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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

With race tightening, Bernie Sanders rallies Palo Alto crowd Vermont senator says if he wins Democratic nomination, ‘Donald Trump is toast’ by Gennady Sheyner

hey came to Palo Alto to chant, cheer, wave signs and experience the rare thrill of seeing their state play a relevant role in a presidential election. And even after standing for several hours on a synthetic turf at Cubberley Community Center on an unusually hot day, many left the

center more energized and thrilled than when they had come in. Despite the scorching afternoon, supporters came to “feel the Bern” and cheer their favored presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, just days before the crucial Democratic primary on June 7. Though most polls show his

Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, enjoying a slight and narrowing lead, Sanders argued in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 people that his campaign is most suited to ensuring that a “walking disaster” like the Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump does not win the White House in November. In a speech that was regularly punctuated by chants of “Bernie!,” the veteran U.S. senator from Vermont rattled off the talking points that by now have be-

come familiar to his supporters in California and across the country: America suffers from a “corrupt” campaign-finance system that undermines democracy; a “rigged economy” where only the rich get richer; and a failed war on drugs that is leading to mass incarceration, particularly of minorities. He talked about the need to “demilitarize” local police departments; raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour; overturn Citizens United; promote gender equality

and equal pay; introduce universal health and tuition-free college education (to be paid for by a tax on Wall Street speculation); create a path toward citizenship for undocumented immigrants; and transition America’s energy supply from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal. Sporting a yellow Golden State Warriors cap, Sanders also emphasized that his campaign is (continued on page 12)

ENVIRONMENT

Palo Alto to create policy for sea-level rise City Council hopes to protect bayfront properties from flood threats by Gennady Sheyner

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Dick Scott looks through an album featuring photos of him and his older brother, Charles, during their childhood, at his Stanford home on May 19.

MEDICINE

With right-to-die law looming, a personal story emerges California law goes into effect June 9, but those who choose the option face daunting obstacles by Sue Dremann

ith six months to live, Charles Scott found it harder every day to breathe. He was dying from emphysema, and the last few months would be much worse. Already, just walking from his bed to the bathroom and back was laborious. He could not take two steps without getting out of breath. Weak with exhaustion, he had no quality of life. He wished to die.

Under Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act, he had a right to end his life by taking a medication that would stop his heart and breathing within minutes. But his brother did not want him to take his life. W. Richard (Dick) Scott, a sociologist and Stanford University professor emeritus, and his wife, Joy, spent long weekends in Oregon with Charles, and they tried to convince him that he still had

things to live for. But over time, the couple began to accept his decision, and they agreed to help him die. The Scotts’ experience with Oregon’s law, now 18 years old, offers a glimpse into what Californians may face as the state’s new End of Life Option Act goes into effect on June 9. Chiefly, Dick Scott said, as(continued on page 11)

ith sea-level rise threatening to overwhelm Palo Alto’s levee system and imperil thousands of properties along the bayfront, city officials agreed on Tuesday night to begin crafting a policy for dealing with the slowly creeping menace. In a special meeting to discuss the topic, the City Council emphasized the importance of starting to deal with the issue, even as members acknowledged that much uncertainty remains about what should be done. Once in place, the policy would allow the council to pursue zoning changes, buildingcode revisions and other policy shifts aimed at protecting floodprone areas from the rising tide. The city’s effort will be informed by a series of studies and regional efforts that are concurrently under way throughout the region. Palo Alto is a partner in the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA), a regional agency that is now pursuing a major study known as “SAFER Bay” — the acronym stands for “Strategy to Advance Flood protection, Ecosystems and Recreation” — which will identify ways to improve the substandard levee system that exists today. The study will consider ways to protect the area from a 100-year flood, which is a storm that has a 1 percent chance of occurring in any given year. It will also incorporate 3 feet of sea-level rise into its design assumptions. Once the study is in place, the city plans to pursue its own policy, one that will consider both the best ways to protect the community from sealevel rise and the most feasible ways

to pay for the improvements. Staff and the council Tuesday acknowledged the many uncertainties surrounding the topic, with differing studies offering different projections of the degree of rise. Phil Bobel, assistant director of Public Works, said projections today range from about a foot by the end of the century to more than 6.6 feet and, in some cases, more than 10 feet. Given the various projections, Bobel said one important principle in crafting a policy is that one “should be ready for more change.” “You could say that given this huge range of uncertainty, it actually makes sense to do things incrementally, as long as you don’t give up the ability to do something even stronger in the future,” he said. Uncertainty notwithstanding, no one disputed that the threat of sea-level rise is real. In a report, Palo Alto staff pointed to an estimate from the Pacific Institute that indicates a 3.28-foot rise in sea level would put 220,000 people at risk during a 1 percent flood event in the Bay Area. The cost of replacing property likely at risk of coastal flooding would be about $49 billion, in 2000 dollars. And many of the impacts would go well beyond economic figures, as flooding could threaten vital municipal facilities, according to the report. “Critical infrastructure, such as roads, hospitals, schools, emergency facilities, wastewater treatment plants, power plants and more will be at increased risk of (continued on page 13)

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Donald Trump is toast. —Bernie Sanders, U.S. presidential candidate, on Trump’s chance to win the election if Sanders wins the Democratic nomination. See story on page 5.

Around Town

DUAL WINNERS ... Two Stanford University professors have won the 2016 Kavli Prize, a biannual award with a $1 million prize given to those who have advanced knowledge of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience, according to an announcement. Carla Shatz, professor of neurobiology and biology and the director of Stanford Bio-X, won the Neuroscience Prize for her work in understanding how the brain forms proper connections. Calvin Quate, emeritus professor of electrical engineering and applied physics, won the Nanoscience Prize for his lead role in inventing the atomic force microscope. “For Stanford to have dual winners is an extraordinary honor and affirms the wide-ranging impact of the interdisciplinary research being done at the university,” Stanford President John L. Hennessy said in a statement. Shatz and Quate will receive a gold medal and share $1 million, given during an awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway, according to the university.

for the City Council and its zoning decisions,” board member Wynne Furth said. The dealership would require a zone change: an addition of an “automobile dealership” zoning overlay that would allow for greater density. In late April, the Planning and Transportation Commission voted 5-0, with Chair Adrian Fine and Greg Tanaka absent, to support the change, with Commissioner Eric Rosenblum saying that the dealership is “a compatible business for this area.” Now, it’ll be up to the council to decide whether that’s the case. If the project wins approval on Monday, the Mercedes facility would join a coterie of automobile dealerships already located near the Baylands, including Anderson Honda and Audi Palo Alto.

BENZ IN THE BAYLANDS ... Once a popular destination for diners seeking egg rolls, dim sum and Chinese chicken salad, the Embarcadero Road building that once housed Ming’s Restaurant could be demolished and replaced with a glassy, three-story Mercedes Benz dealership under a plan that the City Council will consider Monday night. The proposal from Fletcher Jones to build the auto dealership, at 1700 Embarcadero, has been picking up momentum in recent weeks, with both the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission and its Architectural Review Board recently giving the project the green light. The board’s blessing was unanimous, though it took longer than a year to materialize. Over a course of four reviews, the project architects have agreed to revise the design; use the “sandy hook gray” color prescribed by the Baylands Master Plan; and scrap a prior plan to run an elevator to the roof — a feature that would have extended beyond the 50-foot height of the building. While some board members questioned whether it’s appropriate to have a building of this size and scale so close to the Baylands, they also acknowledged that issues of land use are beyond their purview. “Whether a project of this kind is suitable for this site is a decision

IT’S A JACKRABBOT ... Stanford University researchers have developed a robot prototype, named ‘Jackrabbot’ after the jackrabbits that dart across campus, to understand pedestrian behavior. The 3-foottall autonomous machine, which looks like a ball on wheels and sports a Stanford tie and sun hat, is equipped with sensors that enable it to understand its surroundings and navigate streets and hallways. Over time it learns unwritten conventions of these social behaviors, so researchers can gain insight in how to design the next generation of “everyday robots” that can roam smoothly along with humans in crowded open spaces such as shopping centers and train stations. “Our goal in this project is to actually learn those (pedestrian) rules automatically from observations — by seeing how humans behave in these kinds of social spaces,” said Silvio Savarese, an assistant professor of computer science and director of the Stanford Computational Vision and Geometry Lab. “The idea is to transfer those rules into robots.” The researchers will present their system for predicting human trajectories in crowded spaces at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Las Vegas on June 27.

Upfront

Class of 2016 Gunn graduate’s message: ‘We are fighters’ Class of 2016 celebrates its 514 graduates by Sue Dremann

simple greeting framed the hardest question that students at Henry M. Gunn High School were asked all year: “How are you, really?” On Wednesday evening, as the Gunn community celebrated its 514 graduates, student and speaker Grace Park reflected on the way in which that question, asked over and over, had played a role in connecting members of the Class of 2016. “So how are we, really?” asked Park. “There is too much to say and too little space to say it in.” “We’ve opened up and trusted each other with what we’ve revealed,” she said. Park added that she hoped the question would continue to play a role in her classmates’ lives when they are in college. “What happens to our trust next year? ... We need to open up and spread it,” she said, urging them

to listen if someone says he or she is “just OK.” “Trust,” she said, “is the most powerful catalyst for connection.” Other speakers also talked about how they envisioned applying the lessons they have learned amid sometimes trying emotional times at Gunn. Hayley Krolik was one of the three student speakers. “It’s no secret that our time was especially trying and turbulent,” she said. However, “our class is comprised of pioneers. We took the initiative of changing the narrative. “We are fighters,” she said. At times students felt down and frustrated at the unpredictability of their high school, which saw numerous changes in recent years, including a new block schedule and new rules governing zero period. “Change isn’t easy,” she said. But she encouraged her peers to recognize how change and adver-

sity had challenged them and to take their strengths into the future and apply them. Grace Kuffner, another student, discussed the value of failure. “Failure is completely and utterly inevitable in life. ... The more challenges we invite in our lives, the more failure we face as well,” she said. But failure can be good, and she named a few famous and accomplished people who initially failed miserably, including Walt Disney and J.K. Rowling. Guest speaker Rick Porras, a 1984 Gunn graduate who is now a Hollywood film producer whose credits include “The Lord of the Rings” and “Contact,” said he made the mistake of relying on the past to define himself after graduation. Then he dropped out of college. His travels afterward helped him to look at life through a different lens, which allowed him to

Paly graduates celebrate individualism, spirit Student-speakers talk about embracing change, overcoming fear and leaving a lasting legacy by Elena Kadvany

pirited, compassionate, enthusiastic for change, defiant of fear — these are a few of the qualities of the Palo Alto High School Class of 2016, according to three seniors who spoke at graduation Wednesday. Amid powerful reflection and plenty of excitement about what the future holds for the school’s 509 graduating seniors, the three urged their classmates to hold onto these attributes beyond high school, wherever they are headed. William Zhou, student-body president, kicked off the evening with an unexpected question: Will we be remembered? He noted that a decade from now, future Paly students won’t even know that the school’s 86-year-old gym, demolished this school year to make way for a state-of-the-art athletic center, even existed, much less know its history. “If the historic, 86-year-old gym that housed Jeremy Lin and countless memories can ap-

parently be so easily forgotten, it seems certain that despite being the best class Paly has ever seen,” he said to laughs and cheers from his classmates, “we, too, will disappear into the dark depths of history.” But what will persist, he said, is what stands out to him most about his classmates: their “unforgettable spirit.” The nature of this spirit is hard to quantify or put into words, he said, but is evident in the impact the graduating seniors have had in their homes, communities and on campus. “Time ... tend(s) to forget names. Making an impact, however, is the precursor to being remembered,” Zhou said. “When you work to improve your surroundings, even if you are forgotten, your decisions and actions won’t be, as they’ll continue to shape the lives and experiences of those around you,” he continued. “And that’s what’s truly important.” Student-speaker Lauren Klass similarly urged the Class of 2016 to not adhere to the cliched

instruction frequently given to graduates — to go out and change the world — but rather to their own versions of change and success, whatever they may be. Growing up in Silicon Valley, where teenagers “live and breathe a very narrow definition of success,” it’s important to remember that achieving greatness can take many forms, she said. “We’re neighbors with some of the most legendary entrepreneurs — some young and fresh out of college, some who never even finished college. That may or may not end up being your path. Either way, it’s OK. In fact, it’s more than OK. It’s good. It’s great. It’s actually whatever you want it to be,” Klass said. “What happens over the next four years and in the years and years after that — it’s up to you,” she added. Oscar Vargas Jr., the final student speaker, reflected on the ways fear had held him back during high school (not talking to the girl he liked) and the

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find his passion, he said. While on location in New Zealand, people would define themselves by saying they rode horses or played cricket when asked what they do. “No one said, ‘I’m a doctor or a lawyer,’” even if that’s what they did for a living, he said. Porras recalled the time a high school buddy was having personal problems. “He did the one thing that is so hard in life. He reached out. ... And he was able to see in that moment that he was loved,” Porras said. “He reminded us that we are not alone. We are all family and we have each other’s back. Teacher Jim Shelby, while presenting the Faculty Cup award to outstanding students Grace Park and Kelby Senter, also spoke about the gift of failure as a motivation to do one’s best. “There will be loss; there will be frustration; there will be difficulty. I hope there will be, because if not, you’re not working hard enough. What brings out your best sometimes is failure. Failure is good for you,” he said. “Failure isn’t fatal. If I was running this high school, I would make it a high school graduation requirement that you have to have

times when he overcame fear (delivering a presentation he had desperately tried to get out of in the sophomore year). Fear has no place in his future, nor in the futures of his classmates, he said. He urged them to face challenges head-on rather than shy away from them. “As the first person in my family to attend a university, I will not and cannot let fear stand in my way,” Vargas said. The ceremony also included performances by all the senior members of the Paly choir, who in a large group on stage sang Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance with Me,” and by senior Natalie Snyder, who sang and played on guitar a song aptly called “We Don’t Have to Be Ordinary.” Paly Principal Kim Diorio began the evening with a list of reasons for “why it’s great to be a Viking.” The list included a strong school culture that allows for and emphasizes student freedom; “tremendous spirit and pride”; dedicated teachers, staff and parents; and a deep caring for others. She pointed to Sources of Strength, a new peer-led suicide-prevention program the school launched this year. Seventy students became peer leaders for the program — more than twice the number needed, Diorio said. Paly will always be a second home to its graduates, she said,

three big mistakes on your transcript to graduate.” The Principal’s Cup award for outstanding teaching went to English teacher Mark Hernandez, and the Class of 2016’s class gift was a purchase of furniture and other items for the campus’ future wellness center. After mortarboards flew in the air, students said they were taking the messages they heard to heart. “It’s been a lot of work,” said Michael Dresser, who will be attending Colorado University at Boulder to study computer science. Grace Park’s speech was funny “while hitting close to home,” he said. For Dillon Yang, a business major, how failure links up to success was the most compelling message. “You shouldn’t be afraid to try new things,” he said. Rabecca Chepkoech Biketi, who will attend the University of Kansas to study architecture, said graduation has “meant so much to me. I’ve been waiting for this moment.” And “every single thing” in the speeches resonated with her, she said. “It’s about unifying with each other and to be there for each other,” she said. Q

telling the Class of 2016: “You are always welcome here.” Senior Diana Rodriguez told the Weekly after the ceremony that Paly had already been like a second home to her. “I will miss Paly a lot,” said Rodriguez, who is attending San Francisco State University this fall. Senior Mikaela Simison, who will attend the University of Arizona, offered one word after the ceremony to describe the feeling of the day: “powerful.” “We did it. We graduated high school,” she told the Weekly. “It’s awesome. I’m feeling accomplished.” John Kemmerer was among the crowd of parents, friends and family members taking photos with their green-robed graduates following the ceremony. His twin daughters had both graduated from high school on Wednesday. “(I’m) excited for them and interested in how they’re going to live their lives,” he told the Weekly. Vargas had advice, and a challenge, for his fellow graduates as they move into adulthood: “As the Class of 2016 starts a new journey in their life today, remember that each and every one of us has an option to be afraid or the option to be courageous.” “Fear, or courage,” he said, poignantly and pointedly. “Which one will you choose?” Q

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News Digest Turner sentenced to six months of jail time, three years of probation Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced former Stanford University student-athlete Brock Turner on Thursday to six months in county jail and three years of probation for the sexual assault of an unconscious and intoxicated woman, acknowledging both the “devastation” the woman has suffered as a result and the “severe” impact imprisonment would have on Turner. Persky said that a difficult criminal proceeding compounded by intense media attention “poisoned” the lives of those involved. Positive character reference letters he received on behalf of Turner from family members and friends, Turner’s lack of a prior record and the role that alcohol played in the assault factored into his decision to impose a lighter sentence than the prosecution had asked for, he explained. Turner, now 20, was a freshman at Stanford and an All-American swimmer on Jan. 18, 2015, when two graduate students found him on top of an unresponsive, partly dressed young woman lying behind a dumpster outside a fraternity house on campus. In March, a jury found Turner guilty of three felonies: assault with the intent to commit rape, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration with a foreign object of an unconscious person. Turner was remanded and taken into custody following the sentencing. He appeared in court with his parents, brother and sister, who hugged following Persky’s decision. Prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Alaleh Kianerci had requested in a pre-sentencing memo that Turner be sentenced to six years in state prison. Following the sentencing, District Attorney Jeff Rosen called the sentence “unjust.” He noted that with good behavior, Turner’s jail sentence could be shortened to three months. Q — Elena Kadvany

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Seeking to protect students who use expressway intersections, including one in Palo Alto and two in Los Altos, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved funding for the installation of “pedestrian detection systems,” according to a press release from the county. The intersections will be equipped with sensors that detect pedestrians in the crosswalk and send a signal, which gives the pedestrian additional time to cross the street, according to the county. This will prevent pedestrians from getting “caught” when the light turns green for traffic. The systems already have been installed at 11 intersections throughout the county, including two crossings on Oregon and Page Mill expressways near Ohlone Elementary School in Palo Alto. The new detection systems will be installed at Foothill Expressway and Arastradero Road, near Gunn High School; Foothill Expressway and Springer Road, near Loyola Elementary School in Los Altos; and Foothill and St. Joseph Avenue, near Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos. Supervisor Joe Simitian said in a statement that the goal of the effort is to “make it safer for kids to walk and bike to school across our busy expressways.” Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

City looks to raise fees for storm-drain projects It’s hard to get residents excited about storm drains during a drought, but Palo Alto hopes to do so early next year when it asks property owners to raise fees to pay for new projects and maintain the existing system. Under a proposal that the City Council is scheduled to discuss and likely approve next week, property owners will be asked to support raising the storm drain bills to $13.65 per month, up from the current level of about $12.63 per month (the rate is set to go up to $13.03 on July 1). If voters reject the measure, bills would dip to $4.25 in June 2017. That’s the same level where they stood before 2005, when voters approved the last increase to the storm drainage bills. The City Council already signaled its support for the ballot measure last October when it directed staff to appoint a citizen committee that would help craft the measure. Earlier this month, the 10-person committee issued a recommendation, which calls for a $13.65 fee per “equivalent residential unit.” This includes the raising of the “base fee” for storm-drain management from $4.25 to $6.62, a hike that according to staff reflects the true cost of storm water management. Added to that would be a $7.03 fee for capital improvements aimed at eliminating street flooding, reducing subsoil water saturation and increasing traffic safety during rainstorms, according to a new Public Works report. The capital fee would help fund $27.2 million in projects throughout Palo Alto. The city plans to ask for the fee hikes through mailed ballots that would be sent to property owners early next year. Q — Gennady Sheyner

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Hats off to the Class of ’16!

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With pomp, circumstance, jokes and a few tears, more than 1,000 seniors at Palo Alto’s public high schools graduated Wednesday in front of thousands of friends and family members. Photographers Veronica Weber and Magali Gauthier were on hand to capture the rite of passage at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools, bringing us these memorable moments. In addition, education reporter Elena Kadvany profiled six seniors who pursued their passions during high school. Their stories — along with the spontaneous thoughts of 12 other Palo Alto and East Palo Alto seniors about what they loved and what they won’t miss about high school — are this week’s cover story, which starts on page 21. To hear the 12 in their own words, go to tinyurl.com/ Grad2016Q-A1, tinyurl.com/Grad2016Q-A2, and tinyurl.com/ Grad2016Q-A3.

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Clockwise from top: Rick Porras, Gunn High School alumnus and Hollywood film producer, delivers his speech at the graduation on June 1. Palo Alto High School graduate Keyonna Williams, center, celebrates as she receives her diploma. Paly graduate James Wang laughs as his friends ask to take a photo of him wearing his Stanford Tree cap following commencement. Paly graduate Natalie Snyder laughs as she gets ready to perform her solo, “We Don’t Have to Be Ordinary,” in front of fellow graduates and parents gathered for commencement on June 1. The Gunn High School graduates toss their mortarboards up in the air at the end of the ceremony. About the cover: A Gunn High School student receives his diploma from Board of Education member Melissa Baten Caswell on June 1. Photo by Magali Gauthier. SEE MORE PHOTOS ONLINE

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More photographs from Paly’s and Gunn’s ceremonies have been posted at PaloAltoOnline.com and also storify.com/paloaltoweekly.

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sistance with dying was neither readily available nor convenient for his brother. Physicians don’t want to be viewed as deliverers of death; health organizations may refuse to facilitate dying on religious or moral grounds; and some medical professionals and hospice organizations consider writing a prescription to end a life, even for a terminally ill patient, to be unethical. In some cases, there may also be a catch-22. By the time a patient has the prescription in hand, the person may be too ill to selfadminister the medication, a requirement under the law, Scott said. Despite the fact that, by 2011, the Oregon law had been in effect 13 years, there was no clear path of referrals leading to physicians who would provide the medication, no easy trip to a pharmacy to fill it, and a resistant hospice system that did not want to be involved, Scott said. The entire process ended up taking six months. Under both Oregon and California laws, two physicians must agree that the patient is terminally ill. One of the two must write the prescription. The patient must make three requests to the doctor: two orally 15 days apart and one in writing on a specific form. But finding those physicians proved daunting. The Medford area, where his brother lived, is dominated by the Catholic health care system, which does not take part in aid in dying, he said. A ban codified in the 2009 Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, states in part: “Catholic health care institutions may never condone or participate in euthanasia or assisted suicide in any way.” So Scott and his brother faced multiple rejections — and several physicians changed their minds, he said. The Scotts turned to Compassion & Choices, an advocacy group with a network of willing physicians. The Scotts located two: One was 17 miles north of Medford in White City; the other was 13 miles to the south in Ashland, and Charles Scott had to travel to meet with each one. It took another 10 days to find a pharmacist willing to fill the prescription, and even that was treated like a cloak-and-dagger operation. “We went into the back room,” Dick Scott said, hidden away from

other people. There, the pharmacist delivered the instructions: exactly 100 capsules, emptied into a glass. The medicine would be bitter; a flavored beverage was recommended. The glass should be just half full, and his brother should drink it down all at once. But Charles Scott faced another uncertainty. He was not sure if he would be allowed to take the medicine at his senior-care residence. “We had hospice there working with him. All of the hospice people were provided by the Providence system (Providence Health & Services, a nonprofit Catholic network). We had to persuade them to be our allies,” Dick Scott said. The hospice staff resisted, but the Scotts eventually prevailed. “One nurse finally said, ‘I will sit in the parking lot in my car, and you can tell me when it is over,’” he said. She would not assist if anything went wrong. On the day that his brother chose to die, Scott carefully opened each of the 100 capsules, emptying them into a glass. “It took a half hour. It was just one more damned roadblock,” he said. His brother took the glass, drinking all of the liquid. His breathing slowed. “He was not in any way ambivalent,” Scott recalled. “It was a very quiet death. It took four minutes.” As he has told his story to friends, acquaintances, family and audiences, what has surprised Scott most has been the number of people who want to learn more about this option. He has not been criticized. “No one said, ‘You shouldn’t have done it,’” he said. As for his own reaction, mostly, Scott felt relief and gratitude that his brother was finally able to get out of his suffering, he said. And the experience in part caused the Scotts to support California’s law. The couple attended a state legislature committee session in Sacramento regarding the law, and Scott is on the Avenidas Village Expanding Choices Task Force, which organized a panel discussion on March 12 with local medical professionals. He does not expect a rush of dying people to overwhelm California’s medical establishment when the new law takes effect, a fact born out in Oregon’s numbers. In that state, 1,500 people have received prescriptions in 18 years. Of those, one-third to onehalf chose not to use the medication, according to Compassion & Choices. Scott said the law makes it

difficult for anyone to get a prescription because it is up to the individual medical professional to participate. “The way it’s written, it means people have to have a very active agent to assist them. It’s not the kind of thing that a lot of people at the end of life, who don’t have access to that kind of dedicated and informed advocate, can do on their own. “It was hard, hard work. It was daunting. Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s easy,” he said. Local health care professionals are now deciding their aid-in-dying policies. Sutter Health, which owns Palo Alto Medical Foundation, will support patients who choose to end their lives, said Sutter Chief Medical Officer Dr. Stephen Lockhart. “Sutter Health is supportive of helping our patients explore all of their end-of-life options, which can include palliative care, home health and hospice, and our Advanced Illness Management pro-

gram. For qualified terminally ill patients, the End of Life Option Act provides an additional choice, and our organization supports an open dialogue with these patients as they make end-of-life decisions,” he said in a statement. But “just like we respect the rights of our patients to make this decision, we also respect the rights of our physicians and caregivers who for personal, religious or other reasons choose not to participate. In those instances where a patient’s primary care physician chooses not to participate, Sutter Health will assist the patient in finding another physician.” Few topics are more intensely personal than end-of-life care, Lockhart said. “We conduct a thorough evaluation of terminally ill patients to understand the factors driving their decision and inform them of all options for end-of-life care. There are specific steps required by state law that Sutter Health must follow if a patient requests end-of-life medication,” he said.

“Our goal is to make sure patients are completely informed about all options available to them.” Stanford Health Care is expected to have a policy for its physicians and clinics by this week, which will be in compliance with the law. The hospital is developing programs and other information about the law to educate patients, said Erin L. Weinstein, director of media relations. Palo Alto’s senior-services nonprofit, Avenidas, does not take a position on the issue, but its Avenidas Care Partners program provides multiple services to navigate end-of-life care and goals. The agency offers private consultations and will meet with clients and their physician during office visits or bedside in the hospital. During its Oct. 22 caregiver conference, Avenidas will likely have a session devoted to the new legislation and its implementation, the organization stated. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

Corrections

A story published on May 27 on the percentage of Palo Alto school teachers who will earn more than $100,000 contained an incorrect comparison to the equivalent pay for full-year jobs. While the exact multiplier will vary depending on the vacation and other benefits of other jobs, a more accurate multiplier to convert a teacher’s pay to a full-year pay rate is approximately 1.25 rather than 1.4. The May 27 review of “Madama Butterfly” misidentified the first name of singer David Gustafson. The Weekly regrets the errors. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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very much alive and that he offers his party the best shot at defeating Trump in November. Though newspapers like the New York Times have said the fight for the Democratic nomination is “over,” Sanders said, the fact that Hillary and Bill Clinton are both now racing to California to campaign before the primary, suggests that his bid is far from over. Sanders used portions of his speech to differentiate himself from Clinton and marveled at the

superdelegates who pledged their support to Clinton before any other Democrat was in the race (a decision he called “pretty absurd”). While Clinton has faced criticism for the support she has received from major financial institutions, Sanders stressed the fact that his campaign is funded by millions of individual contributions, the average of them $27. “Our job is to take on Wall Street, not take their money,” Sanders said. One cause for his campaign’s optimism, Sanders said, is the high support he has been receiving from people younger than 45, a demographic that was dispro-

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board (ARB) 8:30 A.M., Thursday, June 16, 2016, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Plans may be reviewed online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto. org/planningprojects. If you need assistance reviewing the plan set, please visit our Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue. For general questions about the hearing contact Alicia Spotwood during business hours at 650.617-3168. 1. 190 Channing Avenue [16PLN-00094]: Request by Hayes Group Architects, on behalf of 190 Channing Avenue LLC, for Preliminary Review demolition of an auto service use and Construction of a new 8,730 square foot mixed-use building and site improvements. Environmental Assessment: Preliminary Reviews are not a Project Under the California Environmental Quality Act. Zoning District: RT-35; SOFA CAP II. For more information contact Adam Petersen at APetersen@mgroup.us 2. ARB Review of Council-Revised Architectural Review Approval Findings. For more information contact Amy French at amy.french@cityofpaloalto.org. 3. 429 University Avenue [14PLN-00222] To Consider an Appeal of the Director of Planning and Community Environment’s Architectural Review Approval of a 31,407 Square-Foot, Four Story, Mixed Use Building With parking Facilities on Two Subterranean Levels on an 11,000 Square-Foot Site. Zoning District: Downtown Commercial (CD-C (GF)(P)) District. Environmental Assessment: Mitigated Negative Declaration. For more information contact Adam Peterson at APetersen@mgroup.us

portionately represented at the Palo Alto rally. “Our message in this campaign is of creating a nation and a vision based on social justice, economic justice, racial justice and environmental justice — that whether Donald Trump likes it or not, whether Hillary Clinton likes it or not, that is the future vision of this country,” Sanders said. But while he made numerous allusions to Clinton, he saved his strongest criticism for Trump, whom he sarcastically mocked as “one of the world’s great scientists.” If Sanders wins the Democratic nomination, he told the crowd, “Donald Trump is toast.” “No way does Donald Trump become the elected president if we are the campaign to oppose him,” Sanders said, pointing to polls showing him leading Trump by a significant margin in a nationwide election (Clinton also leads Trump, though by a slimmer margin. A Wednesday poll from Quinnipiac University shows Clinton defeating Trump by 4 percent and Sanders winning by 9 percent). This will particularly be true, he said, if the voter turnout is high. If people vote in great numbers, they will give the Democrats a lift, not just in the presidential race but also in campaigns for state governorships and the Congress, Sanders said. “Republicans win national elections when people are demoralized, when they give up on politics and when voter turnout is low,” Sanders said. “Progressives and Democrats win elections when people are energized, when they are prepared to stand up and fight and transform America.” There is no objective observer, Sanders said, who can deny that it is “our campaign that has the energy, that has the momentum that will result in high voter turnout in November.” “The only way we transform this country and make our nation become the country we know it

Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders answers questions from a panel of Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders, including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, second from left, Timmy Lu, Jane Sandoval and Aparna Shah, at Cubberley Community Center Pavilion on June 1. can become is when millions of people from coast to coast stand up in a political revolution and believe it creates a government that works for all of us, not just the 1 percent,” Sanders said. “That is what this campaign is all about.” Sanders’ swing through Palo Alto was part of his busy week in California, a reliably Democratic state with 475 delegates up for grabs. Though he didn’t offer any new policies and stayed true to his script, Sanders received a raucous reception from the crowd, with many poster-wielding supporters swarming toward him after the speech to snap a photo or shake his hand. Many others beamed in excitement as they made their way off Cubberley’s hot turf and proceeded toward the exits. Genevieve Oliveira and Anna Stahlman, who came from San Jose to see Sanders, praised him for his authentic delivery. “He’s very comfortable. He just says what he thinks,” said Oliveira, 22. Stahlman, 22, concurred and called Sanders “very relatable.” “It feels like he wants to be your friend,” Stahlman said. Bob Swift, 86, said that win or lose on June 7, Sanders can

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A Bernie Sanders’ supporter, dressed as Uncle Sam, cheers on the Democratic presidential candidate as he speaks in Palo Alto. already claim a victory because he has succeeded in changing the conversation about money in politics. Though Swift said he has heard Sanders’ talking points before, watching him speak was “incredible.” Jan Tiura, 67, agreed. “We got our money’s worth,” Tiura said. Q

4. 450 Bryant Street [16PLN-00092]: Request by Lisa Hendrickson on behalf of Avenidas, for Major Architectural Review of the proposed interior renovation of an existing historic building at 450 Bryant Street, the demolition of an existing 2,592 square foot addition and replacement with a new 10,721 square foot addition, and site improvements on City-owned property in the Public Facilities (PF) zoning district. The net increase in ÅVVY HYLH H[ [OL WYVWLY[` PZ ZX\HYL MLL[ ;OL WYVQLJ[ includes a request for a conditional use permit for the expansion of use. Environmental Review: An Initial Study is currently being prepared. For more information contact Amy French at amy.french@cityofpaloalto.org

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Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd on the baseball field of Cubberley Community Center on June 1, during his “A Future to Believe In” rally before the California Primary on June 7.

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inundation, as will vast areas of wetlands and other natural ecosystems,” the report states. In Palo Alto, the Municipal Service Center is one of several major facilities that would be vulnerable. Located near the Baylands and east of U.S. Highway 101, the sprawling complex of Public Works and Utilities buildings could be cut off from the rest of the city if the highway is flooded. Other critical facilities near the Baylands, including the Regional Water Quality Control Plant and Palo Alto Airport, would also be in danger of flooding. “The overall result of both sealevel rise and possible changes in precipitation patterns is that lowlying areas surrounding the San Francisco Bay will experience more frequent and severe flooding,” the report states. “Areas that are typically flood-prone will be inundated, and some areas that are currently not at risk will be periodically flooded.” Given the risks, the council agreed that the city should move ahead with a formal policy. “We’re talking about an existential threat to large parts of Palo Alto,” Councilman Cory Wolbach said Tuesday, in advocating for crafting a policy. Mayor Pat Burt suggested that, once the policy is in place, the

city can consider zoning changes to protect areas of the city. In considering a new policy, Public Works is planning for a 55-inch, or 4.6 foot, sea-level rise by 2100. Strategies will focus on protection, adaptation and, where applicable, retreat, according to Bobel. Funding is also a key consideration, the council agreed. Councilman Eric Filseth noted that if the people in the flood-prone areas are to pay for the improvements, financing the projects could take many decades. “If we have an assessment district, it seems like it’s got to be done pretty soon,” Filseth said. The San Francisquito Creek JPA is meanwhile pursuing its own strategy for financing needed improvements. As a long-term goal, the agency plans to bring a ballot measure before voters to create a special tax to fund construction of tidal-levee improvements. The projects would remove about 2,700 Palo Alto properties from the flood zone, as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The city’s existing levee system — a network between the creek and the Mountain View border — is considered substandard and does not meet FEMA standards for height or construction quality, according to Public Works. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

Community Health Education Programs For a complete list of classes, lectures and support groups, or to register, visit pamf.org/healtheducation

June and July 2016 All our lectures are free and open to the public. Classes may have a fee.

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Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Overview

June 4, 9 to 10 a.m. July 2, 9 to 10 a.m. Children and their families are invited to join a PAMF pediatrician for a fun morning walk together.

June 23, 1 to 3 p.m. Learn about the differences between normal aging and dementia and how to manage the condition. Sunnyvale Center • 408-730-2810 301 Old San Francisco Road, Sunnyvale

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Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to get an update on the two lawsuits involving the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. The council will then discuss a proposal for a ballot-by-mail election to approve a new storm-water-management fee; consider the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Comprehensive Plan Update; and consider a proposal for a 62,000-square-foot Mercedes-Benz dealership at 1700 Embarcadero Road. The closed session will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 6, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Regular meeting will follow in the Council Chambers. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will tentatively discuss the proposed 2016-17 budget, management reorganization and reclassification, proposed salary increase for substitute teachers, compensation changes for adult-education teachers, appointment of members to two citizens’ oversight committees for the Measure A parcel tax and Strong Schools Bond and preparation documents for the November election; and take action on contracts for legal services for the 2016-17 year. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, in the board room at district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to consider amendments to the contracts and purchasing procedures in the city’s Municipal Code and continue its review of the city’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to hear a presentation about the effort to draft the Professorville Historic District Design Guidelines. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ... The school board’s policy review committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, in Room A at district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear a presentation from Raul Rojas, social worker at Palo Alto Housing, on mental health challenges faced by residents. The commission will also hear updates on an upcoming outreach events on homeless veterans; the recent Finance Committee discussion about the Human Services Resource Allocation Program; and next steps from the recent forum on implicit bias. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

June 7, 6 to 8 p.m. Turning 65? Learn the basics of Medicare and your supplement options.

June 28, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Join Cesar Molina, M.D., South Asian Heart Center medical director at El Camino Hospital, to learn simple steps to help reduce your risk for heart disease.

Palo Alto Center • 650-853-4873 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Managing Children’s Eczema June 15, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Pediatric dermatologist Regina-Celeste Ahmad, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the causes of eczema in children and the best treatment options. Sunnyvale Center • 408-730-2810 301 Old San Francisco Road, Sunnyvale

Sensible Snacking Tips June 21, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join PAMF dietitian Alison Sato, R.D., to learn simple guidelines for healthy snacking and easy-to-prepare snack recipes.

Sunnyvale Public Library • 408-730-2810 665 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale

July MRSA Infection Update July 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Join Sunita Singh, M.D., PAMF infectious diseases specialist, to learn about community-acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infection (MRSA): how it’s spread, prevention and treatment. Los Gatos Center • 408-730-2810 15400 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos

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Online This Week

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

East Palo Alto woman killed in hit-and-run A woman killed in a hit-and-run collision early Wednesday morning in San Jose has been identified as 22-year-old Alexandra Lozano of East Palo Alto, according to the Santa Clara County medical examinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. (Posted June 1, 10:25 a.m.)

Tom Jacoubowsky named principal of Juana Briones Elementary in Palo Alto Tom Jacoubowsky, former longtime assistant principal at Gunn High School and interim principal of Jordan Middle School this past school year, will be moving to a permanent position this fall as principal of Juana Briones Elementary School, the district announced Tuesday. (Posted May 31, 12:56 p.m.)

One hospitalized after hazmat incident in City One person was taken to a hospital and 13 others were evaluated for possible exposure after a hazardous materials incident in Palo Alto Tuesday morning. (Posted May 31, 11:23 a.m.)

Paly, Gunn again see low Smarter Balanced participation For the second year in a row, both Palo Alto and Gunn high schools failed to meet the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s required participation rates for new standardized test, the Smarter Balanced Assessment, with about half of the junior classes choosing to opt out. (Posted May 28, 7:34 p.m.)

Maybell housing proposal scores a victory Three years after a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue stoked a revolt in Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barron Park neighborhood, a new plan to build housing on the former orchard site is on the verge of winning the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval. (Posted May 28, 7:30 a.m.)

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (May 31)

Sea-level rise:The council discussed ongoing efforts to address sea-level rise and informally supported a proposal to craft an official policy on the topic. Action: None Priorities: The council met as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Committee of the Wholeâ&#x20AC;? to discuss its priorities and provide directions to staff on its work plan. The discussion included numerous informal votes on particular items in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work plan and debates on whether these items should be given a higher priority. Action: None

Parks and Recreation Commission (May 31)

Teens: The commission heard an update on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teen programs. Action: None Quarry Road: The commission discussed a proposal for improvements on Quarry Road and at the downtown Transit Center. Action: None Master Plan: The commission discussed the new Parks, Open Space, Trails and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. Action: None

Utilities Advisory Commission (June 1)

Gas: The commission voted to recommend developing a carbon-neutral gas portfolio rather than moving to an opt-out program for PaloAltoGreen Gas. Yes: Ballantine, Cook, Danaher, Forssell, Johnston, Trumbull No: Schwartz Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credit: The commission voted to support the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credit Program. Yes: Ballantine, Cook, Forssell, Johnston, Schwartz, Trumbull Absent: Danaher Net surplus: The commission recommended amendments to the net surplus electricity compensation rate. Yes: Ballantine, Cook, Forssell, Johnston, Schwartz, Trumbull Absent: Danaher

Architectural Review Board (June 2)

799 Embarcadero Road: The board held a preliminary review for a proposal to replace Palo Alto Fire Station #3 at 799 Embarcadero Road. Action: None

Council Local Transportation Funding Committee (June 2)

Polling: The committee discussed ongoing public outreach about a possible transportation measure and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s polling scenarios. Action: None

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CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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 Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, pursuant to Government Code Sections 66016 and 66018, 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 consider changes to the Fiscal Year 2017 Municipal Fee Schedule, including new fees, and increases to existing fees. Copies of the fee schedule setting forth any proposed new fees, and increases to existing fees are available on the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website and/or in the Administrative Services Department, 4th Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $7.00 per copy charge for this publication. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will hold a Regular Meeting on 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 consider adoption of a resolution determining the calculation of the appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2017. The calculation of the limit and the supporting GRFXPHQWDWLRQ DUH DYDLODEOH IRU UHYLHZ LQ WKH &LW\Ă˘V 2Ď&#x201E;FH RI 0DQDJHPHQW %XGJHW WK ĂąRRU +DPLOWRQ $YH Palo Alto. There is a charge of $0.13 per page for copying documentation. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, pursuant to Article XIIID, section 6 of the California Constitution, that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will hold a Public Hearing at its regularly scheduled 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. The Public Hearing will be held to consider changes to the Water, Wastewater and Refuse 5DWH 6FKHGXOHV WR EH HĎ&#x192;HFWLYH -XO\ Changes to the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electric and Gas rates will also be considered during the June 13 Public Hearing, as part of the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. Copies of the proposed water, wastewater, refuse, electric and gas rate schedules are available on the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www. CityofPaloAlto.org/RatesOverview and in the Utilities Department, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $3.00 per copy charge for this publication.

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto May 25-31

Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Counterfeit bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found license plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vandalism to vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 5 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Lindley Hoffman Miller, Jr. 1927 - April 26, 2016 Lindley Hoffman Miller Jr. passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, on April 26, 2016. He was born in Berkeley, California, to Lindley Hoffman Miller and Hazel Fisher Miller in 1927 and spent his formative years in San Mateo, California, where his father was the rector of The Episcopal Church of Saint Matthew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Duke,â&#x20AC;? as Lin was called by his college friends, graduated from Stanford University in 1949 with a degree in political science. Like many men of his generation, his college years were interrupted by time spent in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He married Jane Allen Bush in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1950. They had four children: Marion M. Krause, Lindley H. Miller III, Elizabeth M. McCarthy and Samuel M. Miller. In 1960 Lin co-founded The Gunn-Miller Company, which for many years was the premier retail brokerage company in the San Jose area. Throughout his life Lin enjoyed his family and dear friends. He traveled widely and enjoyed golf, tennis, skiing, fishing, hunting and studying the French language. He was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, as well as an avid fan of Stanford Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football and basketball programs. He is lovingly remembered by his longtime companion, Mary Ann Hayward; his sister, Elizabeth Miller Bonar; his children; sons- and daughters-in-law, and his beloved grandchildren: Benjamin, Hannah, Sarah, Emma, Andrew, Frances, Sophia and Elena. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2016, at All Saints Episcopal Church at 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made All Saints Episcopal Church, or the charity of your choice. PAID

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Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Education code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sick and cared for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Menlo Park May 25-31

Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Assault with a deadly weapon . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 7 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Open container in vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous APS referral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbing/annoying phone calls . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Felon in possession of weapon . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prohibited weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Search warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tree or branch down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant arrest/other agency. . . . . . . . . 6

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Alma Street, 5/26, 8:21 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. Ramona Street, 5/30, 10:50 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

Menlo Park

500 block Hamilton Ave., 5/25, 8:26 a.m.; battery. 500 block Sandalwood St., 5/25, 7:31 p.m.; battery. 1000 block Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Drive, 5/26, 9:45 a.m.; assault with deadly weapon. University Avenue and Bayfront Expressway, 5/29, 1:13 a.m.; assault.

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Lois Larson Lois Jean Larson, a longtime Atherton resident with connections to Palo Alto, died on May 1 at Sunrise Senior Living in Sunnyvale. She was 89. She was born on Jan. 24, 1927, in Huntington Park, California, to Walter and Rachel A s p e n l e i t e r. Following her graduation from high school, she studied bookkeeping and secretarial skills. She found her first job at a bank in Los Angeles. When she was 15 years old, she met her future husband, John R. Larson, who was studying at University of Southern California while being stationed with the U.S. Navy in Long Beach. They later married in February 1947. In June 1953, the couple relocated to Redwood City, her husband’s hometown, and shortly after in 1954 purchased a home in Atherton, where they raised their three children. Larson lived there for 61 years. She worked at a few banks in Redwood City — including United California Bank, First Interstate Bank and Wells Fargo Bank — for around two decades before retiring in 1986. Both she and her husband were active members for many years of the Palo Alto Elks Lodge. They also attended annual reunions of the USS Wharton for over two decades. Later in life, they bought a travel trailer, which they used to visit friends throughout the U.S. After her husband died, Larson traveled with friends that she developed through a Palo Alto AARP group. Among her pastimes were

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Marjorie Webber Linvill died peacefully in her home at the Vi in Palo Alto in late March. She was 92. She led a full and interesting life, enriched by her curiosity, intelligence, and willingness to step into new situations with an open mind and compassionate heart. Marjorie was the only child of Gladys and Frederick Webber. She spent her girlhood in small towns of New York state and Illinois. She attended William Jewel College in Missouri, where she met John Linvill, the love of her life. John attended MIT in Boston after graduating from William Jewell, and Marjorie transferred to Boston University to be near him. The couple was married in 1943. She was an elementary school teacher for six years to support them while John completed his doctorate. Their son, Greg, was born in 1949, and their daughter, Candy, was born in 1952. In 1955, the family moved to California when John accepted a position in the electrical engineering department at Stanford. They built a home in Portola Valley, where they lived for the next 50 years. Marjorie always extended a warm welcome to John’s colleagues, students, and foreign visitors, as well as to her children’s friends. A fun and lively companion and loyal friend, she formed relationships with people from all over the world which lasted a lifetime. She gave her children incredible opportunities, and set high standards for them. Her daughter, Candy, was blind from infancy. Marjorie learned Braille and transcribed all of Candy’s textbooks through elementary school so that she could attend school in Portola Valley. Marjorie loved to travel, and enjoyed accompanying John on sabbatical trips and leisure trips throughout the world. Whenever possible, she took classes to learn the language of whatever country they were going to visit, so she could more readily engage with people they met. Marjorie was an avid bicyclist, tennis player, and golfer. She loved books, and enjoyed the challenge and camaraderie of bridge throughout her life. Because of her daughter, Marjorie was aware of the barriers to education and employment for people with visual impairments. In the late 60’s, John and his colleagues developed a reading machine which allowed blind people to read print directly. Marjorie saw how solutions made possible by burgeoning technology could be directed to provide greater access to education and employment for people with visual impairments. She inspired Silicon Valley luminaries with this vision. Together, they founded Sensory Access Foundation. For over 30 years, SAF worked with visually impaired and hearing impaired people to find and retain jobs, utilizing access technology. In 2005, John and Marjorie sold their Portola Valley home and moved to the Vi in Palo Alto. She was able to remain independent and fully engaged in life with her family and numerous friends until her death. Marjorie’s husband, John, died in 2011. She is survived by son Greg Linvill (Betty) of Belmont, daughter Candy Berg (Chris) of Portola Valley, granddaughters Angela Linvill (Mike Cicio) of Tennessee and Alyssa Ramsaran (Satesh) of Florida, and great grandchildren Sato, Lakshmi, and Ashima Ramsaran. We all miss her, and are so very grateful that she was in our lives.

January 19, 1926 – May 23, 2016

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James Andrew Tweedie passed away on May 23, 2016, in Palo Alto, California. He was 90 years old. He devoted his life to children and families, both his own and the many he helped bring into the world as a doctor. When he died, he was surrounded by his wife and four children. Dr. Tweedie was born at Hollywood Hospital in Los Angeles in 1926. He was raised in El Monte with his sister, Joyce, and younger twin brothers, Don and Dale. After graduating from El Monte Union High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces, trained as a pilot, and served in the military for two years towards the end of World War II. When the war was over he bought a surplus airplane with his friend Gordon Porter and flew across the country, landing and resting in open fields, before resuming his life in Southern California. He studied at the University of Southern California with the support of the G.I. Bill, and received a bachelor’s degree in 1950, a master’s in 1954 and a medical degree in 1957, all from U.S.C. During a residency at Kaiser in Los Angeles, he met his future wife, Isabelle Trotti, a lawyer and Chicago native. He specialized in obstetrics and gynecology and accepted an academic position at the Research and Educational Hospital at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He and Isabelle were wed in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1963 and remained married until his death 53 years later. Their first child, a daughter named Elizabeth, was born in Chicago. In 1964 Dr. Tweedie returned to Los Angeles with his wife and daughter to raise a family and establish a medical practice. Three more children -- a daughter, Marissa, and sons James and Patrick -- were welcomed into the family. He spent most of his career on staff at Saint John’s and Santa Monica Hospitals, and he was chief of obstetrics and gynecology at both during the 1980s. He was also a longtime clinical professor at UCLA and a member of many professional organizations in his field, including the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. Beloved by his patients, he had practiced medicine for over 50 years when he retired in 2010 at the age of 85. He delivered thousands of babies and took great joy in watching them grow up in the community around him. He is survived by his wife, Isabelle; his daughter, Elizabeth Plaschke, her husband, Bob, and their four sons, James, Andrew, Robert and John, of Menlo Park; his daughter, Marissa Brandon, her husband, Michael, and their daughters, Fiona and Bay, of San Francisco; his son, James Tweedie Jr., his wife, Sasha Welland, and their children, Lino and Zola, of Seattle; his youngest son, Patrick Tweedie, of Palo Alto; and his sister, Joyce Evans, and her husband, Jim, and family. He is also survived by his sister-inlaw, Marlene Shepard, and the families of his two brothers, Don and Dale Tweedie, who predeceased him. A funeral mass was held at St. Albert the Great Church in Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to Abilities United of Palo Alto or Hope Services of Mountain View, both of which support people with disabilities. PAID

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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. this weekend, 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 • June 3, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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Editor, Last week, the Palo Alto Weekly reported, “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 primary.” What do these groups expect from Berman? I’m joining Byron Sher and the Sierra Club in support of Vicki Veenker. Vicki has a proven record of independent effectiveness. From her long leadership at Silicon Valley Law Foundation, which is representing the residents of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, to her representation of hightech companies. I’ll put her experience up against only eight months as a fundraiser with an education nonprofit and a term on the Palo Alto City Council. Susie Richardson Martin Avenue, Palo Alto

Editor, I was shocked this past week to see a photo of me in a TV advertisement supporting a candidate I have not endorsed. An independent expenditure group that is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Marc Berman sponsored the ad. I am writing to make clear that I did not authorize the use of my image in this advertisement and was never even asked by the group that did the independent expenditure if they could use my photo. I am disappointed by the outside group’s disregard for the careful consideration that goes into my and other elected officials’, community leaders’ and organizations’ endorsements and for misrepresenting me. Although I, a former Mountain View City Council member, have considered Marc Berman a colleague and friend in local government in the past, I chose to endorse Vicki Veenker in the race for Assembly District 24. I most recently served as district director for one of our local assembly members, where I observed first hand how the State Legislature works. My experience convinced me that Vicki Veenker

Record on education Editor, Marc Berman is the only candidate for the 24th Assembly District who has hands-on experience improving public education in Silicon Valley. That’s why he has my support. Marc will make education a top priority, including universal preschool, computer science education in every California high school, and a spot at a University of California or California State University for every high school student who completes the A-G curriculum. As a former director of an education nonprofit that expanded science, technology, engineering and math education to local students, Marc has the experience to improve public education in California. Marc’s proven record of expanding educational opportunities to all students across Silicon Valley is incredibly important to me, as someone who grew up in East Palo Alto and went on to serve on the Sequoia Union High School District and as East Palo Alto mayor. Marc is also a strong advocate for more affordable housing so we maintain the Peninsula’s socioeconomic diversity and enable people to live closer to where they work. Marc is leading the effort to raise Palo Alto’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018, and he will be a strong advocate for more affordable child care services. I’m voting for Marc Berman for State Assembly. Laura Martinez Addison Avenue, East Palo Alto

is the right person for the job with her background of service in our community, her intelligence and her independent thinking. She has been a fighter for the most vulnerable in our community. As president of the nonprofit Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Vicki made sure it defended the rights of foster kids, fought for victims of predatory lending and protected families facing wrongful eviction. I know Vicki will fight for educational opportunities, environmental protections, affordable housing and equal access to health care in the State Assembly. Please join me in voting for Vicki for Assembly District 24. Margaret Abe-Koga Church Street, Mountain View

Mix of experience, talent Editor, I have had the great honor of representing the 24th Assembly District for the past six years, and I care very much about our region’s future. That’s why I support Marc Berman for Assembly in the upcoming primary election. (continued on next page)

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Palo Alto, Google discuss ‘fiber to the home’ by Jay Thorwaldson

new effort to bring high-speed fiber-optics communication potential to Palo Alto homes and businesses is nearing the point of being submitted to the City Council for budget approval in late June. So called “fiber to the home” — or more recently “fiber to the premise” to include small businesses (most larger firms already have fiber) — has been a topic of community discussion and debate for nearly 20 years. The shorthand is FTTH or FTTP for those engaged in the dialogue of advocacy and delays. A broader shorthand once was linking “the last mile” between the fiber source and homes/businesses. It’s been a long last-mile trudge. Once upon a time cities across America and beyond were looking to Palo Alto, as the ostensible heart of Silicon Valley, to see what this tech-happy community was going to do. No longer. Palo Alto now finds itself in the position of being a follower, with other cities, counties or regions leading the way. This caution may have been wise, avoiding false starts and expensive do-overs as equipment and technology evolved. A trial installation of fiber in some neighborhoods dead-ended when donated equipment turned out to be obsolescent. And the expense of installing fiber-optic

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It is time for the next generation of community leaders to take their place in advocating for our residents, representing our interests and moving our state forward. As a director of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Marc has actively worked on the key education issues facing our children. He has created partnerships between local companies and the education community to make science, technology, engineering and math education available to all students in the Silicon Valley. He will be a strong advocate for public education in Sacramento. As a Palo Alto City Council member, Marc fought for economic fairness and middle class families when leading the effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. Marc has been an advocate for open and transparent government with his efforts to ensure that the local budget process allows residents to see how their tax dollars are being spent. As an attorney, Marc represented victims of domestic violence,

cables throughout Palo Alto neighborhoods — estimates ran as high or higher than $40 million at one point — was a significant deterrent. Yet there’s a growing feeling in this round that something might really happen. From time to time over the past decade and a half I have asked local fiber advocates and officials whether it was time for me to write the FTTH/P “obituary.” If not dead it most assuredly was comatose, lying there with remnants of citizen advisory committees and old debates that flared up with promises during council election campaigns. But the resuscitation, or resurrection, of fiber as a possibility for the “heart of Silicon Valley” has one major source: Google. The massive communications firm’s decision to fund FTTH/P systems shocked the Palo Alto policymakers and staff into action, first applying for a Google grant and then getting down to the business of tapping into Google’s latest, regional round of installations. A budget item for fiber has been tentatively scheduled for consideration at the council’s June 27 meeting, delayed from June 13, according to Jonathan Reichental, an assistant city manager overseeing stafflevel discussions of a possible “co-build” for the project. The co-build has not yet been precisely defined publicly, but likely includes some type of installation of fiber as an extension or back-up to the Googleinstalled fiber. Whatever system is installed will entail extensive trenching in Palo Alto neighborhoods. Years back, one advocate of higherspeed internet, Joe Villareal, commented that the city should take the initiative in installing fiber to prevent private, competing

helping them seek temporary restraining orders and permanent protection under the Violence Against Women Act. I know he will defend the most vulnerable among us. Having been your representative in the legislature since 2010, I know that Marc Berman has the right mix of elected experience, life experience and talents to be the advocate we need in Sacramento. Rich Gordon Menlo Park

Office offenses Editor, During the May 16 city council meeting, Palo Alto residents were stunned when Mayor Pat Burt nonchalantly announced that the software firms dominating the downtown area are operating in violation of permitted administrative, medical and professional uses. This brazen disregard of zoning law has distressed our neighborhood ecosystem. Particulars of the software sector have exacerbated the risks of allowing a locale to become too dependent on any single industry or enterprise.

firms from installing their own, proprietary fiber systems and creating “trench warfare in the streets of Palo Alto.” Great line. Staff-level discussions are underway and a report, originally expected by the midJune council meeting, is due out before the matter returns to the council with a budget item. Google has announced plans to create an extensive fiber-optic rollout in cities across the nation. One Palo Alto official said the Google discussions are going well and an agreement is at the stage of “dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s” prior to being made public. One huge boost to Palo Alto’s confidence about going for full-out FTTH/P has been the stunning success of the so-called “fiber ring” that the city, swallowing hard, approved in 1996 despite concerns about the nearly $2 million installation cost. The ring was installed as “dark fiber,” meaning that it wasn’t lighted up with communications traffic. Slowly the city began leasing out fiber wires to companies — at a loss in early years. But after a significant rate adjustment the leases started piling in and the system started making a profit, or “an excess of revenues over costs.” Can cities make profits? Today the system generates an, ahem, profit of close to $2 million a year, equivalent to the initial investment. Not bad. So there is revenue that could be tapped for expansion of fiber to homes and businesses, although many details and questions remain to be sorted out. How far up the hills into low-density residential regions should fiber extend? Who pays for the “last 100 feet” connection to homes and

These well-funded and highly profitable digital concerns have: • driven up rents and replaced retail shops and eateries with offices • increased employees per square foot, maximizing traffic and parking woes • isolated staff from the local economy, e.g., by providing a free cafeteria, etc. • fueled office over-development, worsening the jobs-housing imbalance • raised housing costs, e.g., by offering stipends for living near work, etc. • encouraged the building of high-density housing without amelioration Some suggest our downtown would wither and die if these companies were to relocate. Nonsense! The district flourished before the technology takeover and would surely continue to thrive as other businesses join the community. The lack of enforcement — which enables a single organization, bigdata firm Palantir, to occupy about a 12-percent (and growing) share of the downtown office stock — does not seem wise. The previous

businesses? Sorting out the details, where the devil hides of course, is a task facing staff and the council right now, with some urgency for approval of the budget by the state-imposed deadline of June 30. Reichental expressed optimism about the discussions/negotiations with Google, describing the tech giant as being responsive and joining in a “good dialogue” with the city about alternatives and possibilities for a collaborative, “public-private” partnership. Google approached the city on the new round about two years ago as it was exploring creating a truly regional network throughout the Bay Area, Reichental said. Another big boost for fiber resurrection was that City Council members Liz Kniss — who witnessed most of the starts, false starts, distractions and concerns that derailed earlier efforts on expanding fiber citywide — and Nancy Shepherd attended a conference on FTTH/P in Kansas City. Ah, resist, resist saying “... where everything’s up to date.” There a big topic was the creation of what was called “Google Villages,” where installation was based on a minimum number of signups in designated areas. The long-running community debate on growth in Palo Alto, and whether it’s evolving (or has evolved) from a suburban to an urban community, or whether its future is “becoming another Beverly Hills or another Berkeley,” has not yet encompassed the notion of its becoming a village. Q Form er Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jaythor@ well.com. He also writes periodic blogs at www.PaloAltoOnline.com.

practice of reserving downtown tenancy for a diversity of smaller outfits seems far more sustainable from both economic and lifestyle perspectives. Without question, there should always be a place for medium and large technology operations in Palo Alto. That place is the Stanford Research Park. Jaclyn Schrier Alma Street, Palo Alto

The message of a sentence Editor, Having represented scores of survivors of sexual battery in decades of personal injury advocacy and appreciating the lifelong pain that is inflicted on survivors, I find my blood boiling thinking about predators. As I write, Brock Turner is scheduled to be sentenced on June 2 for assault with intent to commit rape and penetrating his victim with his fingers while she was obliviously drunk. Universities are wont to downplay state prison crimes by their brightest and best. It tarnishes

the patina of exclusivity, brilliant students and the national championships that generate the reputation for amassing commanding wealth. Understandably so. The facts are ugly. A defenseless woman was targeted as prey. Turner pushed her dress over her head and pounded against her exposed genitals. When passersby rescued the victim, Turner ran off and was tackled by them. Turner comes from “the right side of the tracks” as a Stanford freshman and All-American athlete with a promising future. He trashed a life by acting out violent fantasies in an alcohol haze generated and supported by a powerful adolescent subculture that snickers at liquoring coeds and ignores the brutality of forced oral copulation and rape. With the field of meaningful adolescent sexual education vacated by society as a whole, the void is filled with violent male pornography — the worst possible substitute for understanding sexual expression. Turner’s intoxication is no defense. Never is. (continued on page 20)

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Prison is the right consequence for people who trash the lives of others. It gives them time to appreciate the depth of their depravity. Nationally, 40 percent of graduating college women report being victimized. That includes Stanford because it happens everywhere. Sentencing attempted rapists to state prison is a message that cannot be ignored, especially by the college elite. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the victim, but she is my daughter. Yours too. Richard Alexander Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto

recently installed by Menlo Park at Willow Road and Middlefield. This needs to be reconsidered. Both cities should coordinate their traffic measures. The proposed road diet would simple make things worse for all. Those living on Middlefield would have an even greater amount of stalled traffic idling next to their homes. One point that makes sense to me: There should be no left turns along this stretch and no cross traffic at most intersections, at least during commuting times. And the city should enforce this. The police used to do this. David Van Atta Placitas Avenue, Menlo Park

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Editor, Regarding your story in the May 27, 2016, edition discussing a road diet for Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, I feel for the citizens that live along this stretch of road. However, reality must be considered. This stretch of road is one of the main points of entry into and out of downtown. In the morning and evening commutes this roadway is already beyond capacity. Leaving downtown in most afternoons is so congested that getting from downtown Palo Alto to the Menlo Park train station can take 20 minutes to a half hour. This is greatly aggravated by the no-right-turn prohibition

Editor, Less than a third of a mile from the proposed overpass on Highway 101 is a perfectly serviceable overpass for both pedestrians and bicyclists to use to access the Baylands. Every week I walk there using a marked crosswalk where vehicles exit southbound from 101 to San Antonio Road. What is the rationale for building a $13 million bridge when a safety improvement costing a few thousand dollars to install blinking lights activated by the pedestrians or cyclists at the exit ramp is an affordable and sensible option? Joyce Tavrow East Charleston Road, Palo Alto

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Pursuing passion Graduating seniors exemplify the joy of following their own paths by Elena Kadvany | photos by Veronica Weber

The journalist Shawna Chen

itting in a room full of concerned Palo Alto adults who’d gathered to learn from a Columbia University expert about teenage suicide in September, Gunn High School senior Shawna Chen raised her hand. Chen, editor-in-chief of Gunn student newspaper The Oracle, asked the nationally renowned youthsuicide researcher how her paper could play a role in effecting positive change on mental health in Palo Alto. Madelyn Gould, who has researched the effects, both negative and positive, that news stories can have on suicide contagion, encouraged Chen to find ways to write and publicize stories that highlight positivity and recovery from mental illness. These kinds of articles have actually brought suicide rates down, Gould said. Chen took this to heart. With Oracle teacher-adviser Kristy Blackburn, Chen pitched an idea to seniors on staff — who, like her, had been deeply affected by the deaths by suicide of several students the year before: “What if we are able to put out more of these stories that can encourage being vulnerable with each other?” Within a month, The Oracle launched its “Changing the Narrative” series, which throughout the year would publish a range of deeply personal stories written by Gunn students, teachers and staff members. An Oracle editor penned the inaugural story, “Choosing all in: senior Lisa Hao’s journey of recovery,” about her own struggle with depression and suicidal ideation, which she eventually overcame. The response was immediate. Students reposted the story online, thanking Hao for sharing her story and saying they had often felt the same way. It quickly became one of The Oracle’s most-viewed stories and has 10,000 views, according to Chen. The series got attention in the local media. By November, The Oracle received enough submis-

ost people think of college as students’ first chance to really explore their passions and interests. But in the Palo Alto area, high school has increasingly become a space for those pursuits. From a journalist who launched an impactful series on mental health to an actor so committed to a role he wore his hair in the style of his character to school, the six graduating seniors below were selected by the Palo Alto Weekly or recommended by their teachers as students who have found passion for a particular activity during their high school years. These six represent many of the different paths, both inside and outside the classroom, that members of the Class of 2016 have followed, from science and engineering research to theater, journalism, education and social justice. In the midst of many charged conversations in Palo Alto and beyond about definitions of success and how to encourage students to do what they want to do, not just what they feel they should do, these seniors offer a glimpse into the deep impact that pursuing passion can have on a teenager’s life.

sions for the biweekly series to last through February, Chen said. Other stories explored divorce, sexual assault, sexual orientation, cancer, self-awareness and asking for help. Chen and her staff worked closely with Blackburn and Gunn’s mental health coordinator on each essay, wanting to be mindful, sensitive and “to make sure that stories would focus more on the recovery than the trauma,” Chen said. The series only ran online, so someone who might not want to read the sometimesraw narratives wouldn’t be faced with it in the print edition of The Oracle. The staff also timed stories to maximize their impact, such as posting one student’s story about perfectionism just before finals week, Chen said. In January, Chen herself wrote about overcoming insecurities and her process of finding self-confidence. “What I can change is how I choose to see myself,” she wrote. “I can choose to pick myself apart, to disparage the way I look or what embarrassing thing I do, but I can also choose the more healthy option: to love myself wholly and completely despite those minute details and to define myself by my good.” “Changing the Narrative” — and more broadly, her experience at The Oracle — was transformative for Chen, who calls journalism her “big passion in life.” Chen has been writing creatively since she was young (including short stories and fantasy stories about her “secret spy life”) and always enjoyed essay writing in school. Her freshman year, she took beginning journalism and started at The Oracle as a reporter. She progressed to editor of the opinion section her junior year and editor-in-chief her senior year. One of the most memorable stories she covered, she said, was a protest that a group of parents of special education students held outside of Gunn in fall 2013. The story was challenging: Chen had to balance the passion of parent protesters against “tight-lipped” district administrators who wouldn’t provide much information about their complaints. But it was also a turning point for Chen. She realized that journalism can effect change, and throughout her time at The Oracle she has been drawn to serious, hard-hitting stories. Recently, she wrote about a DNA privacy lawsuit filed against the school district, an in-depth piece on cheating on campus and the stark socioeconomic divides in the Palo Alto area. In an opinion piece, she tackled Asian stereotypes in the media with an analysis of new TV series “Fresh Off the Boat.” “She’s very much embraced being a journalist,” Blackburn said of Chen. “She really wants to help make a positive difference in the word.” And though Chen is leaving The Oracle, her work will continue. The newspaper has created an editor position to oversee “Changing the Narrative” next year. This fall, Chen is headed to Amherst College in Massachusetts, where she plans to explore a potential major in psychology as well as pursue more newsroom experience. In a farewell letter Chen wrote on May 30, she described The Oracle as “my home, my family and one of the biggest sources of strength I’ll ever find.” “I can’t thank my staff enough for coming with me on this wild journey,” she wrote. “They trusted me when I led them on new projects with big risks. They showed me unconditional support when I made mistakes. They reminded me every day why I love what I do and why I want to pursue journalism.”

Matt O’Reilly

n his sophomore year, Palo Alto High School student Matt O’Reilly snagged his first acting role as Jafar, the nefarious villain of the Disney film “Aladdin.” He channeled Jafar during auditions and on stage, eagerly donning long flowing robes and painted-on eyebrows to act the part. He’d always been interested in acting and movies, he said, but after the experience, he “fell in love” with the craft. Since then, he’s participated in every Paly theater production possible. O’Reilly is attending Boston College this fall, where he plans to major in political science and minor in theater. He said the arts classes he took during his years at Paly, including theater, photography and studio art, gave him a space to explore his interests. “I really have appreciated all my teachers I’ve had here at Paly, but especially, I think, the art teachers do a really good job: Rather than you come into class and they assign you something ... they all really push you to do what you want to do. “We’re obviously in a competitive school district. People can get caught up doing what other people want them to do so they can get that grade, which is obviously important, but I think I’ve really ben-

efited from having teachers that push me to do things that I found interesting or I really believed in,” he said. O’Reilly has attended Palo Alto Unified schools since kindergarten. As a first-grader, he got his first taste of the performing arts, attending Christian Music Theater, a youth theater summer camp held at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto. Kids learn how to audition for a part and to create sets, costumes, props, creative dramatics, music and choreography. The camp ends each year with an original musical drama performance put on by the students. O’Reilly attended Christian Music Theater every year until he reached the age limit, and this summer he is returning to serve as the camp’s assistant drama teacher. As part of a theater honors class this year, O’Reilly also produced Paly’s annual One Acts show, which is entirely student-run. He oversaw the hiring of stage technicians, director and designers, held auditions and cast actors. The purpose of One Acts is to get more students interested in theater through a lower-commitment production, O’Reilly said. He was (continued on page 23)

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emorable,” “indescribable,” “chaotic,” “stressful,” “bittersweet.” The Palo Alto Weekly asked 12 graduating seniors from Palo Alto High School, Gunn High School, Castilleja and Eastside College Preparatory to describe high school in one word, and they offered those responses, among others. They also pondered what advice they would give their freshman-year self, weighed in on a life after high school and made an incredibly hard choice — Snapchat or Instagram?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What’s one piece of advice you’d give your freshman self? Describe high school in one word. What are you most looking forward to about life after graduation? What is one thing you won’t miss about high school? Snapchat or Instagram?

Masha Konkov, Paly 1. Don’t see things that are happening to you as dramatic as they may seem at the moment. Everything’s gonna change.

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2. Stressful 3. Having a lot more freedom and being able to

Adele Bloch

sk Palo Alto High School senior Adele Bloch which of the many activities she pursues on- and off-campus she likes the most, and she’s hard pressed to answer. Is it astronomy, which has played out in internships and research projects over the course of her high school career? Her time as a reporter and editor for Paly student news outlet The Paly Voice? Or her leadership in Paly’s TEDx club, a student-run offshoot of the international speaker series of the same name? “Instead of picking the subjects I like doing the most, because there are a great deal of those, I think I like leading and management in general. I like finding things where I can do that,” she told the Weekly. Still, Bloch said, her experiences in science, journalism and the TEDx club have been “highlights.” Intrigued by astronomy ever since she went on a star-gazing trip at a young age, Bloch signed up for University of California, Santa Cruz’s Science Internship Program, which provides 10-week intensive STEM internships to high school students. The program’s website notes that students are inserted into existing research projects at UCSC. With a partner-student from Bellarmine School, Bloch spent the summer before her junior year on a complex astrophysics computational science project. They coded a web application that allows scientists to easily characterize the atmospheres of exoplanets, or planets outside of the solar system, she said. Bloch later won the silver medal for this work at the Singapore International Science Challenge, competing against more than 100

students from around the globe. And last year, Bloch’s AP biology teacher recommended her for Superintendent McGee’s trip to Singapore, where she and a partner, another Paly student, researched ways to eradicate biofilms — specifically, looking at antimicrobial substances in the essential oils of herbs in the natural environment that have biofilm-inhibitory effects. They continued the research upon returning home, though they had to shift to a more computational project because they lacked access to a lab in Palo Alto where they could grow biofilms, Bloch said. The research project differed from most schoolwork because there were no instructions, Bloch said. “You’re just told to go for it. That’s cool because it’s really, from start to finish, your project.” Meanwhile, Bloch also led The Paly Voice this year as editor in chief and served as president of Paly’s TEDx club. She had joined the club in her junior year as a member of the speakers team, which recruits presenters and helps them develop their speeches. As club president this year, she oversaw fundraising, marketing and other efforts. She’s also been involved in theater for many years; most recently, she performed in Paly’s musical production of “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Given her diverse interests, she’s not sure what she’ll major in at the University of California, Berkeley, where she’ll start college this fall. She’s appreciated her time at Paly for the space it’s given her to pursue so many threads of passion. “I think, really, high school is the best time to explore and try new things,” she said.

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venture into things that I’m more passionate about rather than requirements that I need to fulfill.

4. All the standardized testing 5. Snapchat

Lizzie Schoenholtz, Paly 1. To not take everything too seriously, but definitely take the next years of your life seriously in terms of setting up for your future and college. Also, just to experience everything that you can and take as many opportunities (as you can).

2. Chaotic 3. I’m excited about meeting new people and, like, experiencing new things and, yeah, just getting out of high school and kinda, like, having more control over my life.

4. I won’t miss the workload, and I won’t miss all the peer pressure and the whole clique thing

5. Instagram

Emma Sternfield, Paly 1. Try all four years because they matter. 2. Memorable 3. Freedom and just experiencing something new because we’ve never been to college before. 4. The workload, but I’m not sure if it’s going to get easier or harder — probably harder. 5. Snapchat

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1. Stick with what you really, really love and choose what you want to do wisely because you’re going to be spending a lot of time doing it in the next four years. And the things that you love the most will be the most exciting for you. 2. Varied 3. I think new experiences, which are both scary and cool. I’m going somewhere very different from where I’ve been and (to) a culture that’s very different from my high school, so it’s very intimidating, but it’s very exciting as well. 4. I guess the constant flow of doing things that you may not necessarily love the most. 5. Snapchat

Alex Legenhausen, Gunn 1. Focus a bit more on school and don’t slack off. 2. Fun 3. Just excited to go and be independent and see what’s out there. 4. Standardized tests 5. Snapchat

proud that he cast every student who auditioned this year — the most students ever participating in One Acts, theater teacher Kathleen Woods said. She also credited “the greatest sense of unity among the different casts” this year to O’Reilly’s leadership. O’Reilly told student news outlet The Paly Voice in May that he wanted to foster student creativity and autonomy. “I was interested in having each director do what felt right to them,” O’Reilly told The Paly Voice. “When you come and get to see your friends on stage or your friends who are directing (the plays), you will really get a feel for that individual.” Gregarious and outgoing, he said he’s always been drawn to theater as a means of self-expression. “I’ve always just been kind of excited by being able to express yourself in a very loud and centerstage sort of way,” he said. Woods said that O’Reilly is “so enthusiastic about theater and about life in general that it is infectious.” A memorable performance of his came this fall, when he played Antinous, one of Pe-

nelope’s suitors in “The Odyssey.” Woods complimented the intensity of his acting and noted he even went to school with his hair done like Antinous’ to stay in character. O’Reilly also took advancedplacement photography at Paly, and he said his teacher pushed him to also explore drawing, painting and digital art. He submitted one piece to Liberating Lens, a multimedia project co-presented by the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco and SF MOMA that invited students to learn about Jewish photographers by conducting research, taking photos and contributing to an online multimedia exhibition. His submission: an eerie black-and-white photo of an open laptop sitting in a half-shadow on an empty stage. The caption reads, “By looking at a person, you can only see a little bit of them, and the same goes for this photo. Most of the computer is covered in shadows, but it’s still there.” As O’Reilly leaves Paly, he does so with both experience in what he’s passionate about and a grounded sense of self. “I think what I really appreciate about Paly is there’s no lack of opportunities to find yourself,” he said.

Claire Goldberg

laire Goldberg will be spending next year not on a college campus but on a kibbutz in Israel, learning about Israeli society and Jewish history in a communal environment. The Castilleja School senior has decided to take a gap year, deferring her acceptance to Vassar College in New York to devote herself to learning more about her Jewish roots and nurturing a growing interest in social justice and community activism. Goldberg will live and work in Israel through a 10-week gap-year program offered by Habonim Dror, a progressive labor Zionist youth movement whose mission is “to build a personal bond

Katherine Moldow, Castilleja 1. To not be too harsh on myself and not to judge what I think my interests might be or not be because things change so often in high school. I never thought I would like some things I like now. ... Another thing would be don’t judge and don’t have these crazy expectations for yourself because honestly, at the end of high school, you’re still going to be figuring out what you want to do with your life. It’s just not very productive to feel like you’re going to own the world in high school. 2. Ever-changing 3. Not necessarily being pressured into taking classes that I’m not interested in 4. Probably being forced to take certain classes and not feeling like I have as much choice of, like, what types of interests I can pursue in high school.

and commitment between North American Jewish youth and the State of Israel” and “to create Jewish leaders who will actualize the principles of social justice, equality, peace and coexistence in Israel and North America,” the organization’s website states. The program is divided into four segments, during which students learn Hebrew, are responsible for communal work, attend seminars, volunteer in local schools and after-school programs, and travel to Poland to learn about the Holocaust and resistance movement, among other activities and responsibilities. (continued on page 25)

5. Instagram

Eva Stoneburner, Gunn 1. Figure out what’s important and utilize your time in a way that makes you get to do what you want to do and not worry so much about getting good grades. Worry more about preserving your mental health and happiness. 2. Indescribable 3. Figuring out if I can actually live on my own and take care of myself — just understanding that that is possible and seeing myself grow. 4. I’m not going to miss math class. 5. Snapchat

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ducation has long played a transformative role in Nohely Peraza’s life. She started kindergarten in the Ravenswood City School District, but her mother, an immigrant from El Salvador who had never attended school, worried she wasn’t getting sufficient attention and support from the teachers there, Peraza said. Through the Voluntary Transfer Program, which allows Ravenswood students to attend other school districts through a lottery, Peraza started first grade in the San Carlos School District. For the rest of elementary school, she took a bus every day from her home in east Menlo Park to San Carlos. In fifth grade, she heard about Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto, which gives priority to students who are the first in their families bound for college. She remembers going to the school’s open house and loving it. “I always knew I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t know how I was going to get to college,” she said. “I thought that it would be a lot easier for me and my family (at Eastside) because I knew I’d get the preparation and the guidance I needed.” Fast forward seven years, and Peraza has become her family’s

first high school graduate and this fall will be its first college student. She’s headed to the prestigious liberal-arts school Williams College, where she plans to major in English. And her future career plans? She wants to become a teacher. “I feel like I’ve been really lucky to have gotten the education I’ve gotten, and I don’t think I would be where I am today without the help from my teachers,” she said. “Especially here at Eastside, all the teachers are really caring and they genuinely want you to learn and grow.” Throughout her time at Eastside, Peraza has pursued her interest in education. Two years ago, she volunteered as a teacher’s assistant at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto, helping first- through fifthgraders in their literacy and art electives. She led lessons, gave directions and read aloud to students. This year, she was a teacher’s assistant for an advanced-placement English language and composition class at Eastside. She graded papers, gave feedback on essays and helped students with their work during class. “That’s my favorite part — walking around and helping the students understand some of the

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material they’re reading,” she said. Peraza has thrown herself into many other activities at Eastside: student council, speech and debate, art, photography, yearbook, computer science, dance and community service. She became a residential assistant after moving into the school’s dorms sophomore year. She started a book club with a friend simply because they love reading and wanted to read more Shakespeare than was being offered in class. One of her favorite community events she’s involved in is the annual Reading Bonanza in the Park, which gives away free books and hosts reading activities for East Palo Alto youth. “When a teacher describes the ideal student, that is Nohely,” said Eastside teacher Jaya Subramanian, who has taught Peraza since her sophomore year. “She is so curious, and she wants to go above and beyond just learning for a test or learning just to get the grade. Her motivation is learning for learning’s sake, which is so refreshing,” Subramanian added. For Subramanian’s year-long senior research class, in which seniors conduct an in-depth study on a topic, Peraza decided to look at programs that are addressing inequities in girls’ education in different countries. She was particularly intrigued, Subramanian said, by Kenya’s free primary-education model. (Her final paper on the topic was “phenomenal” and received the highest grade in the class, too, Subramanian said.) This year, Peraza was recognized for her achievements with two school-wide awards, the “Excellence Award for Service to School,” for serving as an “outstanding ambassador” of Eastside to the larger community, Subramanian said, and the award for “Excellence in Communication,” a recognition of her achievement in writing. Peraza was also selected as Eastside’s sole student graduation speaker. At last week’s commencement ceremony, she reflected on her years at the school, its deep impact on her and the lessons she’s learned. “Following our ceremony today, I will be the first in our family to graduate high school, the first to go to college,” she said. “When I enter Williams College in August, I will be walking through a door no one in my family has had the opportunity to walk through before.” Reflecting on the life-changing education and support she’s received at Eastside, she said in an interview she wants to pay that forward as a teacher herself. “I hope that I can use what I’ve gotten and return it because we need more dedicated teachers and we need more people who can show kids that their upbringing doesn’t determine where they’re going to go,” she said.

The engineer Maritha Wang

itting in a Palo Alto Starbucks recently, Gunn High School senior Maritha Wang casually explained a months-long computational chemistry project she worked on this year that analyzed the potential of graphene, a thin, two-dimensional layer of pure carbon, as a sensor for toxic gases. The project, titled “Promising Applications of Oscillating Adsorption Thermodynamics of Small Molecules,” involved complicated processes like adsorption thermodynamics and plane-wave density functional theory calculations. The methodology, results and conclusion were captured in a final 10-page paper that could easily be mistaken for the work of a college or even graduate student. To Wang, the project was simply an extension of a natural, lifelong interest in engineering and science. Born to two engineers, she grew up loving hands-on activities: playing with LEGOs, blocks and puzzles; fixing things around the house and assembling furniture; and doing woodworking in an industrial-technology class in middle school. She later graduated to tinkering with circuits, robotics and programming. (Eager to participate in robotics her freshman year at Gunn, she was dismayed to learn that freshmen can’t join the school’s team, so she instead became a member of Space Cookies, an all-girls robotics program sponsored by the Girl Scouts and NASA.) “Now, how that’s manifested

would be in research or science,” she said on a recent afternoon. “I think I’ve most been interested in solving puzzles and doing handson projects. To me, research is kind of another puzzle.” Wang was one of 12 Gunn and Palo Alto High students who traveled to Singapore last spring to pursue STEM-focused research projects in collaboration with students and teachers from the National Junior College. The trip, spearheaded by Superintendent Max McGee, was a beta test for a new in-depth research program McGee later launched last fall. Wang and the other students who went to Singapore continued their research when they returned to Palo Alto as part of this new Advanced Authentic Research program In Singapore, Wang worked almost 40 hours in the National Junior College lab and had a faculty mentor. After returning to Palo Alto, she became the leader for her research project, organizing weekly Skype sessions with her student research partners and mentor in Singapore. It was through this experience that Wang discovered a new possibility for herself in the engineering field. She had always thought she would take a traditional career path — straight to industry as an engineer — but she’s now considering conducting research in college and attending graduate school later. It was also rewarding, she said, to be able to dive deep into a single topic over the course of a year — a very different learning

Cover Story experience from her high school science classes. “When you did labs (in school), you knew there was always an answer that you were supposed to get, and you would always try to work towards that answer but in research ... it’s, like, no one knows what the answer is,” she said. “It’s just a lot of exploring and trying to figure out things and making mistakes and learning from them. I think that’s a pretty valuable experience.” Wang also spent many hours this year interning at Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto. She worked with the company’s material science group, an experience that has further deepened her interest in research, she said. In a recommendation McGee wrote for Wang’s college applications, provided to the Weekly, he described her as an “extraordinary scholar and researcher” and a “self-confident yet humble young woman” with a hunger for real-world learning. This year, McGee asked Wang to give presentations to promote the Advanced Authentic Research program and wrote in her

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Following their time in Israel, program participants are expected to work as counselors at Habonim Dror summer camps in the United States to share their experience with younger campers. Upon their return home, most participants “become active on university and college campuses in social, political, and educational activities connected to Israel, Judaism and social justice,” the organization’s website notes. Goldberg hopes this will be her at some point down the line. Since sixth grade, she has attended a summer camp run by Habonim Dror in southern California. In an interview, she described her summers there as “transformative.” While it has the trappings of a typical youth summer camp — it’s on a lake; campers swim, hike, play games and create music — it’s also set up in the spirit of a kibbutz. Campers live in a cooperative environment and are similarly expected to contribute via jobs, like watering and tending a garden — Goldberg’s responsibility one summer. There’s also the emphasis on social justice, history and what Goldberg described as “informal education.” “Growing up, that meant having long conversations with my peers on topics ranging from feminism to racism to capitalism,” she said. “I think the strong feeling of inclusivity and safety in those conversations helped me learn to express my opinions and to think critically. “I think that informal education has not only shaped my pas-

recommendation that after hearing her talk with conviction about the difference between “real science” and “school science,” more than 70 students submitted applications for the program. “Her passionate commitment to this research project, driven solely by her interest in the topic and desire to experience real world, realtime international collaboration, is inspirational,” McGee wrote. “Maritha not only is well-prepared for a promising future but also will undoubtedly generate much new knowledge to an important body of scientific research.” This fall, Wang will enter the University of Chicago, where she plans to double major in molecular engineering and either chemistry or physics, with a minor (or even another major, possibly) in computer science. If she could give her freshmanyear self one piece of advice, she said it would be “Don’t be so sure of what you want to pursue just yet,” reflecting on the pivot her passion has already made. “Have some time exploring,” she said. “Don’t lock yourself in just yet.”-

sion for social justice, but it’s also helped me to believe in my peers (and the power of youth in general) and the importance of community in effecting change,” she added. Goldberg, a Ladera resident who has attended Castilleja since middle school, said her developing social-justice lens has made many of her classes — literature of rebellion, Russian history, AP U.S. history, among others — more meaningful. The literature of rebellion in particular, she said, “blew my mind.” “Reading about various forms of rebellion has made me think about what I want to rebel against and what it means to rebel effectively and positively, not just negatively,” she said. When asked to describe high school in one word, she said “full.” She chose it, she said, “partly because I think it challenges perceptions of high schoolers as disengaged or only focused on one thing, whatever that might be. “For me, high school has been full of so much — of challenges and choices, of the new and the old, of classes and learning and friends. High school for me has been about starting to find what I care about, and don’t care about, in this mess of fullness.” That process will surely continue for her in Israel — and also when she arrives at Vassar, where she’s weighing four different majors: urban studies, history, education studies and/or American studies. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Yajaira Vargas, Eastside 1. Prioritizing your time. It’s not that difficult (even if) it might seem like it. But if you prioritize your time then you’re going to ... find you have time to do other extracurricular things, activities and stuff like that — and you’ll enjoy your time too. 2. Amazing — amazing because so much happens, you know? 3. I’m excited that I’m going to go off to college and to be the first one in my family, so that’s something really big and (I’m) really excited about that. And also to ... finally be on my own. It’s going to be hard, but I’m super excited about that. 4. Tutorials — I did get a lot of my work done, but it wasn’t a place I wanted to ... be every day. 5. Snapchat — ‘cause those filters are amazing.

Addison Partida, Eastside 1. Live in the moment because when it’s all said and done ... sometimes you will have regrets, like ... ‘I wish I had done this,’ or ‘I wish I didn’t do that,’ but then it’s, like, if you soak up the moment, at the end you’ll just be, like, ‘Well, I made the decisions’ and you live with it. 2. Bittersweet because there’s the friendships you build — you spend four years together, and I lived here so it’s like (they are) my brothers. ... We just do everything together. 3. I think the independence — a lot more independence. ... (Also), taking care of myself. I’ll be running track at college, so it’s taking care of my time, my body, staying healthy. 4. In high school ... I feel all this pressure to not really learn but to get good grades, and in college I want to get good grades too, but ... everyone’s there because they want to be there. They want to learn, and you find your interest, whereas in high school you’re forced to take certain classes. 5. I don’t have either.

Michael Werer, Gunn 1. Definitely try to focus a lot more on school. I could have definitely had a little bit less fun and worked more on school. But, at the same time, I also wish I would have (hung) out with other people that I never really talked to because you can make memories with those people that can last a lifetime. 2. Memorable 3. I’m excited to just get out there. I think it’s really a test on me and how well I can ... make a difference in the world. 4. (Question not asked) 5. Snapchat Interviews were conducted by Palo Alto Weekly Editorial Intern Anna Medina.

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1. Try new things. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stress over small things like friend groups because in a couple years you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see each other anyway. 2. Wow 3. Going to college â&#x20AC;&#x201D; having that experience and being able to not be in Palo Alto. 4. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shallow Altoâ&#x20AC;? type thing, like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh my God, my dad only drives a Tesla!â&#x20AC;? 5. Instagram! Freshmen only use Snapchat. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand that.

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Shining light on dark issues A Theatre Near U production reflects on youth suicide and mental illness by Anna Medina

San Francisco. As Kienitz delved into research for this year’s show, he and Herr observed that many teens were in disagreement with the media’s portrayal of them. “The project started out as a response to the media portrayal of Palo Alto in particular, but (also) the Bay Area, ... as a place where teens were in trouble, and the teenagers here (were) saying, ‘I don’t see what they’re saying,’” Kienitz recalled. Herr noted that teenagers also were disagreeing with a lot of adults about why these suicides had happened. Additionally, Kienitz and Herr began to notice a pattern in the way that communities as a whole tended to address suicides. “It started to become apparent and clear to us that a lot of the culture — the way that communities deal with suicide — is so hush-hush. There’s a reason you don’t publicize who the kid is, but in the end, it also does a disservice to that kid because it dehumanizes (him or her),” Kienitz said. There was one conversation in particular that introduced a perspective upon which Kienitz expanded. A friend whose sister had

committed suicide spoke of how the saddest part after her death was that it was as if her sister had never existed. “[My friend] said specifically, ‘If my sister had died of cancer, we would have had an annual celebration of her life. We would’ve talked about it all the time. People would’ve said, “Oh, remember how great she was?” But because she had depression and her illness killed her, nobody talked about it,’” Kienitz said. This conversation informed the message and the script of “A Beautiful Glass,” which tells the story of Justin Capps (played by returning cast member Atticus Shaindlin), who is trying to cope with suicides in his circle of friends while desperately seeking a “cure.” A home-schooled senior, Shaindlin plans to attend Carnegie Mellon University, where he will study musical theater. Emily Liberatore, a senior at Gunn High School, plays the smart and idealistic Georgianna, with whom Capps forms a connection. In addition to exploring the topic from the perspective of modern teens, the play also makes use of cultural and historical points of view, through the lives and deaths

of historical figures such as Cleopatra and Vincent Van Gogh and literary figures including Romeo and Lady Macbeth. The teens receive a unique, inside view of the process of developing an original work — one that is written and adapted specifically for them as actors. Students are involved in almost every aspect of the production, from the score, to the lighting and stage managing.

They had a hand in composing some of the music, at one point getting together for a jam session. Since the play touches on so many stories and the topic is global, Kienetz said that rather than having one composer or lyricist, they chose to include a variety. Consequently, the play features different kinds of music, from tra(continued on next page)

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hat if we stopped wondering whether the proverbial glass was halffull or half-empty and recognized it instead as simply a beautiful glass? This philosophical reframing lies at the heart of A Theatre Near U’s latest original production. In its various forms, art can be understood as a response to culture and society, and writer/producer/director Tony Kienitz’s work is no exception. Kienitz created “A Beautiful Glass” in response to recent teen suicides in the Palo Alto area and the community’s attempts at understanding the tragedies. As the founders of A Theater Near U, Kienitz and his wife (co-director and producer Tanna Herr) are in their third year writing, directing and producing an original musical, this time with an 18-member cast ranging in age from 13 to 19. Each year, they’ve worked with local students they hand-picked — students who are involved in theater productions at their schools and in the community at large and who are interested in receiving more focused training and experience. “A Beautiful Glass” will be performed in Mountain View and

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Opera singer Rachel Waiters, who grew up in East Palo Alto, will perform a concert of gospel music and Negro spirituals in her hometown on Saturday, June 4.

Rachel Waiters’ vocal homecoming Singer to perform at East Palo Alto church by Yoshi Kato

ike a scene in a celebrity biopic, the fateful triumvirate of a classical recording, a piece of sheet music and a very special teacher forever altered the life of Rachel Waiters. The vocalist, who will perform in concert Saturday, June 4, at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in East Palo Alto, was attending Carlmont High School at the time. An alumna of the Ravenswood School District, Waiters grew up in East Palo Alto, singing in the choir at Mt. Olive, where

her father, John W. Waiters, Sr., has been Reverend for 38 years. “I would sing a little at school, too,” Waiters said, by phone from her home in Valley Springs, California. “I had a really nice principal, and he asked me from time to time to sing at assemblies. “One day, one of my teachers pulled me aside and said, ‘Rachel I like what you sing. But you should be singing this.’” The teacher, a Miss Yates, went to her desk and pulled out the music for, and a Luciano Pa-

varotti recording of, “Caro Mio Ben,” by the 18th-century Italian composer Giuseppe Giordani. “I never had private voice lessons or formal voice training,” Waiters recalled. “I took it home, listened to it and fell in love the moment I heard it.” Though Waiters says she had heard classical music before, up to that point she had never delved into it. “There was just something about that moment,” she recalled, with a sparkle in her voice. “I never sat down and really listened to it in that way.” One of her classmates played piano, and the two would practice “Caro Mio Ben” together. Later, the pair collaborated on it in competition at an arts festival. “I didn’t win that day,” she noted, with a chuckle. “But that was one of the songs that I performed with him.” That piece would prove to be pivotal in the next phase of her fledgling singing career. After graduating from Carlmont, she attended Fisk University in Nashville as a music and business double major. Waiters had to audition for the former and chose to perform the gospel standard “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.” “At the end of the song, the voice faculty looked at each other,” she recounted. “And they said, ‘Is there something else that you sing, Rachel? Is there anything else that you could sing?’” Initially, she could only think of the other songs she had sung all her life in church. Then she realized she had “Caro Mio Ben” in her repertoire. One of the educators “jumped out” of his adjudicator’s chair, sat down at the piano that was in the room and began to play it from memory. “Then I sang it, and they said, ‘Oh, thank you!’ So I wasn’t so

prepared for the audition,” she reflected. “But I guess I was prepared for it and just didn’t know it at the time!” When asked whether the faculty could have theoretically been able to judge her potential based on “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” alone, she replied: “Looking back on it, I understand why they asked for the second piece. ‘Precious Lord’ only showed a portion of my voice — that lower part. So they really didn’t get a full sense of my vocal range and placement.” While at Fisk, Waiters joined its Jubilee Singers. Founded in 1871, the school’s famed a cappella group was her introduction to the Negro spirituals that will comprise the first half of her program on Saturday (pianist Veronika Agranov-Dafoe will accompany her). The second half is a selection of gospel songs, and Waiters revealed that this is the first time she’ll be singing both genres on the same program. The Jubilee Singers would tour during spring break, which allowed her to travel to the southern region of the U.S. as well as on the East Coast and even in Italy. Those trips gave her an invaluable introduction to a musician’s frequently physically demanding lifestyle. After graduating from Fisk with a bachelor’s degree in music, she went on to earn her master’s in vocal performance at Southern Methodist University (SMU). While her time at Fisk was invaluable, she said that there was much more for her to learn. Fisk didn’t have a student orchestra, and her department didn’t do any productions — only scene studies. At SMU, she participated in operas and also had access to the nearby world-class Dallas Opera company. An artist residency at Opera

Memphis followed, giving her the opportunity to understudy roles in more ongoing productions. To date, she’s performed as a bevy of characters including Angelina in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola;” Serena in “Porgy & Bess;” Maddalena in Verdi’s “Rigoletto;” Cherubino in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro;” and Mercedes in Bizet’s “Carmen.” In addition to performing, Waiters has added an educational component to her career. Initially inspired by the work she did with the choir at West Memphis High School while an artist-inresidence at Opera Memphis, she now teaches at a pair of charter schools in Stockton. “Having the opportunity to work with the students and to see them grow in our time together I realized, ‘Wow, I can be more than just a performer,’” she said. “I am doing what I’m doing today because of great teachers like Miss Yates and others after her. So why not me?”Q Freelance writer Yoshi Kato can be reached at yoshiyoungblood@ earthlink.net.

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enitz’s part, since he believes that humor is crucial to portraying the characters as fully realized individuals. “It’s very uplifting and humorous in a lot of ways because these people were funny. The two people I wrote about that I knew were both really funny people,” Kienitz said. At the end of the day, Herr and Kienitz hope “A Beautiful Glass” humanizes some of the varied and untold stories of those who have committed suicide and, in doing so, brings to light some of the complexities and nuances that surrounds the issue. Q Editorial Intern Anna Medina can be emailed at amedina@paweekly.com.

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ditional songs from certain eras to improvised and discordant alternative-rock songs that students created. “It’s been interesting because it’s not like at school where you have a lot of adults walking you through it. Working with all the people — they’re definitely dedicated so that makes it a lot easier,” said Jessica Wu, who’s serving as stage manager. “What I like about (Kienitz and Herr) is you sort of get a feel for your acting. They let you figure out your strengths, your weaknesses and what you need to work on, and they push you in a way that’s so different than how (other teachers) push you,” said Alexandra Dinu, a student at Palo Alto High School who will be playing the roles of Sylvia Plath, Portia and Nanette. Despite the heavy topics of mental illness and suicide, the play is punctuated with surprising moments of levity and humor — an intentional decision on Ki-

What: Rachel Waiters gospel music concert When: Saturday, June 4, at 6 p.m. Where: Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 1981 Pulgas Ave., East Palo Alto Cost: Free Info: Go to rachelwaiters. weebly.com.

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com For Yoshi Kato’s profile of the band Lucius and this weekend’s Live 105 BFD 2016 concert at the Shoreline Ampitheatre, as well as the Weekly’s Worth a Look column and an article about shadow art in Redwood City, go to paloaltoonline/arts.

What: “A Beautiful Glass,” presented by A Theatre Near U Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: June 10, 11, 18, 23, 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m.; June 19 at 2 p.m. Cost: $17-$22 Info: Go to atheatrenearyou.org

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Eating Out Russian Family Restaurant offers a taste of the truly exotic REVIEW BY

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ur exposure to different cuisines has expanded exponentially. Food that used to be exotic now is broken down into specific regional specialties. We don’t just go out for Chinese food, but rather decide on Hunan, Szechuan or Cantonese. For Japanese dining, there are places that specialize in sushi, tempura, soba or yakitori. As for French, well, there are bistros, cafes, brasseries and creperies. We seek new experiences, new flavors, new aromas. And then there’s Russian. I counted only three such establishments on the Midpeninsula, which makes Russian cuisine a more elusive option. I’m not sure I could tell a pirozhki from perestroika, but there’s a fabulous place in Redwood City where you can learn the difference. Russian Family Restaurant truly lives up to its name. The place is run by husband-and-wife partners Vladimir and Natalia Sommer — she does the cooking and he manages the front of the house. They ran a restaurant in San Bruno for more than a decade and moved to their current location almost four years ago. Almost everything is made

from scratch and introduces the supremely satisfying flavors of traditional, home-style Russian cuisine. The décor is charming, if a bit amateurish. Latticework lines the walls, with lovely lacquerware and painted plates that are placed a bit too high to appreciate. The room is accented with ornate samovars and display cases of painted china and knickknacks. Generously spaced tables are topped with mustard-yellow tablecloths. At dinner, visitors are greeted with a stainless-steel plate of brown bread and butter, along with a crisp salad with a terrifically pungent vinaigrette. The shuba appetizer ($8) is a terrine composed of layers of chopped herring, beets, potato and egg. It was beautiful to look at, and my companion and I were talking about how amazing it tasted a week later. All the components blended together into a meltingly flavorful medley of flavor — fishy, earthy and light all at the same time. Another appetizer winner, seliodka ($10), is a generous slab of perfectly prepared herring with chopped onions and olives.

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Chakhokhbily iz kuritsy (Georgian-style chicken stew), a Staropramen lager and a shot of vodka are among the options available at Russian Family Restaurant in Redwood City. While the menu does feature some vegetarian options, most dishes are heavy on the meat. The menu warns that some entrees will take up to 25 minutes, since items are made to order, but we found the wait time was far less, so don’t let that scare you off. Kotlety “Pozharskie” ($18), named after the 17th century Russian prince, are breaded chicken patties “made from a 200-year-old recipe,” according to the menu. Served with velvety mashed potatoes and a medley of cubed carrots, beets and peas, the oversized patties were juicy and creamy, with a crunchy, crackly crust — the best-ever chicken croquettes. There was a whiff of similarity in the babushkiny zrazy ($17.50), potato patties stuffed with ground beef and slathered with rich mushroom gravy. Along with variations of dumplings and patties, the menu also features some more familiar offerings for the less adventurous, such as chicken Kiev, beef stroganoff and blini. Servings are more than generous and meant to be shared. The soup selection is varied, from mushroom-barley to sausage. Borshch Ukrainskiy ($5.75), a traditional Ukrainestyle beet soup, was loaded with cabbage, pepper, carrots and tomatoes in a rich, meaty broth.

Perez farshirovaniy ($13) is one of the restaurant’s most colorful plates: silky red peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice, and drenched with a delicious tomato sauce. Pork and beef-filled pelmeny myasom ($10.50) were bland, however, and reminiscent of Chinese dumplings, despite the side of sour cream for dipping. The restaurant boasts a full bar, with a broad selection of premium vodkas and grappas. When I questioned why my Moscow mule ($8-$16) did not come in a copper mug, the owner came by to show me the beautiful copper tankards that are served with the more premium selections of vodka. The wine list is wellbalanced, and there is a terrific variety of hard-to-find European and Russian beers on tap. First-time diners should be aware that Russian Family Restaurant is a mom-and-pop affair in the truest sense of the word — there are aspects that may make you feel like you are eating dinner at a relative’s house. The food is warm and comforting and substantial, but service can be rough around the edges, though wellmeaning and big-hearted. Entrees arrive willy-nilly, and checks can take a while to show up. And yet, we received an offer to open the umbrella outdoors when the sun

broke through the clouds, and ingredients were carefully explained with a charming smile. The food is wonderful at Russian Family Restaurant, offering an opportunity to explore a rich, satisfying cuisine that is not very common in our neck of the woods. Sommer said that changes are underway, with new entrees for dinner, an expanded menu for lunch and the addition of a happy hour. Q Freelance writer Ruth Schechter can be emailed at ruths315@sbcglobal.net. Russian Family Restaurant, 2086 Broadway St., Redwood City; 650-369-2950; russianfamily.net Hours: Lunch: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dinner: Tuesday - Thursday, 5 - 9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 5 - 10 p.m.

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and life-threatening health scares that supposedly add up to his life being unendurable, perhaps even with true love calling. Yes, something like love develops between Will and Lou as they inevitably forge a bond, but will it be enough to keep suicidal determination at bay? Moyes’ screenplay oddly lacks insight and depth, and a fine director (stagebred Thea Sharrock, who directed the recent telefilm of “Henry V” with Tom Hiddleston) nevertheless seems totally hapless at making more from this material than the most conventional film possible. It doesn’t help that Sharrock allows or, indeed, encourages Clarke to give a shamelessly theatrical performance — pitched as if to the back row of a West End house — with a camera a few feet from her face: eyes pop, eyebrows

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Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke star in ‘Me Before You.’ dance, mouth twists until you’ll beg for mercy. Or squeal with delight and, later, reach for your hanky, because “Me Without You” is the sort of film to starkly divide audiences: Hard cases will wince at the clichés and Clarke’s performance; starry-eyed weepie fans will get what they came for. But Hock-

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Prominent journalist John Hockenberry — also a quadriplegic and disability activist — savaged Clint Eastwood’s 2004 film “Million Dollar Baby” for what Hockenberry called its “crip ex machina ... plot-twist that a quadriplegic would sputter into medical agony in a matter of months and embrace suicide as her only option in a nation where millions of people with spinal cord injuries lead full long lives.” Since then, we’ve had some positive films about quadriplegics (most prominently “Murderball” and “The Sessions”), but here comes “Me Before You.” Adapted by Jojo Moyes from her own bestseller, the romantic drama posits an extreme-sports loving Richie Rich (Sam Claflin’s Will Traynor) who meets with an accident that renders him

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Concert pianist Kato Reis, 97, regularly plays Chopin, Brahms and Mozart from memory at Vi at Palo Alto, where she resides. Raised in Budapest as a child prodigy, Reis earned entrance to the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music by the time she was eight.

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eated at the piano, 97-year-old Kato Reis fills the soaring lobby of Vi at Palo Alto retirement community with Chopin. It’s an ordinary Tuesday afternoon, just after lunch. Passers-by have stopped to listen. Reis’s sure and powerful hands fly over the keys, and she hardly misses a note as she plays expressively — from memory — seven or eight compositions by Chopin, Brahms and Mozart.

Living Well “I don’t play music every day, but it seems the older I get, the more I want to play,” says the Hungarian-born concert pianist and 60-year resident of Atherton, who moved to the Vi a decade ago. “I have aged but, strangely, my fingers have not. They seem to be very agile. I wouldn’t say that about the rest of me.” Though she’s lived in the area for 70 years, since her 1946 wedding at Stanford Memorial Church to businessman Robert Reis, Kato Szekely had been raised in Budapest as something

of a child prodigy. An only child strictly supervised by her mother, she practiced piano for hours a day from a young age, earning entrance to the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music by the time she was 8. “My mother was very talented in music, and she could have become an excellent pianist, except she got married at 17 and had me at 18,” Reis said. “So she decided to make me into what she didn’t become. My mother went to my piano lessons, listened to what the teacher said and made sure that I

‘I don’t play music every day, but it seems the older I get, the more I want to play.’ —Kato Reis, pianist did what the teacher wanted. “Nobody cared how I felt about it. I did what my mother wanted me to do, and that was that. But the minute she left to answer the phone, I would quit. I was a nor-

mal kid. No kid in her right mind wants to work as hard as I did. But I didn’t know I worked hard — I thought it was part of life.” Parents are mistaken if they think their children will master an instrument simply because they’ve hired a teacher, Reis said. “The teacher is only a little bit of what it takes — the rest is up to the mother.” With her days taken up by intensive training at the music academy, Reis had to study traditional academic subjects with a home tutor. She was tested in written state exams at the end of each year in

courses that included Latin, German, French and English. Upon her graduation from the music academy in 1938 — at the urging of an uncle who had migrated to California — Reis and her parents moved to Los Angeles to further her career. “I spoke fluent English but my parents did not,” she recalled. “I taught anybody who wanted to have a piano lesson. My father, who had run a bank with his brother in Budapest, didn’t want me to be the only one who was (continued on page 36)

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eventually stopped. She took up bridge, tennis and golf and volunteered at Allied Arts, Meals on Wheels, Family Services and the San Francisco Symphony League. Reis and her husband were among the first to move into the Vi when it opened in 2005. Robert Reis died three years later, at 91. In addition to her four sons, who all live in the area, Reis has 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Lately, Reis said, she’s increasingly drawn back to the piano, though she is humble about her talent. Many others at the Vi also have led interesting and accomplished lives, she noted. Does music keep her young? She seemed puzzled by the question. “I don’t know that music keeps me young. The good Lord keeps me young,” she said, adding that her family, friends and bridge-playing also help. Reis said she hasn’t looked at written music in decades. Her memorized repertoire, once about 150 compositions, is “now down to maybe around 50,” she said. “I’ve been playing more often now than in the years past,” she said. “I think I only do it because time is running out. Maybe I won’t wake up tomorrow, so I’d better play today.” Q Contributing writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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SUMMER GARDENING ... The Palo Alto Adult School will offer a “Gardening in Summer” class starting Wednesday, June 8 and running through July 13. Learn methods for banishing pests, getting through heat waves and other tricks of the trade. The class is 10 a.m. to noon at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Room A7, Palo Alto. The cost is $45. To register go to paadultschool. org. Contact Sherri Bohan at bloomngrdr@gmail.com for more information. 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.

Delicate cactus flowers attract hummingbirds.

ucked away from the rest of Stanford University’s main tourist attractions, an eccentric and whimsical garden sits on the far northern tip of campus. Surrounded by a grove of oak and eucalyptus trees, its densely tangled prickly pear plants and towering yucca trees stand out starkly to passersby, leaving many curious about how a plot of land straight out of the Sonoran desert came to exist just yards away from the Stanford Mausoleum. Unbeknownst to many students and visitors, the Arizona Cactus Garden is one of Stanford’s oldest living attractions, with roots reaching back to the late 1800s. Boasting over 17,000 square feet of green space, the quadrilaterally symmetrical and American Westinspired garden was designed by acclaimed landscape gardener Rudolph Ulrich between 1881 and 1883. The Arizona Garden was an unusual sight even by the standards of its time in the Gilded Age, a period that was marked by ostentatious wealth. In its heyday, it included thousands of varieties of cacti and succulents that rarely, if ever, grew naturally in the Bay Area. “Stanford was always interested

in horticulture and agriculture, but nobody had ever seen anything like this,” said Julie Cain, a historian at Stanford’s Heritage Services who led the effort to restore the Arizona Garden in the late 1990s. “This was the accepted norm at the time, this is what you (would) do — you got it, you flaunt it.” Even when the Stanford family redirected their efforts to building a university in honor of their late son, the Arizona Cactus Garden became a vital part of campus life, serving as a classroom for many art and botany classes and even as a “makeout spot” for students who wanted a secluded place to kiss, Cain explained. After World War II, however, it fell into a state of disrepair as the campus expanded, leaving the garden neglected for over half a century. “Before World War II, it was very much featured, people referred to it in the Stanford Daily and it was a part of campus life,” Cain said. “After the war, campus life changed and the growth and focus of campus was so much in the opposite direction that people didn’t need to come here.” The garden was mostly forgot(continued on page 40)

There are more than 5,000 varieties of cactus, succulents and ice plants in the garden.

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ten until 1997, when by chance an opportunity to lead restoration efforts fell into Cain’s lap as her fulltime job on campus as a librarian was ending. As a historian, Cain was intrigued by the idea of learning about and restoring the garden, even though she had no formal background in landscaping or horticulture, she explained. Keeping the garden’s former reputation as a Victorian-inspired status garden in mind, Christy Smith, the garden’s current coordinator, began researching and planning for a restoration that would bring back the sense of awe and curiosity the garden once invoked. “This garden was meant to be a showpiece,” Smith said. “It wasn’t a botanical garden, or planted in a way where all the plant families

HOME SALES

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Atherton

137 Hawthorne Drive Krizelman Trust to Connors Trust for $7,150,000 on 04/20/16; built 2004, 3bd, 3,570 sq. ft. 97 Mt. Vernon Lane Baran Trust to M. & G. Wyatt for $8,500,000 on 04/15/16; built 2003, 5bd, 7,540 sq. ft.

East Palo Alto

308 Azalia Drive G. & D. Manuelian to C. Chen for $655,000 on 04/19/16; built 1951, 3bd, 860 sq. ft. 1755 Tulane Ave. Barlevy Trust to K. Miao for $770,000 on 04/18/16; built 1953, 4bd, 1,700 sq. ft.

Los Altos

698 Benvenue Ave. Rocco Trust to Mccormack Trust for $2,730,000 on 05/13/16; built 1957, 4bd, 1,910 sq. ft. 576 Casita Way J. Stewart to G. Vemulakonda for $2,805,000 on 05/16/16; built 1953, 3bd, 2,086 sq. ft. 2320 Friars Lane Pack Trust to M. Mohan for $2,350,000 on

were put together. It wasn’t about walking through and learning about the plants, it was about truly experiencing the garden.” With support from the San Francisco Succulent Society and a host of dedicated volunteers, Cain and Smith have not only been able to transform the garden back to its original state, but have expanded it to include a number of rare and unusual flora such as a floss-silk tree, spiral aloe and century plants. Since a majority of the plants have been donated and they don’t always know what they’ll get, Smith and Cain have maintained cohesion through an “A-BC-D” method of planting, where the “A” plant is the largest specimen and the “D” plant is ground covering. “This gives continuity without having to have the same plants in every bed,” Cain said. In many ways, the Arizona Cactus Garden’s restora05/17/16; built 1978, 4bd, 2,302 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/14/1989, $490,000 681 Giralda Drive R. Tripiano to LAB Limited for $2,500,000 on 05/18/16; built 1962, 3bd, 1,912 sq. ft. 737 La Prenda Road Vanhorne Trust to T. Yih for $3,000,000 on 05/17/16; built 1952, 4bd, 2,057 sq. ft. 944 Manor Way C. Johnson to X. & Q. Zhang for $2,931,500 on 05/12/16; built 1981, 4bd, 3,429 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/10/1999, $1,400,000 484 Orange Ave. EvansMarystone Trust to Aerie Trust for $3,870,000 on 05/13/16; built 2006, 4bd, 3,904 sq. ft. 1631 Parkhills Ave. Otto Trust to Y. Sun for $2,298,000 on 05/13/16; built 1954, 4bd, 2,067 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/1971, $33,700 182 Pine Lane Grote Trust to S. Rong for $5,100,000 on 05/12/16; built 1994, 5bd, 3,842 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/25/2010, $2,650,000 515 Pine Lane Fleischman Trust to S. Ganesan for $2,775,000 on 05/13/16; built 1930, 3bd, 1,680 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/08/1977, $116,000 11722 Putter Way Given Trust to M. Jabbour for $1,800,000 on 05/13/16; built 2001, 3bd, 1,500 sq. ft. 821 Vista Grande Ave. D. & G. Reinke to H. Wang for

The 58 stonelined garden beds have been brought back to life, including at least a dozen dating from the 1800s. tion is still a work in progress. In the 18 years since Cain and Smith first started on the project, over 5,000 varieties of cactus, succu-

lents, ice plants and other rare and unusual specimens now grow abundantly in the 58 stone-lined garden beds, including a dozen or

so original species from the 1880s. For both Smith and Cain, maintaining the legacy and elegance of the garden for years to come is

$4,438,000 on 05/13/16; built 2008, 4bd, 3,798 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/20/2013, $3,412,500 1 West Edith Ave. #D123 Bryson Trust to Satterlee Trust for $1,350,000 on 05/18/16; built 1997, 2bd, 1,353 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/14/1997, $472,500

sq. ft.; previous sale 01/13/1993, $405,000 505 Cypress Point Drive #253 K. Schleifer to Blazek Trust for $580,000 on 05/13/16; built 1971, 1bd, 784 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/30/2005, $332,000 146 Eldora Drive M. Kimes to S. Ramakrishnan for $2,000,000 on 05/12/16; built 1947, 3bd, 1,623 sq. ft. 725 Mariposa Ave. #101 K. & D. Copeland to J. Chevalier for $800,000 on 05/17/16; built 1974, 2bd, 1,079 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/06/1987, $115,000 77 Mercy St. Greene Trust to N. Dave for $1,600,000 on 05/16/16; built 1955, 3bd, 1,040 sq. ft.; previous sale 01/27/2011, $874,000 1292 Phyllis Ave. Parker Trust to H. Nagarajan for $1,668,500 on 05/17/16; built 1955, 3bd, 1,196 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/29/2012, $1,123,000 715 Sleeper Ave. S. Sternberg to Loretz Construction for $2,300,000 on 05/13/16; built 1947, 3bd, 1,328 sq. ft.; previous sale 12/06/2013, $1,801,000 2103 Yorkshire Way J. Rinauro to V. Raman for $2,100,000 on 05/12/16; built 1949, 2bd, 1,246 sq. ft.

90 Crescent Drive Kennedy Trust to J. Lam for $2,830,000 on 05/12/16; built 1960, 2bd, 1,769 sq. ft. 360 Everett Ave. #6A P. Destefano to Omega Trust for $2,935,000 on 05/17/16; built 1961, 3bd, 2,064 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/18/2015, $3,150,000 1160 Fulton St. D. & M. Allen to C. & W. Ernst for $2,715,500 on 05/16/16; built 1931, 2bd, 1,408 sq. ft. 585 Marion Ave. Baskauskas Trust to X. Bai for $2,910,000 on 05/13/16; built 1906, 3bd, 2,098 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/13/2001, $865,000 770 Mayview Ave. Gollnick Trust to H. Wang for $4,350,000 on 05/16/16; built 1953, 4bd, 1,796 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/02/2015, $2,400,000 1991 Middlefield Road Hayler Trust to Y. Wu for $2,360,000 on 05/13/16; built 1947, 3bd, 1,753 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/01/1977, $120,500 560 Miramonte Ave. Trubman Trust to J. Pearl for $2,850,000 on 05/13/16; built 1932, 4bd, 2,836 sq. ft. 703 North California Ave. Cohen-Million Trust to D. Hunt

Los Altos Hills

13861 La Paloma Road Alvarez Trust to Moore Trust for $3,210,000 on 05/12/16; built 1947, 4bd, 1,924 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/18/1988, $1,100,000 27040 Old Trace Lane Old Trace Trust to Old Trace for $16,500,000 on 05/16/16; built 1990, 6bd, 14,855 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/30/2013, $14,250,000

Menlo Park

1055 Oakland Ave. Bramlett Trust to M. Cutler for $1,400,000 on 04/19/16; built 1946, 3bd, 1,200 sq. ft. 1330 University Drive #12 Rosa Trust to Burnett Trust for $1,265,000 on 04/21/16; built 1973, 2bd, 1,490 sq. ft.

Mountain View 428 Baywood Court #704 Koehler Trust to S. Torun for $990,000 on 05/12/16; built 1988, 2bd, 1,240 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/25/2009, $535,000 609 Charmain Circle Yee Trust to R. Smik for $1,600,000 on 05/17/16; built 1986, 3bd, 2,088

Palo Alto

Atherton

East Palo Alto Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $655,000 Highest sales price: $770,000 Average sales price: $712,500

Los Altos

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for $3,412,500 on 05/17/16; built 1951, 5bd, 2,773 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/01/1987, $365,000 1004 Plover Lane X. Zhang to J. Lee for $1,460,000 on 05/13/16; built 2008, 3bd, 1,218 sq. ft.; previous sale 01/15/2013, $918,000 446 Ruthven Ave. Feng Trust to Borrone Trust for $3,400,000 on 05/13/16; built 1900, 3bd, 1,544 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/11/2012, $2,488,000 2244 Santa Ana St. E. AmidHozour to T. Van-Dinh for $2,085,000 on 05/17/16; built 1951, 2bd, 962 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/15/2003, $775,000 435 Sheridan Ave. #209 S. Banki to H. Shi for $1,635,000 on 05/12/16; built 2000, 2bd, 1,529 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/16/2002, $656,000 2350 Tasso St. J. Qin to H. Wang for $4,380,500 on 05/12/16; built 2015, 3,198 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/02/2013, $1,800,000

Portola Valley

480 Westridge Drive Jessup Trust to N. Chen for $4,500,000 on 04/20/16; built 1952, 3bd, 2,020 sq. ft.

SALES AT A GLANCE Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $7,150,000 Highest sales price: $8,500,000 Average sales price: $7,825,000

the ultimate goal. “I hope that the garden will be here 100 years after we’re gone, and that nobody says we need a parking lot more than we need this garden,” Cain said, as Smith added, “That would be both of our worst nightmares.” An appreciation for gardening and a passion for history is what initially attracted Cain and Smith to the project and continues to be the driving force behind their efforts to keep it maintained and at the forefront of Stanford’s history. But Cain and Smith agreed that their efforts wouldn’t have been possible without the help of so many dedicated volunteers, and in many ways, without each other. “For both of us, this has been a labor of love,” Cain said, nodding towards Smith. “We’re both so passionate about the garden.” Q Avi Salem is a former Palo Alto Weekly editorial intern.

Total sales reported: 13 Lowest sales price: $1,350,000 Highest sales price: $5,100,000 Average sales price: $2,920,000

Los Altos Hills Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $3,210,000 Highest sales price: $16,500,000 Average sales price: $9,855,000

Menlo Park Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $1,265,000 Highest sales price: $1,400,000 Average sales price: $1,332,500

Mountain View Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $580,000 Highest sales price: $2,300,000 Average sales price: $1,515,390

Palo Alto Total sales reported: 13 Lowest sales price: $1,460,000 Highest sales price: $4,380,500 Averge sales price: $2,871,000

Portola Valley Total sales reported: 1 Sales price: $4,500,000 Source: California REsource

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Over $40 Million in 2016 Real Estate Transactions to Date

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3192 Fallen Leaf Street

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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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555 Madison Way, Palo Alto OPEN HOUSE Sunday 2:00 – 4:00pm Recently Completed, Rare, Single-Story Smart Home • Spectacular newly completed construction • Spacious floor plan with 5 bedrooms and 5 full baths • Chef’s kitchen equipped with 48-inch Wolf gas range, SubZero integrated refrigerator, freezer, and full-height wine system; Wolf coffee/espresso system • European hardwood floors, 10-foot ceilings, light-flooded • Beautifully landscaped grounds with courtyard, barbecue, and fire pit terrace • Extensive automation with voice, smartphone, and iPad control of every system • Sought-after Crescent Park Addition neighborhood • Top-rated Palo Alto schools New Price $6,770,000 / www.555MadisonWay.com

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$1,690,000 323-7751

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Your Realtor and You Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation Presents 2016 Scholarship Awards For the 17th straight year, the Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation is awarding scholarship awards to 18 graduating high school seniors in Silicon Valley at the end of the 20152016 school year. Scholarship recipients each receive $1,000 and are selected from public high schools in communities served by members of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR). The REALTORS® charitable foundation scholarship program recognizes students who have exemplified outstanding achievements in academics, extracurricular/employment activities and community involvement. The selection committee includes representatives from the local business community, area high schools, area colleges and the local trade association. “We are happy we are able to assist our youth with their education. The scholarship program is truly a partnership effort between the Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation and the wonderful educators in our service area,” said Nina Yamaguchi, the Charitable Foundation’s scholarship program chair. Students receiving scholarships, the schools from which they are graduating, and the colleges and universities they will be attending this fall are Kelly Jiaying Chen, Cupertino High School (UC Berkeley); Alexandra Tan, Fremont High School (UC San Diego); Audrey Cheng, Gunn High School (Princeton University); Angela Grace Wang, Homestead High School (USC); Sara Lucero, Leigh High School (UC San Diego); Bailey Thayer, Los Altos High School (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo); Molly Ilana Ball, Los Gatos High School (Barnard College); Sally Zhengyuan Wan, Lynbrook High School (University of Chicago); Ritwik

Kesavath, Menlo-Atherton High School (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo); Woo Chul Kim, Monta Vista High School (West Point); Samantha Rubinstein, Mountain View High School (UC Berkeley); Lavanya Mahadevan, Palo Alto High School (Stanford University); Shravan Davuluri, Prospect High School (University of Texas at Austin); Ajaipal Chahal, Santa Clara High School (Dartmouth College); Isha Mangal, Saratoga High School (UC Berkeley); Nguyen Dang, Westmont High School (University of San Francisco); Yu-Bin Moon, Wilcox High School (UC Irvine); and Frederique Corcoran, Woodside High School (UC Santa Barbara). Members of SILVAR presenting the scholarship awards to the recipients at their respective senior award ceremonies include Chris Alston (Keller Williams), Sue Bose (Referral Realty), Mark Burns (Referral Realty), Davena Gentry (Sereno Group), Mary Kay Groth (Sereno Group), Theresa Loya (Coldwell Banker), Russell Morris (Coldwell Banker), Bill Rehbock (Coldwell Banker), Robert Reid (Keller Williams), Amy Sung (Pacific Union), Susan Sweeley (Alain Pinel Realtors), Mary Tan (Coldwell Banker), David Tonna (Alain Pinel Realtors) and Suzanne Yost (Alain Pinel Realtors). The scholarship awards presented by the Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation are made possible by donations from REALTOR® and affiliate members. Since its creation, the program has provided $306,000 in scholarships to high school seniors in Silicon Valley.

***** Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement PENINSULA FIRE PROTECTION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 617142 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Peninsula Fire Protection, located at 633 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JAMES M. BROWN 633 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/21/1987. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 5, 2016. (PAW May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2016) EVERGREEN BIOPROCURE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 617226 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Evergreen Bioprocure, located at 131 Corkwood Ct., San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): TRUNG NGUYEN 131 Corkwood Court San Jose, CA 95136 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/9/16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 9, 2016. (PAW May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2016) KITCH’N OFFICE KITCHEN’N OFFICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 616534 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Kitch’n Office, 2.) Kitchen’n Office, located at 532 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): AMATO USA HOLDINGS, INC. 830 Stewart Dr. Suite 277 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May 20, 2016. (PAW May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2016) SAFE CHOICE GARAGE DOOR REPAIR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 617642 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Safe Choice Garage Door Repair, located

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10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Richard A. Schindler, Esq. Schindler & Meyer, P.C. 236 West Portal Ave., #773 San Francisco, CA 94127 (415)421-0856 (PAW May 20, 27, June 3, 2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 16CV294378 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: FIREND ADNAN AL RASHEED filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: FIREND ADNAN AL RASHEED to FIREND AL RASCH. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: June 21, 2016, 8:45 a.m., Dept.: Probate of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: April 27, 2016 Thomas E. Kuhnle JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2016)

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PREP TRACK & FIELD

It’s been a run of success

HEADED TO RIO . . . Palo Alto High grad Lily Zhang had a quick introduction to the Olympic Games four years ago in London as she exited the table tennis competition on the opening day. Zhang now has four years of experience under her belt and will take a shot on improving her Olympic debut this summer at the Rio Olympic Games. A bronze medalist at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Zhang reserved her place in the Women’s Singles event for Rio at the ITTF-North America Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Markham, Toronto. The event was held in April. After recording wins against Canada’s Lu Yi (15-13, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3) and compatriot Crystal Wang (11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 5-11, 11-9), Zhang accounted for a second colleague in the guise of Zheng Jiaqi (11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9) to secure the pressure invitation to the Brazilian city in August. “I still can’t believe it; it feels like I’m in a cloud, so excited and proud to represent the U.S. at the Olympics”, said Zhang. Even though still a teenager at 19, Zhang is now an old hand at competing in events on which the eyes of the world are focused.