. Eastside Prep lost to La Jolla Country Day in last year’s championship game, 40-36.

Down by 13 points during the first half, the youthful Panthers — a team comprised of only freshmen and sophomores — dominated play over the final 20 minutes while outscoring Village Christian, 45-25, over that span.

Crusaders junior 6-4 center Mercy Odima, who had 15 points and 19 rebounds, spent crucial time on the bench with foul trouble. She drew her fourth foul early in the final period and the Panthers took advantage.

Sophomore Alayah Bell, who had to visit a doctor on Tuesday after injuring her knee in the NorCal finals last Saturday, hit a short jumper with just under six minutes remaining to give Eastside Prep its first lead of the game. She finished with 16 points and seven rebounds.

Gabriel put the Panthers ahead, 49-44, with 5:10 left but Village Christian cut the lead to 49-48 before Tahaafe took over down the stretch.

Sophomore Ra’Anaa Bey (four points and five boards) and freshman Mima Tameilau also made valuable contributions for Eastside Prep, which played without the injured Kiki Humphrey.

After shooting 30 percent and

Eastside Prep sophomore Alayah Bell (13) scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds despite a knee injury. making just one of nine 3-point attempts in the first half, the Panthers shot 52 percent (15-of-29) in the second half while the Crusaders were 9 of 29 for 31 percent.

“I thought we did a much better job of keeping them off the boards,” said Blythe. “These girls are in the gym at 5:45 a.m. every day. This is very deserving.”

Bell hit a layup in the final 10 seconds of the third quarter to bring the Panthers within 42-41 heading into the final period.

Freshman Kayla Mahan hit a 3-pointer moments before to help close the gap.

The Crusaders led, 25-12, with five minutes to go in the first half and looked ready to run away with it. Bell hit consecutive baskets and the Panthers scored seven straight

PALO ALTO HIGH The sophomore had seven hits in 15 at-bats and drove in six runs as the Vikings won four baseball games -- three in extra innings -- to remain undefeated and tied for first place in the SCVAL De Anza Division and move to No. 28 in the state.

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to pull within six.

Village Christian led, 29-23, at halftime. The Crusaders held a 25-15 rebounding advantage at the half, including 12 on the offensive boards. Village Christian, however, was forced into 24 turnovers while Eastside Prep had 14.

Top-seeded Eastside Prep advanced to its second straight title game following a 65-59 triumph over No. 2 seed St. Joseph Notre Dame in the NorCal finals last Saturday at American Canyon High.

Blythe got the best 56th birthday gift possible as his girls presented him with a return trip to the state finals.

SoCal champion Village Christian of Sun Valley was a 58-33 winner over No. 2 Mission Prep

Ra’Anaa Bey Eastside Prep basketball

Zion Gabriel Eastside Prep basketball

Cameron Gordon Sacred Heart Prep lacrosse

Hannah Jump Pinewood basketball

Claire Lin Palo Alto swimming

Erin Poindexter-McHan Pinewood basketball

Jack Crockett Sacred Heart Prep lacrosse

Joonsung Ha Palo Alto golf

Blake Henry* Menlo-Atherton basketball

Justin Hull* Palo Alto baseball

Schafer Kraemer Sacred Heart Prep baseball

Kent Slaney* Palo Alto track & field * previous winner

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

in that title game. Village Christian was seeded only No. 8, but defeated the No. 9, No. 1 (Flintridge Prep) and No. 5-seeded teams on the way to its first-ever state finale.

Bell led four Eastside Prep players in double figures in the

NorCal finals with 21 points.

Bey added 11 points plus nine rebounds with Gabriel scoring 15 points Mahan adding 10. That foursome, along with Tahaafe, accounted for every point in the Panthers’ NorCal victories in the finals and semifinals. Q

Sophomore Kayla Tahaafe (5) scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds despite battling illness.

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Freshman Zion Gabriel (11) finished with 16 points in the state final.

EASTSIDE PREP The two sophomores combined for 64 points in two NorCal Division V basketball victories while helping the No. 1-seeded Panthers win their second straight NorCal title and advance to the state championships.

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