Palo Alto Weekly July 15, 2016

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Local news, information and analysis

CDC releases early findings from youth suicide study Report suggests stronger awareness, school connectedness critical to supporting youth in crisis

by Elena Kadvany

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reliminary findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s epidemiological investigation into youth suicides in Santa Clara County have shed some light on factors — including mentalhealth issues and problems at school — that played a role in the

suicides of Palo Alto teenagers over the past 13 years.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department, which on behalf of the Palo Alto school district formally filed a request for the CDC to conduct the study, released the agency’s preliminary report on Tuesday. It is an early, incomplete

analysis, subject to change, with a final report due out later this year.

The report was compiled by five staff members from the Centers for Disease Control and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), who spent two weeks in Palo Alto this February talking with organizations and people who work on suicide prevention and youth mental health as well as poring through county and local data, the report states.

While the initial scope was limited

to 2008 to 2015, the researchers expanded their data analysis to 2003 in response to community requests to consider an earlier youth suicide cluster in Palo Alto.

The majority of the report takes a countywide view, with the team examining data related to 232 suicides. However, the team also analyzed Medical Examiner reports to draw out locally specific data.

In Palo Alto, these reports indicate that mental-health problems, previous or current treatment for

mental illness, a recent crisis and problems at school precipitated the suicides of at least 25 percent of the Palo Alto youth, ages 10 to 24 years old, included in the study.

The report also identifies “current depressed mood,” a previous suicide attempt and leaving a suicide note as precipitating circumstances among Palo Alto youth who died by suicide.

Those youth were less likely to tell someone about their plans (continued on page 8)

EDUCATION

School district stunned by tax shortfall Just two weeks into new fiscal year, property-tax increase less than expected

by Elena Kadvany

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The building at 2600 El Camino Real could be demolished and replaced with a four-story structure, if a plan by Sand Hill Property Company comes to fruition this year.

DEVELOPMENT

With redevelopment looming, businesses prepare to leave Palo Alto Six-story Brutalist building at 2600 El Camino Real could be replaced by four-story development

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hen August comes to a close, it will spell the end of an era for the roughly two dozen Palo Alto businesses that have been occupying one of the city’s most conspicuous and unusual buildings.

A concrete giant in a city full of glass and stucco, the six-story Brutalist building at 2600 El Camino Real has been towering unapologetically over its neighbors since its construction in 1966. In some ways, it exemplifies the diverse and eclectic nature of El Camino. A Bank of America occupies the ground

floor, Fambrini’s Cafe is on the second floor, and organizations of all sizes and functions complete the tenant roster.

Here, DeLeon Realty, a real estate firm at the forefront of the city’s exploding housing market, occupies the same building as Project Happiness, a nonprofit that teaches locals to find happiness within. There are small law firms, accounting practices, anesthesiologists and wealth managers. Peter LeVine, whose company Vencoa is a vender of vending machines, will be leaving after 30 years in the building.

The move has been months in the making, and it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone. The land, located between Page Mill Road and California Avenue, is owned by Stanford University, and the building has long been owned and managed by the property-management company Allhouse Deaton. In October, the long-term ground lease will expire, and Sand Hill Property Company will take over a new long-term ground lease with Stanford. To set the stage of the takeover, Sand Hill filed an ap(continued on page 14)

he Palo Alto school district is suddenly facing a $3.7 million budget gap due to a new property-tax revenue estimate from the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office that is about 3 percent lower than the district had planned for.

The district learned last week that projected property-tax revenue has dropped to 5.34 percent, significantly lower than the 8.67 percent the district relied on in creating its 2016-17 budget, adopted on June 21. The decrease is due to a rise in assessed properties that are exempt from property taxes, primarily $1.2 billion in exemptions from the major expansion of Stanford University hospitals.

Monthly reports that the district receives from the assessor’s office only include gross real property values, not exemptions, though these reports have “provided a reasonable basis for estimates in past years,” Chief Business Officer Cathy Mak wrote Thursday in a memo about the budget changes.

On June 1, the assessment growth was estimated at 8.62 percent.

The drop, which Mak and Superintendent Max McGee both said was a complete “surprise,” will have an automatic impact on the district’s new three-year teacher’s contract, and likely on the district’s reserves.

Though the estimated total tax shortfall is $5.2 million on the $231 million budget, the new projection will trigger a safety-net condition in the teacher’s contract that eliminates a 1 percent bonus for teachers when property-tax revenue is less than the district budgeted by 1.5 percent or more. This reduces the actual gap to $3.7 million.

Mak and McGee have preliminar-

ily suggested that the district make up for the lost revenue by pulling $1.2 million from unrestricted, undesignated funds; $1.2 million from bond funds designated for computer updates; $375,000 unused dollars in the budget that had been allocated for the hiring of teachers to accommodate enrollment growth; and not transferring $919,000 to the district’s Basic Aid Reserve Fund, McGee said Thursday.

The lower projection also means negotiations with the teachers and classified employee unions can be reopened on the 3 percent raise promised in the third year (201718) of their contracts, which in total provides a 12 percent base salary increase over three years, plus the off-schedule bonuses. (An off-schedule bonus is not added to the employee’s base salary.)

“As you can imagine, I was surprised and disappointed to receive this news as I consider the threeyear contract one of our great collaborative achievements from last year,” McGee wrote in an email to the school board and his cabinet on Wednesday.

The size of the salary increases required unprecedentedly high assumptions about the rate of increase in secured-property-tax revenues, which provide about 70 percent of the district’s revenue, for the next three years in order to achieve balanced budget projections.

The sole Board of Education member to vote against the teachers’ contract, Ken Dauber, raised alarm bells about the contract’s budget implications given these high assumptions, while his col(continued on page 13)

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

This building is so big and nonconforming that I thought we’d be stuck with it forever.

—Alex Lew, Architectural Review Board vice chair, on plans to demolish the Brutalist building. See story on page 5.

Around Town

A TOUCHING TRIBUTE ... It’s an art sculpture, a tiny building and a musical instrument all in one. And on Thursday, July 21, the Chime installation at King Plaza will also serve as a gathering place for a concert geared to showcase its unique sounds. Between noon and 1 p.m., artist Dan Gottwald and electronic musician Will Gluck will perform a piece composed specifically for Chime, a temporary art piece that encourages users to make music by touching its wooden panels. Elise DeMarzo, manager of the city’s public art program, called King Plaza, which is in front of City Hall, the “ideal location to establish a sustainable venue for public discourse through the arts.” The event is free and open to the public.

READY, SET, STORM ... Stanford Shopping Center has been named a “StormReady” mall by the National Weather Service.

The StormReady program honors communities and government and commercial sites for their preparedness to handle all types of severe and potentially lifethreatening weather situations, according to its website. The designation, which was given this week by the National Weather Service, recognizes the shopping center, located at 180 El Camino Real, for its emergency preparedness, including communication infrastructures, community outreach and hazardous-weather training. To be considered storm ready, applicants must have a 24-hour warning period and emergency operations center; have more than one way to receive severe weather warnings and forecasts and to alert the public; create a system that monitors weather conditions; promote the importance of public readiness through community seminars; and develop a formal hazardous weather plan, which includes training severe weather spotters and holding emergency exercises. The mall, owned by Simon Property Group, was also named a “Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador.”

A WALK IN THE PARK ... As Palo Alto moves ahead with a new master plan for local parks and recreational facilities, one idea that is quickly catching on with city staff and commissioners is the prospect of getting residents more involved in sprucing up and maintaining

existing parks. The new program, which is expected to appear in the soon-to-be-drafted Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and Recreation Master Plan, directs the city to “encourage residents to organize and participate in park maintenance and cleanup events to foster a sense of ownership, establish social connections and reduce maintenance costs.” In discussing the master plan on June 28, the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission was particularly enthusiastic about the policy, with Commissioner Jim Cowie calling it “a brilliant idea” that can have a major positive effect on the community. The park plan includes dozens of other new policies, including ones calling for improved partnerships with the school district and more dog parks, restrooms and “modern interactive exhibits.” It also singles out three city sites that will require further exploration to determine best uses: the recently dedicated 7.7 acres of land at Foothills Park; a 10.5 acre site that will become available for recreation as part of the city’s golf course reconfiguration; and the biggest recreational wild card of all: Cubberley Community Center — the focus of a separate planning effort that is being jointly undertaken by the city and the school district.

DUKE OF HAZARDS ... Palo Alto Director of Emergency Services Ken Dueker has been appointed to a California Mutual Aid Regional Advisory committee, according to a city announcement. Dueker, who was tapped to be the head of the Office of Emergency Services in 2011, will represent small municipalities (cities with fewer than 100,000 residents) in Region II, one of six regions Ken Dueker overseen by the California Office of Emergency Services. Dueker is tasked with helping to coordinate the response to disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, floods, pandemics and terrorism.

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had approached the organization and said she wanted to work in Beijing to help emerging businesses.

“Jenny was our first off-shore chapter president. She led the way for us to move around the world,” Iglehart recalled.

Shi had recently purchased a building as an accelerator to bridge business development between Silicon Valley and China, Iglehart added.

Carla Selby, director of membership and finance for Keiretsu Forum Northern California Region, expressed shock upon learning of Shi’s death Tuesday.

“It’s very shocking. We called a meeting yesterday, and she never showed up,” Selby said, adding that because Shi traveled often to

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Jenny Shi, a business woman whose body was found in her Palo Alto home July 7, is shown in this December 2011 at an office of The Keiretsu Forum. Police suspect her death was a homicide.

Shi was co-president of the Keiretsu Forum Bureau chapter in Beijing and Shanghai, an international organization with roots in the Bay Area that facilitates investor-to-business connections and has 46 chapters worldwide.

She traveled frequently between the Bay Area and China, said Judith Iglehart, the organization’s international chapter president.

“It’s hard for me to believe that this has happened. She was an esteemed colleague, and she was an accomplished businesswoman.

I knew her family; I know her brother, and she has a daughter,” Iglehart said. “She ran a string of acupuncture clinics. Also, since 2005 she has been working with the Forum to help early-stage startups. She had a wide range of business contacts across the world.”

While living in China, Shi graduated from the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In the Bay Area, she was an angel investor and owned seven acupuncture clinics. She has family in Beijing, where her brother, James Shi, owns and operates a hospital, according to her Keiretsu Forum profile.

Iglehart said she has known Shi for 12 years, after Shi joined the Keiretsu Forum with a partner. Shi

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by Sue Dremann and Palo Alto Weekly staff borhood home in the 300 block of Creekside Drive to locate her, according to police.

Police who arrived at the house immediately suspected that her death was a “likely homicide,” suspicions that were confirmed by a July 11 autopsy by the county coroner.

Police said Tuesday that while they don’t have any “significant leads,” they are exploring the relationships that Shi had with various associates related to her real estate holdings and other business endeavors.

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Coronor reports Jenny Shi, 65, died after multiple stab wounds in her Greenmeadow neighborhood home Palo Alto woman whose body was found in her home on July 7 was identified by police Tuesday as Jenny Shi, 65, a businesswoman with ties to China.

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed that Shi died after suffering multiple stab wounds. Palo Alto police stated in a press release that it’s likely Shi knew the person who killed her.

Shi’s body was found at about 7:42 p.m., after a family member went to the Greenmeadow neigh-

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Beijing she assumed that Shi was there on a business trip.

County property records indicate that Shi has owned the brown-and-white shingled home on Creekside since 1995. As police investigated the crime last week, the two cars, a black Mercedes parked on the street and a sports utility vehicle in the driveway, remained cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape.

Neighbors in the sprawling neighborhood, which was developed by Joseph Eichler in the late 1950s, told the Weekly on July 8 that they didn’t know Shi well.

One neighbor, who asked that her name not be published, said that (continued on page 15)

ELECTION 2016

Former teacher Jennifer DiBrienza to run for Palo Alto school board Parent and education consultant joins race for three open seats

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Began as a kindergarten teacher in the New York City public school system

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Attended New York University for both a bachelor’s degree (psychology) and a master’s (education), specializing in elementary mathematics

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Received literacy professional development at the Columbia University Teachers College Reading & Writing Project, whose curriculum is also used at all Palo Alto Unified elementary schools.

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Taught early-elementary grades from 1993 to 2001

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Worked as staff developer for kindergarten through eighthgrade classrooms

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Completed a doctorate program in education at Stanford University in 2008

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Taught math methods courses in the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) during and after the doctorate program

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Worked as consultant to public and private schools, helping districts implement new math curricula

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ennifer DiBrienza, a parent, former teacher and now education consultant, is running for a seat on the Palo Alto Board of Education this November, she has told the Weekly.

DiBrienza touts her years as a classroom teacher and experience as a consultant to school districts across the country and internationally as reasons why she’s a prime candidate to serve on a school board that next year will be comprised of, at the very least, a software engineer and a financial director.

“There should be a voice of someone who’s been in a classroom, who’s worked in school districts, who’s worked in schools, who’s worked to make change and bring parents in, bring teachers in. I feel like I’ve played a lot of those roles,” she said, adding that she would seek to establish trust

among the groups.

DiBrienza lists as one of her priorities to improve the relationships between teachers and parents and also teachers and the school board. There have been instances over the years, she said, where teachers have felt undervalued and parents have felt not heard, breeding unnecessary contention and mistrust.

She pointed to a process now underway select a new math curriculum (she’s one of six parents on the district’s new Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Adoption Committee), which for some has been deja vu of a problematic, controversial adoption of materials in 2009. This time around, parents and school board members have expressed concern that parents were not involved early enough in the process, while dis-

trict staff defended this past year as an “exploratory” period mostly focused on teachers testing out new curricula in their classrooms.

DiBrienza thinks the district’s process was “reasonable” but lacked communication about the natural common ground that parents and teachers share about their priorities for teaching students math.

It is the school board’s role to facilitate better communication and build trust between parents and teachers, no matter the topic, she said.

DiBrienza’s top three campaign priorities are student well-being, equity and “potential.” All three are linked by one sentiment: That while the Palo Alto school district is highly ranked and serves most of its students very well, others are not well-served, both academ-

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Upfront

CDC (continued from page 5)

A comparison of Palo Alto youth

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espite the intense national spotlight that has been focused on Palo Alto over the last several years in the wake of several teenage deaths by suicide, the CDC’s report indicates that Palo Alto school-district students are actually faring better than some of their peers.

Data from the 2013-14 California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) indicate that far fewer Palo Alto Unified high school students seriously considered suicide and reported mental distress than in three other county school districts for which the CDC reviewed data (Santa Clara Unified, Gilroy Unified and East Side Union High School District in San Jose). Only 12 percent of responding Palo Alto high school students had seriously considered suicide in the 12 months before taking the survey, compared to 18 percent in Santa Clara, 20 percent in Gilroy and 20 percent in East Side Union. Palo Alto Unified also had the lowest percentage of high school students who had experienced mental distress in the previous year — 20 percent compared to Santa Clara’s 32 percent, Gilroy’s 30 percent and East Side’s high of 34 percent.

High school students from all four districts who had considered suicide and reported mental distress, though, shared many characteristics. They were significantly more likely to have missed school in the past month (due to either falling behind in school work; feeling bored at school; or feeling sad, hopeless or angry), experienced bullying and victimization, used alcohol or drugs in their lifetime, engaged in binge drinking in the last month and self-identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual, the CDC found.

These students were also less likely than their peers to think that

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than young people in other Santa Clara County cities. Less than a quarter of the Palo Alto youth had told someone they intended to die by suicide, the researchers found.

The CDC also found that more than half of all of the Santa Clara County youth during this time period had a recent crisis within two weeks of death, pointing to the vital importance of widespread training, awareness and education around suicidal risks and behavior. Recent crises youth experienced included problems with intimate partners, such as a breakup or argument with a family member; release from a medical facility, such as after a psychiatric hospitalization; legal problems; a suicide attempt; drug or alcohol use; and school problems, such as failing classes or getting suspended, the report states.

Current mental health problems were also reported in 46 percent of the Medical Examiner reports, according to the CDC. The most common mental health diagnosis was depression, followed by anxiety and bipolar disorder.

About a quarter of those who died were receiving treatment at the time of their deaths, and 41 percent had received treatment previously.

Young men were particularly vulnerable countywide. They were significantly less likely to have reported a current mental health problem or to have received treatment than young women, the researchers found. The suicide rate for male youth is also greater than for female youth in Santa Clara County, as well as statewide and nationally.

The report notes that the many circumstances and factors that contributed to suicidal behavior “underscores the complex nature” of youth suicide.

“Factors associated with fatal and nonfatal suicidal behavior were found at the individual (e.g., mental health problems, sexual orientation, drug and alcohol use, past suicidal behavior), interpersonal (e.g., arguments, bullying, intimate partner, and family problems), and community level (e.g., connectedness to school, meaningful engagement at school),” the

report states. “This suggests that suicide prevention efforts should take a multi-faceted approach to suicide prevention and should include programs, activities, and outreach that target factors at multiple levels beyond those that focus on risk factors at the individual level.”

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an adult or teacher cared about them and to have a high level of school connectedness, according to the CHKS data. Forty-one percent of suicidal high school students in Palo Alto said they felt a teacher or adult in school cares about them, compared to 67 percent of students who hadn’t considered suicide.

In Palo Alto, 76 percent of students who had considered suicide reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more.

The top reasons these students missed school, in order, were illness (including physical problems); lack of sleep; feeling very sad, hopeless, anxious, stressed or angry; falling behind in schoolwork or feeling unprepared for an

assignment; and feeling bored or uninterested in school.

The report also identifies bullying as a crucial problem for schools to address to better support struggling students. Just over half of all suicidal students in Palo Alto reported in the survey that they had been psychologically bullied at school.

In comparing Santa Clara County with other California counties, the team of researchers found that Mendocino, Humboldt, Lake, Shasta and Yuba counties all have significantly higher youth suicide rates — all double or more the local rate. The highest is Mendocino at 16.2 per 100,000, according to the report.

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According to the 2013-2014 California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), 12 percent of Palo Alto’s public high school students seriously considered suicide in the year prior. That figure compares to 18 percent of high school students in Santa Clara Unified and 20 percent in both the Gilroy Unified and East Side Union High School districts.

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Forty-one percent of Palo Alto youth who considered suicide said they felt a teacher or adult in school cares about them, compared with 67 of the students who didn’t consider suicide (Source: CHKS).

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Seventy-six percent of Palo Alto youth who had considered suicide reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more (Source: CHKS).

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Fifty-two percent of Palo Alto youth who had considered suicide reported they’d been psychologically bullied in school (Source: CHKS).

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At least 25 percent of Palo Alto youth who died by suicide had experienced mental-health problems, previous or current treatment for mental illness, a recent crisis or problems at school (Source: Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner reports).

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Help is available

Any person who is feeling depressed, troubled or suicidal is urged to call 1-800-784-2433 to speak with a crisis counselor.

People in Santa Clara County can also call 1-855-278-4204. They can also text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741) to text with a trained volunteer counselor.

Clinics that will triage and/or see individuals Q Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Clinics: 650-7237704 for children and teens; 650-498-9111 for adults Q Palo Alto Medical Foundation psych intake line: 408-730-4370 (leave a message for non-urgent issues, response time within three days; call your primary care physician’s office for same-day response and expedited evaluation) Q El Camino Hospital ASPIRE Intensive Outpatient Programs: 650-9407000 (Mountain View); 408-866-4021 (Los Gatos) Q Mills Peninsula Health Services: 650-696-4666. (For non-urgent issues, leave a message; response time within four hours. Staff will assess for appropriateness for various outpatient programs and can refer to local community behavioral health providers.) Q

cide rate from 2003 to 2014 was almost the same as California’s. Since 2003, Santa Clara County has had a consistently lower rate than the nation, according to the report.

The CDC’s final, more comprehensive report will include an analysis of trends in youth suicide and related behaviors countywide and, data permitting, in cities and school districts, according to Sara Cody, health officer and public health director for the county health department. The team will also have access to data from a recent survey that Palo Alto youth well-being collaborative Project Safety Net conducted to ensure that the CDC hears input from more community members than those who were able to meet with the CDC team in February.

The final report will also look at whether recent media coverage of youth suicide met established media guidelines and will compare local youth-suicide prevention efforts to evidence-based recommendations. The final report will likely include additional recommendations regarding suicideprevention strategies at the school, city and county level.

Project Safety Net will hold a meeting on Wednesday, July 27, 4-6 p.m. at Rinconada Library, to discuss the report and hear an update from the county health department. To RSVP, go to tinyurl. com/PSNrsvp0727 Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

Upfront PARKS AND RECREATION

Residents worry about dangerous speeding along Bol Park Path Metal ‘chicanes’ to be removed within days

by Sue Dremann pose a hazard to some bicyclists, persons with wheelchairs, tandem bikes and bikes with child trailers.

Barron Park historian Douglas Graham said the chicanes were installed after the bike path opened in May 1980.

“Very shortly after the opening, a number of irresponsible motorcyclists discovered the new path, which was long and straight enough that they could reach freeway speeds. Soon they were making runs at night, particularly about 2 or 3 a.m. Some of our houses are only 50 feet from the path. The police were called repeatedly and sometimes chased the motorcyclists, so we had squad cars roaring along the path at night. As far as I know, they never caught them,” he said. “I do know that the walkers, joggers and non-motorized bikers were repeatedly terrorized.”

The chicanes effectively ended the motorcycle problem for 30 years, he said.

But resident Richard Placone said that some motorcyclists still get through as it is. The chicanes at the path’s north side are spaced farther apart. They are not sched-

Community, school leaders react to CDC recommendations Agreement, criticism greet youth-suicides report

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stigma around seeking help and increase access to quality support services — affirm much of the work that is underway in Palo Alto, said mental-health experts, school-district leadership and other community members.

“I think it always helps to have data to back up the things you find important,” Palo Alto Board of Education President Heidi Emberling told the Weekly. “You can read this data as things we knew, or you can read it as more rallying cries to support the things we’re doing and the things that we’re fighting for.”

Education, awareness and access are all central to the CDC’s early recommendations. Given the fact that the team of researchers found that many youth who died by suicide in Santa Clara County had experienced some sort of recent crisis, the report suggests that those who live, work and are in close contact with young people should be “familiar with signs of distress so they are able to recognize and intervene with a youth in crisis.”

Superintendent Max McGee found this recommendation in

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A bicyclist navigates around the chicanes on the Bol Park Bike Path.

YOUTH WELL-BEING

or many who work to prevent youth suicides and boost mental health in Palo Alto, the preliminary findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ongoing investigation into local deaths by suicide affirm work that is already underway to better support youth in crisis. At least one staunch suicide-prevention advocate, however, is arguing that the report drew from too little data and makes recommendations too general for an issue that demands a high level of insight and understanding.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department released this week a much-anticipated 32-page preliminary report with mostly countywide data on youth deaths by suicide, drawn from existing data sources.

The report’s initial recommendations around suicide prevention — to provide further education and training to those who work with young people; to target resources and outreach to populations that are at higher risk of dying by suicide, such as young men and LGBTQ youth; to decrease

provide improvements in terms of safety and accessibility,” Hillary Gitelman, director of Planning and Community Environment for the City of Palo Alto, said in an email.

“We are also committed to closely monitoring the situation and implementing other improvements as needed,” she said.

Chris Corrao, city senior transportation planner, said during a June meeting with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee that Mello wants to put in a thermal detector for a few months.

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etal fences that cross the Bol Park Path to slow down bicyclists will soon be taken down, to the consternation of some residents and the approval of others, including many cyclists.

The removal of the barriers is the first revision the city plans to make to the popular bike and pedestrian route leading from Matadero Avenue to Miranda Avenue near Foothill Expressway.

The metal fences, called “chicanes,” at Matadero will be replaced with a low concrete island and markings on the pavement.

Some Barron Park residents fear that now cyclists will speed and, potentially, motor bikers will use the path, endangering persons in wheelchairs, small children and seniors who cannot get out of the way quickly. Others think the chicanes pose a safety hazard and support their removal.

City planning and transportation officials claim the chicanes

uled to be removed at this time, Chief Transportation Official Joshuah Mello said, as they are not part of the same project.

Placone and a group of residents met with city staff on July 5 to ask that that chicanes be kept until there can be more public input, but staff decided to go ahead with the removal.

In an email, Mello said: “Guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice recommends that the entirety of a public right-of-way should be made accessible when any improvements or modifications are made to that right-of-way.”

“Removing the chicanes will

line with what he’s been urging.

“One of the messages I’ve been communicating early on, since the first death by suicide last year, was the importance of vigilance on everyone’s part — parents looking out for their kids, students looking out for one another,” he said. “I was glad that that was highlighted.”

McGee said the district has purchased a new online suicideprevention training tool called Kognito, which simulates reallife situations between teachers, students, health professionals and others and might become required training for all district staff. The district currently requires teachers to complete Question Persuade Refer (QPR) training when they’re first hired, with re-training every two to three years. The training offers an approach to confronting someone about possible suicidal thoughts, spelled out in the acronym: You first ask someone if he or she is considering suicide, persuade him or her to get help and then refer the person to resources.

The report points to relationships between students and teachers or other adults and school con-

nectedness as “protective factors” against suicidal ideation.

“Enhancing relationships between youth and a teacher or another adult could provide opportunities to identify at-risk youth and provide ways for youth to seek help prior to and during a crisis,” the report states. “Activities to enhance the relationship between youth and a teacher or other adult should be implemented in tandem with educational programs focused on recognizing warning signs for suicide and how to respond to a suicidal individual.”

The report also indicated that many students who reported in a survey that they had seriously considered suicide had also missed school in the previous month. McGee said the district is in the midst of scrutinizing its attendance policy and practices around checking in on students who miss school.

School board member Ken Dauber lauded the report’s statement that many different, complex factors contribute to youth suicide and thus require a multifaceted response at every level — individual, school, community, county.

“It underlines ... the need to be making progress on many different fronts, from improving access of students to mental health resources to looking at opportuni-

ties to increase sleep, to building more connections between teachers and students,” he said.

“We all need to identify the leverage points within the areas that we’re responsible for and commit to making progress on them,” he added. “We shouldn’t let the fact that there’s a broad range of issues here dissuade us from getting to work on the ones that we have control over.”

Chloe Sorensen, a rising Gunn High School senior and one of two students on a community coordinating committee for the CDC investigation, said many student and school initiatives have been launched to address the very issues laid out in the report, from putting anonymous counseling referral boxes on both Gunn and Palo Alto High’s campuses to organizing student and staff activities to running a student-newspaper series highlighting stories of emotional resiliency and recovery.

The district is also creating wellness centers at both high schools and hiring new “wellness outreach workers” who will lead and coordinate wellness efforts.

“I think we have made a lot of progress and I don’t think we should doubt that progress,” she said. “We know these are the is(continued on page 12)

Correction

The July 8 story “Turner-trial judge criticzed for bias in assault case” misstated the date when final plea conditions were presented to a judge.

They were presented on March 29. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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Upfront YOUTH

News Digest

Teen entrepreneurs learn along with their campers

Teacher pleads not guilty to sex-abuse charges

Security robot knocks down toddler The parents of a 17-month-old boy say a Stanford Shopping Center security robot knocked down their son and ran over his foot before they were able to get him out of the way.

Tiffany Teng and Eric Cheng of San Jose were shopping at the mall, located on El Camino Real, on July 7 when their son, Harwin, was struck by the autonomous robot and knocked to the ground, they said.

Harwin had been walking in front of them near the Splendid and Armani Exchange shops at around 2:30 p.m. when he collided with the robot, which was moving toward them. The boy struck his head on the robot and was knocked to the ground and onto his face as it continued to move forward. After the boy fell, the robot continued to move forward, running over Harwin’s right foot, Teng said.

The Mountain View company that makes the robots, Knightscope Inc., maintains that the robot is safe and has clocked thousands of hours of operation and human-robot interaction without injuring anyone. The company doesn’t deny the accident occurred, but it characterized the incident as a freak accident. Meanwhile, Stanford Shopping Center has taken its K5 robots offline.

After the incident occurred, a nearby retailer called a human security guard, Teng said. An ambulance arrived after about 30 minutes and took the boy to a hospital, where he was released after an examination. His pediatrician conducted a follow-up exam on Monday.

The doctor did not think that Harwin had any internal bleeding or broken bones, Teng said.

But Harwin’s parents were further upset after hearing a member of the Stanford Shopping Center security staff say the robot had recently hit another child in the same week, Teng said. In an email sent to the shopping center’s management, Simon Property Group, she questioned why, if another child was injured, the shopping center did not take action at that time.

The company did not respond to the parents’ question, but General Manager Josh Kalkhorst did offer an apology in a brief reply to the parents and promised to make a few inquiries regarding the incident.

Knightscope denied that the robots, which travel at about 1 mph, have had any other accidents. Q — Sue Dremann Page 10 • July 15, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Josh and Noah Yuen are teaching — and acquiring — life lessons with their homegrown basketball camp

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t started out as a way to make money to pay their way onto club sports teams. Now, Josh and Noah Yuen’s FUN-damentals Sports Camp is an annual summer tradition that has taught the Palo Alto High School students life lessons and tightened their bond with neighborhood kids.

The brothers started the camp six years ago when Josh was in seventh grade and Noah in fifth.

Now, with Josh a recent graduate and Noah a rising junior at Paly, the camp is still going strong, fostered by the boys’ love for sports and camaraderie.

“I was very active as a kid,” Josh said. “In my first house when we moved to Palo Alto, we had a hoop in the garage. So I’d spend hours back there. ... I remember playing (at the YMCA) ... it was so much fun to meet friends that way.

Since then (my love for sports) has just grown in so many ways.”

Josh and Noah don’t have a schedule for the camp, prioritizing freedom and creativity over the hourby-hour agendas of other sports camps. For basketball, they mix the basic drills — shooting, passing and dribbling — with scrimmages and games such as “knockout” and “money in the bank.”

But the camp, which runs during afternoons the week of July 18, is not limited to just basketball.

“The camp is pretty (much) free for the campers to do anything they want, whether it’s baseball, basketball, even soccer,” Noah said. “It’s about keeping them active during the summer. That was a big reason we did it.”

The Yuens home on Hilbar Lane serves as the base. The backyard is a hub for sports and other outdoor games, but sometimes the camp will venture to nearby Duveneck Elementary School, which has more room for activities such as baseball.

“This is where all the magic happens,” Josh said, pointing out the screened window at a rather nondescript backyard. There are two basketball hoops, a soccer net and a play structure.

Promotion of the camp doesn’t go beyond posting fliers at school and sending messages to the neighborhood email list. This year, even the cost of the camp is donation-based. It’s far from the flashy summer basketball camps held by colleges or professional teams, but that doesn’t matter. This is a homegrown, grassroots camp, meant to build fitness and — more importantly — friendship.

“It’s an open session,” Josh said. “It’s about spending time in the summer with your friends, remaining active and learning a

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Michael Airo, an Ohlone Elementary School teacher charged in December with sexually abusing the daughter of a former girlfriend more than a decade ago, pleaded not guilty in court in Palo Alto on Tuesday.

Airo, 34, who taught fourth- and fifth-grade at Ohlone until he surrendered on Jan. 13, faces four felony counts relating to the alleged conduct: the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 — resident child molesting; and three instances of performing a lewd or lascivious act on a child by force, violence, duress, menace and fear.

The child was a former female student in the district, now in her early 20s, who disclosed the alleged sexual abuse to her psychologist in 2014, according to a police report obtained by the Weekly. Airo first met the girl when she was 8 years old, and he was an aide at the after-school program she attended at El Carmelo Elementary School, according to the report.

Airo appeared in court on Tuesday morning with his attorney, Michael Armstrong of Palo Alto firm Nolan, Armstrong & Barton, to enter a not-guilty plea. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 2.

Airo, a teacher at Ohlone since 2009, has been on unpaid administrative leave since January. The school board voted unanimously in February to initiate dismissal proceedings, which the district’s attorneys are currently handling, according to Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Scott Bowers.

Meanwhile, Ohlone Principal Nicki Smith has sent a letter to Palo Alto police refuting portions of the police report describing the comments she made in a Jan. 8, 2015, interview and responding to community concerns raised about her failure to report the police visit to the district office.

Smith maintains that when Palo Alto police officer Joel Hornung interviewed her about Airo in January 2015, he did not tell her any details about the investigation nor that it involved allegations of sexual misconduct. In her letter, Smith also denied making a statement included in Hornung’s report that she “would never imagine suspect Airo touching or harming the children in anyway (sic).”

Palo Alto police spokesman Lt. Zach Perron would not comment on Smith’s letter but said that, generally speaking, “Our officers and detectives prepare their written reports contemporaneously to interviews of witnesses, victims and suspects so that they can document what was said and done as accurately as possible.” Q — Elena Kadvany

Brothers Josh (right) and Noah Yuen take turns shooting free throws on July 13 in their backyard, where they will host their basketball camp next week. few things along the way as well.”

It’s also about the kids learning to try new things, to make their own choices.

“We realized after a while, a lot of these kids — who are still in elementary school — they learn better, and they have more fun when they have their own choice,” Josh said.

“Once they have their own choice, we’ll direct them from there.”

This approach has resulted in diverse activities taking place that aren’t even sports-related, ranging from tie-dyeing shirts to decorating picture frames. One year, the campers wrote letters to their favorite athletes, and one even received a response from the baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez.

Managing 10 to 12 elementaryage kids, though, can be a challenge, the brothers said. Early on, Josh would get frustrated when the campers didn’t listen and “did their own thing.”

“Every year since then, I’ve understood them a little bit more, been able to enjoy a little bit more,” Josh said. “So being able to learn more about myself in that way, which I never could have thought of in the beginning, was definitely rewarding.”

Noah added, “We’ve gotten more experience with our skills and being able to communicate with the kids.”

The firsthand lesson in crisis management is something the boys’ mother, Kerei, appreciates.

“When (Josh and Noah) started, they would turn to me whenever they had a question,” she recalled.

“They would say, ‘Mom, (the campers) aren’t listening to me,’ and I’d say, ‘Great, what do you do about that?’”

What they did was use patience to let campers try new things, grasp new concepts and learn from their mistakes, Josh explained.

“If you’re going to teach a kid how to do something, especially

at a young age, being able to just be more patient with them and allow them to try and then fail and help them get back up is a good experience,” he said.

Kerei noted how she has been more hands-off as the years have gone by, no longer needing to look over the boys’ daily plans.

“I’ve seen them grow along with their camp,” she said.

Elizabeth Hewitt — whose two boys, Watson and Oakley, will be attending the camp for the third consecutive year — said they “absolutely love it.”

“It’s a wonderful mix of sports, arts and crafts put on by wonderful role models, and it’s one of the highlights of my boys’ summer,” Hewitt said.

Watson, 10, added, “It’s awesome.

You get to make tie-dye shirts.”

When asked about their favorite memories from six years of camp, both brothers talked about seeing campers who were on the quieter side begin to open up and feel more confident.

It epitomizes the journey the boys have taken as well, from middle schoolers starting a basketball camp in their backyard to confident leaders who are attempting to nurture and develop community youth.

With Josh heading off to University of California, Berkeley, in the fall, the future of the camp beyond this year remains in question, though Kerei hopes Noah and two younger brothers can take the reins.

For now, the focus is on this summer.

Josh’s advice to others is similar to the attitude he and Noah strive to instill in their campers: Don’t be afraid to try something new.

“I know a lot of kids may be interested in coaching or starting their own camps because it is an intriguing idea,” said Josh. “Try it out, and you may love it.” Q Editorial Intern Eric He can be emailed at ehe@paweekly.com.

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Upfront

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council

The City Council did not meet this week.

Board of Education (July 13)

Gunn portables: The school board authorized staff to award a $495,000 contract to Greentech Indutry, Inc., to modify portables at Gunn High School.

The portables will accommodate the music department and provide other support space during the school’s Central Building Project. Yes: Unanimous Absent: Dauber

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.

Cuckoo’s Nest sues ex-marketing officer A lawsuit has been filed by Cuckoo’s Nest, a private, invitation-only club in Menlo Park that mingles tech entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, against its former chief sales and marketing officer, Tony Perkins. (Posted July 14, 7:45 a.m.)

School trustee fined for late campaign filing The California Fair Political Practices Commission has fined Palo Alto Board of Education member Ken Dauber $200 for failing to file a campaign contribution statement on time. (Posted July

not necessarily include the above information if it’s not available.

He also criticized the report’s recommendations as too broad and even unproductive.

“We need to have them relate back to tangible things that we can do because the goal isn’t to pat ourselves on the back that we collected some data. The goal is to save lives,” Ojakian said.

Others are using the report to make their own connections.

To Stanford Medicine child and adolescent psychiatrist Steven Adelsheim, director of the university’s new Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, the report offers guidance for efforts he’s leading to increase early access to mental-health services for young people. He is spearheading a plan to open at least two stand alone youth mental-health centers in Santa Clara County with the goal of making it comfortable — even cool — to seek help, whether it’s for a breakup, problems at school or something more serious.

Specific findings from the report, such as the fact that young men in Santa Clara County are at higher risk for suicide and are less likely have received treatment, will help to tailor the new mental-health centers to meet local needs, Adelsheim said.

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sues and we’re doing everything we can to work on them.”

However Palo Alto resident and former Mayor Vic Ojakian, who lost his college-aged son to suicide in 2004 and has spent the last decade-plus pushing for mentalhealth reform at both the local and state levels, criticized the decision to release broad-strokes findings and recommendations before the research team’s investigation is even completed.

“In some ways it feels like its a gloss-over, thrown together here and there,” he said.

Ojakian also questioned some of the report’s data and “limited” sources. Because the CDC researchers only looked at youth who died in Santa Clara County, a number of deaths of local youth occurring out of the area were not considered, Ojakian said. He also suspected that the rates of youth died by suicide who had a recent crisis, had an existing mentalhealth condition or received psychological treatment were underreported given the researchers drew this information from coroner’s reports, which might

Mary Gloner, the new executive director for Project Safety Net, a collaborative of more than 40 community organizations who work with youth, similarly said the report will help inform the group’s focus and priorities.

Many who read the report were heartened to see that Santa Clara County’s youth suicide rate is not out of the norm but rather close to and in some cases even below local, state and national rates. The report also analyzed 2013-14 survey data that shows Palo Alto Unified high school students reported lower rates of suicidal ideation and serious mental distress than young people in three other Santa Clara County school districts.

The comparisons “put a stake in the heart of the notion that there is something about Palo Alto, that there’s something in our drinking water,” Ojakian said.

Dauber, however, said these comparisons should not be reason for the community to rest on its laurels.

“The least productive thing we could do with this report is use it as evidence that we don’t have to do more than we’re already doing,” he said. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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JLS Middle School was vandalized twice in the past week, with “disparaging remarks” against teachers and references to the Black Lives Matter movement spray painted on campus in two separate incidents, according to police. (Posted July 12, 10:33 a.m.)

Man arrested after fleeing traffic stop An East Palo Alto man was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of failing to yield to a traffic stop before colliding with another motorist and allegedly fleeing the scene on foot, police said. (Posted July 12, 8:28 a.m.)

Google, LinkedIn announce huge land swap Google and LinkedIn officials on Tuesday announced a surprise deal for a massive property swap that would trade real estate and development rights, consolidating Google’s presence in Mountain View and effectively sending LinkedIn out of North Bayshore and over to the Sunnyvale border. (Posted July 12, 8:26 a.m.)

Alumni to host ‘family and culture’ event A group of Palo Alto alumni working to spur conversation around youth mental health in Palo Alto is hosting a community event focused on family dynamics and cultural identity on Sunday, July 17. (Posted July 12, 8:20 a.m.)

First Person: A conversation with co-founder of Stanford Red Barn Leadership Jacqueline Hartman, co-founder and chief facilitator of the Stanford Red Barn Leadership Program at Stanford University, talks with Lisa Van Dusen about how horses can illuminate the truth and, ultimately, the best in people. (Posted July 10, 7:18 a.m.)

Behind the Headlines: Education Innovation On this week’s half-hour webcast, “Behind the Headlines,” Weekly Editor Jocelyn Dong and education reporter Elena Kadvany speak with Michael Kirst, the longest serving state Board of Education president and a professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, about his long career in education, his work leading the state’s Local Control Funding Formula, as well as his thoughts on local school district funding, academic standards and education in California. (Posted July 8, 8:18 p.m.)

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ically and emotionally, she said.

“There are a number of students in our district who are surviving school and not thriving,” she said.

“We need kids to know there are lots of different paths and we can support all of them so that they are not only academically successful but (also) emotionally, mentally healthy.”

Equity has been a focus in Palo Alto over the last several years, and DiBrienza pointed to the district’s Minority Achievement and Talent Development committee as a good start to address the gaps in success between historically lower-achieving groups of students and their peers.

Her last, more abstract priority — potential — describes her view that while there are pockets of innovation throughout the district, from Palo Alto High School’s Social Justice Pathway program to the Connections program at JLS Middle School, they are piecemeal and layered on top of an existing system that doesn’t work for all students.

“We’re in Silicon Valley. We innovate and create and invent for the world,” DiBrienza said. “Our schools don’t reflect that. ... Our potential is so much greater than where we are.”

Last winter, DiBrienza was involved in conversations among a group of Palo Alto parents who advocated strongly for the district to open a new, innovative secondary school, pointing to deficiencies in the current system, overcrowded schools and what they said is a strong, unmet desire in the community for a completely different kind of educational experience.

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less important to DiBrienza than finding a way to support more innovative programs, she said.

She’s also personally familiar with the families’ demands for the district’s choice programs. Her oldest daughter, Katie, who she says thrives in a smaller learning environment, was zoned to attend Jordan Middle School, whose size DiBrienza said felt “overwhelming” even to her as a parent. So they applied for a spot at JLS’ Connections, a school-within-a-school program that is focused on interactive, project-based, experiential learning, as well as the private Girls Middle School in Palo Alto.

Katie is currently No. 102 on the Connections waitlist, so they decided to send her to Girls Middle School — a difficult decision, said DiBrienza, given that she herself is a product of public schools.

DiBrienza hopes that her two younger children — Elias, an incoming kindergartner at Ohlone, and Briar, a rising fourth-grader at Ohlone — will stay in the district

Jennifer DiBrienza for middle school and beyond.

Since moving to Palo Alto, DiBrienza has also volunteered in the schools. She served on Ohlone’s PTA executive board for two years — including a stint as vice president of parent education — and then as the school’s site council chair this past year.

She is also a member of the district’s LGBTQQ committee and sits on the math advisory board for Dreamcatchers, a tutoring nonprofit for underserved Palo Alto middle school students.

DiBrienza’s announcement brings the number of candidates officially running to three, joining current board President Heidi Emberling and parent Todd Collins.

Emberling was elected to the board in 2012 along with Melissa Baten Caswell and Camille Townsend, who will be ending their second and third terms, respectively, this fall. While Townsend has publicly said she does not plan to run, Baten Caswell has yet to announce her decision. Q

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ence between motorcycles and bicycles, and staff would be able to track whether motorcycles become a problem on the path.

After the chicanes are removed, the city plans to install the concrete islands, signs, crosswalks and street stencils in early August, Gitelman said.

Placone said that leaves an open window for uninhibited speeding.

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leagues relied on an assurance that the local housing market would provide early indicators, at least 18 months in advance, of any major changes in property-tax revenue.

Dauber told the Weekly Wednesday night that he believes the board acted imprudently in viewing the budget projections as conservative. A primary consequence, in his eyes, will be that the district can’t afford as many teachers as it budgeted for, and classes could be larger as a result.

“I think the important thing is that our students not suffer the consequences, but it’s likely that they will because the board didn’t act prudently and leave us any wiggle room,” he said. “We don’t have a cushion.”

“It’s just deeply disappointing and upsetting that after one of the biggest property-tax increases in history that produced one of the largest surpluses that the district is likely to ever see, the board and senior staff mismanaged it to the extent that we now face this problem,” he added.

Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone, reached in Prague Thursday morning, told the Weekly that his office meets with schooldistrict representatives on a quarterly basis and also provides them monthly gross assessment updates.

“We meet with them for just this reason, so they can clearly understand that these are just monthly gross numbers, not net numbers,” he said.

And while the exemption esti-

until some unspecified date in August. This means bikers will be free to zip across Matadero as they have been asking to be able to do.

Safety takes a back seat in this case to a biker’s convenience,” he said.

Concern about the chicanes and discussion regarding their removal isn’t new. Most recently, former Chief Transportation Official Jaime Rodriguez sought to remove the devices in 2011, Barron Park resident Doug Moran said. Because public outreach in this case was limited to some segments of the bicycle community,

it created a volatile situation with groups that were not consulted prior to the decision to remove the chicanes, he noted. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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mates don’t come in until the end of the fiscal year (the Assessor’s Office didn’t know the amount until May, Stone said), Stanford University represents the second largest exemption in the state.

“If you’re a finance director or superintendent of Palo Alto Unified, you know there’s a lot of exempt property,” he said. “These aren’t rookies here.”

The “point of surprise” for the school district might have been that as construction progresses and a project nears completion, so do the property’s exemptions, resulting in this year’s particularly large amount, Stone said.

School board President Heidi Emberling said she was “shocked” to see the new projection and didn’t think the district could have anticipated an exemption as large as $1.2 billion.

“This was not predictable. If it was predictable, then we have to figure out where our systems went wrong. We rely on certain indicators throughout the year to do our planning, and we don’t have a crystal ball. We do the best planning we can with the information we have at the moment,” she said.

When asked about various areas where the district could look to recapture the lost revenue — drawing from reserves, rolling back management staff’s compensation increases, asking the teachers’ union to re-open the contract for the coming school year — she said, “Right now, everything is on the table.”

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plication in January to demolish the building and construct a new one in its stead.

In describing the project to the Architectural Review Board last fall and in an email exchange

with the Weekly, company officials have emphasized the positive attributes of the replacement.

The old building, they note with justification, would not have met current codes and design guidelines. Built before the city established its 50-foot height limit, it exceeds the restriction by nearly 30 feet. If built today, it would

also be required to have larger setbacks, offer more parking spaces and be less dense. As such, the building is considered a “noncomplying” facility.

At an Architectural Review Board last September, the project’s architect, Clifford Chang, described the existing building as “incredibly antiquated in almost

every aspect” and an example of what one could construct “if you wanted to make the least expensive building the fastest.”

The replacement building, he said, would be “a great improvement.” Though the floor area would remain the same (as is allowed for replacement of non-complying facilities), other aspects of the building would be made more consistent with the city’s zoning rules. The new 62,616-square-foot, four-story structure would be 50 feet tall, include the required parking and incorporate sustainable features, such as solar panels.

This view found some sympathy on the board, with Vice Chair Alex Lew saying he is happy to see the Sand Hill project.

“This building is so big and non-conforming that I thought we’d be stuck with it forever,” Lew said at the September meeting.

Allison Koo, Sand Hill’s project manager, told the Weekly in an email that the new building would be “more consistent

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The project would also include a comprehensive program to limit the amount of traffic its employees generate, which would include Caltrain passes and VTA Go Passes for workers, Koo said.

It will have retail on the ground floor and a more friendly environment for pedestrians, she added.

But for some of the current tenants, the replacement project does not represent progress. For LeVine and others, it means an exodus of small businesses from Palo Alto and the latest chapter in the city’s transition into an exclusive enclave for the wealthiest of the wealthy. Several tenants told the Weekly that they cannot afford any other offices in Palo Alto and are moving to other cities.

When the new Class A office building is developed, most expect it to be occupied by a hightech giant with pockets deep enough to afford the exorbitant rents the new building will surely fetch — much like the new office development at 101 Lytton Ave., which serves as headquarters to SurveyMonkey, or the College Terrace Centre, a mixed-use development that is now being constructed at 2100 El Camino Real that until recently was eyed by Yelp as a possible site for its new headquarters.

Jan Cummins, an attorney at 2600 El Camino who specializes in elderly law, knows she is unlikely to fit the profile of the new occupant. After scouring for a new location, Cummins is moving to San Mateo after 10 years of practicing in Palo Alto.

“I do think it’s not good for Palo Alto because it’s basically knocking out small operators, the solo attorneys and the small CPAs,” Cummings said. “There’s really nothing available in Palo Alto.”

Others also are looking elsewhere. And even though they had ample warning that they will have to move out by the end of August, finding a new location in the current real-estate market has proven near impossible, they said.

Project Happiness is moving to Cupertino when the lease expires, the nonprofit’s founder, Randy Taran, told the Weekly. Roger P. Kokores, a real estate attorney whose practice has been at 2600 El Camino for more than four decades, will be switching to a home office, though he told the Weekly that he was planning to downsize anyway. LeVine is doing the same, though not voluntarily.

LeVine said he has spent six months looking for a new location in Palo Alto and worked with two different Realtors. He said he currently pays $4 per square foot, which amounts to $2,100 in monthly rent for his office, which he acknowledges is well below the market rate. He is willing to pay twice that, but he couldn’t find anything within that price range.

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Unless a location miraculously emerges in the next month and a half, LeVine said he will work from his home in Menlo Park.

LeVine takes issue with the assertion that the Brutalist building is “ugly� or “unsightly� and contends that many residents he has spoken to do not share this view. The new building, he concedes, will likely be an architectural gem. It will also stand as a “monument to venture capitalists� and “a symbol of ultimately wealth.� In some parts of the city, such a project might make sense, LeVine said — for example, if it were replacing one of El Camino’s motels. “But what’s unique about this project is that in this building you have so many small businesses,�

LeVine said. “Almost all of them are being dislocated out of Palo Alto.�

Yet he acknowledges that the Sand Hill proposal, while problematic for existing tenants, is consistent with the zoning code and will likely be approved. The Architectural Review Board is scheduled to hold a formal hearing on the project in the next few months (its September 2015 discussion was a preliminary review, which took place before the application was filed and featured no votes) and make a recommendation.

If the board recommends approval and the city’s planning director OKs the project, Sand Hill will be able to obtain building permits without any additional reviews by the council or the Planning and Transportation Commission, barring an appeal. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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many men — all younger than 35 — stayed at the home for short periods of time. The neighbor said new cars came and went every month. “She was renting out individual rooms. She said she was there the whole time, but I only saw her one time every seven months,� the neighbor said.

The neighbor and her family moved in about three years ago and tried to be friendly to Shi, bringing home-grown garden tomatoes and offering to work together to fix a fence that had been uplifted by vegetation in Shi’s yard, she said.

But the two women didn’t get to

know each other, the neighbor said.

The last homicide in Greenmeadow took place in September 1998. Software engineer Vladimir Pokhilko killed his wife and son in their Ferne Avenue home before killing himself, 12-year-old.

Police last week indicated there is no threat to the community and said the killer is likely no longer nearby.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the police department at 650-3292413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Janet M. Carnesi-Rodriguez December 1, 1941 – June 7, 2016

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Janet (Rodriguez) (Prieto) Carnesi, 74 of Palo Alto California, died Tuesday June 7th 2016 at UMC Trauma Center Las Vegas. She was born December 1st 1941 in Davenport Iowa to her parents Antonio and Marion (Ramirez) Rodriguez.

She survived by her children Paula Greulich, Ralph Prieto and Leticia Sarinana. Her grandchildren Andrew Greulich, Kayla Greulich, Samantha Sarinana and Eli Sarinana and her great-grandchildren Andrew and Adam Greulich, along with numerous extended family and friends. Janet was preceded in death by her son, Steven Matthew Prieto.

Janet had a love for music and photographing the moment, her gentle hug and tender kiss will never be forgotten and forever in our hearts. Will always be remembered as our loving mother, nana and great grannie. She will forever be missed and loved.

Services were held Monday June 20th 2016 at noon, at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto California.

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Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Counterfeit currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 2 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Theft from auto attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 4 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Brandishing a firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Noise ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of burglary tools. . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Petty theft attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found narcotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Assist outside agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Possession of switchblade . . . . . . . . . . 1 Probation violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Thomas Moser Thomas Colborn Moser, an English professor at Stanford University and a longtime Stanford resident, died on June 3 of pneumonia complications. He was 93.

He was born on Nov. 22, 1923, in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

After graduating from high school, he studied engineering at the University of Pittsburgh for one year before he was drafted into the Army, in which he served for three years as an electrical engineer in Europe, the Philippines and Japan.

After the war, he attended Harvard University on the G.I. Bill where he obtained a bachelor’s degree and, later, a doctorate in English. He then briefly taught at Wellesley College before accepting a position in 1956 at Stanford where he would reside for 60 years and become a noted scholar of the works of Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford.

In 1952, he married Mary Churchill Small, a dean at Radcliffe College, with whom he raised two children. During his time as chair of the English Department at Stanford in the 1960s, he led the department through years of student unrest and was responsible for the hiring of women faculty in the department.

He was also known for conducting seminars in his own home and inviting lonely undergraduates to Thanksgiving dinner.

In 1986, after his first wife’s death, he married Joyce Moser, a scholar, attorney and teacher of American literature who is now a Stanford administrator in the Introductory Studies Program.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Moser of Stanford; his children, Thomas C. Moser Jr. of Ellicott City, Maryland, and Fredrika Churchill Moser of Garrett Park, Maryland; and three grandchildren, Lucy, Polly and Toby.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Billy Prior Billy Prior, a lifelong Palo Alto resident and World War II veteran, died on June 21 at the VA Palo Health Care System hospice unit in Palo Alto. She was 96.

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She was born in 1920 in Mayfield, before it was annexed to Palo Alto, to Allen and Marguerite Prior. Her family’s roots in the Palo Alto area go back generations; her grandfather was a blacksmith in Mayfield in the late 19th century. Prior graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1937 and went on to receive a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Berkeley, in 1942.

During World War II, as part of the Women’s Army Corps, Prior experienced the buzzbombs in London, served in the Battle of Normandy and was one of the first woman soldiers to arrive in Paris after its liberation. She received the Croix de Guerre with a bronze star. Later in life, she was a member of the Civil Air Patrol, participated in a Women’s Army Corps veterans group and served as a voluntary chaplain at the VA Palo Alto facility in Menlo Park.

A great passion of hers was aircraft, and while unable to fly during the war, she acquired a pilot’s

license in 1947 and flew often out of the Palo Alto airport. She was also a member of the Bay Area Chapter of the Women Flyers of America.

For 33 years, she volunteered for the Sempervirens Fund, a nonprofit that works to preserve land and redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She received recognition for her work from former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Prior also wrote a handful of books, two of them about identifying forgeries in handwritten and typewritten documents, another about her World War II experiences called “Flight to Glory,” and a local history text titled “Tales Of Old La Honda.”

She was predeceased by her son, Captain Michael Prior Bates, and is survived by her son, Robert C. Bates of Palo Alto; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Per her wishes, there will be no memorial service. Memorial donations can be made to the Michael Prior Bates Memorial Scholarship Fund, California Maritime Academy, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo, CA 94590, or to Sempervirens Fund, P.O. 1417, Los Altos, CA 94023.

Francis (Frank) Koplowitz October 17, 1920 – June 30, 2016 Francis (Frank) Koplowitz died at age 95 at Stanford, California, survived by his children Edward Koplowitz (Ellen Rothman), Linda Law (husband dee. Skip Law), and Jeri Finch (Jim); by grandchildren Daniel, Gabriel, Jeremy, Jenna and Kaitlin; and by many relatives and friends.

Raised in New Haven, Connecticut with his brother Benjamin (Bob), Frank served with distinction in WW II as a navigator and bombardier in the Air Force, flying 37 missions over Germany, eventually retiring as a colonel. He was honored for his wartime and then subsequent civilian contributions to society with an entry in the Congressional Record on his 80th birthday in 2000.

Frank worked as a jeweler in San Francisco for half a century, and was a member of Starr King Masonic lodge.

He was married to Bertha Berger for 60 years until her untimely death in 2005, when he retired to the Vi in Palo Alto. During his last ten years, Frank enjoyed a close relationship with Rita Brown, deceased in this year, and continued his philanthropy as a leading senior fund raiser for City of Hope.

Frank was a man of uncommon good humor, absolute honesty, generosity of both spirit and pocket, and someone who knew that real friendship meant giving as well as sharing.

Funeral services were held at Hills of Eternity Cemetery Chapel, 1301 El Camino Real, Colma under the direction of SINAI MEMORIAL CHAPEL, San Francisco. Donations in Frank’s memory may be made to City of Hope.

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Born Feb. 20, 1920 and danced her last dance July 9, 2016.

Born in Manchester Conn. moved to Palo Alto, Calif. in 1928 with her Italian immigrant parents Frank and Theresa Posocco.

A resident of Palo Alto for 88 years, spending the last 2 at Belmont Village in San Jose.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Leon J. Faso.

Survived by her children, Marsha Morphew, Robert Faso, Leslie Hollister and her husband Gary. Six grand-daughters, and 4 great -grandchildren.

Services were held at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto.

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George Schumann October 10, 1954 – June 20, 2016 George Robert Schumann III, 61, recently diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, died June 20, with his family by his side.

Born in Palo Alto, George grew up in Mountain View, attending local schools and graduating from Los Altos High School in 1972. He learned the construction trade early on, working with Madlem Construction and eventually opening his own company, Westwood Design. Westwood built many local projects, ranging from residential kitchen and bath, to commercial tenant improvements, to building homes from the ground up. After he closed his own company, George took pride in the fact that one of his colleagues continued on to open his own successful construction company, still in business after two decades.

George was married to Georgie Gleim, of Gleim the Jeweler; they met when George’s company did remodeling work for the store. After closing his construction company, George went to work for the jewelry store. Very good at organizing systems, George used this talent when he joined Gleim’s and reorganized a number of the critical support functions for the company. They resided in Palo Alto, where George took ultimate satisfaction in applying his construction and design skills to remodeling their house into his vision of their home.

George loved mentoring people, whether family members, friends, people in the construction trade, or colleagues in his department at Gleim’s, and was instrumental in teaching a number of people how to be responsible individuals and employees. One friend said, “I’m aware that George was always trying to help me. That’s George’s nature, and that’s a rare attribute that very few possess.” Many friends have commented on his big heart, his support for them in tough times and his ever-present sense of humor.

With Georgie, he learned to enjoy travel both domestic and international. On one of these trips, he was thrilled to be able to play the Old Course at St. Andrews. He made many good friends in the jewelry industry, and was able to enjoy a last trip to this year’s Masters with some of these same friends.

George was a beloved uncle to Lacey and Gary Brown of Southern California; Jared and Emma Gleim of Perth, Western Australia; and Lisa Gleim of Southern California.

He treasured his great-nieces and great-nephews: Jack, Reese and Trent Brown and Georgia Gleim, and they, in turn, loved his always-entertaining demeanor. He was predeceased by his parents, Bob and Beverly Schumann.

Rather than services, a celebration of his life will be held later this summer.

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Editorial A school budget crisis some feared Tax growth falls short of district’s projections

T

he Palo Alto Unified School District’s new fiscal year is just 15 days old, but the impossible has already happened.

Less than a month after approving a budget that relied on an almost 9 percent increase in property-tax revenue for the coming year, the district has learned that the Santa Clara County Assessor is projecting an increase of just over 5 percent.

The shortfall will be about $5.2 million, although the actual budget impact will be around $3.7 million due to the automatic elimination of a 1 percent bonus for employees in 2017.

The error stems from the district incorrectly interpreting interim county numbers that included about $1.2 billion in tax-exempt property-valuation increases for the new Stanford hospitals.

The revelation is a severe blow to the district and raises serious questions about the due diligence performed by Superintendent Max McGee and his staff and the board’s fiscal oversight.

County Assessor Larry Stone told the Weekly the growth numbers should not have come as a surprise to the district given the monthly meetings his office has with all school-district financial officers and the cautions given about exemptions and other variables.

In a robust economy with growing property-tax revenues and a newly approved and increased parcel tax, the Palo Alto school district shouldn’t have to budget revenues aggressively or draw on reserves. Reserves are for rainy days, not for use during peak periods of economic growth.

The board should never have approved three-year labor contracts in late May when accurate tax-revenue data would be available just a few weeks later. And it should not have granted “me too” retroactive salary increases to non-union managers and administrators.

In an email Wednesday morning to the board, top administrators and principals, McGee said he was “surprised and disappointed” to learn the news. He suggested that instead of making expense cuts to offset the revenue shortfall, the gap should be funded from reserve accounts, an action that would effectively sweep this major problem and embarrassment out of public view as if nothing happened.

With 85 percent of the district’s expense budget going to compensation and benefits, and more than 71 percent of the revenues coming from property-tax revenue, these are the two drivers that require the utmost scrutiny, analysis and public debate.

Concern over the district’s vulnerability to errors in the projection of property-tax revenue was raised by board member Ken Dauber when the union contracts were up for approval in May, but his four colleagues were all satisfied that the 2016-17 revenue projections were solid and voted in favor of the contracts, and a month later, for the budget.

The budget problem is a further blow to parents who have shown that class sizes in the middle and high schools have been consistently larger than the averages set by board policy. Dauber and these parents unsuccessfully argued that the hiring of the additional teachers to bring the class sizes down, especially in core academic classes, should be a top budget priority. With the latest budget problem, it now seems even more unlikely that there will be money available for this correction.

Except for Dauber, school board members were persuaded

by McGee and Chief Budget Officer Cathy Mak that the district would have 18 months’ advance warning of lower rates of property-tax growth, based on being able to see home-sale data trends in advance of the actual changes in tax payments, and therefore plenty of time to adjust budgeting. Neither McGee nor Mak mentioned the risk that property-assessment numbers could be impacted by tax exemptions.

School-district budgeting is never an exact science, but Palo Alto has made a big “miss” that is compounded by the generous (and first ever) three-year labor contract just approved.

McGee and his staff now need to present the board and public with a clear picture of the financial road map forward, including how he expects to balance the 2017-18 budget, which relied on another large increase in property-tax revenues. He should also immediately suspend the scheduled compensation increases for non-union managers and administrators until the board can determine how it will address the budget problem.

And the board, which spent countless hours talking about ways the district might add or expand programs, only to use up all its increased revenues on compensation, needs to assess its own failure to manage the budget in a fiscally responsible way. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Feeling uncomfortable Editor, After reading Gennady Sheyner’s informative piece on the “new, improved” Maybell development and accompanying editorial, which recommends that we put this behind us, those of us who support active government policies for housing for all have to be left with an uncomfortable feeling about contemporary community values.

That Tom Dubois, Eric Filseth and Karen Holman led the charge for a non-compliant, multi-variance project after so strenuously riding opposition to variances to victory in the 2014 elections is more than irony. I believe pay-off would be a better choice of words to describe this process and product.

Holman’s quote (“Nobody knows how a neighborhood lives better than the people in the neighborhood”) could have just as easily been applied to the restrictive covenants and red-lining of 50 years ago. That council members can congratulate themselves on their flexibility while abandoning the public interest in regard to producing even one, single unit of affordable housing and approve that action by maintaining “financial hardship” for a developer who stands to make millions seems more like fraud than inconsistency.

(Full disclosure: I have backed public housing in five elections — in 1975, 1977, 1981, 2003 and 2014 — and I was a recipient of benefits from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority at the Webster Wood site, the Johnson Park site and The Terman. I am a lifetime renter, a pensioner and No. 12 on the Palo Alto Housing Corporation waiting list for Below Market Rate purchase).

John Karl Fredrich La Para Avenue, Palo Alto

Housing for the developmentally disabled Editor, In June, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a $950 million affordable-housing bond to be placed on the November ballot. So far the narrative around this measure has emphasized homelessness but, as a housing development advocate at Housing Choices, I believe it is important to discuss how other vulnerable groups with severe housing needs will benefit, including people with developmental disabilities.

According to the Department of Developmental Services, there are 5,735 adult residents of Santa Clara County who have developmental disabilities. Of these adults, roughly 80 percent live at home with aging parents because they

cannot afford the high cost of housing. Santa Clara County needs to find an affordable-housing solution for this population before their parents pass away or become too frail to take care of their adult children with developmental disabilities.

All Santa Clara County residents who care about their neighbors with developmental disabilities should support this ballot measure because it is a crucial step in providing them with more affordable housing.

Rebecca Byrne Mulcaster Court, San Jose

A heartwarming asset Editor, I am writing as a volunteer at Palo Alto Animal Services (PAAS) as well as a Girl Scout who is working on my Gold Award, a leadership project targeting change in one’s community. I have been reaching out to the surrounding community and sharing how PAAS benefits our society with its services.

Many residents know PAAS as a shelter that adopts out animals. And volunteers like me work with the dogs there before they are adopted out, teaching them basic commands and how to walk on a leash. PAAS’s small size is special for reasons

like this; many larger, overcrowded shelters have less individual volunteer time to give their animals.

PAAS also serves as a great value to the community through their other services. They offer low-cost spay and neuter services to community members’ pets as well as weekly vaccination clinics for cats and dogs. In addition, they microchip and license cats and dogs, making it easier to reunite a lost pet with its owner.

They also respond to calls from Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills for any kind of animal emergency, including wildlife. Before volunteering there, I thought that Palo Alto wouldn’t have many stray cats and dogs, but it never ceases to amaze me how many we have sheltered during my time here. And when we don’t have many animals, the shelter often receives transfers from other, overcrowded shelters, providing them a secure spot in a “no-kill” shelter like ours.

I just hope that others in our community continue to support and utilize our local shelter and realize how very lucky we are to have it here in Palo Alto.

Alix Westgaard St. Francis Drive, Palo Alto

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Guest Opinion

A neighborhood perspective of Maybell Avenue development

by Joseph Hirsch

I

would l i ke to add some i nsights to the Palo Alto Weekly editorial, “A bittersweet outcome,” published in the July 1 issue. There are parts of the editorial that I agree with, and some that I, from my perspective and the perspective of the neighborhood I live in, simply have to disagree with.

Yes, the neighbors were “embittered” (although “frustrated” might be a better characterization) but not by “traffic and other impacts” but by the City Council (our elected representatives), city staff and the Palo Alto Housing Corporation (PAHC) completely ignoring the concerns of the people who would be most directly affected on a daily basis for many years by the proposed Maybell Avenue housing project if it had been built.

In June 2013, I personally asked the council for a Terman Working Grouplike process, which in the early 1980s reached agreement in four-party discussions about the future mixed use of the then-closed Terman Middle School.

What were we offered? A few rushed days on a weekend in June with Mayor Greg Scharff, an openly vocal proponent of the project, then and later, as the not-so-neutral mediator. Clearly that was going, and went, nowhere.

Palo Altans want to be more involved, and listened to, in what happens in their neighborhood.

During the interview that Cheryl Lilienstein and I had with Palo Alto Weekly publisher Bill Johnson in August 2013, he asked if we would reach out to the PAHC to see if some compromise could be agreed upon. Walking out of the meeting, I immediately met Jean McCown in the lobby of the Weekly (Jean was a former colleague of mine for four years on the Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission) and told her that if representatives of the PAHC wanted to meet and discuss the situation, we would be happy to meet with them at any time.

I repeated that statement to the City Council the week before the referendum and the week after the referendum (even though we had won).

People in this city need to know that at no time did PAHC leaders ever respond to those offers. Not once, not at all, not a single word, not a single call to this very day — even after they lost the referendum. In that regard, as the editorial correctly notes, the PAHC “underestimated the importance of obtaining support from the immediate neighbors.”

I don’t agree with the editorial’s ob-

servation that there were miscalculations by the neighborhood. Because the PAHC was not willing to meet with representatives of the neighborhood (they were, after all, going to soundly defeat the referendum), we were left with absolutely no other alternative but to file the referendum and see it through to the vote and the victory for us that ensued.

In doing so, we touched upon the very strong feelings that Palo Altans want to be more involved, and listened to, in what happens in their neighborhood.

They still do.

What I do agree with is that it was “an avoidable controversy,” which is the lesson that has to be learned from the Maybell controversy. If — and that remains a very big if — developers, city staff, the City Council and others take the time to meet with, listen to and appropriately consider the feelings and opinions of residents who will be affected by any proposed development, controversies such as what evolved over the Maybell site may very well be avoided.

Current developer Golden Gate Homes did so with the project just approved by the council for that site.

One final point, and this also needs to be clearly understood by the people of Palo Alto, as some don’t understand it even today: The neighborhood was never opposed to having senior housing on the Maybell site (although we thought it was not a good site for senior housing for many reasons). As Cheryl and I said in our Oct. 4, 2013, op-ed piece in the Weekly: “Our opposition to the

ordinance is not about senior housing.

We are not opposed to development of senior apartments on the Maybell site if developed within the current RM-15 zone. We are against the high-density rezoning in residential neighborhoods, particularly by the Planned Community process, which creates problems for all Palo Altans.” (As an aside, it is interesting to note that the counter op-ed piece in favor of the proposed development with senior housing on the Maybell site was written by Scharff and placed next to the op-piece written by Cheryl and myself. So much for Scharff trying to position himself as a “neutral” mediator.)

We, and many others, still believe that residents need to be actively and genuinely consulted with regard to significant developments proposed to take place in their immediate neighborhood, maybe even more so now that our quality of life seems to be degrading as new developments are approved.

And with all of the above said, I agree with the concluding sentence in the Weekly’s editorial: “Hopefully the cautionary lessons learned from the Maybell controversy will be long remembered by our political leaders and neighborhood activists so we can be more successful in handling and negotiating outcomes of future land-use decisions.” Q Georgia Avenue resident Joe Hirsch is a steering committee member of Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning (PASZ).

Streetwise

What is your opinion on a neighborhood restricting a homeowner from adding a second story to the home?

Asked at Rinconada Library on Newell Road in Palo Alto. Interviews and photographs by Ian Malone.

Jordan Gans

John Clark

Rahm Prabakar

Jay Smith

O’Neal Spicer

Student Ramona Street, Palo Alto

Program manager Birmingham Drive, San Jose

Semiconductor professional Edgewood Street, Palo Alto

Retired Primrose Way, Palo Alto

Programmer Willow Road, Menlo Park

“I think it’s a good idea. You don’t want unregulated development of big buildings.”

“I can see both sides, but it seems like a two-story house should be okay.”

“Depends on the neighborhood.

If the neighborhood is mostly one story, it should stay that way.”

“I did it years ago. I don’t think you can limit everything people want to do with their property.”

“I think there should be a forum for input.”

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Cover Story

Veronica Weber

loow: A Students from Gunn High School wait for the 88, 88L and 88M buses, operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), after school on May 23. Below: VTA bus stop sign shows the three routes of the 88 line, which travels between Midtown and the Palo Alto VA Hospital along Arastradero Road.

The public-transit

conundrum

As pressures mount for county’s bus agency, will Palo Alto be left without service?

by Sue Dremann

A

mid ever-increasing local gridlock, a booming economy and a growing population, Santa Clara Valley Transportation

Authority (VTA) has floated a concept plan that would cut all bus lines that circulate within Palo Alto, leaving just two that connect the city to San Jose.

Veronica Weber

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VTA officials say they must make changes system-wide to increase ridership and revenues. One way to do that, they say, is to improve service along popular routes and trim bus lines with lower ridership. But the potential cuts have dismayed Palo Alto residents, who say service in town should expand, not contract, if VTA hopes to attract new passengers.

VTA ridership has dropped 20 percent from its 2001 peak, and transitservice quality is 15 percent lower than it was in the early 2000s, according to VTA’s fiscal year 2016 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report.

The amount of revenue that VTA takes in from passengers, known as “farebox recovery,” hovers at around 13 percent of total revenue.

Traffic congestion throughout the region has added to VTA’s sense of

urgency, as city and county officials are increasingly eyeing efficient public transportation as a key part of the solution to roadway gridlock. At the same time, VTA is facing new transit innovations, such as the sharing economy, that threaten to eat further into its revenues and disrupt the way it does business.

On May 18, VTA officials unveiled the 2017 Next Network Plan, which outlines concepts for reconfiguring its routes. The plan listed three alternative concepts for Palo Alto. One would generally keep the status quo, maintaining the 35, 88 and 89 bus lines that students, veterans and seniors rely on to get around Palo Alto. The two others would eliminate some or all of those buses, leaving just two lines, the 22 and 522, that travel to San Jose along El Camino Real as well as express buses, which generally run only during the

Veronica Weber

Zachary Hoffman

Cover Story

Gunn High School students board the VTA’s 88L bus, which runs along Arastradero Road, connects via El Camino Way to East Meadow Drive, and turns onto Louis Road. It only operates during school commute hours. morning and evening commutes and serve specific employment areas.

Hearing that service could be axed was a hard blow for Palo Alto residents who attended the May VTA meeting, especially given that local officials and residents have long held that VTA spends far less on services for north county cities than it takes in from north county residents through taxes. A study conducted by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian’s office found that Palo Alto and other north county residents have paid 16.35 percent of tax revenue stemming from a 2008 voterapproved measure, but they have received services paid by just 5.3 percent of the total funding.

Anger about the proposals stems not just from a sense of unfairness but also from the hard work and compromises that some residents have put into working with VTA to keep the lines running over the past decade. A case in point: Line 88, which Greenmeadow neighborhood resident Penny Ellson and others in Palo Alto worked to retain.

In 2007, VTA proposed to completely eliminate Line 88, but Ellson and former Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commissioner Arthur Keller labored for months with PTA volunteers, city staff, the City Council and Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education members to get VTA to keep the line, which serves Gunn High School students.

VTA did change its scheduling of the 88 to hourly, but the agency agreed to add the 88L and 88M

lines to serve Gunn students better during school commute hours, Ellson said.

Now Ellson is frustrated by VTA’s proposal to cut the bus route.

“I worked very hard to make sure they didn’t eliminate this important line. I supported the compromise plan that was the only way to save this vital south Palo Alto service. Arthur Keller and I have worked together for many years with Gunn and VTA staff on coordinating bus schedules to align with school schedule adjustments throughout the year,” Ellson said after the May meeting.

“After providing so much support and collaboration with VTA staff to grow student VTA bus rid-

‘We’re under the microscope, so to speak, because this demanding population is our population.

They are the ones developing those newer and faster things, and so we need to keep our development options up with what people expect.’

—Stacey Hendler Ross, spokeswoman, Valley Transportation Authority

Li Zu rides with her grandson Andrew Chang on the free Palo Alto Shuttle on July 7.

ership over many years as a volunteer, I was furious to see concept plans that eliminate a line that is now well used by Gunn students,” she said, referencing communications and marketing work that she’s also done to boost ridership.

VTA’s concept plans for a revamped system countywide would skew resources even more toward San Jose, she said. In a map proposal, Line 22 is colored a bright red, which indicates service that arrives every 15 minutes or less.

No other line in Palo Alto has that kind of frequency, she said.

“In most versions (of the plans) Palo Alto has only one red line. It’s one artery that runs straight to the heart (San Jose),” she said. “They don’t acknowledge that Palo Altans need to go somewhere else.”

Ellson said that residents have “reached a place where we need to disrupt” these agencies.

“As citizens, we’ve lost control of our money. I’ve really lost faith in VTA as a provider to our community,” she said.

V

TA officials stressed the concepts are just that — concepts. They are a starting point to gauge public opinion about the goals VTA must meet to grow and stay in the black fiscally. The concepts as they are now aren’t scheduled for review by the VTA board of directors, officials said.

The whole process got started in response to the scheduled 2017 opening of two new BART stations in Milpitas and San Jose. While redesigning that portion of the transportation network, it made sense to

‘There are two goals that transit agencies are asked to achieve.

One is ridership — to get as many people as possible — and the second is to move them as rapidly as possible. It’s a very business-oriented mindset.’

—Adam Burger, senior transportation planner, VTA

redesign the entire network, said Adam Burger, senior transportation planner at VTA Transit Planning. Typically, service plans are done in two-year intervals, but this process involves a complete redesign from scratch.

Stacey Hendler Ross, VTA spokeswoman, said that creating new connections with the added BART stations, however, isn’t the sole focus of the system revamp.

“It’s an opportunity to ... look at our whole system and see how it can be improved to meet those goals: farebox recovery, decreasing congestion and improving ridership,” she said.

“People hear the word ‘BART’ and they think that’s the big gorilla, but we’re taking this as an opportunity because we know there

is going to be such an influx (of people) into Silicon Valley because of the BART extension.”

Burger agreed.

“There are two goals that transit agencies are asked to achieve. One is ridership — to get as many people as possible — and the second is to move them as rapidly as possible. It’s a very business-oriented mindset,” he said.

Burger acknowledged public dissatisfaction with some of the concept plans and said he understands why people feel as they do.

“It’s completely fair of Palo Alto to look at public transit through their city lens. At the same time, VTA is looking at transit though a county lens, and those don’t always match up,” he said.

VTA officials maintain they simply don’t have the funding to provide the kind of intracity service that residents want.

VTA’s model makes the choice of increasing ridership by increasing the frequency of buses along popular lines but at the cost of reducing coverage of other areas.

In Palo Alto, all three intra-city lines have below-average ridership.

Weekday boardings per revenue hour — the number of passengers who get on a bus during one hour — show that Line 88, for example, had 12.9 boardings per revenue hour, which is below the agency’s standard of 16.3 boardings per revenue hour for community buses, according to the agency’s performance report.

But Palo Alto’s routes are not the only ones that are under perform(continued on next page)

Which VTA buses serve Palo Alto?

My Nguyen

WITHIN OR THROUGH PALO ALTO

COMMUTER LINES

PALO ALTO TO EAST SAN JOSE

35

88

89

22

522

101

102

103

104

182

Downtown Mountain View to Stanford Shopping Center

Midtown to Palo Alto VA Hospital (serves Gunn High School)

California Avenue train station to Palo Alto VA Hospital and Stanford Research Park

Along El Camino Real

Same as the 22, but with fewer stops

West San Jose to Stanford Research Park 431

South SJ to SRP

East SJ to SRP

East SJ to SRP

South SJ to SRP

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P

alo Alto’s openness to alternative transit could play in its favor, however. The city rates fairly high for the number of households without vehicles, an indicator of persons who would most likely be looking for alternative modes of transportation, including mass transit, the study noted.

That means the city could be a transit market ripe for growth.

About 65 percent of Palo Altans said they drove alone, a rate that is the lowest of any city in the study and certainly lower than San Jose’s 77 percent and the county’s 76 percent.

Palo Alto also has the highest percentage of public transportation use, tied with Mountain View at 5 percent (San Jose stands at 4 percent), and the lowest percentage

Bus Route 35

On the chopping block?

To and from: Downtown Mountain View to Stanford Shopping Center

ROUTE In Palo Alto, bus travels along Middlefield Road, from San Antonio Road to downtown Palo Alto

8,917 RIDERS PER MONTH

MOST POPULAR STOP Arboretum and Sand Hill roads

Palo Alto resident Joe Villareal runs errands on May 24 by taking the VTA 22 bus along El Camino Real.

of carpooling, at 6 percent.

Palo Alto out-bikes every other municipality — its rate of bicycle use is 9 percent — and far more people in Palo Alto walk (6 percent) and work from home (9 percent), according to the study.

A September 2015 survey about the city-run Palo Alto Shuttle revealed that 19 percent of respondents would like to use the shuttle but said they don’t know how. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed said they would be motivated to take buses if the vehicles came more often — as frequently as every five to 15 minutes.

A nearly identical number, 52 percent, said they want “bus routes that drop me closer to my destination.” And 47 percent want “routes closer to where I live,” according to the survey.

The city concluded, “Opportunities to expand the shuttle’s reach into new geographic areas and ridership markets include a focus on service,” particularly serving seniors, students, Caltrain com-

Bus Route 88

On the chopping block?

To and from: Midtown to Palo Alto VA Hospital

ROUTE Main route along Louis Road and Charleston/Arastradero Road; 88L route along Louis, Meadow Drive and Arastradero; and 88M route along Loma Verde Avenue, Meadow and Arastradero (88L and 88M run during school commutes only)

2,507 RIDERS PER MONTH

muters, workers at Palo Alto businesses, and residents in the southwest part of Palo Alto.

For the moment, plans for the expansion of the Palo Alto Shuttle system are on hold, pending a firming up of VTA’s plans, city officials said. Money, as always, is part of the sticking point.

Some in Palo Alto, including Mayor Pat Burt, are advocating for VTA to hand over millions of dollars in tax revenue — for example, the 16.35 percent that north county cities’ residents pay for services but two-thirds of which they don’t receive.

While VTA is pondering service cuts, it’s asking all county residents to vote for a 1/2-cent transportation tax that would generate $6.25 billion for VTA projects. The measure would include $1.2 billion allocated for local street and road improvements. Palo Alto, which started heavily investing in road repairs in 2010 and has brought most to above 79 on the Pavement Condition Index, could divert

Bus Route 89

On the chopping block?

To and from: California Avenue train station to Palo Alto VA Hospital and Stanford Research Park

ROUTE California Avenue, Hanover Street, Hillview Avenue, Miranda Avenue, Addition of Arastradero Road during commute hours

1,179 RIDERS PER MONTH

MOST POPULAR STOP California Avenue train station

MOST POPULAR STOP Arastradero and Gunn High School

860 boardings/month

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653

boardings/month

497

boardings/month

My Nguyen

ing. Out of 53 lines countywide identified in an analysis done by VTA, 29 fell below the agency’s performance standards.

VTA’s most drastic concept plan, which aims for 90 percent ridership and 10 percent coverage area, would remove 35 under-performing buses countywide, 32 of which are local or community lines. Five routes would be created in South Bay cities, such as the Montague line, which would run between Mountain View and the Milpitas BART station when it opens, according to the June 10 “Transit Alternatives Report” by consultants Jarrett Walker & Associates.

Some of the factors that make Palo Alto and other affluent cities attractive places to live or do business actually work against them as locations for transit service.

A VTA-commissioned “Transit Choices Report” also by Jarrett Walker revealed that Palo Alto comes out at or near the bottom compared to the southern end of the county and around San Jose in terms of residential density; employment density; activity density and poverty.

That last indicator is significant because in wealthier communities most residents don’t rely on public transit.

“It’s tough when you are looking at affluent areas — say, Los Altos Hills, for example — to justify service when you know you aren’t going to get a big return, although certainly Los Altos Hills’ sales taxes fund VTA transit,” Burger said.

Ironically, the City of Palo Alto’s efforts to boost its mass transit service through the Palo Alto Shuttle and burgeoning transportationmanagement agencies that encourage workers to use Caltrain may also be contributing to the demise of VTA service in the city, at least from VTA’s viewpoint.

“Palo Alto, Stanford and the Shoreline area of Mountain View show low boardings, but this partly reflects the abundance of local transit not directly provided

by VTA,” the study noted. “Stanford has its own extensive shuttle

system. Palo Alto and Shoreline are also served by Caltrain shuttles and by SamTrans, apart from frequent services on El Camino Real.”

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Passengers take the free Palo Alto Shuttle, which on this day is largely empty as its travels along Embarcadero Road.

that money to other transportation projects of its choosing, such as light transit and bike systems.

That funding could help Palo Alto grow its shuttle network, Burt said.

But there is a caveat.

“These dollars are supposed to be new dollars,” he said, but they wouldn’t amount to much “if they take away an equal amount” by reducing VTA service.

Sending tax money back to the city that generated it so that local municipalities can build out their own intracity transit networks has been talked about, but so far the idea hasn’t been seriously discussed, Burt said.

Burger noted that Los Angeles Metro did take that strategy. LA Metro gave a large portion of funds from two voter-approved tax measures to cities to operate their own transit systems. Many cities developed their own local transit, and they hired non-union contractors, which stretched the money further than LA Metro could, he said.

LA pulled out of many of the local transit markets and increased frequency on their own major lines.

But there were layers of complications.

“You had dozens, maybe a hundred cities, operating their own uniquely branded services. So for the average rider, that was a lot of different systems to have to learn,” he said.

If Palo Alto is going to put more into local service, that would allow VTA to focus more on what it does best: running the major crosscounty connections and operating the larger buses.

“If a city can step up into an area that we don’t do that well, which is that local circulator service, and provide that benefit to everyone, that can augment our service and feed into ours, and we can feed into theirs, and we are talking with the city about that,” Burger said.

“One thing that is also good is when a city is filling a local need, it doesn’t make sense to VTA to be in the same market competing with them, especially since the Palo Alto Shuttle and the Marguerite Shuttle are both free, and that’s difficult for us to compete

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The Crosstown Shuttle leaves from a stop at the Rinconada Library on its way to south Palo Alto. The City of Palo Alto plans to expand the shuttle service, but those plans are on hold while the county’s Valley Transportation Authority decides how to reconfigure its routes. with because we charge $2 a ride.

We don’t want to duplicate and repeat in ways that are redundant and not cost effective for us, but we want to find ways that we can make all of our systems work together,” he said.

so we need to keep our development options up with what people expect,” Hendler Ross said.

Bus services face increasing competition from transportationnetwork companies such as Uber and Lyft. These services are seen as efficient alternatives to waiting for the bus or making transfers, some residents said.

VTA conceded that these alternatives are taking a bite out of bus ridership. Although the agency does not have specific numbers showing the effects of Uber and Lyft, those options, along with corporate shuttles, “certainly carry a percentage of travelers who might otherwise be on public transportation,” VTA Communications Director Bernice Alaniz said.

By some estimates, up to 15 percent of corporate shuttle riders would be on public transportation if companies did not offer shuttle service, she noted.

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ne problem for the VTA is how to seem relevant in a world in which tradition is being thrown out the window by the rise of the sharing economy. The agency is acutely aware that it must step up to techcenter expectations.

“In the middle of Silicon Valley, people come to expect to take advantage of things that are new and to make their lives easier. VTA has to keep up with that pace, and we’re sort of in a little microcosm here. We’re under the microscope, so to speak, because this demanding population is our population.

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And other new technology sources, electric and no-emission vehicles, have also become an option for those who use or have used public transportation for environmental reasons, she said.

Some Palo Alto residents see transportation-network companies such as Uber not as competition for ridership, but as partners with city shuttles and buses, such as door-to-door services that could enhance paratransit, according to the Palo Alto Shuttle Community Survey.

Mass transit also still has a few aces it can use to capture riders if it plays them right. Residents don’t necessarily see Uber and Lyft as safe alternatives. Some women at the May 18 community meeting said they would choose a bus or shuttle over Uber for perceived safety reasons. Parents such as Candice Yang said that there are also safety considerations for children, who would not use Uber

and other such companies for their transportation needs. One woman said her elderly parents “were not going to whip out their phone and dial Uber.”

But others said that VTA will have to reconsider its mission as a service rather than an enterprise.

“Their mission is their ridership,” transportation watchdog and Palo Alto resident Elizabeth Alexis said. “But it’s the wrong mission. Your mission should be that people can get around the valley. If your product is choosing the option of a dwindling system, then Uber really is eating your lunch.”

Burger said that VTA is mindful that it will need to partner with such companies to help build a network of connections to meet riders’ needs. And it cannot be all things to all people on its own, officials said. VTA is in the middle of studying how to better connect with Caltrain. It is also studying what is being done in Dallas, Texas, and Pinellas County, Florida, where transit is partnering with ride-hailing services for

the shorter “first-mile, last-mile connections.”

But even those services might not get enough cars off the road to make a dent in the gridlock that is to come. One thing is clear: Santa Clara County has grown 12 percent in the past 15 years, according to Association of Bay Area Governments.

“If that keeps up, we have the potential of reaching a horrible situation like Los Angeles. Something has to be done,” Hendler Ross said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Music@Menlo celebrates Russian masterworks, the intimacy of chamber music

by Sam Sciolla

Cellist David Finckel, left, and pianist Wu Han, who are the founding co-directors of Music@Menlo, will share their love of Russian music on stage during main concert programs, as well as together in the Carte Blanche concert “The Russian Cello.�

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t is foreboding, playful and wistful. It is exultant, manic and jarring. Russian classical music, with its complexity and shiver-producing emotion, leaves many with a lasting affinity for the work of the land’s greatest composers.

The drama of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the experimental daring of Igor Stravinsky, the sophistication of Sergei Rachmaninov and much more take on an added level of intimacy this

summer when the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival delves into the repertoire, guided by this year’s theme, “Russian Reflections.� For just over three weeks, internationally acclaimed musicians will take the stage in small groups to weave intricate webs of melody, harmony and sound.

Known internationally as cultural entrepreneurs, educators, performers and recording artists, pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel founded Music@Menlo

in 2003 as a way to shine a light upon the world of chamber music, facilitating both the public’s enjoyment and providing training to young performers in the art form.

Based at Menlo School in Atherton, the festival and its affiliated Chamber Music Institute continue to flourish, this year offering seven main concert programs, four Carte Blanche concerts and three Encounter series lectures, in addition to numerous master classes and performances

by young artists. In an interview with the Weekly, Han and Finckel spoke of their pride in how the festival has developed. “It’s like our child, and it’s growing up nicely, I must say,�

Finckel noted.

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Artistic Director Wu Han guides students in the art of chamber music during a master class at the Music@Menlo festival.

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Passions,� “Romance,� “Lamentations� and “Souvenirs.� The programs seeks to explore the direction of the country’s music in parallel with political history, the influence of Western composers, and the extent to which the repertoire taps into universal human themes. “Like any great music, the first attraction can be completely visceral and instinctive,� Finckel said. “You don’t really need to know anything about Russian music to love Russian music.�

And both Han and Finckel do love Russian music, he said. His own relationship with the genre began as a young man when he studied with the late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich; Finckel was his first American student. Han spoke in more general terms about the music’s moods and pathos. “It’s just by nature ... so deeply SDVVLRQDWH ,W JRHV VWUDLJKW LQWR your heart, connects very deeply to human emotion,� she said.

Amid the array of festival programs are the Encounter series lectures, which serve to provide the public with useful historical and cultural context and explain what makes Russian music so distinctive. Patrick Castillo, a Brooklyn-based composer who manages the Encounter series, said that this year’s offerings are condensed into three lectures approaching the subject from different angles.

Michael Parloff, who has led Encounter lectures a handful of times before, will kick off the fesWLYDO RQ -XO\ ZLWK ´6HDUFKLQJ for the Musical Soul of Russia,� a talk that will trace the trajectory of Russian music from Mikhail Glinka to Dmitry Shostakovich.

Arts & Entertainment He will also take a slight detour to Paris to focus on the Ballet Russes, a company led by Sergei Diaghilev that Castillo said was a “catalyst for Russian masterpieces,” among them Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring.”

“It’s kind of this imposing cultural force ... that a lot of people don’t know the inner workings of,” Castillo said.

Ara Guzelimian, dean and provost of the Juilliard School, also returns this year, to discuss the music and history of composer Dmitry Shostakovich, who had a complex relationship with the Soviet government. Finally, Stuart Isacoff turns a magnifying glass to the remarkable moment of Van Cliburn, a lanky American, taking top honors at the first Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War. Rather than offer something like the more common pre-concert lecture (which Castillo said often seems tangential and equated to a “side dish”), the Encounter series gives each lecture its own night on the schedule, allowing its speakers to dig deep into the material.

“The house is full for all of them,” Castillo said. “That to me is an indication that our approach to doing things ... is something that our audience is hungry for and that they appreciate.”

Russian repertoire, and chamber music more generally, is also on the lesson plan for the the

Chamber Music Institute, a highly regarded summer program held in tandem with the festival. Students in the institute’s two sections — the International Program (preprofessional artists ages 18 to 29) and the Young Performers Program (artists ages 9 to 18) — will receive coaching, participate in master classes and perform in free public concerts.

Gloria Chien, a pianist and director of the Chamber Music Institute, participated herself as a student in the International Program in 2006, an experience she said radically shifted the direction of her career. Prior to that she had mainly focused on solo repertoire, but the chamber music milieu she was immersed in at Music@Menlo — the performing opportunities and the ability to work and become acquainted with professional artists — was captivating.

“After that summer, I pretty much decided that this was really what I wanted to do in music,” she said.

Today a performer and educator based in Boston, she returns to Music@Menlo this summer to work primarily with the students of the Younger Performers Program, a group of about 30 that she hopes will have a similar experience to hers. A number of the students come from the Bay Area, but the opportunity also pulls participants from throughout the U.S. and as far away as Canada, England and Taiwan.

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During this year’s Music@Menlo festival, pianist Gloria Chien will both teach young musicians as director of the Chamber Music Institute and perform in the first two concert programs, “Towards The Flame” and “Dark Passions.” www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • July 15, 2016 • Page 29

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What: Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute Where: Menlo School, Martin Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton; Menlo-Atherton High School, The Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton When: July 15 through Aug. 6 Cost: Free-$72 Info: Go to musicatmenlo.org or call 650-331-0202

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Many youth come in without significant chamber music experience, and the program compels them to develop new skills involving communication, collaboration, leadership and generosity, the last of which Chien said is a key to successful chamber music.

“You have to just be open ... constantly be open to suggestions, ideas, different ways of trying things,” she said. “Generosity is a great thing, and what we hope to give to our students, as well.”

The “ultra-hyper Romantic genre” of Russian music is adored by teenagers, Chien said, and this year they are challenging students to perform the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence.”

“We never dared to program it, but we think they can pull it off this year,” she said.

Chien is thrilled to be participating herself in the festival’s first two concert programs, especially in “Towards The Flame” in which she will be performing Rachmaninov’s Suite no. 2 in c minor for Two Pianos and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” for Piano, Four Hands — two of her favorite pieces to play, period.

Finckel and Han each have festival highlights they’re particularly anticipating. Han mentioned the Piano Quintet in g minor by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, a rarely performed and “insanely difficult” work that the five musicians have been preparing since early May. Finckel is anticipating the performance of Shostakovich’s “Seven Romances on Poems of Aleksandr Blok,” a piece that he called “haunting and beautiful,” featuring Russian soprano Dina Kuznetsova.

The intensity of feeling that Russian music presents seems especially well suited to chamber music, where a few instruments are voiced in conversation like actors on stage. The nuances and subtleties of that conversation are what make chamber music so entertaining to play and to observe, Han said.

“It’s fascinating to watch, to observe, how things are done on stage. Every time you have a different group, there’s a different dynamic,” Han said. “It’s like watching people getting married.” Q Editorial Assistant Sam Sciolla can be emailed at ssciolla@paweekly.com.

Musician Lisa Loeb will entertain some of her youngest fans with a family-friendly, sing-along concert at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall on July 17.

From Nine Stories to nursery rhymes Lisa Loeb performs sing-along concert at Stanford

by Karla Kane

G

rown-ups may recognize the voice of Lisa Loeb from hit songs such as “Stay (I Missed You)” and “I Do,” but thanks to her forays into children’s music, the singer/songwriter/guitarist has a whole new generation of fans. Local families will have a chance to sing along with Loeb when she performs at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall on Sunday, July 17.

Loeb first rose to fame when her music was included in the iconic ’90s film “Reality Bites,” making her the first artist to score a No. 1 single in the U.S. without being signed to a record label. Since then, she’s had a fruitful career, releasing a number of critically acclaimed pop-rock records (solo and with her band Nine Stories) featuring infectious melodies and heartfelt lyrics.

Loeb has enthusiastically embraced the children’s music scene. Her most recent album, a compendium of 35 beloved classics called “Nursery Rhyme Parade!”, was released last year via Amazon Music and

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her own Furious Rose label. While her previous albums contain mostly original songs, “Nursery Rhyme Parade!” exclusively focuses on timeworn favorites such as “The Muffin Man,” “Humpty Dumpty” and “Hey Diddle Diddle.”

“I didn’t realize until I really started playing a lot of kids’ concerts that what they really connect with is songs that they already know. These are like hit songs for them.

There’s a real satisfaction to be able to sing along with them,” she said.

Instead of elaborate production or silly voices, “Nursery Rhyme Parade!” has a purposely stripped-down sound. Loeb’s lovely, unadorned vocals are front and center in the mix, with occasional harmonies, acoustic instrumentation and percussion in the background. And while she imbues her singing with enough personality to tell a story (such as while portraying the scolding mother cat in “Three Little Kittens”), the overall presentation is gentle and straightforward rather

than cutesy. It has a playful, intimate, soothing sound that’s evocative of a mother singing her children to sleep, which was exactly Loeb’s intention.

She described the “old-school, analog” album as something “simple, to help kids and grown-ups connect,” and reminiscent of her childhood, “before there was so much interference by telephones and computers and info at your fingertips.”

Nursery rhymes may well be the original ear worms, surviving in popular culture for hundreds of years. Young listeners are drawn to the catchiness of the tunes, the repetition of the rhymes and rhythms and, “sometimes the weirdness of the lyrics brings them in,” she said, laughing. The pleasure of repeating the “knick-knack paddywack” nonsense lyrics of “This Old Man,” for example, cannot be denied. (But “Three Blind Mice,” which didn’t end up on the album, is not a favorite of Loeb’s young daughter, who said, ‘Mommy, that’s too violent,’ Loeb recounted.)

In addition to her music career and active family life — the mother of two is currently finishing up another kids’ record and contributing music to Amazon’s “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” TV show — the everbusy, Los Angeles-based Loeb has branched out into film and television acting, voiceover work, books and stage musicals for kids, a nonprofit coffee brand and even her own line of eyeglasses.

Lisa Loeb Eyewear, launched after many years of fans admiring her proudly bespectacled look, features affordable, fashionable frames, all named after Loeb’s songs.

“If my name’s on it, I want it to represent me,” she said. “I’m very involved with — and sort of obsessed with — any project I put out. I spend way too much time on my computer doing things other than writing and recording songs. Being a business person and a creative person and figuring out where the two mix is an interesting balance.”

Though Loeb has often played in the Bay Area over the years, she said she’s looking forward to returning to Stanford University for the first time since she visited colleges as a teen (she ending up earning a comparativeliterature degree from Brown University).

At her show, fans can expect plenty of chances to sing along with the songs they love, drawn from her various kid-friendly projects. Performing for children “takes a little more energy” than playing for a crowd of adult fans, she said, but the value she places on audience engagement is the same.

“I ask kids a lot of questions, and audience participation will change the show. There’s an ebb and flow of participation and listening,” she said.

“A lot of my music is based on my summer-camp experience,” she added. (Loeb has also founded The Camp Lisa Foundation, a nonprofit that helps send underprivileged kids to camp).

“Kids respond to the funny or gross-out songs or songs they know from school; the parents have a great time, too,” she said.

“Really, each concert is different but people seem pretty happy in the end.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be reached at kkane@paweekly. com What: Sing Along with Lisa Loeb When: Sunday, July 17, at 2:30 p.m.

Where: Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford.

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Fine art ‘Peaceable Kingdom’ “Peaceable Kingdom,” an exhibit of expressive watercolor paintings by Teresa Silvestri, will be on display at Portola Art Gallery throughout July. The paintings were inspired by the artist’s love of animals and feature both domestic and wild ccreatures. “It all begins with the eyes of an animal. I’m looking for an expression tthat emotionally touches me,” Silvestri said in a press release. The gallery is llocated at 75 Arbor Road Menlo Park and is open Monday-Saturday from 10:30 a a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Go to portolaartgallery.com.

Family music ‘‘Phineas McBoof Crashes the Symphony’ L Altos “kindie” musician Cory Cullinan, better known as Doctor Noize, will Los p present the third installment in his “Phineas McBoof” series, “Phineas McBoof C Crashes the Symphony,” at a record-release concert at the Palo Alto Children’s TTheatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, on Saturday, July 16, at 3 p.m. The two-act a album, backed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and featuring a n number of notable guests, tells a screwball-musical-comedy tale of friendship a and art. Admission to the event is free and, in addition to live music from Doctor N Noize, a documentary on the album’s production will be screened, free drinks a and snacks will be available, and the Doc will hang out and discuss the album’s p production and purpose. Go to doctornoize.com.

Archaeology ‘‘Before Stanford: Founding Communities, Present Pasts’

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Theater San Francisco Mime Troupe’s ‘Schooled’ The San Francisco Mime Troupe, a theater company and socialist collective that annually presents timely, satirical shows in parks and plazas all over the Bay Area, returns to Palo Alto with “Schooled,” an original musical about the shaky state of the American education system.

“Schooled” will be performed at Mitchell Park (south field) on Thursday, July 21 (music begins at 6:30 p.m.; play at 7 p.m.). Admission is free; donations are requested. Go to sfmt.org.

Above: “Schooled,” an original musical satire about the state of the American public-education system, will be performed by the San Francisco Mime Troupe in Mitchell Park in Palo Alto on July 21.

S Stanford archaeology students from the class “Museum Cultures: Material R Representation in the Past and Present” examined the cultures and communities tthat inhabited Stanford lands before the university’s founding to create their ““Before Stanford” exhibit. Covering Ohlone tribal people, Mexican and Spanish ccolonists and generations of laborers, the free exhibit is open all day every w weekday through May, 2017, at Stanford Archaeology Center, Building 500, 488 E Escondido Mall. Go to events.stanford.edu/events/610/61021/.

Concert Schola Cantorum with New Millennium Chamber Orchestra S S Schola Cantorum is teaming up with the New Millennium Chamber Orchestra for tthe first time for a performance of Bach’s “Magnificat” and Mozart’s “Requiem,” at which the audience is invited to sing along. The concert, one of six in the choral group’s Summer Sings series, will be conducted by Vance George and take place Monday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Los Altos United Methodist Church, Tickets are $13; ages 25 and under free with student ID. Go to ScholaCantorum.org.

Travelogue ‘All Eyes on Cuba’ Ron Herman, chair of Foothill College’s photography department, will present “All Eyes on Cuba,” a lecture, film and slide show of photos demonstrating the changes taking place in Cuba since the restoration of diplomatic relations with the U.S., on Wed., July 20, at 7 p.m. at the Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St. The event is free and beverages will be provided. Go to menlopark.org/library.

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Hearty and homey, Vino Santo Bistro is a longtime crowd-pleaser in Redwood City Review by Dale F. Bentson Photos by Michelle Le

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s Italian restaurants go, Redwood City’s Vino Santo Bistro is a charmer — not exactly old-school, not exactly trendy. There’s no artisan pizza there (no pizza at all, in fact), but rather the tried and true standards of antipasti, salads, pasta, meat and fish. It’s a solid Italian menu we’ve expected and relied on for years.

The restaurant is cozy and family-oriented and the waitstaff will bend over backwards to please. Could the décor use a little freshening? Sure, since the place hasn’t changed much in its 12 years. Every dish was inviting and homey, though, just like Sunday dinners at nonna’s.

Chef-owner Odon Ocegueda honed his skills as chef at Chantilly Restaurant in Redwood City for 11 years and Menlo Park’s Carpaccio for nine years before that. General manager and son Adan Ocegueda is a

certified sommelier who has put together a venturesome wine inventory designed for pairing with the cuisine.

A good start was the nicely balanced prosciutto-wrapped pears ($11). Salty and sweet, the dish featured a half dozen pear wedges enveloped in pan-seared prosciutto with arugula and an appetizing gorgonzola balsamic-reduction sauce.

A little heartier was the polenta al forno ($12), a satisfying plate of roasted polenta topped with feta cheese, balsamic, basil and a mushroom reduction. The feta added zing to the fragrant earthiness of the mushrooms and sauce.

Bruschetta al pomodoro ($7) was a classic rendition of toasted bread with a hint of garlic, chunks of tomato, olive oil, garlic, capers, and basil, topped with parmesan curls. The bruschetta stayed true to its central

Italian roots and wasn’t blown out of proportion as it is at many local restaurants.

Caprese salad ($10) though, was an uninspired presentation of sliced mozzarella, sliced tomato, oregano, Kalamata olives and basil. Add your own oil and Balsamic vinegar. It was bland and disappointing, especially at this time of year. The tomatoes should have been sweet, rich and smelled like summer and the herbs should have popped.

Every dish I tried at Vino Santo Bistro resonated with seasonal brightness except this one.

The homemade pappardelle ($17) was seriously wonderful.

The luscious pasta was infused with smoked paprika, boiled and then tossed with pancetta, prosciutto, mushrooms and basil in a light marinara sauce. The pasta was expertly sauced, generously coating the pasta ribbons without drowning them. I

Vino Santo Bistro’s melanzane alla parmigiana (oven-baked and breaded eggplant) is served with mozzarella, Parmesan, marinara sauce and grilled asparagus.

Vino Santo Bistro’s homemade pappardelle is infused with smoked paprika, boiled and then tossed with pancetta, prosciutto, mushrooms and basil in a light marinara sauce.

nearly ordered a second portion for dessert.

The sweet potato gnocchi ($18) — hand-rolled potato dumplings tossed in brown butter with crispy sage and flecks of black truffle — were neither feathery nor pasty but rather compact and full-f lavored.

Taste-wise, I couldn’t distinguish whether the gnocchi were made from sweet or white potatoes, but they were delicious by any count.

The oven-baked and breaded eggplant, melanzane alla parmigiana ($17), was the freshest-tasting version I’ve had. Of course, anything straight from the oven with melted mozzarella and parmesan would taste good, but it was the tomato sauce that distinguished it. A tiny bit of sugar neutralized the tomato’s natural bitterness and elevated the marinara sauce to lick-the-

plate status. Segmented asparagus spears added color contrast to the presentation.

Veal scallopine ($21) was offered three ways: with Marsala sauce, picatta or saltimbocca (topped with prosciutto in a white-wine sauce). I chose picatta. Good choice. The thinly sliced veal had been quickly sauteed and sauced with a demi-glace, wine, butter, lemon and capers. The generously portioned and mouthwatering dish was served with scalloped potatoes and a medley of tender sauteed vegetables.

The calamari Dore ($20) were tantalizing, the lightly battered calamari steaks sautéed in a sauce of white wine, lemon and butter. The calamari was tender, delicate and flavorful. Dore, which we see on (continued on next page)

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by Daryl Savage

MILK PAIL ENDURES… Steve Rasmussen is filled with gratitude.

As owner of Mountain View’s Milk Pail Market for the past 42 years, he is painfully aware how close he was to losing his business at 2585 California St. With a massive construction project going on all around his small, open-air produce store, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Not only does it appear that Milk Pail will survive in the midst of the huge redevelopment of San Antonio Center, but it may even flourish — the developer recently completed a new parking lot specifically for the market’s customers.

Rasmussen stands proudly in the new lot. “Look at this. It is only here because of a profound desire of the community to make it happen,” Rasmussen said, adding that he is also thankful to the developer who built the lot and who also owns the land the lot is on. The 31 parking spaces on the corner of San Antonio Road and California Street, replace two restaurants — Oh My Sushi and Savor Mexico, both of which were razed as part of the redevelopment. As Rasmussen looks around at the ongoing construction, with two cranes towering more than 100 feet in the air, he says, “I’m a survivor.

The pressures and the powers have been enormous. I’ve been immersed in this for five years, trying desperately to protect my business. It’s been chaotic.

Vino Santo Bistro (continued from page 39)

menus associated with Dover sole, petrale, and other white fish, simply refers to seasoning with salt and pepper, dusting with flour, dipping in egg and sautéing in butter and/or oil until golden brown.

Desserts were skillfully prepared. The near-weightless tiramisu ($7) had layers of mas-

Fortunately, Milk Pail was, and still is, a viable business.”

Milk Pail’s future neighbors will be a diverse mix. Along with several spots for retail and restaurants, a five-story office building with four levels of underground parking is being built along San Antonio Road for LinkedIn, according to the center’s tenant list. And a Hyatt hotel is taking shape in the middle of the construction site.

Called Hyatt Centric, it is a newer brand of boutique hotel from Hyatt. Referred to on its website as a “full-service lifestyle hotel created for millennial-minded guests,” the Hyatt Centric will offer a variety of unique services, such as a “Knock n’ Drop” service, which allows guests to enjoy gourmet food in their rooms without formal delivery. There are also plans for a bar and restaurant area in the hotel. Another building under construction is an upscale, 10-screen, multilevel movie theater called ShowPlace Icon. The theater, which will have a cease-seating policy once a movie begins playing, will also employ ushers to help moviegoers locate their reserved seats. A second ShowPlace Icon theater complex is slated for Westfield Valley Fair shopping center in Santa Clara. Both theaters are expected to open in 2017.

So, while Milk Pail continues to persevere throughout all the noise, the dust and the temporary

carpone cream, liqueur and espresso-drenched lady fingers, topped with shaved chocolate. It was enjoyable but upstaged by the sumptuous amaretto cheesecake ($7) which was dense, rich and creamy — a dessert of dreams.

Adan Ocegueda’s wine list spans the globe with selections from practically every winegrowing region. However, it’s more adventurous than lengthy, designed to introduce diners

roadways, the old-fashioned market may begin to look strangely out of place once all the construction is finished. But Rasmussen is not phased by this.

“We are a funky business and plan to continue our funkiness. And remember, we were here first.”

SWANKY HOTEL SLASHES RATES … The intimate and posh Clement Hotel, 711 El Camino, Palo Alto, which opened three months ago and has only 23 suites, has adjusted its room rates, at least for summer stays.

Opening rates in April were $800 a night, with an expectation at that time to soon raise that rate to $1,000 a night. That price was for an all-inclusive element — not just meals and beverages, but fitness center, valet parking, personal assistants, gratuities and more. However, the current all-inclusive cost for a suite starts at $579 for weekdays and $429 for weekends, almost half the opening rate. “That’s a smokin’ hot deal,” said hotel owner Clement Chen of the lower rates, noting that the prices are for single occupancy (an additional person is $150, and a 5 percent service charge is added to all room reservations). “We are trying to get the word out that The Clement Hotel is a great weekend ‘staycation,’ getaway…”

Chen said, adding that the hotel’s occupancy rate is building all the time. “Our guest mix is what we expected, and our reviews have been great. All of our guests have loved the hotel.”

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to new varietals, pairings and atypical ways of thinking about food and wine Vino Santo Bistro isn’t cutting-edge Italian. It’s charm lies in its time-tested approach: honest, straightforward, wellprepared food, thoughtfully presented and reasonably priced.

Freelance writer Dale Bentson can be emailed at dfbentson@ gmail.com.

Vino Santo Bistro, 2030 Broadway St., Redwood City; (650) 780-0793 Hours: Lunch: Mon.–Fri., 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Dinner: Mon.– Thu., 5–9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5–10 p.m; Sun., 4:30–9 p.m.

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The 1984 film, helmed by Ivan Reitman, became a smash hit starring Bill Murray, co-writers Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson as a team of paranormal “exterminators.” Now revived for the Age of Reboots by co-writer/director Paul Feig and co-writer Katie Dippold, “Ghostbusters” has become a vehicle for a quartet of funny women: Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Contrary to contrarians (a.k.a. sexist internet cranks), this is a great idea for two reasons. 1) All four women are comedically gifted actors, and 2) “Ghostbusters” now boasts the guaranteed bonus of boosting STEM education for girls.

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There’s a lot to like about the “Ghostbusters” relaunch, starting with a healthy respect for the fundamentals of the franchise: funny people, a well-established specialeffects aesthetic (dazzlingly upgraded here), and science-fiction and horror tropes simultaneously taken seriously and interwoven with comedic conceits. Feig gets the most not only from his leads, but from a supporting cast that includes Chris Hemsworth as the ghostbusters’ objectified himbo receptionist, Andy Garcia as the mayor, Cecily Strong as his assistant, and many, many more.

The new “Ghostbusters” runs into trouble in a few areas that intersect, like those ley lines at the point of modern Hollywood comedy. The film is as wild as the

original “Ghostbusters” was — but the original was also loose and textured and, strangely enough, grounded in ways the new one can’t manage: elements like the funny-sexy courtship of Murray and Sigourney Weaver allowed Reitman’s picture to breathe in ways Feig’s never does. This “Ghostbusters” is out to entertain you, to be sure, but almost desperately so, beholden to its comedyclassic predecessor and curdling its own breezy-funny front end through please-love-this cameos from the original stars and into a dazzling, but numbingly chaotic, Times Square climax that just won’t quit, all the way through the most manic credits roll you’ve ever seen (bonus footage stretches all the way to the post-credits, so stick around).

It’s 2016, so like it or not, you’re going to get too much of a good thing. It’s unfortunate that Feig’s balance tips more to mayhem than well-scripted comedy, but this respectable remake musters enough yuks to be worth its while.

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One law-enforcement lectures another in purple prose, and the recipient shoots back, “Is that Shakespeare?” No, but it is part of the problem with “The Infiltrator,” a sturdy but uninspired crime docudrama that’s neither convincingly colloquial nor thrillingly stylish.

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biographical account of the same name, “The Infiltrator” kicks off in 1986 Tampa, Florida, to tell the tale of Mazur’s undercover work for U.S. Customs, specifically “Operation C-Chase, “ which targeted the gigantic drug-trafficking network of Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel by way of its money-laundering through the giant Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). Director Brad Furman (“The Lincoln Lawyer”) and screenwriter Ellen Brown Furman gild the story with

a few invented scenes to raise the audience’s blood pressure (including a test of loyalty involving Santería and firearms).

Aside from the evergreen drama of undercover work, Furman’s greatest asset — and possibly liability — here is Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) in the role of Mazur. On the one hand, Cranston tamps down his tendency toward hamminess to deliver a reasonably nuanced star turn; on the other hand, the 60-year-old Cranston doesn’t have the appearance or demeanor to convince us that he’s an undercover customs agent.

It’s a testament to his skill that he can make us forget his miscasting

from time to time, but it’s miscasting all the same.

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Instead, “The Infiltrator” is competent but just not that interesting, and the late-in-the-picture long Steadicam shot nodding to Scorsese and DePalma serves only

as a cinematic distraction. The Furmans pace out enough gruesome moments, seedy nightclubs and telltale trappings to make the film something of a cheeky throwback. In the end, though, “The Infiltrator” works out to be one more fact-based drama where audiences would be better served to curl up with the book.

Rated R for strong violence, language throughout, some sexual content and drug material. Two hours, 7 minutes.

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

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

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

Central Intelligence (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 2:10, 5:05, 7:40 & 10:40 p.m.

Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 5:55 & 9:45 p.m.

The BFG (PG) ++ Century 16: 11:05 a.m., 1:55, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:15 a.m.

Century 20: 10:10 a.m., 1:05 & 7:10 p.m. In 3-D at 4 & 10:05 p.m.

Finding Dory (PG) +++ Century 16: 9:20, 10:15 & 11:05 a.m., 12:05, 1, 1:45, 2:50, 3:40, 4:40, 5:30, 6:20, 7:25, 8:15, 9:05 & 10:05 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:20 a.m.

Sun. 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 & 11:30 a.m., 12:55, 2:15, 3:35, 4:55, 6:15, 7:35, 8:55 & 10:15 p.m.

Century 20: 12:25, 3:40, 6:55 & 10:05 p.m.

Free State of Jones (R)

Ghostbusters (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:10 & 11:15 a.m., noon, 2:15, 3, 5:15, 6:15, 8:10, 9:15 & 11 p.m.

Fri. & Sat. 12:01 a.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:15 a.m. In 3-D at 9:45 a.m., 12:45, 3:55, 7 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 2, 5, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. In 3-D at noon, 3, 6 & 9 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 10 a.m., 1 & 7 p.m. In X-D at 4 & 10 p.m. In DBOX 3-D at noon, 3, 6 & 9 p.m. In DBOX at 11 a.m., 2, 5, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13) +++ Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:30 p.m.

Independence Day: Resurgence (PG-13) Century 16: 10:10 a.m., 1:10, 4:05, 7:10 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 4:15, 7:20 & 10:25 p.m.

The Infiltrator (R) ++1/2 Century 20: 10:15 a.m., 1:20, 4:25, 7:30 & 10:35 p.m.

The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13) Century 16: 9:50 & 11:10 a.m., 12:30, 1:50, 3:10, 4:35, 7:20 & 10 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:25 a.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:15 p.m.

Life, Animated (PG)

Aquarius Theatre: 2, 5:35, 7:40 & 10 p.m.

The Lobster (R) +++1/2

Aquarius Theatre: 2:45, 4:15, 7 & 9:45 p.m.

Maggie’s Plan (R) Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:50 p.m.

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (R) 1/2 Century 16: 9:15 & 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:05, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m.

Morocco (1930) (Not Rated)

Stanford Theatre: Fri. 7:30 p.m.

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Sun. 11 a.m.

Now You See Me 2 (PG-13) 1/2 Century 20: 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m.

Our Kind of Traitor (R) Century 20: 11 a.m., 4:35 & 7:20 p.m.

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

The Purge: Election Year (R) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:45 a.m. 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:20, 5:15, 8:05 & 10:45 p.m.

The Secret Life of Pets (PG) Century 16: 9, 9:40, 11 & 11:30 a.m., 12:10, 1:30, 2, 2:40, 4, 4:30, 5:10, 6:30, 7:05, 7:45, 9, 9:30, 10:10 & 10:50 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 8:30 a.m. In 3-D at 10:20 a.m., 12:50, 3:20, 5:50 & 8:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:00, 11:20 & 11:55 a.m., 12:35, 1:55, 2:35, 3:10, 4:30, 5:10, 5:45, 7:05, 7:45, 8:20, 9:40, 10:20 & 10:50 p.m. In 3-D at 10:40 a.m., 1:15, 3:50, 6:25 & 9 p.m.

The Shallows (PG-13) Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 12:45, 3, 5:25, 7:50 & 10:10 p.m.

Shanghai Express (1932) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 5:55 & 9:15 p.m.

State of the Union (1948) (Not Rated) & 7:30 p.m.

Sultan (Not Rated) Swiss Army Man (R)

Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 3:40

Century 16: 6:25 & 10:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11 p.m.

Century 20: 1:40 & 10 p.m.

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

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

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

Home Front COMING SOON ... Palo Alto’s annual Festival of the Arts will be held all day Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27 and 28, on University Avenue.The backbone of the festival and the key to its success are the 300 fine artists and crafters whose display booths are placed backto-back along University Avenue.

New this year is a Do-It-Yourself Chandelier Contest. The Italian Street Painting Expo, sponsored by the Palo Alto Weekly, will again offer 60 chalk artists creating larger-thanlife works of art all weekend long on Tasso Street. Also, the Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto will again manage and serve the micro-brews and fine wines that can be found throughout the festival.

DEFORMED VEGGIES? ... The master gardeners at the University of California Cooperative Extension are offering one of their free gardening workshops at the Palo Alto Library Thursday, July 21 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This workshop will focus on the timely topic of “Pests, Diseases, and Other Problems of Summer Veggies.” Do your tomatoes look tormented? Your squash shriveled? Your peppers peculiar? Master Gardeners will talk about the most common challenges vegetable gardeners face this time of year and how to manage them.

Participants are invited to bring in samples of plants that aren’t doing well (larger samples are better), insects they have found damaging their plants (alive and well contained, if possible), and vegetables that just don’t look right for diagnosis and discussion. The library is located at 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto.

Palo Alto resident Sunny Chen transformed her front lawn into a productive vegetable and fruit garden in 2013.

CARROTS FOR YOU ... According to Garden Design magazine, carrots are best grown from seed but they are harvestable all year around.

Carrot seeds can take a long time to germinate (aka sprout) and then grow to a harvestable size. So, as soon as the soil warms in spring and well before summer ends, it’s important to sow seeds thickly into your prepared garden beds. Choose a seeding depth based on the seed packet’s recommendations. Water immediately and regularly after sowing. Be patient, it will probably take longer than you think for these seeds to sprout. Once they do emerge from the soil, begin carefully tugging out a few babies here and there to make room for other carrots to mature. After several weeks of thinning repeatedly, you’ll eventually be pulling up carrots big enough for a snack. Q Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email elorenz@ paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

Edible Garden Tour inspires gardeners to grow their own vegetables and fruits

by Carol Blitzer / photos by Veronica Weber riving by Sunny Chen’s Leland Manor home, most people don’t realize that the front yard is planted with vegetables and fruits.

A closer look reveals a row of tall sunflowers intermixed with natives and drought-tolerant plants — and a few cantaloupes and eggplants.

Three years ago Chen worked with Fanny Obadia of Green Thumbs Up of Palo Alto to replace her grassy lawn with a more eco-friendly landscape. The large area next to the driveway was transformed from a rose garden to a thriving space with seven raised boxes — with enough bounty to share with neighbors and friends.

Chen’s garden will be included in the 10th Common Ground Edible Tour, which takes place on Saturday, July 23. About 20 private and public gardens, including six in Palo Alto, will be included, with the tour organized around four hubs (Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Redwood City and San Jose). Each hub will feature a community-oriented This owl-shaped watering globe keeps watch over some of the vegetable beds and keeps them healthy.

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Home & Real Estate

Sunny Chen did not grow up gardening, but she has successfully transformed her yard to be able to grow tomatoes, squash, green beans, onions, kale, artichokes, grapes and strawberries with plenty to share with her neighbors.

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garden as well as nearby gardens. Upon registration, maps will be provided, indicating how to reach the gardens, as well as information about local garden stores and eateries.

Although she didn’t grow up gardening, Chen was inspired to grow her own vegetables — with as little water as possible.

She even took one of the City of Palo Alto’s composting classes to get started and today creates her own compost, being careful to omit meat or cooking oils, which can breed bacteria (she noted that the city can include these in their compost pick-up because their compost reaches higher temperatures than a small home compost pile can achieve).

She chose to plant her veggie garden out front for more sun exposure. Also, there are fewer pests.

“The squirrels don’t like to come to the front,” she said, noting that there were no trees to entice them.

Today a drip-irrigation system, with the ability to increase or decrease water flow to individual plants, keeps the garden balanced and happy. Chen augments

her twice-weekly watering with buckets from the kitchen.

“If you use good organic soil, you don’t need much water. We’re using less than before (when we had a lawn),” she added.

Facing the sidewalk, a row of artichoke plants is nearing the end of their season, with the “chokes” turning to lavender flowers.

When she agreed to place the wooden raised beds in the side of the front yard, Chen figured if it didn’t work she could just replace the vegetables with bushes.

“I’m not a green thumb person at all.

With the boxes, I feel like it’s containable,” she added.

“Once I started, I just fell in love with it. If I see a leaf turned brown, I just clip it,” she says of her daily hour or two in the garden.

Today she has seven successful boxes, with eight varieties of tomatoes (including black cherry and pineapple), onions, string beans, peppers, eggplant, Chinese spinach, broccoli, edamame, okra, kale, kabocha pumpkins and chayote). Along the side fence are espaliered tiny table grapes, not so successful this year because of a powder-mildew issue (“But no rats and raccoons,” she said.) The pear

Left, Early Girl tomatoes ripen on the vine, while strawberries (right) thrive in planters.

and apple trees are doing better along the back fence.

The first year Chen planted her garden, she left for four days on vacation.

“My mind was in my garden, because they grow so fast when the season kicks in. I could harvest a dozen zucchini every day. If not, they get like baseball bats,” she said.

The more you pick, the happier the plants, she said, and there’s less chance of disease and bugs. “At the end of the season you see that and I take them out,” she added.

Chen does a bit of experimenting each year, moving plants from box to box to vary the light and water. Her cantaloupes seemed to thrive wherever she planted them.

“I gave up on cucumbers,” she said, noting that with a sudden change of temperature — either too hot or too cold — the cukes were bitter-tasting.

Chen buys many of her young plants at SummerWinds Nursery or Home Depot, but each year she saves seeds and starts some of her garden from scratch.

She attributes her success to having healthy soil and planting at the right time — but also to the daily care she devotes to the garden.

She cannot begin to eat or cook all that she raises, but Chen offers much of her bounty to her neighbors, and they in turn offer up their fruits.

“That’s the most fun for me, sharing and trading. There’s no way I could finish all these zucchini and pumpkins. It’s also a nice way to engage with neighbors who stop and admire the garden,” she said.

The Edible Tour raises money to support Common Ground Garden projects, including operating a sustainable demonstration garden, teaching classes to students from Terman Middle School, Gunn High School and Young Life Christian Preschool and donating food to local food closets. Q Freelance writer Carol Blitzer can be emailed at cblitzer@sbcglobal.net.

What: Common Ground Edible Tour When: Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Begin at Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, or use map provided to visit four gardens in Palo Alto as well as 14 others in nearby cities.

Cost: $15 general admission, $30 for Garden Heroes, $5 for children Info: Register online at http://bit.ly/27lPfuq; visit commongroundgarden.org

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Home & Real Estate HOME SALES

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

Atherton

1 Faxon Road Whitman Trust to M. Zaheri for $16,500,000 on 05/27/16; built 2003, 5bd, 12,840 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/31/2000, $7,800,000 85 Watkins Ave. Azad Trust to W. Abrams for $2,350,500 on 05/23/16; built 2001, 3bd, 2,220 sq. ft.; previous sale 01/12/2011, $1,300,000

East Palo Alto

8 Clarence Court P. & S. Lachan to E. Lee for $855,000 on 05/24/16; built 1956, 3bd, 1,660 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/28/1995, $180,000 831 Donohoe St. Avila Trust to K. Wang for $913,000 on 05/26/16; built 2004, 3bd, 1,950 sq. ft.; previous sale 12/17/2004, $685,000 1269 Runnymede St. B. Hantash to Runnymede Limited for $1,250,000 on 05/23/16; built 2001, 5bd, 2,660 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/20/2005, $895,000 1544 Ursula Way S. Brown to R. Krishna for $750,000 on 05/27/16; built 1956, 3bd, 1,100 sq. ft.

1982 West Bayshore Road #234 M. Fishberg to M. Pak for $580,000 on 05/27/16; built 2002, 1bd, 776 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/15/2007, $429,000 188 Wisteria Drive MUSE Inc. to L. Song for $788,000 on 05/20/16; built 1952, 3bd, 1,110 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/07/2015, $405,000

Los Altos

26 4th St. #9 P. Gynther to V. Krishnaswamy for $810,000.00 on 06/24/16; built 1976, 1bd, 832 sq. ft.; previous sale 08/10/2005, $435,000 22 Bay Tree Lane Rizzi Trust to J. Bingham for $2,395,000 on 06/27/16; built 1972, 2bd, 1,840 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/15/2008, $1,695,000 10531 Berkshire Drive D. Halliday to F. Palao for $2,595,000 on 06/24/16; built 1955, 4bd, 2,664 sq. ft.

6 Farm Road Batsford Trust to Huggins Trust for $1,375,000 on 06/24/16; built 1973, 2bd, 1,518 sq. ft.

1482 Frontero Ave. S. Ma to T. Chen for $3,200,000 on 06/23/16; built 1998, 4bd, 3,059 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/10/2014, $2,600,000 684 Giralda Drive Eisenstat Trust to R. Butani for $2,665,000 on 06/28/16; built 1951, 2bd, 1,826 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/02/2005, $1,550,000 937 Loraine Ave. Lorco Limited to S. Anantharaman for $2,150,000 on 06/24/16; previous sale 03/01/2016, $620,000 44 Mt. Hamilton Ave. T. & J. Elliott to D. & E. Shaked for $2,899,000 on 06/28/16; built 1949, 3bd, 2,433 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/24/2009, $1,920,000 889 Riverside Drive LearySwanson Trust to W. Leung for $2,958,000 on 06/24/16; built 1952, 3bd, 2,417 sq. ft.; previous sale 12/22/1992, $551,500 1550 Truman Ave. Crane Trust to T. Damania for $2,650,000 on 06/24/16; built 1957, 3bd, 2,110 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/1971, $44,800 1522 Wistaria Lane F. Thaddeus to M. Lee for $2,215,000 on 06/24/16; built 1956, 4bd, 2,141 sq. ft.

780 Woodstock Lane Boost Trust to P. Blanc for $2,750,000 on 06/27/16; built 1962, 4bd, 2,456 sq. ft.

Menlo Park

776 18th Ave. C. Pacini to C. & B. Courtney for $1,025,000 on

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $2,350,500 Highest sales price: $16,500,000 Average sales price: $9,425,250

Total sales reported: 17 Lowest sales price: $480,000 Highest sales price: $1,860,000 Average sales price: $1,267,705

East Palo Alto Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $580,000 Highest sales price: $1,250,000 Average sales price: $856,000

Palo Alto Total sales reported: 2 Lowest sales price: $900,000 Highest sales price: $2,300,000 Average sales price: $1,600,000

Los Altos

Portola Valley

Total sales reported: 12 Lowest sales price: $810,000 Highest sales price: $3,200,000 Average sales price: $2,388,500

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $1,475,000 Highest sales price: $2,800,000 Average sales price: $2,281,250

Menlo Park

Woodside

Total sales reported: 15 Lowest sales price: $320,000 Highest sales price: $7,300,000 Average sales price: $2,351,000 05/24/16; built 1961, 3bd, 1,260 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/02/1989, $285,000 1975 Avy Ave. Gilbert Trust to T. & A. Mekjian for $2,250,000 on 05/27/16; built 1946, 3bd, 2,080 sq. ft. previous sale 12/19/2000, $1,100,000 2091 Camino Al Lago Bobrowicz Trust to S. & C. Ahmed for $1,580,000 on 05/24/16; built 1948, 2bd, 1,210 sq.ft.; previous sale 01/08/1988, $267,000 680 Cotton St. Gianos Trust to H. Tung for $7,300,000 on 05/27/16; built 1929, 1bd, 470 sq.ft.

2331 Crest Lane Saul Trust to Crest Limited for $5,000,000 on 05/27/16; built 2004, 4bd, 4,221 sq. ft.; previous sale 12/13/2013, $3,895,000 2323 Eastridge Ave. #521 E. & S. An to C. Lin for $1,080,000 on 05/23/16; built 1965, 3bd, 1,234 sq. ft.; previous sale 12/30/2011, $615,000 754 Gilbert Ave. Velten Trust to S. & S. Wilber for $1,725,000 on 05/27/16; built 1951, 3bd, 1,430 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/19/1986, $239,000 2156 Harkins Ave. Johnston Trust to H. Wu for $1,795,000 on 05/24/16; built 1914, 3bd, 1280 sq. ft.; previous sale 01/26/2012, $1,195,000 953 Hobart St. J. Tiffany to Hobart St. Limited for $3,300,000 on 05/25/16; built 1927, 3bd, 1,540 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/12/1984, $310,000 1330 Hollyburne Ave. P. Camacho to P. Xiu for $978,000 on 05/26/16; built 1949, 3bd, 1,010 sq. ft.; previous sale 07/31/2007, $531,000 1790 Oak Ave. Mccutcheon Trust to Francisco Trust for $3,975,000 on 05/24/16; built 1951, 5bd, 3300 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/13/1997, $850,000 402 Oak Court Schopman Trust to E. Friedman for $2,150,000 on 05/24/16; built 1941, 2bd, 1,610 sq. ft.; previous sale 04/24/1989, $425,000 1950 Palo Alto Way Neff Trust to D. Goinard for $1,910,000 on 05/25/16; built 1950, 3bd, 1,550 sq. ft.

2140 Santa Cruz Ave. #D303 Bryan Trust to J. & M. Meeks for $878,000.00 on 05/27/16; built 1978, 2bd, 1220 sq.ft. (Previous Sale 10/31/2001, $585,000) 20 Willow Road #33 City of Menlo Park to M. & G. Carrizales for $320,000.00 on 05/27/16; built 1965, 3bd, 1515 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/10/2016, $313,000 Mountain View 453 Bedford Loop P. Kim to W. & W. Chang for $1,400,000 on 06/24/16; built 2007, 3bd, 1,843 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/29/2007, $821,000 137 Beverly St. S. Ganesan to R.

Total sales reported: 1 Sales price: $7,150,000 Source: California REsource

Venkatraman for $1,552,000 on 06/24/16; built 1997, 4bd, 1,839 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/05/2008, $1,000,000 1270 Bonita Ave. Turner Trust to J. Stein for $1,700,000 on 06/28/16; built 1953, 3bd, 1,178 sq. ft.

181 Centre St. #27 Horlacher & Turner Trust to A. Viviani for $960,000 on 06/27/16; built 1981, 2bd, 1,199 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/16/2006, $580,000 280 Easy St. #503 XChange Solutions to M. Dortenzio for $728,000 on 06/28/16; built 1964, 2bd, 967 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/08/2007, $419,000 528 Easy St. #A K. Deleon to Xu Trust for $1,860,000 on 06/24/16; built 1958, 2,466 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/08/2007, $835,000 1654 Lee Drive Oliver Trust to D. Pang for $1,701,000 on 06/28/16; built 1952, 4bd, 1,458 sq. ft.

102 Montelena Court T. Chen to Z. Chen for $1,300,000 on 06/24/16; built 1999, 3bd, 1,713 sq.ft. ; previous sale 05/29/2009, $715,000 1054 Morton Court Kerswill Trust to M. & H. Kreiman for $1,800,000 on 06/24/16; built 1954, 3bd, 1,393 sq. ft.

400 Ortega Ave. #118 K. Golden to Y. Yuan for $835,000 on 06/23/16; built 1975, 2bd, 1,013 sq. ft.; previous sale 03/12/2003, $316,000 102 Pacchetti Way Choi Trust to E. Aciksoz for $1,100,000 on 06/24/16; built 1997, 3bd, 1,292 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/22/2012, $735,000 2225 Rock St. R. Windham to S. Jooste for $1,450,000 on 06/23/16; built 2011, 4bd, 1,979 sq. ft.; previous sale 02/29/2012, $780,000 317 Serra San Bruno T. & D. Fehrenbach to S. Khoo for $1,460,000 on 06/28/16; built 1998, 3bd, 1,715 sq. ft.; previous sale 09/10/2013, $1,000,000 255 South Rengstorff Ave. #59 P. Hennings to Chand Trust for $480,000 on 06/23/16; built 1965, 1bd, 551 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/04/2012, $240,000 809 Wake Forest Drive J. Wong to D. & H. Benger for $1,205,000 on 06/28/16; built 1954, 3bd, 1,080 sq. ft.; previous sale 05/08/2009, $610,000 500 West Middlefield Road #111 Shastri-Bartberg Trust to J. & K. Adams for $620,000 on 06/24/16; built 1971, 1bd, 720 sq. ft.; previous sale 11/07/2014, $471,000 1971 West Middlefield Road #8 Clamage Trust to S. Shenoy for $1,400,000 on 06/28/16; built 1988, 3bd, 1,624 sq. ft.; previous sale 10/18/2002, $485,000

Palo Alto

81 Roosevelt Circle A. & M. Khetan to V. & K. Soundararajan

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for $2,300,000.00 on 06/23/16; built 1951, 3bd, 1431 sq.ft. (Previous Sale 05/21/2014, $2,001,000) 410 Sheridan Ave. #217 Foster Trust to O. & K. Shelef for $900,000.00 on 06/23/16; built 1977, 2bd, 1293 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/06/1986, $157,500

Portola Valley

4510 Alpine Road B. & P. Allen to J. Webster for $2,800,000.00 on 05/26/16; built 1982, 4bd, 2550 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/03/1991, $720,000) 4 Coal Mine View Moses Trust to Sanders Trust for $2,500,000.00 on 05/24/16; built 1979, 3bd, 2350 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/27/1978, $258,000) 30 Quail Falconer Trust to J. & C. Rubin for $2,350,000.00 on 05/26/16; built 1977, 4bd, 2560 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/13/1976, $52,000 171 Trinity Lane J. Milo to D. Corwin for $1,475,000.00 on 05/20/16; built 1954, 2bd, 1,290 sq. ft.; previous sale 06/10/2004, $960,000

Woodside

3 Vineyard Hill Road Labe Trust to N. Forlenza for $7,150,000 on 05/23/16; built 1979, 4bd, 5,250 sq. ft.

BUILDING PERMITS

This listing is drawn from the City of Palo Alto online database of recent permits that have been issued.

1413 Pitman Ave. new single story house of 2,794 sf; new driveway approach. $887,465 211 Heather Lane residential roof mounted photovoltaic system 340 Wilton Ave. repair and replace 3 ft of existing water line, relocate water heater and gas line 1737 University Ave. plan revision: upgrade the grading and drainage per inspector 1413 Pitman Ave. new garage attached by breezeway. $25,272 3436 South Court demolish pool and associated equipment 310 California Ave. replace six rooftop units. $24,500 170 Iris Way demolish detached garage 1450 Channing Ave. residential roof mounted photovoltaic system 1450 Middlefield Road plan revision: due to field conditions to replace whole foundation 4243 Los Palos Ave. install new direct vent gas stove to replace existing wood burning unit 3716 Starr King Circle residential electrical service upgrade 805 Los Trancos Road new pool and associated equipment. $196,731 150 Cowper St. residential foun-

dation underpinning pads and improvement to existing basement wall. $39,870 374 Tioga Court replace existing gas line 2397 Webster St. replace water heater 2966 Louis Road reroof. $13,600 2420 Bryant St. residential electrical service upgrade to 200a 1701 Page Mill Road Theranos: adding booster pump to domestic cold water system and running electrical power to new pumps (17,000 sf).

3153 Alma St. interior kitchen and bathroom remodel of 200 sf. $15,000 755 Page Mill Road, C tenant improvemtns for Morrison & Foerster -- terrace level interior remodel (8,622 sf). $370,000 1440 University Ave. replace windowand remove one plumbing fixture out of the upstairs bathroom. $20,000 2451 South Court bathroom and kitchen remodel of 567 sf. $68,766 1070 Moffett Circle plan revision: replace/repair the sewer line 3817 Magnolia Drive replace five windows. $4,500 3091 Bryant St. reroof. $17,000 285 Bryant St. interior remodel of kitchen (158 sf),bathroom (90 sf), replace windows , remodel first floor radiant heat and second floor master bedroom (807 sf). $170,593 529 Driscoll Place water heater replacement 1082 metro Circle plan revision: add new tankless water heater 576 Glenbrook Drive electric vehicle charging circuit 649 Arastradero Road kitchen remodel and removal of interior wall (50 sf). $6,100 3393 Kenneth Drive red-tag gas leak repair 3331 Emerson St. temporary power 2374 Santa Catalina St. re-roof. $20,000 281 Creekside Drive roof-mounted solar system 2209 El Camino Real, plan revision: driveway grade and added curb drain 410 Marion Ave. new twostory single family residence of 2,473sfwith basement of 1225 sf. $750,000 389 Margarita Ave. replace water heater 209 Hamilton Ave., #200 accessible compliant restroom of 150sf and light upgrades. $18,000 2100 Geng Road use and occupancy and office tenant improvement for Regus, office-space rental firm, area of work 5,000 sf. $700,000 341 California Ave. use and occupancy for Italico 180 El Camino Real, C6 reroof. $15,304 385 Leland Ave. temporary power 575 Everett Ave. residential sewer line replacement 385 Leland Ave. demolish house of 1,142 sf 385 Leland Ave. demolish detached garage of 234 sf 722 Seminole Way replace water heater 3488 South Court replace water heater 101 Emerson St. replace electrical 3009 Middlefield Road commercial reroof. $43,900 2797 Ross Road plan revision: grading and drainage new bubbler 1510 Page Mill Road, #110 tenant improvements for Reed Smith, scope of work includes creating new offices and a copy room within an existing space.

600 sf. $100,000 1471 Greenwood Ave. deconstruct and demolish 1,914 sf house 2140 Dartmouth St. residential re-roof. $2,000 180 El Camino Real, #0 light fixture replacement led throughout

parking lots: 317 fixtures.

1360 Martin Ave. plan revision: add kitchen remodel to scope of work. Valuation increased on main permit from $65,000 to $83,192 1972 Edgewood Drive replace furnace 541 Thain Way 6244 replace six retrofit windows 2140 Dartmouth St. residential re-roof. $10,000 300 Pasteur Drive plan revision: deferred approval for interior framing 1855 Cowper St. temporary power 2140 Princeton St. new twostory single family dwelling (2,826 sf) with a basement (1,432 sf) and covered porches (300 sf). $755,000 4394 Miller Ave. replace water heater in the cottage 790 La Para Ave. replace existing patio cover. $5,000 665 Towle Way replace water heater 2140 Princeton St. demolish garage 1651 Page Mill Road plan revision: deferred submittal 3724 Carlitos Court reroof. $15,840 1143 Hopkins Ave. electrical upgrade 2140 Princeton St. demolish house 1256 Martin Ave. demolish 396 sf detached garage 698 Wildwood Lane add A/C unit 454 Colorado Ave. upgrade electrical 956 Addison Ave. revision to add solar panels and in-wall conduit 2820 Ramona St. water heater replacement 2073 Princeton St. remodel two bathrooms (100 sf), install new electric radiant heating. $15,000 245 Lytton Ave. add circuitry in two offices (280 sf) 111 Churchill Ave. revision to garage addition, additional 9 sf 360 Everett Ave., 1B remodel two bathrooms, 84 sf. Add new laundry. New lighting in master bedroom (280 sf) and living room (255 sf). New gas line for new range. $30,000 1530 Middlefield Road install fire protection insert, associated plumbing, mechanical and electrical 271 Parkside Drive install gas insert, associated electrical, plumbing and mechanical 101 Alma St., #902 remodel kitchen, bathroom, living room, and new powder room. Relocate existing subpanel, update electrical throughout, upgrade plumbing. Remove and relocate glass door. $60,000 798 Alester Ave. copper repipe 102 Middlefield Road residential electrical service change 445 Sherman Ave. owner improvements.$140,000 443 Ferne Ave. residential roofmounted photovoltaic system 2724 Cowper St. temporary power 1920 Barbara Drive replace sewer lines after meter 2484 Emerson St. add a house cleanout and replace partial sewer repipe under the crawl space 1019 Forest Court residential reroof. $15,000 118 E. Charleston Road electric upgrade 425 Grant Ave. #27, plan revision: change closet door location 771 Morena Ave. spot repair front yard sewer line 3089 Cowper St. remove/replace water heater 786 Cereza Drive remodel kitchen (120 sf): remove two non structural walls, create new kitchen island. Remodel bathroom (40 sf). $40,000 645 Barron Ave. re-roof. $34,610 931 Cowper St. foundation replacement. $16,000 3254 Ross Road new rooftop solar system 3954 Nelson Court re-roof. $22,990

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LOS A LTO S $12,900,000

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220 University Avenue | 4bd/4+ba Kathy Bridgman | 650.941.1111

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12345 Melody Lane | 3bd/3ba Shilpa Merchant | 650.941.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

25071 Tepa Way | 2bd/2.5ba Ellen Ashley | 650.529.1111 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:00

PALO A LTO $3,188,000

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575 Everett Avenue | 4bd/3.5ba Ken Hake | 650.323.111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:00-4:00

4068 Laguna Way | 3bd/2ba Tim Anderson | 650.941.1111

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142 Pecora Way | 4bd/2.5ba Janie and John Barman | 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT 11:00-4:00 & OPEN SUN 1:00-4:00

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3396 Park Boulevard, Palo Alto Offered at $1,988,000 Craftsman Luxury, Modern Leisure Exuding Craftsman charm, this luxury 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence of 2,053 sq. ft. (per county) is lined with inviting, leafy outdoor spaces on a lot of 5,012 sq. ft. (per city). Layered crown molding and rich hardwood floors embellish the interior, which offers a fireplace, granite and marble finishes, and fine spaces like formal living and dining rooms and a delightful master suite.

Boulware Park is steps away, and you can also stroll to vibrant California Avenue while easily accessing terrific Palo Alto schools.

OPEN HOUSE

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

C R E SC E NT PA R K 1145 Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto | 1145lincoln.com Offered at $2,415,000 | Beds 3 | Baths 2 | Home ±1,340 sf | Lot ±6,300 sf

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

ATHERTON ESTATE 393 Atherton Avenue, Atherton 393atherton.com

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

Price Reduced to $8,500,000 Beds 4 | Baths 3 Home ±2,740 sf | Lot ±3.47 acres

Price Reduced to $8,500,000 Beds 5 | Baths 9 Home ±7,649 sf | Lot ±1 acre

Offered at $2,350,000 Beds 3 | Baths 2 Home ±1,200 sf | Lot ±5,280 sf

Michael Dreyfus, Broker 650.485.3476 michael.dreyfus@dreyfussir.com 0MGIRWI 2S

Noelle Queen, Sales Associate 650.427.9211 noelle.queen@dreyfussir.com 0MGIRWI 2S 01917593 Downtown Palo Alto 728 Emerson St, Palo Alto 650.644.3474

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Downtown Menlo Park 640 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park 650.847.1141

Ashley Banks, Sales Associate 650.544.8968 ashley.banks@dreyfussir.com 0MGIRWI 2S dreyfussir.com )EGL 3J½GI MW -RHITIRHIRXP] 3[RIH ERH 3TIVEXIH

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OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY IN NORTH PALO ALTO This lovely custom contemporary upgraded home has been beautifully maintained with room for expansion. Located on a quiet street in the greater Leland Manor area this home is conveniently situated near Rinconada Park and the Art Center. The charming residence features 3 bedrooms plus a family room with wonderful indoor-outdoor living areas.

SUMMARY FEATURES INCLUDE: • • • • • •

3 Bedrooms & 2 Bathrooms Remodeled Kitchen with marble countertops Family Room off Kitchen Spacious elegant living room and dining area with beam ceilings Beautiful landscaped courtyard Sparkling swimming pool

• • • •

Carport with additional storage Living area: 1,668 sq ft per county records Lot Size: 6,600 sq ft per county records Excellent Palo Alto Schools (Walter Hays Elementary, Jordan Middle, Palo Alto High- buyer to verify enrollment)

$2,698,000 WWW.1855BRETHARTE.COM

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ColdwellBankerHomes.com

Woodside $4,395,000 35 Martin Ln Classic ranch home beautifully appointed inside & out. One-half mile to the WDS Village. 4 BR 2.5 BA Erika Demma, CalBRE #01230766 650.851.2666

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1:30 - 5 $3,980,000 2346 Santa Ana Street Brand new North PA home offers the best of Silocon Valley living! 4 BR 4.5 BA Judy Shen, CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

Portola Valley Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,348,000 110 North Balsamina Way Private setting. Main House w/3br, 2ba. In-Law unit w/1br +office.

Near path to shopping. 4 BR 3 BA Diana Sumner, CalBRE #01434566 650.325.6161

Stanford Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $2,150,000 761 Mayfield Ave Well-designed 2-level. Ea bedroom w/bath. Sep LR,DR,FR, study. Attach gar.views Pool. 3 BR 3.5 BA Nancy Goldcamp, CalBRE #00787851 650.325.6161

Portola Valley $1,300,000 16 Santa Maria Ave Opportunity to build on sunny, tree-framed 1+ acre lot, vacant & cleared. 16SantaMaria.com Ginny Kavanaugh, CalBRE #00884747 650.400.8076

Sunnyvale Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $748,000 682 Crescent Ave Ideally located townhse w/ Cupertino schools, inside laundry & 1 car gar awaits your touch 2 BR 1.5 BA Clara Lee, CalBRE #01723333 650.325.6161

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San Jose Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4 $695,000 257 Rayos Del Sol Drive Fantastic opportunity to own or for an investment! 10 yr old two story SFH, many upgrades 4 BR 4 BA Michelle Chang, CalBRE #01412547 650.325.6161

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Off MLS

737 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto Offered at $1,988,000 Stylish Remodel in South Palo Alto This thoroughly remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home of 1,485 sq. ft. (per county) couples large, sunny spaces with an extremely convenient property of 6,500 sq. ft. (per county). Modern updates include new heating and cooling, chic bathrooms, an impressive skylit kitchen, and many, many more amenities. Welcoming outdoor spaces offer fruit trees and lounge areas. This fabulous location allows you to stroll to Charleston Shopping Center, sought-after Palo Alto schools, and Mitchell Park, Library, and Community Center.

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

EXTRAORDINARY ESTATE

APPOINTMENT ONLY

ESCAPE TO WINE COUNTRY

APPOINTMENT ONLY

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

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

2355 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg $5,750,000 4 BD / 4.5 BA

197 Glenwood Avenue, Atherton $5,495,000 5 BD / 3 BA

Architecturally significant home on a 2.87 acres estate - ideal for entertaining - guest house, exec office, pool, tennis court

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

Spectacular Dry Creek Valley views, 55+ acres, elegant 6,300+ sq ft home, pool, bocce court, vineyard, ponds, winery building with many possibilities.

Magnificent Tudor estate is one of Atherton’s early treasures. More than one acre with majestic palms and heritage oaks,

Carol MacCorkle, 650.868.5478

LeMieux Associates, 650.465.7459

LeMieux Associates, 650.465.7459 Ken Spadoni & Arwen Spadoni, 707.433.8463 spadoni@spadoni.com

OPEN SUN 1:30-4:30

OPEN SUN 1:30-4:30

APPOINTMENT ONLY

APPOINTMENT ONLY

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

2577 Waverley Street, Palo Alto Price Upon Request 5 BD / 4 BA

24890 Tiare Lane, Los Altos Hills $4,480,000 3 BD / 3.5 BA

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

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

Stunning new construction on a beautiful tree lined street.

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

Gated, picturesque Mediterranean with views of Bay, SF, and hills throughout.

LeMieux Associates, 650.465.7459 LeMieux Associates, 650.465.7459

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Gina Haggarty, 650.207.5192 LeMieux Associates, 650.465.7459

APPOINTMENT ONLY

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

390 El Dorado Avenue, Palo Alto $3,688,,000 4 BD / 3 BA

2317 Saint Francis Drive, Palo Alto $3,250,000 4 BD / 3.5 BA

1538 Dominion Avenue, Sunnyvale $1,695,000 3 BD / 2 BA

1320 Windermere Avenue, Menlo Park $848,000 3 BD / 1 BA

Built in 2012, this custom home has a wrap-around porch. Craftsman architectural styling.

Privately located on cul-de-sac, traditional and modern, wired for every communication need.

Beautiful ranch style home on a sprawling corner lot in the desirable West Valley neighborhood with Cupertino schools.

Open floor plan. Just-refinished hardwood flooring, new stainless steel range, hood and refrigerator. Easy access to Highway 101 and Dumbarton Bridge.

The AW Team, 650.380.0220

LeMieux Associates, 650.465.7459

Maya Sewald & Jason Sewald, 650.346.1228

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Carolyn Rianda, 650.400.8361

Off MLS

4084 Wilkie Way, Palo Alto Offered at $1,488,000 Superb Setting in Ventura A balance of charm and urban convenience, this intriguing 2 bedroom, 2 bath home offers comfortable, accessible living. The property provides hardwood floors, a sky-lit living area, and a private, spacious backyard.

Stroll to Robles Park and popular shops, restaurants, and everyday amenities. Vibrant California Avenue and the Village at San Antonio Center are within a quick drive, and you will also easily access desirable schools like Barron Park Elementary, Terman Middle (API 968), and Gunn High (API 917) (buyer to verify eligibility).

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2 8 8 C R E E K S I D E D R I V E , PA L O A LT O

3 Bedrooms 2-1/2 Bathrooms 1,765 sq. ft. living space, approx.

7,210 sq. ft. lot, approx.

Spacious family room with window seat and skylight • New carpet in bedrooms • • • • •

calBRE# 01330133

• • • • • • •

Cell: 650.380.4507

Bonus kitchen storage Hot tub with deck Drip irrigation Fountain Landscape lighting 2-car attached garage with extra storage Prestigious Palo Alto schools Jane@midtownpaloalto.com

O F F E R E D A T $2,395,000

Listing Agent: Lisa Knox Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596

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• www.midtownpaloalto.com

8 5 6 M ATA D E R O AV E N U E , PA L O A LT O

• Inviting backyard includes a built-in Large 8100 sq. ft. lot (approx.) swimming pool with attractive security fence 1300 sq. ft. Interior (approx.)

Plus a 400 sq. ft. (approx.) bonus room • Lovely drought resistant front yard • Fruit trees Three bedrooms • French drains One and one half bathrooms • Active neighborhood association Beautiful hardwood floors • Easy walk or bike to Bol Park, Gunn High, New carpeting BarronJane@midtownpaloalto.com Park elementary, Stanford University & calBRE# 01330133 Cell: 650.380.4507 Large windows make for a bright and Research Park sunny home • Eat-in kitchen and separate dining room • Excellent Palo Alto schools • • • • • • • •

Listing Agent: Jane Volpe

O F F E R E D A T $2,200,000

Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596

• www.midtownpaloalto.com

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Off MLS

420 Cambridge Avenue, #2, Palo Alto Offered at $1,988,000 Eco-Friendly Luxury by California Avenue This Sunset magazine Idea House of 1,492 sq. ft. (per county) offers 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and an array of eco-conscious features.

Tucked within a secure complex, the peaceful home provides smart amenities like home automation to allow chic, easy living. Enjoy a light-filled interior, private outdoor areas, and two-car garage parking with charger wiring. Stroll to Caltrain and popular California Avenue, and easily access splendid schools like Escondido Elementary (API 927), Jordan Middle (API 934), and Palo Alto High (API 905) (buyer to verify eligibility).

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Classic Downtown Palo Alto Beauty

OPEN HOUSE Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 4:00 PM

575 Everett Ave, Palo Alto

Have it all! Ideally located close to downtown Palo Alto, lively Johnson Park, Caltrain, and Stanford. This Folk Victorian was completely renovated and expanded in 2007, staying true to the character of the home. Indulge in the restaurants, shops and nightlife of downtown while enjoying the community feeling of Johnson Park and the desirable Downtown North neighborhood.

Offered at $3,188,000 Visit www.575EverettAve.com • 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths • Approximately 2141 sq. ft.

• Bonus room with bay window, perfect as an office or guest room • Finished attic (300 +/- sq. ft. not included in home sq. ft.) ideal as a play area, work space or studio • Ample parking with room for 3 cars in driveway along with a 1 car attached garage • Award winning Palo Alto Schools—Addison Elementary, Jordan Middle School & Palo Alto High School (buyer to verify enrollment)

KENNETH HAKE

Alain Pinel Realtors BRE# 01974261

650.269.8616 khake@apr.com apr.com/khake

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Selling your home?

First, meet with Michael Repka.

Meet with Michael today for tax and legal advice before listing your home.

Unlike most real estate agents, Michael holds two law degrees and has years of experience as a real estate and tax attorney, giving his clients a unique advantage as most other brokerages do not provide an in-house attorney to help clients. In addition, the expertise and marketing available through the team at DeLeon Realty are the very best in the business. Meet with Michael to discuss any preliminary tax and legal questions about selling your home and let him tell you more about what makes DeLeon Realty’s innovative approach to real estate so successful. There is no cost or obligation for this consultation. However, Homeowners that have a current listing contract with another agent are excluded.

650.488.7325 | www.deleonrealty.com | CalBRE #01903224

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services

Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

700 King’s Mountain Road, Woodside

$35,000,000

$24,800,000

$23,988,000

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

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

Listing Provided by: Albert Garibaldi & Natasha Green Lic.#01321299 & #01409216

11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills

91 Selby Lane, Atherton

291 Atherton Avenue, Atherton

$15,995,000

$14,900,000

$14,688,000

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

Listing Provided by: Catherine Qian, Lic.#01276431

Listing Provided by: Nancy Gehrels, Lic.#01952964

13480 Wildcress Drive, Los Altos Hills

26880 Elena Road, Los Altos Hills

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

$13,895,000

$12,888,888

$11,488,000

Listing Provided by: David Troyer, Lic.#01234450

Listing Provided by: Dan Kroner, Lic.#01790340

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

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

1250 Miramontes Street, Half Moon Bay

$6,888,000

$5,850,000

$2,800,000

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

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

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

See our entire luxury collection at www.InteroPrestigio.com ©2016 Intero Real Estate Services Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and a wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc. All rights reserved.

All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. This is not intended as a solicitation if you are listed with another broker.

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600 Quarry Hill Road, Sonoma | $5,695,000 | Listing Provided by: Nicki Naylor, Lic. #01024605

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For more information about listing your home with the Intero Prestigio International program, call your local Intero Real Estate Services office.

Woodside 1590 Cañada Lane Woodside, CA 94062 650.206.6200

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

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

www.InteroRealEstate.com www.InteroOpenHomes.com

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25617 W. Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills Custom Chateau by Downtown Los Altos Crafted with features imported from Europe, this elegant residence includes 5 bedrooms, 6 full and 3 half bathrooms, and over [ YTT ?= 2@ I<1> -<<>-5?-8J ;: ?<-/5;A? Ō-@ 3>;A:0? ;2 U Y[ -/>1? I<1> /;A:@EJ ">;95?5:3 - 8521?@E81 ;2 =A51@ 8ADA>E @45? /A?@;9 home skillfully blends the grandeur of a French country estate with 21st-century comforts. This peaceful, gated mansion includes garage parking for four cars, potential au pair quarters, a poolhouse, and pristine creekside grounds. Charming downtown Los Altos is within strolling distance.

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.25617WestFremont.com Offered at $7,488,000

OPEN HOUSE

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846 Altaire Walk, Palo Alto Serene and Quiet Townhome You Don’t Want to Miss!

4 bed/3.5 bath Living Space: 1,889 sq ft Listed at $1,700,000 You’re invited to an Altaire Way Walk Neighborhood Party Location:

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COME ATTEND MY REAL ESTATE SEMINAR!

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26875 Elena Road, Los Altos Hills Privacy, Elegance, and Spectacular Views A gated, tree-lined avenue leads to newly renovated hilltop grounds of 1.62 acres (per county), which include a 6 bedroom home of over 6,300 sq. ft. (per county) with 5 full and 2 half bathrooms and an additional poolhouse with 1 bathroom. Within this elegant estate, you can enjoy astounding bay views, immense privacy, luxurious yet versatile spaces, and a prime location within moments of Fremont Hills Country Club and with access to Palo Alto schools (buyer to verify eligibility).

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.26875Elena.com Offered at $6,988,000

OPEN HOUSE

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/Dramatic Contemporary!/

419 COLE COURT, PALO ALTO Built in 2014 by Classic Communities, but never lived in, this free-standing home is light and bright and appointed with the latest 2016 designer upgrades. The open, great-room concept and contemporary feel create the experience of being in a San Francisco penthouse, right here in Palo Alto!

Offered at $2,250,000 For photos, visit www.419Cole.com

• 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths • Approximately 2,049 square feet (per county) • Two-car attached garage • Balconies and fenced yard • Great commute location • Excellent Los Altos schools

DANTE DRUMMOND 650.400.9390 ddrummond@apr.com www.DanteDrummond.com License# 00656636

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Paloneither Alto Weekly July 15, 2016 Page Square footage and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. However, seller nor •listing agent has •verifi ed 69 this information. If this information is important to buyer in determining whether to buy or the purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation.

3623 Glenwood Avenue, Redwood City Offered at $1,298,000 Captivating Backyard Haven Inviting outdoor spaces distinguish this fine 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home of 1,961 sq. ft. (per appraisal) that stands on a property of 6,386 sq. ft. (per appraisal). Skylights, crown molding, and updated appliances enhance the interior, while outdoor retreats are prime for entertaining and include several fruit trees, multiple tiered decks, and a hot tub with sweeping views. The residence is ideally located within steps of Garrett Park and an easy stroll to local shopping and dining, and fine schools are easily accessible.

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1052 Doheny Terrace, Sunnyvale Offered at $988,000 Cutting-Edge Townhome Living Built in 2013 and filled with exciting features, this high-tech 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom residence of 1,906 sq. ft. (per county) showcases a home automation system to allow remote access from your smartphone.

Tucked within a well-manicured community, the home displays premium construction, energy-efficient amenities, and stylish updates. Complete with a two-car garage, this handsome townhome is within mere moments of Central and Lawrence Expressways and Highways 237 and 101, and also easily accesses vibrant Mercado Center and other fine local amenities.

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2317 St. Francis Drive PALO ALTO

Open House Saturday July 16, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Picture Perfect Inside and Out » Designed and built in 2006 » 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths » Approx. 3,032 sq. ft. » Extensive wiring for every communication need » Hardwood or tile flooring throughout » Beautiful stone and tile selections in the kitchen and all baths » Inviting rear yard for outdoor living » Extra privacy at the end of a cul-de-sac on approx. 7,610 sq. ft. » Attached 2-car tandem garage » Excellent Palo Alto schools (buyer to confirm enrollment)

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761 Mayfield Avenue, Stanford (close to Stanford Campus and only available to eligible Stanford University employees)

Well-designed two-level home with a sparkling pool ready for summertime fun! All rooms of generous proportions – most with views and outdoor access. The lot is over 18,000 sq. ft. with decks, patios, a large area for gardening or recreation and a gate to the path to “the dish”. Close to campus, 280 and the California Avenue business district.

List Price $2,150,000.

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153 S. Clark Avenue, Los Altos Offered at $3,898,000 Custom Home with Dynamic Lower Level Incredible amenities give distinct flair to this one-of-a-kind 5 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom home of 4,936 sq. ft. (per county) that occupies a gated property of 10,160 sq. ft. (per county). Offering functional, highly detailed spaces and a spacious, open layout, the home provides three fireplaces, private outdoor areas, and a versatile walk-out lower level with a sauna, a wine cellar, and a show-stopping entertainment lounge. From this central location, you will be mere moments to charming downtown Los Altos, beautiful parks, and soughtafter Los Altos schools.

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831 Chimalus Drive, Palo Alto Offered at $2,988,000 New Modern Farmhouse in Barron Park Built in 2016, this exciting new 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of over 2,600 sq. ft. (per project summary), including attached garage, combines a fantastic location, farmhouse character, and modern luxury on a lot of 6,333 sq. ft. (per project summary). Fine amenities include Caesarstone countertops, Carrara marble finishes, and a sunny, open layout, while French doors open to porches overlooking the new landscaping. Within strolling distance of Bol Park and Bike Path, this residence is also easy biking distance to Gunn High (API 917) (buyer to verify eligibility).

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Home & Real Estate Building Permits (continued from page 46) 1330 California Ave. replace water heater 288 Creekside Drive bathroom remodel. $6,000 652 Glenbrook Drive install electric vehicle charger 873 Clara Drive Demolish existing house with attached garage.

3717 Ortega Court Plan revision: Swap which of two existing wood burning fireplaces will be demolished.

567 Hale St. Historic category 2: remodel kitchen and two bathrooms, 554 sf; relocate laundry room. Scope of work includes exterior work: two new windows on second story and rebuilding entry way. $101,631 2024 Columbia St. Residential remodel includes remodel 1,000 sf with new French door at rear patio, electrical for future electric vehicle charger, new tankless water heater, new furnace and air conditioning. Kitchen and bathroom remodel. Service upgrade to 200 amps. $94,000 3300 Hillview Ave. Tenant improvement and use and occupancy for Genpact to occupy 9,057 sf on the first floor. Scope of work includes new partitions, new ceilings, lighting, interior glazing, floor and wall finishes, new casework and equipment. New rooftop equipment behind existing roof screening. $480,000 180 El Camino Real Phase 1 of 3 to install (120) level 2 electric vehicle charger in existing parking structure. Phase 1 is the electrical infrastructure and equipment housing. $925,610 3000 El Camino Real Commercial remodel of common restrooms 281 sf on second floor. $157,500 1301 Harker Ave. Partial kitchen remodel (158 sf), new 200 amp,

overhead service, new cooktop hood, and new countertop. $22,000 2230 Louis Road Truss calculation deferred submittal 180 El Camino Real, suite 99 Mechanical re-rooftop equipment and associated ductwork.

180 El Camino Real, suite 1020 Install electrical for two illuminated signs 910 Mockingbird Lane Resurface existing swimming pool, install code-compliant drain covers. $9,000 1027 Alma St. Commercial sewer line replacement 590 Vista Ave. Residential bathroom remodel (38 sf) add a tankless water heater, run a gas line to the range and add a gas insert. $40,000 331 Monroe Drive Remodel kitchen and dining rooms (257 sf), replace four windows and convert one window to a patio door. $26,860 180 El Camino Real, #1150 Revision deferred storefront drawings 1083 McGregor Way Remove existing re-roof and install Gerard stone coated steel re-roof system. $16,479 101 Alma St., unit 1202 Kitchen and bath remodel, scope of work includes reduces the size of bedroom and enlarging kitchen. $45,000 2305 Yale St. Multi-family re-roof of comp sheathing. $9,500 1031 Channing Ave. Revised structural plans 2451 Ross Road Residential addition (872 sf) and remodel (147sf).

Scope of work includes new tankless water heater, new furnace, upgrade and relocate main electrical panel to 200 amps and replace windows throughout existing house. $160,000 180 El Camino Real, suite 1101 Lululemon: electrical permit for illuminated sign.

285 Bryant St. Structural work at a townhouse. Scope of work includes structural framing and new floor framing.$50,000 2451 Ross Road Temporary power 100 Waverley Oaks Voluntary seismic retrofit no exterior changes 200 sf. $24,000 930 Forest Ave. Shift entire house over 12” 1533 Walnut Drive Residential addition 20 sf and remodel 1,000 sf. New bay windows. Remodel garage, kitchen and all bathrooms. $100,000 734 Torreya Court Remodel kitchen and laundry room (203 sf), replace existing door to laundry room with pocket door. $57,034 1669 Cowper St.Kitchen remodel 184 sf and three bathrooms 191 sf. $48,000 305 Kellogg Ave. Replace water heater 1360 Martin Ave. Remove existing 132 sf sunroom, expand family room 27 sf, replace all exterior doors and windows, re-roof entire house with wood shake, replace all exterior stucco and sheathing, replace masonry chimney with metal flue and wood framing, new insulation, replace lighting throughout, relocate laundry to garage, and replace slab in garage. $65,000 1001 Page Mill Road Tenant improvement for existing tenant Baker Botts, 2,432 sf on second floor.

Scope of work includes new offices and cubicle areas. No exterior work. $300,000 3934 Duncan Place Residential remodel,489 sf; scope of work includes remodeling three bathrooms, kitchen, living and dining room. Replace all windows and doors throughout, and service upgrade to 200 amps. $200,000 799 San Antonio Ave. Replace water heater 4119 Wilkie Court Replace water heater

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1730 Embarcadero RoadRevision includes technical accessible infeasibility request at stair at breezeway.

1919 Webster St. New pool and associated equipment. $56,000 4005 Miranda Ave. Install one dual electric-vehicle charger at parking lot.

578 University Ave. Replace HVAC unit (482 lb) on existing curb. $9,000 3584 Lupine Ave.Revised structural reinforcement.

780 Embarcadero Road Tear off existing roof and re-roof. $8,800 1748 Channing Ave. Residential remodel (434 sf) and (50 sf). Scope of work includes replacing two windows in existing bedrooms, relocate water heater, relocate and upgrade to main electrical panel, and new furnace in the attic. $74,220 1117 California Ave. Symphony: interior remodel for existing tenant (5,463 sf) on two floors. Tenant occupies two stories (32,245 sf). $275,000 3560 La Mata Way Partial demolition 962 El Cajon WayResidential roof-mounted photovoltaic system 5.68kw. Scope of work includes service upgrade and relocate panel 2’ 2456 W. Bayshore Road, unit 3Replacement of the floor, cabinet, shower and tub due to water damage, bathroom laundry room (45 sf) kitchen (80 sf). $15,160 1730 University Ave. Install level 2 car charger on exterior wall of house 120 Coleridge Ave. Install level 2 charging station on exterior wall.

Scope of work includes new subpanel.

2209 El Camino Real Commercial roof-mounted photovoltaic system 1037 Greenwood Ave. Replace sidewall shingling. $28,331

3759 Redwood Circle Kitchen 96 sf and bathroom 50 sf remodel. $17,706 1501 Page Mill Road Reconfigure two rooms, relocate a storage room, add lighting in display area, revise two doors.

430 Forest Ave. Temporary power 769 Oregon Ave. Replace water heater 959 Waverley St. Residential 54 sf first-story addition and 298 sf basement addition to an existing two-story single-family residence.

Scope of work includes new air-conditioning unit in side yard. $156,000 662 Georgia Ave. Addition of 100 sf and remodel of kitchen, family room and breakfast nook 350 sf. $58,618 600 Ramona St., #200 Use and occupancy and tenant improvement 8500 sf for Centerview investment firm general offices at second and third floors. $450,000 662 Loma Verde Ave. Re-roof. $10,000 2340 Dartmouth St. Install level 2 electric-vehicle charger on exterior of house to the right of the main panel 2368 Saint Francis Dr. Install level 2 electric-vehicle charger on exterior corner of house near driveway 1795 Hamilton Ave. Install level 2 electric-vehicle charger on interior wall of garage 525 Channing Ave. Condominium kitchen remodel (30 sf). $3,600 1336 Webster St.Replace water heater 2395 Cowper St. Residential sewer line replacement from house to edge of sidewalk.

3712 Carlson Circle Remodel two bathrooms (88 sf), remove partition wall and pocket door in master bath. New floor in kitchen. Scope of work includes service upgrade 200 amps in the same location. $22,000

735 Emerson St. Revision to change layout of interior nonstructural walls.

2209 El Camino Real Revise title-24, provide power to signage, revise panel schedule, modify ducts, add a trap primer at the floor sink per fire department requirements 3580 Evergreen Dr. Replace rotted kitchen drain line, new route and reconnect. All work on property.

905 Van Auken Circle Tear off shingle roof and center section of house roof. Install Class A composition shingles over front bedroom and Class A 4-ply tar and gravel over center section of house. $18,000 3480 Murdoch Court Install an electric tankless water heater.

900 Arastradero Road Run electrical conduit from existing landscape light to existing trash enclosure for new light 972 Clara Drive Demolish existing house 2209 El Camino Real Steel stair deferred submittal 972 Clara Drive New two-story single-family home (2344 sf) with attached one-car garage (217 sf).

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Across 1 Napoleon Dynamite’s pal 6 “___ Degree” (Morningwood song) 9 ___ in “apple” 12 Crop circle creator, supposedly 13 Browning’s “before” 14 Deliver ___ to (send reeling) 16 Armbones 17 Darkish apparel option 19 “I want every non-war symbol you got” request?

21 Hot roofing material 22 “Slammin’ Sammy” of baseball 23 Pointer 24 Fireplace residue 27 Authorize 29 “The Plough and the Stars” playwright Sean 31 Method of accentuating poker hands?

35 Baymax’s friend, in a Disney movie 36 “___ little rusty ...”

37 Cotton-pickin’ 40 All-poultry production of a Steinbeck novel?

45 Rhythmically keep time with, maybe 47 “Schnookie-wookums” 48 .org relative 49 Dashed off 50 Fashion designer Gernreich 53 Pot-bellied pet 55 Ability to tell one conjunction from another?

60 Movie buff 61 Drive forward 63 Door openers 64 Dissenting votes 65 Rhode Island-based insurance company 66 “Isn’t that cute?” sounds 67 Understood 68 Potato soup ingredients

Down 1 Spanish-born NBA star ___ Gasol 2 “Cosmo” competitor 3 “Saw” actress Meyer 4 Lose one’s poker face 5 Symbol that looks like January 2nd?

6 Soft ball maker 7 Horses’ paces 8 Chant in the Ramones’“Blitzkrieg Bop” 9 Xavier Cugat’s ex-wife Lane 10 With everything on the line 11 Voice actress Kath of “Dexter’s Laboratory,”“Rugrats,” and “Animaniacs” 14 Silky wool source 15 Teary-eyed 18 “The Tortoise and the Hare” author 20 Sandwich after a sandwich?

24 “That hits the spot” 25 Poli ___ (college major) 26 Right this second 28 Small combo 30 “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)” band 32 Lava, for one 33 Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s former org.

34 Austrian physicist Ernst 38 Ludd from whom Luddites got their name 39 African antelope 41 Causes of some infections 42 Move emotionally 43 Pueblo Revolt tribe 44 Monogram character 45 Sidewalk issue 46 Pacific Ocean phenomenon of lower water temperatures 51 “That’s the cost of ___ business” 52 Water-based abode 54 “I want!”

56 Some “Gods and Generals” extras 57 Home that gets lined 58 TV kid who said, “Pa, just what can you do with a grown woman?”

59 Scarf target 62 Word with Palmas or Vegas

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement RBW Sustainable Process Consulting FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618589 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: RBW Sustainable Process Consulting, located at 1216 Harriet St., 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): ROBERT WILSON 1216 Harriet St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on June 17, 2016.

(PAW July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016) RS GALLERY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618539 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: RS Gallery, located at 628 Emerson 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): SUMFRAME INC. 628 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/16/1997.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on June 16, 2016.

(PAW June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2016) STRENGTHION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618620 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Strengthion, located at 765 San Antonio Rd., #20, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): EUGENE VINSKY 765 San Antonio Rd., #20 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on June 17, 2016.

(PAW July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016) FAR FITNESS KEEP EVOLVING YOURSELF TRISHA LECONTE COACHING FAR FITNESS AND HEALTH FAR FITNESS LIFE MIND BODY COACHING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618783 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) FAR Fitness, 2.) Keep Evolving Yourself, 3.) Trisha Leconte Coaching, 4.)

FAR Fitness and Health, 5.) FAR Fitness Life Mind Body Coaching, located at 3278 Palantino Way, San Jose, CA 95135, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): FRANK AND TRISHA COACHING INC. 3278 Palantino Way San Jose, CA 95013 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 June 23, 2016.

(PAW July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016) OTTER BUILDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618865 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Otter Builder, located at 1579 Florida Ave., San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

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

CHIN YUAN HSU 1579 Florida Ave. San Jose, CA 95122 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 June 27, 2016.

(PAW July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016) SPRINGBOARD SOLUTIONS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 618832 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Springboard Solutions, located at 725 Loma Verde Ave., Suite E, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): DONNA WEBER 725 Loma Verde Ave., Suite E Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrantr began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/20/16.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on June 27, 2016.

(PAW July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016) GW Woodworking FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 619275 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: GW Woodworking, located at 716-C San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GARY WEISENBURGER 4250 El Camino Real C122 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07-04-2016.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 08, 2016.

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997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Loan No.: 2015-0009/ PALO ALTO CA 14 RESS Order No.: 75905 A.P. NUMBER 148-06-001 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/27/2015, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on 08/05/2016, at 10:00AM of said day, At the gated North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse at 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA., La Costa, Inc., a California Corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by PALO ALTO CA 14 LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY recorded on 05/26/2015, in Book N/A of Official Records of SANTA CLARA County, at page N/A, Recorder’s Instrument No. 22964218, by reason of a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby, including that breach or default, Notice of which was recorded 04/07/2016 as Recorder’s Instrument No. 23269676, in Book n/a, at page n/a, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, lawful money of the United States, evidenced by a Cashier’s Check drawn on a state or national bank, or the equivalent thereof drawn on any other financial institution specified in section 5102 of the California Financial Code, authorized to do business in the State of California, ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee, in that real property situated in said County and State, described as follows: Portion Lot 50,Tract 483 Monroe Subdivision, filed March 15, 1948, Book 15 of Maps, at pages 50 and 51 The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 144 MONROE DRIVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306.

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You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee’s sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 75905. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 07/07/2016 La Costa Loans, Inc., a California Corporation, as Trustee By: RESS Financial Corporation, a California corporation, Its Agent By: BRUCE R. BEASLEY, PRESIDENT 1780 Town and Country Drive, Suite 105, Norco, CA 92860-3618 (SEAL) Tel.: (951) 270-0164 or (800)343-7377 FAX: (951)270-2673 Trustee’s Sale Information: (916) 9390772 or www.nationwideposting.com NPP0286717 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 07/15/2016, 07/22/2016, 07/29/2016

AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: AMANDO G. QUILALA Case No.: 1-16-PR-178965 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of AMANDO G. QUILALA, AMANDO GARCIA QUILALA. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: TERESA RAHEEM I. KHAN in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: TERESA RAHEEM I. KHAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 22, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

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

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later

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

Petitioner: Teresa Raheem I. Khan, In Pro Per 1246 Burgoyne Street Mountain View, CA 94043 (650)224-2056 (PAW July 15, 22, 29, 2016)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MELVIN WALDFOGEL Case No.: 116PR 179133 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MELVIN WALDFOGEL. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ASHER WALDFOGEL in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: ASHER WALDFOGEL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on September 1, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

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

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

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

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DIVING IN . . . The Stanford Diving Club made a big splash at the USA Diving National Zone Championships in Salt Lake City last weekend, earning overall team honors and qualifying several of its divers for the National Championships that begin Aug. 1 in Moultrie, GA. The boys team finished third with 183 points, 62 behind the winners, and the girls team won with 438 points, nearly doubling the score of the second-place finisher. Menlo Park resident Claire Greenlow recorded 55 points to earn High Scorer honors for the girls. Palo Alto’s Reed Merritt collected 52 points to place second among boys scorers.

Greenlow, competing in the 16-18 age group, placed second on the 1-meter springboard, third on the 3-meter springboard and sixth on the platform. She also competed in the senior division, finishing second in both springboard events. Merritt won the 16-18 boys 3-meter, 1-meter and platform events, and placed seventh in the senior 3-meter event.

Palo Alto’s Mimi Lin won the girls’ 16-18 3-meter event. Gunn’s Marisa Agarwal was second. MenloAtherton’s Mia Paulsen placed fourth as Stanford divers swept the top six in the event. Lin and Agarwal also finished 1-2 on the platform.

Stanford club diver Lauren Okamoto won both the 14-15 girls’ 1- and 3-meter titles, Kathleen Navas topped the 16-18 girls’ 1-meter field, heading a Stanford club sweep of the top seven spots, Supisara Shauntel Lim and Francesca Noviello placed 1-2 in the girls’ 12-13 3-meter event and then switched places in the 1-meter dive. The pair finished 2-3 on platform.

Stanford product Nicole Gibbs is entered in the Bank of the West Classic, which opens Monday at Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

Morning sessions begin at 11 a.m. and evening sessions at 7 p.m. through Thursday. The tournament continues through next Sunday.

Venus rising; set for a Classic tournament Stanford product Nicole Gibbs, Atherton’s CiCi Bellis also entered

by Rick Eymer enus Williams casts a large shadow over the $753,000 Bank of the West Classic and having her return to the courts at Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium next week after a year’s absence is like having a favorite family member coming home after a long trip.

It’s always nice to welcome Venus Williams back to the tournament where she began her glorious tennis career 22 years ago.

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World No. 3 and 2013 Bank of the West Classic finalist Agnieszka Radwanska was forced to withdraw due to a right hand injury.

Even without Radwanska, it will be an entertaining field. Williams is the lone top-10 player in the field, currently ranked No. 7, but there are 10 others among the top 75, including Stanford product Nicole Gibbs, currently playing in the Stockton Challenger.

Gibbs is another in a long line of NCAA singles champions who

have appeared in the tournament.

Atherton resident CiCi Bellis also returns to Stanford. The 17-year-old made waves when she became the youngest player to win a match at the U.S. Open, in 2014, since Mary Joe Fernandez in 1986.

She beat the eighth-seeded Sachia Vickery on Thursday to reach the quarterfinal round of the $50,000 Stickton Challenger. (continued on page 85)

2016 OLYMPICS

Ipsen readies himself to spring into action Stanford grad prepares for his second trip to the Olympic Games

by Rick Eymer

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here’s a moment Kristian Ipsen feels weightless, even as his body is twisting and turning in mid-air. The three-time NCAA men’s diving champion and Olympic bronze medalist has a sense of perfection at those times.

Ipsen, who graduated from Stanford in December, hopes to feel those moments more often when he competes for the U.S. Diving team at the 2016 Rio Olympic

Games that open in three weeks.

Ipsen earned his bronze medal in the 3-meter synchronized diving competition, with Troy Dumais, at the 2012 London Olympics. This time he’s going solo in the 3-meter springboard.

“Individual is a completely different animal,” Ipsen said. “It’s just you against 30 of the best individual divers in the world.”

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It’s far from a one-woman show, though, as tournament director Vickie Gunnarsson points out.

“We have a great player field at the Bank of the West Classic this year, highlighted by Venus,” Gunnarsson said during a recent media conference call. “Overall, 12 out of our players have won at least one career WTA title and many will represent their countries at the Olympics. We expect this year’s tournament to be highly competitive.”

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Meehan has reason to smile Stanford women’s swim coach proud of athletics headed to the Olympic Games

by Glenn Reeves and bronze is not very much. Esnce the Olympic Trials pecially the two competing in the had concluded, Stanford 400 free relay, Maya in all three of women’s swimming coach her events and Simone in her two.

Greg Meehan took a big breath They all are in the mix.” and let it all sink in.

Cook missed out on the 2012 Fair to say, Meehan’s cup run- Olympics due to a shoulder inneth over. jury. This time around she led He saw three of his throughout the 3-meter swimmers, a diver, and diving competition at a paralympian qualify the Olympic Trials and for Rio. qualified for her first “We didn’t have anyOlympic Team. one in 2012,” he said.

“Kassidy has really “Taking a step back and put herself in great pogathering my thoughts sition to compete on the ...they absolutely exworld stage,” Meehan ceeded expectations. In said. “It’s been very exterms of the achieveciting for me to see her ment of the program Kassidy Cook improvement.” this is something I’m Manuel took second very proud of.” in both the 50 free and 100 free Swimmers Simone Manuel, at the Olympic Trials. Neal qualiLia Neal and Maya DiRado, diver fied, along with Manuel, in the Kassidy Cook and paralympian 400 free relay. DiRado won three Brickelle Bro all advanced. events: the 200 IM, the 400 and “Going in I knew it the 200 back. was a possibility,” said “Now it’s more about Meehan, who will also having fun,” Manuel be in Rio as an assistant said at a recent Stanford coach for the U.S. team.

Olympic Swimming “But the Olympic Trials Media Day. “Get back are the most challenginto the zone, watch ing meet an athlete can video, try to improve compete in. Some big and get faster in Rio.” names didn’t make it or As the swimmers not in as many events as finished up with media expected.” interviews, they preBrickelle Bro Who has the best pared to greet a line of chance for a gold medal? approximately 270 youngsters, “I think they all have medal primarily girls, on hand to meet potential,” Meehan said. “The the Olympians. difference between gold, silver “It’s unbelievable the people

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here wanting our autographs,” Manuel said. “Growing up I always looked up to someone. Now to have that reversed. Becoming a role model is very humbling.”

World record holder Katie Ledecky, who will be at Stanford in the fall, also won three events during the Olympic Trials.

Ipsen and Neal each earned a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. DiRado and Manuel are making their first appearance on an Olympic team.

“Simone and I have had so many conversations over the year to help each stay focused and stay motivated,” DiRado said. “We wanted to put ourselves into poIt was an easy choice to continue training at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center.

“It’s a world class facility and it’s outdoors,” Ipsen said. “You have to be able to deal with the elements and you can learn that here. When I go to an inside facility, I feel like all the weight has been lifted off.”

Ipsen also discovered a supportive community at Stanford.

Diving and Swimming are two very different sports. Divers often find themselves in echo chambers while swimmers are pounding through the water before a loud, raucous crowd.

The welding of the two sports on the college level provided a large fan base and a support group.

“It was exactly what I wanted,” Ipsen said. “I had this huge team behind me. It was my favorite part of the college experience.”

At his first NCAA meet, in Federal Way, Ipsen was preparing for the 1-meter event when he began to notice all the Stanford parents moving over to watch.

sition to take advantage of the opportunities.”

About four months out from the Olympic trials, Meehan began counting down the days, keeping track on a board in the team room.

The Stanford swimmers were keenly aware of how much time they had.

“It was a message to keep grinding, to keep going,” said DiRado, who is moving to Atlanta, with her husband, Rob Andrews, a former Stanford swimmer, and starting a job with McKinsey&Company, a consulting firm, as an entry level business analyst on Sept. 9.

She has yet to visit Centennial Park, the cornerstone of the 1996

Olympic Games, but she can recall former Stanford swimmers Jenny Thompson and Misty Hyman winning gold medals in 1996 and 2000.

“I was a huge Stanford fan growing up,” DiRado said. “I loved watching Jenny. She was the dominant swimmer at the time. And Misty Hyman in the 200 fly; she wasn’t supposed to win and then she went out and crushed it.”

DiRado appears ready to repeat the success of her predecessors.

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mais for eight years, and the pair finished third in the synchro event this year: so close, yet so far.

“It was really frustrating,” Ipsen said. “We have a crazy relationship and I wanted to make it again with Troy so badly. But he had gotten hurt and had no idea whether he would even be able to compete. He pulled through and we were able to dive. I think if we had two more weeks, we could have done it. I’m happy with what we did. It shows he’s still capable.”

Dumais, 36, was trying to break a record he shares with Greg Louganis as the only two divers to qualify in four Olympics. He’s still one of the most decorated divers in U.S. history, with 12 international medals.

Ipsen earned attention when, at age 8 he became the youngest diver to reach the finals on all three boards at the Junior National Championships. He also became the youngest diver to win a junior

national title. He’s been a national team member since 2006.

Ipsen is a 14-time senior national champion, a 16-time junior national champion and a two-time junior world champion.

He could be on the road to becoming an Olympic champion, though it’s not a sport the U.S. dominates like it does in swimming. Ipsen and Dumais, along with the American 10-meter platform synchronized team, earned the first Olympic medals in men’s diving since the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

Ipsen, who grew up in the East Bay, currently lives in Menlo Park and trains at Stanford under the guidance of Stanford Diving Club’s Oleg Andriyuk.

Stanford junior Kassidy Cook, who will compete in the women’s 3-meter springboard in Rio, returned to Texas to work with her coach, Ken Armstrong.

“Stanford is great,” Ipsen said.

“It’s taught me so much about everything, how to push through when you’re tired, mental toughness. It’s helped me get to this point.”

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Lia Neal (left) and Simone Manuel talked about their Olympic experience and becoming role models.

Cardinal grad Kristian Ipsen (seated) poses for pictures with a fan.

He’ll be diving in his second Olympics.

“I wasn’t expecting it,” he said.

“Usually divers are off in their own little corner doing their thing.

Suddenly I had all this support. It was great.”

He’s always looking for that perfect dive, when he catches the board just right and gets catapulted into the right spot away from the board and he start to perform

at exactly right spots, becomes weightless and finishes with nary a whitecap.

“I anticipate going into the water consistently smooth,” he said.

“All I have to do is stay calm and stay in rhythm.”

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What they are saying: USA Swimming: So many new faces making the team; who is someone that stands out in your mind, and why?

Wayne Drehs, ESPN: “For me it’s Maya DiRado, no question. I don’t think anyone who has followed the sport for the last year or so is surprised by her performance at trials. But if you’re just getting ready for Rio after a four-year post-London sabbatical, I’m sure you’re like, ‘Who?’ I’m so drawn to her story. At a time when we see more and more athletes try to hang on as long as they can here’s a young woman at her peak with a succession plan already in place, win or lose in Rio. I think there is freedom and strength in that, in knowing that whatever happened at trials or happened in Rio is truly just another chapter in her life, not this paramount moment where the world will watch her succeed or fail. I’m excited to see what she can do in Rio.” John Lohn, SwimVortex: “Maya DiRado was downright terrific. Three wins spread across the first seven days of the meet, and with the knowledge that her career will end after Rio as the real world calls? That’s a great storyline.

She’s leaving the sport on her terms, and to excel at such a high level on the way out is cool to see.”

USA Swimming: What’s a storyline that sticks in your mind, that you take home with you moving forward, and why?

Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports: “(Katie) Ledecky; her dominance is mesmerizing. I’ve never thought distance swimming was must-see TV before, but it is now thanks to her.”

USA Swimming: Who is a young woman new to the team you are eager to see in Rio, and how do you think she can do?

Braden Keith, SwimSwam: “Without a doubt, Maya DiRado. She’s been building a perfect cycle, and is now the second-best American swimmer behind Katie Ledecky, even though it’s her first team. Having said she’s going to retire after Rio regardless of what happens, she will be a moment in time, a one-and-done, so even though she’s young, she gets no second chances. That’s compelling to me.”

USA Swimming: What makes Katie Ledecky who she is?

John Lohn, SwimVortex: “Geez, Katie is so great that I don’t know if I can answer that easily. She’s definitely a once-in-a-generation swimmer. I love her aggression, the way she attacks her races and puts complete faith in the work she’s done with Bruce Gemmell and in the talent she possesses. You don’t ever see Katie not be aggressive. She has a rip-your-heart-out approach to racing, and given the times she produces, especially 400 through 1,500 meters, you have to imagine she’s viewed by at least some of her rivals as unbeatable.”Q

Venus Williams brings a 31-10 overall Bank of the West Classic record into this year’s event.

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Bellis beat Dominika Cibulkova in three sets in the first round and could see her again in the Bank of the West. Cibulkova is one of the top two seeds and currently ranked No. 12 in the world.

Bellis won the 2014 USTA Girlís 18s National title when she was 15, becoming the youngest winner of the event since Lindsay Davenport in 1991.

She has won four career ITF singles titles and currently ranks No. 220 in World while playing a limited schedule.

Overall, 12 countries are represented in the field and has combined to win 76 career WTA singles titles.

The player field also includes Australian Open semifinalist Johanna Konta, 2012 Bank of the West Classic finalist Coco Vandeweghe and Japanese No. 1

Misaki Doi. Venus Williams has won two Bank of the West Classic titles and reached the finals on five other occasions.

The former world No. 1 did not have a ranking when she showed up to play No. 58 Shaun Stafford in her first professional match. It was Halloween of 1994 and the event was played indoor at the Oakland Arena. She beat Stafford, 6-3, 6-4, and took a set off the then No. 2 ranked Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario before losing to the ultimate tournament champion.

She was awarded 5,350 dollars in prize money and earned her first 27 WTA ranking points. To paraphrase an earlier sponsor of the event, she’s come a long way.

“It’s great to play at home, in front of the home crowd,” Williams said. “There’s not as many opportunities as there was when I first started to play in the U.S., so it’s become really special at this

point. I love hard courts. I grew up on hard courts. I feel right at home on it.”

Williams reached her first Bank of the West final in 1998, losing to Lindsay Davenport. She beat Davenport two years later to win her first Classic title.

Williams has a 31-10 career mark at the Bank of the West Classic as she prepares to make her 13th overall appearance here.

“I’m always looking for different ways that I can be at my best,” she said. “Whether it’s eating, resting, different training regimens, whatever it may be. It’s a constant search. I never give up.”

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USA Swimming: Maya DiRado; you have interviewed her a lot, what did you see that lent itself to what she did in Omaha?

Pat Forde, Yahoo Sports: “She was ready. She had trained to a razor’s edge and prepared herself mentally to go from overshadowed to center stage and handle that jump. She’s a brilliant woman with an engaging human side -- very easy to root for. She

seems very much in life’s sweet spot right now: serene, confident, energized and in control of her destiny.”

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Maya DiRado will swim the 200- and 400-meter individual medleys, in addition to the 200 back, in Rio.

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The Palo Heat 12U summer softball team is headed to the nationals in San Diego this weekend after winning a tournament in Lake Tahoe in dramatic fashion. After winning three games Saturday to earn the No. 2 seed into Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single-elimination tournament, Palo Alto easily won its first two games and went up against Almaden for the title. The Heat has lost twice to Alamaden before, including in the title game of the NorCal tournament. Palo Alto rallied for three runs in the top of the final inning to take an 8-6 lead. Almaden had a runner on with one out. Heat second baseman Radha Singh fielded a grounder, tagged the runner and threw the ball to first base to complete a double play and clinching the championship. Team members include: Alana Stull, Alexa Vinton, Caroline Mostofizadeh, Emilia Santos, Hannah Yau, Katelin Tharp, Lauren Li, Madeline Ta, Madhu Ramkumar, Marygrace Waller, Radha Singh, Raveena Lele, Victoria Soulodre.

Stanford grad Gall honored by Lancers Portola Valley native inducted into high school Hall of Fame

by John Reid most. Gall helped the Lancers to ormer Stanford baseball a CCS title as a junior. As a sestar John Gall was recently nior, Gall was the West Catholic inducted into the St. Fran- Athletic League MVP, htting .483 cis High Athletics Hall of Fame. with 56 hits, 34 runs scored, 34 Can Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AthletRBI and nine stolen ics Hall Of Fame be far bases. The Lancers lost behind? in the CCS title game.

Gall attended StanAs a sophomore on fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015 Hall of Fame varsity, Gall hit .352 induction ceremony, one with 23 RBI, scoring 28 which former teammate runs, stealing 19 bases.

Kyle Peterson, an AllOn that team was Gallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s American hurler, was cousin, Eric Byrnes motioned in. For now, (.94), who went on to Gall will settle for being have a fine professional a Hall of Fame Lancer, career.

John Gall class of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;96. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a few Diâ&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great honor,â&#x20AC;? vision I guys on that said Gall, who grew up in Portola team,â&#x20AC;? Gall said.

Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It reminded me of the Gall earned a baseball scholdays when I was an every-day arship to Stanford, where he esathlete.â&#x20AC;? tablished still-standing Pac-12 Gall was one of the best foot- records in hits (368) and doubles ball/baseball combo athletes (80). His best year was his sophoto play for the Lancers, despite more season when he batted .381 missing his junior year of foot- with 63 RBI and 15 homers. Gall ball due to a knee injury. Gall, had 46 homers for his career. a nimble quarterback, threw a Gall went to three College 37-yard touchdown pass in the World Series with the Cardinal, Central Coast Section Division I making the all-tourney team as a title game in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95 to help beat Bel- junior. larmine 21-17.

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to sign. Gall returned for a fourth year, getting drafted in the 11th round by St. Louis. Gall had 53 major league at-bats, ending with a career batting average of .245 with two homers. Since the Cardinals won the 2006 World Series, Gall was awarded a World Series ring. He ended his pro baseball career with the Florida Marlins in 2007.

Gall has lived a bit of a Forrest Gump existence. He hit a home run for Team USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics against Chinese Taipei. Team USA went on to win the bronze medal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot of talent on that team,â&#x20AC;? Gall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stephen Strasburg and Jake Arrieta were on that team.â&#x20AC;?

The September following the Olympics, Gall was one of six USA players invited to be on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He also received a visit to the White House.

Gall is on the Board of Directors for Team USA. Gall, who married St. Francis classmate Megan Jones, currently resides in Millbrae. The Gallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have two boys, Andrew and Johnny, who are getting some expertise coaching from their dad, needless to say.Q

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M-A, Alpine play deep into tournaments Both baseball teams reached the Final Four

by John Reid

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locates well and has a fantastic curveball.”

“In the early innings, I had a lot of control with my curveball,” Baxter said. “Against the better hitters, I was able to spot the curveball where I wanted.

In the later innings, the fastball helped me.”

MA had something brewing in the first inning when Jack Giesler and Matt MacLeod singled with no outs. With one out, Baxter singled to the right of King in center field. Giesler rounded third and headed to the plate, but was thrown out on a tremendous one-hop throw by King with catcher Jace Clayton making the quick tag on Giesler.

SM American got more defense when first baseman Dominic Gonzalez made a sweet, over-the-shoulder catch of a pop-up in foul territory off the bat of Ramsey VanDermeer to start the bottom of the second inning.

Rory Ferrick lined a single to center, then Braden Fitzgerald went the opposite way with a single to right. John Quinlan got behind in the count, but worked a walk to load the bases.

Giesler hit a hard grounder that went under the glove of the SM American third baseman, bringing home Ferrick and Fitzgerald.

Another error contributed to two insurance runs in the fourth inning. Giesler swung and missed in what should have been the third out, but the ball hit the dirt, meaning Giesler could hustle to first base. The throw to first went awry and Giesler was safe. MacLeod proceeded to drill a two-run homer to leftcenter, his second home run of the tournament.

JJ Jones worked a 1-2-3 sixth inning to record the save, but it took a dazzling stop by MacLeod at second to make that come to fruition. MacLeod threw the runner out at first for the first out of the inning.

Baxter did a lot of the heavylifting in the best win of the tournament for MA, but he credits timely hitting for the impressive run.

“We’re doing a good job hitting,” Baxter said. “We’ve had good hitting previous years, but we’ve stepped up our game.”

Alpine-West Menlo The sounds of the late Wilson Pickett’s “Mustang Sally” opened Tuesday night’s District 52 Little League 10-11-year-old all-stars title game at Marina Field in Belmont.

That seemed to be a good omen for Alpine-West Menlo starter Sal Meehan, who is often referred to by league mates by the Pickett classic.

Facing unbeaten Belmont-

Redwood Shores, Meehan gave as much as he could on the mound, but Alpine fell, 10-0, in four innings.

Alpine, which had lost, 123, to Belmont-RS on Saturday, had to win to force a showdown game on Wednesday. Alpine was looking for its first 11-yearold district title since 2009.

“We’re proud of our kids,” Alpine manager Tito Bianchi said. “We lost to one team in the tournament, losing to Belmont twice. They were a better team (today). I’d like to think we could give them a better battle on our best day. Our kids got everything they could out of the tournament, getting to the final of the district.”

Meehan got out of a jam in the bottom of the first, striking out two batters and stranding a pair of runners.

Belmont threatened in the second inning after the first of two doubles by Collin O’Driscoll placed runners at second and third with one out. Meehan escaped unscathed, getting a fly out to right and a ground out to shortstop John Rogers, who made a strong throw to get the runner at first.

“Sal was a gamer,” Bianchi said. “He threw 60 pitches and gave us everything he could.”

After getting doubled-up in the first inning on a base running error, Alpine had a solid chance to score in the top of the second inning, but couldn’t.

Rogers drew a walk, then moved to second on a single by Sam Norris.

Meehan grounded into a fielder’s choice play, then stole second base as Rogers held at third.

Belmont hurler Lucas Kramer fanned the next batter to end the threat.

Alpine’s Evan Eyre singled with one out in the third for his second hit of the game. Eyre moved up on a wild pitch, setting up a wild sequence.

George Zaharias lined one

in foul territory down the right field line. Belmont right fielder Zach McLaughlin hustled over to make a spectacular diving catch. After hesitating, Eyre advanced to third base.

Belmont manager Andy Eliopoulos argued Eyre didn’t tag up at second base, but Eyre was ruled safe after a conference by the three-man umpiring crew.

Noah Palmer was hit by a pitch with two out in the top of the fourth. And when Meehan’s fly to center was dropped for Belmont’s lone error, Alpine had runners at second and third.

Kramer fanned the next batter for his fourth strikeout of the game.

O’Driscoll had three hits and a pair of RBI to lead Belmont.

McLaughlin had two hits, including a double, while Kramer had a pair of singles.

Belmont scored four unearned runs in the third inning, adding six runs in the bottom of the fourth. The final run was unearned due to a throwing error to try to get the force at home plate, one of three errors committed by Alpine.

“Belmont is a deep club and they play really clean baseball,” Bianchi said. “You never want to lose. But, if you lose to a team that plays it the right way, it takes a little sting out of the loss. They caught everything and we didn’t. We had men on base early and couldn’t get that one hit. That’s how so many of these games happen.”

Alpine advanced to the title game with a 6-1 victory over Foster City on Monday. Zaharias went 5 1/3 innings, yielding one run on two hits, fanning nine batters. Charlie Knoll helped out Zaharias in the third inning with a fine running catch in left field.

Sam Norris and Jake Bianchi drove in runs for a 2-0 Alpine lead. A triple by Zaharias aided a four-run fifth inning. Rogers added a ground-rule double. Q

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he Menlo-Atherton 1112 Little League all-star team played deeper into the District 52 Major Division tournament than most observers would have thought.

After all, M-A lost its first game by a wide margin and had to work its way out of the elimination bracket the rest of the way.

The Menlo-Atherton program can hold its head high after winning five straight to reach the Final Four before losing.

The same could be said of the Alpine-West Menlo 11-year-old team that reached the title game of its district tournament. A big victory over Foster City gave Alpine the chance to play for a title.

Picking Menlo-Atherton to win the District 52 Little League Majors All-Star Tournament would have placed one in the minority. But after stunning San Mateo American, 4-1, in an elimination game at La Entrada Field on Friday, the Menlo Atherton stars were just one of four teams remaining in the 17team field.

Menlo-Atherton’s run in the Little League all-star tournament came to an end Saturday in a 13-3 setback to Hillsborough.

“Nobody was thinking about us,” Menlo Atherton manager Rod MacLeod said. “We’re a scrappy team.”

Nate Baxter was superb against SM American, fanning 10 hitters in five innings, striking out the side in the fourth and fifth innings.

Baxter, son of former minor league pitcher Bob Baxter, a Harvard grad, left two runners stranded when he recorded his final strikeout to end the fifth.

Baxter was pulled after reaching the 85-pitch limit, a tournament rule.

MacLeod did not use Baxter in the opener against San Mateo National, a 13-0 loss. Baxter, instead, went the distance in a 13-7 win over Half Moon Bay on July 4.

“For us to keep winning, we would have had to play four straight games,” said MacLeod as to why he held back Baxter against SM National. “We didn’t want to burn Nate.”

Baxter had a no-hitter through 3 1/3 innings before Wyatt King lined a solo homer over the leftcenter field fence on an 0-2 fastball. Baxter walked the next hitter, then allowed a single before striking out the next two hitters to end the threat. SM American had just three hits in the game.

“SM American is a great hitting team, very disciplined,” MacLeod said. “Nate has a great velocity on his fastball. He

Menlo-Atherton won five games in the District 52 Majors Little League tournament and was one of the last four teams standing.

Tournament titles remain in play Palo Alto Babe Ruth has two teams still playing

by John Reid he Palo Alto Babe Ruth 14-year-old all-star team remains in championship contention at its Northern California state tournament in Woodland, which is scheduled to conclude Friday.

The Palo Alto 13s were scheduled to play in the championship game of its NorCal state tournament on Thursday, needing to beat Tri-Valley twice at McKelvey Field in Mountain View.

The Palo Alto 14s rode the arms of Jack Dellenbach and Aidan Everett to the victory over Sonoma in its opener. Everett threw three shutout innings, allowing a hit, to save Dellenbach’s gritty start.

Sonoma opened its half of the fifth with three consecutive singles and an error made it 4-3 before Everett, who retired seven of the last eight batters he faced, took over pitching duties.

Four different players collected three hits and the Palo Alto 14s downed Sonoma, 11-1, Thursday.

Trevor Leon, Owen Crevelt, Paul Thie and Ian Collins each collected three hits for the Palo Alto 14s, combining to drive in nine runs. Leon drove in four of them.

Dante Cacchione also drove in a pair of runs and Thie scored four times to help Palo Alto.

Palo Alto met Woodland at 6 p.m. Thursday for the right to take on Tri-Valley for the tournament title.

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Palo Alto 13s The Palo Alto 13-year-old allstars fell to perennial Babe Ruth League power Tri-Valley on Saturday in its opener. Palo Alto manager Ron Fried deemed the glass to be half-full.

The Palo Alto 13-year-old Babe Ruth all-star team must have felt they were trapped in a nightmare through the first five innings of Tuesday’s game. The last two were sure dreamy though.

Palo Alto scored 11 runs over the final two innings to stage a serious comeback in beating BelMateo, 12-9, at the Northern California state tournament at McKelvey Field in Mountain View on Tuesday.

Palo Alto is scheduled to meet Woodland on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at McKelvey for a berth in the first championship game against Tri-Valley on Thursday.

Tri-Valley beat Woodland, 18-4, in the winner’s bracket.

Palo Alto sent 13 hitters to the plate during an eight-run rally in the sixth. Zachary Donaker got things started with a one-out single. Q

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