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As school starts, new social-emotional curriculum debuts Gunn High introduces new model for teacher-advisory program by Elena Kadvany

uring the first days of school this week, along with finding their lockers and classrooms, Gunn High School freshmen got a new kind of assignment: Discover the things they have in common with each other. In classrooms across campus,

freshmen conducted “frienterviews” with each other — interviewing at least 10 students they didn’t know and identifying a shared interest. For two students in one class, it was writing and drawing; for two others, it was simply that they both have a sister.

The activity — an assignment in finding commonalities rather than differences when meeting new people — is lesson No. 1 in a new social-emotional learning curriculum Gunn is piloting in earnest this fall. (Palo Alto High School is also testing out the curriculum but not as extensively as Gunn.) The social-emotional effort is a districtwide initiative that will roll out to all 17 Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD)

campuses over the next few years, from elementary through high school. Gunn is launching it this year through a new iteration of the school’s teacher-advisory program, the second new version in as many years. Last year, Titan Connect — a program that paired cohorts of students with a teacher-coach and upperclassmen mentors and which started with last year’s freshmen class — replaced Titan 101, a

freshman transition program. Titan Connect has been replaced this year with Social Emotional Literacy and Functionality, or SELF. For the pilot year, ninth-graders have been assigned to a cohort of 20 to 24 students and paired with a mentor — a Gunn teacher who volunteered for the role. These cohorts will stay together through to their senior year, meeting (continued on page 12)

EDUCATION

Classes begin at elementary, middle schools New principals issue encouraging messages to campus communities by Elena Kadvany

“ Veronica Weber

Titan talk Kathleen Laurence, new principal at Gunn High School and former Palo Alto High School assistant principal, welcomes the class of 2021 during freshmen orientation on Aug. 11. The first day of school was Aug. 14.

Back-to-School Streetwise What is something you would tell your kindergarten self? Asked at Palo Verde Elementary School. Question, interviews and photographs by Elinor Aspegren.

Liliana Contreras

Riley Chang

Alisha Younas

Fifth-grader “Kindergarten is easier, but some things are difficult.”

Fifth-grader “Your teachers are always there for you for any trouble you are in. ... Don’t be shy to the parents, teachers and older kids because they are here to help you.”

Fifth-grader “Try your best, because it doesn’t matter about the grade. ... It gets harder every grade, but just try your best, and the teachers will help you.”

Even if you feel a little nervous,” Ohlone Elementary School teacher Julie Bagniefski told a class of second- and third-graders sitting quietly in a circle on a classroom floor Tuesday morning, “I guarantee you’re going to feel different by the end of the day.” She and other teachers across the Palo Alto school district’s elementary and middle schools greeted students and parents — many excited, many nervous and some a combination of both — on the first day of school Tuesday. At Ohlone, students began the morning in their classrooms, which are all mixed-grade. And with no traditional bell system at Ohlone, students simply entered their classrooms when the doors opened. Bagniefski instructed the thirdgraders in her class, referred to as “olders,” to look out for their “youngers” throughout the day. The mixed-age classrooms allow older students to take on mentorship roles and to build stronger connections between students and teachers, since students have the same teacher two years in a row, Assistant Principal Annora Lee said. It was also the first day of school for new Principal Dawn Yoshinaga, who replaced Nicki Smith after her retirement at the end of the last school year. Yoshinaga was previously the principal of Palo Alto Unified’s early-education campus, Greendell School, for a year. At Ohlone, parents hovered in the background until 8:30 a.m.,

when all second- through fifthgrade classes gathered in the school’s farm for a first-day-ofschool “opening ceremony.” The annual ceremony, led by Yoshinaga, reinforces the school’s whole-child philosophy, referred to as the “Ohlone way.” After reading the Pledge of Allegiance, the large crowd of students and staff, as well as parents, recited in unison the “Pledge to the Earth,” which ends: “one planet, indivisible with safe air, water, soil and economic justice, equal rights and peace for all.” At the event, all teachers and staff stood on a stage and introduced themselves by their first names — another marker of the Ohlone way — and Yoshinaga discussed how to be clean, kind, friendly and bounce back from mistakes. A notable change this year at Ohlone and the district’s other 11 elementary schools this week is a new mathematics curriculum. Teachers started instruction this week from Bridges in Mathematics, a textbook the district approved in order to align its elementary math content with the Common Core State Standards. Inside Sylvia Sanders’ fourthgrade classroom at Barron Park Elementary School, she started the first day of school with a lesson on “what a math classroom should look and sound like” — a more specific version of the classroom norms she would usually go over at the beginning of the (continued on page 14)

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SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS HEAD QUITS ... Jorge Quintana, the Palo Alto school district’s communications coordinator, suddenly left his post just days before the start of the new school year. Superintendent Max McGee said his last day was on Aug. 11, and that Quintana took a new job in the Redwood City school district. McGee hired Quintana, a former broadcast journalist and public information officer from the San Jose Unified School District, in 2016. In past discussions, the school board has been divided over the value of a full-time communications officer, but McGee said Thursday that the position is “essential.” Quintana supported the principals, updated the district website and produced a new online “Board Report” that briefly summarizes discussion and action at Board of Education meetings, McGee said. “The priorities shift in times of a crisis — that’s when it’s most needed — but I think ... the dayto-day work, the website updates, the support to the principals and the Board Reports to the community really matter,” he added. The district has posted the job opening and is looking for a replacement. Quintana did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

HOOTING FOR HELP ... A new app launched in Palo Alto helps connect teens with neighborhood jobs to help them boost their wallet and resume. TeenJobFind, made available on the Apple Store last week, matches teens with work including babysitting, pet-sitting, yard work, party assistance, cleaning and organizing. The company screens job posters (referred to in the app as “owls”) and teens (known as “owlets”) to ensure safety between both parties. “We are bringing back a sense of community that has been lost in today’s society,” CEO and founder Janet Shah told the Weekly in an email. Teens can take advantage of the opportunities when they have a free day or afternoon in the midst of their academics and extracurricular activities, according to the app’s website. Users can join with their email address or through their Facebook or LinkedIn accounts. To complete registration, job

posters must upload their driver’s license for a criminal background check in addition to their credit card information to withdraw the payment. Anyone found with convictions or pending cases for a violent crime, felony, drug-related offense, sexual offense and/or certain theft or property damage offenses will not be allowed on the app. Job seekers will have to provide an email address for their coach, a parent or another trusted adult who can serve as a reference and provide parental/guardian consent. Users will also be asked to provide their Social Security number, which helps complete background checks for the adults and ensure payment for teens. “So cool and very easy. I would encourage everyone to do it,” Kris Brockmann, the app’s first job poster, wrote on the company’s Facebook page. Job posters pay $15 an hour, $3 of which helps maintain TeenJobFind and the remainder is given to the teens. A launch party to celebrate the new app is set for Saturday, Aug. 19, from 2-4 p.m. at Mitchell Park. Once the nest is up and running, the company plans to expand its service beyond the city and to other platforms. Learn more at teenjobfind.com.

OUT FOR BLOOD ... Stanford Blood Center is seeing a drop in blood donations and looking for more residents to help build up its supply. The shortage comes at a time of higher-than-normal blood usage and fewer donations during the summer. “We’ve appealed to our current donor base, and now we’re reaching out to others in the community,” said Stanford Blood Center spokesman Loren Magaña said in a press release this week. “If it’s been a few years since your last donation or even if you’ve never donated before, please consider coming in to one of our centers or visiting a mobile blood drive.” The center has seen a high demand for blood products for numerous surgeries. Any interested donors must be in good health and show no signs of the cold or flu. They must also have a healthy meal, plenty of fluids and present photo identification once they come in to donate. Additional information can be found online at sbcdonor.org or by phone at 888723-3781. Q

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A new school year and a ‘new beginning’ for Ravenswood Middle School

Solar eclipse viewing tips

Campus looks to better prepare students for rigors of high school, college by Elena Kadvany

Veronica Weber

t was not only the first day of middle school for just under 300 sixth-graders at the Ravenswood Middle School in East Palo Alto on Wednesday morning but also the first-ever day for the district’s new standalone middle school. The students, who come from six different feeder schools in the Ravenswood City School District, spent their first day in advisory classes — cohorts of students with whom they will move through the grades — getting to know each other, their teachers and the new school. In many ways, it looked like the first day of school at any middle school; in one room, students sitting in a circle stood up one by one and introduced themselves, sharing which elementary school they went to as well as their favorite movie, sports team or activity. But Ravenswood Middle School, housed in a wing of Cesar Chavez & Green Oaks Academy on Ralmar Avenue, is an ambitious venture for the Ravenswood school district. Prior to this year, the district taught middle school students at six separate campuses combined with elementary schools. The goal of the new campus is to reverse an alarming trend to which the K-8 model contributed: Only one in three Ravenswood students leave the district fully prepared to meet the rigors of high school and then graduate ready for college, according to the district. New administrators described the school on Wednesday as a “startup” and a “new beginning” for the district.

Douglas Garriss, principal of the new Ravenswood Middle School, center right, is joined by teachers and staff as they welcome the first sixth-grade class and lead them in a chant of “Ravenswood” on the first day of school, Aug. 16. Teachers will model “grit,” a “spirit of design” and “rapid iteration” — taking risks and learning from inevitable failures, said Maurice Ghysels, a former Menlo Park City School District superintendent who has been brought on to serve as chief innovations officer for the Ravenswood Middle School. But the school’s ultimate goal, Principal Douglas Garriss said, is to level the playing field for students who have historically started high school already behind many of their peers. The new school offers a range of electives, from a makerspace to band, and is working to expose students early on to diverse opportunities. During a five-week summer transition program, the school took 65 rising sixth-graders on field trips to Pescadero State Beach to visit the Marine Science Institute program,

to a production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in San Jose and to a local college, among other places. They also had guitar lessons, yoga, art, physical education, science and math instruction. “We want them to have exposure to band and makerspace and all of those things so when they get to M-A (Menlo-Atherton High School), they go in at the same playing field with the other kids,” Garriss told the Weekly Wednesday. “That’s why we went to this model.” The new school is fully staffed for this year, Garriss said, with 25 teachers and staff, including a school counselor, school psychologist and two mental health counselors from nonprofit Counseling and Support Services for (continued on page 15)

Back-to-School Streetwise What advice do you have for younger, incoming students? Asked at Gunn High School. Question, interviews and photographs by Shawna Chen.

Janet Wang

Carolyn Kuimelis

Darien Chung

Senior “Keep an open, growing mindset because you never know what junior year will throw at you. It’s not as bad it seems, and there are a lot of good changes that happen. Make sure to surround yourself with people who care, listen and empathize deeply.”

Senior “Set a bedtime for yourself because it’s important to take care of yourself. If your physical health isn’t in top shape, everything else will feel horrible.”

Senior “Make sure to not do your homework late at night. Manage your time!”

NASA experts are stressing the importance of safety in preparation for the solar eclipse on Monday, when many on the Midpeninsula plan to hold viewing events for the phenomenon, which will be visible from the continental U.S. for the first time in nearly 40 years. The “path of totality,” where a full solar eclipse will take place, stretches from the Oregon coast southwest to where South Carolina touches the Atlantic Ocean, in a matter of 90 minutes through the different time zones. It will be the first solar eclipse visible from American soil since 1979 and first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in North America since 1918, NASA officials said. While the Midpeninsula doesn’t fall within the path of totality, it will still result in enough coverage noticeable from the ground. Anyone looking directly at the sun during the eclipse puts themselves at risk for permanent eye damage, according to NASA. NASA experts recommend that the public use certified eclipse glasses with a designated ISO 12312-2 international standard or handheld solar viewer with filters that aren’t torn, scratched, punctured or coming loose. People are advised against using a camera lens, telescope, binoculars or other device without a specially designed lens. Anyone using eclipse glasses or solar viewers should stand still and briefly close their eyes before using the device and not remove the filters while looking at the sun. An inexpensive option for watching the partial solar eclipse is to make a pinhole projector from a cereal box. During Monday’s City Council meeting, City Manager James Keene called on the community to reduce its energy consumption during the solar eclipse, estimated to take place from 9:02 to 11:54 a.m. Some energy-saving actions include unplugging electronic devices and large appliances not in use. Palo Alto receives 30 percent of its energy from large-scale solar in the Central Valley and 1 percent from local rooftop systems, according to Keene. The Weekly will collect your social media posts of the eclipse, whether you’re watching the event locally or elsewhere in the country. Tag the Weekly on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and include #PaloAltoEclipse in your posts to be featured on our Storify page. Midpeninsula eclipse viewing events: • Total Solar Eclipse Party, Palo Alto City Library, Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Road, 9-11 a.m. • Solar Eclipse Viewing Party, Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, 1451 Middlefield Road, 9:45-10:45 a.m. • The Eclipse! A Viewing Event, Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., 9-11 a.m. • The Eclipse! A (RE)Viewing Event, Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., 6:30-7:30 p.m. • NASA Ames Research Center, live stream showing the eclipse will be streamed at nasa.gov/eclipselive starting at 9 a.m. PDT. Q — Palo Alto Weekly Staff

Judge temporarily halts recall campaign The effort to recall Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky has been temporarily halted, with a judge approving a restraining order to stop the campaign from collecting the signatures needed to place the measure on the ballot next summer. The San Jose Mercury News reported that retired Orange County Judge Marjorie Laird Carter granted the order on Friday afternoon, blocking the campaign from gathering signatures for the next 12 days, until an Aug. 23 hearing. This was a small victory for Persky, whose six-month sentence for former Stanford University student Brock Turner’s sexual assault of an unconscious woman outside a fraternity party on campus in 2015 was widely criticized. The recall campaign, led by Stanford law professor Michele Dauber (a family friend of the young woman), has alleged Persky has shown a pattern of bias against women and defendants of color in sexual violence cases. The campaign organizers announced just hours before the restraining order was granted that they had received the green light from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters to start collecting approximately 90,000 signatures from voters to put the recall on the June 2018 ballot. According to the Mercury News, Persky argued in court documents that because he is a state officer, California’s secretary of state rather than the county registrar should have decided whether the campaign’s signature effort could move forward. In a statement, Dauber called Persky’s motion to block the campaign from gathering signatures “a last-ditch desperate effort,” adding that the campaign did everything correctly. “The Constitution and the California Elections Code are completely clear. We scrupulously followed every provision required by law, as did the County in approving our petition and telling us that we can collect signatures,” she said. Q — Elena Kadvany www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 18, 2017 • Page 7

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City to hold off on evictions of First Baptist groups Pastors, others say allowing churches to rent space to various community groups should be allowed

nhappy over the City of Palo Alto’s planned eviction of a dozen nonprofit organizations and businesses that have been using First Baptist Church in Palo Alto as their home, members of the groups and their supporters turned out in force on Monday to plead with the City Council to change zoning rules to allow them to stay. Among the groups was iSing Girl Choir, an all-girls choir education group, which serenaded the council and demonstrated its unity with a rendition of The Wailin’ Jennys’ “One Voice.” Joining the chorus of advocates for keeping the groups at First Baptist, retired San Francisco

49ers quarterback Steve Young told the council that his two daughters have been choir members for years. “iSing teaches tremendous value and empowerment to young women through song,” he said. “The impact has been dramatic. “Demand for space for community-based programs is growing and will continue to grow,” he added. “Our churches in Palo Alto have a vital role as a repository for these programs. There are very limited options. I hope the City will see the need to treat churches differently. iSing needs this home.” The conflict over tenants at First Baptist, located on North California Avenue, arose following

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss a letter of intent with Pets in Need to develop a financing study for a new animal shelter facility; and consider a proposal to pursue a Fiber-to-the-Node network. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 22 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to hear a status update on the recent audit of Cable Franchise and Public, Education and Government (PEG) Fees; and discuss the Water Meter Billing Audit. The meeting will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 22, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the Baylands Boardwalk Replacement Preliminary Design, the Buckeye Creek Hydrology Study; and review and discuss the Rinconada Park and Junior Museum & Zoo Long Range Plan and Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. The meeting will begin at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will take action on updated policies related to discrimination and sexual harassment and on proposed legal services contracts for the 2017-18 school year. A request for proposal (RFP) for solar panels and the renovation of JLS Middle School’s swimming pool, among other items, will also be discussed. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave.

complaints by church neighbors of traffic and parking problems created by the tenants. City code enforcement officers began looking into one of the church’s largest tenants, New Mozart School of Music, in early 2016. After initially requesting that the music school apply for a conditional-use permit to remain at the church, city planning staff determined that its operation in a residential neighborhood would be illegal even with a permit. This summer, the school was ordered to move. First Baptists’ other tenants then began to receive their notices of violation this month after the church submitted a list of groups housed there to the city. Those include iSing Girl Choir, Tuesday Night Tango, Bisheh Toddler Class, Chinese Global Artist Association, Resounding Achord (a concert and musical event organization), Palo Alto Philharmonic, therapists Jill Cooper, Jennifer Merrill, Joellen Werne (both Merrill and Werne are characterized as “medical services”), Moveable Feet (a folk dancing program), Stanford Folk Dance and Tango Argentina. While the issue was not on the council’s agenda Monday, and thus no formal action could be taken, the groups received a modicum of good news: In his comments to the council, City Manager James Keene acknowledged the backlash against the enforcement action and

Veronica Weber

by Elinor Aspegren, Shawna Chen and Jocelyn Dong

The First Baptist Church, located at 305 N. California Ave. in Palo Alto, was notified by the City of Palo Alto this summer that its lease of space to tenants violated zoning law. Tenants have been given eviction notices. said that he has directed staff to allow any tenant who requests more time to find a new location to be granted that time. “There will not be any eviction notices proceeding,” Keene said. He also indicated that he’s willing to discuss a long-term arrangement that doesn’t involve eviction — including turning the church into a community center. “There are still some traffic neighborhood issues that need to be resolved. There’s some discussion about exploring the possibility of applying for a CUP (conditional use permit) for legalization as a community center,” said Keene, who added that he will be meeting with the church’s pastor, Rick Mixon. “We’re going to work collaboratively to see how we move forward. There may be the need to have a larger discussion with the City Council,” Keene said. Among the more than 15 people who spoke about the First Baptist situation Monday was Mixon, who said that the church very much wants to be a good neighbor and would like to hear the

complaints directly so that the church staff can address them. He also asserted, however, that renting out the church facility — which when he arrived 11 years ago was largely sitting empty during the week — is part of his congregation’s mission. It’s in line with what churches throughout the country are doing, he said, arguing that city laws need to be updated. “You’re living with a very antiquated definition of what a church is,” Mixon said. “It does not reflect the reality of 2017.” Leaders of other Palo Alto churches, some of whom likewise rent out their space to groups at relatively low rates, also asked the city to recognize that the lease of space is a way that faith groups offer something back to the community. The Rev. Lindy Bunch of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church said that, as a relative newcomer who has witnessed the difficulties that local youth encounter, she wonders if Palo Alto is a community that has room for art, music and (continued on page 15)

Back-to-School Streetwise What is something you wish an eighth-grader had told your sixth-grade self? Asked at Jordan Middle School. Question, interviews and photographs by Elinor Aspegren.

HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to hold study sessions on a proposal to build a new five-story parking garage at 375 Hamilton Ave.; the potential reclassification of a Birge Clark-designed building from Category 3 to Category 2 on the city’s Historic Inventory at 526 Waverley St.; and the former International Telephone and Telegraph property at 2601 East Bayshore Road. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Storm Water Management Oversight Committee. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to take action on the approval of the Draft Minutes of the Special Meeting on June 29 and the assignment of Council Buddies; and discuss the “Languages & International Collection” (subcommittee) and a report on ALA Conference. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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Proposed café for seniors means longtime lunch program will need new home Palo Alto nonprofit Avenidas won’t house La Comida after renovation of senior center is complete

Rather than split its single lunch service into two smaller seatings, the La Comida board of directors decided last December to part ways with Avenidas, and find a new location in which to feed seniors. How-

‘This program serves a population that would not be served by a shift in the model of how to deliver meals.’ —Jan Holiday, La Comida board member ever, in early June, the group submitted a petition to the city signed by 234 people (an additional 255 have signed an online version), calling for La Comida and Avenidas to be “permanent partners.”

That, in turn, led to further mediation between the two groups, which proved fruitless. “Avenidas proposed some options for a congregate meal program to operate out of 450 Bryant St., including a merger of the two organizations to streamline operations. No agreement was reached,” Andonian told the council, reading from a statement co-signed by Board Chairman Jim Phillips. The stalemate notwithstanding, board members of La Comida Monday night urged the council to help return the 45-year-old La Comida program to Bryant Street after the redevelopment. “I strongly urge you to support the co-location of La Comida and Avenidas under the new remodeled arrangement. There’s still time,” said Jan Holiday, a La Comida board member. “If we wait until the wrecking ball starts, which will be in less

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by Jocelyn Dong venidas, the downtown Palo Alto nonprofit that provides services to seniors, plans to open a cafe in its center at 450 Bryant St. — ending speculation that it might continue to host longtime lunch program La Comida. In making the announcement at Monday night’s City Council meeting, Amy Andonian, Avenidas’ president and CEO, said the cafe will provide “low-cost, nutritious meals in small and individual seatings throughout the day,” as well as social activities such as “food demos, cooking classes ... current events discussions and more.” The decision follows more than a year of episodic friction between Avenidas and La Comida that arose after it became clear an $18 million renovation at 450 Bryant St., which will break ground this fall, would shrink the space currently used by the senior lunch program.

The building at 450 Bryant St. in downtown Palo Alto, which for decades has housed senior services run by the nonprofit Avenidas and a lunch program run by the nonprofit La Comida, is scheduled for renovation beginning this fall. than a month, there’s no turning back. “This program serves a population that would not be served by a shift in the model of how to deliver meals,” Holiday said. Last year, La Comida provided 42,000 meals on a pay-as-youcan basis, with a suggested donation of $3 per person. Some seniors, she said, come to the scheduled lunch service so that they can socialize over a meal. “I’m not sure the same (thing) could happen under the graband-go casual atmosphere that’s

being proposed,” she said. Andonian, however, said that senior centers across the country are opening cafes, including those in Sunnyvale, Morgan Hill and San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood. The inspiration, she said in a follow-up email to the Weekly, is Chicago’s Mather’s More Than a Cafe, run by Mather LifeWays, a senior residential and service organization. Such cafes, described by The New York Times as “a sleek meld of Starbucks, (continued on page 12)

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Committee recommends no stakeholder group in rail redesign City staff directed to look at other options for public input

alo Alto could move ahead with plans to transform its rail corridor without a formal community stakeholder group to provide feedback on the project if the City Council approves its Rail Committee’s recommendation, which runs counter to what the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission supported last week. The council Rail Committee unanimously agreed on Wednesday that it would be better to rely largely on community workshops, focus groups and other methods to gather public feedback as it considers alternatives for separating the railroad tracks from local streets at the city’s four rail crossings. The committee directed staff to explore developing subcommittees and expanding the Technical Advisory Committee as ways to add community representatives to the group of experts typically called on to answer technical

by Linda Taaffe questions and present its recommendations to the council. The City could have 200 people involved in a more hands-on way over the next eight months rather than a single committee with 10 people on it, committee members said as they discussed various ways the city could effectively include the community in project discussions without slowing down the process. The decision to omit a community stakeholder group from the process came after a vigorous debate at the Aug. 9 Planning and Transportation Commission meeting on whether the process should prominently feature a formal stakeholder group of residents and experts. The commission supported a new stakeholder group by a 4-2 vote, saying the group would be in sync with the city’s Context Sensitive Solution (CSS) process, which places a premium on continuous stakeholder

involvement for major projects. Creating a stakeholder group, however, would have added months to a process already facing a tight deadline. Santa Clara County voters approved Measure B last fall, which allocates $700 million for grade separations in north county, which includes Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority plans to come up with an implementation plan next year to determine how the money would be doled out over the 30-year life of the tax measure. Palo Alto Chief Transportation Official Joshuah Mello said to stay on equal footing with Mountain View and Sunnyvale, Palo Alto needs to be prepared to propose its grade-separation plans to the VTA by March. “We are currently on schedule if we continue along the path we’re on,” Mello said. “Each

decision takes around two months and that’s being somewhat ambitious. If we were to have a stakeholder group, we’re estimating it would add another two weeks — potentially four weeks — to the process every time you want to make a decision. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but cumulatively, when you make multiple decisions in the process, we could be adding months to the decisionmaking process.” Members of the Rail Committee, which includes councilmen Eric Filseth, Adrian Fine, Tom DuBois and Mayor Greg Scharff, agreed that expanding the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to include community members wouldn’t create delays and would be in sync with the CSS process. “Having these additional viewpoints, isn’t going to add any more time, and we’re going to get much richer recommendations on what the community is willing to accept,” DuBois said. “I think the TAC should be more CSS, and not purely engineering-type decisions, but engineering with some community context.” Committee and staff also recognized that expanding the TAC to include community members could have negative impacts. TAC is typically used on an as-needed basis when the city needs technical advice from

experts, such as Caltrain and the High-Speed Rail Authority, and meetings are not generally public. This could change under the committee’s proposal. “Tying everything all together is risky,” said City Manager James Keene. “There are lots of important conversations that have to take place with other peer agencies. Some may benefit from being open in public, but some may be debilitated by that. I guarantee that if every conversation we had on the San Francisquito Creek was public, we still wouldn’t have some things done because we have to be able to get together with some other jurisdictions at times with some big arguments without it all being out there. “I guarantee you a lot of other agencies outside of us aren’t going to want to go to a meeting with us with our citizens ... nothing against them,” Keene added. “Then, they’re going to say, ‘Wait, I guess we should bring our citizens, too’ and all of a sudden you have a whole different meeting. We just have to remember that other agencies and jurisdictions see the world differently than we do.” The council is scheduled to consider the rail redesign process on Monday, Aug. 28. Q Associate Editor Linda Taaffe can be emailed at ltaaffe@ paweekly.com.

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

Council OKs new shuttle route Palo Alto’s efforts to revitalize its free shuttle program got a major boost late Monday night when the City Council approved the Palo Alto Transit Vision Plan. (Posted Aug. 16, 8:48 a.m.)

Gunn student dies by suicide Gunn High School Principal Kathie Laurence, in an email to school families Tuesday afternoon, urged parents to talk openly with their children and to reach out for help if needed following the death by suicide of a senior in his home on Tuesday. (Posted Aug. 15, 5:48 p.m.)

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together in a weekly advisory period. Unlike Paly’s longtime teacheradvisory program, Gunn’s program will not have an academic advising component but rather focus on the tenets of social-emotional learning. Courtney Carlomagno, a socialemotional learning teacher on special assignment at Gunn, defines the increasingly buzzy educational term as “skills so you’re able to understand yourself, so you can understand others and more successfully navigate your life at the high school level and after.” Lessons touch on everything from making first impressions and taking effective notes to understanding the teenage brain and forging identity. At Gunn, the idea is to provide students a small, tight-knit community within the large school, Carlomagno said. “The long-term idea is that PAUSD in general is in a big shift to making social-emotional

learning a priority in how we prepare the whole child for a happy, healthy and responsible life,” she added. The ultimate goal, Carlomagno said, is for students to receive direct instruction in the new program. Professional development for all teachers will also touch on social-emotional learning so that the skills are also reinforced in core classes such as math and English. She plans to send out a weekly update on the program with suggestions for how teachers can incorporate social-emotional learning into their classes. Advisory classes at both Paly and Gunn participated in the same activities during the first week of school, but each teacher put his or her own spin on the lessons. At Paly, teacher Paul Kandell led his class of sophomores through four “frienterviews” and then asked them to find one new person outside of the class and write down his or her name and common interest by the next time they were to meet. Gunn teacher Yukie Hikidas challenged her students instead

Freshmen Sengal Araya, left, and Kiran Flemish, right, get to know each other through an exercise in which students introduce themselves to 10 of their classmates and find out the interests they share in common. They met one another during the school’s new Social Emotional Literacy and Functionality (SELF) class for freshmen. to memorize the name of each person they interviewed in class. The curriculum is structured so the first few weeks are the fun, “low-stakes” activities, like memorizing names and a handshake competition, so students can get to know each other and feel more comfortable before moving onto heavier topics, said Tara Firenzi, Gunn’s other social-emotional learning teacher on special assignment. Something as simple as learning each other’s names seems “mundane,” she said, but is “critical” to forging early connections between students and teacher. Gunn formed a student advisory committee that will meet regularly and give feedback on the new program, Carlomagno said. Sixty upperclassmen — out of 100 who applied — are also serving as “Titan Ambassadors,” this year, helping with freshman orientation and in the

first days of the social-emotional learning program. Gunn sophomores, juniors and seniors can also opt into the freshmen’s SELF lessons during their free “flex” period on Thursdays. The school district’s focus on social-emotional learning grew out of interest in evaluating counseling and service models at the two high schools in recent years, part of a broader focus on student mental health and wellbeing. A committee of students, parents, staff and administrators convened last year to explore possible social-emotional learning curriculum, which the district said existed in pockets throughout the district but lacked coherence. Acting on the group’s recommendations, the district is phasing in the curriculum this year at the high schools. A group of teachers and staff from Paly, Gunn (including new Principal Kathie

Laurence) and the district were trained this summer in the chosen curriculum, School Connect. Kandell, who has taught in the district for close to 20 years and participated in the summer training, said he’s wary of educational trends but sees this as a well-intentioned effort to support students proactively, inside and outside of the classroom. After two teenage suicide clusters in recent years, the district’s stance was, “’We’re going to do everything on the list to try to change our culture,’ and they’re going through the list,” Kandell said. The district plans to form a new advisory committee this fall to help oversee the continued roll-out of social-emotional learning at all schools in the coming years. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Kou, who has volunteered at La Comida, called the situation “disappointing.” “I can’t accept this. It’s very, very logical to have the two services co-located,” she said. “It’s a travesty what’s going on.” Kou said that the current dining hall at Bryant Street was built using funds raised by Rotary Club of Palo Alto for La Comida, and thus, in her view, the burden is on Avenidas to accommodate the meal program as it is. La Comida has looked everywhere in downtown Palo Alto for a new home but has come up empty, Kou said. Given the benefits that Avenidas is receiving from the city — lease of the city-owned building for $1 a year, with 75 percent of its utilities paid for by the city — Kou said that the council should look at the city’s contract with Avenidas to see if it’s providing the services expected of the nonprofit.

“The service contract is due to end at 2020. Maybe it’s time to look at that,” Kou said. For the next year, La Comida will be serving meals at Stevenson House, located at 455 East Charleston Road in south Palo Alto, after which the lunch program will need to find a permanent location. Under a settlement agreement forged in December between La Comida and Avenidas, the senior-services organization is helping to fund La Comida’s relocation to Stevenson House and has pledged to help remodel the kitchen at La Comida’s permanent facility, when found. Avenidas has also agreed to provide supportive services at La Comida’s new location and transportation for seniors between La Comida and 450 Bryant St. Andonian said Monday that Avenidas remains committed to the agreement. Q Editor Jocelyn Dong can be emailed at jdong@paweekly.com.

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(Posted Aug. 15, 3:34 p.m.)

Streetlights address City’s wireless needs As Palo Alto’s voracious appetite for wireless data continues to grow, local streetlight and utility poles are transforming into critical tools for telecom giants looking to expand and improve their coverage. On Monday, the City Council unanimously approved a “master license agreement” with Mobilitie LLC that will pave the way for it to install cell and data-backhaul equipment on 16 street poles and three utility poles. (Posted Aug. 15, 8:11 a.m.)

Hundreds march against hate Several hundred people marched in a candlelight procession in Mountain View on Sunday night in a solidarity against white supremacist and hate groups. The vigil, which was organized by the 3,000-member Together We Will Palo Alto Mountain View, attracted residents from as far as Redwood City, including many families. (Posted Aug. 13 , 10:45 p.m.)

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Bally’s and Elderhostel,” offer activities as well as food and are meant to attract seniors who are not inclined to frequent traditional senior centers. Rather than see the cafe as a replacement for La Comida, Andonian said it will be complementary. “We believe that the Avenidas cafe — in conjunction with La Comida’s congregate meal service — will expand offerings to our growing community,” she said. “More seniors throughout Palo Alto will be able to take advantage of some form of subsidized meal to improve their nutrition.” The issue was not on Monday night’s agenda, so no council members could offer their comments. In a follow-up interview, however, Councilwoman Lydia

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t Jordan Middle School on Tuesday morning, another new principal was familiarizing herself with her school community and campus. Valerie Royaltey-Quandt was a Campbell Union High School District administrator who replaced outgoing Principal Katie Kinnaman at Jordan. She is the school’s fourth principal in as many years. She said she acknowledged the impact of such turnover with both staff and parents after arriving in the district. “It’s the elephant in the room,” she said on Tuesday. “Just saying, ‘Yeah, this is is hard.’ Transition is hard. Even good change is change.” Royaltey-Quandt, who worked as Campbell’s director of student services, assessment and accountability since 2015, has also been an elementary and middle school principal, assistant principal and high school Spanish teacher. She said in her first five years as a teacher, she had four different principals. She has no illusions about the effect that can have on teachers. It was “completely disruptive,” she said, and led to a mindset of “you handle that up there and I’m going

to do my job.” Her goals for the first weeks and months at Jordan is to combat that attitude and “build community,” she said. She invited staff to come in to talk with her one-onone this summer and is holding a “principal’s coffee” event to meet with parents next Friday, Aug. 25, at 2:30 p.m. Royaltey-Quandt was spending the first day of school wandering the halls with new sixth-graders participating in the school’s twoday orientation program, Jaguar Journey. To familiarize students with the school, they participate in a range of activities, from “locker Olympics” (learn where your locker is and how to open it) to a scavenger hunt that teaches them where different buildings and services are located. Older students convened in their regular classes, from science and mathematics to art. In a welcome message to parents last week, Royaltey-Quandt wrote about the “skills and attitudes” she thinks are essential to develop and support in middle school students, from “embrace struggle” to “ask thoughtful questions” and “build intellectual stamina.” “For middle school students, academic work can become more rigorous and the social environment may become larger and more complex,” she wrote. “Students may form new identities as secondary students.”

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school year, she said in an interview. She encouraged inquiry, interaction and collaboration. “Kids said, ‘It should be quiet; people should be whispering,’” Sanders said. “I said, ‘Actually, I would like to hear people asking questions; people laughing; people saying things like, ‘Can you tell me more about that? Can you solve that another way? Would you like some help?’” The new curriculum is not a major departure from what Sanders and others have been teaching in their classes, but instead of teachers having to cobble together supplementary material to make up for where the district’s previous curriculum, Everyday Math, failed to meet the state standards, it’s now packaged in one textbook. Sanders said Bridges in Mathematics incorporates best practices in elementary math, from “true problem solving where the answer is not immediately apparent” to ample practice and games. The district brought Bridges in Mathematics staff in this summer to train teachers, and they’ll return for another professional development day in October. The district also plans to offer training workshops for elementary-school aides. Math-specific teachers on special assignment (TOSAs) are serving as coaches and support

for teachers throughout this first year of full implementation. The district plans to evaluate the first year of Bridges through collecting feedback from teachers and parents and analyzing student assessment data.

Dawn Yoshinaga, the new principal of Ohlone Elementary School, welcomes students during the traditional opening ceremony on the first day of the school year. Behind her stand the school’s new teachers and aides. Royaltey-Quandt also told parents that she has kept a photograph of her eighth-grade self on her desk as long as she’s been an administrator. “In addition to being quite humbling, it reminds me every day that the middle school experience can be both exciting and perplexing at the same time, and

that caring, knowledgeable and engaged school staff can partner with parents, guardians and community to help guide the way,” she wrote. Royaltey-Quandt and Yoshinaga are among five new principals in the district this year. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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Youth Bay Area. All but one staff member were internal hires from the Ravenswood school district. Several teachers also grew up in East Palo Alto. More will be hired as the school grows over the next two years from sixth grade only to a full middle school. The school will eventually take over the entire Ralmar Avenue campus, including space currently occupied by the Los Robles Magnet Academy. (Los Robles will move to Ronald McNair Academy, and McNair, a middle school on Pulgas Avenue, will have been consolidated into the new middle school by then.) Despite most teachers’ enthusiasm for the new school, its development was not without some controversy. A letter this spring announcing the teachers union took a “vote of no confidence” in Superintendent Gloria HernandezGoff described what they saw as a flawed process that failed to fully include the teachers’ opinions. When asked to respond to these criticisms, Ghysels said the district

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other youth-serving organizations. “Are we as a city devoted to making it easier for community groups to be a part of this place, or are we making it harder?” she asked. A member of First Congregational Church of Palo Alto called for a moratorium on the evictions and a broader approach to the conflict. “This is a serious issue for all of our faith-based communities and needs to be resolved comprehensively,” he said. “I know I’m not alone in sensing there’s currently a struggle for the soul of our nation,” he said, adding that local faith communities are giving people a place to express and affirm their values. “These voices need to be supported not impaired. Current policy is a potentially serious problem for us all.” The council was unable to discuss the issue Monday given that it was not on the agenda, but Mayor Greg Scharff told the Weekly it appeared code enforcement has been “too overzealous with our regulations.” “I think that we’ve been overzealous. I mean, this church has been operating for 10 years, and what’s changed?” he said. Councilman Adrian Fine told the Weekly he is of two minds on the issue: “As a council member, I think that we have our regulations. As a resident, I think that we’ve essentially stopped a flourishing of community — but we can’t do selective enforcement.” Q TALK ABOUT IT What should the City of Palo Alto do about the tenants at First Bapist Church? Join the online conversation about this topic at PaloAltoOnline. com/square.

has moved forward. “That was then,” he said. “What I see now is just a lot of enthusiasm for getting it right, evidenced by (the fact that) we got all together and delivered.” The Ravenswood Middle School was designed with the population it serves in mind. With a large number of English-learner students, for example, the schedule includes time for two elective periods, so students in need of dedicated English support still have one period for an elective, Garriss said. The Ravenswood Middle School also has an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) college-readiness program and is espousing a “collegegoing culture,” administrators said. Signs posted outside each classroom door note not only the teachers’ names but the colleges they attended. Garriss, who started in the district as a seventh-grade teacher, most recently oversaw Ravenswood’s English-language acquisition, English-language development and AVID programs for sixth- through eighth-graders. Before the school year started,

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the Ravenswood Middle School teachers received training on topics like college-readiness strategies, community building and restorative justice, Vice Principal Annaben Kazemi said. There are no separate specialeducation classes at the Ravenswood Middle School — students with special needs are “completely integrated” into all of the mainstream classrooms, Kazemi said. Throughout Wednesday morning, the school worked to emphasize concepts like perseverance, resilience, leadership and community with students. In an all-school assembly, Garriss reminded students to embrace failure and to learn from their mistakes, to strive to be their best rather than be perfect and to be “leaders” in setting the culture of the new school. “This is a new beginning for Ravenswood. This is a new beginning for every single one of you,” he said. “You have all of those choices that are right here in front of you, right now.” Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Aug. 14)

Labor negotiations: Status of negotiations with SEIU, UMPAPA. Action: None reportable. Consent calendar: The council pulled 425 Portage Ave., a retail waiver request, from the calendar for later deliberation and approved the rest of the items. Yes: Unanimous. Transit Vision Plan: The council adopted the plan and prioritized funding a new South Palo Alto route and marketing. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Holman, Kou, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach. Absent: Kniss. Buena Vista Mobile Home Park: The council approved a tentative map that results in three parcels at 3972, 3980 and 3990 El Camino Real. Yes: Unanimous. Janitorial: The council approved a $10.6 million, five-year contract with SWA for janitorial services. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Kou, Scharff, Wolbach. No: Tanaka. Pensions: The council amended the city’s contract with California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). Yes: Unanimous. League of Cities: The council approved Cory Wolbach as the city’s voting member and Greg Scharff as the alternate at the upcoming League of California Cities conference. Yes: Unanimous.

Human Relations Commission (Aug. 15)

HSRAP: The commission unanimously approved Commissioners Jill O’Nan and Steven Lee to serve as Ad Hoc Review Committee members for the Human Services Resource Allocation Process (HSRAP). A third potential member, Commissioner Medhi Alhassani, was absent. A vote on Alhassani or another member for the third spot will be taken later when he is at a commission meeting. Yes: Brahmbhatt, Chen, Gordon Gray, Lee, O’Nan, Stinger Absent: Alhassani

Council Rail Committee (Aug. 16)

Connecting Palo Alto: The committee discussed the Connecting Palo Alto effort, including the problem statement, the objectives, the evaluation criteria and the process for facilitating the community discussion on grade separations. The committee unanimously agreed to omit a community stakeholder group from the process and directed staff to look at the possibility of creating subcommittees and expanding the Technical Advisory Committee to include community members. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Scharff.

City Council (Aug. 16)

Staff evaluations: The City Council met in closed session to discuss the evaluations of the four council-appointed officers: city manager, city attorney, city clerk and city auditor. Action: none.

Architectural Review Board (Aug. 17)

3001 El Camino Real: The board directed the developer of a retail and apartment complex to revise designs, including the top of the buildings, the height difference between the sidewalk and residential ground floor and the location of bicycle parking, among other aspects. The project will return to the board. Yes: Baltay, Furth, Kim, Lew. Absent: Gooyer.

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Anne Blachman September 11, 1919 – July 31, 2017 Anne Blachman, born September 11, 1919, died peacefully on July 31, 2017 at the age of 97 in Oakland. As per her wishes, her body was donated to Stanford Medical School through their Willed Body Program. She was adventuresome, loved to learn, had an eager intellect and was an independent thinker; she was a voracious reader, adored connecting people, was physically active, matter-of-fact and an excellent cook. After receiving her BA in economics from Brooklyn College in 1941, she went to work in Washington D. C., in the Office of Price Administration with the Processed Food Division, where she helped set the value of rationed products. In 1943 she worked in the administrative offices of the Tule Lake war relocation camp. Returning to the East Coast in 1945, she worked at Columbia University, and after the war traveled to Hokkaido, Japan to run a recreation center for US serviceman handing out doughnuts & coffee,on behalf of the American Red Cross, in order to meet nice young men. She was then hired as a Research Assistant by RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, in 1948. Thanks to a mutual friend, at the age of 34 she was introduced to Nelson Blachman. Their courtship was short and sweet. They married at a small ceremony over the Thanksgiving weekend in 1953 and continued to celebrate their anniversary on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. She and Nelson moved to Palo Alto in 1954, where she lived for the next 40 years, except for sabbaticals in London, Madrid and Washington DC as well as shorter international sojourns. Anne was delighted to be a housewife and mother. In her ‘free time’, she became a personal investor for her family, swam regularly at the Eichler Club, took classes, read, socialized and over the years derived great satisfaction from finding good deals and collecting entertaining stories at garage sales. In 1996, she and Nelson moved to Piedmont Gardens in Oakland, where she made new friends and spent time with her children and grandchildren. In 2008, at the age of 89, her health a began to falter. While she was not the social outgoing person she had been, she was kind and appreciative, thanking the staff and greeting everyone who passed her. Her family dubbed her condition “zen dementia”. Her husband, 4 years her junior, died in 2014, and although she wasn’t always aware of what was happening, when informed of his death she said “I’m sorry to hear that. He was a good man. The world needs more men like Nelson.” She is survived by her two daughters (Susan and Nancy Blachman), their husbands (Joel Biatch and David desJardins) and four grandchildren (Isadora and Sophia Blachman-Biatch and Louis and Sarah Blachman). PAID

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Nancy A. Supan

IN MEMORIAM

October 30, 1929 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; July 7, 2017

Grace Elaine Light

Palo Alto, California Nancy Supan, 87, wife of the late James Supan, passed away on July 7, 2017. Nancy was a native Palo Altan. She married the love of her life, James, in 1949. They enjoyed 52 years of marriage before James passed away in 2001. Nancy lived her life always thinking of others. Her joy came from family celebrations, travel, gardening, and her love of reading. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents David and Eva Rhein, by her sister Dorothy Cadwalader, and her brother David Rhein. Nancy is survived by her children, Richard (Bernadette), Larry (Carol), Tom (Miros), and Cathy (Rick deceased), eleven grandchildren, and two special great grandchildren. She also leaves behind many other loving relatives. Nancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest happiness was being Nana to her grandchildren. Each one held a special place in her heart. The family is very grateful to the wonderful nurses and staff at Manor Care in Sunnyvale who lovingly took care of Nancy during her stay. At Nancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request, a private burial was held. PAID

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Grace Elaine Light, a lifetime resident of Palo Alto, died at age 70 on Friday, August 4, of complications from a stroke. She had just retired after serving for 13 years as a teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aide in the Palo Alto school system, working with children with special needs. Before that she worked for many years at Track and Field News in Mountain View. A graduate of Palo Alto High School, she also attended Foothill College. She loved animals and could remember in detail the many cats and dogs she owned over the years. Known for her giving nature, she was a longtime donor of blood to the American Red Cross. Born in Philadelphia in 1947, she came to California with her family in 1951. She is survived by her domestic partner, George L. Greenan of Palo Alto; a brother, Skip Light of Redwood Estates, and his wife Sylvia; a sister, Cynthia Mitchell of Scotts Valley; two nieces, Katy and Kelly Mitchell; many cousins; and her beloved dog, Mocha. The family will hold a memorial service on Sat., Oct 14, at 4 p.m. at the Redwood Estates Pavilion, Redwood Estates, CA 95033. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Red Cross or the Marine Mammal Center. PAID

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Aug. 9-15 Violence related

Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault w/ a deadly weapon. . . . . . . . . . . Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Theft related

Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Vehicle related

Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Driving with a suspended license . . . . . . . 6 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/prop. damage . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Alcohol or drug related

Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving under the influence. . . . . . . . . . . . Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . . . Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Miscellaneous

Animal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noise ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuisance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Menlo Park

Aug. 9-15 Violence related

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Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Elliot Charles Polinger May 16, 1919 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 11, 2017 On the morning of June 11, 2017, Elliot Charles Polinger, M.D., 98, peacefully passed away. He is survived by daughters Barbara (James) De Grand and Jean (Jerry) Meyer, grandsons Alec (Jade) De Grand and Matthew (Laurie) De Grand and greatgrandchildren Nate and Maura De Grand and one on the way. Dr. Polinger was born in New York City on May 16, 1919 and went to Columbia University, barely 16 years old, where he earned the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Award for science. He continued on to New York Medical College, graduating in 1943 with honors. He then joined the Army and was sent to Spokane, WA., where he met and married the love of his life, Mildred, in 1944 after a 4 month courtship. They were happily married for over 69 years until her death in 2014. He was stationed at Fort Baker, just under the Golden Gate Bridge, for the duration of the war. Dr. Polinger practiced medicine for over 40 years, most of it in the specialization of Anesthesiology. He was a man of tremendous intellect, compassion, hard work and especially humor. He was able to stay in the family home of 63 years in Atherton until the end with the great help of his family, especially Jeannie and Jerry and his ladies, Hina, Pou, Cece and Vanessa. He was dearly loved and will be sorely missed and is now buried next to his love, Mildred, at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, CA. Please make donations to the Atherton Police Officers Association Support Fund. PAID

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Vehicle related

Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving with suspended license . . . . . . . . Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accident/prop. Damage . . . . . . . . Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Alcohol or drug related

Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Miscellaneous

APS referral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defraud innkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Misappropriation of property . . . . . . . . . . Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Middlefield Road, 8/10, 1:30 p.m.; simple battery. Emerson Street, 8/11, 12:20 a.m.; elder abuse. Middlefield Road, 8/11, 7:30 p.m.; arson. Palo Alto Avenue, 8/12, 2:53 p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon. 800 Block Cowper Street, 8/12, 10:53 p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon. Tanland Drive, 8/14, 11:15 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. Deodar Street, 8/15, 10 a.m.; suicide/ juvenile.

Menlo Park

800 block University Drive, 8/11 10:50 p.m.; spousal abuse.

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Transitions Kevin Giffen Longtime Palo Alto resident Kevin Giffen died in his sleep in Menlo Park on the morning of Aug. 7. He was 89. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 21, 1928, after his family immigrated from Ireland. He was the sixth of seven children and the last to die. In 1945, with his mother’s blessing, Kevin enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17. He would go on to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a pilot, ultimately flying in the Korean War and earning an Air Medal and National Defense Service Medal. He met his future wife, Elinor, while in the Navy. They were married at Whiting Field in 1955. Kevin eventually transitioned to the reserves where he served long enough to obtain career status and the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He started his education while on active duty, and then attended the University of Michigan as a fulltime student, where he earned an engineering degree and a master’s degree in business administration. After receiving his MBA, his first job was working as an engineer on the Eagle Missile Program at Bendix Corporation. He spent the majority of his private-sector career as a sales and marketing leader. His most memorable role was as vice president of sales at Granger & Associates LLC. Between his time in the Navy and in business, he traveled the globe. He never lost his love for flying and spent many years operating Sky Sailing, Inc., a glider airport in Fremont. He was able to stay involved for many years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1992. His family noted that his will to live and dry sense of humor never left him, and his final years were spent in assisted living, where he used his charm to stay in favor with the staff. He is preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Elinor. He is survived by son, Sean (Fatima) of Palo Alto; daughter, Mary of Perry, Michigan; and grandchildren, Caitlin, Kevin, Colin, Catherine and Liam. He also benefited from the support and friendship of longtime neighbors, Faith and Steve Witte. His funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Aug. 19, at noon at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto.

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Harry Edward Bailey

William Riley Marken

February 13, 1924 – July 17, 2017

September 2, 1942 – August 11, 2017

Harry E. Bailey died peacefully on Monday, July 17, in Seattle, Washington surrounded by his family. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Jennie Versluis Bailey and Harry Edward Bailey. Harry was a student in the Niles Public Schools, graduated at age 16, and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1942, at age 18, Harry joined the Army Air Corps serving as a pilot and a 1st Lieutenant during WWII. When he returned to the University of Michigan in 1946, Harry completed Bachelor of Science degrees in Aeronautical Engineering and in Mathematics. He also met his wife-to-be, Katharine Anne Lewis of Ann Arbor. They were married on August 8, 1947. They lived briefly in Seattle where Harry worked for Boeing before returning to complete a Master of Science degree and a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Their first two children, Christine and Alice, were born in Ann Arbor; their third, Ted, was born in Boulder, Colorado, where Harry took a job as Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Colorado. In 1958, Harry and his family moved to Palo Alto, California. For the next 32 years, Harry worked for NASA at Ames Research Center in Mountain View. He made a significant contribution to the design of NASA’s space shuttle before retiring in 1990. Harry’s retirement allowed him to devote more time to his passion for playing Master’s bridge. Harry is survived by his wife Katharine, daughters Chris (Finley) Young and Alice (Gilles) Cheylan, son Ted (Emese Patakfalvi) Bailey, as well as 7 grandchildren, Josh (Ericka), Daniel (Maia), and Rebecca Young; Vincent (Mabel), Laurent, and Isabelle Cheylan; and Michael Bailey. A private service was held at Tahoma National Cemetery. View or sign the Guest Book at Hoffner Fisher & Harvey, Seattle, harveyfuneral.com.

William (Bill) Marken, 74 of Los Altos, died August 11, 2017 at home surrounded by his family and listening to Bob Dylan. He lived life to its fullest until the end, especially after his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer, in November 2015. A life-long Californian, Bill was born in Morgan Hill to Harry and Emma Marken and grew up down the street from his future wife of 52 years, Marilyn Tonascia Marken. Early jobs in the orchards of the Valley along with visits to his father’s plant nursery inspired a lifelong love of gardens and nature and, after attending Occidental College (where he played basketball on the freshman team) and graduating from UC Berkeley in 1964, he applied for a job, any job, at Sunset Magazine. Somehow his application caught the eye of the magazine’s gardening editor, who placed Bill temporarily on the landscaping crew while waiting for an editorial job to open up. After a while, Bill moved over to the editorial side and was assigned the massive revision of Sunset’s Western Garden Book (which came out in 1967), while still working half time in the garden. From those humble beginnings, Bill had a 30 plus year career at Sunset, eventually becoming the Editor-in-Chief in 1981. During his term as Editor-in-Chief, from 1981-1996, Sunset had its highest ever circulation. Upon leaving Sunset, after it was purchased by Time, Inc., Bill remained involved in magazine writing and editing, but also enjoyed delving into the new (then) online world, working for Garden.com and eHow.com, among others. Until last week, Bill was consulting for Garden Design magazine, as well as writing the occasional article—most recently “Lessons from a Three Generation Edible Garden” for the summer 2017 issue. Despite a full professional life, Bill made time for many other interests. Having traveled to Lake Tahoe since a young boy, he felt strongly about preserving the Lake and as such was on the Board of the League to Save Lake Tahoe for 16 years and served as its president for 4 years. He also went back to school at the age of 65 and received his Masters of Liberal Arts from Stanford University in 2012. Bill had many passions and hobbies—basketball (playing, coaching, watching), hiking, gardening, Tahoe, travel, biking, music (from classic Bob Dylan to new music from the War on Drugs), but his family brought him the most joy. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, daughters Catherine Marken Boyle and Liz Marken Fiorentino, sons Mike and Paul Marken and 12 grandchildren ranging in age from 20 to 8 (Lizzie, Matt, and Annie Boyle, Claire, Kiki and Jane Fiorentino, Henry, Emma, and Lucy Marken and Sarah, Will and Emily Marken) all who live nearby. He went to their games, concerts, and shows whenever he could, from t-ball to state championship games. “Pa” had an incredible ability to relate to all the kids whatever their age and each had their own personal relationship with him. He will be sorely missed, but aspects of him live on in each of his children and grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held on August 18, 2017 at 4pm. Please email catherineboyle1@hotmail.com for details. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The League to Save Lake Tahoe, keeptahoeblue.org; Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, https://jrbp.stanford.edu/donate; Pacific Horticultural Society https://www.pacifichorticulture.org

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Lois M. Nisbet November 21, 1935 – June 22, 2017 Lois had the good fortune to be blessed with all the very best in life: a great education, a sunny intellectual community, a love of fine music, poetry, and literature, the ability to prepare and relish fabulous food, and a remarkable circle of warm and accomplished friends with whom to share it all. Friends fondly remember coming together at Lois’s house to bring early music to life on their viols; for delectable dinners by candlelight with early music playing in the background; and for lively discussions or laughter over a particularly wryly written article or droll observation. Lois lived life on her own terms. Surrounded by people who could share her appreciation of that which was refined and beautiful (while retaining an irrefutable ironic wit), she drew great satisfaction from a life well lived. The family asks that Lois be remembered with a toast to all life has to offer, and to her transcendence of this life’s bounds. To quote Lois’s dear friend and mentor Byra Wreden, ‘On we go...’ A celebration of Lois’s life will be held at 4 pm, Wednesday, September 13, 2017 in the Braun Rehearsal Hall, Room 110, Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. If you wish to honor Lois’s memory with a charitable donation, please consider the Friends of Music at Stanford or the Oregon Health & Sciences University Foundation. Photo by Laura Hofstadter PAID

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Editorial Judge Persky’s misjudgment With dubious legal challenge, Brock Turner judge seeks to derail his recall election

egardless of whether one believes Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky should be removed from office because of his past sentencing decisions in sexual assault cases, he won’t be helped by his shady legal maneuver last week, in which he sued Santa Clara County to stop his own recall election. Even if he is successful, which seems highly unlikely, the primary effect will be forcing the expenditure of taxpayer money for the county to defend itself against his lawsuit and then pay for an expensive special election caused by the delay resulting from his suit. Persky’s sudden legal maneuver occurred last Friday, the day after the county Registrar of Voters gave the final go-ahead to the recall petition drive, when he sought an injunction blocking the recall campaign from the very court on which he serves. It is a tactic with only one possible objective: to tie up the recall effort in litigation and delay the election to remove him from office. According to the Registrar of Voters, if the courts do not resolve Persky’s claims in the next two weeks, the county will be unable to meet the legal requirements for putting the recall on the regular June 5, 2018 ballot. This will likely force the county to hold a special election at substantially greater cost to county taxpayers. Earlier estimates by the Registrar of Voters pegged the cost of a special election at $6.9 million, compared to about $575,000 if held at the same time as a regular election. The cost difference led recall organizers to postpone their campaign and align it with the June election. Persky’s legal position, which is opposed by both the Secretary of State and Santa Clara County, argues that under the California Constitution only the Secretary of State can approve and oversee the recall of a local judge. He is demanding that the county halt the recall process and direct the recall organizers to the Secretary of State’s office to begin anew. He also argues that a successor judge candidate may not appear on the same ballot and be elected in the same election. Instead, if he were to be recalled by voters, he says, the law requires the governor to appoint his successor. The state Election Code and Secretary of State’s manual on recall elections both contradict Persky’s position. Persky is grasping at straws, at taxpayers’ expense. The Legislature, the courts, including the California Supreme Court, and the Secretary of State have developed extensive laws, policies and judicial interpretations that all run contrary to his arguments. He is asking the courts to rule that significant parts of the state Elections Code are unconstitutional and that established practices of county election officials which have been developed at the direction of the Legislature and Secretary of State, should be thrown out. Persky does have one troubling factor working in his favor — he is a judge trying to derail the process for recalling judges in a case that will be decided by judges who are largely against judicial recalls. And not surprisingly, virtually all the judges in Santa Clara County, where Persky filed his lawsuit, have publicly committed their support to him in the recall election. Persky’s decision to raise constitutional objections to the established recall process therefore creates an unusual challenge for the courts and a chilling effect on other public officials, including the Registrar of Voters and the County Counsel, who must regularly work with judges and the courts on other matters. With no judge in the county able to hear Persky’s case, the court has brought in a retired Orange County judge who now lives in Santa Cruz to hear the matter. Last Friday, at Persky’s request, she granted a temporary restraining order stopping the recall and ordering the halt of any signature-gathering. A full hearing will be next held next Wednesday, Aug. 23. The county has filed briefs opposing Persky. For how little Persky has to gain from this legal challenge he risks further loss of support from voters. Especially damaging is his demand that the recall campaign be barred from gathering signatures until the case is adjudicated. One of the most fundamental rights of all citizens under the First Amendment is the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, including the right to recall and remove elected officials. Persky did not need to seek a court order halting the circulation of the approved recall petitions while he sought judicial review of his arguments. He could have left the question of the validity of signatures gathered until the court ruled on his claims. But by trying to shut down the petitioning, he demonstrated not only a desire to delay and disrupt the process and possible election but a lack of respect for one of the most important constitutional protections embodied in our Bill of Rights. Between now and Sept. 1, by which time the county says it must have a court ruling or it will be unable to hold the recall election next June, we hope Judge Persky reconsiders this obstructionist strategy, drops his challenge and accepts the ultimate will of the citizens of Santa Clara County in a June 2018 election. Q Page 18 • August 18, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Offering affordable space Editor, I was saddened to read in last week’s paper that the city code enforcement was going after all of those community groups and individuals that use/rent space at First Baptist Church. I have lived nearby since 1984 and attended many worthwhile community events there, and I have always considered it an important resource. First Baptist has a long history — like many other churches — of offering affordable meeting space. It is a kind of social safety net that shelters many small groups on tight budgets. There is a lot of talk about the importance of “diversity,” usually referring to race or ethnicity. But income diversity is also a fact of life. And the local churches have striven to bridge the gap by making space available to the many who are unable to afford what life has become in Palo Alto. Dana M. St. George Campesino Avenue, Palo Alto

Show compassion Editor, The July 21 article “City cracks down on tenants at First Baptist Church” raises an issue regarding code enforcement within our community, which could reach well beyond the tenants at the First Baptist Church on North California Avenue. I have lived in Old Palo Alto for almost 25 years. As a neighbor of the First Baptist Church, I am very disappointed with the code enforcement unit’s decision with respect to this property. I find the city is showing little compassion and flexibility with respect to this entity. As I understand the situation, neighbors in the area have complained about increased traffic and parking around the church. I must admit that I have noticed more activity in the area, but assumed that church membership had increased. It is clear that I was wrong. Apparently, nonprofit groups and individuals who are serving our community rent space at the church. Many of these entities help to provide a safe and supportive environment for our young people, which is also a goal of our city. It seems as if the current decision to expel iSing with only a 30-day notice and others by Sept. 30 is not right. I think that the application of the letter of the law is not the correct path. What if traffic and parking issues were caused, not

by these entities, but by growth in church membership? Would the neighbors ask the church to move? Of course not! The neighbors and church would work out a compromise. I realize that zoning for residential properties does have its parameters and cannot be ignored. But perhaps the code does not meet the demands of the day and needs to be revisited. Let’s show compassion within our community, take a second look at this issue and do the right thing. Leslie Braun Webster Street, Palo Alto

Enforce parking law Editor, The Palo Alto Police Department has done an admirable job getting half of the resident RVs on El Camino Real to move. What about the remaining 24, which I counted last night, Friday, Aug. 11? It would be great if PAPD would enforce the parking law equally. Could we get a response from PAPD? Jed Lee San Antonio Road, Palo Alto

Neighborliness a thing of the past Editor, Re: your Aug. 11 Guest Opinion, Mr. Aldis Petriceks’ coffee shop interloper declaring Palo Alto totally different now from the time she raised her children here 50 years ago is quite right; however, I am not sure that Petriceks will be able to find that mid-20th century life anywhere in the USA today. Two major things happened locally, nationally and internationally to

prevent a return to the kind of close-knit neighborliness that he hopes for. The first was the 1960s and 1970s American feminist movement. The divorce rates rocketed, and women returned to work in droves, leaving behind hollowed-out neighborhoods and little time to support the community activities once common. Shared child care, coffee klatches, swim afternoons at Chuck Thompson’s, neighborhood BBQs etc., soon became a thing of the past. Twenty moms at Mitchell Park wading through the pool with 20 and more children soon became 20plus children with two or three care workers. The second blow to neighborliness came with the advent of the silicon chip. Neighbors who were teachers, police officers, nurses, office workers, shop assistants etc., moved out, attracted by the high prices that their $25,000 homes were now fetching. They were soon replaced by professional high-tech workers and their support staff, who needed to work 60 to 80 hours a week to maintain their corporate positions, leaving little or no time to know their neighbors. We have also lost generational continuity: Few longtime residents have children who can afford to live in Palo Alto, and many new residents come from other states and countries. For this reason, a small town in the Midwest might be slightly more neighborly than Palo Alto but not much more, as those family’s typically need two incomes these days, leaving their neighborhoods just as unmanned as our own. Jean Griffiths Campesino Avenue, Palo Alto

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Guest Opinion A roadway Odyssey — Palo Alto-style by Evelyn Preston

h i l e s o m e of my friends binge on their second safaris, cruise European canals or timeshare in Hawaii, I consider a trip to downtown Palo Alto an equally grand adventure. For someone living in south Palo Alto, a crosstown sojourn requires strategic planning. Snail-like speed limits, packed parking and a rotating landscape of shops and restaurants present pioneer-like obstacles: The time it takes mirrors the forty-niners’ trek West; the lengthening queues of cars lined up at lights make their own modern wagon train. With who-knows-what lanes of Alma Street often under construction, I opted for Middlefield Road, still four lanes and deliciously drivable. New library crowds for sure, but few drivers actually crawling at 25 mph; new stoplights but only a few short miles to University Avenue. Ah, the proverbial straight shot. Or not! With the new tidal wave of traffic, expect the unexpected. I forgot that living in Silicon Valley does not guarantee synchronized lights or sensors that save gas, time and tempers. Signals between Charleston Road and Oregon Expressway flashed like pinball machines — the green, amber, red in quick succession before East Meadow Drive. Still optimistic, however, I sailed along smoothly

past the Winter Lodge and sprinted by Safeway until ... my sudden brake and balk at the stop-start-slow-stop-go-stop through Midtown. I’d made it halfway! Not until after Oregon Expressway did the real squeeze begin. Old Palo Alto, new traffic pattern! I should have packed snacks to sustain me. And jammies, in case I nodded off along the narrowing track and found it necessary to bed down among the lawn-bowlers. Approaching the To-Be-Named-Later Middle School, fortress-style white stanchions guarded the sanctity of the shrunken and empty curb lane for ... kids? On bikes? Only if they’re part of Cirque du Soleil! Though due to pinched lanes and clogged cars at the signal before California, not much moved anyway — I was stuck, but I was safe. And by now, famished. If the road onward imposed an impasse, downtown remained a dream. Eureka! I’d call AAA for a sandwich and coffee. I figured they owed me since my aging Toyota had never required a road fix. Again inching along, wary of a close encounter with oncoming cars, I noticed frenzied homeowners frantically waving for some kind of reprieve from the steady traffic in order to escape from their own driveways — and this on a weekday. What else could I do but order more sandwiches and hope no one was vegan or kept kosher. It’s a good thing our town is aging. Many Middlefielders are a mature and resourceful audience, able to wait out the daily commute, student deluge, day-long parkers. They must stay healthy should their rewrought roadway impede trucks or ambulances in

case of fire, falls or emergencies. I feel especially sorry for the holiday latecomers who can’t get through to Christmas Tree Lane until spring. I made it downtown before dark, stalked someone walking to the Bryant Street garage and then wandered around seeking the old and scouting the new. Thank you Bell’s Books for being where you belong; hello, welcoming West Elm; boo-hoo the demise of iconic Sport Shop and Toy World. May Lemonade last, cold metal benches and all, but where the heck was Sam’s Chowder House — didn’t that just open? How much did I age en route; everyone on the street seemed so very young, except the homeless. My new mantra? Ohm ... change ... ohm ... Daily I breathe yogic-ly to tackle my regular routes closer to home that careen southwest along San Antonio Road and weave toward the hills via Charleston. The holy grail of Interstate 280 remains the closest we’ll get to the wide open spaces of an earlier (1960s?) California. Even complicated roundabouts and those scary, neon-green bike lanes that suddenly stretch mid-street cannot match the congestion, confusion, fear and fascination of constant construction and insidious road diets at my end of town. Nope, can’t blame it all on Mountain View! It cost me thousands in eye surgery to even attempt navigating the slings and arrows on Arastradero Road — and I wonder how many drivers dare veer the mandated 3 feet away from bikers as lanes suddenly disappear, new signals appear and a scrappy teenager passes on someone’s lawn to beat the bell at Gunn.

Didn’t my taxes pay for the wonderfully wide lanes on East Charleston now mashed together with that enticing but off-limits center? The Machiavellian transportation engineers, who probably steer clear of these silly street changes themselves, endlessly alter the light patterns just to keep drivers in the dark. I’m convinced they collude with Caltrain to catalogue my personal car trips in order to catch me precisely when those white bars clang down at the railroad crossing. Ohm ... there’s more on the way. Instead of road rage, we’ll progress to car rage, mowing down those little driverless steel gumdrops with roof bulbs for brains. I can also imagine Tesla Man helicoptering up by his battery-powered beanie to ride sky-high above the clogged congestion of earthbound Everyman. Just picture, however, the mid-air collisions of briefcasewielding bodies madly whooshing along without any lanes, lights or stop signs. Imagine when they collide with the everlower flying commuter planes! The more things will change ... ... the more we’ll remain stuck. I bow to the plethora of people, cars and jobs in burgeoning Silicon Valley that make my home a costly castle. Given the inevitability of increased traffic — above and below — I just hope we old-timers won’t have to pull up the drawbridge or circle our SUVs to keep out all those impending Prime subscribers soon to be delivered to by Amazon drones. Q Evelyn Preston is a former Palo Alto teacher and a 25-year investment adviser who now writes.

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What are your thoughts on Caltrain “grade separation”? Asked at Piazza’s in Palo Alto. Question, interviews and photographs by Shawna Chen.

Lisa Friedman

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Full-time volunteer Oxford Avenue, Palo Alto

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Retired Richardson Court, Palo Alto

Consultant Nelson Court, Palo Alto

“That sounds expensive but better in terms of safety.”

“If it’s meant to take away traffic, I would appreciate it. I don’t know if it’s a good investment, but I’d appreciate not having to wait for the train. It feels like an unnecessary expense though.”

“The city said it’s going to need to buy some land. My apartment building is right next to the tracks in Sunnyvale. ... I’ll have to attend some meetings to find out more.”

“I hope it gets done soon, so you don’t have to wait for the train to cross Charleston. I don’t care if it’s an overpass or underpass, but I’d probably prefer an overpass since an underpass can be flooded.”

“I think we just have to do something about the grade crossing and work with the county to get the money for the grade crossings. It’s very complex because it’s going to take away property no matter what you do.”

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Arts & Entertainment A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Karla Kane

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nexplicably, I’ve somehow never reviewed or even seen a Broadway by the Bay production until now, but it seems I’ve picked a fine time to start, based on its riveting production of the Pulitzer-winning musical “Next to Normal.” Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s show is a powerful, harrowing look at the damage wrought on all the members of a “normal” suburban American family — the Goodmans — by mental illness, in this case the bipolar disorder and a host of other symptoms of mother/wife Diana (Caitlin McGinty). When she’s up, gliding on the highs of a manic episode, she’s a glorious whirlwind of nervous action and positivity. When she’s down, plummeting into the depths of depression, she’s suicidal and delusional. When she’s prescribed a plethora of medication, the doctors call her “stable,” but she feels like a zombie, devoid of feeling, in a haze and utterly unlike her charismatic self. Her teen daughter, Natalie (Mackenzie Cala), is a tightly-wound, high-achieving student seemingly on the verge of a breakdown of her own, embarrassed by her mother (and afraid of becoming her — the disorder may run in the family), but also wounded to the core by a lifetime of being neglected and overshadowed by Diana’s all-consuming love for her firstborn son, the mischievous and mysterious Gabe (Sean Okuniewicz). Longsuffering, mild-mannered and somewhathapless husband, Don (Joe Hudelson), wants his wife to regain her health (he misses the vivacious, adventurous girl he married but would settle for boring and “normal”). He has his own issues, including some deep denial of the tragedy that exacerbated Diana’s condition years earlier and continues to haunt the family (for more about that plot point,

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Musical explores the family impact of mental illness by Karla Kane you’ll have to see the show yourself). Rounding out the cast is Henry (Joey Pisacane), a sweet, jazz-loving teen stoner who sees Natalie for who she is and offers her the love and support she desperately needs, and Brendan Quirk, who plays both of Diana’s doctors: the inscrutable automaton who peddles pills and the “rock star” therapist who encourages her to try everything from hypnosis to electroshock therapy. The show does not flinch from demonstrating the suffering of all the characters. We feel the justifiable pain and frustration of Don and Natalie, but, since so much of “Next to Normal” comes from Diana’s perspective, we also fully empathize with her struggle, and her desire not to lose herself completely. The stage belongs to McGinty: As Diana, she’s radiant and heartbreaking, with a beautiful singing voice. (She is a bit too young to be a woman with teenage children, though, even if the character did get pregnant in college. Mother and kids don’t seem to be convincingly far apart in age.) While the experience of watching “Next to Normal” is often uncomfortable, it’s also a pleasure, thanks to the quality of the production and the performances, and the

high-energy, soaring music. Stylistically (and in some ways, thematically), it’s reminiscent of The Who’s “Tommy,” with its rock-opera sound, especially in Okuniewicz’s numbers. When the cast members harmonize together, the effect is thrilling. Broadway by the Bay is aptly named, as not only does the company offer the musicals of the Great White Way, it’s also literally on Broadway — the Redwood City version — housed in the palatial splendor of the 1929-built Fox Theatre. Kelly James Tighe has designed a marvelous set: the stylish, stylized interior of a modern home befitting a family of architects (the Goodmans met while studying architecture as undergrads and designed their home themselves). One of my favorite aspects of the show was actually the lighting design by Michael Oesch. The set’s tall white shelves are all illuminated by lighting that changes color frequently throughout the performances, in accordance with the moods of the scene. Sometimes, the lights even pulse in rhythm with the music, creating the feeling that the entire house itself is alive with the family’s intense energy. The production is, fittingly, a family affair,

with Broadway by the Bay’s Executive Artistic Director Alicia Jeffrey handling musical direction and her husband, Jasen Jeffrey, serving as director. They’ve also partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness of San Mateo County, which has included in the program support and contact information for individuals and families dealing with mental illness. I saw a lot of puffy, red eyes upon leaving the theater. It’s a bold choice for Broadway by the Bay, which most often seems to offer mass-appeal, feel-good musicals (this show was instead described by the New York Times as a “feel-everything” musical). There’s an attempt at an uplifting finale, which struck me as a bit abrupt, although it’s understandable to want the show to conclude on a note of hope. It’s not hard to imagine Natalie and Henry turning into versions of Diana and Don in their later years, but perhaps they’ll have learned better ways of coping. “Next to Normal” doesn’t attempt to suggest there are any easy answers or miracle cures, though. The major takeaway, and most memorable lyric, might be Diana’s realization that “you don’t have to be happy at all to be happy you’re alive.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com. What: “Next to Normal” Where: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City When: Weekends through Aug. 27 (see website for detailed schedule) Cost: $44-$66 Info: Go to broadwaybythebay.org

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ragon Productions Theatre Company has been waiting a long time to produce the regional premiere of British playwright Charlotte Jones’ “Airswimming.” Executive Artistic Director Meredith Hagedorn, who also directed the current production, fell in love with Jones’ work a decade ago and even had her cast members all picked out based on the chemistry she saw between them in another local production. Finally, years later, the rights were granted and the cast (Annamarie MacLeod and Katie Anderson) was ready to bring “Airswimming” (which first opened in 1997) alive for local audiences. It was worth the wait. “Airswimming” is, according to Jones, “a comedy about despair.” I’d be hesitant to call this look at a shameful slice of recent history a comedy, but then again, it is quite funny at times, in a “Grey Gardens” and “The Odd Couple” kind of way. Based on the true experiences of many women in England, Ireland and elsewhere, the play focuses on Persephone (Anderson) and Dora (MacLeod), two young women who are locked up in St. Dymphna’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane. They’re incarcerated on the cusp of adulthood in the early 1920s and not released until the 1970s (Jones was inspired after reading about the release of two real women from a similar institution after 50 years). The reasons women were cast out of “proper” society and locked away in abysmal, isolated, abusive facilities such as this were myriad. In Persephone and Dora’s cases, they were deemed “moral imbeciles” for unacceptable behaviors such as having sex before marriage, bearing illegitimate babies, and having a desire to wear men’s clothing. When they first meet, Persephone is a fragile, snobby creature from a posh background, convinced that any day her parents will return for her and she can finally have the debutante ball and high-society life she’s entitled to. She butts heads with gregarious, hearty Dora, who longs for the heroic life of a soldier she could never have and weeps for her three brothers, who perished in the Great War. Initially, Persephone bristles at Dora’s bluff, masculine manner and compulsive recitations of military and historical facts and dates, while Dora shows little sympathy to Persephone’s dimwitted, swoony ways. But the one hour per day they spend in each other’s company scrubbing the shabby stairs and bathroom of their asylum (the only time for

Annamarie MacLeod and Katie Anderson play two women who form a tight bond while institutionalized in “Airswimming.” human company they receive), proves to be a lifeline as the two bond, share stories and eventually become as close as sisters, as intimate as spouses in some ways. The years turn to decades and before they know it, they’re elderly and co-dependent, with a rich, imaginative world of their own creation, including their affectionate nicknames: Porph and Dorph. The play jumps back and forth between the early days and the Porph-and-Dorph years, providing plenty of humorous moments (such as Porph’s obsessive love for wholesome Hollywood icon Doris Day), wrenching scenes of sadness for what these women have been put through, and poignant glimpses into their devotion to one another. With no intermission, the production is intense and relentless. A problem with the lights at the preview I attended meant there were no blackouts or dramatic theater lighting, but the quality of the performances made that technical glitch irrelevant. Jones’ script is witty and compelling, and Hagedorn’s staging lively. Crucially, her instincts were right on when she first thought of MacLeod and Anderson for these roles years ago. They’re simply splendid. Anderson’s Porph is full of childlike wonder, and her singing voice, when breaking into Day songs, is lovely. MacLeod’s Dorph is weary and briskly nononsense most of the time, with moments of dark vulnerability. Both ace the transitions back and

forth between their characters’ old-age selves and their younger years, with MacLeod especially effective at changing her posture from chipper, headstrong young Dora to stooped, broken Dorph. Sometimes accents in local theater productions can be a bit dodgy. Not so here: Dialect coach Richard Newton has earned his keep, as both actors have delightfully old-fashioned English mannerisms and sound, with their voices also slightly evolving as the play shifts back and forth in time. After all their years trapped in a derelict mental institution, the pair do seem to descend into madness, and who could blame them? They’ve simply done the best they can with what life’s unfairly given them. To quote Porph’s beloved Doris Day, “que será, será.” They make proverbial lemons out of lemonade; dreaming of swimming the channel, they put on their goggles and swim in the air. Their circumstances are heartbreaking, but it’s heartwarming, too, to watch them discover and cling to whatever helps preserve their humanity. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com.

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Above: Urfa Bistroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spanakopita are filled with sautĂŠed spinach, onions and feta cheese. Below: Kunefe, a mound of shredded filo dough baked with mozzarella, then topped with pistachios and a honey-lemon syrup.

Urfa Bistro distinguishes itself with authentic Middle Eastern fare By Dale F. Bentson Photos by Michelle Le

uch of European cuisine has evolved over centuries of wars and occupations, often birthing hybrid fare that utilized the best elements of both. One such culinary crossroad was southeastHUQ 7XUNH\ÂˇV SURYLQFH RI ĂťDQOĂ&#x2014;XUID .QRZQ DV Urfa, it can be traced back 11,000 years and has been dominated by dozens of civilizations. As a result, modern cuisine from Urfa carries 7XUNLVK 6\ULDQ $UPHQLDQ $UDELF DQG .XUGish roots and since late 2015, Urfa Bistro has offered the Midpeninsula a taste of it. Growing up in the restaurant industry in Urfa, owner Zubi Duyguâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandfather and immediate family were all in the business. Duygu owned restaurants in Burlingame, San Francisco and Berkeley before opening Urfa Bistro in Los Altos. His brother,

Memet, who earned his culinary stripes in Istanbul, is the chef. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We make everything from scratch,â&#x20AC;? Duygu said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We bake bread daily and make sure every table has a basket of fresh, warm bread. We have branzino flown in daily on Lufthansa from Bodrum (on the Aegean Sea). Every order in the restaurant is made to order. We cook nothing ahead.â&#x20AC;? While there is an increasing number of Turkish and Middle Eastern restaurants in the area, most are indistinguishable from each other. Urfa Bistro though, was quite distinctive. Not only was the food a notch above, the menu broke away from the usual lamb and chicken kebabs served with red and green bell peppers and onions. There are some of the usual suspects on the menu, but at Urfa they are spiced differently â&#x20AC;&#x201D; often using isot pepper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and presented more artistically, with vividly colored foods

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on white porcelain plates. The isot is a pepper with a smoky raisin-like flavor, not sinusclearing hot, but one that lingers peaceably on the palate. Urfa Bistro encompasses more than just Turkish delights. It is a Mediterranean bistro with a broader focus. The chilled tomato gazpacho ($7) featured chunks of fresh tomatoes, onions and a hint of garlic topped with wedges of avocado. It was a refreshing start to lunch. The grilled octopus ($12) made a vibrant plate. Braised, then grilled, the cephalopod was served over a slice of grilled honeydew melon with cherry tomatoes, arugula and olive tapenade. The octopus was beautiful on the plate, but of the four pieces, two were overly salty and two were not. The different levels of saltiness unbalanced the plate and diminished the pleasure. That was just about my only complaint. The spanakopita appetizer ($9) was delicious, four wedges of golden puff pastry stuffed with feta cheese, onions and sautĂŠed spinach. Another traditional dish, moussaka ($18), was a generous portion of layered eggplant, potato, ground beef and mozzarella cheese topped with bĂŠchamel and tomato sauces. Luscious and soft under its tomato-y coat, every bite was rich and rewarding. My favorite dish was the Beyti kebab ($17). Ground beef and lamb had been wrapped in lavash flatbread and topped with tomato sauce, with a splash of yogurt on the side. It was a fitting tribute to its creator, Istanbul chef Beyti GĂźler, who introduced it on his menu in 1961. Beyti kebab reminded me of a cross between an aram sandwich and lasagna â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an aram sandwich because of the lavash wrap, and lasagna thanks to the meat filling and tomato sauce topping. It was Middle Eastern comfort food at its finest. At lunch, the restaurant served wraps in addition to an abbreviated menu. The savory ground chicken wrap ($11) was wrapped (continued on next page)

Urfa Bistro 233 State St., Los Altos, 650-397-5614, urfabistro.com Hours: Daily, 11:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m., 5-9 p.m.

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From left to right: Beyti kebabs at Urfa Bistro are made with ground beef and lamb wrapped in lavash, topped with tomato sauce and served with garlic yogurt. The grilled octopus is served on top of grilled honeydew and a salad of arugula, cherry tomatoes and olive tapenade. The back patio at Urfa offers the option to dine al fresco. (continued from previous page)

tightly in lavash with lightly spiced and charbroiled chicken, tomatoes, onions, lettuce and tahini sauce inside. The accompanying French fries were nicely crisp. Save room for the desserts, they’re worth it. My favorite was the kunefe ($9) — wiry shreds of phyllo dough wrapped around mozzarella cheese and baked golden, then topped with crushed pistachios. The two enchanting squares of baklava ($7) were honeyed, buttery, nutty delights, topped with candied orange peel. The rice pudding ($7) was too creamy, reminding me of tapioca pudding, lacking that tiny bit of grain that

defines rice pudding. Urfa Bistro seats 40 inside and has a back patio where dogs (and their owners) are welcome. There is also sidewalk seating on State Street. The restaurant serves beer and wine, and has a prompt and knowledgeable waitstaff. Urfa Bistro is a cut above most of the Middle Eastern restaurants in the area. Duygu is a passionate owner who takes great measure importing authentic ingredients. In the kitchen, chef Memet knows how to turn those ingredients into delicious dishes. Q Freelance writer Dale Bentson can be emailed at dfbentson@ gmail.com.

ShopTalk AVIDBANK RELOCATES ... Palo Alto-based Avidbank plans to relocate its downtown headquarters at 400 Emerson St. to its San Fernando Street office in San Jose this fall after it opens a new Palo Alto branch office at 437 Lytton Ave., Chairman and CEO Mark Mordell confirmed. The new office is currently undergoing construction, with the landlord adding a new coat of paint as Avidbank revamps 2,800-square-foot first floor with new interior partition walls, restrooms and a break room. Construction will most likely finish in September, at which point the Emerson location will close completely, Mordell said. The new site will provide the same services as the Emerson Street office. “There will be no interruption to our customers or clients whatsoever,” Mordell added. “We’re scheduling this and notifying our clients. It’s all a function to make sure the construction is completely finished, furniture is fully in, and everyone has a positive experience both internally and externally.” Avidbank opened in Palo Alto in 2003 as The Private Bank of the Peninsula — a subsidiary of Peninsula Bank Holding Co.—

before changing its name in 2011. — S.C. GUIDEBOAT JOINS STANFORD ... Stanford Shopping Center is preparing to add another outdoor equipment store to its roster. Mill Valley-based Guideboat Company will open its fourth store at the shopping center this fall. The city is currently reviewing a permit that will allow the company to replace the existing storefront and establish new interior partitions at the new location. Guideboat sells outdoor equipment as well as an assortment of “woodsyworthy” outerwear, sportswear and accessories, according to its website. Customers have praised the company on Yelp as having “a classic, cool and hight-quality style.” Guideboat is the fourth outdoor-lifestyle retailer to join Stanford over the past 18 months. North Face, Timberland and Arc’teryx have all recently opened stores there. — E.A. Compiled by the Weekly staff; this week written by Shawna Chen and Elinor Aspegren. Got leads on interesting and newsworthy retail developments? The Weekly will check them out. Email shoptalk@paweekly.com.

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Preparing for Multiples Are you expecting twins, or triplets or more? With the potential for early delivery, expectant parents of multiples are encouraged to learn everything there is to know about carrying and delivering multiple infants. Saturday, September 23: 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Teen Transitions: A class for 13–14 year olds and their parents Join us for an interactive learning program on teen relationships with peers, family and others with discussions focusing on conﬂict resolution, respect for self and others and healthy decision-making strategies. Thursday, October 12: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Staying Close While Standing Back: Changing Up Conversations to Stay Connected Julie Metzger, RN, creator of our “Heart to Heart” program, hosts an evening just for parents of adolescents and teens. Her focus is conversations as the building blocks for families to share ideas, build trust, problem-solve, and share our stories. Thursday, November 9: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

To register visit: classes.stanfordchildrens.org or call (650) 724-4601. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 18, 2017 • Page 25

OPENINGS

‘Lucky’ break(-in) 000 (Century 16 & 20) The caper comedy “Logan Lucky” isn’t about very much. Nominally, it’s about love of family and bogus notions of curses or luck, but primarily it’s an escapist lark that just wants to tickle audiences for a couple of hours. And on that level, “Logan Lucky” works like gangbusters: It’s vintage Soderbergh in its confident construction, sleek photography, stellar ensemble acting, and nimble sense of cinematic play.

To make the film, director Steven Soderbergh emerged from a four-year break from feature filmmaking that’s been called a “retirement” (clearly not) and a “sabbatical” (except that the director worked continuously, as feature cinematographer, editor, and producer, as well as directing for TV and apparently shooting a secret feature using iPhones). So that much-discussed “retirement” turns out, happily, to have

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been a lot of talk, not unlike “Logan Lucky,” in which a trio of siblings have words about a supposed “Logan family curse” while contemplating the robbery of the Charlotte Motor Speedway during a NASCAR race. Loose lips sink ships — when you’re plotting a heist and when, like Soderbergh, you’re giving interviews all the time. The latest talk surrounds the film’s touted first-time screenwriter Rebecca Blunt: According to anonymous inside sources, Blunt is a pseudonym for Soderbergh’s wife, Jules Asner (the response from a director himself known for using pseudonyms: “Well, that’s going to be news to Rebecca Blunt”). Blunt and Soderbergh take a mostly deadpan tack in telling the story of West Virginia natives Jimmy, Clyde, and Mellie Logan (Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, and Riley Keough). They’re working-class folks — that is, until Jimmy loses his construction job because of a limp branded “a preexisting condition and ... a liability issue.” Robbery recruits Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) and his little brothers Sam and Fish Bang (Brendan Gleeson and Jack Quaid) who skirt closer to “hillbilly” clichés (the script’s working title was “Hillbilly Heist”), but Soderbergh avoids the superior tone that has

Adam Driver and Channing Tatum star in “Logan Lucky.” plagued the Coen Brothers when dealing with low-income, undereducated characters. Rather, “Logan Lucky” works to build identification with and affection for the Logans and Jimmy, in particular. Jimmy’s strongest motivation, for example, is the love of his adorable daughter Sadie (Farrah Mackenzie), since Jimmy’s ex-wife (Katie Holmes) intends a move that threatens his custody access. Sadie’s participation in children’s beauty pageants plays funny-sad, but also showcases sincere enthusiasm and love. Much of the humor in the picture comes from bickering, with amusing disagreements over

chemistry and a certain buzzy TV show. But audiences will agree that the heist structure holds up well enough to make familiar material stand tall. Soderbergh extends to his clutch supporting player an “Introducing Daniel Craig” credit pointing out the freshness of his performance, and not long before, the film preemptively tells a self-referential joke on itself. Both are unmistakable signals that Soderbergh’s here to have fun, and his mood is contagious. Rated PG-13 for language and some crude comments. One hour, 59 minutes. — Pete Canavese

MOVIES NOW SHOWING An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Kidnap (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

Annabelle Creation (R) ++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Letter (1940) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Saturday

Atomic Blonde (R) ++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Logan Lucky (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Baby Driver (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

The Midwife (Not Rated)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Big Sick (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Dark Tower (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Despicable Me 3 (PG)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

Mildred Pierce (1945) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Only Boy Living in New York (R) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

Dunkirk (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Spider-Man: Homecoming (PG-13) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Emojie Movie (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Step (PG)

Fairy Tale: Dragon Cry (Not Rated) Girls Trip (R)

Century 20: Saturday

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Glass Castle (PG-13)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

They Won’t Forget (1937) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (Not Rated) Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

The Hard Way (1943) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

War for the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

In This Corner of the World (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Wind River (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

It Happened One Night (1934) (Not Rated) Century 20: Sunday

Wonder Woman (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

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

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com Aquariuspa Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View tinyurl.com/Century16 Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City tinyurl.com/Century20

CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (For recorded listings: 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org

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A natural touch T he 36th annual Palo Alto Festival of the Arts will

bring nearly 300 artists and an estimated 150,000 people to downtown Palo Alto on Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27.

It also will bring a unique opportunity to find everything from furniture, home goods, stained-glass items, ceramics and other oneof-kind art pieces handcrafted by an eclectic mix of artists from throughout the United States. Artist Christine Charter Moorhead, who has been working with stained glass since 1978, is among those who will be displaying her work. She makes a variety of home goods from lamps, mirrors and windows to fireplace screens. Moorhead said she felt drawn to stained glass because of its capacity to start a conversation. “Glass transcends the soul — you see it through different eyes, it illuminates. It takes you away from the ordinary and creates a whole different palette for people to enjoy,” she said.

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A photo caption in the August 18 Home and Real Estate section should have identified a garden in Eleanor Pardee Park as the UC Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden. 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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LEARN TO GRAFT ... Lyngso Garden Materials in San Carlos will offer “Basics of Grafting,” a limited-availability clinic on grafting and budding. The Saturday, Aug. 26 class will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants will learn the basic practices and techniques of grafting, and examples of various types of grafting, equipment use, supply sources and references will be discussed. This presentation is geared toward beginners and will include introductory grafting techniques. Instructor Bob Yamamoto has been grafting since 2000. He is self taught. To register, go to bit.ly/LearnToGraft. Lyngso Garden Materials is located at 345 Shoreway Road, San Carlos.

Near right, Irene Estrin’s bowls often have ceramic leaves and flowers. Far right, woodworker Steven Andersen creates furniture out of dark and light tones of western red cedar.

Far left, clay artist Irene Estrin takes inspiration from textures such as shells, pine cones and starfish. Near left, glass artist Christine Charter Moorhead says looking at stained glass helps people see things in a different way.

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HOW TO GROW VEGETABLES ... The Los Altos Library will host a book signing by John Jeavons, a Slow Food advocate, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jeavons will present a path toward creating a sustainable food system. He will discuss how people can grow their own food on 1 percent of the area used by conventional farming, while building soil and saving water. Jeavons is the Executive Director of Ecology Action, headquartered in Willits. He is known internationally as the author of the best-selling book “How to Grow More Vegetables.” For the past 45 years Jeavons has devoted his time to researching, developing and teaching a small-scale, resourceconserving agricultural method known as Grow Biointensive. Saturday’s talk is a part of the “Food for the Future, Now Slow Food Speaker Series.” The Los Altos Library is located at 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

Palo Alto arts festival draws artisans who design home decor by Elinor Aspegren

Irene Estrin, a clay artist from Santa Barbara who has participated in the festival for the past three years, said she got her start in clay while working as a teaching assistant with special-needs students, who took her to a clay-making class. She got hooked on creating items with textures inspired by nature and now spends the bulk of her time creating artistic home goods. “My first texture came about because I went on a bicycle ride on the Erie Canal. I’m always picking up things, and so I picked up some gravel,” she said. “I glued it on a wooden spoon and I used that for texture.” Estrin’s work uses natural elements for more than just texture — her bowls, tea sets and vases are adorned with ceramic leaves and flowers. Estrin calls her work “functional art” that can be used, not just admired. She said many times she has had to compel her buyer to actually eat out of her bowls or use her vases. “You can enjoy art — it’s not just something to look at. You can hold it, and you can feel it and use it,” she said. Steven Andersen also creates functional art pieces for the home. The Stockton woodworker uses western red cedar in his construction of chairs, benches, dining tables and planters. He combines dark and light cedar, which gives his work a unique tone.

“That’s one of the aspects of the cedar that customers like,” he said. “So that’s part of the creative process, I guess — to alternate the colors and make that all kind of work so that the final piece can fit in all of the others. So if you bought a bunch of pieces, they’re all going to look the same.” Andersen, a one-man company, was exposed to woodworking in high school and received a construction certificate in college. He worked in the cabinet business for 30 years. Andersen said that he has had the joy of creation since he was young, when he and his brother would work with their father’s tools. “A lot of people see wood, and they just see wood,” he said. “When I see wood, I see the grain, and I see potential.” The festival will take place on University Avenue, between Webster and High streets, in downtown Palo Alto from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, and Sunday, Aug. 27. The Palo Alto Medical Foundation will sponsor the event put on by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. The city of Palo Alto will provide assistance with security and street closures. Q Editorial Intern Elinor Aspegren can be emailed at easpegren@ embarcaderopublishing.com.

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Atherton

4 Bassett Lane Maletis Trust to Murray Trust for $4,350,000 on 06/30/17; built 1948, 5bd, 3,630 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/06/1974, $113,000 83 Faxon Road Hogar Limited to Road Trust for $30,000,000 on 07/03/17; built 2007, 3bd, 7,192 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/02/2002, $7,275,000

East Palo Alto

896 Green Street Anson Trust to A. Averell for $552,000 on 06/28/17; built 1916, 2bd, 1,050 sq.ft.; previous sale 01/29/1976, $24,500 16 Kirkwood Court Urweider Trust to C. Payne for $975,000 on 06/29/17; built 1956, 3bd, 1,150 sq.ft. 152 Wisteria Drive F. Alvarez to Apex 1 Holdings for $850,000 on 06/30/17; built 1952, 5bd, 1,390 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/11/2004, $460,000

Los Altos

1033 Dartmouth Lane Haugh Trust to L. Fei for $3,400,000 on 07/24/17; built 1969, 5bd, 3,328 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/1977, $145,000 2056 El Sereno Avenue Plunkett Trust to H. Tseng for $2,175,000 on 07/24/17; built 1950, 3bd, 1,049 sq.ft. 1968 Fallen Leaf Lane Iufer Trust to A. & S. Imam for $2,800,000 on 07/18/17; built 1960, 3bd, 2,447 sq.ft. 1475 Holly Avenue K. Kasik to Row Trust for $4,675,000 on 07/18/17; built 2007, 4bd, 3,394 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/28/1992, $12,500 1367 Richardson Avenue Mccord Trust to Richardson Av-

enue Limited for $2,210,000 on 07/20/17; built 1955, 3bd, 1656 sq.ft. 24 South El Monte Avenue W. Wilson to Cao Trust for $2,722,500 on 07/24/17; built 1985, 3bd, 3,146 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/16/1988, $745,000 1682 Stevens Place #B Fahey Trust to N. Panjwani for $1,708,000 on 07/24/17; built 1961, 2,182 sq.ft.

Los Altos Hills 26880 Elena RoadCreston Developers to Rgen Trust for $9,750,000 on 07/21/17; built 2013, 5bd, 7512 sq.ft. (Previous Sale 06/15/2011, $1,545,000) 14700 Manuella Road Sussman-Rothman Trust to Hauser Trust for $3,750,000 on 07/17/17; built 1928, 4bd, 3,067 sq.ft. 26965 Orchard Hill Lane Harrison Trust to Diaz Trust for $4,320,000 on 07/18/17; built 1965, 5bd, 3,302 sq.ft.

Menlo Park

705 Cambridge Avenue Menlo Living Limited to Menlo Limited for $3,200,000 on 06/21/17; built 1948, 3bd, 1,240 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/10/2016, $2,235,000 2098 Cedar Avenue K. Patel to Arata Trust for $2,823,000 on 07/03/17; built 1922, 4bd, 2,599 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/10/2013, $1,550,000 931 Cloud AvenueWright Trust to S. & T. Wright for $1,750,000 on 06/20/17; built 1939, 2bd, 930 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/21/2007, $1,200,000 848 College AvenueTrust Trust to E. Tsai for $2,498,000 on 06/30/17; built 1914, 4bd, 1,850 sq.ft. 1003 Fremont Street PikeFrench Trust to R. Pike for $2,440,000 on 06/23/17; built 1935, 4bd, 2,160 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/09/2002, $1,100,000 6 Greenwood PlaceR. & L. Davis to R. Davis for $1,690,000 on 06/22/17; built 1948, 2bd, 1,120 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/13/1987, $265,000 2140 Santa Cruz Avenue #A102 Johnson Trust to D. Jeris

for $838,000 on 06/30/17; built 1978, 2bd, 1,230 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/15/2011, $452,500 1230 Sharon Park Drive #59 Matsuzaki Trust to H. Sun for $1,177,000 on 06/30/17; built 1978, 2bd, 1,860 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/19/1996, $411,500

Mountain View 181 Centre Street #16 Stuhlbarg Trust to K. Malla for $1,425,000 on 07/20/17; built 1981, 3bd, 1,488 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/19/1991, $269,500 1033 Crestview Drive #210Yosefof Trust to W. Hui for $877,000 on 07/20/17; built 1969, 2bd, 1,140 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/28/2010, $350,000 117 Fairchild Drive MV Viewpoint to A. Thangaraju for $1,295,000 on 07/24/17; built 2016, 3bd, 1,753 sq.ft. 403 Farley Street M. & S. Ritter to K. Oo for $1,638,000 on 07/19/17; built 1950, 4bd, 1,746 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/08/1995, $280,000 1828 Fordham Way Gentry-Farrar Trust to M. Di for $2,425,000 on 07/18/17; built 1956, 4bd, 1,707 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/05/2015, $2,358,000 172 Georgetown Drive D. Hwang to D. & K. Chan for $1,380,000 on 07/20/17; built 2005, 2bd, 1,294 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/23/2009, $655,000 2080 Marich Way #8 Deshpande Trust to HMD Home Solutions for $1,680,000 on 07/18/17; built 1982, 3bd, 1,667 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/31/2009, $714,500 264 North Whisman Road #9 G. Berg to M. & E. Scott for $775,000 on 07/17/17; built 1978, 2bd, 1,087 sq.ft. 1629 Notre Dame Drive P. & L. Sterbentz to K. Yuan for $2,500,000 on 07/18/17; built 1954, 3bd, 1,616 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/11/2003, $759,000 178 Oberg Court Lee-Zhu Trust to Y. Wan for $1,320,000 on 07/21/17; built 2006, 3bd, 1,369 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/27/2006, $650,500 315 Ruth Avenue D. Jones to W. Zheng for $1,735,000 on

RAY HOGUE

650.964.3722 rhogue@apr.com www.rhogue.apr.com License# 01980343

07/24/17; built 1959, 3bd, 1,140 sq.ft. 128 Sherland Avenue D. Lewis to B. & V. Mukherjee for $1,827,000 on 07/24/17; built 1965, 2,160 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/19/1997, $371,000 2272 Towne Circle S. Nematbakhsh to K. Ni for $1,460,000 on 07/18/17; built 2002, 3bd, 1,539 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/31/2014, $980,000 220 View Street Yatovitz Trust to A. Goldie for $1,615,000 on 07/20/17; built 2008, 2bd, 1,332 sq.ft.; previous sale 01/23/2008, $850,000

Palo Alto

925 Addison Avenue D. & M. Maydan to M. Green for $8,400,000 on 07/20/17; built 2006, 5bd, 4,096 sq.ft. 811 Ames Avenue Mukherjea Trust to B. Liu for $2,437,500 on 07/20/17; built 1955, 3bd, 1,631 sq.ft. 3188 Bryant Street Bowling Trust to Shi Trust for $4,900,000 on 07/17/17; built 2017, 7bd, 4,019 sq.ft. 879 Clara Drive J. Jeon to Y. Zhu for $3,150,000 on 07/18/17; built 2006, 4bd, 2,183 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/28/2013, $2,350,000 795 East Charleston Road W. Ernst to K. Ho for $2,321,000 on 07/24/17; built 1956, 3bd, 1421 sq.ft. 627 Fulton Street Foster Trust to A. & L. Varma for $3,828,000 on 07/17/17; built 1924, 4bd, 2062 sq.ft. (Previous Sale 10/30/2015, $3,700,000) 107 Greenmeadow Way G. Helfrich to A. Benitez for $1,250,000 on 07/20/17; built 1959, 2bd, 994 sq.ft. 1800 Guinda Street GerkenSoforenko Trust to S. & F. Ahn for $3,100,000 on 07/21/17; built 1938, 3bd, 1,689 sq.ft. 445 Homer Avenue P. Hertzmann to Z. Liu for $1,900,000 on 07/20/17; built 1981, 3bd, 1,580 sq.ft. 2530 Marshall Drive K. Smith to Oak Trust for $2,600,000 on 07/19/17; built 1954, 3bd, 1,712 sq.ft.

923 Moreno Avenue T. Duong to Y. Bao for $2,256,000 on 07/18/17; built 1954, 4bd, 1,260 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/17/2002, $775,000 2326 Ramona Street Clark Trust to X. Wang for $3,600,000 on 07/17/17; built 1930, 3bd, 1,973 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/15/1991, $660,000 3637 Ramona Street Kueffer Trust to W. Riggs for $2,235,000 on 07/21/17; built 1951, 3bd, 1,318 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/1973, $39,500 859 Rorke WayLieb Trust to J. Wu for $2,820,000 on 07/18/17; built 2006, 4bd, 2,066 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/03/2004, $875,000 410 Sheridan Avenue #108 Morrison Trust to Colton Trust for $935,000 on 07/17/17; built 1977, 1bd, 812 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/16/2008, $560,000 345 Wilton Avenue D. Chomo to R. Singh for $1,975,000 on 07/18/17; built 1947, 3bd, 1,245 sq.ft.

Portola Valley

20 Navajo Place Bad to Thomas Trust for $3,600,000 on 06/23/17; built 1964, 4bd, 3,430 sq.ft.

Stanford

81 Pearce Mitchell Place Mark Trust to Stanford University for $555,000 on 07/18/17; built 1975, 3bd, 1,286 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/19/1975, $58,500

Woodside

6 Bret Harte Drive J. Huca to B. Randolph for $1,100,000 on 06/30/17; built 1966, 2bd, 1,540 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/27/2011, $399,000 275 Ridgeway Road Bullock Trust to A. Massa for $4,282,500 on 06/27/17; built 1973, 4bd, 3,610 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/26/2003, $217,500

BUILDING PERMITS

180 El Camino Real, Suite #359 Clarification anchorage for transformer and approval letter from electrical engineer.

3737 El Camino Real Use and occupancy only for “Instant Urgent Care,” 1,788 sf on the ground floor. 275 Cambridge Ave. Commercial photovoltaic system canopy mount (990 modules) with three electric vehicle chargers. $879,477 432 High St. Unit #202 Residential kitchen and bath remodel; partition wall in kitchen. Updated electrical and various finishes. Scope of work includes replacement of 10 windows to match existing finishes. $107,612 500 University Ave. Interior layout changes 1620 Webster St. Roof height clarification as-built drawings to show compliance with daylight plane requirements. Roof height increased by 2 inches 868 Boyce Ave. Residential airconditioning unit on the roof. 1925 Embarcadero Road Adding a battery backup system. 1510 Emerson St. Remove part of shake roof and replace with radiant barrier and install new roof. $9,000 836 Clara Drive Revision to add three windows in side bathroom 3505 Middlefield Road Buildings A and C: remodel to existing “Peninsula Bible Church.” Scope of work includes replacing exterior doors, infilling one window, adding new children’s bathrooms and bringing existing restrooms up to accessibility compliance. Remove existing tile ceiling. $2,626,160 3611 Lupine Ave. Relocate gas meter and lighting clarification. 3084 Higgins Place Temporary power 3505 Middlefield Road Building D: remodel to existing “Peninsula Bible Church.” Scope of work includes new interior walls, new lighting, electrical, and modifying mechanical. $425,000 1595 Mariposa Ave. Residential addition (67 sf) to front of house. $32,000 821 Richardson Court Temporary power pole

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â&#x20AC;¢ Double-pane windows â&#x20AC;¢ New kitchen appliances â&#x20AC;¢ Attractive wood-laminate floors (hardwood underneath) â&#x20AC;¢ Tankless water heater â&#x20AC;¢ Nicely landscaped â&#x20AC;¢ Easy access to transportation â&#x20AC;¢ Close to Facebook, Google and others â&#x20AC;¢ Prestigious Palo Alto schools

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855 Bruce Drive (rep seller) $2,550,000

20 Politzer Drive $3,800,000

LIST YOUR HOME WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIALIST “I strive to provide the highest standard of integrity and diligence”

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477 Lassen Street #7, Los Altos

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928 Wright Ave #508, Mountain View ! â&#x20AC;˘ Three bedrooms, two full bathrooms â&#x20AC;˘ Spacious 1414 sf of living space, plus two large balconies â&#x20AC;˘ Desirable top floor end unit with 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cathedral ceilings â&#x20AC;˘ Large master suite opens to balcony â&#x20AC;˘ Light-filled living room opens to dining room with beautiful curved window bay â&#x20AC;˘ Updated kitchen with new stainless steel appliances and quartz counter tops â&#x20AC;˘ Beautiful wood-laminate flooring and carpet â&#x20AC;˘ In-unit full size washer and dryer â&#x20AC;˘ Living room with wood-burning fireplace opens to balcony overlooking the green belt â&#x20AC;˘ Tranquil setting with Redwood trees, lush wellmaintained landscaping, community pool, spa & lake â&#x20AC;˘ Radiant heat with multiple heating stations â&#x20AC;˘ One car garage plus one additional outside space (can apply for additional spaces) â&#x20AC;˘ Walk to vibrant downtown, parks, performing arts center, Farmers Market, Stevens Creek trail â&#x20AC;˘ Walk to transportation center: Caltrain, Light Rail â&#x20AC;˘ Bike to Google Listing Agent: Jane Volpe CalBRE# 01330133 Cell: 650.380.4507 Jane@MidtownPaloAlto.com

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services 2088 Green Oaks, Pescadero

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

730-760 Adobe Canyon Rd. Sonoma Valley

$26,800,000

$22,000,000

Listing By: Dana Cappiello & Derek Cappiello, Lic.# 01343305 & 01983178

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas Lic.#01878208

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10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

396 Raymundo Drive, Woodside

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$27,500,000

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Price Upon Request

$10,889,888

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27466 Sunrise Farm Rd, Los Altos Hills

2008 Vallejo Street, San Francisco

$9,187,000

$8,750,000

$5,750,000

Listing by: Matthew Pakel & Craig Gorman, Lic.#01957213 & Lic.#01080717

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14938 Larga Vista Drive, Los Gatos

13212 Peacock Court, Cupertino

2965 Paseo Robles, San Martin

$4,200,000

$3,988,888

$2,895,000

Provided By: Gail Thomson & Stephen Slater Lic.# 01444563 & 01886128

Listing Provided By: Dominic Nicoli Lic. No. 01112681

Listing Provided by: Don Barnes, Lic.#01791580

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18612 Decatur Road Monte Sereno, CA • • •

5 Bedrooms 5 Full Bathrooms & 3½ Bathrooms 6,789 Sq. Ft.

• • •

Swimming Pool Entertainment Room Elevator

Mediterranean-style villa atop the lush Los Gatos hills offers panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Well-manicured landscaping, ornate wrought-iron gates, as well as the grand, marble-columned entryway leads to the regal foyer. The beauty and elegance of this classically-designed home extends into the living spaces with glass mosaics, hand-crafted crown moldings adorning the recessed ceilings, ornate fireplaces, and fine arched windows.

Price Upon Request. Joanna Hsu, REALTOR® 408.209.1292 JHsu@InteroRealEstate.com www.JoannaHsuRE.com Lic. #01394844

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THE ADDRESS IS THE PENINSU THE EXPERIENCE IS A IN PINEL

ATHERTON $26.800.000

PA LO A LTO $9,98 8,000

MEN LO PARK $4,78 8,000

M ENLO PA RK $ 4.595.000

5 Betty Lane | 7bd/9.5ba Ali Faghiri | 650.346.4727 BY APPOINTMENT

3120 Alexis Drive | 7bd/10.5ba Grace Wu | 650.208.3668 BY APPOINTMENT

1871 Camino A Los Cerros | 5bd/4ba Darcy Gamble | 650.380.9415 BY APPOINTMENT

1342 Cloud Avenue | 4bd/4.5ba Mary & Brent Gullixson | 650.888.0860 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:00

PALO A LTO $ 4 .1 95.000

LOS A LTOS HI L L S $3,1 98,000

PALO ALTO $2,798,000

PORTOLA VA LLEY $2 ,698,000

1176 Palo Alto Avenue | 3bd/2.5ba Judy Citron | 650.543.1206 BY APPOINTMENT

12121 Page Mill Road | 4bd/5ba John Forsyth James | 650.218.4337 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

841 Seale Avenue | 3bd/2ba Derk Brill | 650.543.1117 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:00-5:00

19765 Skyline Boulevard | 3bd/2ba Dean Asborno | 650.255.2147 BY APPOINTMENT

M E N LO PARK $2,595,000

MEN LO PARK $1 ,9 95,000

SA N CA RLOS $1,750,000

824 Nash Road | 4bd/2ba Jeff Stricker | 650.823.8057 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

1025 Middle Avenue | 3bd/2ba Cliff Noll | 650.823.2065 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

2142 Harkins Avenue | 3bd/2.5ba Brenda Miller | 408.515.5161 BY APPOINTMENT

40 Amber Court | 3bd/2ba Valerie Soltau | 650.464.3896 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

SU NN Y VALE $1 ,700,000

SA N CA R LOS $1 ,6 00,000

MEN LO PARK $1 ,39 9,000

PORTOLA VA LLEY $94 5,000

999 Glenbar Avenue | 3bd/2ba Joanne Fraser | 650.796.9888 BY APPOINTMENT

26 Hilltop Drive | 3bd/2ba Valerie Soltau | 650.464.3896 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

732 University Drive | 3bd/2.5ba L. Rhodes/M. Harkov | 650.722.3000 BY APPOINTMENT

251 Vista Verde | Land Wayne Rivas | 650.740.5746 BY APPOINTMENT

LOS A LTOS

$2 ,598,000

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3 BEDROOMS | 2.5 BATHROOMS | 2858 SQ FT | $5,500,000

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Mia Hansen

$5,500,000

(650) 804-9140

miaphansen@locatebayarea.com License #01815411

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DOWNTOWN PALO ALTO · 728 Emerson Street, Palo Alto DOWNTOWN MENLO PARK · 640 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated.

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308OLIVEHILL.COM

Woodside Ready to Build 308 Olive Hill Lane, Woodside · Offered at $7,995,000 · 3.342 acres Building and landscape plans are completed and fully approved by the town of Woodside.

Architect Rendering of Approved Main Residence

Michael Dreyfus 650.485.3476 m.dreyfus@ggsir.com CalBRE 01121795

Noelle Queen 650.427.9211 n.queen@ggsir.com CalBRE 01917593

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ColdwellBankerHomes.com Los Altos

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PORTOLA VALLEY Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,800,000

10718 Mora Dr. Spectacular 7Bd Los Altos Hills estate; huge views, 24ft ceilings, inf pool & guest house. 7 BR 11 BA David Kelsey/Christine Pimlott CalBRE# 650.851.2666

$18,000,000

40 Fox Hill Road Extraordinary! Views of the SF Bay, vineyard, approx 19 acs. ExceptionalWoodsideEstate. com 5 BR 4.5 BA Erika Demma CalBRE#01230766 650.851.2666

307 Olive Hill Ln Exceptional Woodside Prop on over 3 sun-swept acres. Vinyard,garden, pool & More 6 BR 5 BA Erika Demma CalBRE#01230766 650.851.2666

7 Coalmine Vw Exquisitely remodeled Portola Valley Ranch home with spectacular views - 7Coalmine.com 4 BR 3 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE#00884747 650.851.1961

Woodside Heights

Menlo Park - Pending

Menlo Park

Redwood City

$4,295,000

2190 Ward Way Pvt Gated Ac Estate offers Sunflilled opn flr pln, pool w/cabana & total privacy. 4 BR 4 BA

Price Upon Request

$3,965,000

Central Woodside

Sat/Sun 1 - 4

$3,895,000

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ICO RALLY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN632496 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ico Rally, 2575 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): INSULATION SOURCES, INC. 2575 East Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/10/1997. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 1, 2017. (PAW Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2017) THE MARKET AT EDGEWOOD INC. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN632530 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: The Market at Edgewood Inc., located at 2170 W. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): THE MARKET AT EDGEWOOD INC. 2170 W. Bayshore Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/21/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on Aug. 2, 2017. (PAW Aug. 11, 18, 25; Sept. 1, 2017)

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BASEBALL MVP . . . Palo Alto resident Hunter Bishop, a freshman at Arizona State, was named Pointstreak Playoff MVP by the Cape Cod Baseball League, the premiere collegiate summer baseball league in the nation. Bishop, who attended Serra High, hit a key home run in the sixth inning of Game 3 to give Brewster a 2-0 lead, and his three home runs in the playoffs were the most by any Cape League player. Bishop had only one home run in 104 regular seasons at bat before providing the pop for the Whitecaps in the postseason. Bishop shared the award with Maryland’s Nick Dunn. OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Stanford sophomore Albane Valenzuela’s bid to become the first player from Switzerland to win a USGA championship came up short during the finals of the nationally-televised 117th U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at San Diego Country Club. Valenzuela fell behind early to Texas senior Sophia Schubert and never got untracked, losing 6 and 5 in the 36-hole title match . . . USA Water Polo women’s national team captain and Stanford grad Maggie Steffens is a finalist for the 2017 Women’s Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year in the team category. Cardinal sophomore Katie Ledecky is a finalist in the individual sports. Online voting for both athletes is available at sportswomanoftheyear.com . . . Megan Ancker scored five goals, Katy Basile and Mary Ann Ellsworth each added three goals and the Menlo Park 55+ women’s water polo team ended its stay in the FINA Masters World Championships in Budapest with a 16-2 victory over Peninsula WP 60+. Palo Alto resident Margaret Seaver and Menlo Park’s Leslie Feldman Platshon also scored for the Americans, who reached the ‘B’ final and finished 3-2 overall . . . Stanford Diving’s Emily Richmond earned a bronze medal on Platform in the 30-34-age group at the FINA Masters Championships in Budapest. She scored a 198.65.

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COACHING VACANIES . . . Palo Alto High is seeking applications for the position of Varsity Head Coach for Girls Soccer. Interested parties are encouraged to submit copies of their resume and cover letter to palyathletics@gmail.com (attn:girls soccer). Applications will be accepted through Sept. 4 . . . Gunn High is seeking applications for the position of head wrestling coach. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Gunn Athletic Director Curt Johansen (cjohansen@pausd. org) as soon as possible. The Titans placed fourth at the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League finals last and qualified nine wrestlers for the Central Coast Section. Girls’ wrestler Ruby Robinson finished third in the CCS and qualified for the state meet.

Senior Andi Sullivan will the the centerpiece of a talented Stanford women’s soccer team that has a national championship as its goal.

Pursuit of a national championship Sullivan reflects on Stanford career, her senior year and the national team by Shawna Chen hen Stanford soccer midfielder Andi Sullivan first arrived at the U.S. senior national team’s training camp in Salt Lake City last October, she was incredibly nervous. “Wow, I’m really not ready for this,” she thought to herself as she joined the drills. The exercises moved so fast that by the time she got the hang of something, it had already finished five minutes ago. “You had to be firing (on all) cylinders at all times,” she said. “I told myself, ‘Keep your head down and work hard. Be

responsive and try to absorb as much information as possible.’” Sullivan, who has served as Stanford’s team captain since her sophomore year, said getting a taste of playing at the highest level, something she knew she wanted to do since she was a child, “was very surreal.” The invitation was already more than enough, so she was shocked when she was instructed to start a game. “These are players that I’ve either looked up to since I was a kid or watched on TV growing up,” she said. “You play with them and you realize,’Oh my gosh, they’re even better than you get to see on TV.’”

better so that in the game they’re ready, and how they’re pushing me to be better so I’m ready no matter the circumstance.” That way, the big wins mean even more because everyone is celebrating together, she said. When someone scores and the whole team sprints out onto the field in victory, there’s an “infectious energy” that is irreplaceable. “It’s one single moment but there’s so much work that goes into it,” she said. “To get to celebrate it for a second, and to keep pursuing that feeling . . . that (continued on page 47)

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New coach but same offense at SHP Former pro quarterback Grieb takes the reins by Glenn Reeves new coach but the same offense. Continuity exists in the Sacred Heart Prep football program. But longtime followers of the Gators ought not be surprised if this year’s team turns out to be a bit more disposed toward the pass than previous editions. Mark Grieb takes over as head coach from Pete Lavorato. Grieb has extensive history playing quarterback and coaching quarterbacks. The highly-successful Lavorato would open it up and pass when the situation called for it. But he always preferred keeping it on the ground and grinding

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