Palo Alto Weekly May 27, 2016

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Police cleared in death of 31-year-old man District Attorney releases video in fatal Christmas shooting in downtown Palo Alto

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fficers who fatally shot a mentally ill man on a Palo Alto street last Christmas were justified when they discharged their weapons, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has determined.

The District Attorney released a 31-page report Tuesday on the death

of William David Raff along with video of the 19-second confrontation, taken by four cameras mounted on Palo Alto police cruisers.

Raff, 31, was shot Christmas night four times as he charged at officers with a knife, videos from police cameras show. Raff, who recently moved into the transitional

mental-health group home La Selva House, had called 911 to report that someone named “Andre Seal” was threatening to harm people.

When three officers arrived at the house, at 652 Forest Ave., Raff exited the home and charged police with a knife in his hand.

The videos show that officers told Raff a number of times to drop the knife, which turned out to be a table knife with a rounded tip. Raff can be seen dancing around in the middle of the

darkened street like a boxer; the officers had backed off to about 50 feet away, standing by one officer’s car. Then Raff bellowing unintelligibly and charged at them.

Officer Khalil Tannous fired a Taser at Raff, but it was not effective: Only one of its prongs struck him in the leg. Officers Nicolas Enberg, who stood in the street, and Officer Zachary Wicht, to his right on the sidewalk, opened fire as Raff continued to run toward them. Raff was about 25 feet from

Enberg when Enberg fired the first shot, the report quotes Wicht as recalling. Raff collapsed to the ground a few feet from Enberg.

“The totality of the evidence leads only to the conclusion that William Raff was intent on dying at the hands of police officers on Dec. 25, 2015,” prosecutor Charles Gillingham wrote in the report, which was based on an investigation by the Palo Alto Police Department. (continued on page 9)

EDUCATION

School board approves full-day kindergarten for all Some parents, teachers still voice concern and opposition

by Elena Kadvany

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ELECTION 2016

Independent groups pump cash into Assembly campaign Contributions from political action committees boost Berman’s bid to replace Rich Gordon

by Gennady Sheyner

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ith the crowded race to succeed Assemblyman Rich Gordon in the 24th District heading into the final stretch, independent political action committees are throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars into the contest in hopes of influencing the outcome.

Palo Alto City Councilman Marc Berman has been the chief beneficiary of these political action committees, with groups funded by dentists, Realtors, car dealers, poultry farmers and pawnbrokers collectively contributing thousands of dollars to his campaign in the month leading up

to the June 7 primary.

Berman, an attorney who until last fall worked as development director at the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, benefited from huge infusion of cash from EdVoice Independent Expenditure Committee, the political arm of the Sacramento-based education-policy nonprofit. Last week, the committee made a series of expenditures totaling $368,291 to support Berman’s bid for the Assembly.

The group paid for several fliers, one touting Berman as “one of our region’s innovative leaders” and crediting him for “(leading) the charge to transition Palo Alto

toward cleaner energy” and for helping to close the achievement gap in public schools.

Berman said the EdVoice expenditures were made completely independently from his campaign.

“We had no coordination with (EdVoice) whatsoever,” Berman said.

The California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee, based in Los Angeles, is also backing Berman with fliers and contributions. Last week, the group issued several fliers urging voters to support Berman, (continued on page 12)

ll kindergartners entering the Palo Alto Unified School District this fall and in future years will attend school for a full day under a proposal the school board approved Tuesday night, despite opposition from parents and a claim that the majority of kindergarten teachers do not support this shift.

Only board member Camille Townsend opposed the proposal, which was recommended by Superintendent Max McGee with the consensus of all 12 elementary school principals, he said Tuesday.

McGee offered this recommendation after making what he described as a “compromise” proposal two weeks ago to extend the kindergarten day only two days a week at some schools and four days a week at others. He said he reconsidered the compromise after the board expressed concerns over a lack of consistency among the schools.

Several concerned parents and teachers voiced their concerns that a longer kindergarten day will harm, not benefit, students. Several teachers maintained that the current model in place at most schools, in which one-half of each class stays longer two days a week, is the best way to provide small-group instruction and maintain a balance of academics and play. Opponents also drew a connection between the longer school day and higher stress levels, even at this young age.

“A vote for full-day kindergarten is a vote to make kindergarten look like first grade,” said Escondido Elementary School kindergarten teacher Debbie Scalero.

“It is a vote to watch the magic, creativity and wonder of kindergarten dramatically decline.”

“Please, please hear us: Longer kindergarten is not better kindergarten,” said Duveneck Elementary School parent Julie Tomasz, who last month started an online petition against full-day kindergarten. The petition has garnered 146 signatures.

Speakers also urged the board to hold off on what they felt was a “rushed” process to put a change in place by this fall. They asked how the district planned to make this change without the full backing of the very teachers who will be responsible for implementation. Several board members, too, asked for more details about an implementation plan.

McGee said he was confident that principals and teachers will be able to work together to successfully shift to the longer day.

“I know clearly that this recommendation is not what the majority of the kindergarten teachers prefer, but I will tell you that I believe in my heart of hearts that this recommendation model best serves all students, and that is my job as superintendent,” he said.

The catalyst for the full-day shift was a recommendation from the district’s Minority Achievement and Talent Development committee, which said that the key to helping to reduce Palo Alto Unified’s longstanding achievement gap is to help minority students early on.

Proponents of full-day kindergarten, including current teachers at Barron Park, have also said that the longer day allows for a more relaxed, balanced pace and, in fact, allows for more small-group time with students throughout the (continued on page 14)

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

This is the kind of institutional sexism that discourages other qualified women from running for office.

—Angelica Ramos, president of the local chapter of National Women’s Political Caucus of California, regarding a political ad criticizing Assembly candidate Vicki Veenker.

Around Town

NO SURPRISE ... It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Palo Alto, the home of Stanford University and tech companies like Tesla Motors, VMware and Palantir, is one of the wealthiest cities in the nation. NerdWallet’s recent analysis of where people are wealthy (in terms of income, home value and credit availability) solidifies it. The Golden State dominated the list of wealthiest cities among the Western states, with Palo Alto coming in first place on the Top 20 list. Palo Alto boasted the highest median home value among all the U.S. cities analyzed, at $2.5 million. According to the analysis, 34 percent of those homes were owned without a mortgage — the highest percentage in the West’s top 10 and comparable to any other region in the country. Nationally, Palo Alto snagged the No. 1 spot, with a median household income of $151,370 and average credit limit of $71,696. NerdWallet analyzed 475 U.S. cities with at least 65,000 people to compile its list.

BRIDGING THE GAP ... Palo Alto’s plan to build a landmark bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 took an unexpected swerve last December, when officials determined that the slender and elegant design proposed by the winner of the city’s design competition was simply too good to be true. This week, in an attempt to remedy the situation, the council hit the reset button and unanimously approved a new design contract for the long-anticipated overpass.

The $1.5 million contract with Biggs Cardosa Associates calls for early design work on what would be a “standard” 14-footwide bridge, though Public Works believes that the structure could be enhanced, budget permitting.

Brad Eggleston, assistant director of Public Works, said that while the “baseline” construction cost is about $7.7 million, the city could consider additional amenities if it identifies the needed funding. This includes an overlook platform, education signs and trailhead improvements at Adobe Creek. As the design work gets under way, staff plans to solicit community feedback about potential amenities and whether they are worth the extra expenditures. The council agreed with this approach, though Councilman Tom DuBois wondered

whether it wouldn’t be easier to just determine what type of bridge the city wants to build and move ahead accordingly. “If we want to build a $13 million bridge, let’s build a $13 million bridge,” DuBois said. Ultimately, the council concurred with the staff approach and voted unanimously to support it. If things go as planned for the project (admittedly, a massive “if”), construction would begin in 2019 and be completed by spring 2020.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH ... It may not be the most expensive bike project in Palo Alto (that would be the aforementioned bike bridge), but what’s known as the Midtown Connector is quite possibly the most controversial. Envisioned by the council as an off-street recreational pathway for bicyclists and pedestrians along Matadero Creek, the project has been blasted by some residents in the area as a waste of time and money. Critics point to the fact that the creek currently serves as a flood-control facility for the Santa Clara Valley Water District and inviting the public to start using the pathway would bring noise and possibly crime to the area. Supporters argue that the new pathway would be a welcome connection between Alma Street and the Baylands.

The Planning and Transportation Commission weighed a series of options, including a pedestrianonly path along the creek and avoiding Matadero Creek altogether and using the money to create a separated bikeway on Loma Verde.

After much debate, the commission settled on a “hybrid” option that would create a shared-use path on some portions of the creek and existing streets on others.

In advocating for this approach, Commissioner Greg Tanaka said that the creek offers the city the best opportunity to go beyond small incremental improvements. “I think we have to go with the option that uses the creek somehow,” Tanaka said. “If not, what are we doing here? We’re just making small increments to what we have already.” Commissioner Michael Alcheck said the “hybrid” approach has “the most appeal,” though he also highlighted concerns about privacy and safety. The commission then voted 4-0, with Kate Downing, Adrian Fine and Eric Rosenblum absent, to support this option.

Upfront EDUCATION

Contract raises compound with salary ‘step’ hikes and added pay for further education and post-bachelor’s degrees

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ELECTION 2016

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Nearly 70 percent of Palo Alto Unified School District teachers — 575 of 833 — will earn more than $100,000 next year as a result of a new teachers union contract that was approved by the school board this week. at each “step” on the schedule. All the data and spreadsheets used in the analysis are available at tinyurl.com/PAUSDteachercharts.

The analysis shows that 575 teachers, or 69 percent of the district’s 833 teachers, will make more than $100,000 in base salary starting July 1, 2016. Almost 90 percent (741) will make more than $80,000.

Additional compensation for advanced degrees will bump additional teachers above $100,000.

Under the contract, teachers work 187 days a year, or 8.6 months. If adjusted for 12 months work, the rate that would pay $100,000 for 8.6 month would equate to $140,000 annually.

The teachers’ salary schedules are complicated tables containing 210 different pay levels that increase on two dimensions: number of years of experience and number of semester (continued on page 8)

School board approves 12 percent pay increases for teachers Other employee groups, including senior administrators, will also see raises

by Elena Kadvany

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district boardroom cheered and gave a long standing ovation after teacher Teri Baldwin, president of the teachers union, challenged Dauber’s concerns directly. She said that in eight months of negotiations between the district and the union, class-size reduction was never discussed. To imply that teachers “intentionally” chose larger salaries over smaller classes is wrong and “misleading,” Baldwin told Dauber.

“When a member of the school board publicizes misinformation, it looks like you intend to mislead the community and discredit teachers rather than work with them,” Baldwin said.

Dauber responded that his criticism has not been aimed at the teachers union, but rather at his own colleagues on the board.

“It’s the board’s responsibility to assess the cost of the contract in relation to the other needs of

by Elena Kadvany

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EDUCATION

he Palo Alto school board approved Tuesday night in a 4-to-1 vote a 12 percent base salary increase for teachers over three years, with all but one board member arguing that that level of pay hike is necessary to help the district retain and attract high-quality teachers.

Trustee Ken Dauber cast the sole dissenting vote, unsurprising given his previously voiced opposition to spending money that he has argued could be spent on both “healthy” teacher raises and significant class-size reduction at the district’s middle and high schools.

He has also pointed to data that suggests the district has remained competitive in teacher pay and is not facing any dire retention or recruitment issues.

A standing-room only crowd of teachers wearing Palo Alto Educators Association (PAEA) T-shirts and sweatshirts in the

Costaño Elementary School is one of eight schools in the Ravenswood City School District, where conditions of the facilities have deteriorated to the point of needing critical repairs.

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n analysis of data provided by the Palo Alto Unified School District shows that more than 70 percent of district teachers will be earning salaries in excess of $100,000 for the upcoming 2016-17 school year, based on a union contract approved Tuesday by the school board.

The figure does not include additional pay earned as a result of teachers possessing advanced degrees ($2,219 per degree).

It also does not reflect the 1 or 2 percent bonus teachers may receive at the end of next school year as stipulated in the contract.

The contract provides an immediate retroactive raise of 5 percent back to July 1, 2015, a 4 percent raise for the upcoming year beginning July 1 and a 3 percent increase in July, 2017. Up to 2 percent bonuses will also be paid for each of the next two years depending on whether property-tax revenues exceed or fall short of budget projections.

To analyze the impact of the contract on teacher pay, the Weekly created spreadsheets of the current 2014-15 salary schedule and then adjusted them to reflect the proposed increases over the three years covered by the new contract, and then cross-referenced them with data provided by the district showing how many teachers are

Elena Kadvany

With new contract, 70 percent of Palo Alto teachers will earn over $100,000

the district and strike a balance,” he said. “That, I think, is what the board has not done.”

He also noted that his goal was not to negotiate class sizes in the contract but rather for the district to have enough money to significantly reduce them.

Though no changes could be made to the new contract on Tuesday night, Dauber had suggested that the district offer teachers instead a 9 percent base salary increase over three years with 1 percent one-time bonuses — a raise he said would maintain the district’s position as one of the higher-paying districts locally and across the state.

Dauber estimated that this level of compensation increase would free up an additional $4.5 million annually — the equivalent of 35 teachers, which could reduce class

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Warm, safe and dry.”

That’s the slogan of a $26 million bond that the Ravenswood City School District is asking voters to approve on June 7 to fund capital improvements at the district’s eight school sites — improvements district officials say are critical to helping fulfill the basic tenets of keeping students and teachers warm, safe and dry.

Measure H would fund significant repairs and upgrades at all eight of the district’s schools, which are more than 50 years old: new roofs at all the schools; upgraded heating, ventilating, air conditioning, climate-control, electrical and fire-safety systems; updated plumbing and parking facilities; modernized classrooms that will help accommodate higher-quality science, technology, engineering, math and language programs; new equipment, classroom technology, landscaping and more.

The bond requires 55 percent of the vote to pass. The Ravenswood Board of Trustees in March unanimously approved placing Measure H on the ballot.

The bond would pay for only a fraction of the $100 million in “critical” districtwide repairs identified in a comprehensive facilities master plan, Superintendent Gloria HernandezGoff said in an interview with the Weekly. The master plan’s entire list of repairs would cost more than $300 million.

Some facility conditions have directly affected learning.

The need for new gas lines and a heating system was evident this past winter, when Costaño Elementary School lost heat due to a gas leak and had to close early for winter break.

The school district has done some repairs and upgrades on

a piecemeal, emergency basis.

A sewer line under Brentwood Elementary School recently cracked and had to be immediately repaired, Hernandez-Goff said. A slew of upgrades done last summer cost $2 million, Hernandez-Goff wrote in a letter to the school community.

The bond is also about educational equity, board President Ana Pulido said.

Students, for example, have been using portable science labs — which limit the number of activities students can do — because the district lacks a sink with flowing water needed for a full science-lab set-up.

“Every parent wants to feel like wherever their student is at, they’re receiving the same kind of quality programming and opportunities as anybody in another school versus having to feel like ‘This school is not meeting my child’s needs; I have to take them somewhere else,’” Pulido said. “Currently, because of the way the schools were built, not every school is able to provide the same offerings. That’s what we’re trying to address in this as well, as much as possible.”

Pulido and Hernandez-Goff said the bond is a first step toward long-term improvements for Ravenswood, envisioned in the district’s new facilities master plan.

The bond’s annual tax rate is $30 per $100,000 of taxable value. A property assessed at $700,000, for example, would have an annual tax obligation of $210 under this measure.

Measure H is a general obligation bond, meaning it will be repaid over approximately 30 years through a tax on all taxable property — residential, commercial and industrial — located within the school district’s boundaries. (continued on page 13)

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Upfront LAW ENFORCEMENT

A mind unraveling Fatal shooting precipitated by man’s mental-health crisis, report states

by Sue Dremann

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he picture painted of William Raff in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office report and the incidents that led to his death show a man who, for at least the previous year, had often been in a dire mentalhealth crisis. Raff had made two prior attempts to kill himself before the Dec. 25 police incident, and he had voiced wanting to harm himself on other occasions.

He was hospitalized for his mental condition at least three times, including on Sept. 13 and Oct. 24, 2014, and on Dec. 6, 2015, the report states.

Diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, Raff had delusions and seizures, according to the DA’s report. He was twice put on a psychiatric hold and hospitalized by Santa Cruz law enforcement agencies and once by police in Westminster, California.

His father, Garold Raff, told police that his son had spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with him, and he had become concerned for his son’s mental state. William Raff had been placed at La Selva House after coming out of a locked

psychiatric facility in Fremont. The elder Raff believed that his son was deteriorating and that La Selva was not an appropriate place for him.

He should have been in a locked facility, he told police.

On Christmas, Garold Raff had taken his son shopping at a market. William Raff was so agitated that the father called La Selva staff and said he wanted to talk to the CEO to warn that William was significantly agitated and his medication needed to be watched.

Raff had recently been given more medication because he had a seizure on Dec. 22. Garold Raff felt that the excess medication he was given might be worsening his mental state, he told police.

Staff at La Selva also told police that Raff was “not totally there” when he arrived to live at La Selva on Dec. 21. Raff was “ramping up” in the intervening days before the 911 call. On Christmas Day, Raff was flushed red and was staring into space. He told staff member Kevin McKellar that he was trying to keep his heart beating. Later, he seemed better.

Another staff member, Joseph

Pay

teachers receive increases in base salary as they move across and down the salary schedule. These increases are separate from increases contained in the union contract, so many teachers experience bumps in pay far greater than the amount called for in the contract.

Data provided to the Weekly by the district shows that the vast majority of teachers (520) have maxed out on the education scale at 90 units

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units earned by a teacher after attaining a bachelor’s degree.

The lowest point on the scale is for a teacher with no experience and no semester units, while the highest point is for 30 or more years of experience and 90 or more units of post-bachelor’s education.

As illustrated in the charts,

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the city’s scoping comments for the Environmental Impact Report for the San Francisco-to-San Jose segment of high-speed rail. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss its annual priorities and hold a study session to discuss the city’s efforts on sea-level rise. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission will hear an update on the city’s teen programs, discuss a proposed design for Quarry Road Improvements and Transit Center Access and discuss the parks, Open Space, Trails and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to elect its officers, discuss the Net Surplus Electric Compensation Rate, consider a policy on low carbon fuel standard credits, discuss options for PaloAltoGreen Gas and hear an update on the second phase of the city’s crossbore program. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1.

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to review 799 Embarcadero Road, a proposal to replace Fire Station #3; and hear an update on the Comprehensive Plan Update Draft Environmental Impact Report. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

Carter, said that Raff had been tapping his chest earlier that day for two to three hours. He and McKellar were concerned that he might try to put himself into “self-psychosis” again as he had a couple of days earlier.

Raff improved after McKellar took him for a walk, and when music was played at the house, he danced. But then things started to fall apart. Raff called 911 around 9:17 p.m., and Carter said he saw Raff go into the kitchen and grab a knife out of the drawer.

Raff went out the back door.

Carter followed him to try to deescalate the situation.

“William, William stop! William, let’s talk! Make a good decision,” Carter said he called out to Raff. But Raff ignored him, Carter later told police.

By the time Carter got to the front of the house, about 25 feet behind Raff, he could see that Raff was already in the street confronting the police officers, the DA’s report states.

Carter said he raised his hands and yelled that he was staff and tried to tell officers that Raff was holding a “butter knife.”

Despite Carter’s attempts to stop the situation from unfolding, Raff, standing in the middle of the street, then screamed and began running toward the officers, to his death. Q About the cover: Photo illustration by Paul Llewellyn based on video recordings by the Palo Alto Police Department. or more. Only 13 teachers have fewer than 30 educational units.

According to Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Scott Bowers, most teachers earn semester units through master’s programs or university extension programs.

But they may also be earned, up to various limits, through coursework at community colleges, independent study, private lessons and tutoring, work experience during the summer and by serving on a school site council or a district committee.

Here is an example of how the system works: Miss Jones will be starting her fifth year as a teacher this fall and has 30 units of credit from a master’s program. Her pay this year was $66,997, but she will receive a 5 percent retroactive pay increase bringing it up to $70,347.

Next school year her pay will increase 9 percent to $76,566 because even though the contract calls for a 4 percent increase she gets an automatic 5 percent bump for having completed another year of teaching, which is based on the “step” schedule.

If Miss Jones also had finished another 15 units of coursework, her pay would increase to $80,539, or a 14 percent increase over her current year’s pay and 26 percent more than her salary last school year.

District classified employees, which include aides, maintenance, business and administrative staff, have a similar salary structure as teachers but with fewer step increases, meaning they reach the top of the salary range sooner. Q

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“William Raff called 911 that night to create a fake emergency and draw an armed response from the police. Raff then committed suicide by attacking the officers, who shot him in self-defense.”

The District Attorney’s Office determined that the officers fired upon Raff after reasonably believing that they would be harmed or killed or that one of them was in imminent danger. The officers had retreated back 50 feet from Raff after he came running from the east side of the house in the dark. Raff was holding the knife in a “pistol grip” as if he was going to stab down at someone.

The review asserted that Raff had concocted a false story that someone at the home was threatening to harm people. The officers believed there was someone at the house who might have been a threat, and they did not know that the person before them with the knife was the same person who had called dispatchers.

The whole incident happened in less than eight minutes, from when Raff called 911 to his collapse on Forest Avenue. After the 911 call, a dispatcher called La Selva House and talked to staff, and the staff member, Kevin McKellar, said he did not think that Raff was a danger.

But officers did not know of the dispatcher’s discussion with McKellar because of their simultaneous arrival at the house, according to the report. The only information officers had received right away was that no one named Andre Seal lived at the residence.

The officers commanded Raff several times to put down the knife, the DA noted, but Raff did not comply. He had acted so swiftly and with such surprise that the officers did not have time for a plan of action or further retreat, the report states.

During the encounter, Wicht called for a backup weapon that fires large rubber projectiles and is less lethal, but within moments, Raff was already charging at Enberg.

Enberg was wearing bulletprotective body armor, but it was penetrable by a blade, each of the officers later said in interviews.

Enberg told police that he had feared that Raff would stab him in the neck or upper abdomen; Wicht said that Raff had locked eyes with Enberg just before charging at him with the knife in his right hand.

There also was confusion at the scene. A witness, Joseph Carter, a La Selva House employee, said that when he saw police officers, he had raised his hands and yelled, “Staff, I’m the staff. He has a butter knife, it is a butter knife,” he said during a police interview.

Tannous said he heard someone yelling, but he could not make out what was said. He also did not know if that other person was the individual Raff had referred to in the 911 call, he said.

The DA’s office did not find that Raff’s carrying of a mere table knife had adequate bearing on the officers’ actions.

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by Raff was a dinnerware knife does not make the situation less threatening for the officers, or their actions less justified. The knife used could be used to inflict a fatal wound or serious injury on the officers whose faces and necks were exposed and whose vests were not designed to protect from knife strikes,” the DA’s review noted. “None of the officers heard a staff member stating that the knife was a ‘butter knife’ and if they had, they would not have had the time or ability to assess the credibility of that statement.

What the officers saw was a man yelling and charging at them with a knife in his hand, in an attack.”

“The officers could not have known and did not know, that William Raff had a history of suicide attempts, the most recent being approximately three weeks earlier,” the DA’s office stated.

California law permits any person to use deadly force where there is a reasonable need to protect oneself, or another, from an apparent, imminent threat of death or great bodily injury, the DA’s office noted.

“Furthermore, it specifically permits police officers to use deadly force when arresting a person who has committed or is committing a violent felony (such as assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon) and the officer has probable cause to believe the person poses a threat of future or imminent death or great bodily injury, either to the officer or to others. Courts do not require officers to wait until they are physically attacked before they are entitled to take action,” Gillingham wrote.

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views with civilian witnesses and officers, audio recordings of the interviews, audio and video of the incident and crime scene details. The review was conducted according to the 2012 “Officer-Involved Guidelines” adopted by the Santa Clara County Police Chiefs’ Association, according to the DA’s office.

The Police Chiefs’ Association guidelines state that the role of the district attorney is to “monitor the police investigation” and “when deemed necessary, perform an independent investigation, separate from that of the police investigation.”

Asked why the DA’s office determined it would not do a separate investigation from that of the Palo Alto police, Deputy District Attorney James Gibbons-Shapiro said Tuesday that in this case all of the video and audio evidence indicated that officers had acted lawfully. The DA’s office was initially present in the first days after the shooting, having sent a deputy district attorney and a DA investigator to monitor the police investigation. They sat in on interviews and ensured that the right steps were being taken to record all of them so that police would not rely only on paper records, he said.

These procedures are the regular practice for the Santa Clara County DA’s office. He could not recall an incident that required an independent investigation outside of that of police because of the initial monitoring of police evidence practices, which takes place in each of these cases, he said.

In addition, Palo Alto Police Department policy states that its own investigative unit will look

19 secconds later e Wicht calls for a non-lethal Sage gun and draws his weapon. Tannous fires his Taser, which does not stop Raff.

Enberg draws his weapon and shoots four times. Wicht shoots five times. Raff is struck four times and falls to the ground. The officers render first aid.

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he Palo Alto Police Department said it is deferring all questions related to the content or details of the DA’s findings to the DA’s office. The police department had no additional information available for release, but they did express condolences to Raff’s family.

“We have tremendous sympathy for the Raff family and William’s friends and loved ones. We are also mindful of the lasting effect this incident has had on our personnel, the independent witnesses who observed what occurred, and the staff at the transitional residential program at which Mr. Raff was a resident,” the department said in a written statement.

The administrative investigation into the shooting is continuing, however, now that the District Attorney’s Office has completed its criminal investigation, the department noted.

The administrative investigation will include a review of policies, training, tactics and equipment.

“At the conclusion of the administrative investigation, we will submit it to our Independent Police Auditor for review. They will also receive all audio and video recordings associated with the case. The Independent Police Auditor will make public comments at the appropriate time about the incident, the response of our personnel, and the administrative investigation

itself,” department officials wrote.

Raff’s family could not immediately be reached for comment.

His mother, Tina Cremer, filed a wrongful-death claim against the City of Palo Alto in late March.

Her attorney, Michael Haddad, said that the city rejected the claim on May 2. He plans to file a lawsuit in the near future.

“The DA’s job is not to determine if the shooting is lawful; it’s to determine whether criminal charges are appropriate. It doesn’t cover civil claims,” Haddad said.

“What this boils down to is that the officers at the scene knew that the home was housed by people with mental illness.”

When a “thin man acting erratically came out of the house, the officers should have known that he was mentally ill,” he said.

Then a staff member came out waving his arms and yelled that “it’s just a butter knife,” he added.

“The officer makes no attempt to take cover or move out of the way. He just stands there and shoots this poor guy with a mental illness. He wasn’t wanted for any crime. The most logical inference is that he is mentally ill.

Someone who’s mentally ill is not a criminal. The shooting was unnecessary,” Haddad said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Corrections

The May 20 story “Palo Alto residents oppose VTA bus plans” incorrectly characterized resident Penny Ellson’s support of the cuts to bus route 86 in 2007. She sought to preserve routes 86 and 88 and supported the compromise in order to save transportation for students. The May 20 story “Here comes the sun” misstated the level by which natural gas use fell between the 1970s and today. It fell from 45 million to 28 million therms a year. Also, the timeline for when new solar contracts will come online has been updated by the Utilities Department: The Frontier project is expected to be online in June; the Elevation and Western Antelope projects are expected to come online in November. The Weekly regrets the errors. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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Guiding Stanford’s Future ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ■ HOUSING ■ TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE CONSERVATION ■ SUSTAINABILITY Stanford University has begun looking forward to its application to Santa Clara County for its next General Use Permit that governs its campus land use. Join us to learn more about that process and how Stanford manages its lands.

News Digest Development approved for Olive Garden site The City Council approved on Monday night a proposal to demolish the Olive Garden restaurant on El Camino Real and replace it with a mixed-use development featuring offices, condominiums and retail space.

Despite anxieties about the new development’s mass, appearance and potential traffic impacts, the council voted 5-4 to approve the proposal for 2515-2585 El Camino Real, between Grant and Sherman avenues.

Though the council’s vote cleared the path for developer ECRPA, LLC, to demolish the 9,694-square-foot restaurant and construct a 39,858-square-foot mixed-use building (with 108 parking spaces underground), it also ensured that the new development would have some key differences from the one proposed.

The most significant difference is the replacement of office space with retail. The proposal from ECRPA called for nearly 10,000 square feet of office space. The council demanded that ECRPA reduce the office component and required that the entire ground floor in the blocklong development be devoted to retail. This would limit office use to less than 1,000 square feet. The developer also agreed to devote two units to below-market-rate housing.

Vice Mayor Greg Scharff, who led the parade of revisions, also proposed a condition (with agreement from his colleagues) requiring the developer to create a “robust” transportation-demand-management program that would encourage alternative transportation and carpooling to reduce anticipated traffic levels by 30 percent. Q — Gennady Sheyner

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With plans accelerating for the Bay Area segment of California’s high-speed rail line, Palo Alto officials this week called for a more inclusive process in designing the train system and renewed their calls for rail officials to “grade separate” the new bullet trains from crossing traffic.

That is one of the main points that the city plans to make as it prepares its comments on the California High Speed Rail Authority’s forthcoming Environmental Impact Report for the Peninsula segment.

On Wednesday morning, the agency made a stop in Palo Alto, where its Northern California Regional Director Ben Tripousis provided an update to the City Council Rail Committee about the new document and solicited comments about what issues the authority should look at for the stretch between San Francisco and San Jose.

For the four council members on the committee, grade separation was the biggest cause of concern.

Under the current plan, the Peninsula segment calls for high-speed rail to share tracks with Caltrain in what’s known as the “blended system.” Because the high-speed trains in the blended system would reach maximum speeds of only 110 mph (below a 125 mph limit), the rail authority is not required by Federal Railroad Administration regulations to pursue grade separation, according to Tripousis.

Rather than physically separate the rail corridor from the crossing streets, the rail authority plans to pursue less dramatic and expensive safety measures: new perimeter fencing and four-quadrant gates at all grade crossings.

While these measures are expected to limit the ability of cars to get on the tracks, Palo Alto officials are concerned that they will also create massive congestion at the four locations where the train tracks meet the streets. Tripousis said the rail authority will be exploring the impact of quad gates during the environmental analysis. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Men run off after being ‘startled’ by Crescent Park home’s occupant Two men who police say kicked down a door of a Crescent Park home Thursday afternoon in an apparent burglary attempt fled the scene empty-handed after a resident startled them.

Police said the attempted burglary occurred shortly before 6 p.m. on the 1300 block of Dana Avenue. The resident, a woman in her 60s, reported that she had been home alone when she heard a crashing sound.

When she went to see what happened, she reportedly saw that her door had been kicked in and a man she didn’t know was standing inside.

Police said that she yelled at the man and startled him. At that point, a second man allegedly came running down the stairs from the second floor. Both ran out the front door and reportedly proceeded east on Dana Avenue, police said.

The woman said the two men were in their 20s or 30s, with dark skin (she said they were possibly Polynesian). She described one as wearing orange shorts and a gray T-shirt; the other wore dark shorts or pants and a top “with a stripe or other marking.” Both were nearly six feet tall and about 250 pounds.

Police said there haven’t been any similar incidents in Palo Alto recently. Q — Gennady Sheyner

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THE HOUSES THAT ZUCK BUILT ... It isn’t every day that someone redevelops Palo Alto property and puts a smaller home on it, but Mark Zuckerberg is not just anyone. The billionaire Facebook CEO plans to replace one home on Edgewood Drive and three on Hamilton Avenue, which he bought in 2011 and 2013, respectively, that surround his Crescent Park home. Instead of two single-story houses and two two-story ones, he’s proposing three smaller singlestory homes and one smaller two-story residence, according to an application filed with the city by his architects. The plans also include two massive basements, measuring 2,400 and 3,000 square feet. (Basement space is not counted toward the city’s floor-area requirements.) The total square footage of the houses themselves, however, will be 20 percent smaller than the existing homes. The redevelopment does not include a request to merge the lots. The Crescent Park Residents Association has not taken a position on the project, said Norm Beamer, the association’s president. Beamer said that as long as the homes are to be used as single-family homes for long-term residents, he has no concerns. For more on this story, go to PaloAltoOnline.com. Q

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One year after the University AME Zion Church started a movement to foster multi-ethnic understanding and dialogue after the June 17, 2015, racially motivated church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, the effort to address prejudice in Palo Alto goes on. Pastor Kaloma Smith and other members of the interfaith community will hold a candlelight memorial on June 5 to remember the tragedy that took place in a house of worship. The entire community is invited to the event. The candlelight service is open to all. It will take place at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, UCC, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto.

John Guislin, a resident of Crescent Park, stands by the intersection of Middlefield Road and Everett Avenue where he says car drivers regularly ignore the “no left turn” law and go over the 25 mph speed limit. Guislin has started a petition asking the city to increase the safety of the road.

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or John Guislin and his neighbors on Middlefield Road, screeching tires and clanging metal have become increasingly familiar sounds in recent years.

Drivers making their way downtown or to Stanford University routinely use Middlefield as a thoroughfare. As they pass this residential area, many go beyond the speed limit, taking sharp right turns and, every once in a while, crashing into each other.

“Middlefield Road, from University to the Menlo Park border, is four continuous blocks of driver mayhem,” Guislin told the council on May 9. “We have a history of having serious accidents and dangerous conditions — speeding, congestion, et cetera — on Middlefield.”

The neighbors have been lobbying city leaders for years to do something about the problem, with some success. Last June, the city added time-of-day turn restriction signs, which prohibit left turns onto Middlefield Road from Everett Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue during peak commuting hours. The city also restriped the street so that cars would no longer merge near the intersection of Middlefield and Hawthorne, where cars are often lined up to turn left. Now, the merging happens a few hundred feet south of the intersection.

But as Guislin and his neigh-

bors testified earlier this month, the traffic woes have not abated.

Andrea Lichter, who has lived on Middlefield for the past 30 years, said she has seen conditions devolve in dangerous ways.

“I’m in my home every night, and I hear near-crashes, and I just cringe,” Lichter said at the meeting.

“I get so concerned and so upset, waiting to hear the impact. And quite often there is an impact.”

She recalled an incident several years ago when a young man speeding north on Middlefield crashed his sports-utility vehicle through her fence and drove into her front yard.

There was also the fatal accident that occurred in 2011, when a 25-year-old Stanford University scholar speeding south on Middlefield crashed his Saab into a tree and then a parked vehicle near Hawthorne.

Now, residents are proposing a more dramatic solution: reducing the number of lanes on Middlefield from four to two. They believe this solution, commonly known as a “road diet,” will offer them the best shot at calming the traffic conditions. Earlier this month, 90 percent of the Middlefield Road homeowners along that stretch submitted a petition requesting the change.

According to the petition, the residents are requesting the change to “reduce the number of accidents, increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, increase traffic compli-

ance with speed limit, improve traffic flow, improve safety of driveway access, and improve quality of life for residents.” The petition states that more than 90 percent of cars go faster than the posted 25 mph speed limit and that, in some cases, they exceed 50 mph. In April alone there were six accidents, the petition states.

On May 13, four days after Guislin’s presentation to the council, two more accidents occurred on Middlefield within an hour.

Guislin followed up with an email to the council, with the photos of both accidents attached.

“It is bad enough hearing the crunch of frequent crashes and wondering if any of our family members were near the road or on the sidewalk at that moment,” Guislin said. “We dread the day when a bicyclist or pedestrian is run over on the sidewalk by crashing cars.”

Since then, at least two more accidents have taken place on Willow Road in Menlo Park and University Avenue, according to crimereports. com. The site shows three accidents occurring on this stretch of Middlefield between May 11 and May 23, three of them involving minor injuries (there were no injuries in the two crashes that Guislin reported).

While the residents are calling for a road diet, the city is exploring other options to calm traffic. These include eliminating left turns entirely (rather than just during limited

hours) by installing signage, adding a narrow median on Middlefield or installing a traffic signal. But as city officials warn on a special page dedicated to the project, any of these projects “could add traffic or increase congestion on other streets and will require careful analysis and input from residents on both sides of Middlefield.”

That’s not to say, however, that the road diet idea won’t be explored.

Joshuah Mello, the city’s chief transportation official, said that right now the plan is to complete the pilot program with the left-turn restrictions (it ends next month), evaluate the data from the program and see what changes to make.

“We’re going to look at the the results of the turn-restriction signage and see if it led to any kind of reduction in the number of collision and safety concerns out there,” Mello said.

He noted that a road diet of the sort being proposed by the residents has been shown to be a “proven safety measure” for certain types of collisions. Once the pilot study is complete, it will be one of several solutions that will be evaluated.

According to the Federal Highway Administration, road diets are effective in addressing four-lane highways where crashes occur with high frequency, “resulting in conflicts between high-speed through traffic, left-turning vehicles and other road users.” The administration, according to its website, promotes road diets “as a safetyfocused alternative to a traditional four-lane undivided highway.”

“The resulting benefits include a crash reduction of 19 to 47 percent, reduced vehicle speed differential, improved mobility and access by all road users, and integration of the roadway into surrounding uses that results in an enhanced quality of life,” the administration’s website states. Q

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one touting his “proven record of fighting for us� and another referring to him as a “progressive focused on fiscal responsibility.�

Meanwhile, another independent group, Californians Allied For Patient Protection Independent Expenditure Account, paid for an ad that takes a swing at Vicki Veenker, who is also vying for the Assembly seat. The flier criticizes Veenker for not having held an elected office and for having “never been seen at council meetings.�

In an obvious allusion to Donald Trump, the flier states that Veenker “sounds like someone we know running for President, doesn’t it.�

The attack ad drew an immediate rebuke from the California chapter of the National Women’s Political Caucus of California, which has endorsed Veenker.

Angelica Ramos, president of the group’s local chapter, issued a statement that blasted the ad for implying to Peninsula women and girls that “despite all the hard work they do behind the scenes, like Vicki, they are unqualified for advancement as well. “This is the kind of institutional sexism that discourages other qualified women from running for office, and it shows,� the statement read.

(Berman told the Palo Alto Weekly that his campaign had nothing to do with the mailer and that negative attacks have no place in the race.)

Veenker also is backed by numerous political action committees, though she lags far behind Berman in contributions from these groups. Last week she received one $4,200 contribution from the Women’s Political Committee and another $4,200 contribution from the Women In Power Political Action Committee. And last month, she received $8,500 from the California Nurses Association Political Action Committee; $2,500 from the Mountain View Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee; and $1,000 from D.R.I.V.E., a political action committee of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.28.070, that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will conduct a Public Hearing at its Regular Meeting on Monday, June 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, to adopt the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 Budget, Copies of the budget are available on the City’s website, the Rinconada Library, and in the Administrative Services Department, 4th Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $27.00 per book plus postage or $11.00 per cd-rom charge for this publication.

Eight people are vying for the California Assembly District 24 seat on June 7: (top row, from left) Marc Berman, Vicki Veenker, Barry Chang, Peter Ohtaki, (bottom row) Seelam Reddy, Mike Kasperzak, John Inks and Jay Cabrera. bution from the California Teachers Association, one of her top backers.

Veenker is also the only candidate in California who is being directly opposed by the Californians Allied For Patient Protection Independent Expenditure Account. The group has raised money to support numerous candidates for the state Assembly, including Democrats Joaquin Arambula in District 31; Matt Dababheh in District 45; Bill Dodd in District 3; and Raul Bocanegra in District 39. It also has raised $32,501 specifically to oppose Veenker, according to its campaign statement.

Political action committees have largely refrained from contributing to the campaigns of Mountain View council men Mike Kasperzak and John Inks; or to Menlo Park Councilman Peter Ohtaki, the sole Republican in the race.

And Cupertino Mayor Barry Chang, who has raised close to $300,000, did so largely by relying on contributions from individuals and area companies (the sole exception was the $2,250 that Chang received from the Associated Builders and Contractors Northern California Chapter PAC).

In a campaign statement filed earlier this month, Chang listed dozens of major contributions that collectively totaled $289,000.

Many of these contributions were in the form of $4,200 and $8,500 checks from companies that are based outside the district and that gave more than once. Tropicana Russell, Inc., based in San Mateo, contributed a pair of $4,200 checks. So did Tiptoe Properties, LLC; Marina Brothers, Inc.; and Bayca Inc. — all companies based in San Jose. According to Chang’s statement, he received two more $4,200 contributions from Caixing Xie, owner of Bayca. Similarly, Chang received donations totaling $42,000 from Campbell-based firm South Bay Construction, in addition to separate contributions

from the company’s partners.

Chang’s tendency of getting separate contributions from a business and from its owners is unusual, given that the city’s campaign finance laws treat donations from a firm’s controlling partner as an individual donation and that many of his donors had already made the maximum allowed contribution in their capacity as individuals. And while Chang only reported these contributions in his “late contributions� filing earlier this month, many of them were made last year (in some cases, going back to last July).

When asked about this irregularity by the Mountain View Voice (the Weekly’s sister paper), Chang explained that he had made an extra effort this campaign cycle to adhere to elections rules, which he described as “complicated.� He pointed out that these large donations had been included in his committee’s standard campaign finance report submitted last month.

Chang, who was sanctioned by the Federal Political Practice Commission for his failing to disclose 160 contributions to his 2014 campaign for the City Council, also told the Voice that he had recently retained a Sacramento accounting firm to serve as his treasurer. He was notified only then that he should file additional paperwork for the large donations. “I’m glad I had (my accountant) because she’s the expert,� Chang said. “To the best of my knowledge I filed them, and I filed them correctly. But she said we had to file them again.�

The two remaining candidates, retired engineer Seelam Reddy and community activist Jay Cabrera, are running low-budget campaigns and have not formed committees for their respective Assembly bids. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com. Mountain View Voice Staff Writer Mark Noack contributed to this report.

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Bond (continued from page 7)

The district estimates that the total amount repayable during the life of the bond, including principal and interest, is approximately $44 million.

The bond, if approved, would only be used for capital improvements. Pulido and Hernandez-Goff hope voters differentiate between the purpose of a facilities bond and the most recent parcel tax voters approved in 2011. (That tax, Measure B, renewed a previous $98-perparcel-per-year tax with an increase to $196 per parcel per year. It was billed as a means to help fund a strapped school district facing significant state and federal cuts.)

State law requires that the district establish an independent citizens’ oversight committee and conduct annual audits to ensure funds are only spent on voter-approved projects improving classrooms and facilities and not for administration or salaries.

The only official opposition to Measure H has been filed by the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, a Cupertino organization “dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of the taxpayers of Silicon Valley against the overreaching and overspending of government,” according to the group’s website.

Mark Hinkle, president of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, said while he is not very familiar with the Ravenswood school district, he opposes Measure H from a philosophical standpoint.

It is unfair and unjustified, he said, to saddle taxpayers with the cost of something that should be covered by the district’s own budget.

“Every time a governmental body puts a bond measure or parcel tax on the ballot, what they’re in fact saying is, ‘Everything we’re currently spending money on is more important than this measure,’” he told the Weekly. “If it’s important, why isn’t it in the current budget?”

Hinkle also voiced concern about the general obligation bond’s 30year lifespan and the prospect of potentially high bond interest rates.

Ravenswood serves more than 3,400 students from preschool through eighth grade at campuses in both East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

The first time the school district put a bond on the ballot, in 1996, voters overwhelmingly approved the $6 million measure to pay for repairs and renovation. Four years later, the district mounted a second $10 million bond, Measure C, to help finish projects started under the 1996 measure and to build a new high school, which is now Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School.

(Ravenswood still owns the site, but it is not a district school.) Measure C passed with 86 percent of the vote.

The school district recently polled voters about the bond measure; 84 percent said they would support it, according to Ravenswood.

Voters can vote by mail, online or in-person at local voting centers from May 9 through June 7.

For more information, go to San Mateo County’s official election website at shapethefuture.org. Q

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Faircourt’s bid to ban two-story homes rejected An effort to ban new two-story homes in the Eichler enclave of Faircourt faltered Wednesday night after a series of last-minute detractions dragged the petition just below the needed signature threshold. (Posted May 26, 12:52 a.m.)

Policy passed by Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors allows requests for change of measure letter The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors passed a policy Tuesday that will help voters differentiate between local measures of the past and present that share the same letter and cover similar issues. (Posted May 25, 4:43 p.m.)

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day, not less.

Achievement committee member Gina Dalma, who is also a parent, spoke in favor of full-day kindergarten Tuesday night. In months of research, data analysis and focus groups, the committee found that full-day kindergarten is “one of the single-most impactful strategies to closing the achievement gap,” she said.

“Why the rush?” she asked.

“Because our kids are entering behind.”

“This is our opportunity to be a lighthouse district on kindergarten,” she added. “Sadly, today, we are not.”

Under the new model, all kindergartners will attend school for the full day, starting in midOctober. This will be a significant change for some but not all of Palo Alto’s elementary schools.

Barron Park and Palo Verde elementary schools already offer a longer school day four days a week (except Wednesday, which is an early-dismissal day at all elementary schools), but the other 10 schools operate on the extended half-day model.

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McGee has recommended that the elementary schools cap the maximum number of weekly instructional minutes at 1,550, which is the current number at Barron Park.

All kindergarten classrooms will now have instructional aides for at least 10 hours each week.

In addition, classrooms with more than 20 students will receive remediation funds for each student over 20. Those dollars can be used for more aides or for other purposes, like equipment or materials, as defined in the school district’s agreement with its teachers union.

The district estimates that the additional remediation could cost up to approximately $90,000, bringing the total cost of the changes to $428,000.

While parents will be able to opt out of the longer day and pick their child up at lunch, some expressed concern that this would put their children at an education-

al disadvantage.

Longtime teacher Jill Dineen, who served on a district “think tank” group that evaluated different kindergarten models this spring, criticized the opt-out option and said kindergarten teachers will effectively have to make the morning all-academic.

Board members who supported the proposal said that full-day kindergarten is not a “silver bullet” to close the achievement gap but is a needed change that will ultimately benefit all students.

The board approved the funding for full-day kindergarten along with several other budget requests: high school wellness-center workers, breakfast for low-income elementary students, elementary reading specialists, staffing at the district office and the high school athletics programs. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

Council Finance Committee (May 23)

Budget: The committee completed its review of the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget and recommended a series of changes, including funding for two new Residential Preferential Parking districts and a reduction of two positions.

The committee also asked staff to return with a scenario that would reduce capital expenditures to limit transfers into the General Fund from the Budget Stabilization Reserve. Yes: Unanimous

City Council (May 23)

2515 El Camino Real: The council approved a mixed-use development proposed for the present site of the Olive Garden at 2515 El Camino Real and added a series of conditions, including a requirement that the ground floor be dedicated entirely to retail and a requirement that the developer create a “transportation-demand-management” program that would cut the singleoccupant vehicle rate by 30 percent. Yes: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach No: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Schmid Bridge: The council approved a design contract with Biggs Cardosa Associates for a bike and pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 101. Yes: Unanimous

Board of Education (May 24)

CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a Public Hearing at the special meeting on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider Adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and Approval of a Site and Design Application to Demolish the existing approximately 18,000 square foot building and construct a new approximately 62,000 square foot building for an automobile dealership located at 1700 Embarcadero Road.

The application includes Design Enhancement Exception request to allow deviation from the 10 foot build-to-line from Embarcadero Road and Bayshore Road. There is also a request to apply the Automobile Dealership (AD) zoning overlay.

Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration was circulated. Zoning District: CS (D) Service Commercial and Site Design Review Combining District. The Planning and Transportation Commission recommended approval.

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Teachers contract: The board approved a new multi-year agreement with its teachers union, providing a 12 percent raise and up to 4 percent in one-time bonuses over three years. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Godfrey, Townsend No: Dauber Classified contract: The board approved a new three-year agreement with its classified employees union. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Godfrey, Townsend Abstain: Dauber Management compensation: The board approved two years, rather than three, of compensation changes for non-represented management employees. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Godfrey, Townsend No: Dauber Confidential/supervisory compensation: The board approved compensation changes for non-represented confidential/supervisory employees. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Godfrey, Townsend Abstain: Dauber Full-day kindergarten: The board approved a proposal to move all of the district’s elementary schools to a full-day kindergarten model starting this fall.

Yes: Baten Caswell, Dauber, Emberling, Godfrey No: Townsend Resource allocations: The board approved $1.2 million in additional budget requests for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 years. Yes: Unanimous Paly performing arts center: The board authorized staff to seek bids for furnishings and equipment for Palo Alto High School’s new performing arts center. Yes: Unanimous Summer maintenance: The board approved the award of contracts for several summer maintenance projects. Yes: Unanimous

Planning and Transportation Commission (May 24)

Faircourt: The commission rejected an application from Faircourt Tracts No.3 and No.4 for a single-story overlay. Yes: Alcheck, Tanaka, Waldfogel Absent: Downing, Fine, Rosenblum Abstained: Gardias 567 Maybell: The commission approved the environmental analysis and sitedesign application for a 16-home development proposed for 567 Maybell Ave. Yes: Alcheck, Gardias, Tanaka, Waldfogel Absent: Downing, Fine, Rosenblum Midtown connector: The commission recommended a “hybrid” approach for the proposed bike and pedestrian route through Midtown that would use a portion of the Matadero Creek combined with on-street segments. Yes: Alcheck, Gardias, Tanaka, Waldfogel Absent: Downing, Fine, Rosenblum

Historic Resources Board (May 25)

Avenidas: The board discussed the proposal to expand Avenidas and agreed to continue its hearing to a later date. Yes: Unanimous

Salary (continued from page 7)

sizes at the high schools by an average of six students, the same number at the middle schools or by three at the elementary schools, he has said.

Class sizes have become a focal point at board discussions in recent weeks after two parents published their own data analysis showing that the district is not meeting its official staffing ratios in a significant percentage of classes across the three middle schools and two high schools.

The staffing ratios are included in the teachers’ contract but was not an article the union and district opened this year for negotiation.

Baldwin told the board that the union would “welcome” negotiating language that guarantees lower class sizes. The last time class sizes were discussed as part of negotiations was in the 201112 school year, according to Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Scott Bowers.

The other four board members expressed strong support for the contract.

“The most important thing is excellent teachers,” said trustee Melissa Baten Caswell. “The market reality is that there is a price for excellent teachers, and the reality is we have less resumes coming in the pipeline right now at the price that we’re paying.”

While board Vice President Terry Godfrey supported the contract, she suggested that the district could “make some revisions” to the negotiations process itself — particularly to “sunshine” (to be open or available to the public) negotiations and have more public discussion informed by concrete data on key issues that affect the contract, such as retention, attrition and competition.

(See sidebar, “With new contract...” for details on the contract.)

The contract also provides that all non-union managers and supervisors, including senior administrators, receive the same increases as union members, a practice followed in previous years. The board approved in a 4-to-1 vote, with Dauber dissenting, two years of compensation increases rather than the proposed three for this group of employees at an amendment made by Baten Caswell.

Her amendment included the caveat that the board will review this summer the compensation process for management employees.

Dauber made a failed motion to defer the vote on non-represented management employee raises to the board’s next meeting and ask staff to return with a justification for the proposed increases beyond past practice. Godfrey seconded his motion, but the other three board members opposed it.

The board also approved in two separate 4-to-0 votes, with Dauber abstaining for each, its agreement with its classified employees union as well as compensation increases for non-represented confidential and supervisory employees. Q

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Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?

Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District Annual BID Assessments ZONE A

ZONE B (75%)

$170.00 Retailers and $225.00 (Under 6 FTE employees) (50%) Restaurants $340.00 (6 to under 11 FTE employees) (75%) $260.00 (100%) $450.00 (11+ FTE employees) (100%) $340.00

Service Businesses (75%)

$170.00 (Under 4 FTE employees) (50%) $260.00 (4 to under 7 FTE employees) (75%) $340.00 (7+ FTE employees) (100%)

Professional Businesses (100%)

EXEMPT (25% or fewer FTE employees, including the business owner) $ 60.00 (26% to under 1 FTE employees) (25%) $ 50.00 $110.00 (2 to 4 FTE employees) (50%) $ 90.00 $170.00 (5 to 9 FTE employees) (75%) $130.00 $225.00 (10+ FTE employees) (100%) $170.00

Lodging Businesses (50%)

$225.00 (up to 20 rooms) (50%) $340.00 (21 to 40 rooms) (75%) $450.00 (41+ rooms) (100%)

$170.00 $260.00 $340.00

Financial Institutions

$500.00

$500.00

$130.00 $200.00 $260.00

Note 1: For retail, restaurant, service, and professional businesses, size will be determined by number of employees either full-time or equivalent (FTE) made up of multiples of part-time employees. A full FTE equals approximately 2000 hours annually. Lodging facilities will be charged by number of rooms available and ďŹ nancial institutions will be charged a ďŹ&#x201A;at fee.

Note 2: Second ďŹ&#x201A;oor (and higher) businesses located within Zone A, will be assessed the same as similar street-level businesses located within Zone B. Note 3: Assessment amounts are rounded to the nearest ten dollars.

The minimum assessment will be $50.00.

Violence related Armed robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 7 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 4 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Misc. muni. code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Noise complaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of switchblade . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Terrorist threats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Menlo Park May 18-24

Violence related Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 2 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 3 Vehicle stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Open container in vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Juvenile case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

300 Pasteur Drive, 5/18, 8:57 p.m.; battery/simple.

1899 Park Blvd., 5/19, 9:43 a.m.; robbery/armed.

Colorado Avenue, 5/22, 1:10 p.m.; domestic violence/misc.

Menlo Park

400 block Pierce Road, 5/24, 8:16 a.m.; spousal abuse.

Transitions Margaret Fruth

Dorothy Yenney

Margaret Fruth, a Palo Alto resident and Palo Alto High School graduate, died on May 10, at Stanford Hospital from complications related to a traumatic brain injury.

She was 65.

She was born on March 25, 1951, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Carroll and Catharine (Hershey) Fruth. The second oldest of four siblings, she moved with her family to Smyrna, Georgia, and Burbank, California, before they settled in Palo Alto in 1959.

After graduating from Palo Alto High School in 1969, she attended Clark University, where she completed her studies in 1973 with a double major in history and geography. After, she lived in New York for several years, working as a workers’ compensation claims examiner. She later transferred to San Francisco.

Fruth met Ken Uhland at a Mensa party, and the two married in 1984. Following the birth of their only child, they relocated to Menlo Park, where Fruth served on the city’s Arts Commission for six years. She spent the last seven years of her life at the Palo Alto Commons.

Beginning in elementary school, she wrote creative prose and poetry throughout her life, receiving national writing awards and school scholarships and becoming a published poet. Active in education, she served on the governance council of the San Carlos Charter Learning Center and as press and public relations officer for Aurora High School. She was also a vocal opponent of the sale of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ken Uhland, in 2004.

She is survived by her companion, Larry Wechsler of Palo Alto; daughter, Catharine Emma Hershey (Kenneally Harder) of San Jose; sister, Pat (Stan) Severson of El Cerrito, California; sister, Cathy (Don Jr.) Matthews of West Bloomfield, Michigan; brother, Bob Fruth (Cynthia Finnell) of Seattle; niece, Mary Matthews of Rochester Hills, Michigan; niece, Elisabeth Severson (Meagan Bemer) of Seattle; nephew, Donald Matthews III (Kate Hummel) of Findlay, Ohio; and nephew Zak Fruth of Seattle.

A memorial gathering was held on May 21 at the Palo Alto Friends Meeting in Palo Alto. A private sea scattering will take place at a later date. Memorial donations can be made to the Ramallah Friends School, a Parkinson’s disease foundation of the donor’s choice, or the “532-Proof Fruth” team at the National Parkinson Foundation’s second Moving Day Silicon Valley on June 4 (tiny.cc/532ProofFruth).

Dorothy Gwendolyn Cull Yenney, a Palo Alto resident since 1958, died on March 28, at the Palo Alto Commons, surrounded by her children. She was 94.

Also known as Dottie and GramDot, she was born on Feb. 13, 1922, in Fargo, North Dakota, to Jack Arthur and Nettie Mildred Cull.

Her parents’ youngest child and only daughter, she was active in her youth, riding horseback, skijoring, playing softball and cello, and participating in farm activities, including egg deliveries. She went on to study at Carleton College, focusing her studies in math and art (her major and minor, respectively).

After receiving her bachelor’s degree, she moved to Southern California to pursue a career in the aerodynamics industry. There she met Warren W. Yenney, also an aeronautical engineer, whom she married in 1954. From 1954 to 1958, their growing family lived in Maryland, before settling in Palo Alto.

After starting a family, Yenney focused her energies on raising her three children, but she was also ac-

tive in various community organizations, namely the Palo Alto Art Club (now the Pacific Art League) and the Mother Singers choir.

An avid artist, she had paintings shown in a number of galleries and explored many stylistic approaches and media, including classical oil and abstract acrylic painting and plaster-cast, stone and wood sculpture. She played cello in some productions of the Stanford Savoyards. She also played softball with her kids and tried out tennis later in life, continuing to play regularly into her 80s.

Recently she spent time at Avenidas in downtown Palo Alto, and in 2013, she moved to the Palo Alto Commons. She will be remembered for her distinct style and sense of humor, according to her family.

She is survived by her three children, Jon Atwood Yenney of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Heidi Lee Yenney of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Kris Yvon Yenney of Palo Alto; and five grandchildren, Jules, Robyn, Coleman, Lucy and Rachel.

A celebration of life will held on June 5 at 4 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to an arts or conservation organization of the donor’s choice.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Historic Resources Board 8:30 A.M., Thursday, June 9, 2016, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue or online at: http:// contact www.cityofpaloalto.org/planningprojects; Alicia Spotwood for additional information during business hours at 650-617.3168.

Draft Professorville Historic District Design Guidelines - Informational Presentation to the Historic Resources Board. Board members and the public may provide comments on the draft guidelines. Final guidelines will be proposed for adoption at a future hearing. For additional information contact the planner, matthew. weintraub@cityofpaloalto.org.

Amy French *OPLM 7SHUUPUN 6ɉJPHS The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org.

CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a Public Hearing at the special meeting on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to Request for City Council and Public Comments on a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) and Fiscal Study prepared for the Comprehensive Plan Update.

The Draft Environmental Impact Report was published on February 5, 2016 for a public comment period that will end on June 8, 2016.

BETH MINOR City Clerk

Frances Escherich Frances Escherich, 99, a resident of Webster House in Palo Alto, CA, passed away peacefully in her home on May 17, 2016.

She was born October 31, 1916, in Ashtabula, Ohio, the second daughter of four children of Ralph Eller and Elizabeth Ylitalo Eller. She is the last of her immediate family.

Fran (as she was known) graduated from high school in Ashtabula, and Miller Business College in New York City; and attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western) and American University in Washington, D.C. She worked for Cleveland Trust where she became a loan officer. She applied to the FBI at the urging of her brother-in-law, a Special Agent, and was called to work on December 7, 1941. In 1944 she began training with the American Red Cross to go overseas. She then worked in Paris for a year in Home Service, and as hostilities ceased, she set up teletype stations with the help of the Signal Corps in Wiesbaden, Munich and Vienna.

Fran married overseas and had one daughter, Lindsay, who preceded her in death in 2007. After her divorce she worked as Executive Secretary to the President of the Farmers National Bank in Ashtabula, and in 1954 came to Palo Alto, CA, seeking a better public school for her daughter. She worked for Shalco Engineering as office manager until 1957. Fran then became confidential secretary to the first City Attorney until she retired in 1977. During her tenure with the City of Palo Alto, Fran codified the Palo Alto Municipal Code.

In 1964, she married Alfred Escherich (who preceded her in death in 2006). They were both very active in the community.

Fran served on the boards of the Northern California Division of the Volunteer Service and of Gamble Garden Center. She was a member of the Gamble Executive Committee that wrote the bylaws and other organizational documents and also volunteered in the Gamble office. As a member of the Gamble Board of Directors, she was one of twenty who were recognized as “Founders”. Fran volunteered for her church, serving as chair of the Board of Trustees. She was well known for her organizational skills as well as her culinary gifts. Family members and friends gathered around the warm hospitality of the Escherich table over many years. During their lifetime, Fran and Al set up a Charitable Trust which provides a scholarship fund for needy students at UCLA and also benefits local charitable organizations.

She is survived by her two stepsons, Peter (Susan) of Riverside, Rhode Island, and A. Lonsdale (partner Luan Tran) of Portland, Oregon, and by two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Fran was most appreciative of the kindness of friends and the messages of love and support during the last weeks of her life.

A Memorial Service will be held at the First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA, on Friday, June 3, 2016, at 1:00 pm. A reception follows at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to: First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94305, or Gamble Garden Center, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

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Editorial Our election endorsements Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day, June 7. They may also be turned in on Election Day to any polling place, or (for Santa Clara County residents) at Palo Alto City Hall or the Mitchell Park Library during normal business hours between now and Election Day. In addition, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the next two weekends, ballots may be given to election officials stationed at the Mayfield Soccer Complex at El Camino Real and Page Mill Road.

Here are our recommendations:

State Assembly (24th District) ; Vicki Veenker (Dem) Of the eight candidates in the race, Palo Alto resident Vicki Veenker offers an opportunity to send a woman to the Legislature who brings a unique blend of experience as a respected Silicon Valley intellectual property attorney and a public interest law advocate for the poor and disenfranchised through the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.

(See the full editorial published on May 13.)

State Senate (13th District) ; Jerry Hill (Dem)(i)

United States Congress (18th District) ; Anna Eshoo (Dem)(i)

Board of Supervisors (District 5) ; Joe Simitian (i)

State Proposition 50 (Suspension of Legislators) ; Yes This measure would amend the state Constitution to give the Legislature the ability to suspend a member without pay or benefits on a two-thirds vote. It was placed on the ballot by the Legislature to enable an action short of expulsion when a member is charged with a crime. Currently, salary and benefits continue during a suspension.

Bay Area Measure AA (Parcel tax for Bay restoration) ; Yes This measure would raise $25 million a year for the next 20 years by imposing a parcel tax of $12 per year on the owners of every commercial and residential property in the nine Bay Area counties.

The money would fund shoreline, marsh and wetland restoration, flood control measures and improved public access around the Bay. It requires a two-thirds vote to pass. Both business and environmental groups are supporting it.

County Measure A (Extension of parks fund) ; Yes Santa Clara County Measure A would increase the amount that is set aside each year from property-tax collections for the county park fund and extend the program from 2021 to 2032. It is not a tax, but a requirement that a portion of taxes collected be allocated to park acquisition, operations, maintenance and improvement. The increase is from 1.425 to 1.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

The measure only requires a majority vote to pass.

Ravenswood School District Measure H (School bond measure) ; Yes Voters in the Ravenswood City School District are being asked to approve a $26 million bond measure to fund capital improvements at the district’s eight schools in East Palo Alto and portions of eastern Menlo Park. Measure H requires a 55 percent majority to pass. With $100 million in what the district’s master plan calls critically needed repairs, this bond measure will only scratch the surface in meeting the district’s long-deferred maintenance needs.

New roofs, heating, ventilation, electrical, plumbing and fire safety systems are among the improvements to be made in order to get the facilities up to an acceptable condition. The projected tax rate is $30 per $100,000 of assessed value, meaning that a property assessed at $700,000 would pay $210 annually. Measure H’s only flaw is that it isn’t asking for enough given the needs. Q Page 18 • May 27, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Mind blown Editor, I am an eighth-grader at Jordan Middle School, and I was lucky enough to attend the first performance in the new Paly theater.

The new Palo Alto High School Theater, I think, is a truly amazing addition to Palo Alto, as you mentioned in your May 20 cover story.

My experience so far has been phenomenal and has blown my mind as to how the place of performance really changes the performance itself. Things like the amplification of the room and the awesome seating make it way better than Haymarket for me.

I know it was a costly project, but I think such a marvelous theater is worth it. I am looking forward to performing in it for the next four years in orchestra and drama.

James Nielsen Greer Road, Palo Alto

A track record Editor, I’m writing to enthusiastically support Marc Berman for State Assembly.

As a mother of a toddler, I spend a lot of time at local parks in Palo Alto while my son plays with of his friends. Twice in the past year, fellow parents and I have noticed that unsafe conditions have been created due to heavy usage in the children’s playground areas. Both times, I reached out to Marc as my local council member. He immediately connected me with the right city staff so that the dangerous areas were quickly fixed.

Marc’s proven track record means that as a member of the State Assembly he will be a responsive representative for all of us. He also has the most thoughtful and visionary policy proposals of any candidate running.

Marc Berman has my vote. And if my son was old enough, Marc would have his vote too!

Martha Bixby Kellogg Avenue, Palo Alto

Student, leader Editor, I first met Marc Berman over 20 years ago when he was a student in my journalism class at Palo Alto High School. Even back then, his leadership abilities and dedication to public service were evident.

Marc has gone on to a distinguished career as an attorney, nonprofit director and Palo Alto City Council member. As a teacher, I am particularly proud of his commitment to improving public education in our communities. At the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Marc increased access to science, technology, engineering and math for underprivileged students so they’re prepared for careers in the 21st century economy.

Today, I see too many fellow teachers struggling to afford the high cost of living on the Peninsula. Marc has been a voice for them and an advocate for more affordable housing and smart transportation solutions.

That’s why I’m supporting Marc Berman for State Assembly District 24, and I encourage everyone to visit www.voteberman. com to learn more about Marc.

Esther Wojcicki Tolman Drive, Stanford

Defining experience Editor, Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP), a Sacramentobased interest group committed to keeping a cap on how much patients can receive for non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases and largely funded by insurance companies, opposes the candidacy of Vicki Veenker for the State Assembly in District 24. In opposition mailers funded by its political action committee, CAPP alleges Veenker lacks the experience needed to represent the district in Sacramento, an unfair and invalid accusation.

Having local government experience is not the only way to become familiar with the issues our State legislature needs to address or with

the process of developing laws and public policy. Veenker has spent years as a volunteer and on the board of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, a nonprofit public interest legal group that provides both legal representation for the poor and advocacy on pressing social issues. That includes work on fair housing, health legal services, representation of children and youth, and mental health advocacy.

In addition, working as an attorney on contentious patent issues that sometimes involved multiple universities and other stakeholders has made Veenker a skilled negotiator and expert at conflict resolution.

When questioned at a campaign meeting, Veenker asserted that this mailer was created by CAPP because Veenker answered “never say never” when asked by CAPP if she was in favor of keeping the cap on malpractice compensation where it is now — and where it’s been for more than a decade. So even though she isn’t proposing to change the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) legislation that is so sacrosanct to CAPP, it wants her to adopt a rigid position against any changes to the cap. I, for one, wouldn’t want a representative who gave in to that sort of pressure.

Claire Noonan University Avenue, Los Altos

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Guest Opinion Want to understand Silicon Valley? Send your kid to a Palo Alto school

by Astrid Maier

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e arrived in Palo A l t o from Hamburg, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2015, with a 5-year-old daughter who was proud to master writing her first name — MALINA — in somehow clumsy capital letters but could barely speak a sentence in English. We will be leaving Palo Alto on June 28 with a 6-year-old who corrects me when I make mistakes in English, has written her first books, knows the difference between a hexagon and an octagon, and who wants to invent something “really cool” when she grows up.

What happened in between? My daughter went to an elementary school in Palo Alto.

You can meet with startup founders, talk to Stanford University professors and have coffee with venture capitalists to try to understand Silicon Valley. Yet, if you want to really grasp what makes this special place thrive, sending your kid to a nearby public school is the shortest path into the heart of the Valley’s culture. Thinking big, being wholeheartedly techie and always aspiring to change the world — it all starts in kindergarten.

The full Valley experience starts for us every morning on our short walk to school.

On the way, Malina meets and greets a lot of her new friends. And while my daughter kisses me goodbye to begin her day in

Room 2, saying “Tsch¸ss” — German for “bye” — you can hear her classmates parting from their parents with “au revoir,” “zai jian” or “adios.” Every morning I feel as if my daughter is about to head off to a miniature United Nations assembly.

That’s because Malina’s classmates’ parents resemble Silicon Valley’s overall population mix. A new study finds that 74 percent of all Silicon Valley tech workers age 25 to 44, such as many of the parents in Classroom 2, are foreign-born. And 51 percent of the Valley’s population over age 5 speaks a language other than exclusively English at home. This was according to a local newspaper report. The families at our school come to Palo Alto from countries such as France, Israel, China, India, Spain, Russia and Korea. And it is really impressive for me to see what an outstanding job the school has done to integrate everyone into the community.

For kids such as my daughter, who start the school year with poor command of the English language, our school brings in a special English teacher in the first months. For Malina, the school district even made an extra effort to find a native German-speaking teacher for this purpose.

The school staff is exceptional, too: Malina’s classroom teacher, Lisa, will go down in our family history forever as the one who sustained Malina through rocky times at the beginning. Thanks to Lisa, she has now grown into a curious and happy learner.

It’s in the system. Trying hard to integrate new arrivals — just as our school does with the youngest — pays off for the

whole area. Another new study (tinyurl. com/WSJBlog51) shows that 51 percent of the most valuable new companies were started by immigrants.

While schools in California are among the worst in the country, most public schools in Palo Alto score top levels. To overcome the shortages in California’s decaying public school system, everyone here has agreed to a kind of a silent pact — to donate money.

Our school even has an anonymous donor who recently agreed to give $17 million for school renovations. The incredible flow of private money into the public school system means great teaching assistants, such as Anita, one of my daughter’s best friends on campus. And it means iPads, books and libraries as abundant as chalk stumps in German classrooms.

Of course, Malina has started to learn how to code here. Her teacher has provided parents with a password for an app that teaches kindergartners the basic principles of Java using a game. Malina loves this app. She plays it at home in the afternoon.

The after-school program offers — for a fee — training in coding, design thinking and 3-D printing. While I don’t think all of this is necessary for elementary school kids, I get that tech savvy belongs here, just as Waldorf schools and clay pottery belong in Germany.

Yet, the most important ingredient, the one with all the Valley flavor to it, is the part money cannot necessarily buy: It’s the spirit.

Every Monday Malina’s teacher sends a blue note home with her, explaining what

the class did last week and what the plans are for the coming one. The other day it said they would focus on persuasive writing, composing letters “to fix problems and change the world.” Had I read this when we first arrived here, I would have probably laughed and thought it to be a sign of your typical Valley grandeur. Ten months later I wholeheartedly appreciate this attitude.

My daughter is learning how to read and write and do her first additions and subtractions. But much more important to me, she has developed a self-assurance and stronger sense of her capabilities than any other school would have probably ever taught her back in Europe.

Back home Malina always wanted to be a singer when she grew up. Now, she wants to invent something. Malina’s year at a Palo Alto school has taught our whole family that Silicon Valley is less a spot on a map than a mindset.

There is always an opportunity to start something new and hopefully better. Anyone can aspire to change the world! Innovation is about psychology. If Europe doesn’t start adopting this attitude in our own educational systems, there’s really no point in Germany sending over whole troops of CEOs, politicians or other delegations to learn how to become more innovative, more like Silicon Valley. We have to start with our youngest. Q Astrid Maier is a German journalist and currently a John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford. Before joining the program, Astrid was the tech editor for “manager magazin,” Germany’s leading business magazine.

Streetwise

Do you see a local business closing as a preventable tragedy or as a change in the times?

Asked on California Avenue in Palo Alto. Interviews and photographs by Anissa Fritz.

Sarah Beaver

Diogo Moreira

Erin McOmber

Joe Smart

Donna Levesque

Software designer Blackfield Way, Mountain View

Business owner College Avenue, Palo Alto

Singer, voice teacher Bryon Street, Palo Alto

Banker Leavenworth Street, San Francisco

Retired College Avenue, Palo Alto

“I feel conflicted because I’m the person who makes the software that’s responsible for this rift, so I see it as something sad.”

“If I have to go to one place, I’ll just keep going. I don’t notice changes in businesses.”

“I tend to see it as a preventable tragedy depending on the business. I feel like Palo Alto is close knit enough to support small businesses.”

“I don’t see it as a tragedy. I see it as an opportunity for something more relevant to come along.”

“It’s a tragedy. ... It’s because people don’t buy the stuff (businesses) sell because of technology. I’m not about to get in my car and drive to another location.”

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An Open Letter to the School Board and Superintendent from residents and family members; students, alumni, and employees of the Palo Alto School District; education and healthcare professionals and youth advocates

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e love our city’s high schools, just as you do.

We’re also worried about them, and hope you’ll listen to our thoughts.

We’d like to relieve the stress and discouragement at our high schools—longstanding problems that have many causes, calling for a many-sided plan to fix them.

Though it takes a little reading, we’re offering here just such a plan—Save the 2,008—because we share your wish for high schools that are forward-looking, life-enhancing, and vibrant.

Nothing can happen without the six of you, of course, because you’re at the helm of public education in Palo Alto—even if all of us, truly, as Superintendent McGee says, are in the same boat. As he reminds us, “We’re all in this together.” And we’re in it to lift up our kids.

incoming problems to iron out, and incoming, needy young faces.

Christened for the number of students and faculty at our city’s hardest-hit high school two years back, when loss and frustration returned to shadow our school district, Save

1) Shrinking the largest class- the missing tool to implement our es to a friendlier size. Classes homework policy, and could be built at Gunn and Paly are routinely, impersonally, at 30 or more teenagers per room—much too crowded. Of all the ways to invigorate campus life, right-sizing classes is the most

3) Requiring guidance counseling prior to enrollment in multiple APs. Not a red light, just a flashing yellow light of caution—to remind students and parents that: a) APs swallow up family time, friendship time, playtime, and sleep-time (indispensable to teen mental health); b) APs offer no proven edge for college admissions; and c) there are hundreds of colleges and universities across the land that offer excellent life prospects. (Who knew about little Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, cradle to eight Rhodes Scholars?)

Creating hope for our high-schoolers.

Among our number (467 of us, names signed below), pooling donations to buy this space to spread the Save the 2,008 news, you’ll find Palo Alto parents and teenagers, business people and artists, rabbis and ministers, PAMF physicians and Stanford professors, Paly and Gunn alums, martial arts and yoga and music teachers, grandparents and grandchildren and people who are “names” in their fields.

But we’re far from being some great collective battleship that wants to bombard what’s wonderful about our high schools. And we’re far from blaming our schools for modern-day problems that have many sources. No, we’re just pulling our individual, 467 oars in sync, toward a shared destination reachable by a unifying plan.

Save the 2,008 would change everyday life for the high-schooler who feels harried and behind from the moment the morning alarm goes off; for the parent whose workday thoughts stray to what’s happening, or not, on campus; for the couple who argue after dinner about the downsides of private school versus the downsides of public. And it will change life for school staff—faculty, administrators, counselors—who are daily backlogged with incoming emails,

by our very own whiz-kids. Faculty could use it to avoid “test-stacking” and to compare their homework practices with colleagues’. And every morning, flashing on our schools’ electronic marquees, would be the Average Minutes of Homework Done by the Entire Student Body Last Night.

4) Undoing our kids’ schoolday involvement with texting and social media—by requir-

the 2,008 was founded, as you know from our three open letters to you last year, by a high-school sophomore and a former teacher, based on their daily experience in the trenches of school.

Six steps toward holistic change.

Our plan makes six commonsense proposals. While they’re not an allor-nothing proposition, or meant to be adopted verbatim, they do make sense as a whole, and—again, like oars in sync—will move us forward with the greatest speed and smoothness and lasting impact.

The proposals would ease campus stress and discouragement, by:

powerful, because it’s “knowing that my teacher cares about me as a person” that makes each student feel inspired to learn. In smaller classes more hands get called on; homework is returned sooner, with richer feedback; more one-on-one “mini-lessons” occur. With their teaching loads at a more human scale, faculty would have time to go to their students’ concerts, plays, and sports events—extracurricular TLC with a big pedagogical payoff. ~ Is money an object? Backers of the Cubberley “super school” were ready to help us this spring to the tune of millions.

2) Giving students a voice in homework loads via a new, confidential, teacher-friendly app. It would nightly crunch the numbers on actual minutes worked, would be

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ing that phones be turned off, first bell to last, as we do at our middle schools (exception for instructional use, of course), and by making our campuses more companionable.

Even during class-time, furtively, our kids are plugged into the siren song of their phones—which bring them social comfort, join them to Twitter and Snapchat, but also leave them prey to gossip, ugly insults, and anonymous strangers. Schools that ban phone-use, says the London School of Economics, are showing improved test-scores. And for our teens, distracted learning is an encouragement to distracted driving.

5) Curbing the bombardment of grade-reports—recently upped from every nine weeks to every three.

This is information overload, pushing our kids toward perfection even as what they most need, more often than we probably know, is a little time to heal—to rescue themselves from a social-emotional setback, a romantic rejection, a humiliation on social media, a parental rift or a death in the family, or from any bad case of the adolescent blues for which the best medicine is a little unscheduled time, a little taking it easy.

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6) Eliminating the misery-inducing in class, for example, if some of it’s wasted in teach- phones unless we strengthen their classroom ties cheating that is committed by some 75% of our er-isn’t-looking, one-on-cellphone time. Likewise and give them meaningful connections to learnoverburdened youngsters. Academic dishonesty shouldn’t be the degraded atmosphere they’re obliged to breathe, just to run the race of school.

Worsened by outsized workloads, continually countenanced, cheating damages self-esteem and churns up so much anxiety—paper after paper, test after test, for four years—that it erodes mental health.

it would be cruel to “clamp down” on cheating if we didn’t help to lighten workloads. Too, teachers with less grade-reporting to do, less homework data to gather, will have more breathing room

More on the ins and outs of these proposals is at savethe2008.com.

Why six steps? Because many-sided, perpetual problems—such as ours with “student stress”—require many-sided solutions. And because the steps mesh perfectly together, multiplying their effect.

It’s no good to open up more one-on-one time

for the tailored, individual tutelage that decreases any need to cheat. Faculty might even have time to make student-affirming, evening phone calls to mothers and fathers—better than grade-reports!—that would be threads in the re-stitching of our schools’ social fabrics.

And it’s wrong to cut kids’ attachments to their

A grassroots coalition open to all.

ing that isn’t cheapened by fraud or devalued by a continual reminder that it’s only all about grades—learning they feel a passion for, learning that makes them feel good.

Make no mistake: we’re not accusing our schools of causing of all our problems. But our teenagers spend more time at school and doing schoolwork than anything else; and their four high-school years—from trembling frosh to been-there-donethat seniors—are a crucible of development that will grip them for many years to come, through decades of reunions. No, high schools don’t create teenage despair, and they cannot cure it; but there’s a tremendous amount they can do to make it more bearable, more survivable.

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Signed By: Vicki Abeles Diana Adams Alhondra Aguado Willa Akey Laurie Albright Eileen Altman Wyatt H. Alvis Chandrama Anderson Kristen Anderson Silvia Antonelli Mark Arevalo Todd Armstrong Jen Aronowitz Tim Assimes Susanna Bahrami Nancy Bain Richard Balaban Sandy Bardas Ilana Bar-David Andi Barlas Cara Barone Meg Barrett Dagmar Becker Jim Becker John Begraft Anna Berns Patti Berryhill Tim Biglow Joan Bigwood Jamie Bindon Alice Bizri Julie Bloom Jo Boaler Diane & Bill Boggie David Booth Birgitta Bower Catherine Boyce Margaret Brandeau Gladys Bravo David S. Brazer Benjamin Brees Adrienne Brimer Monika Broecker John Brooks Amy Brown Kyle Brown Ruth Brown Eric Buatois Alexander Burke Lauren Burton Richard Burton Eugenie Cabot Martha Cabot Michael Cabot Brenda Callahan Emily Cao Michael Campbell Helen Carefoot Prudence Carter

Erin Castelan Nicole Chan Vicki Chang Sabra Chartrand Angela Chau Monika (Morhenn) Cheney Baldwin & Sandy Cheng Janice Cheng Shoshana Chazan A. Chezar Andrew Chiang Chiu Family Heather Armstrong Choate Wendy Christiansen Shaw Chuang Angie Civjan Julia Clark Bernadette Clavier Joe Clement Cloutier Family Anne Colby Fabiana T. Coleman Trish Collins Craig Comiter Spencer Commons Walter Commons Community Health Awareness Council Ginny Contento Jill Cooper Cynthia Costell Liz & Jim Cowie Larry Cuban L. Cummins Janet Dafoe Gina Dalma Joel Davidson Ashley Davis Ronald W. Davis Caitlin Dazey Harry Dennis Nitai Deranja Linder & John Dermon Tara Dhillon Adi Diner Jenni (Thompson) Djafari Donna Do Khoa Do Suzanne Doran Kate Vershov Downing Karen Druker Jordan Dubin Jeff Dukes Mary Dunn Lisa Durham John Dusterberry Douglas Eck Olivia Eck

Samuel Eck Julie Eggert Suzanne Emery-Sphar Emmie Fa Anna Fankhauser Dewi Faulkner Jonathan Faulkner Terri Feinberg David Feinstein Lea Feinstein Kay Marie Ferguson Keith Ferrell Leslie Fiedler Morris Fiorina Lynell Fort Richard Freed Francine Freeman Froehlich Family Ellen Ford Jennifer Fryhling Kiran Gaind Marielena Gaona-Mendoza Martha Gates Greg Gatwood Albert Gelpi Anne Gerfen Mark Gibbons Tori Gibbons

Deb Giden Bonnie Goodman Meghan Goyer Sarah Graff Green Family Richard H. Greene Anders Greenwood Jo Greiner Judy & Milt Grinberg Marc Grinberg Tracy Grinberg Anthony Gromme Meri Gruber Karen Guttieri Ganka Hadjipetrova Amy Hald Lois Hancock Inge Hansen Cathy Harkness John Harrison Susan Symon Harrison Jacob Hartinger Aja Hartman Drew Harwell Jennifer Hawks Joy Helsaple Nancy Hernandez Alex Hero

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Laura Christine Herrero David Hingston Greg Hintz Barbara Hirsch Simon Ho Tanya Hobson-Begraft Christine & David Hodson Carol Hsu Aubrey Hughes Daniel Hutt Susan Hyder Suzanne Jacobs Cindy Jacobson Bruce Jaffe Rani Jayakumar Lisa Jewett Ting Jiang Carolyn M. Johnson Ed Johnson Evan Johnson Mohanjit Jolly Nev Jones Liza Julian Amy Kacher Sripriya Kannan Barbara Kaplan Tanya Kaplow Catherine S. Karagueuzian Joan B. Karlin Ruth Kaufman Arnold Kaufman Lynn Kearney Gargi Mitra Keeling Jon Keeling Jennifer Aarts Keenan Bette Kiernan Jenny Kiratli Denise Kiser Heidi Kling Akiko Koda Alfie Kohn Jen Koepnick Kerry Kravitz Jenny Kuan Carol Kuiper Amy Kull Janaki Kumar Bart C. Lally Florence LaRiviere Joan Larrabee Gerry Larvey Malene Latu Julia Lauer Lucretia Lee Ron Lee Robin Leiman Carol Leonard Carrie LeRoy Ellen Leverenz

Cate Levey Henry M. Levin Sarah Levine Robin Levy Jill Lieberman Alan Lo Sarah Longstreth Jana Luft Lori Luft Anne Lumerman Grace Lunn Julie Lythcott-Haims Gerry Mack Catherine Magill Janet Marder Annabel Marks Natalia Martorell Laurie Matzkin Hedy McAdams Deri McCrea John McCrea Shari McDaniel Brenda McGee-Yeldell Alison McNall Winter Mead Noa Mendelevitch Ofer Mendelevitch Michelle Mendoza Rashmi Menon Sreekanth Menon Lucia Mensick Randie Meshirer Christine Meyer Heidi Mickelsen Matt Miles Maytal Miller Edward G. Modica Amy Zucker Morgenstern Hayyah Muller Jenny Munro Greer Murphy Hannah Murphy Meredith Murphy Allen Namath Sarah Namath Gayathri Narayanan Amie Neff Barbara Nelson Rene Netter Debbie Newhouse Eric Newhouse Wendy Ng Jim Nguyen Saxon Noh Virginia Noh Ali Brown O’Brien Amanda Oakson (Continued on next page)

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Open Letter: (Continued from previous page)

Though, at the hearing you granted Save the 2,008 last September, you embraced none of our action-steps, and though the Superintendent informed us last Oct. 12th, “We will not be returning the plan to the agenda for discussion and action,” we ask you to reconsider. Last fall we had only 353 members; now we have 467. You’ve welcomed a community initiative to change a middle-school name; ours is a similar, grassroots plea. Recently our group has been joined by Vicki Abeles (filmmaker of “Race to Nowhere”),

by St. Louis physician Stuart Slavin (moving spirit behind lowered stress at medical schools nationwide),

by Richard Freed (Gunn, ’82; adolescent psychologist and author of Wired Child), and by Matt Miles and Joe Clement, high-school teachers in Fairfax County, Virginia, where there’s been a teen mortality rate that matches ours.

Let’s do these six favors for our students. A high-schooler who isn’t

lost in classroom crowd, who can communicate confidentially to the teacher about homework loads, who hasn’t lost hours of sleep to APs, whose mind isn’t straying to social media during discussions of mitosis or “Macbeth,” who isn’t always under a G.P.A. gun, and who doesn’t have to make nightly decisions about cheating—such a young person will have a far less bumpy ride through adolescence and will feel less fear during the schoolday, much more joy.

We respectfully ask you to return Save the 2,008 to your agenda, for discussion and action. We honor the care and diligence that you bring to our shared public trust: the fate and condition of our schools. We’re rowing in the same direction you’ve already pointed—with last year’s zero-period change and creative bell schedule—and these six proposals will bring further relief at no cost to our kids’ future prospects.

We call upon you as Palo Altans who are in the same boat we’re in, riding out the same sea of troubles.

The shore is in sight, the lighthouse shines. Let’s pull together.

Signed By: (Continued from previous page)

Lindsay Okamoto Heather Ostrom Nancy Huddleston Packer Pam Page Arnie Papp Carolina Parada Grace Pariante Michele Parker Liza Patnoe Gary Patou Karen Patou Maria de la Paz Aliza Peleg Roy Peleg Karen Persson Peggy Phelan John Phelps Scott & Donna Poland Emily Pollard Alan Polley Shanna & Kyle Polley Stefania Pomponi Katherine Price Helen Purcell Annette Puskarich Gloria Pyszka Chris Quaintance Fred Radford Elizabeth Radigoy Leah Ragen Devi Ramanan Ramanathan Family Janet Ramusack Luisa Randon Mayma Raphael Katy (Schnitz) Reamon Nicole Redzic Cathlyn Reem Georgia Relman Sophie Relman Terry Rice Christopher Rich Hallie Richmond Ann Robinson Cheryl Balcon Rodella Cathy Pinsky Rohloff Heather Rose Jessica Roth

Marine Rudelle Al & JoAnne Russell Elle Rustique Mimi Salmon Michelle Sandberg Vicki Sandin Meera Saxena Aileen Schmoller Lauren Schryver Anna C. Schultz Dan Schwartz Greg Schwartz Dayle Schweninger Anantha Sethuraman

Mimi Sommers Sylvia Stanat Philipp Stauffer Catherine Steinkamp Andrea Stern Kim & Kevin Stern Hayley Stevens Jana Stevens Abigail Stone Emily Stone Janice Stone Jon R. Stone Mark Stone Monica Stone Katie Crocker Storey Adam Strassberg Myra Strober Mike Strong

You can add your voice to our chorus, with just the keystrokes of your name, at savethe2008.com.

Deepa Shah Piyush Shah Macy Sharif Chris R. Shatterly Kathy Sherman Lois Shore Shu Family Jeff & Corrie Sid Carl Siegel Lee Siegel Paul Siegel Paula Siegel Elaine Sigal Cara Silver Gabrielle Simpson Steve Sinton Stuart Slavin Rolana Smith Curtis Smolar Stephen K. Smuin Jeanese & Jeff Snyder Corey Sommers

Suganthi Subramanian Janani Sundar Bill Symon Gloria Symon Jack Symon Farhad Tabrizi Ruth Tarnopolsky Emanuela Todaro Yidong Tong Debra Hapgood Toscanelli Samuel Toung Maureen Tri Garima Tripathi Tammy Truher Stephanie Tsai Veronica Tung Steve Turner Tal Tversky Laura Usich Julie Valentine Fabiana Vega Natalie Veldhouse

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FACTS & FIGURES: • According to 2015 District surveys by Challenge Success, the number of Paly and Gunn students who report being “often or always stressed by schoolwork” is 66%.

• According to District records released this school year, at Gunn and Paly during the fall semester there were 780 classes with 25 or more teenagers per room. There were 407 classes with 30 or more.

• According to District information provided for the Board meeting of 9/8/15, although our schools strongly recommend that students take no more than two AP courses, 680 Gunn and Paly students were enrolled in three, four, five or more.

• According to 2015 District surveys by Challenge Success, the number of Palo Alto high-schoolers who report being “often or always” prevented by schoolwork from getting enough sleep is 60%.

• According to a 3/20/15 statement by twenty PAMF pediatricians, printed in the Weekly, although teenagers need 9 hours of

sleep per night, the typical Palo Alto teen gets 6.5. (Over the course of a school year, then, that teen is losing the equivalent of 70 full nights of sleep.)

• According to a Nielsen study in 2011, the average American teenager was sending 3,417 texts per month.

(Average girl, 3,952; average boy, 2,815.)

• According to a 2010 Pew study, in schools that allow students to use phones during passing-periods, prep periods, brunch and lunch, but forbid their use in the classroom—the policy on most U.S. campuses, including Gunn and Paly — 65% of students nevertheless manage to get on their phones in class.

• According to 2015 District surveys by Challenge Success, the number of Paly and Gunn students cheating at least once in the previous year was 81%. This included forbidden collaboration on individual work (67%), copying others’ homework (54%), getting questions or answers from someone who’d already taken the test (40%), and plagiarism (37%).

Caroline Vericat Caroline Vertongen Marc Vincenti Walter Vincenti Beverly Wade Keely Wade Steve Wagman Manoj Waikar Carolyn Walworth John Wandling James Wang Emily Watkins Larienne Weber Lance Welsh Denise White James White Katie White Virginia White Lynn Wiese JoAnne & Bob Wilkes Liliana Williams Lisa (Whisnant) Williford Melissa Wilson Laura Wingard Mary Wolff Jackie Wyant Larry Yang MeeLon Yee Jessica Yu Marina Zago Mila Zelkha Roni Zeiger Jin Zhang Among the signers of this letter are at least 51 parents and grandparents; 22 teachers (from the PAUSD, Girls Middle School, Keys School, Castilleja); 19 therapists, LMFTs, psychologists and psychiatrists; eight physicians; six Stanford professors of education; four rabbis; four pastors; attorneys with Skadden, Arps, with Cleary, Gottlieb, and with the City of Palo Alto; martial-arts, self-defense, yoga, music, and drama instructors; two former high-school principals; a chief health strategist from Google; a garden manager for Living Classroom; the director of Stanford’s Genome Technology Center; software engineers; venture capitalists;

an Academy Award winning filmmaker (Gunn, ’84); tutors with Avenidas; a senior communications officer for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health; a Florida psychologist & national expert on suicide intervention; a St. Louis pediatrician & national expert on reducing stress in med schools; fiction and non-fiction authors (on parenting, education); a retired 5th-grade teacher who, in memory of a girl he’d taught, launched a petition to require universities to publish data on student deaths; the author of Beyond Measure and filmmaker of “Race to Nowhere”; Paly and Gunn students and alums.

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Scott Watkins, one of the creators of “Chime,” an interactive sound installation, stands beside the piece outside of Palo Alto City Hall.

“Chime”: the city’s newest interactive piece of public art.

The Palo Alto Public Art Program has dedicated King Plaza as a space for ongoing, rotating temporary art exhibitions, according to program director Elise DeMarzo.

“We heard a lot of feedback from the community about wanting things that were interactive and playful, and that they’d like to see some change,” she said.

“Chime”’s multisensory combination of easily accessible visual, auditory, and tactile elements made it particularly appealing as the city’s next installation. It’s easy enough for people of most any age, fitness level or musical ability to operate and enjoy. The piece, created by Oakland artist Dan Gottwald in collaboration with Scott Watkins, was installed in Palo Alto on May 16 and will be in residence outside of City Hall until August.

“It’s the kind of project I’ve been dreaming up for a long time — a great big community xylophone,” Gottwald said. But he realized that he had to modify the public-xylophone concept to avoid the need for a mallet or other external striking device, which could prove dangerous. Instead, he designed the piece with internal percussive elements, so that with a simple push to one of the exterior panels, an inner pendulum is activated, which strikes one of the metal, tubular chimes (the fourteen chimes are tuned to notes A push to one of “Chime”’s external panels sets a fourth apart from each other, in an internal pendulum into motion, which strikes the key of C). The pendulum then a metal chime. swings back and forth, gently rockf you stand in Palo Alto’s King Plaza on a blustery day, you may hear a wind chime, playing a ghostly melody on the breeze (and at night the effect could be a bit spooky). Listen closer and you’ll pinpoint the sound to a pinewood structure that resembles a modest, cabin-style playhouse or garden shed.

Reach out and touch a wall and suddenly you’re the musician, ringing out the notes and rhythms of the sonic sculpture. Meet

ing the curved panels and continuing the sounds, depending on the pressure of the push. The inviting, homey shape of the structure says, “It’s OK, you can touch this.

It’s gonna do something, there’s a musical payoff,” Gottwald said.

For an art installation in such a high-tech city, the mechanical workings of “Chime” are refreshingly analog. Perhaps ironically, Gottwald actually has a degree in electronic music. “But I’m way more interested, musically, in acoustic phenomena and how humans make those happen,” he said. Interaction with “Chime” is “a real, embodied experience” rather than a mediated one via a digital interface, he said.

“It’s an intimate experience when you use ‘Chime’ or hang out next to ‘Chime.’ It’s really rewarding,” he added. Gottwald has also contributed work to Oakland’s Megapolis audio-art festival, and created the Analogous Ensemble, a collection of his musical-instrument sculptures designed to foster experimentation and collaboration.

“It verges on performance art,” he said, and all his work is interdisciplinary, blurring the lines between sculpture and music, always encouraging touch and play.

“Chime” was conceived out of conversations between Gottwald and Watkins, whose background is in business and public policy, when they were roommates at Oakland’s Mills College. The pair pondered how they could combine Watkins’ experience in urban design with Gottwald’s in sculpture and music to create public art. When Watkins heard about San Francisco’s Market Street Prototyping Festival (dedicated to ideas for making public spaces more vibrant and engaging), he saw an opportunity — one Gottwald was initially skeptical about, unsure his vi-

sion would be well received.

“I thought, who’s gonna want a great big musical instrument? It’s a ridiculous idea,” he admitted. But with Watkins’ encouragement and assistance, the team made “Chime” a reality. The “ChimeSF” project was picked up by that festival for a two-year installation on Market Street in preparation for the revamping of the street in 2018. DeMarzo saw it at the Prototyping Festival and came away captivated by “this idea of community engagement through a musical sculpture,” DeMarzo said, and believing, “there’s sort of a magical element that that piece could bring” to Palo Alto.

“As I watched people interact with it in San Francisco, I saw that someone may be looking at it from one side and thinking about pushing it, then they can see the panels moving on the other side and you get this ‘aha!’ moment when (people on both sides) are making music together,” she said.

On a recent day as gusts of wind in King Plaza set “Chime”’s pendulums gently into motion, kids whizzing by on scooters stopped, intrigued, and began pushing on the panels with increasing abandon and glee, creating a wild glissando.

Playing or composing a formal tune on the sculpture is possible, Gottwald said, but so far his musical experience with “Chime” has been largely improvisational.

“I tend toward not trying to control anybody. It’s pretty interesting to me to have a place where it’s its own composition right there,” he said. “If you find a song or a way to operate it that you like and you want to keep going, I’m all for it, but the composition is the structure itself.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be reached at kkane@paweekly.com.

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Rethinking ‘Madama Butterfly’ West Bay Opera injects nuance and relevance for modern audiences

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n wrapping up its 60th season with the most-performed opera in the world’s repertory, it would have been easy to replay one of West Bay Opera’s nine previous productions of “Madama Butterfly.”

Instead, the always inventive Palo Alto company chose to inject some new ways to understand the story, making it more compelling. It also brought together a strong, experienced foursome of principal singeractors, produced a surprisingly lush orchestral sound with only 23 players, utilized some of Silicon Valley’s cleverest computer-generated video and still imagery, and allowed its director to insert some well-acted silent pantomime to give a nuanced personality to a protagonist normally considered one of the most shameless cads in all opera.

Audiences may come for some of greatest tunes composer Giacomo Puccini ever wrote, but they’ll quickly be engaged by the building dramatic tension crafted by stage director Eugene Brancoveanu.

Written in the first years of the 20th century, when America was beginning to flex its imperialist muscles in the Pacific, “Madama Butterfly” tells the story of a U.S. Navy officer stationed in Nagasaki, Japan. Lt. Pinkerton is oblivious to his callow, swaggering racism.

His raging passion for 15-year-old Cio Cio San (Butterfly) leads him to lease a house for 999 years and marry her “until he can wed a real American wife.” The American consul, Sharpless, warns Pinkerton that the young geisha is totally committed to him.

By the second act, three years later, the abandoned Butterfly (now with a 3-year-old boy she calls Sorrow), is destitute. Sharpless comes to say he has had a letter implying that Pinkerton was getting married and not likely to return. However,

he cannot persuade Butterfly to marry a rich prince who wants her.

Instead she tells Sharpless to relay that Pinkerton has a son.

Pinkerton and his new wife, Kate, come to take the boy back.

Butterfly, in her anguish, chooses to “die with honor rather than live in shame” by stabbing herself just as Pinkerton returns.

The splendid cast features Russian-trained Olga Chernisheva, whose big, warm coloratura tones excelled in the big arias like “Un bel di vedremo” (“One fine day, we’ll see”) and the wrenching, beautiful final duet with Pinkerton. Veteran tenor Paul Gustafson has a strong, expressive vocal instrument that blends perfectly with Chernisheva.

Both have sung these roles several times together at other venues.

Suzuki, Butterfly’s long-suffering maid, is sung by Kristin Choi, who possesses a powerful mezzo voice. She’ll reprise Suzuki next year with Washington National Opera. Baritone Igor Vieira brings compassion and wisdom to the role of Sharpless, with resonant tone and stage presence.

Tenor Michael Desnoyers sings Goro, the marriage broker and real estate operator. Kiril Havezov’s strong bass baritone captures the role of Butterfly’s angry Uncle Bonzo, who banishes her from Japanese society. Ryan Bradford looks the role of handsome Prince Yamadori but his voice needs a bit more heft.

Kate Pinkerton is sung by soprano Carolyn Bacon. This role was substantially augmented by the director’s decision to turn the normally static, off-stage chorus intermezzo before the third act into a dramatic pantomime. In a wellacted flashback showing the receipt

by Pinkerton of Sharpless’ letter revealing the existence of the child, Kate learns for the first time about

Otak Jump

by Mort Levine

Olga Chernisheva stars as the doomed geisha Cio Cio San (Butterfly) in the Puccini classic. her husband’s first “family.” The self-indulgent, arrogant Pinkerton dissolves in regret for what he has done, even reaching for his service revolver perhaps to do himself in.

Kate runs through a series of emotions, ultimately deciding to have them both go to Japan and adopt the boy. In the opera’s final moments, traditional staging usually has Butterfly stab herself before Pinkerton’s arrival. In this production, the actual stabbing takes place in his presence. While Pinkerton attempts unsuccessfully to restrain her, Butterfly reaches for his gun holster, removing the gun as the final crescendo of the opera is heard, and the curtain falls. This last directorial touch seems like an awkward overreach, but most of Brancoveanu’s other interventions work well.

The creative team is led by general director and conductor Jose Luis Moscovich. The set staging is by

Peter Compton, who had a triumph with West Bay’s recent “Evgeny Onegin.” His color palette suggests the flat tones of Japanese woodcut master Hiroshige. Frederic Boulay, projection designer, took some of the latest video software from Adobe to make a ship sail into the harbor, creating ripples on the water with ever-changing cloud patterns.

It even permitted the falling leaves to descend with the pace of the music. Lighting designs by Edward Hunter also reflected the musical score’s range of moods.

Pinkerton’s shaggy orangeblonde wig didn’t look like something a spit-and-polish Navy would permit. But it was echoed in the hairpiece worn by his 3-year-old offspring. This lad is strikingly portrayed with a confident panache by a 7-year-old girl, Zoe G. Lai. Like several of Puccini’s other tragic heroines, “Madama Butter-

fly” manages to bring out handkerchiefs to dab away the tears. Despite its sadness, it remains a work of great beauty and dramatic verity.

Along with Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio” and Tchaikovsky’s “Onegin,” it completes a resoundingly memorable season for West Bay Opera. Q Freelance writer Mort Levine can be reached at mortlevine123@ gmail.com What: West Bay Opera presents Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” sung in Italian with English supertitles.

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toward the costs of the new piece (estimated price tag is around $60,000, including the artist’s fee and the necessary materials to support the large, outdoor work). Anyone will be able to contribute to the online campaign, which will be set up in early June.

The Palo Alto Public Art Commission has also agreed to contribute $15,000 to the project after hearing Kienzle’s presentation at its May 19 meeting, making it a joint endeavor between the two groups (other gifts and grants will make up the rest of the funding). Q — Karla Kane

‘Double Take’ to be dismantled “Double Take,” the whimsical willow sculpture by artist Patrick Dougherty that’s stood on the grounds of the Palo Alto Art Center since 2011, has reached the end of its life. Karen Kienzle, the art center’s director, said the all-natural-materials piece, which was always planned to be temporary, will be demolished and turned into wood-chip mulch in June.

It’s sad news for the sculpture’s fans, many of whom have strolled through its passageways and peeked through its doors and windows over the

Code: ART coming to downtown Palo Alto next year

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“Double Take” will be demolished in June. years. Kienzle said the piece, which resembles a large nest or basket, has been exceedingly popular with patrons.

“For the past five years we have seen people just fall in love with that artwork,” she said. “It’s universally beloved and captured the imagination of our community.”

Because of its popularity, Kienzle said the art center wants to give the community a chance to take a last look (and maybe one last selfie) and say goodbye to “Double Take” with some degree of celebration. There will be a “destruction ceremony” held on site June 12, 3-4 p.m., with a few speeches, some hands-on art activities, and the start of the sculpture’s demolition.

However, there will be happier news for Dougherty fans announced as well. Kienzle said a plan is in place to bring Dougherty back in November to create a new willow sculpture, with a little financial help from some friends.

The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation plans to embark on a crowdfunding campaign to raise $15,000

Palo Alto is preparing to turn downtown into an interactive “creative laboratory” for three days next year as part of a new program to crowdsource ideas from the community that could transform underutilized alleyways and corridors into engaging public spaces.

The city’s Public Art Commission learned on May 19 that the Palo Alto Public Art Program is moving ahead with the launch of Code: ART with support from a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The program will bring two temporary public art installations and eight urban art interventions, or “prototypes,” to various locations throughout downtown for the public to explore during a three-day festival in June 2017.

Those attending the festival will get to provide feedback on which prototypes they’d like to see developed in downtown.

“This is an opportunity for us to bring different groups together to re-imagine some of these underutilized spaces into places that will stimulate interaction between people,” Public Art Program Director Elise DeMarzo said.

The concept for Code: ART came from San Francisco’s Market Street Prototyping Festival that launched in 2015. The festival unveiled 50 exhibits that were being considered for the redesign of the Market corridor.

DeMarzo said the Palo Alto festival will be smaller than San Francisco’s but will use the same outreach strategy to help determine which installations could become permanent.

Code: ART is part of a larger, long-term plan to integrate more art into Palo Alto over the next 10 years as outlined in the Public Art Master Plan that was approved on May 19 by the Public Art Commission and is going to the City Council in August. Q — Linda Taaffe

ShopTalk

by Daryl Savage

NEWISH JEWISH CAFE TO OPEN THIS SUMMER ... Construction is in full swing at Palo Alto JCC’s Town Square, officially called Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, located at 3921 Fabian Way at the intersection of Charleston and San Antonio roads. Workers are busy creating a new Jewish restaurant in the Palm Court area of the JCC that will feature, among other items, pastrami, blintzes and knishes. “We’re opening this restaurant based on the need for a Jewish deli in the area,” said JCC CEO Zack Bodner. The restaurant, called Nourish, A Newish Jewish Cafe, replaces the four-year-old Cafe on the Square. Nourish is the brainchild of Bodner. “A lot of us grew up with Jewish delis in our neighborhoods, but now many are gone,” he said. Although the new menu is still being perfected, Bodner explained, “It will feature flavors from New York, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. We’ll have things like corned beef sandwiches, matzah ball soup, lox and bagels. When it’s Purim, we’ll have hamantaschen; when it’s Hannukah, we’ll have latkes. And there will be kosher items, too. That’s the beauty of having our own restaurant here.”

The menu also will feature soups, salads, and artisan pizza, as well as traditional Israeli food consisting of hummus, falafel and Israeli salads.

The major part of the $1 million-plus construction is building the fullservice kitchen. “The old cafe didn’t have the capacity for a kitchen.

We’ll have a real grill and an artisan pizza oven,” Bodner said, adding, “It’s going to be a real restaurant with a new brand and a new look.”

Nourish, scheduled to open July 17, will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

550-square-foot space that had been vacant for four years after the previous tenant, Fiori Artful Floral Design, moved out of the mall. The small space has been redone into a dazzling display of handcrafted cakes, pies, cookies and lunch items. The interior is simply but elegantly bathed in varying shades of white, accented by a stark white quartz counter and white quartz tabletops. Although the space is small with room for just a few tables, the bakery leases a 1,400-square-foot kitchen two buildings away, where all the pastries are baked fresh and walked over. Pink Posy, known mostly for its wedding cakes when it was a home-based business in Redwood City for several years, also has an espresso bar.

PINK POSY OPENS AT STANFORD ... After nearly six months of delays, a new bakery opened last month at the Stanford Shopping Center.

Pink Posy now occupies the

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MIDTOWN FLORIST FORCED OUT ... A venerable Midtown retailer is the latest to fall victim to rising rents, Nature’s Alley, a floral design shop, located in the Midtown Shopping Center, 2600 Middlefield Road, will close June 7 after an impressive 16 years in business. “Almost all the tenants here whose leases were up got a rent hike. Most were able to renegotiate their leases. I couldn’t afford it,” said Nature’s Alley owner Karen Froniewski. “I knew it was going to happen, I just didn’t know when,” she said of the rent increase and subsequent closing of her business. The 900-square-footspace has a rich history. It used to be the storeroom for the former Midtown Pharmacy, which closed in 1995, and long before that, it was an outdoor patio that had a small window for post office transactions, according to Froniewski. Currently a Sunnyvale resident, Froniewski plans to move to Florida.

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‘Apocalypse’ pow The ‘X-Men’ are slowing down in their old age 00 1/2 (Century 16 and 20) Has the superhero bubble at last popped? The “X-Men” franchise, at least when in the hands of original director Bryan Singer, has tended to be a reliably smart and thrilling universe with a dynamic cast of characters played grandly by top-tier talent. “X-Men: Apocalypse” sees Singer return for his fourth go-round, and although he and his team have X-Men storytelling down to something of a science, that experience can also translate to something very like complacency.

Singer has billed “X-Men: Apocalypse” as “the true birth of the X-Men,” but the truth is that there’s hardly a character beat in it that we haven’t already seen played out in some way in this series. The earlier “X-Men” from 2000 had fresh and exciting storytelling and thematic imperatives as Singer and company established the universe and its social allegory. Five films later (not counting two “Wolverine” spinoffs and “Deadpool”), the franchise still has Singer’s style, spectacle to spare, and a cool toy box for playdates — though Patrick Stewart’s version of Professor X and Ian McKellen’s version of Magneto aren’t invited this time.

Their inheritors, however, are back: James McAvoy as X and Michael Fassbender as Magneto.

They’re joined by a sprawling cast of heroes and villains (which, at 16, by my count, ties “Captain America: Civil War,” but who’s counting?) for what should be the equivalent of a page-turning comic-book adventure. To be fair, it comes mighty close. The story concerns the first and most powerful mutant, En Sabah Sur, aka “Apocalypse,” setting out to wipe out lesser humanity unless friendlier mutants can stop him. We meet the power-amplifying Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) in 3600

BCE, enabling Singer to get his ancient-epic groove on (and composer John Ottman to fire up a vigorous choir) for the film’s pre-credits action. Once awoken five and a half centuries later, the super-mutant broods, “The weak have taken the Earth” and promptly recruits “Four Horsemen”— Magneto, Storm (Alexandra Shipp, inheriting Halle Berry’s franchise role), Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Angel (Ben Hardy) — to wage civil war against a crop of good-guy mutants.

These include returning players Mystique and Beast (Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas

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Sophie Turner (left), Kodi Smit-McPhee (center), and Tye Sheridan star in “X-Men: Apocalypse”.

Hoult, only occasionally overtaken by hair and makeup), as well as Lucas Till’s Havok, and Rose Byrne’s CIA agent (and Professor X love interest) Moira MacTaggert. New, but distinctly familiar, recruits include the teenage versions of Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Jean Grey (Sophie Turner of “Game of Thrones”), and Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee).

Singer has shown a knack for elevating this kind of pop-culture material, but “X-Men: Apocalypse” noticeably strains to convince us of its import as it unfolds in 1983 with the superficial political resonance of a “nuclear scare” motif. Worse, screenwriter Simon Kinberg fumbles some nonsensical character motivations and plot points that tie logic in knots, and Singer doesn’t drive “Apocalypse” with the same dispatch that saved predecessor “Days of Future Past” from such real-time scrutiny.

For all its failings, including the crime of not being exhilarating, “X-Men: Apocalypse” remains a competent sci-fi action flick.

And there’s no denying the film’s dazzling superpowers and globalscale spectacle.

Superhero junkies probably won’t feel they’ve wasted their time, and “X-Men: Apocalypse” dutifully meets the minimum requirement of keeping the franchise afloat while introducing new characters and reintroducing others.

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, action and destruction, brief strong language and some suggestive images. Two hours, 24 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell play soulmates in “The Lobster,” an absurdist romantic comedy.

The mating game ‘The Lobster’ will sink its absurd claws in you 000 1/2 (Aquarius) It’s a dog-eat-dog world, so they say — a veritable jungle out there.

And dating often stokes the “thrill of the chase,” or, in other words, the hunt. We may be at the top of the food chain, but that doesn’t mean we’re not animals, a notion filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos playfully employs in his absurdist romantic comedy “The Lobster.”

Die-hard cineastes may know Lanthimos already, from his Greek-language stunner “Dogtooth” (or perhaps even his followup “Alps”), but this time, Lanthimos has international movie stars for his English-language debut.

The film’s publicity materials describe the setting as a “dystopian

near future,” but I’m not sure Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou would say the same. After all, no noticeable difference in fashion or technology tips the story to a future setting. It’s more of an absurdist alternate universe allegorizing how we live now, without any need for futuristic trappings.

At any rate, in this world, single people get shipped to a resort hotel where they have 45 days to find a mate (talk about your speed dating). If they fail, they get turned into the animals of their choice.

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Movies bles, they are “assigned children ... to get past the fighting and arguing.” As you might imagine, there are some flaws in this world’s logic, but regular propaganda sessions (contrasting playlets “Man Eats Alone” and “Man Eats With Woman,” for example) reinforce the mating-game parameters and how to win at life. Through it all, Lanthimos applies an amusing indirect sarcasm to his implicit critique of the real-world societal pressure on single people to pair up on the clock.

With suspense-film scoring and a skin-crawlingly deliberate pace, Lanthimos wrings every bit of dull horror from his allegory, pitting

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that’d be a lobster, for reasons he’s given considerable thought. The early scenes establish a pitiless process: “Guests” must register as heterosexual or homosexual, get literally stripped of their dignity, and are issued a tranquilizer gun and darts for daily “Most Dangerous Game-”style hunts of “Loner” refugees living in “The Woods.”

Those who think they’ve found their match, or at least insist they have, get a honeymoon on a yacht before relocation to “The City.” If they encounter relationship trou-

his pathologically numb sad souls — with their prevailingly autistic, if not robotic, manners — against each other more often than not.

David nominally befriends sameboat characters played by John C. Reilly and Ben Whishaw (both as terrific as we’ve come to expect), but the relationships inevitably sour under the circumstances, and David eventually finds an apparent soulmate (Rachel Weisz, who also provides the acidic, novelistic narration).

With deadpan modern-art precision, “The Lobster” investigates the nature of our need for a partner (who else will apply that pain-relief cream to the small of

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your back?), how we cling to superficial similarities to justify our matches, and our denial, at our peril, of our animal nature.

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

mathematician Srinavasa Ramanujan.

With gaping earnestness, Dev Patel plays the autodidact whose persistence won him a passage from East Indian obscurity to the University of Cambridge in 1913. Ramanujan soon meets his mentor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), who helps to push forward the student’s work as the befuddled Cambridge dons dismiss it out of racism or because of Ramanujan’s habit of not showing work in proofs. Ramanujan’s faith proffers a mystical contrast to Hardy’s avowed atheism, but by reducing them to familiar archetypes, Brown relies on Irons’ nuance and Patel’s lack thereof to fill in the gaps. A more complex meeting of minds and souls and a deeper dive into the mathematics might have been much more interesting than the dully inspirational “The Man Who Knew Infinity.” Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and smoking. One hour, 48 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed May 13, 2016)

The Angry Birds Movie 00 1/2 On Bird Island, flightless birds live mostly in harmony. Ever-ticked-off Red (Jason Sudeikis) winds up in an anger-management class populated by hulking Terence (Sean Penn), speedy Chuck (Josh Gad) and volatile Bomb (Danny McBride). But when hungry green pigs steal the birds’ eggs, necessitating a frantic extended-climax rescue, the film starts to legitimize Red’s anger. It’s unfortunate that females are so marginalized here, but as long as people are going to waste time on “Angry Birds,” they may just as well do it this way. Rated PG for rude humor and action. One hour, 37 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed May 20, 2016) The Man Who Knew Infinity 00 In “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” writerdirector Matthew Brown sets out with the arresting true story of extraordinary

MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted.

For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies.

Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest.

A Bigger Splash (R) Century 20: 10:15 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:50 p.m.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) Century 16: 9:15 a.m., noon, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15, 11 & midnight. In 3-D at 8:20 & 11:05 a.m., 1:50, 4:35, 7:20 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 12:35, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 8:50 & 9:45 p.m. In 3-D at 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 3:20, 5:10, 6, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. In DBOX at 11:40 a.m., 2:25, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m.

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The Angry Birds Movie (PG) ++ Century 16: 9 & 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 & 10:45 p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 a.m., 12:45, 3:15 & 5:45 p.m. Fri. 8:15 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:20 a.m., noon, 12:50, 2:35, 3:20, 5, 5:50, 7:30, 8:20 & 10 p.m. In 3-D at 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:10 & 6:40 p.m.

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The Heiress (1949) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 3:25 p.m.

The Jungle Book (PG) +++ Century 16: 10:20 a.m., 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 4:25, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m.

The Lobster (R) +++1/2

Aquarius Theatre: 2:35, 4:20, 7 & 10 p.m.

Love & Friendship (PG) Century 20: 10:10 a.m., 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:50 & 10:15 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 2:30, 4:50 & 7:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:45 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 12:10 p.m.

The Man Who Knew Infinity (PG-13) ++

Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

The Meddler (PG-13) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 2, 5:25, 7:45 & 9:30 p.m.

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Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 16: 8:30 a.m., 12:05, 3:30, 7 & 10:40 p.m. In 3-D at 10:25 a.m., 1:45, 5:15 & 8:45 p.m. Century 20: 12:30, 4, 7:20 & 10:35 p.m. In 3-D at 11 a.m., 2:20, 5:40 & 9 p.m.

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Century 20: 9:10 p.m.

Money Monster (R) Century 16: 5:25, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m. Fri. 8:15 & 10:45 a.m. Sat. & Sun. 9:40 a.m., 12:15 & 2:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m.

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (R) Century 16: 9, 10 & 11:25 a.m., 12:30, 1:55, 3, 4:20, 5:35, 6:50, 8, 9:20, 10:25 & 11:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:05 & 11:20 a.m., 12:25, 1:45, 2:50, 4:10, 5:20, 6:35, 8, 9:05 & 10:35 p.m.

The Nice Guys (R) Century 16: 10:10 a.m., 4:20, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. Fri. 1:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 1 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 2, 4:55, 7:45 & 10:40 p.m.

The Snake Pit (1949) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: 5:30 & 9:35 p.m.

X-Men: Apocalypse (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:10 a.m., 12:50, 4:30, 7:30, 8:10, 11:15 & 11:50 p.m. Fri. 1:45 p.m. In 3-D at 8:15, 10:05 & 11:55 a.m., 3:35, 5:25, 6:20, 7:15, 9:05, 10 & midnight. Fri. 10:30 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 10:55 p.m.

Sat. & Sun. 11 a.m., 1:45 & 2:40 p.m. Sun. 11 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 & 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:50, 6:15, 8:10 & 9:50 p.m. In 3-D at 10:55 a.m., 2:10, 2:55, 4:05, 5:30, 7:40 & 9 p.m. In XD 3-D at 12:20 and 7:10 p.m. In XD at 3:40 & 10:30 p.m.

In DBOX at 10:10 a.m., 1:30, 4:50 & 8:10 p.m.

Zootopia (PG) +++ Century 16: Fri. 8:15 & 10:50 a.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:25 & 11:10 a.m., 1:50 & 4:25 p.m. Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m.

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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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A weekly guide to home, garden and real estate news, edited by Elizabeth Lorenz

Home Front NEW STORE OPENING ... Two Stanford business school alumni, Christina Bryant and Steph Peng, will open their second home decor store, St. Frank, the first week in June. The luxury home goods store will open in Town and Country Village and offers a selection of bohemian pieces and handcrafted housewares.. One novelty is the store will feature a bar where guests can relax and enjoy their surroundings with a complimentary beverage while they check out. Handmade Vietnamese handkerchiefs will be available as a gift with purchase while supplies last for the first shoppers. The store will also debut its boxes and trays and first collection of wallpaper, as well as colorful cactus silk rugs, hand-dyed pillows, upholstered furniture, and framed handmade textiles showcasing intricate embroidery and traditional weaving INSPECT THE CREEK ... Acterra will be checking the water quality of San Francisquito Creek this Saturday May 28 from 9 a.m. to noon. The group will be working at different sites on San Francisquito Creek which are several miles apart. Volunteers of all ages are welcome; minors under 18 require a signed waiver and children under 12 require an accompanying adult.

Starting at the trailhead to The Dish on Alpine Road and Piers Lane, the group will visit five sites along San Francisquito Creek to gather data on pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance and turbidity. Please arrive on time as we will leave the Dish Trailhead when we finish monitoring there and carpool to the other sites on the creek. Meet at the dirt pullout at Alpine Road and Piers Lane, the trailhead to The Dish. Contact erin.rusby@ acterra.org for more information or to register groups larger than four.

ENERGY SUMMIT ... Stanford University is hosting its annual Silicon Valley Energy Summit Friday, June 3 from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Stanford’s Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Street. The goal of the summit is to deliver insights on the latest sustainable energy technologies, corporate practices, market trends and emerging government policies.

For more information and to register, go to peec.stanford.edu/ events/2016/sves.

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.

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Painting the door red (or turquoise or purple)

nterior designer Kit Davey has advised hundreds of clients on paint colors for their homes and front doors. Some people are bold and take risks with a bright orange or a shade of green that reminds them of a forest. Others stick with a beige house, with a dark beige door.

Real estate agents, Davey said, like “safe” colors like white or hunter green. And, as far as they are concerned, orange is not the new black. Black is actually a trendy neutral now.

So what about those orange or bright gold or turquoise doors starting to pop up around the Midpeninsula?

The first thing to know, she said, is “there is no rule of thumb.” But, if you are selling your home, your Realtor may tell you differently.

“If you’re a Realtor, the Realtor would say ‘play it safe,’ with black, forest green or navy,” she said.

What about complementary colors, like orange and blue?

“I don’t get into color theory (using an artist’s color wheel) with a front door,” Davey said. Rather, the client needs to find a color that makes them happy. Perhaps it’s a color that goes with seasonal flowers in the garden, or even the car that’s parked in the driveway.

“It has a lot to do with the client’s personality,” Davey said, how private they are, how risk-averse or how willing to take risks they are.

She notes that people shouldn’t look at the door in isolation.

“It’s more of a holistic thing. It’s not about the door,” she advised.

Getting samples from a paint store is a good idea, but only after the colors have been narrowed down to shades such as greens or blues or oranges. Small swatches can be painted on the door, or you can stand back and hold samples against the palette of your yard. Many paint companies also group colors that go

for dinner that evening walking through a newly painted front door.

But Davey doesn’t advise making your decision too quickly.

Architecture can definitely play a role in painting the door, she said. For example, a French Tudor home might not lend itself to an orange door, but a Midcentury Modern Eichler would look spectacular with its clean lines and generally neutral wood walls.

“I would suggest just start driving around and see what you like,” Davey said, or look up old issues of Sunset magazine. “Start doing some research in three dimensions, then go to the paint store, and then you’re not random about it.”

Just the names of exterior door colors are enough to inspire. At Benjamin Moore, one of their paint products known as Grand Entrance, specifically formulated for exterior doors, has colors named Amalfi Coast (a deep Tahoe blue) or 10 Downing Street (a traditional British black).

“I think that the front door of a person’s house has always offered an opportunity for a homeowner to add a bit of their own personality to the exterior entrance,” said Menlo Park architect Kelly Johnson, who designs homes but often gets consulted on paint colors. Sometimes, she said, the homeowner wants a pop of color to say “Right here: front door. Welcome!” Other times, they might want to make everything from the window trim to the door look unified with a more matched palette.

Johnson said while there is no right answer, both the style of the door and the color of the door should be considered carefully since the person likely goes through that door a few times a day. Q

When it comes to the entry to your home, how risk-averse are you? story and photos by Elizabeth Lorenz together so you can pick a trio of colors like a stucco color, wood window trim color and door color.

What color is Davey’s front door?

She’s on her sixth door color, a lilac-purple accented by a purple bench and purple shutters. Her house is seafoam green.

The best thing about painting your front door, she said, is “it’s a job you can do yourself. I just use the (old) paint as the primer.”

Paint company Sherwin Williams advertises a door paint that gives instant gratification, as it dries in only an hour so you could potentially paint your door and have guests

Home & Real Estate Editor Elizabeth Lorenz can be emailed at elorenz@ paweekly.com.

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Home & Real Estate HOME SALES

Home sales are provided by California RESource, a real estate information company that obtains home sales data from local county recorders’ offices.

Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.

Atherton

49 Douglass Way Puccini Trust to Gaotree Investment for $3,200,500 on 04/14/16; built 1952, 3bd, 2,030 sq. ft.

East Palo Alto

236 Azalia Drive Manning Trust to L. Jimenez for $625,000 on 04/12/16; built 1951, 2bd, 860 sq.ft.

2647 Fordham St. T. Anaya to R. Delgado for $490,000 on 04/13/16; built 1953, 3bd, 1,010 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/28/2001, $420,000 2887 Fordham St. M. Field to A. & S. Deo for $750,000 on 04/15/16; built 1953, 7bd, 2,016 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/06/1998, $240,000 2647 Gonzaga St. Williams Trust to H. Trinh for $665,000 on 04/12/16; built 1952, 3bd, 1,030 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/1977, $30,200 2178 Henry Court J. Browning to J. & C. Evans for $1,000,000 on 04/12/16; built 1997, 4bd, 2,080 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/29/2008, $560,000 475 Larkspur Drive O. Hurd to W. Tang for $727,000 on 04/14/16; built 1954, 3bd, 1,020 sq. ft.

2330 University Ave. #120 R. Krishna to S. Bhuiyan for $555,000 on 04/14/16; built 2006, 2bd, 981 sq. ft. (previous sale 02/22/2006, $445,000)

Los Altos

633 Almond Ave. A. Bourgan to Wang Trust for $4,148,000 on 05/03/16; built 1938, 4bd, 3,208 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/05/2014, $3,125,000 832 Carmel Ave. Wang Trust to I. & A. Field for $2,398,000 on 05/11/16; built 1947, 3bd, 1,916 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/31/2009, $1,320,000 688 Coral Court R. Renfrew to B. Longmier for $3,050,000 on 05/10/16; built 1954, 4bd, 1,993 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/04/2012, $1,200,000 1417 Country Club Drive P. Gruenstein to M. Lissauer for $3,425,000 on 05/03/16; built 1953, 6bd, 2,876 sq. ft.;previous sale 05/22/1998, $1,049,000 406 East Edith Ave. Moore Trust to H. Tang for $3,620,000 on 05/11/16; built 1957, 3bd, 2,855 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/29/1999, $1,660,000 638 Lincoln Ave. Kline Trust to N. Vora for $2,400,000 on 05/09/16; built 1945, 3bd, 1,050 sq. ft.

620 Magdalena Ave. M. Logan to H. & S. Stirman for $2,775,000on 05/06/16; built 1952, 4bd, 2,953 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/27/1989, $750,000 840 Mora Drive J. & L. McMullen to Sinha Trust for $4,600,000 on 05/05/16; built5, 4bd, 4,051 sq. ft.

524 Orange Ave. J. Vantassel to F. & K. Siciliano for $3,050,000 on 05/03/16; built 1999, 3bd, 2,053 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/05/2009, $2,000,000 1457 Ranchita Drive W. & D. James to M. Li for $2,676,500 on 05/11/16; built 1959, 3bd, 1,674 sq.ft.

1032 Rose Ave. Firestone Trust to E. Firouzjaei for $2,052,000 on 05/06/16; built 1955, 3bd, 1,527 sq.ft.

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Menlo Park

Total sales reported: 1 Sales price: $3,200,500

East Palo Alto Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $490,000 Highest sales price: $1,000,000 Average sales price: $687,430

Los Altos Total sales reported: 14 Lowest sales price: $921,000 Highest sales price: $4,600,000 Average sales price: $3,013,100

Los Altos Hills Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $2,678,000 Highest sales price: $3,500,000 Average sales price: $3,192,670

Total sales reported: 10 Lowest sales price: $870,000 Highest sales price: $3,800,000 Average sales price: $2,338,900

Mountain View Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $522,000 Highest sales price: $2,500,000 Average sales price: $1,434,580

Palo Alto Total sales reported: 19 Lowest sales price: $1,460,000 Highest sales price: $7,050,000 Average sales price: $3,235,050

Portola Valley Total sales reported: 1 Sales price: $3,800,000 Source: California REsource

211 Solana Drive A. & S. Vahdat to A. & V. Faintuch for $3,743,000 on 05/11/16; built 2001, 4bd, 3,778 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/28/2012, $2,475,000 541 Tyndall St. Fulcher Trust to S. & S. Wayne for $921,000 on 05/10/16; built 1964, 2bd, 956 sq. ft. (previous sale 05/15/2009, $440,000) 1271 Via Huerta Verissimo Trust to D. & R. Belt for $3,325,000 on 05/10/16; built 1963, 4bd, 3,438 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/15/2000, $2,250,000

Los Altos Hills

14556 Harvard Court V. & V. Sikka to Fung Trust for $2,678,000 on 05/06/16; built

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1968, 3bd, 2,736 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/05/2006, $1,889,000 14565 Harvard Court Butner Trust to E. Zeng for $3,400,000 on 05/11/16; built 1971, 5bd, 3,132 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/1972, $78,000 13030 La Paloma Road Kim Trust to G. & B. Hermann for $3,500,000 on 05/04/16; built 1973, 3bd, 3,517 sq. ft.

Menlo Park

5 Arbol Grande Court Lanham Trust to Perkovich Trust for $3,749,000 on 04/13/16; built 1988, 3bd, 3,100 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/26/1988, $715,000 42 Biltmore Lane Docter Trust to Sharif Trust for $1,970,000 on 04/14/16; built 1987, 3bd, 2,530 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/06/1987, $390,000 2001 Camino A Los Cerros A. Onsori to S. Amir for $3,608,000 on 04/15/16; built 1923, 1bd, 760 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/03/2014, $2,820,000 946 Evelyn St. Harvey Young Education & Development to J. Hu for $1,989,000 on 04/12/16; built 1927, 2bd, 1,000 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/07/2013, $1,351,000 1352 Madera Ave. K. Bass to Y. & A. Tosun for $870,000 on 04/13/16; built 1952, 2bd, 980 sq. ft.

665 Monte Rosa Drive #922 T. & O. Stewart to L. Thomas for $875,000 on 04/12/16; built 1965, 2bd, 1,097 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/28/2006, $572,000 20 Politzer Drive Kirkpatrick Trust to Y. Jin for $3,800,000 on 04/15/16; built 1958, 4bd, 2,880 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/30/1999, $1,012,500 1033 Ringwood Ave. RuettgersMeeks Trust to M. Cuyegkeng for $1,900,000 on 04/15/16; built 1946, 3bd, 1,677 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/17/2007, $979,000 765 University Drive University Drive Limited to Z. Trailer for $2,450,000 on 04/14/16; built 1927, 3bd, 1,200 sq. ft.

1868 Valparaiso Ave. Crocker Trust to GHG Construction & Development for $2,178,000 on 04/15/16; built 1960, 4bd, 1,490 sq. ft.

Mountain View

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1196 Andre Ave. Young Trust to Carter Trust for $2,200,000 on 05/03/16; built 1964, 3bd, 1,951 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/28/2007, $1,268,000 1130 Boranda Ave. Rich Country to T. & K. Garjaka for $1,605,000 on 05/06/16; built 2007, 4bd, 2,112 sq. ft.

1100 Carlos Privada Hamilton Family Trust to E. & M. Glibicky for $1,698,000.00 on 05/04/16; built 1985, 3bd, 2,022 sq.f t.; previous sale 08/27/2013, $1,250,000 160 Cottonwood Court R. & M. Schmitt to X. Ni for $1,150,000 on 05/10/16; built 1999, 3bd, 1,288

sq. ft.; previous sale 09/15/2000, $588,000 99 East Middlefield Road #29 F. Godoy to Y. Liu for $820,000 on 05/06/16; built 1969, 2bd, 1,083 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/28/2011, $385,000 470 Franklin St. A. Staub to Penafiel Trust for $2,500,000 on 05/06/16; built 1948, 2,048 sq. ft.

426 Mountain Laurel Court C. & A. Ludwick to Ludwick Trust for $1,300,000 on 05/09/16; built 1988, 2bd, 1,318 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/22/2012, $659,000 961 Ormonde Drive D. & H. Barrett to W. Niu for $1,700,000 on 05/05/16; built 1964, 4bd, 1,576 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/29/2012, $827,000 21 Royal Oak Court O. Camoglu to S. Bhattacharyya for $1,250,000 on 05/06/16; built 2002, 3bd, 1,599 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/18/2011, $620,000 255 South Rengstorff Ave. #60 K. Oelze to M. Li for $522,000 on 05/06/16; built 1965, 1bd, 551 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/14/2009, $225,000 631 Tyrella Ave. MV Viewpoint 2013 to D. Quong for $1,390,000 on 05/06/16 645 Tyrella Ave. MV Viewpoint 2013 to A. Koshkalda for $1,080,000 on 05/04/16

Palo Alto

972 Addison Ave. Brinkmann Trust to S. & T. Trieu for $5,100,000 on 05/09/16; built 1990, 5bd, 4,831 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/29/1995, $1,071,000 2979 Alexis Drive H. Pang to S. Dhawan for $5,896,000 on 05/06/16; built 1965, 6bd, 5,732 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/05/2014, $5,557,000 819 Altaire Walk Ma Trust to A. Kumar for $1,460,000 on 05/06/16; built 2011, 3bd, 1,333 sq. ft.

4152 Baker Ave. Palmer Trust to Ideal Altos for $2,300,000 on 05/09/16; built 1949, 3bd, 1,110 sq. ft.

3986 Bibbits Drive A. & R. Rich to M. Sun for $2,250,000 on 05/03/16; built 1957, 4bd, 1,717 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/16/1991, $410,000 1536 Bryant St. Bertsch Trust to Bryant Limited for $7,050,000 on 05/06/16; built 1925, 5bd, 2,790 sq. ft.

2928 Bryant St. GFL Group to Q. Yang for $4,280,000 on 05/04/16; built 2014, 5bd, 3,138 sq. ft.; previous sale 01/31/2012, $1,523,000 660 Coleridge Ave. Gross Trust to N. & K. Verghese for $3,100,000 on 05/10/16; built 1919, 3bd, 978 sq. ft.

750 De Soto Drive Rising Trust to S. Cullen for $2,918,000 on 05/06/16; built 1952, 3bd, 1,784 sq. ft.

4173 El Camino Real #1 Elsayed-Dumas Trust to Wu Trust for $1,768,000 on 05/06/16; built

1992, 3bd, 1,730 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/10/2004, $775,000 3192 Fallen Leaf St. D. Goldie to M. Lee for $2,079,000 on 05/06/16; built 2009, 4bd, 2,037 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/30/2014, $2,157,000 1071 Fife Ave. P. & C. Simon to V. Wu for $3,200,000 on 05/11/16; built 1954, 4bd, 1,272 sq. ft.

1012 High St. Kohs Trust to S. & D. Friend for $2,500,000 on 05/10/16; built 1918, 2bd, 1008 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/31/1978, $80,000 759 Matadero Ave. Gusman Trust to A. Rezvani for $2,230,000 on 05/10/16; built 1984, 3bd, 1,837 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/24/1988, $247,000 4047 Park Boulevard P. & E. Sincerbox to V. & N. Sohoni for $1,760,000 on 05/06/16; built 1952, 4bd, 1,960 sq. ft.

1328 Parkinson Ave. S. Wong to Z. Zhang for $4,500,000 on 05/04/16; built 1947, 3bd, 3,587 sq. ft.

79 Roosevelt Circle H. Gelber to M. Sun for $2,375,000 on 05/03/16; built 1951, 3bd, 1,403 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/15/1986, $235,000 966 Van Auken Circle Lockfeld Trust to J. Hancock for $2,450,000 on 05/06/16; built 1951, 4bd, 1,979 sq. ft.

2020 Webster St. L. & J. Dathan to Mcglynn Trust for $4,250,000 on 05/04/16; built 1937, 3bd, 2,212 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/30/2009, $2,450,000

Portola Valley

10 Cordova Court Schneider Trust to Ehrlich Trust for $3,800,000 on 04/13/16; built 1955, 4bd, 3,650 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/30/2003, $1,805,000

BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto 180 El Camino Real, #1160 Use and occupancy and tenant improvement 1300sf for “k. Minamoto “, retail pre-packaged food. $500,000 2332 South CourtRemodel / repair detached garage 360sf. $40,000 1031 Channing Ave. Add shear wall and revision to foundation 750 Melville Ave. Remove/replace water heater 827 E. Greenwich Place master bathroom upgrade (108 sf), kitchen upgrade (187 sf), $150,000 541 Cowper St. Use and occupancy only for new tenant “liftoff” to occupy 9463 sf 519 Saint Claire Drive New 2-story single family residence 2,449sf with attached 1-car garage 221sf (new accessory structure with half bath and porch 180sf) $419,000 3163 Middlefield Road Electrical permit for two illuminated signs for “Bill’s Cafe” 1023 Corporation Way Re-roof install a 60 mil tpo membrane on existing built-up cap sheet. $55,459 4190 Maybell Way 80 percent efficiency furnace changeout with 90k btus.

1636 Channing Ave.Residential improvement bathroom remodel 79 sf scope of work includes addition of a non-structural wall in the family room 423 sf. $43,780 3958 Nelson Court Remodel kitchen (195 sf), remove 7sevenfoot non-structural wall. New island. Replace kitchen electrical, replace existing 1/2 inch gas line with 3/4 inch line, upgrade service 200 amps in same location. $37,500 151 University Ave. Deferred submittal for kitchen storage racking 180 El Camino Real # 1050 Use and occupancy and tenant improvement for “tender greens” new restaurant to occupy 2,962sf. $550,000

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Open Memorial Weekend Saturday and Sunday Private and gated 2.5 acre Woodside Estate #1 Best value in prime Woodside location. Resort style yard with pool, spa, waterfalls, and more.

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315 Lowell Avenue, Palo Alto Luxury Rebuild in Prestigious Neighborhood Tucked within stately Old Palo Alto, this newly rebuilt 6 bedroom, 5 bathroom residence of 4,491 sq. ft. (per county) occupies a <>;<1>@E ;2 ] TTT ?= 2@ I<1> /;A:@EJ &41 9A8@5 81B18 5:@1>5;> @;A@? - />5?< 8534@ ŋ8810 01?53: 5:2A?10 C5@4 <;?4 ?<-/1? -:0 9A?@

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Bay Area Collection Menlo Park. Palo Alto. Burlingame 650.314.7200 | pacificunion.com

EXTRAORDINARY ESTATE

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52 Atherton Avenue, Atherton Price Upon Request 7 BD / 7+ BA

147 Stockbridge Avenue, Atherton $21,950,000 6 BD / 6+ BA

3 Bassett Lane, Menlo Park $4,895,000 3 BD / 3.5 BA

2577 Waverley Street, Palo Alto $4,898,000 5 BD / 4 BA

2.8 acres with every amenity to accommodate a Silicon Valley life style!

Hamptons estate home completed in May 2016. Approx 1.1 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds and privacy.

Stylish Santa Barbara home offers a wonderful floor plan ideal for entertainment plus lush gardens.

Stunning new construction on a beautiful tree lined street.

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SKYWOOD ACRES HOME

24890 Tiare Lane, Los Altos Hills $4,680,000 3 BD / 3.5 BA

1208 Bellair Way, Menlo Park $4,595,000 5 BD / 4.5 BA

25 Drayton Road, Hillsborough $4,195,000 5 BD / 4.5 BA

65 Skywood Way, Woodside $3,850,000 5 BD / 5+ BA

Dramatic contemporary with resort living, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, guest house, pool, sport court, putting green.

Located in Sharon Heights neighborhood.

Two-story home was built in 2012 with timeless elegance. Las Lomitas schools.

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2317 Saint Francis Drive, Palo Alto $3,488,000 4 BD / 3.5 BA

191 Meadowood Drive, Portola Valley $3,400,000 2.2 Acres

1190 Trinity Drive, Menlo Park $3,295,000 4 BD / 3 BA

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1219 Whitaker Way, Menlo Park $2,998,000 3 BD / 2 BA

655 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto $1,999,000 4 BD / 2 BA

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1718 Bendigo Drive, Los Altos Offered at $2,788,000 Alluring Updated Home in Private Setting Tucked alongside a cul-de-sac, this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home of 3,125 sq. ft. (per county) occupies a lot of 10,000 sq. ft. (per county).

The light-filled residence offers upgraded roofing and windows, two fireplaces, a wet bar, and spacious entertaining areas. Included are an attached two-car garage and a private, inviting backyard retreat.

Stroll to Marymeade Park and Montclaire Elementary (API 969), and live within moments of Los Altos Golf and Country Club and other excellent schools (buyer to verify eligibility).

For more information, please contact: Michael Repka 650.488.7325 | michael@deleonrealty.com ®

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4PM Offered at $2,350,000 Beds 3 | Baths 2 Home Âą1,200 sf | Lot Âą5,280 sf

COMMUNITY CENTER 1404 Harker Avenue, Palo Alto | 1404harker.com

ATHERTON ESTATE 393 Atherton Avenue, Atherton 393atherton.com

FAMILY COMPOUND OPPORTUNITY 75 Reservoir Road, Atherton 75reservoir.com

Offered at $8,998,000 Beds 5 | Baths 9 | Home Âą7,649 sf | Lot Âą1 acre

Offered at $9,950,000 Beds 4 | Baths 3 | Home Âą2,740 sf | Lot Âą3.2 acres

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Downtown Menlo Park 640 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park 650.847.1141

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3135 Avalon Court, Palo Alto Offered at $3,998,000 Brand-New Luxury Home in Midtown Enjoy the central location of this brand-new home of 3,176.8 sq. ft. (per plans), including an attached two-car garage, that features 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, an office, and a lot of 8,080 sq. ft. (per city). This beautiful design offers numerous fine amenities and a bright, open layout, plus highlights like an Internet-ready security system and all en-suite bedrooms. Inviting outdoor areas further enhance the property, which allows you to stroll to Hoover Park, Philz Coffee, and top PAUSD schools.

For more information, please contact: Michael Repka 650.488.7325 | michael@deleonrealty.com ®

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161 Willow Road, Menlo Park

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30PM-4:30PM

BEAUTIFUL NEW CONSTRUCTION IN MENLO OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD This beautiful custom home is just a short distance to Facebook, and both downtown Palo Alto and downtown Menlo Park. Upon entering the home, the elegant formal living and dining room flow into the kitchen and great room, showcasing 10’ ceilings and backyard views. Asian cherry hardwood floors and recessed LED lighting throughout. Luxuriously appointed, the gourmet kitchen boasts an island with quartzite countertop, custom wood cabinetry, 6-burner Thermador range with custom hood, built-in microwave, and wine cooler. Convenient downstairs bedroom features backyard access, full bath, and ample closet space.Tranquil upstairs master bedroom, complete with a private bathroom featuring dual sink vanity with white Carrara marble countertop, two showers, and Jacuzzi.

• 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms

• 2-car attached garage with additional parking

• 3,215 square foot interior

• Top Menlo Park schools

• 8,660 square foot lot

OFFERED FOR $2,998,000

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Highlights include: • 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms • 1 acre property • Remodeled chef’s kitchen • Hardwood floors throughout • Master bedroom with fireplace • Lovely views of Windy Hill • Choice cul-de-sac in central Portola Valley • Walking distance to acclaimed Ormondale Elementary • For more information, please visit 30CheyennePoint.com O F F E R E D at $3,6 9 5 , 0 0 0 Photography by Bernard Andre

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PALO ALTO 555 Byron St #107 Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

2110 Oakley Avenue MENLO PARK

LOVELY 4 Bedrooms + 3.5 Bathrooms 2752 square feet (approx./County) 6600 square foot LOT (approx./County) Built in 2007 Granite Kitchen + Stainless Appliances and Great Room overlooking Lush Backyard with Pool + Spa + Outdoor Kitchen & BBQ Hickory Hardwood Floors on 1st & 2nd levels Separate Dining Room Attached 2 Car Garage Easy access to Hwy. 280 + shopping and Schools: Las Lomitas, La Entrada, Menlo Atherton

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REDWOOD CITY 3 Bedrooms 3421 Bay Rd Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Dream becomes a reality

HOOP LOSS . . . The 2016-17 Stanford men’s basketball season has gotten off on the wrong foot as first team All-Pac-12 forward Rosco Allen has announced that he will pursue professional opportunities and forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility. Allen, who is a senior academically at Stanford, is on track to earn his Bachelor of Arts degree next month.

Allen, a science, technology, and society major with a concentration in innovation, technology and organization, is expected to receive his undergraduate degree during commencement on June 12. The National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District selection led Stanford in scoring (15.6 ppg) and minutes (34.1 mpg) during his third season of competition with the Cardinal last season. He ranked fifth in the Pac-12 Conference in scoring (16.8 ppg) during league action, and ninth overall. Allen played in 97 career games with 60 career starts for the Cardinal. He was limited to just one game due to injury as a sophomore during the 2013-14 season. Allen scored 811 career points, with an 8.4 ppg career scoring average

HE’S AN OLYMPIAN . . . Former Stanford rower Austin Hack, who starred for the Stanford men’s rowing program from 2011-14, stroked the United States Men’s Eight to the gold medal in the final of the FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta Tuesday in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The victory punched USA’s ticket to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 5-21.

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Gunn senior Maya Miklos will seek her first section title in the 400 meters and will defend her crown in the 300 hurdles at Friday’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships at Gilroy High.

CCS TRACK & FIELD

It will be a final run at qualifying for state meet

by Keith Peters or 18 local individuals, the 2016 track and field season includes at least one more meet — the Central Coast Section Championships on Friday at Gilroy High.

Those athletes — representing Palo Alto, Gunn, Menlo-Atherton, Castilleja, Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo School — earned another week of practice following qualifying efforts at the CCS semifinals last Saturday at Gilroy High.

In most cases, those advancing were expected to do just that.

The Palo Alto for example, advanced five individuals and two relays. The only surprise, perhaps, was Michel-Ange Siaba advancing in the triple jump with a leap of 42-7. Everything else was true to form.

Senior Eli Givens was the overall winner in the 200 at 22.14 and qualified third in the 100 in a windy 10.95. He also ran the second leg of the 400 relay (with Austin Cox, Thorin Haussecker and Dami Bolarinwa) that won in 42.77 in addition to running a leg on the 1,600 relay that grabbed the final qualifying spot in 3:26.81. That team also included Neal Verwillow, Tanner Newell and Cox.

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Brian Risso and Rick Eymer t’s official: the Stanford women’s tennis program is in a class by itself. Defying the odds yet again, the Cardinal reign supreme in an era where parity is the common denominator and dynasties are measured in years.

Stanford, which beat No. 12 Oklahoma State, 4-3, for the NCAA national title in Tulsa on Tuesday, claimed its 18th championship in the 35-year history of the NCAA tournament. The Cardinal dynasty extends decades across two Hall of Fame coaching careers and, perhaps, the top two assistant coaches in the nation.

Stanford won eight of the first 10 titles and 10 under coach Frank Brennan. Lele Forood, who was an assistant under Brennan for 10 years before taking over in 2001, just won her eighth title in 16 years, all with Frankie Brennan (Frank’s son) as an assistant.

The No. 15-seeded Cardinal (20-5) prepared itself for another championship run by allowing its top player, last year’s NCAA singles national runner-up Carol Zhao, to play for the Canadian National Team and participate in pro events.

“We’ll be just fine,” Forood said before the season, although it didn’t look that way after a loss to then No. 1 Vanderbilt dropped the Cardinal to 1-2 after three matches. That marked the first time ever Stanford had a losing record at any point in the season.

Taylor Davidson probably didn’t know it at the time, but those early season matches at the top of the ladder toughened her enough to allow her to complete the fairytale ending.

As she watched the final volley go long, clinching her match and the national title, she turned to her teammates with arms raised and then laid on her back on the court in anticipation of the dogpile that arrived moments later.

“My dreams just became reality,” she later tweeted. “Nothing compares to this feeling. Nothing.

Number 15? No. Number 1.”

Davidson got her first taste of success by winning her first tournament title of any kind at the ITA Northwest Regional in both singles and doubles, with fellow junior Caroline Doyle, and earning a trip to New York.

Davidson earned All-NCAA recognition at No. 2 singles, though she very well could have been named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. No

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STREAK ENDS . . . The Menlo School boys saw their streak of seven straight titles at the CIF/ USTA Northern California Regional Tennis Championships end in a 5-2 loss to top-seeded St. Ignatius last Saturday at the Broadstone Racquet Club in Folsom. The Wildcats (28-0) also snapped the Knights’ streak of seven consecutive Central Coast Section crowns a week earlier.

Menlo (21-5) was seeded No. 3 for NorCals, but blanked Jesuit, 7-0, and No. 2 Dougherty Valley, 7-0, to reach the title match. Menlo will lose eight seniors to graduation — Lane Leschly, Nathan Safran, Gabriel Morgan, Alex Neumann, Michael Quezada, Dylan Pace, Kylee Santos and David Roy — but will return starters Siddharth Chari, Clark Safran, Andrei Volgin and Mark Ball.

Stanford pulls off another improbable NCAA team title

M-A senior Kathryn Mohr hopes to earn a state meet berth in the pole vault.

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STATE SWIMMING

CCS BASEBALL

Paly girls finish with a flourish

Menlo set to finish comeback

Paly’s Liang leads the boys with win in 200 and 500 free

by Keith Peters fter preseason trailing, six SCVAL De Anza Division dual meets, prelims and finals at league and section meets, the Palo Alto girls still had something left for the 2016 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships that wrapped up Saturday at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex at Clovis West High.

Boy, did they ever as Paly won two relay titles and one individual event to finish second in the state to Crean Lutheran of Orange County. Crean scored 147 points with Paly at 135.

“The kids did great,” said Paly coach Danny Dye, who had scored his girls’ team to finish third and his boys fourth, which is exactly where they finished thanks to a pair of state titles. “It was a great meet and I’m very proud of the girls and boys.”

First off, senior Mimi Lin won her first state title on the 1-meter board by scoring 498.65 points for her 11 dives. That was well off her winning total of 525.00 at the CCS finals, which set a section record. Had Lin duplicated that effort, she would have set a state meet mark.

The state title capped a sensational final season that saw Lin win her fourth straight title at the SCVAL De Anza Division finals and her second straight section crown.

Lin got the Paly girls rolling into the swimming competition in the afternoon. The Vikings kept the momentum going by winning the 200-yard medley relay in 1:42.41, just off the state meet mark of 1:42.23 by Crean Lutheran last year. Paly, however, did

After going 6-22 last year, Knights are 23-7 and in title game

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The Palo Alto girls followed up their CCS title a week earlier with a second-place finish at the CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships that wrapped up Saturday at Clovis West High. lower its own school record with a team of sophomore Zoe Lusk, junior Grace Zhao, senior Katie Francis and sophomore Claire Lin. The Paly girls also defended their state title in the 200 free relay in 1:33.64, which broke the Vikings’ state meet record of 1:33.80 from a year ago. That also stood as the school record until Saturday.

Zhao, Lusk, sophomore Peyton Wang and Lin made up the team, which will return next season for a shot at a third straight title. Lin’s 23.02 split on the final leg was the fastest of her Paly career.

Zhao added a fourth in the 50 free (23.38) and a third in the 100 breast in 1:01.54.

The Paly boys, meanwhile, had their best finish at the state finals while scoring 90 points for fourth.

Oak Ridge was first with 136 points followed by San Ramon Valley (130) and Clovis (107).

The Vikings finished ahead of Bellarmine (82), St. Francis (63) and Gunn (56).

Junior Alex Liang was sensational for Paly as he won the 200 free in 1:36.65, breaking the state meet record and his own school mark of 1:36.85 from CCS. Liang came back to win the 500 free in a personal best of 4:23.41, another state meet record and

faster than he swam at CCS. Despite swimming the first 100 in 49.79, Liang trailed through 400 yards before taking the lead.

Liang came into the state meet seeded No. 1 in both his individual events.

“I was a little nervous, for sure,” he said of having a target on his back. “But, the nervousness helps motivate me more.”

While some swimmers passed on the state finals in order to train more with their club teams for the upcoming Olympic Trials, Liang thought better of it.

“Why not just go for it? Win a couple of state titles,” he said. “I think that’s more valuable than just skipping it altogether.”

Liang also swam a leg on the third-place 200 medley relay team that clocked 1:33.57 and was the fastest CCS finisher. The team also included seniors Andrew Cho and Robert Cheng plus freshman Matthew Liang.

Cho added a fifth in the 100 back in 49.97 and the Vikings were 15th in the 400 free relay (3:15.80).

Elsewhere for the boys, Gunn missed two key members of its team — juniors Michael Lincoln and Max Pokutta — and was unable to generate the times and effort that earned the Titans their

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Paly junior Alex Liang (second from left) won two titles and helped the 200 medley relay team of (L-R) Andrew Cho, Robert Cheng and Matthew Liang finish third as the Vikings took fourth overall at the state meet.

first CCS title last week. Gunn, however, did close its championship season by setting a school record of 1:34.50 while taking sixth in the opening 200 medley relay.

The team was an all-senior squad of Daichi Matsuda, Trent Tosky, Brian Lei and Joao Ama. “Michael was at Yale for his sister’s graduation; our top breaststroker, Max Pokutta, wasn’t at the state meet, either, as he prepares to make an Olympic Trials cut,” said Gunn coach Mark Hernandez. “With two of our top five best swimmers gone, our lineup wasn’t nearly as strong as it was at CCS. “Our boys looked like they had won the biggest meet of their lives a week before. They definitely competed, though, and it was a nice opportunity to have the boys together for one last meet.”

Matsuda (50.18) and Tosky (50.27) were 10th and 11th, respectively, in the 100 fly. Ama was 10th in the 100 free (45.82) and 14th in the 50 free (21.32), Matsuda was 12th in the 200 IM (1:52.68).

Other local swimming efforts saw: Menlo-Atherton sophomore Izzi Henig was second in the girls’ 50 free in 22.82. Her school-record time of 22.73 from the prelims would have won her the title. Henig also was second in the 100 free in 49.16 and led off the 200 free relay team that clocked a school record of 1:34.98 and included junior Sophie Murff, senior Maddie Worden and junior Kate Denend.

The Bears also were 12th in the 400 free relay (3:31.14) with a team of freshman Haley Arrington, Murff, Denend and Henig.

M-A junior Mia Paulsen was ninth in diving (445.75) with Gunn’s Marisa Agarwal 15th (427.45). M-A senior Vincent Busque was 14th in the 500 free in 4:35.14; the Gunn girls had an allfreshman team of Sarah Snyder, Ashley Stahmer, Grace Tarmac and Milan Hilde-Jones take 14th in the 200 free relay (1:37.23), with Natalie Tuck of Castilleja finishing seventh in the girls’ 200 IM in 2:03.59. Q

armel and Menlo School are two of the winningest teams in Central Coast Section baseball history, with the Padres winning eight section titles and the Knights five.

Both teams will be to add another crown to their collection on Saturday, but only one will succeed as they’ll face each other in the Division II championship game at San Jose Municipal Stadium at 1 p.m.

The teams last faced each other in 2011, with Menlo posting a 9-8 win in nine innings in the semifinals as the Knights went on to win the title. Menlo hasn’t won since.

That could all change for the No. 3-seeded Knights (23-7) on Saturday after they eliminated No. 15 Capuchino, 10-7, in the semifinals on Tuesday at San Jose Municipal. The top-seeded Padres (22-7) advanced with a 3-2 victory over No. 13 Monterey.

Menlo returns to the CCS finals for the first time since 2013 and are seeking their first title since they won it all in 2011 under thenhead coach Craig Schoof.

“We set a goal at the beginning of the season to make the CCS championship,” said Menlo second-year manager Ryan Cavan.

“We’ve accomplished that goal.”

Add senior RJ Babiera: “We’ve been extremely happy with our outcome and we look forward to this championship. “Coming into this year, I think we knew that we were capable of reaching this far.”

That says a lot for Menlo’s confidence, which was tested by a horrendous 6-22 campaign in Cavan’s first season. The Knights, however, returned plenty of talent that produced the kind of offense that was lacking in 2015.

“This was a team effort today,” said Cavan. “Everyone contributed to the win. A big theme was that we wanted to hit. We had 11 hits on 10 runs scored and if you score 10 runs it’s easier to win.”

Menlo, which had beaten Capuchino by 8-0 and 5-0 in its two previous meetings, got its bats going in the second inning. Junior Chandler Yu led off the inning with a double that one-hopped the wall.

Senior David Rich laid down the squeeze bunt and Yu scored from third base making it a 1-0 game.

Babiera lined a single to right field and two men came around to score. Senior third baseman Rylan Pade pulled a double to left, scoring Babiera from second base and made it a 4-0 lead going into the third. (continued on page 55)

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one was more valuable.

Freshmen Melissa Lord and Caroline Lampl also were named to the all-tournament team, earning the recognition by turning in magnificent efforts through the season. Lampl and Doyle both won clinching sets for Stanford in the tournament.

Senior Krista Hardebeck goes out the same way she entered: as a national champion and enjoying her best season yet.

“It was such a pleasure to see that we were going to get such an incredible performance from her this year,” Forood said. “It started to make things more possible for us seeing ourselves as potential champions. We needed our freshmen to really; their learning curve had to go up substantially this year, and clearly that happened as well. Krista being kind of a rock at four, and being able to deliver so many victories. Today she was first off the court with a win for us. That was really important. Really important.”

Only time will tell if Lord and Lampl will repeat the success, though the foundation remains strong, with yet another top recruiting class coming in.

Doubles-point deficits. Gutsy individual efforts. Three-set clinchers. Heart-stopping comebacks. “Upsets” of higher seeds.

At the end of the day, was anyone really surprised?

Definitely not Stanford, which once again made a mockery of the bracket en route to claiming the championship, rallying from a 3-1 deficit.

It does feel a little odd for 19time national champion Stanford (18 NCAA, 1 AIAW), long regarded as the gold standard in women’s college tennis, to be celebrating such success as an underdog.

But, really, how can it not? En-

The No. 15-seeded Stanford women won their 18th NCAA team championship in tennis with a dramatic 4-3 victory over No. 12 Oklahoma State on Tuesday in Tulsa. tering the postseason two weeks ago as a No. 15 seed despite winning the Pac-12 and knocking off the likes of Florida and Cal in the regular season, Stanford ripped through a postseason gauntlet of high seeds in No. 2 Florida, No. 10 Michigan, No. 6 Vanderbilt and No. 12 Oklahoma State.

Hoisting the hardware for the first time since 2013, Stanford has now won 14 of its past 16 NCAA matches when seeded lower than its opponent, a streak that covers six years. That includes winning it all as a No. 12 seed three years ago — at the time the lowest-seeded team to accomplish the feat — and taking home the crown in 2010 as a No. 8 seed.

Tuesday’s upset of first-time finalist and up-and-coming Oklahoma State (29-5), supported by approximately 700 rowdy, orangeclad fans making the short drive

from Stillwater, didn’t come easy.

But just like seemingly every other NCAA match over the past two weeks, one thing was certain: the Cardinal refused to quit until the final match was decided. And every time a match was decided, it was ultimately in Stanford’s favor.

The immediate hurdle was losing the doubles point rather convincingly and falling behind 1-0 for the fourth time in five matches.

But given Oklahoma State’s dominance in that area — the Cowgirls boast three ranked duos and lost doubles only once this season — Stanford wasn’t completely caught off guard.

Capping what will go down as one of the most clutch careers in program history, Hardebeck defeated Kelsey Laurente, 6-4, 6-4, at the No. 4 position to make it 1-1. It was her 99th career victory.

Oklahoma State regained the lead on the strength of Katrina Adamovic’s 6-4, 7-5 victory over Zhao at the top spot of the lineup.

In what was likely her final college match, Zhao was unable to force a third set and suffered only her 16th loss in 92 career matches.

The Cowgirls’ lead swelled to 3-1 following Viktoriya Lushkova’s 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Doyle at the No. 3 position. At that point, the Cardinal was in serious trouble, needing to convert each of the remaining three matches.

However, Stanford was building momentum, particularly with its freshmen on the back courts.

Despite both losing their first sets, Lampl and Lord prevailed in three-setters, knotting the match at 3-3.

Notching her team-high 30th win of the season while improving to 11-4 in three-setters, Lampl

surged past Katarina Stresnakova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 5 spot.

Booking her 25th victory of the year and completing a perfect postseason, Lord outlasted Carla Tur Mari 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2 on court six.

That left everything riding on Davidson, who could have understandably caved in after playing four consecutive three-setters, two of which were dramatic clinchers against Texas A&M and Florida.

Requiring a uniform change in the second set after drenching her first outfit in sweat, Davidson fought through cramps and fatigue to force a third frame.

Davidson built a 5-2 cushion in the third set before Babic won three games in a row. But the Cardinal’s No. 2 player settled down and provided the clincher. Q –Brian Risso is the Sports Information Director at Stanford

Stanford women just miss shot at another NCAA golf title Mark Soltau and Rick Eymer ariah Stackhouse and Lauren Kim completed collegiate careers unlike any others in the rich history of the Stanford’s women’s golf program. Falling ever so tantalizingly short of a second consecutive national team championship is cause for celebration, not sadness.

Stanford and Washington battled into sudden death in Wednesday’s NCAA championship match, with the Huskies prevailing, 3-2, at Eugene Country Club.

Stackhouse and Kim were the last two Cardinal players on the course, the match in their capable hands. Both needed two extra holes to decide the outcome.

Stackhouse recovered from a late stumble to win, tying the team score at 2.

In last year’s final against Baylor, she won the last two holes with birdies to force sudden death, then clinched the NCAA title by

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winning the first hole of a suddendeath playoff.

Kim needed to win the final three holes of regulation just to force a playoff. She did just that before missing a long putt on the second playoff hole.

“The change in format of this championship has done wonders for women’s golf,” Kim said. “It’s made it really much more exciting, and you have to get three out of five.

Each team is two and two and it comes down to that last match and people are making incredible shots under pressure. It just puts women’s golf in such a positive light that women can make it exciting, as exciting as the men, and we can make those shots under pressure.”

While there’s no way to replace Stackhouse and Kim, the Cardinal can look forward with a sparkle in its collective eye.

Casey Danielson and Shannon Aubert will return, each with two years of pressure-packed competi-

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tion to lean on. Freshman Sierra Kersten, who walked onto the team and won a huge match in the semifinals, can only get better.

Joining that trio is a recruiting class that already has experienced its own high level of success.

Albane Valenzuela of Switzerland, who originally signed for this season, tied for low amateur in April at the ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club, the first LPGA major championship of 2016.

Incoming freshman Andrea Lee, who also qualified for the Inspiration, will play for the U.S. Curtis Cup Team, an eight-member squad that will oppose Great Britain and Ireland, June 10-12 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in Enniskerry, Ireland. Kim was named first alternate.

Ziyi (Emily) Wang, of Beijing, China, captured the 2014 Callaway World Junior Championship and is the youngest tournament

winner on the China LPGA Tour, posting a 10-under-par total. She has competed internationally for Team China since 2006.

Madeline Chou, a three-time winner on the AJGA circuit and a Scholastic All-America, is a threetime league champion and fourtime selection to the Orange County First-Team All-County Team.

With the match against Washington tied at 1-all, Ying Luo holed out from 51 yards on 18 for birdie to halve and take the match 1-up over Danielson, who lost for the first time in six career matchplay matches.

“She made a really clutch putt, and you can’t really do much about that,” Danielson said. “It was just her time. We both had a really great match. We were neck and neck the whole time, and she just hit a couple of putts, and I wasn’t able to do that, and she clinched it on that last shot. What a way to go out.”

Washington looked like it was on the cusp of clinching the match behind the play of Julianne Alvarez. The freshman was 3-up after 15, though Kim came back, winning 16, 17 and 18 to bring the match back to all square.

While that match went to extra holes, Stackhouse tied the overall match up at 2-all when she won 1-up over Sarah Rhee.

The deciding point then shifted back to Alvarez and Kim who halved the first playoff hole and then headed to the second one.

After a shaky second shot from Alvarez, she nailed the third shot to within inches of the hole and conceded par.

Kim, whose second shot went into the rough, sailed her birdie putt well past the hole. Her par putt then slid past, giving Alvarez the victory and the Huskies their first championship. Q – Mark Soltau writes for gostanford.com

Sports

Pat Lin

Peyton Wang, Katie Francis, Zoe Lusk, Grace Zhao and Claire Lin

Alex Liang PALO ALTO HIGH The junior swimmer set state meet records while winning the 200 free in 1:36.65 and the 500 free in 4:23.41 in addition to swimming on the third-place 200 medley relay that helped the Vikings finish fourth at the CIF State Championships.

Honorable mention Izzi Henig* Menlo-Atherton swimming

Mimi Lin Palo Alto diving

Gillian Meeks* Gunn track & field

Maya Miklos* Gunn track & field

Kathryn Mohr Menlo-Atherton track & field

RJ Babiera

Malcolm Slaney

Menlo-Atherton track & field

Menlo baseball

Siddharth Chari Menlo tennis

Eli Givens Palo Alto track & field

Gabe Owens Pinewood tennis

Kent Slaney* Palo Alto track & field

Chandler Yu Menlo baseball * previous winner

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

10-3 lead.

The Mustangs rallied in the sixth (continued from page 53) inning with four runs on four hits.

Matt O’Mahony singled to center Babiera had a solid game with field and Enriquez came around to two hits, two runs scored and score, making it 10-4. Capuchino three RBI. Yu added a pair of added three runs to close the gap doubles, an RBI and two runs to 10-7 after the sixth.

Capuchino had one scored in addition to last chance to do dampicking up his 10th win age in the seventh inof the season against just ning. The Mustangs had one loss. the bases loaded with Capuchino answered in one out when their desigthe third inning when Ranated hitter hit a ground mon Enriquez smashed ball to Pade at third base. a double to right field, He stepped on third and bringing home Aiden threw it across the infield Yarwood and Trey Zato first base for a double hursky to make it a 4-3 play to wrap up the win.

Menlo edge. Enriquez Chandler Yu Looking ahead, Menhad two hits and two RBI lo players rightfully figured No. 1 for his team.

The Knights responded quickly Carmel would be their opponent.

“I have some good friends on and added to their lead. Senior Jared Lucian knocked home Da- that team and they have a great sevid Farnham on a single to left and nior class like we do,” said Pade.

Menlo went up 7-3. Lucian finished “We’re still going to come out confident and know that we have good with two hits.

In the fifth inning, Babiera pitching left.”

Added Babiera: “Our emotions smashed a base hit to left field to drive in Ben Somorjai and make it are running high and, coming into 8-3. The Knights added two more our last game, the emotions will be runs in the frame for a comfortable high whether we win or lose.” Q

CCS baseball

Mark Foster

PALO ALTO HIGH Palo Alto’s (L-R) Peyton Wang, Katie Francis, Zoe Lusk, Grace Zhao and Claire Lin combined to win the 200 medley and 200 free relays at the CIF State Championships, setting a state meet record in the free event and a school mark in the medley while helping the Vikings finish second in the team standings.

Annalisa Crowe*

Pam McKenney

the sprint relay squad that includ- sonal best of 49.24 in the boys’ 400 and sophomore Jack Gray ed Miklos, Watt and Pennywell. (continued from page 52) “Like most meets, some things had a personal best of more than went as expected, others were a a half foot of 21-0 1/4 in the long Junior Kent Slaney continued little disappointing and a few jump to move on.

The M-A girls also qualified his solid season by qualifying more were pleasant surprises,” in both the 1,600 (4:21.01) and said Gunn coach PattiSue Plumer. their 400 relay team of Charlotte Schroeder, Mohr, Ta3,200 (9:26.78). In the metric “On the downside, it tum Maines and Hall mile, Slaney wanted to avenge an was really disappointas the Bears clocked earlier loss to Roman Munoz of ing for our girls that a season best of 49.25 King City and did so, but failed the relays didn’t go while moving to No. to notice Matthew Richardson of through. The 4x100 4 in school history.

Bellarmine coming up on his out- handoffs are not forThe 1,600 relay team side. Richardson got the overall giving and, about .5 of Hall, Olivia Shane, win with Slaney taking second seconds per lap was Schroeder and Crowe the difference beand gaining his revenge. ran 4:01.89, the No. Palo Alto senior Catherine Yu tween moving on or 2 time of the day, to also continued her strong late- not in the 4x400.” earn a berth in the The 400 team had season push and qualified fourth finals. overall in the 100 hurdles in 15.82. run 48.76 this seaM-A also had a pair “Definitely a solid day,” said son, a time that easily of 800 runners — Paly coach Kelsey Feeley. “Even would have qualified Gillian Meeks Madeleine Baier and those who did not qualify to finals the foursome to the showed up and ran, jumped and finals. Gunn wound up 21st in Shane — who just missed despite threw their hearts out. Our girls’ 52.07 after Miklos picked up the personal bests and might be add4x100 ran a season-best time of fallen baton and finished. The ed to the field as alternates. Baier 49.97 (but did not advance) and 1,600 squad ran 4:03.72 last week, missed the final qualifying spot our boys ran with authority (and again fast enough to advance this by .20 seconds as she ran 2:23.65 week. But, the Titans clocked to the 2:23.45 time by Santa Teredid). sa’s AnnMarie Howell. Shane was “We were also happily sur- 4:08.76 to finish 10th.

“On the plus side, next at 2:24.97. Both M-A runners prised with the perJenae ran great in moved into the school’s top 10 list. formance of the boys’ Other local qualifiers for the the 100 and Lindsay 4x400 relay, a team and Amy PR’d in the CCS finals included Menlo that we more or less discus and long jump, School sophomore Robert Miranthrew together as respectively. And, da in the 3,200 (sixth in 9:34.10), injuries came about thankfully, every- Castilleja junior Claire Traum in throughout the long thing else went more in the 800 (2:17.59) and the Saday of competition.” or less according to cred Heart Prep trio of Graham Feeley also singled MacFarquhar in the 800 (1:59.39), plan.” out the contributions For Menlo-Ather- Natalie Novitsky in the 1,600 of Givens and Slaney, ton, the Bears will (5:11.84) and Ma’ata Makoni in who have produced send five athletes and the girls’ shot put (38-3). the bulk of the points The CCS finals get under way two relays to the CCS this season while runFriday with field events starting at finals. ning 3-4 events each Eli Givens Senior Annalisa 4 p.m., and running at 6 p.m. The week.

“Kent and Eli both showed up Crowe qualified in the 1,600 final race is scheduled around 9 and ran at the level that has be- (5:08.06) and 800 (2:16.03), se- p.m.

The top three finishers, plus come expected of them,” Feeley nior Kathryn Mohr earned berths said. “That being said, as a coach, in the 100 (12.75) and pole vault those who have achieved at-large I am incredibly lucky to have ath- (11-6), freshman Maggie Hall standards, will advance to the CIF letes who do not only care about advanced in the 200 (25.48) after State Track and Field Championtheir individual achievements, but missing out in the 100, junior Jor- ships the following weekend at who also care about their team- dan Mims advanced with a per- Buchanan High in Clovis. Q mates and how much they can contribute to the team.”

CCS BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD RECORDS Gunn, meanwhile, had the most Event Time Name Team Year local qualifiers (eight) with se400 relay 41.54 Independence 1988 niors Maya Miklos and Gillian 1600 4:08.7 Mark Stillman Willow Glen 1977 Meeks plus junior Jeffrey Lee110 HH 13.84 Arend Watkins Silver Creek 1997 Heidenreich leading the way by 400 45.51 Bill Green Cubberley 1979 100 10.37 Rubin Williams Valley Christian 2002 qualifying in two events each.

800 1:50.7 Rick Brown Los Altos 1970 Meeks turned in her usual dou300 IH 36.60 John Montgomery Independence 1988 ble while qualifying first in the 200 20.84 Rubin Williams Valley Christian 2002 1,600 (4:57.58) and third in the 3200 8:58.44c Gordon MacMitchell Gunn 1973 1600 relay 3:15.8 Los Altos 1970 3,200 (10:54.42). Miklos did the Long jump 25-3 1/4 Johnny Johnson Pacific Grove 1964 same in the 400 (second in 56.45) Discus 204-10 Nick Kay Los Gatos 2003 and 300 hurdles (second in 45.59).

Shot put 63-9 Bob Brannen Los Gatos 1964 Lee-Heidenreich came through Triple jump 50-11 1/2 Harold Rucker Silver Creek 1986 High jump 7-3 Jeff Rogers Overfelt 1985 with a 43-7 mark in the triple Pole vault 17-6 1/4 Nico Weiler Los Gatos 2007 jump and was among the high (MacMitchell’s time was converted from hand time) jump qualifiers who cleared 6-3.

Senior Lindsay Maggioncalda CCS GIRLS TRACK & FIELD RECORDS has a PR of 114-11 to qualify in the discus, senior Jenae Pennywell Event Time Name Team Year ran a solid (albeit wind-aided) 400 relay 46.55 Mt. Pleasant 2006 12.68 for third place in the girls’ 1600 4:47.56 A. Barrientos SL Valley 2000 100 HH 13.52 Vashti Thomas Mt. Pleasant 2008 100, senior Amy Watt leaped a 400 53.92 Leslie Maxie Mills 1982 personal best of 17-5 to advance 100 11.39 Jeneba Tarmoh Mt. Pleasant 2006 in the long jump, junior Margaret 800 2:07.79 Alicia Follmar Saratoga 2005 Redfield cleared 5-2 in the high 300 LH 41.71 Tisha Ponder Del Mar 1996 200 23.47 Jeneba Tarmoh Mt. Pleasant 2006 jump and moved on and junior 3200 10:09.5 Cory Shubert Del Mar 1983 Andy Maltz threw 49-2 in the shot 1600 relay 3:49.90 Valley Christian 2005 put to qualify for the finals.

Long jump 20-6 Tisha Ponder Del Mar 1996 The only thing missing for Discus 165-10 Darlene Tulua Carmel 1996 Shot put 53-5 1/2 Elena Bruckner Valley Christian 2015 Gunn were two relays, the girls’ Triple jump 43-1 1/2 Vashti Thomas Mt. Pleasant 2008 400 and 1,600. A dropped baton High jump 6-0 Jennifer Grimaldi St. Ignatius 2001 on the final exchanged doomed Pole vault 13-8 Tori Anthony Castilleja 2007

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