Palo Alto Weekly September 29, 2017 by Palo Alto Weekly

Palo Alto

Vol. XXXVIII, Number 52

September 29, 2017

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District pays McGee $150,000 to resign School board launches search process for new superintendent by Elena Kadvany fter weeks of upheaval over Palo Alto school district leadership’s handling of two controversies — a missed deadline that will cost the district up to $6 million in unbudgeted union pay increases and a student sexual-assault case at Palo Alto

High School — Superintendent Max McGee submitted his resignation Tuesday rather than retiring at the end of the school year as he had announced in June. In closed session Tuesday, the Board of Education unanimously approved a severance agreement

providing McGee with six months’ pay — about $153,000 — and health benefits through the end of the year. His annual compensation was $315,918, which includes a $750 per-month car allowance. McGee also will turn back to the district the deed for a townhouse in Palo Alto he purchased in August 2015 with a $1.5 million interestfree loan provided by the district, according to the agreement, which was released Wednesday morning.

This means the district, not McGee, will benefit from any appreciation of the home’s value. At the start of the school board’s open session on Tuesday, board president Terry Godfrey, sitting next to McGee at the dais, read his letter of resignation to the board on his behalf. “For a host of personal reasons, I am offering my resignation effective at the close of business on Friday, Sept. 29,” he wrote.

“Blessed with a supportive community, a dedicated Board of Education, an extraordinarily capable and caring staff, and above all a student body that exemplifies excellence in character and achievement, I leave Palo Alto knowing the district will continue to thrive, and I stand ready to provide whatever support the board, interim superintendent and/or next (continued on page 7)

LAND USE

In final vote on Comp Plan, commission pushes affordable housing Planning commission completes review of city landuse plan, paving way for council adoption by Gennady Sheyner

Jocelyn Dong

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Benji Sandel, left, and fellow students from Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto play the shofar — fashioned from ram or antelope horns — for patients and staff at Stanford Hospital on Sept. 26 during a ceremony marking the Jewish New Year. “You need a lot of breath,” says Benji, a second-grader who started learning the traditional instrument three years ago. “What I like is the sound, and it’s very loud.”

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Parking program shifts problem, again Duveneck/St. Francis, East Palo Alto residents call for collaboration, changes by Sue Dremann all it what you will: whacka-mole, a shell game, musical cars. Channing Avenue and Edgewood Drive are the latest streets to become parked up as drivers seek parking spots outside Palo Alto’s ever-expanding zone of prohibited overnight parking. Now some Duveneck/St. Francis and Crescent Park neighborhood residents said it is time for the city to ban overnight parking citywide. Palo Alto’s 2-to-5 a.m. ban began in 2013 in response to apartment and condominium residents from East Palo Alto’s 1,800-unit Woodland Park complex who were leaving their cars along Newell Road and Edgewood.

The ban was revised in 2015 to add more streets. Today, residents can apply to have their blocks included in the ban if they are in the zone bounded by Edgewood to the northeast, Channing to the south, Lincoln Avenue to the west, University Avenue to the northwest and the entirety of Crescent Drive. Michael DeMarzo, whose home is in the zone but is close to Channing, where parking’s not prohibited, said it’s not just parked cars but fights, trash and graffiti that are problematic. A commercial car-repair business on West Bayshore Road even began using Channing for its overflow business, with mechanics repairing cars at the curb.

“It has destroyed my quality of life. I don’t understand why I’m the one to police Channing Avenue,” he said. The main concern is traffic safety, he said. Vehicles parked for days along the curb block prevent children who are riding their bicycles from seeing oncoming cars; storm drains remain clogged because the street sweeper can’t get to the curbs, increasing flooding in an already-flood-prone area, he said. As a short-term solution, DeMarzo and his wife are circulating a petition to expand the overnight-parking ban to Channing, (continued on page 7)

alo Alto’s planning commissioners reaffirmed their stance favoring more affordable housing for lowerincome workers as part of their final review of an updated city land-use vision Wednesday. The Planning and Transportation Commission, which has been vetting the updated Comprehensive Plan over the course of six public hearings, approved a list of proposed changes to the document, certified the environmental analysis and voted to forward its feedback to the City Council, which is set to adopt the updated plan in November. Once in place, the document will guide the city’s land-use policies until 2030. Much like prior meetings, Wednesday night’s discussion was a free-for-all of competing ideas, with commissioners debating everything from the best way to measure the effects of traffic to the best way to package their deliberations and conclusions for the council’s review. On the issue of housing, however, they posed a unified front. After voting 7-0 on Sept. 13 to recommend a stronger emphasis on below-market-rate housing, the commission Wednesday agreed to take its pro-housing stance even further. The big debate was over semantics. Commission Chair Michael Alcheck supported a policy calling for “dramatically increasing housing supply” in Palo Alto and argued that doing

so is a “moral imperative.” It should be unacceptable for Palo Alto to be in the bottom half of Santa Clara County cities in meeting its regional allocation for providing housing, he said. “(If) any time a developer that came before us with a housing site, we’d encourage them to develop more units not less — that’s the premise here,” Alcheck said, explaining his proposed policy. Commissioners Susan Monk and Eric Rosenblum also supported going much further when it comes to building housing. Monk, the commission’s sole renter, called the city’s housing shortage a “true crisis” and argued that if Palo Alto doesn’t do anything dramatic, middle-class residents won’t be able to afford living here. “If we don’t do something aggressively in this existing plan, we won’t have a problem with school enrollment because you won’t have young professionals moving in here,” Monk said. “You won’t have families here.” Others commissioners, while sharing the sentiment, favored a less dramatic approach. The language the commission ultimately adopted by a 5-1 vote, with Vice Chair Asher Waldfogel dissenting and Commissioner Przemak Gardias abstaining, recommended having the document express “strong preference” for “affordable housing.” Waldfogel’s (continued on page 9)

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but he acknowledged the problem will then just shift to other neighbors. For that reason, he prefers a citywide overnight-parking ban. Kim Amsbaugh, a Sandalwood Court resident, agreed. “I think the city should learn from its neighbor, Menlo Park and pass an overnight parking ban for all of Palo Alto,” Amsbaugh said in an email. “Parking on both sides of Channing between Edgewood and Saint Francis (Drive) has gotten incredibly over-crowded. Vehicles stay parked overnight for days on end, and in some instances these cars parked overnight are being lived in.” But some residents are against more bans. Ken Tucker, another Edgewood resident, questioned the need, process and validity of the restrictions.

HR head named interim superintendent Palo Alto Board of Education members, from left, Todd Collins, Jennifer DiBrienza, Melissa Baten Caswell, Vice President Ken Dauber and President Terry Godfrey, Superintendent Max McGee and student representatives Advait Arun and Richy Islas talk during a board meeting on Sept. 13.

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superintendent may need during this transition of leadership.” “We thank Dr. McGee for his years of hard work and for his many contributions to our district,” Godfrey said. “His optimism, vision and vibrancy along with the innovative programs and practices he brought to our district will be a lasting legacy.” Several parents and staff members thanked McGee for making tangible progress in the district over the last three years — particularly his support for minority and lowincome students — and expressed regret for his sudden departure. “I feel that in my years in the district here ... parents who have a focus on equity and fairness for all children just have not had a better friend in the district than Dr. McGee,” said parent Kim Bomar, co-chair for Parent Advocates for Student Success, which supports minority and low-income students and families. “We’re losing a huge advocate and resource.” McGee’s resignation comes after a rocky start to the new school year and a series of closed-session evaluations conducted by the Board of Education. In the midst of that series of meetings, two members — Vice President Ken Dauber and Todd Collins — publicly called for McGee’s removal, with Dauber stating, “Our students would be best served by a change in leadership as soon as possible.” McGee’s resignation indicates that perhaps one or more other board members decided to support his early termination, leading to his decision to instead resign. None of the other three board members have made public statements on their positions. McGee announced earlier this year, in the wake of community uproar over the district’s response to reports of sexual violence at Paly, that he would retire when his

contract ended in 2018, bringing an end to a 45-year career in education. McGee came to Palo Alto in 2014 as an outside hire with a long career in Illinois, described by many as an educator with penchant for entrepreneurship and high-level vision but scattered attention to detail. This description came to bear in his three years in Palo Alto, where his tenure has been marked by both accomplishments and missteps. One of his first actions as superintendent was to create the Minority Achievement and Talent Development committee, which tackled thorny, persistent issues of racial and socio-economic inequity and unconscious bias in the district. In an effort to deliver on an early pledge to be an accessible and transparent leader, McGee has provided community updates in monthly videos produced by students and started hosting live online webinars about pressing issues. This year, he started hosting on-campus office hours at schools. One year in as superintendent, McGee launched a passion project — a research program for high school students that has since grown in size and popularity. The Advanced Authentic Research program, or AAR, connects high school students with mentors to conduct in-depth research projects

on everything from computational chemistry to psychological and sociological inquiries. (He served as a mentor himself for groups of students the last two years.) He was at the helm for a series of major events over the last three years, including the district’s firstever multi-year teachers’ contract; a student suicide cluster that renewed conversations about academic pressure and youth mental health; and the resolution of a yearslong federal investigation into violations of anti-discrimination law Title IX in several cases at both high schools. As for the controversies that have marred McGee’s tenure in Palo Alto, most recently he was criticized for his lack of oversight over two issues: the recently discovered union-contract error and the district’s handling of a Paly sexual-assault case. Q A longer version of this article is posted on PaloAltoOnline.com. Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

“Extending parking restrictions to our neighborhood and to more and more of Palo Alto is not a solution; it’s just an example of economic discrimination and NIMBYism. Palo Alto and East Palo Alto officials need to get together to seek ways to assist our neighbors while easing parking issues in our neighborhoods,” he said. Eric Griswold, another Edgewood Drive resident, said he also is against parking bans. “People need somewhere to park. I would offer my spot in front of my house. The parking regulation is too much. It is totally unnecessary,” he said. Hillary Gitelman, the city’s director of planning and community environment, said in an email that Palo Alto has not considered a blanket restriction on overnight parking. “Based on the number of resident cars parked on streets each evening in neighborhoods like Downtown North, College Terrace, etc., it would be challenging to get support for such a policy. Even in

Crescent Park, where blocks can currently opt-in to a no-overnight parking restriction, there are occasionally strenuous disagreements among residents about whether to opt in or not,” she said. But a larger, more regional attack on the problem is afoot. Tired of similar parking and traffic issues, East Palo Alto residents and city officials are looking at restrictions of their own. Some residents at a community meeting sponsored by the city on Wednesday suggested a possible overnight ban on their streets similar to Palo Alto’s. Palo Alto’s recent crackdown on recreational vehicles on El Camino Real and Menlo Park’s overnight parking restriction have driven campers to East Palo Alto. Residents of streets on the Menlo Park side of Willow Road are parking in East Palo Alto neighborhoods, meeting attendees said. East Palo Alto Mayor Larry

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Karen Hendricks served as interim superintendent in previous district by Elena Kadvany

he Palo Alto school district’s new assistant superintendent of human r esou rc es, Karen Hendricks, will lead the district on an interim basis after Superintendent Max McGee’s resigKaren nation this Hendricks Friday, the school board decided Wednesday night. Board President Terry Godfrey announced the board’s unanimous decision after a special closed-session meeting. McGee submitted his letter of resignation to the board the night before, effective this Friday. The board selected Hendricks for “her years of leadership, human resources expertise, public education teaching and administrative experience, professionalism, reputation for thoroughness, and recent background as the interim superintendent for (the) Carmel Unified School District,” a district press release states. Hendricks was hired in July to replace Scott Bowers, who retired at the end of the last school year. Godfrey said that Hendricks’ salary terms will have to be discussed at the board’s next scheduled meeting on Oct. 10. The agreement will be publicly available after that discussion, she said. Who will take over her human-resources responsibilities is “still under discussion,” Godfrey wrote in an email to the Weekly on Wednesday night. “However, we don’t expect her to cover both roles.” Hendricks most recently worked in the Carmel school district, where she was chief human resources officer for two years before stepping in as interim superintendent after the district superintendent — former Palo Alto and Gunn high schools’ principal Scott Laurence, the husband of current Gunn High School Principal Kathie Laurence — went on medical leave last January and then resigned. Carmel Unified is a much smaller K-12 district than Palo Alto, with three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school as well as a continuation high school and adult school. The district enrolled 2,509 students in the

2016-17 school year, according to Ed Data. In an interview, the current president of the Carmel Unified Board of Education, John Ellison, described Hendricks as a capable people-person skilled at establishing trust during times of instability. He recalled in particular her focus on creating a structure to provide professional development for teachers. An interim role requires “calming the waters (and) at the same time moving forward,” which he said Hendricks accomplished in Carmel. There was strong support in the Carmel community, particularly among teachers, for keeping Hendricks in the role permanently, Ellison said, but the board ultimately hired an assistant superintendent from Illinois this January. He declined to comment on the specifics of the board’s decision but said that it’s sometimes “easier” to appoint an outside leader with a clean slate. Ellison said there were no missteps during Hendricks’ interim tenure and that she also “didn’t shy away from making tough decisions because it might hurt her chances of becoming the permanent superintendent.” Prior to her jobs in Carmel, Hendricks served as assistant superintendent in the Santa Cruz City School district, overseeing human resources. She managed contract negotiations that gave employees their first raise in many years, as well as an investigation into complaints against a former superintendent over his removal of a controversial baseball coach, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported when she resigned in 2014. Hendricks also worked as an outreach coordinator and director at the New Teacher Center, a national coaching nonprofit in Santa Cruz, according to her LinkedIn profile. In the early years of her career, Hendricks was an elementary school teacher, assistant principal, principal and program evaluation coordinator in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Her promotion in Palo Alto Unified is effective Monday, Oct. 1. The board authorized Hendricks on Tuesday to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a consultant who will lead the search for a permanent superintendent. Q

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Board of Education (Sept. 26)

Superintendent resignation: The board accepted a letter of resignation from Superintendent Max McGee, effective Friday, Sept. 29. Yes: Unanimous Superintendent search: The board waived its two-meeting rule and authorized staff to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a firm to lead the search for a new superintendent. Yes: Unanimous Involuntary student transfers: The board waived its two-meeting rule and adopted a new policy on involuntary student transfers with a small edit. Yes: Unanimous Budget adjustments: The board approved revisions to the 2017-18 budget. Yes: Unanimous Superintendent search: The board approved an authorization for the city of Palo Alto to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a firm to support the city and school district in master planning for Cubberley Community Center, with the addition of three public presentations to the board during the process. Yes: Unanimous Assistant superintendent contract: The board approved the employment contract for Yolanda Conaway, new assistant superintendent of strategic initiatives and operations. Yes: Unanimous Superintendent raises: The board retroactively approved 2015 and 2016 compensation increases for Superintendent Max McGee. Yes: Baten Caswell, Dauber, DiBrienza, Godfrey Abstain: Collins Textbook certification: The board waived its two-meeting rule and approved an annual certification of availability of textbooks and instructional materials. Yes: Unanimous

Parks and Recreation Commission (Sept. 26) Park improvements: The commission approved park-improvement ordinances for the U.S. Highway 101 overpass, the reconstruction of the Junior Museum and Zoo and the Baylands boardwalk. The commission voted 4-3 on the boardwalk ordinance. Yes: LaMere, McCauley, Moss, Reckdahl No: Cribbs, Greenfield, McDougall Park: The commission discussed a proposal to open up to the public a 7.7acre of land that was recently added to Foothills Park. The commission also considered funding options for the Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and Recreation Master Plan. Action: None

Planning and Transportation Commission (Sept. 27)

Comprehensive Plan: The commission took more than a dozen votes on various proposed changes to the updated Comprehensive Plan. The commission completed its review of the plan, which will now to the City Council for adoption. The commission also voted 4-1-2, with two abstentions, to certify the Environmental Impact Report for the updated Comprehensive Plan. Yes: Alcheck, Gardias, Monk, Rosenblum No: Summa Abstained: Lauing, Waldfogel

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has resulted in too many parking spots being exclusive and underused. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe, what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resulted in is a city that has lots and lots of buildings, with captive parking under them that are not fully utilized,â&#x20AC;? Rosenblum said. His proposal failed by a 3-4 vote, with Monk and Alcheck supporting him. Rosenblum also failed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by the same vote â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to sway the majority when he argued that the city should stop giving â&#x20AC;&#x153;level of serviceâ&#x20AC;? grades to measure traffic levels. He said focusing on that kind of metric limits design options and â&#x20AC;&#x153;leads to bad outcomes.â&#x20AC;? Commissioners also opted, after some debate, not to include language identifying exceptions to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50-foot height limit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a topic that the council specifically voted to exclude from the plan earlier this year. Alcheck and Rosenblum were the only commissioners who wanted to broach the subject. Rosenblum noted that the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a citizens group that helped draft the updated Comprehensive Plan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; also favored by a slim majority allowing below-market-rate developments to exceed the height limit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like the 50-foot height limit is the third rail,â&#x20AC;? Rosenblum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy to touch the rail and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is something that

the CAC discussed favorably.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Rosenblum had more success when he promoted at the Sept. 13 meeting a specific plan for the downtown area that would explore converting parts of University Avenue to a pedestrian-only zone. That proposal advanced by a 5-2 vote, with Commissioners Doria Summa and Gardias dissenting. The commission also agreed that the new Comprehensive Plan should have a greater focus on creating walkable neighborhoods and preserving retail space. And on the transportation side, commissioners unanimously recommended that the council adopt a policy statement on Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed high-speed rail system. But it was the topic of housing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and ways to encourage it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that dominated much of the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discussion over the past two hearings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the diversity that we all want,â&#x20AC;? Ed Lauing said on Sept. 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very fundamental to our values in Palo Alto, and I think we should raise it to the policy level, talk about eliminating the barriers ... and really, really focus on opening this type of housing up in a stronger way than itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stated (in the draft Comprehensive Plan).â&#x20AC;? Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Gertrude Elizabeth Duffie January 30, 1928 – September 19, 2017 Gertrude was the ninth of 15 children of Cornelius Kingston and Katherine O’Shea. She was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada and raised near the village of Trout Brook on the Northwest Miramichi River. After Teacher’s College, she taught school in Black’s Harbour and later married Darrell Duffie in 1951. They settled in Fredericton, New Brunswick where they raised four children. Gertrude was a respected member of the local art community and studied painting under Molly Lamb Boback and Fred Ross. Her oil paintings and tapestries are part of numerous public and private collections throughout Canada. She received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the City of Fredericton in 1986 and an honorary degree from St. Thomas University in 2004. Starting in the 1990’s, she and Darrell wintered in California to spend time with family. After Darrell’s death in 2000, she moved permanently to Palo Alto where she continued painting occasionally and became an active member of the local duplicate bridge community. She is survived by four siblings: Cornelius, Kitty, Terry, and Suzanne; by her four children: Frances, Darrell, Jr., Malcolm, and Kingston; daughters-in-law Denise and Elizabeth, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, as well as cousins, in-laws, and friends too numerous to count. She died peacefully surrounded by family. PAID

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Man convicted in arson of boss’s home

A former HanaHaus employee was convicted of setting his boss’s home on fire, a Santa Clara County prosecutor said. (Posted

Sept. 27, 4:47 p.m.)

Former teacher convicted in student sex case A former East Palo Alto teacher was convicted of multiple charges of sexual acts on students, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said. (Posted Sept. 27, 10:52 a.m.)

Junior Museum and Zoo scores a victory

An effort to demolish and replace the beloved Junior Museum and Zoo on Middlefield Road overcame its biggest obstacle Thursday when Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board voted to approve the project. (Posted Sept. 26, 1:58 p.m.)

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL... The council plans to meet in a joint session with the Human Relations Commission. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a Community Strategic Planning Workshop at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Road. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to review a proposal for 3001 El Camino Real, and review a proposal for exterior improvements at an existing hotel at 180 Hamilton Ave., The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

Moody said he hopes to meet with Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff and Menlo Park Mayor Kirsten Keith within 30 days to discuss collaborating on the three cities’ parking and traffic issues. Residents of East Palo Alto’s Woodland apartments suggested that striping street parking and building additional lots would cut down on haphazard parking and create more spaces. They also called for landlord Sand Hill Property Company to establish more lots on its properties. Overcrowding of studios and apartments is the problem’s root, residents noted; landlords can restrict the number of people allowed to occupy a unit. Matt Larson, spokesman for Sand Hill, said the company has been trying to fix the parking shortage. Since acquiring the properties a year-and-a-half ago, Sand Hill has added 124 new parking spaces in lots in and around the complexes. The spaces are in addition to 88 that former property owner Equity Residential added in 2013, he said. The company does charge for the parking, but the lots are completely full and there is a waiting list, he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Sept. 20-26

Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auto burglary attempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . 10 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stolen auto accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/prop damage. . . . . . . 4 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving under the influence . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 N&D/misc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Animal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B&P/misc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Solicitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 6 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbal threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Menlo Park

Violation of a court order . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Encina Avenue, 9/20, 1 p.m.; domestic violence/misc. University Avenue, 9/20, 8:56 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Emerson Street, 9/22, 9:06 a.m.; domestic violence/violation court order. Sutter Avenue, 9/22, 1:27 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

Nelson Drive, 9/22, 5 p.m.; elder abuse/self neglect. 400 Block Emerson Street, 9/23, 2:34 a.m.; battery/simple. Channing Avenue, 9/24, 2:59 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

OCTOBER 11, 2017 AT 6:00PM Action Items: 1. Review of the City of Palo Alto Downtown Parking Management Study and Discussion of Alternatives Implementation Scenarios and Preferences.

Menlo Park Laurel Street/Oak Grove Avenue, 9/20, 12:36 p.m.; assault. 800 Block Coleman Avenue, 9/21, 9:09 a.m.; sexual assault. 700 Laurel St., 9/26, 11:49 a.m.; Warrant arrest, child abuse/neglect.

Michael Dansker May 2, 1936 – August 25, 2017 Michael Dansker, aka Marvin R. Dansker passed away

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after a long illness. Michael was the only child of Jessie Lehner and Alec Dansker. He grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He moved to San Francisco in 1965 and attended San Francisco State University, where he met his wife Susan Howes Dansker. Michael earned his master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling. He proceeded to Stanford University, where he earned his PhD. Michael balanced his work life with his passion for photography and creating beautiful stained glass windows. He loved

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Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sexual assault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Attempted residential burglary . . . . . . . 1 Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle related Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 8 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle collision/injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Catherine Ann Wallace June 8, 1922 – August 24, 2017 Catherine Wallace (Nabours) died peacefully at home with loved ones August 24, 2017. She was born June 8, 1922 to Robert K. Nabours, Sr., and Mayme Davis in Manhattan, Kansas. She is the last of the four siblings with Robert K. Nabours, Jr., Richard Nabours, and Elizabeth Rall passing before her. She graduated from Kansas State University in General Science she visited her sister in San Francisco, loved it, and stayed. She lived at 301 6th Ave and worked for Wells Fargo. There she met Allan Wallace and was married October 26, 1975. They were happily married for over 42 years. They moved to Menlo Park in the 80’s and stayed at the same house on Clover Lane. She lived a long live and was an avid reader and gardener up to the time of her death. She will be sorrily missed. She was preceded in death by her spouse Allan Wallace in 2015. She is survived by her nephew Robert K. Nabours III,his wife Claudia, grand nephew,Cody B. Nabours, Kristen, her husband Dean Chiang, Kelly and Aric Vangaasbeck A memorial is planned for October 8th at 2pm at the Trellis Restaurant,1077 El Camino Real, Menlo Park for family and friends. PAID

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Joint Session of the Human Relations Commission and the City Council 2321 Wellesley Street [17PLN-00030]: Request for a Prescreening for a Zoning Map Amendment to Change the Subject Property From R-1 to RMD (NP) to Construct a Twofamily Residence. Environmental Assessment: Prescreening is not a Project. The Formal Application Will be Subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review. Zoning District: R-1 (Single-family Residential) 470 Olive Avenue [17PLN-00215]: Request for a Prescreening to Re-zone a Portion of the Subject Property From R-1(Single Family Residential) to CS(Service Commercial). Environmental Assessment: Prescreening is not a Project. The Formal Application Will be Subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review

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Selection of Applicants to Interview on October 24, 2017 for the Architectural Review Board, the Historic Resources Board, and the Planning & Transportation Commission Approve a Budget Amendment in the Capital Improvement Fund to Recognize and Appropriate SB 1 Funding in the Amount of $385,376 to the Capital Improvement Program Project PE-86070, Street Maintenance Approval of Amendment Number Three to Contract Number C14152025 With SP Plus for Valet Parking Services to Extend the Contract Term to March 2, 2018 SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Establishing a Permitting Program for Tobacco Retailers to be Administered by Santa Clara County (FIRST READING: September 18, 2017 PASSED: 8-0 Kou Absent)

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Editorial Next steps for PAUSD

School board must focus on prioritizing the district’s critical needs

rganizational systems are key to the functioning of the organization. They often are fairly invisible and hard to see. Most people are not trained to be aware of them. But, without well-functioning organizational systems, the people in the organization will be constantly bumping into each other and falling over each other — which leads to ‘heroic efforts’ and, more importantly, to frustration and anger, disengagement and resignation.” While those statements describe perfectly one of the current critical shortcomings of the Palo Alto Unified School District, they were written more than 10 years ago by an experienced team of local organizational consultants hired by the school board to sort out a previous controversy — an organizational crisis that erupted under former Superintendent Mary Frances Callan. Callan — whose hard-edged, detached management style and lack of transparency had created almost mutinous turmoil among her subordinates and division within the board and community — announced in December 2006 that she would resign at the end of the school year. The board wisely saw the need for an independent assessment of the district’s management disarray and hired Geoff Ball, Jerry Talley and Patricia Brown to obtain input from the 71 people (board members, district administrators, principals, deans, etc.) that made up the broader management group and prepare an analysis of the problems. The goal was to help Callan’s newly hired replacement, Kevin Skelly, understand the challenges and needs of the district and to serve as a road map for change. But Skelly was hired before the report was completed and his experience and skills didn’t line up at all with the identified district needs. The consultants’ work, which was to have been the first phase of a process that would continue with the consultants assisting with implementation of institutional and cultural change, was soon forgotten; the second phase never happened and the problems identified went largely unaddressed. They are now even more deeply embedded in our school district culture. Most of this 31-page analysis is still relevant today, and the report should be required reading for the current school board, district leadership and interested community members. We’ve posted it at tinyurl.com/CallanReport. “If the board were to forego serious efforts in these areas,” the report predicted, referring to five key observations and recommendations, “we would anticipate significant negative consequences (i.e., loss of long-tenured talent to other districts; continued, if not escalated, hostility between the board and the managers; loss of energy and commitment in support of high performance; loss of trust and rapport; and damage to the board’s credibility).” In hiring Skelly, the board was naturally attracted to all the qualities it found problematic in Callan. Skelly was a teacher’s superintendent and viewed his role as running interference, keeping the community at bay while decision-making was largely pushed out to individual schools, with a limited district office role, exactly the opposite of what the consultants found was needed. With Wednesday night’s appointment of Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Karen Hendricks as interim superintendent, the board has put in place a qualified administrator who, while only joining the district in July, served recently as acting superintendent in the Carmel Unified School District and in HR roles in Carmel and Santa Cruz. We trust that she will be able to competently lead the district while a thoughtful search process is completed and hope she will be supported by each of the district’s diverse stakeholders in the interest of moving together to stabilize the organization and focus on the future. The school board has taken the bold and correct step to bring about Max McGee’s early exit and now has an enormous opportunity in the months ahead to not only select the district’s next leader but to examine what is organizationally needed to shift away from a culture of secretiveness, fear, distrust and defensiveness. The need for a complete review of district administrative and compliance functions has been obvious for years, but McGee did not bring the skills or interest to address them. His constant rejiggering of position titles and reporting structures created confusion and made matters worse. We hope the board’s work will include getting help from independent organizational consultants separate from the actual search for a new superintendent and that it moves ahead to establish the long-needed positions of general counsel and an ombudsperson empowered to advocate for parents with grievances. There is a lot of organizational and cultural remediation needed in the months ahead. We hope parents, students, teachers, administrators and other employees agree to set aside differences and join together to support the board and each other in this essential work of restoring managerial excellence and integrity to our district. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Are students safe?

Editor, Regarding the news about PAUSD and the Cozen draft report, the important question is why didn’t Paly Principal Kim Diorio and Superintendent Max McGee take steps to keep our Paly students safe? Why was a sexual predator allowed to continue to attend classes at Paly? Kim Diorio and Max McGee were required under state law EDC 48915 (c) to determine whether the Oct. 11, 2016 perpetrator committed or attempted sexual assault in the October 2016 incident in a Paly bathroom. According to the Cozen draft report, they didn’t. If they had determined that sexual assault was attempted or committed in that Paly bathroom, then mandated expulsion would result for that perpetrator. Even after receiving notification from the juvenile justice department, in early February 2017, that the perpetrator had a felony juvenile conviction for a separate assault, but for the exact same type of assault alleged by the Paly freshman girl in the October 2016 incident — using a bathroom, forcing the girl to perform oral copulation under menace or fear — Diorio and McGee still didn’t take steps to determine what happened in the October 2016 incident, and thus possibly expel him at that time, according to the Cozen draft report. How can she remain in a position of trust over our children, if she won’t take steps to keep them safe? Kathy Jordan Walter Hays Drive, Palo Alto

About the rail corridor

Editor, Put the track below ground in a ditch. Do not divide the community. Do not cause more traffic problems. I know it is very expensive, but it is a decision for forever, for our community. Let us do the right thing. It will be a lot of money, but spent wisely. Davina Brown Greer Road, Palo Alto

Regional approach needed

Editor, It has been nine years since I was quoted in the Palo Alto Weekly as favoring a covered trench for Caltrain. Since then, we had the Rail Corridor Study, which largely focused on land use. The city commissioned an engineering study by Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) in 2014, which was misquoted at the Connecting Palo Alto meeting on Saturday, Sept. 16. The HMM study showed a 2 percent trench under Charleston and Meadow would cost $488 million and require zero property acquisitions, while submerging the

roadway beneath the tracks would cost $320 million and entail acquiring 32 full parcels and 7 partial parcels. The city’s presentation on Sept. 16 said putting the tracks in a trench would cost $1.15 billion, while lowering the road under the rail would cost $160 million. Clearly there’s a disconnect. The city should be working with Mountain View, as a trench under East Meadow and Charleston could continue into Mountain View beyond Rengstorff, with the tracks returning to grade after Permanente Creek. Mountain View’s 2014 analysis did not consider this option. Palo Alto should study the feasibility and cost of trenching north of the California Avenue station, continuing under San Francisquito Creek into Menlo Park. A slim 3-2 Menlo Park Council majority opposes trenching there, but that might change in a future election. With the city of Palo Alto’s stated goal of adopting a preferred alternative in spring 2018, when will we have the community dialog about how to fund our transportation needs, from grade separations to community shuttles, to transportation management associations, to long distance buses serving our jobs centers for those not residing near transit? We should start to consider a business license tax or new transportation impact fee on the 2018 ballot. And Stanford University should pay its fair share as part of its expansion process in seeking a new General Use Permit. Arthur Keller Corina Way, Palo Alto

More, not less, room for bikes

Editor, I recently heard that Caltrain staff are recommending reduction of bike capacity on the new electric trains; I see that recommendation as a mistake. I’ve been commuting via Caltrain and my bike since 2001 and would not have been able to do my commutes via Caltrain if it were not for the bike program, as I need my bike on both ends of my bike commute. (I work in Menlo Park but use the downtown Palo Alto train station.) I know people advocate bike storage lockers or rentals, but neither is practical. The former requires me to have two bikes and two lockers while the latter does not provide a bike at my home or

at my workplace. I’m not sure how I’d handle not being able to commute via bikeCaltrain-bike. I can recall what it was like before Caltrain increased bike capacity and usage increased to the point where bumping during commute hours was common; people became rude and were cutting in line to ensure a bike spot on the train; at times, fights almost broke out between commuters. I’m an avid advocate of commuting via Caltrain, telling anyone who listens that it’s the hassle-free way to get to work, and with a bike you can get to anywhere on the peninsula from Caltrain. It’s a relaxing on-time journey, where I’ve made friends while staying off the stressful freeways. I urge Caltrain not to cut service but increase it so more can participate in this form of transportation as our population increases. Chris Holland Glen Eyrie Avenue, San Jose

Re-configuring rail crossings

Editor, I’m a longtime resident of Palo Alto, and the train running through town has always been there. However, after reading the Sept. 22 Weekly article and other articles about our transportation and traffic problems, I think it’s time to start thinking in terms of 21st century solutions. Perhaps the problem is the train itself and its location. To fix the rail crossings would disrupt and divide Palo Alto for years, and the costs will only continue to mount. The solutions are in technology and getting people to think about how they move about differently: driverless, perhaps owner-less, and using the existing freeway system to develop a better mode of transportation right over it. That could be elevated driverless pods that link and unlink as needed (idea from Google, I think), enormous elevated clean buses that run on rails on either side of the streets allowing vehicles to drive under them (seen this idea in China), demanding large companies to build housing next to their campuses to cut down on commuting and foster local communities, and many more ideas. 21st century solutions are out there — why not use them now? Ellen Gust Mayview Avenue, Palo Alto

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Guest Opinion Exploring creative options for underground train tracks by Tom DuBois alo Alto is planning perhaps the most critical infrastructure in its history: the separation of our roads from the rail line that bisects the city. As a City Council member and chair of the Rail Committee, I want to thank everyone who has come to the first two workshops on rail grade separations. We received a lot of great community feedback. Please come to the next workshop planned for Oct. 21. The desire from the community is clear. We need to exhaustively investigate creative approaches to put the train underground and evaluate whether it is possible to do it across town or across a portion of it. Past councils, past rail committees, past community groups and our current community engagement process have all shown a preference for this approach. We need to get serious about how to underground the train and how to pay for it. In parallel with technical analysis and community considerations, we need a comprehensive funding and construction approach. It will be easy to do a superficial job and declare that an underground alternative is too expensive. Naysayers will inflate costs, assume excessive

constraints and dismiss the idea without gathering facts. We need a detailed analysis coupled with some creative approaches to truly determine feasibility. Unfortunately, in highly urbanized areas, using only high-level evaluations to quickly eliminate alternatives is not helpful. It turns out that details can both add costs or cut costs in highly complicated plans. There are no simple, cheap alternatives, so we must do a detailed evaluation of the best alternatives. We must also work closely with neighboring cities to knit together a solution. An underground solution provides many benefits including a flat pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists, diminished noise and dust, enhanced safety and recovered green space; but it is expensive. An earlier analysis showed that it might be possible to trench the train under two crossings in south Palo Alto for around $500 million. That’s a lot, and it requires hard work to make it possible. But $500 million starts to look feasible when one considers that road underpasses with room for bike and pedestrian crossings are likely to cost $200 millionplus per crossing. Another early analysis showed that if we instead lower the road under the tracks, up to 80 homes would have to be taken through eminent domain to maintain turn lanes onto Alma Street, and that could be up to $250 million just in property acquisition costs for a total of $650 million-plus. Throw in a lawsuit or two, and two underpasses could easily exceed

the cost of a trench. An interesting idea raised at one of our community meetings is to consider the rail corridor and Alma together as a way to minimize costs and construction impacts. Imagine running the rail in a trench in the middle of Alma with roadway on both sides. Could this help minimize the need to seize homes, create additional safety by isolating the tracks and lower costs by allowing a lot of construction to occur while Caltrain is running? Without deep analysis, we can’t even contemplate these options. The funding of grade separations isn’t just Palo Alto’s problem because the Caltrain corridor provides a huge regional public benefit. Grade separations allow for more frequent Caltrain service (which directly correlates to fewer cars on U.S. Highway 101) and provide for better traffic circulation regionally. In Santa Clara County, sales-tax revenue from Measure B will provide some money but was not intended to completely fund even basic grade separations. Additional funds from VTA, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the state High-Speed Rail Authority, the state of California, and the federal government will need to explored. Other communities have formed dedicated joint-powers agencies to manage public-works projects of this scale. We may need such an organization. Carefully managed construction and regional coordination could significantly decrease costs. A best-case scenario would be

planning to separate every grade crossing along the Peninsula and coordinating construction schedules to drive down the cost for each city. There is no doubt that this would be a big undertaking. Finally, a business tax or rail assessment district, in addition to taxpayer money, could help fund grade separations. We are one of the few California cities without a business tax. The City Council started a business-tax discussion a year ago, but it was halted this spring by the new council. We need to quickly resume efforts and get serious about a 2018 ballot measure to help fund transportation infrastructure. A business tax should not be controversial. Grade separations are good for business from San Francisco to Gilroy. The conditions in just a few years with more trains running will wreak havoc with commuting, shipping and general mobility, impacting nearly all businesses connected to the Peninsula. Silicon Valley business leadership can truly lead here by getting on board and funding infrastructure for the next 100 years. It’s time for our business community to help pay its share to improve transportation. It’s also time for Palo Alto to fully explore all possible solutions for grade separations and seriously work on funding solutions. Q Tom DuBois is a Palo Alto City Council member and can be reached at tomforcouncil@gmail.com. The views expressed are his own.

Streetwise

What is your opinion on the potential shifting of high school schedules so that school begins later? Asked at Starbucks on California Avenue, in Palo Alto. Question, interviews and photographs by Alexandria Cavallaro.

David Eves

Matt Meister

Shelley Rosenthal

Sara Jackson

Danielle Mewes

Web Developer Greystone Lane, San Jose

Banking Employee Park Boulevard, Palo Alto

Personal Trainer, RA, Mother of 2 Edge Lane, Los Altos

Mother, Community Volunteer Alvarado Row, Stanford

ESL Teacher Seale Avenue, Palo Alto

“If it increases traffic during rush hour that would be bad. I was going to split-session school for high school, and I went at 6:30 (so) to anyone who wants to complain, it could always be worse.”

“I don’t really have one. ... Most people ride bikes to school, so I would think it would be easier because of traffic.”

“I think it’s right on. I think developmentally, teenager brains aren’t on so early. ... My niece and nephew live in Tucson, and they pushed it later on because of the heat.”

“I just don’t know how it works with sports (since) high school sports are right after school.”

“Paly put into place this program where some days they started later and, with my kids, overnight I saw the change. ... They were suddenly enjoying life again. To me, the block schedule is more important than when they begin school.”

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Seeking shelter File photo/Ben Hacker

City eyes new partnership with a nonprofit to run the animal shelter, but challenges remain Story by Gennady Sheyner

Cleo, a chihuaha mix, pokes her snout through the chain link fence separating her kennel from the open space at the Palo Alto Animal Services shelter.

eports from the City Auditor’s Office rarely get Palo Alto residents riled up, but this one had a black dog and a white cat on the cover, so all bets were off. More importantly, the April 2015 audit carried potentially grave implications for one of the city’s most beloved and beleaguered facilities: the animal shelter at 3281 East Bayshore Road. While the city now boasts state-of-the-art libraries, a new arts center and a refurbished City Hall lobby, the shelter has been — and remains — a scrappy underdog: a place of chain-link fences, cramped kennels and an uncertain future. The auditor’s main conclusion — that the city needs to find a new way to provide animal services — wasn’t exactly shocking. Three years before the audit came out, City Manager James Keene briefly flirted with the idea of closing the facility and

outsourcing its services — a proposal that ultimately fizzled in the face of widespread public opposition. But as the auditor made clear, the problems that plagued the shelter in 2012 did not go away. The facility is “outdated and does not meet modern standards for animal care,” the audit found. It has kennels with “sharp edges that are unsafe for animals”; “porous flooring” that cannot be cleaned to recognized standards; and insufficient space, which may explain why some small animals — including hamsters, rabbits, birds and even snakes — were housed in the staff lunch room. The shelter’s financial condition was hardly better. The 2012 withdrawal of Mountain View from its partnership in the facility decreased annual revenues by more than $400,000 and despite efforts to cut costs and raise fees, the facility still fell far short of being self-sustaining. Residents may clamor for a local facility,

but the city auditor concluded that Palo Alto Animal Services “faces challenges that are unlikely to be resolved if it continues to be operated as a city-managed function without a significant increase in General Fund subsidy, donations and/or revenue-generating contracts.” Two years later, the shelter still operates at a loss. Last month, Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus told the City Council that — above and beyond the revenue from service fees and partner cities (Los Altos and Los Altos Hills) — the facility requires an annual General Fund subsidy in the range of $700,000 to $800,000. Spurred by the audit, the city is now preparing for the biggest shift in its animal services operation since 1972, when the shelter was built on a 1.58-acre parcel just east of U.S. Highway 101. If things go as planned, Pets In Need, a nonprofit that runs a

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“no-kill” shelter in Redwood City, will take over management of the city’s animal services early next year. The city will start a series of renovations of the cramped East Bayshore Road building, followed by construction of a new state-ofthe-art animal facility, either on the same East Bayshore parcel or on a larger city-owned site on San Antonio Road. The new shelter will likely cost more than $10 million. For Palo Alto officials, the partnership with Pets In Need represents the best hope for solving the shelter’s heretofore intractable problems. After many months of negotiations that left just about every party and stakeholder exasperated, a giddy City Council approved on Aug. 21 a letter of intent with Pets In Need that lays out the goals and parameters of the new deal and the timeframe for the transition. Councilman Eric Filseth, who had recently toured the Pets in Need facility, praised the nonprofit as a “knowledgeable,” “highenergy” and well-organized group and reaffirmed that now prevalent view that Palo Alto should continue to have an animal shelter. A healthy city, he said, takes care of its animals. “We have the opportunity to increase services to the community without increasing costs, and potentially decreasing them somewhat,” Filseth said. “We don’t get a lot of opportunities like that.” The letter of intent lays out a roadmap and a timeline for Pets In Need’s ultimate takeover of the shelter, which is currently scheduled for between next March and July. It commits the city to paying for a fundraising feasibility study and to “interim improvements” to the existing shelter. It also paves the way for the two parties to sign a comprehensive “service and management agreement” early next year and to move ahead with a financing plan for a

new, modern shelter. The council’s hopes and dreams are reflected in the correspondence that the city and Pets In Need have exchanged since 2015, when the nonprofit first came on the scene. The emails, reports and draft agreements, which the Weekly obtained through a Public Records Act request, paint a picture of two parties slowly moving toward a compromise to achieve disparate but related goals: an improved animal operations for Palo Alto and the expansion of the “no-kill” movement for Pets in Need. But for all the excitement, the documents also indicate that the agreement is far from a done deal: No contract between the city and nonprofit has been signed. According to the documents, getting to “yes” is predicated on Pets In Need working — at least temporarily — in a shelter that its leaders view as completely unacceptable. It entails difficult labor negotiations and the elimination of more than four union positions — a sensitive topic for City Hall and a painful one for the Service Employees International Union. Most crucially, it depends on Palo Alto residents putting their money where their mouths were in 2012 and raising millions of dollars for a brand new shelter: an idea that has not generated much excitement in the past. The exchanges also indicate that cost savings are no longer the priority that they once were. When the shelter’s future first became murky five years ago, the goal was to make animal services financially sustainable — even if it meant closing the shelter altogether. Since then, the conversation has gradually shifted to giving Palo Alto a cutting-edge animal-services operation. In a recent interview, de Geus said reducing costs is “not the primary objective” of the city’s transition to Pets In Need.

Cover Story “Providing high quality animal services for the residents of Palo Alto is the primary interest,” said de Geus, who is leading the city’s negotiations with Pets In Need, “and doing that in a cost-effective and efficient way that stabilizes the General Fund subsidy for the programs.”

The new partner

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t’s easy to see why Filseth and others who have visited the Pets In Need shelter in Redwood City are excited about the transition. The blue two-story building boasts a spacious lobby, a spotless veterinary clinic and cat rooms that would delight many a toddler. One such room has pink walls, a glass door and furnishings that include an armchair, a crib-like enclosure and a set of connected cubes that look like they can either house a toy collection or a half dozen cats (the tray of litter at the side of the room suggests that it’s made for the latter). “We wanted to have an environment that’s of course nice for cats — they have a lot of places for them to climb or hide — but we also wanted to make it a nice place where people can see a cat in a natural home environment,” said Alexandra Baggs, the nonprofit’s development and marketing manager. “This is sort of like a living room.” Across from the cat suites, 10 cubes are arranged in two rows of five, each housing a kitten awaiting adoption. Those with health problems or that have yet to get their medical clearance are hanging out upstairs near the veterinary clinic. The youngest kittens must be spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. A new arrival has to wait at least

eight weeks before moving on to a foster home. These cats never encounter dogs, who have their own dedicated sections of the building. A few dogs woofed and wagged recently when they watched a stranger approach through the glass panels fronting their private enclosures. In the shelter’s courtyard, a group of three mid-sized yappers ran giddy laps. The Pets In Need shelter takes in about 800 animals annually (Baggs said it’s well on pace to meet its 2017 goal of taking in and adopting out 840). Because this is a no-kill shelter — it does not euthanize animals unless they present a danger or are in extreme pain — some dogs are long-term guests. “A couple that have stuck around have behavior issues, so we hired a canine trainer to work with them,” Baggs said. “We’re trying to get them to foster (care) to take care of these issues.” Pets in Need focuses on those animals that are most in danger of euthanasia, Baggs said. The nonprofit has established relationships with several shelters in the area and, most recently, in the Central Valley. The shelters give the nonprofit a list of animals that may need to be euthanized and Pets In Need tries to take in as many of those as it can. “There’s a lot of stuff that animals get euthanized for that are not as big of a deal,” Baggs said. “Little kittens get colds and end up getting euthanized because it’s too hard (for other shelters) to go through that stuff. We like to be that backup option. It’s not too hard to get rid of a kitty cold if you give them time and medicine and things like that.” Like many a venerable Silicon Valley institution, Pets In Need

The Pets In Need shelter in Redwood City, completed in 2010, takes in about 800 animals annually. started out in a garage, Baggs said. Redwood City resident Jean Mahoney and her friend, Alice Hodges, launched a “lost animal registry” in 1965 to help find homes for animals at area shelters. The small group became a nonprofit two years later and, in the ensuing decades, expanded its services to include adoptions, financial assistance and emergency veterinary care. Pets In Need opened its first adoption center in 1986 on Whipple Avenue. Seven years later, it purchased a plumbing-supply warehouse on Fifth Avenue and retrofitted it to support an adoption operation. In 2007, the organization launched a $6 million campaign to replace the warehouse with a new state-of-the-art animal shelter — a project that was completed in 2010, when the big blue building opened for business. Then, in the fall 2015, Palo Alto came calling with a request for proposals for animal services. Pets In Need was the only

respondent. Hoping to get more offers, Palo Alto issued another request for proposals in spring 2016 — this time giving more flexibility to potential responders. The result was the same. Al Mollica, executive director of Pets In Need, said the organization decided to engage in talks with Palo Alto because of its desire to advance the “no kill” movement — as well as expand the organization’s profile. But the talks, which are now entering their third year, are clearly taking their toll. “Palo Alto moves at a slow pace,” Mollica said, when asked about the status of the negotiations. “If you take that out of the mix, I think it’s been wonderful.” When Pets In Need first decided to move forward with the partnership, there was 100 percent support on the board of directors and “everyone was tremendously excited.” Now, with negotiations dragging on, some board members are starting to get frustrated

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Alexandra Baggs, development and marketing manager at Pets In Need, and Al Mollica, the nonprofit’s executive director, stand in the shelter’s front lobby with Freddy.

— even though their support for moving ahead hadn’t wavered, Mollica said. “Because it’s dragged on for so long, some board members are saying, ‘Is this really how we want to operate? Is this what our life will be like for the next five years?’”

Dogged persistence

mong the biggest sticking points separating the city and the nonprofit is the rundown 45-year-old facility, which everyone agrees has seen better days. For Pets In Need, the condition of the current shelter is unacceptable. Earlier this year, at the nonprofit’s request, the city commissioned a $50,000 needs-assessment study that confirmed the many inadequacies of the existing shelter — its inefficient layout (too many kennels in a room; too many dogs facing each other, contrary to best practices, etc.); its antiquated drainage system (which requires those interacting with animals to do so over a trench filled with urine); and a heating system that mystified the consulting firm, George Miers (“We have never seen a system quite like this and question how efficient this can be,” the report states). The dog-holding ward and its kennels are “so old and antiquated that reuse/renovation of this room is neither recommended nor ... economical,” the report states. In late June, the nonprofit floated the idea of renting another facility to serve as Palo Alto’s shelter until the new one is built. Days after Assistant City Manager Ed Shikada and Khashayar Alee, a senior manager in the City Manager’s Office, attended a Pets In Need board meeting to discuss the process, they received an email from Mollica lamenting that the two sides weren’t able to make progress on the two “most crucial elements”: — speeding up the process for constructing a new shelter and making operating in the existing shelter “more palatable.” “With all due respect, no one has any confidence that the city will be able or willing to address (continued on page 16)

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Ashby Cogan, far left, canine trainer for Pets in Need, oversees the daily dog exercise time. Volunteers Susan Williams, center, and Susan Mattis, right, watch the small dogs in their play area. The dogs get to run and play outside every day for 20-30 minutes before the shelter opens.

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the existing shelter’s shortcomings any time soon, so an alternative plan was floated that involves purchasing/leasing a building and using part of that facility to provide animal care service to Palo Alto,” Mollica wrote. “That’s obviously a significantly more costly alternative, but it’s something we’re considering because of our aversion to operating out of the existing shelter.” The question of interim improvements remains unanswered. The August “letter of intent” states that the “parties intend to ensure that the existing facility meets PIN’s requirements.” But it’s not yet clear what these requirements are, and Palo Alto officials aren’t too keen on investing in an obsolete facility. De Geus said the city is currently waiting for Pets In Need to submit a list of improvements it requires at the current shelter. “They know that, from the city’s perspective, we are not interested in spending a lot of money on interim improvements when our goal is to build a new shelter in partnership with Pets In Need,” de Geus said. “That being said, the shelter is run down, and

to the extent we can make some modifications and improvements, we’ll do our best to try to accommodate them.” Mollica said his group and the city are now looking for a “happy medium” — a modest investment that would make the shelter palatable without depleting the resources that would be better spent on the future facility. One idea that the two sides are coalescing around is installing modular units next to the shelter, providing extra space. De Geus also said the city has identified some fixes that could be made in short order: new doors for the dog kennels, replaced flooring for the cat rooms, upgraded air conditioning and the resurfacing of the parking lot and driveway. But if Pets In Need requires most substantive changes — like moving walls — that will be challenging for the city to do, de Geus said. “A lot of these improvements we can do in-house and repair,” de Geus said. Mollica said Pets In Need is now working with an architect to come up with a few different options for temporary improvements — with expected costs in the range of $500,000 to $1 million, he said. De Geus said he expects the cost of the interim fixes to be nowhere near $1 million.

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Cats lounge in the adoption area at Pets In Need in Redwood City.

“Less than $500,000 is where I’m hoping we end up,” de Geus said. The two sides do have a common interest: getting to a decision without further delay. “What we’re interested in is moving more quickly with Pets In Need to start a capital campaign and build a new shelter,” de Geus said. Mollica was more blunt: “Enough with the hand-wringing, enough with the RFPs. Let’s get together and decide how we an make this existing facility more habitable and more suitable for what we’re trying to do.”

Gimme shelter

eyond the disagreement over what to do about the present shelter, an even bigger question looms over the city and nonprofit’s partnership: how the shelter of the future would be funded. The end-goal for both Palo Alto and Pets In Need is a modern animal shelter that would serve as a welcoming community center, run a robust volunteer program and offer education about animal well-being. That, however, depends on the city coming up with roughly $10 million — whether through General Fund contributions, private donations or, in the most likely scenario, some combination of both. Last month, the City Council approved a $60,000 feasibility study to gauge the community’s appetite for fundraising for a new shelter. While the results won’t be released until December or January, both sides are somewhat optimistic. Palo Alto, is after all, both a wealthy community and one deeply concerned about its animals — as the 2012 outcry over the shelter’s potential closure demonstrated. Yet the question of the funding mechanism remains a vexing one. While the council enthusiastically supported the idea of a new shelter, Councilmen Tom DuBois and

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Labor’s love lost?

Union workers stand to lose jobs with new management of shelter

or some of Palo Alto’s most passionate animal lovers, the city’s new partnership with Pets In Need is an exciting venture — one that could not only preserve but also improve an animal shelter that was in danger of shuttering just a few years ago. Carole Hyde, president of the Palo Alto Humane Society, the nonprofit that operated the shelter until 1972, said last month she believes the collaboration between the city and Pets in Need could produce a “vibrant, holistic center that pulls the community and its nonprofit resources together to care for its animals.” She predicted that it would be a “great place for people and animals to go.” Scottie Zimmermann, a board member at the Friends of Palo Alto Animal Services, a grassroots group that formed in the aftermath of the city’s 2012 proposal to close the shelter, likewise express optimism, telling the council on Aug. 21 there is finally a “light at the end of the tunnel.” But there is one group that isn’t sold: the shelter’s current employees. The management shift to Pets In Need will mean the elimination of at least four Service Employees International Union (SEIU) positions and, needless to say, the union has been opposing the city’s new direction. Last October, shortly after the city and Pets In Need first signaled their intent to move forward with a partnership, Lynn Krug, president of SEIU Local 521, urged the City Council to keep the shelter as a “community animal shelter” and suggested that the community would be better served with city workers in charge of the facility. “We believe that one bidder makes the one bidder in control. We want to please keep the Palo Alto animal shelter within Palo Alto,” she said. In addition, that fact that SEIU workers get “background checked and fingerprinted ensures our city of Palo Alto community physical safety and document safety,” Krug said. “That’s not always the case with some contracts the city has.” This year, city management and the union have been going through the meet-and-confer process to discuss the potential elimination of union positions — a process that is still unfolding. Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus said the city’s Human Resources staff is “working closely” with shelter staff to address their concerns, though he acknowledged that progress has been somewhat slow.

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Cory Wolbach both said they do not support funding the project through a ballot measure — a means that the city employed in 2008, when residents passed a $76 million bond to reconstruct city libraries; and in 2014, when voters raised the hotel-tax rate to pay for a list of infrastructure priorities that included a new police headquarters, two rebuilt fire stations and parking garages in downtown and near California Avenue. The animal shelter was not on Palo Alto’s 2014 list of infrastructure priorities for good reason. In early 2013, the council had commissioned a survey to gauge public interest in funding a new $7 million Animal Services Center and only 47 percent said they would support such a project (with 15 percent marking “strongly support” and 32 percent choosing “somewhat support”) — well short of the two-thirds majority that a bond would require. Road repairs, park improvements and a new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 scored far better. Another survey, conducted by City Auditor Harriet Richardson in 2015, found that Palo Alto residents value animal services but aren’t particularly passionate about having a brand new shelter. Eighty percent said they would support refurbishing the existing animal shelter — an option that both 2015 audit and the George Miers study had discounted as infeasible — but just 55 percent said they would support building a shelter. Given that questionable support, during the August discussion of the Pets In Need agreement, Wolbach said, “As much as I think the fundraising is important — and I’m curious to see what Pets In Need and Friends can do to improve the facility — I’m very skeptical that this is something we should be sending to the ballot.” There are, however, some positive signs of support. About 90 percent of the respondents to the 2015 survey said they would support a public-private partnership to improve the shelter; similarly, 90 percent favored fundraising events. And more than 70 percent said they wouldn’t mind a supporting the animal shelter through General Fund subsidy, as part of the city’s regular budgeting process. To date, the city hasn’t explicitly committed any funds toward the new shelter — a source of some frustration for Pets In Need. In June, Mollica wrote in an email to de Geus that the city should be taking the lead on raising money for a new shelter, not playing a “waiting game.” “To hear in year three of our discussions that the decision about that commitment is still months away is deflating,” wrote Mollica, who said that the biggest factor in determining whether Pets In Need will move ahead with the partnership is the community’s desire to fund a new shelter. In an interview, Mollica

The Palo Alto Animal Services building on East Bayshore Road was built in 1972 and was criticized as cramped and inadequate in 2015 by the City Auditor’s Office. “We want to do what we can to make sure that the impacts to the staff are minimized as much as possible,” de Geus said. “We do have a good track record of doing that as a city.” While the city’s negotiations with the union are confidential, the SEIU’s concerns about the new partnership are reflected in a list of questions that the union submitted to the city in January. These include: Why are you not interested in having a fundraiser for the animal shelter instead of outsourcing quality jobs? Why are we supplying capital investment for an outside contractor? (A reference to the city renovating the current shelter and likely building a new one.) Who would hold Pets in Need accountable to the taxpayers in case of wrongdoing or inability to deliver services? In many cases, the city declined to respond to these questions due to their “subjective framing.” So far, the SEIU has largely stayed away from the public discussions of the situation; several union officials did not respond to inquiries from the Weekly for this article. Yet individual employees have not been bashful about criticizing the city’s approach. Last fall, several workers added their names to a petition calling for the city to continue operating Palo Alto Animal Services. “We do not want this vital city program to be outsourced/contracted out to ‘Pets In Need’ or any other organization,” the petition states. Cody McCartney, the city’s lead Animal Control Officer, wrote in the petitions that Pets In Need is a “wonderful adoption agency” for cats and dogs but “not an animal shelter.” JoAnn Dixon, a veterinary technician at the shelter, likewise argued that Pets In Need does not have “shelter experience with wildlife, fractious animals, feral cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rodents

or birds of all types.” And Sachi Hwangbo, the shelter’s volunteer coordinator, wrote to the council in August to express her concerns that Pets In Need might turn away animals. She cited the council’s unwillingness on Aug. 21 to insert a guarantee into the agreement that Pets In Need would not reduce intake numbers. “Quality and capacity has never been an issue for PAAS, so it shouldn’t be for PIN,” Hwangbo wrote. Sandra Pretari Hickson, an animal services specialist at the shelter, raised similar concerns last month. She observed that the new agreement calls for Pets In Need and the city to “mutually draft policies and procedures that may limit the intake of animals for the purpose of improving animal care and to operate the shelter as a ‘No Kill’ shelter, a fundamental principle of PIN.” That possible intake limitation flies in the face of what Hickson said shelter employees were told would happen. As a result, “animals will be abandoned, suffer and die,”she wrote. “We have all resigned ourselves to the fact that we are being let go,” she stated. “But it is not about that anymore. It is about the animals of Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills and the responsibility we feel for them.” The union’s reluctance to support the move to Pets In Need has surprised some of the shelter’s supporters. In late June, after board of Friends of Palo Alto Animal Services unanimously voted to support the city in raising funds for a new shelter, the group’s vice president Jeremy Robinson emailed Assistant City Manager Ed Shikada to share the news. He also asked in the email whether there is a “hidden agenda moving the union to be so recalcitrant.” “Are they afraid of setting setting a precedent? This just can’t be about keeping present jobs for a handful of people,” Robinson

wrote. Shikada thanked the Friends group for its support and suggested that, as far as the union goes, “I think it’s fair to say that they view their primary mission as protecting the jobs of their members.” Al Mollica, executive director of Pets In Need, disputed the notion that the nonprofit will start turning animals away — or that its takeover of the Palo Alto operation will have negatively affect wildlife. The city, he noted, currently has an arrangement to transfer any wildlife that comes into the shelter to the Peninsula Humane Society in Burlingame within a day — an arrangement that will likely remain unchanged. And with wildlife making up about two-thirds of the roughly 1,500 animals that come into the Palo Alto shelter annually, this leaves the number of dogs and cats at about 500 — which is close to the number that the nonprofit houses at its Redwood City facility. He also pointed to his experience as executive director of the Delaware SPCA, a position that required him to manage two shelters and to have less control over the animal population under his jurisdiction. He is no stranger to having an animalcontrol officer bring in 10 or 15 pitbulls that were involved in a dogfighting operation — an occurrence that he said happened once a week or so. “I appreciate the fact that we won’t have the exclusivity and ability to control our own destiny as we do in Redwood City,” Mollica said. The difference between the two shelter does not mean, however, that the quality of services in Palo Alto will go down. “It’s a great time and opportunity for the organization to move forward with an operation like this,” Mollica told the Weekly. “You can never guarantee success, but we have the pieces in place to be successful.” Q

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indicated that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible for Palo Alto to get a new shelter without a major infusion of cash from the city (the Redwood City facility, for example, was financed entirely by private fundraising). But a contribution authorized by the council would go a long way both because it would reduce the amount that needs to be raised from private sources and demonstrate to the community that the city has â&#x20AC;&#x153;skin in the game.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;From our end, even if the city gave $5 or $6 million, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to raise $15 million and the appetite is not there from the community, that would be a nightmare,â&#x20AC;? Mollica said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not getting the organization involved in this so that we can do an interminable fundraising effort.â&#x20AC;? That, he said, is what makes the funding feasibility study that the council approved last month so critical.

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Services Agreement.) There is also a general recognition that for Pets In Need, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operation presents challenges that it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had to grapple with in the past. Among other things, the nonprofit will be dealing with wildlife â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a new venture for a nonprofit that up until now has been exclusively focused on dogs and cats. Mollica, who headed the Delaware SPCA before he joined Pets In Need in 2014, is confident that the nonprofit can absorb these functions. During the recent tour of the Pets In Need facility, Baggs insisted the nonprofit would continue the current service levels in Palo Alto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had questions including: Are we going to keep allowing people to surrender pets? Are we going to take in animal-control-officersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; animals? Are we going to take in a bunch of different animals? The answer is yes to all of that,â&#x20AC;? Baggs said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not anticipating a drop in services. It will be an increase.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the question of ongoing operating costs. The city has agreed to pay Pets In Need a management fee of $650,000 for the first year of the contract â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a sum that will allow the city to achieve modest near-term savings. But future contracts will depend on animal-intake numbers, Mollica said. If the shelter ends up taking in many more animals, this would likely require a higher fee (conversely, if the intake falls below the current level of roughly 550 animals per year, the sum would go down). In negotiating with the city, Mollica said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been asking officials not to â&#x20AC;&#x153;fixate so much on cost savings right now.â&#x20AC;? In July, as he reviewed the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft â&#x20AC;&#x153;letter of interestâ&#x20AC;? with Pets In Need, he suggested deleting a reference to â&#x20AC;&#x153;reducing costsâ&#x20AC;? as one of the objectives of the new shelter. Mollica noted in a comment on the draft letter that even if the exact same number of animals is processed through the shelter every year, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to accept the fact that your cost will increase to some degree year after yearâ&#x20AC;? (the city took his suggestion and deleted the reference to cost savings). The focus, Mollica said, should be less on the costs and more on the benefits of the new shelter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think about it this way,â&#x20AC;? Mollica said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you end up having the shelter as a community resource, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to identify the shelter as one of the assets for the community, if people are excited about coming to the shelter and you have vibrant education programs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all things that we have here in Redwood City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re providing a better service to the community. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com. About the cover: Cats and kittens are up for adoption at Pets In Need in Redwood City. Photograph by Veronica Weber

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Still running at 79 ... and older Senior athletes return to the Moonlight Run year after year by Alexandria Cavallaro or years, Ramanujam Parthasarathy had read about the Bay Area and its running culture from his home in India, where he subscribed to a running magazine published in the United States. He was intrigued by the fitness culture in the states, which was something very different than what existed in India. “He was the only human being getting (the running magazine) in India,” said his daughter Jadeja Priya with a laugh. “He used to be a very plump man in his younger age ... and got fascinated with this whole idea to run and get fit. “They didn’t have gyms,” she added, so her father became one of the very few in the area at that time who regularly ran as part of a fitness routine. Eventually life brought Priya, coincidentally, to Palo Alto — the place her father considered the running capital of the world. When she saw an ad for the Moonlight Run & Walk in the newspaper, she called him. He made it his mission to attend, and in 2008, he flew from India

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6 p.m. Registration opens. Activities, sponsorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; booths and more on the field (see below). 6:45 p.m. Pre-walk warm-ups. 7 p.m. 5K walk begins. 8 p.m. Pre-race warm-ups. 8:15 p.m.10K run begins. 8:30 p.m. Pre-race warm-ups. 8:45 p.m. 5K run begins. 8:45 p.m. Food tables open for 5K and 10K runners. Post-race snacks provided by Country Sun Natural Foods, Hobeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and House of Bagels. 9:30-10 p.m. Awards ceremony for the top three finishers in each category. Race results will be posted as available.

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Personal trainers from the Oshman Family JCC lead a warmup before the start of the 5K and 10K races.

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Thomas Tayeri sprints toward the finish line of the 10K race during last year’s event held on Sep. 16.

Runners head toward the finish line as they race under the light of the full moon.

Volunteers at the Hobee’s table wait to serve coffee cake to race participants during last year’s event.

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to Palo Alto enter the 10K race. That year, he came in third place in the men’s 70-79 age group. For almost a decade, the Moonlight Run has become a family tradition. Even now at age 79, he trains intensely throughout the year, running two to three miles, four days a week in preparation for the event, which he participates in with his wife, Pramila, 78, who is walking this year, and daughter and granddaughter. Parthasarthy is registered to run the 5K this year. Priya said the Moonlight Run is the only time of year her parents will fly out from India to visit her. “I’d like to run ’til I’m 100 years,” Parthasarathy said in a telephone interview. Parthasarathy is among the 18 participants between the ages of 73 and 86 who as of last week had registered for the 10K, 5K runs and the 5K walk at this year’s Moonlight Run at the Baylands on Oct. 6. In previous years when there was a 70+ category, the running events typically attracted about six to eight participants. Michael Willemsen, 80, also plans to hit the Baylands. Michael is registered to run the 5K, and his wife, Eleanor, 78, is registered to walk it. The duo, who met at Stanford University almost 60 years ago and hold six degrees from there between them, have run together for decades. Michael began running in his 30s, and Eleanor took it up in her 50s. “She was one of the very best (runners) in the area. ... She won Women Over 60 even when she

was over 70,” Michael said of Eleanor, who had to give up running about five years ago after suffering joint problems. “We just have to take that knee off and get you a new one,” Michael joked. The two still exercise routinely. “I run, weather permitting, four to five days a week, one to two miles per day,” Michael said. When he is not out running with his beloved rat terrier, Emily, he goes to the gym one or two days a week. Eleanor has shifted her exercise routine to a very regimented gym schedule. “I still work out religiously,” she said. The Willemsens said the main reason why there run is so they can stay in shape for their real passion — hiking. Over the years, the pair has hiked the Swiss and Italian alps, the Canadian Rockies, and the Everest region. When not traveling the world hiking, Michael leads guided hikes at Edgewood Park in Redwood City as a wildflower expert. Both teach part time. She, a retired psychology professor, teaches at Santa Clara University, and he teaches criminal justice at De Anza College. As race day approaches, Priya, who will be running alongside her dad, said she has one big concern about the outcome of the race: “I’m thinking he will finish, and I will not,” she said with a laugh. “I think (the event) is fabulous, and it is much more than what it seems to be,” Priya said. “It’s bringing my family together.” Q Editorial Intern Alexandria Cavallaro can be reached at acavallaro@paweekly.com.

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Michael Willemsen, 80, runs about two miles four to five days a week with his dog, Emily. He and his wife, Eleanor, 78, are both registered to participate in the Moonlight Run & Walk.

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Lunchtime walks, nighttime runs keep co-workers motivated running in any kind of race, but Melissa keeps me focused,” Wilson said. “I know I have to be accountable. If it was just me, it wouldn’t be as easy. “ For Momand, director at the organization’s Downtown Children’s Center, this isn’t her first race. She participated in the Moonlight Run nine years ago while five-months pregnant with her second son soon after joining PACCC. She’s participated in a couple of runs with her family since then but hadn’t thought about running this year until the other Melissa asked if she would join her. “I said, ‘Oh, gosh ... OK, I guess I need to start training,’” Momand said. The two have been training separately after work and on weekends and together at lunch. Momand joined a running group near her home. Wilson has been following an online training program and running solo weekdays for the past few weeks. Time has been the biggest challenge, said Wilson, a mother of two, who squeezes in her workouts at the end of the day. Momand said she’ll be happy if they can complete the run in less than 45 minutes, but more importantly, she said, “We’ll be there to support each other and do the best we can. “I was kinda nervous the first time, but it’s fun to meet people and just to be out there under the moonlight and in the community,” she added. Q

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by Linda Taaffe connect to each other and promotes physical activity. It’s really a fun event that everyone looks forward to every year ... and that keeps people really motivated.” As a result, walking has become a big part of the culture at PACCC, said Monica Abelardo, an avid runner who joined the nonprofit as HR director in October 2015. “Often, if not every day, I step away from desk to take long walks around Palo Alto,” Abelardo said. “It’s great to be in an environment with coworkers who support that. We often take walks together and do walking meetings.” Abelardo, who ran the 10K last year, said she will be participating in the 5K walk this year so her family, toddler and 11-yearold dog, Bear, can join her. “That’s part of the reason I love this event so much,” she said. While the two Lisas have decided to walk the 5K this year, there’s another duo with matching first names, ironically, who have decided to run it. Melissa Wilson and Melissa Momand — the only two from the PACCC group who were registered (as of last week) to run rather than walk the event — have been training together for the past few weeks. Wilson, PACCC’s recruitment and substitute coordinator, said she set a personal goal earlier this year to run her first-ever 5K and asked Momand to join her for moral support. “This is my very first time

Palo Alto Community Child Care employees Lisa Rock, left, Janice Shaul, center, and Lisa Lewis-Cogswell, who have all participated in the Moonlight Run & Walk since 2008, incorporated the event into the nonprofit’s wellness program in 2011.

Photos courtesy of Lisa Lewis-Cogswell, PACCC

hen Lisa Rock and Lisa Lewis-Cogswell began taking regular walks and runs at the Stanford Dish together in preparation for one of their first 5K runs eight years ago, they never anticipated that their workouts would spark so much enthusiasm among co-workers spread across 19 sites throughout Palo Alto that they would join them on the course year after year. For nearly a decade, about 70 or so employees (and family members) from Palo Alto Community Child Care have joined the two Lisas out at the Baylands for the annual Moonlight Run & Walk. Over the years, they’ve outrun a scourge of mosquitoes, walked under lightning bolts and a brief downpour, and lined up along the route to cheer for one another. On Oct. 6, the group will be out there once again for another adventurous night. “This is one of the few times we all get together,” said LewisCogswell, who is associate director at PACCC. “I think when other people are getting in shape to run or do the walk, it sparks something in all of our staff to see that. I think people are like, ‘Oh, maybe I should be doing that.’” Participation at the run started out unofficially by world-ofmouth and with Lewis-Cogswell sending emails to co-workers about the event. Over the years, it has evolved into a team-building experience and a key component of the nonprofit’s wellness program, which Lewis-Cogswell, Rock (now executive director) and Janice Shaul (former executive director) helped organize in 2011 to promote physical fitness and well-being. The organization hosts a private Facebook page to promote the event and created a budget to cover registration fees for employees. On event day, LewisCogswell and Rock set up a meetup area and bring in dinner for the group. “To me, this is a great teambuilding experience,” LewisCogswell said. “There’s great music and a really fun vibe. You just bring a table out, and there you go, you have instant team building. “For our staff, this helps them

Melissa Momand, left, and her colleagues Clara Evans, Crystal Wittcke and Erica Evans are among the 60 or so employees from Palo Alto Community Child Care who participate in the annual Moonlight run. This year, Momand plans to run (rather than walk) the 5K for the first time.

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Musician K.Flay (Kristine Flayherty) will perform in Mountain View on Oct. 3.

ristine “K.Flay” Flaherty has gone from psychology and sociology double

major at Stanford University to indie-rap underdog to fledgling alt-pop star. In this, her most recent incarnation, the Illinois native is opening for the

band Imagine Dragons on the Las Vegas-bred modern rockers’ “EVOLVE TOUR,” including a stop Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. Describing her experience on the Farm, Flaherty recalled that “there was a pretty small music scene at Stanford. But oddly enough, a lot of people from our year (2007), plus or minus one year, are now professional musicians,” (including both members of Cathedrals, the San Franciscobased duo featured on a 2015 cover of the Palo Alto Weekly). En route from a performance at a music festival to her sister’s wedding in Washington, D.C., she reflected fondly on her time on campus and later in San Francisco prior to moving to her current residence in Los Angeles’ artistic Silver Lake neighborhood. “Moving to California which, you know, was pretty far from home — certainly the furthest I’d been — I think really did afford me a sense of freedom,” she said by phone from behind the wheel of a rented Volkswagen. “Not (freedom) in the traditional sense, because I didn’t even drink or do any of that in college. But freedom, I think, to explore different ways of interacting with the world and getting to know people whose experiences were quite different to my own.” A focused high school student, Flaherty didn’t spend hours making music demos or poring over mix CDs. “Yeah, I wasn’t one of those kids growing up who was, like, ‘The world doesn’t understand me! I’m going to listen to music loudly in my room!’ I never had those feelings of angst that connected to music until I got to college. It was in that environment that I got introduced really to indie rap and started getting emotionally

connected to music in a way that I had never been before.” There is, of course, no set path to becoming an independent musician. So she reckons that her twin academic disciplines help set the foundation for her career as singersongwriter. (None of her fellow troubadour and instrumentalist classmates were music majors, either, as she recalls.) Any crossover is “less probably majorspecific or field-specific,” she speculated. “But one of the things that I’ve definitely held onto throughout my life, and I think really flourished at college, was curiosity and attention to detail. I feel like those two orientations are helpful when writing anything — music and lyrics included.” After graduating, Flaherty moved up to an apartment near the Castro district in San Francisco. She and two best friends from Illinois were crammed together in their place but explored San Francisco by foot, bicycle and bus. She never owned a car or ever had to take a cab, she marveled. While living in San Francisco, she began to establish her career in underground hiphop as an MC. She’s since explored other genres, including her current melodically infectious and electronically-infused songs, and has released a number of EPs and two full-length records, including “Every Where Is Some Where,” which came out earlier this year. “In my relatively short interaction with the music industry, I think streaming has very much affected the way that radio formats and record labels are approaching

music. There’s less of a tendency to be put off by something that doesn’t immediately feel identifiable,” she said, when asked if her history of genre-hopping has affected her ability to find new audiences. “The way that people consume music now is so disjointed — like one of those little bugs that can walk on water. You’re just going from one style and one vibe to the next relatively seamlessly,” she said. “It’s been incredibly helpful for me, because I think earlier in my career, I felt like people were a little bit confused by what I was doing.” Her fans have definitely been connecting with both her music and lyrics. After releasing her “Crush Me” EP in August 2016, she began leaving a notebook at the merchandise table for audience members to share their stories. “The fanbase that I’ve built over the years, I think, is one that values vulnerability and a sort of level of emotionality that’s part of the experience of the music and, I think, of the live show, as well,” she said. “I just put it out there without much expectation of how people would interact with it or whether they even would.” The response was overwhelming. She’s since compiled the entries for into a book that is available on the current tour. “We filled up one book and then we filled up the next book. And these books are many hundreds of pages,” she said. “Reading through it, I was very compelled and really moved.” Flaherty has solicited her fan base for various local charities that they support, with proceeds from the book (also available at online) going towards those. “From my perspective, I’m kind of doing the same thing at every show: I’m playing my songs. I’m getting from one stage to the next for soundchecking. Maybe we have to do a radio show or whatever,” she said. “It was a really striking reminder to me that at those shows, the people in the audience are

very literally going through the gamut of human experience,” she added. “There are those who just had someone close to them pass away. And there are people who are just falling in love for the first time. So I wanted to do something to commemorate that and showcase what’s going on at these shows.” As an opening act on this current largevenue tour with Imagine Dragons and also Grouplove, Flaherty has an even larger potential audience. She’s already friendly with the headliners: Night Street Music was founded by Imagine Dragons’ lead singer Dan Reynolds and K.Flay is the Interscope Records imprint’s first signing. “Thunder,” the band’s current single, was recently remixed by Flaherty and features her sung and rapped vocals. And as of last Tuesday night, she’ll have had the chance to see the band perform up close. “Interestingly enough, I’ve not been to many arena shows,” she said. “So I’m kind of excited on a fan level to get to see the show every night and understand the workings of that.” Q Freelance writer Yoshi Kato can be emailed at yoshiyoungblood@earthlink.net. What: K.Flay, opening for Imagine Dragons, plus Grouplove. Where: 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. When: Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $29.50-$79.50. Info: Go to livenation.com/events/674289oct-3-2017-imagine-dragons-evolve-tour or call 650-967-4040.

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At one side of the large backyard are various gathering spaces that suit family and guests. Different elevation levels define the connected spaces. Far left: Stepping through the sliding French doors, one enters the outdoor great room, with its dining table, seating areas and hot tub. Left: The deck was built around the hot tub, incorporating it into the social space.

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by Carol Blitzer | photos by Dennis Mayer

lot of thought went into creating the new home in West Menlo Park that Hilke and Martin Risau purchased in 2013. But the backyard, with its formal fireplace, pillars flanking the hot tub and a low wall dividing up the space, just didn’t work for the family of five. “The main goal was to create an outdoor living space,” architect Helena Barrios Vincent said. The more than 10,000-squarefoot lot had plenty of room for a play structure and grass for the three children to enjoy. That was untouched. Nor was the flagstone patio that extends from the family room. But the walls, pillars and

huge fireplace (“not very inviting,” Barrios Vincent said) were removed. Instead, Barrios Vincent created various levels that are separate, yet integrated, spaces. “It creates a dynamic visual. As you come out, you see the different heights,” she said. The hot tub now sits at the level of the new ipe deck. Today, a horizontal planked redwood fence forms a backdrop to the space, with three “interruptions ... an optical break from the wood,” noted Hilke Risau. A whimsical sign, “Draussen nur Kannchen” — roughly “outside only jugs,” reminiscent of a German tea garden — welcomes the

family to drop down on the sofa upholstered with outdoor fabric, or to settle on the bank of pillows before the fire pit. A canvas canopy is strung between three corten (steel that rusts) poles and an oak tree. “We left as much as possible,” Barrios Vincent said, and the only mature tree to go was an apple that broke up the space. The only down side is a gathering of leaves on the canopy from the shedding trees, but those could be power-washed off about once a year. Color was kept to a minimum, with layers of green in planters near the fence and touches of royal purple in a couple of princess plants and a variety of smaller flowers in planters. Designing the backyard was a “very collaborative process” between the owners, especially Martin Risau, and the architect, Barrios Vincent said. He was the one who came up with the “interruptions” in the back fence, and he is “quite proud that the eye of a visitor searches for those interruptions, and it does not look like a wall,” Hilke said.

By reducing the size of the original planters, a visual barrier was eliminated between the seating area and the landscape. A teak dining table and chairs sit in the middle of the yard, shaded by a large umbrella and lit at night by a string of bulbs. An outdoor kitchen with bar seating was refaced to coordinate with the redwood fence. “Apart from yellow jackets, I’d have every meal out here,” Hilke said. “It’s an extra room. ... I like when we eat here, then the kids can go to play, and we’re all together.” Q Freelance writer Carol Blitzer can be emailed at carolgblitzer@ gmail.com. Goal: Maximize functionality of the backyard by creating different gathering spaces Size of lot: 10,125 square feet Budget: About $50,000 Resources: Architect: Helena Barrios Vincent, 650-996-3669, www.hbvarchitecture.com Contractor: John Ericsson, 408221-0208

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215 Josselyn Ln, Woodside Offered at $11,998,000 Michael Dreyfus | 650.485.3476 CalBRE 01121795

1430 Bear Gulch Rd, Woodside Offered at $2,995,000 Omar Kinaan | 650.776.2828 CalBRE 01723115

83 Tuscaloosa Ave, Atherton Offered at $9,998,000 Annette Smith | 650.766.9429 CalBRE 01180954

151 Laurel St, Atherton Offered at $9,988,000 Jakki Harlan | 650.465.2180 CalBRE 01407129

1180 Elm St, San Carlos Offered at $1,698,000 Brian Ayer | 650.242.2473 CalBRE 01870281

226 7th St, Montara Offered at $1,450,000 Marian Bennett | 650.678.1108 CalBRE 01463986

468 Furtado Ln, Half Moon Bay Offered at $1,950,000 Marian Bennett | 650.678.1108 CalBRE 01463986

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THE ADDRESS IS THE PENINSU THE EXPERIENCE IS A IN PINEL

ATHERTON $12,900,000

AT H E RTO N $1 0,95 0,000

PALO ALTO $9,98 8,000

LOS A LTOS HILLS $9,750,000

102 Encinal Avenue | 6bd/8ba Zach Trailer | 650.906.8008 BY APPOINTMENT

60 Michaels Way | 6bd/4.5ba Derk Brill | 650.543.1117 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

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

12501 Zappettini Court | 6bd/7.5ba Kathy Bridgman | 650.209.1589 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

PALO A LTO $9,75 0,000

M E N LO PARK $5,695,000

MEN LO PARK $5,48 0,000

MENLO PA RK $ 3,650,000

1441 Edgewood Drive | 4bd/4.5ba Mary & Brent Gullixson | 650.888.0860 BY APPOINTMENT

624 Olive Street | 5bd/4.5ba Caitlin Darke | 650.388.8449 BY APPOINTMENT

500 Berkeley Avenue | 4bd/3.5ba Judy Citron | 650.543.1206 BY APPOINTMENT

125 Garland Drive | 4bd/2.5ba Ellen Ashley | 650.888.1886 BY APPOINTMENT

CU P E RTIN O $2 ,98 8,000

LOS A LTOS $2,898,000

LOS ALTOS $2,8 5 0,000

HA LF MOON BAY $2 ,795,000

7808 Creekline Drive | 5bd/4ba Paul Yang | 408.209.0567 BY APPOINTMENT

3 Hampton Court | 4bd/2.5ba Patrice Horvath | 650.209.1602 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

862 Renetta Court | 3bd/2.5ba Barbara Williams | 650.814.0741 BY APPOINTMENT

930 Railroad Avenue | 4bd/3ba Heidi Johnson | 650.868.3714 OPEN SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

LOS ALTOS H ILLS $2 ,60 0,000

R E DWOOD C I TY $2,495,000

PALO ALTO $2,4 38,000

PA LO A LTO $1,995,000

14735 Saltamontes Way | 3bd/1.5ba Connie Miller | 650.279.7074 BY APPOINTMENT

428 Santa Clara Avenue | 4bd/3.5ba Valerie Soltau | 650.464.3896 OPEN SAT & SUN: 1:30-4:30

2319 Sierra Court | 4bd/4ba Carol Li | 650.281.8368 BY APPOINTMENT

555 Byron Street #410 | 3bd/2ba M. Corman/M. Montoya | 650.465.5971 BY APPOINTMENT

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Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. has not been veriﬁed by Alain Pinel Realtors®. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation. Page 50 • September 29, 2017 • PaloSuch Altoinformation Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

OPEN HOUSE SAT/SUN 1:30-4:30

1770 FULTON STREET, PALO ALTO

Offered at $4,395,000

Gorgeous circa 1932 Tudor-style home with 4 bedrooms, an office, and 3 baths, located on one of the most recognized and coveted streets in Palo Alto – “Christmas Tree Lane.” The thoughtfully preserved home exudes timeless elegance and includes a spacious living room with fireplace, a sun room with wet bar, a formal dining room, and a remodeled eat-in kitchen with an adjacent laundry room. A detached 2-car garage with unfinished second story bursts with possibility and borders the enchanting rear grounds with a peaceful koi pond and fountain. Living space: 2,467 sq. ft.; lot size: 7500 sq.ft. Highly acclaimed Palo Alto schools (Walter Hays Elementary, Jordan Middle, Palo Alto High) and close proximity to parks, schools, Stanford University and downtown complete the appeal.

This information was supplied by third party sources. Sales Associate believes this information is correct but has not veriﬁed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyer should verify accuracy and investigate to Buyer’s own satisfaction.

BRIAN CHANCELLOR (650) 303-5511 brianc@serenogroup.com CalBRE# 01174998

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CENTRAL WOODSIDE $14,995,000 SUN 1:30 - 4:30

CENTRAL WOODSIDE $7,195,000 SUN 1:30 - 4:30

ATHERTON SAT/SUN 1 - 4

SUN 1 - 4

155 Kings Mountain Rd Walk to Town. Renovated home on 5 flat sunny ac w/ amazing landscape. Award Winning Schls. 6 BR/6 BA + 2 half BA Erika Demma CalBRE #01230766 650.851.2666

618 Manzanita Way Remodeled Home, Equestrian Facilities, Private Pool and Spa On > 2.6 Landscaped Acres! 4 BR/4 BA + 1 half BA Erika Demma CalBRE #01230766 650.851.2666

157 Watkins Ave Beautifully remodeled 1-level home w/ resort-like backyard. Nearly 1 acre on a private lot. 5 BR/3 BA + 1 half BA Hossein Jalali CalBRE #01215831 650.324.4456

661 Kings Mountain Road Stunning home, 1.5+ acres. The perfect confluence of high style & timeless architecture. 3 BR/3 BA + 1 half BA Julie Ray CalBRE #01881349 650.324.4456

PORTOLA VALLEY $3,495,000 SUN 1:30 - 4:30

CENTRAL WOODSIDE $3,395,000 SUN 1:30 - 4:30

MENLO PARK $2,595,000 SAT/SUN 1 - 4

ATHERTON

900 Wayside Rd Stunning views across SF Bay from Mt. Diablo to Black Mountain! www.900wayside.com 5 BR/3 BA + 1 half BA Jean & Chris Isaacson CalBRE #00542342 650.851.2666

65 Roan Pl Modern Flair on a quiet cul-de-sac. Woodside Schools. 65Roan.com 4BR/3BA Erika Demma & Hugh Cornish CalBRE #01230766/00912143 650.851.2666

295 E Creek Dr Spacious, remodeled 3BD (plus poss 4th), 2.5 BA. Huge kit, FR, DR, LR. Great MP location. 3 BR/2 BA + 1 half BA Elaine White CalBRE #01182467 650.324.4456

98 Cebalo Ln 1st time on the market! This 2,010 sq ft ranch home sits on a generous 14,810 Sq Ft lot. 3 BR/2 BA David Kelsey CalBRE #01242399 650.851.2666

PORTOLA VALLEY $2,200,000 SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30

CENTRAL PORTOLA VALLEY $1,995,000 SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30

PORTOLA VALLEY $1,850,000 SAT/SUN 1:30 - 4:30

REDWOOD CITY $1,699,000 SAT/SUN 1 - 4

176 Los Trancos Cir Spacious home w/updated kit & baths. Sunny, very private woodland setting on 1/3 acre. 3 BR/4 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961

2 Wyndham Dr A jewel on the highly desirable, & rarely available Wyndham Dr. Beautifully updated home. 3 BR/2 BA + 1 half BA Karen Fryling/Rebecca Johnson CalBRE #70000667 650.324.4456

140 Ramona Rd Charming 2 BR/1BA updated home, and detached guest cottage on 1ac in sunny wooded setting. 2 BR/1 BA Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961

302 Myrtle Charming 4 bdrm / 2 bath, two story home in quaint Mt. Carmel. 4 BR/2 BA

CENTRAL PARK

REDWOOD CITY $1,495,000 SAT/SUN 1 - 4

PALO ALTO

SHARON HEIGHTS / STANFORD HILLS $749,000 SUN 2:30 - 4:30

569 Alameda De Las Pulgas Beautifully updated modern home! 3 bdrms/2baths, tons of light, open floor plan, large sunny yard, high ceilings, large loft, Roy cloud schools. Jennifer Alfaro CalBRE #1721877 650.324.4456

2581 Park Blvd Y101 Highly sought-after PA Central complex. Modern ground-floor condo. 2581ParkBlvdY101.com 2 BR/2 BA

2140 Santa Cruz Ave A207 Opportunity to own at Menlo Commons-pool view-close to Stanfordeasy access to I 280. 1 BR/1 BA

Wendi Selig-aimonetti CalBRE #01001476

Beth Leathers CalBRE #01131116

$1,500,000

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©2017 Coldwell Banker. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company and Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Office is Owned by a Subsidiary of NRT LLC. This information was supplied by Seller and/or other sources. Broker has not and will not verify this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Real Estate Licensees affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are Independent Contractor Sales Associates and are not employees of NRT LLC., Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC or ©2013 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate An Equal Opportunity Company. Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Ofﬁce is Owned by a Subsidiary of NRT LLC. BRE License #01908304. Coldwell BankerLLC. Residential Brokerage. CalBRE LicenseEqual #01908304.

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ATHERTON 3 Bedrooms

98 Cebalo Ln Sun Coldwell Banker

5 Bedrooms

$2,300,000 851-2666

197 Greenoaks Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$5,995,000 324-4456

40 Selby Ln Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$5,880,000 324-4456

157 Watkins Ave Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$5,988,000 324-4456

6 Bedrooms

60 Michaels Way $10,950,000 Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

BURLINGAME

4 Bedrooms

930 Railroad Ave Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

5 Bedrooms

468 Furtado Ln Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

1331 Carlos Ave Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,900,000 323-1111

3 Bedrooms

28134 Ormond Ave Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

150 W Edith Av #30 Sat/Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 74 Bay Tree Ln Sat Alain Pinel Realtors

101 Grove Ln Sat 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

$3,800,000 644-3474

$1,950,000 847-1141

4 Bedrooms

1557 Plateau Ave Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

55 Doud Dr Sat/Sun 1-5

Deleon Realty

$530,000 324-4456

$4,988,000 543-8500

4 Bedrooms

$2,998,000 947-4700

12121 Page Mill Rd Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$3,198,000 323-1111

2 Bedrooms

$9,495,000 323-1900

3 Bedrooms

12030 Elsie Way Sun Sereno Group

MENLO PARK

847-1141 $2,189,000 323-1111 $3,400,000 324-4456

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2140 Santa Cruz Ave #A207 Sun 2:30-4:30 Coldwell Banker

$749,000 324-4456

2 Bedrooms

182 Buckthorn Way $1,980,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

3 Bedrooms - Townhouse

600 Willow Rd #9 Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$1,625,000 462-1111

3 Bedrooms - Condominium

136 Sand Hill Cir $1,775,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

3 Bedrooms

382 Leland Av Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,595,000 462-1111

295 E Creek Dr Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$2,595,000 324-4456

4 Bedrooms

2060 Monterey Ave Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,575,000 462-1111

1715 Bay Laurel Dr $6,195,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

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$6,850,000 324-4456

625 Hobart St Sat 2-4 Coldwell Banker

$6,250,000 324-4456

6 Bedrooms

53 Politzer Dr Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

226 7th St Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

2581 Park Blvd #Y101 Sun Coldwell Banker

3 Bedrooms

1301 Hamilton Ave Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

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PORTOLA VALLEY 140 Ramona Rd Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$1,850,000 851-1961

176 Los Trancos Cir Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,200,000 851-1961

2 Wyndham Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$1,995,000 324-4456

4 Bedrooms 1 Portola Green Cir Sun Coldwell Banker

$3,695,000 324-4456

11 Coalmine Vw Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,795,000 851-1961

REDWOOD CITY 3 Bedrooms 569 Alameda De Las Pulgas Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$1,495,000 324-4456

4 Bedrooms 1571 Union Ave $1,350,000 Sat/Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200 760 Loma Ct Sat Deleon Realty

$1,788,000 543-8500

302 Myrtle St Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$1,699,000 324-4456

350 Alameda De Las Pulgas Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$3,498,000 462-1111

428 Santa Clara Ave Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,495,000 462-1111

SAN CARLOS 1180 Elm St Sat/Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

$1,698,000 847-1141

SAN JOSE $1,450,000 847-1141

PALO ALTO 2 Bedrooms - Condominium

$9,550,000 462-1111

3 Bedrooms $6,780,000 462-1111

MONTARA 1 Bedroom

$3,488,000 543-8500

6 Bedrooms

12175 Edgecliff Pl Sat/Sun Intero Real Estate

1 Bedroom - Condominium $799,000

2951 South Ct Sun Deleon Realty 80 Crescent Dr Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

LOS ALTOS HILLS

6 Bedrooms

LOS ALTOS

2 Bedrooms

CAPITOLA

$2,795,000 529-1111

HAYWARD

1 Bedroom - Condominium

5 Bedrooms

4 Bedrooms

5 Bedrooms

HALF MOON BAY

3 Bedrooms 7206 Mockingbird Pl Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

$1,298,000 543-8500

WOODSIDE $1,399,000 324-4456

3 Bedrooms 204 Josselyn Ln Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$3,350,000 529-1111

$8,098,000 462-1111

127 Otis Ave Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$3,490,000 325-6161

132 Audiffred Ln Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$5,495,000 529-1111

438 Chaucer St Sun 2-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

$7,998,000

630 Seneca St Sat/Sun Midtown Realty

$4,500,000 321-1596

1770 Fulton St Sat/Sun Sereno Group

644-3474

4 Bedrooms 661 Kings Mountain Rd Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$5,975,000 324-4456

$4,395,000 323-1900

280 Family Farm Rd Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$7,995,000 529-1111

929 Moreno Av Sat/Sun 1-5 Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,995,000 323-1111

5 Bedrooms

701 Tennyson Ave Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$5,500,000 462-1111

5 Bedrooms

290 Winding Way Sat Deleon Realty

$6,988,000 543-8500

6 Bedrooms

612 Maybell Av $2,395,000 Sat/Sun 12-5 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

155 Kings Mountain Rd Sun Coldwell Banker

621 Georgia Av $8,500/month Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 324-4456

340 Jane Dr Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$14,995,000 851-2666 $5,350,000 529-1111

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement DEOL LIMO LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633426 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Deol Limo LLC, located at 4508 Strawberry Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): DEOL LIMO LLC 4508 Strawberry Park Dr. San Jose, CA 95129 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 29, 2017. (PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 2017) DL INVESTMENT CONSULTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633769 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: DL Investment Consulting, located at 257 Edlee Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): DIANA LYNN LIEBERMAN 257 Edlee Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 11, 2017. (PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 2017) LIFE CHINESE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633735 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Life Chinese, located at 10013 Long Oak Lane, Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): L.E.AD. ACADEMY INC. 10013 Long Oak Lane Cupertino, CA 95014 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/01/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 8, 2017. (PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. FBN633729 The following person(s)/ registrant(s) has/ have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County ClerkRecorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): PINEWOOD TIMESTOPPERS 1795 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94303-2947 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 09/05/2017 UNDER FILE NO.: FBN623533 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): BARCLAY J. TULLIS 1795 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94303-2947 JERRY McCOMAS 1330 Bobwhite Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 PATRICK FANNING 1190 Redwood Lane Clarksville, TN 37042

THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Copartners. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 7, 2017. (PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017) ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633953 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Asset Management Company, located at 2100 Geng Road, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): FRANKLIN P. JOHNSON JR. 1411 Edgewood Drive Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/01/1965. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 13, 2017. (PAW Sept. 22, 29; Oct. 6, 13, 2017) KJS PAINTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN634233 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: KJS Painting, located at 2081 Cornell Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KENT JAMES SCHNEEVEIS 2081 Cornell Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/21/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 22, 2017. (PAW Sept. 29; Oct. 6, 13, 20, 2017) WOOF N WAG FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN634185 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Woof N Wag, located at 525 Matadero Ave., #3, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): DAREN JOHN BEAUMONT 525 Matadero Ave. #3 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/03/2011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 20, 2017. (PAW Sept. 29; Oct. 6, 13, 20, 2017)

997 All Other Legals APN: 132-39-025 T.S. No.: 2017-1509 Order No.: 05932651 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/18/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Lynette Trevillion, a married woman as her sole and separate property Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Deed of Trust recorded 06/24/2008, as Instrument No. 19894940 in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 10/13/2017 Time: 10:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE OF

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THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 191 N. FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other reasonable estimated charges: $1,555,055.94 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 434 Fernando Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 A.P.N.: 132-39-025. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file number assigned to this case 20171509. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 09/06/2017. S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362 (818)991-4600. By: Colleen Irby, Trustee Sale Officer. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (09/22/17, 09/29/17, 10/06/17 TS# 2017-1509 SDI7595) PAW NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM DUTTON POMEROY III aka WILLIAM D. POMEROY Case No.: 17PR181936 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WILLIAM DUTTON POMEROY III aka WILLIAM D. POMEROY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOYCE ANTHONY and BONNIE BURDETT in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JOYCE ANTHONY and BONNIE BURDETT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 20, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your

claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: James Efting Jackson & Efting 438 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408)732-3114 (PAW Sept. 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CYD T. MAJOR Case No.: 17PR182002 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CYD T. MAJOR. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JONAH MILLER and KENDALL CREVELLI in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: JONAH MILLER/KENDALL CREVELLI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very

important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 27, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Arthur S. Weil 671 Oak Grove Ave. Ste. K Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650)322-4244 (PAW Sept. 29; Oct. 6, 13, 2017)

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Sports Shorts

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Cardinal names ‘Peter Sauer captains’

WORTH THOUSANDS . . . Redshirt senior Merete Lutz joined the 1,000 kill club and the Stanford women’s volleyball team helped her celebrate with a 25-12, 25-18, 26-24 sweep of visiting Arizona State at Maples Pavilion in a Pac-12 Conference matchon Wednesday night. The second-ranked Cardinal (10-2, 3-0) won its fifth straight as Lutz became the 18th Stanford player since 1986 to reach the thousand mark. Lutz hit the milestone in the second set. She also moved into Stanford’s all-time top 10 with her 425th career block early in the first set.

Friday

College football: Dartmouth vs. Penn, 4 p.m., NBCSN WNBA Basketball: Minnesota vs. Los Angeles, 6 p.m., ESPN2 College women’s volleyball: Stanford vs. Arizona, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

Saturday

College men’s water polo: Stanford vs. San Jose State, 11 a.m., Stanford Live Stream College football: Stanford vs. Arizona State, 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

Sunday

College women’s soccer: Stanford vs. Arizona State, 1 p.m., Stanford Live Stream College men’s soccer: Stanford vs. UCLA, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks WNBA Basketball: Minnesota vs. Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 High school sports: High School Sports Focus, 6 p.m., 10 p.m., NBCSC

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Batu Buyukbezci and the Gunn boys water polo team have a good chance at playing in the first-ever CCS Open Division this fall.

PREP WATER POLO

CCS approves Open Division The postseason waters will be more perilous than ever

by Rick Eymer ater polo coaches who scheduled outside the Central Coast Section the past several years may not have known it at the time but they have been preparing for something like this a long time. “This” is the Central Coast Section Open Division, popular in every sport it is utilized. It’s in addition to the Division I and Division II formats that are enrollment-based. A Northern California tournament will also be sponsored and guarantees any team that wins once in the Open Division, will advance. For many public schools it’s a gold mine that might level the playing field. For some smaller schools, not so much.

For Gunn’s girls coach Mark Hernandez, it’s a return to the Central Coast Section’s stated mission. “It restores the original intent of the CCS,” he said. “This is what it was like before we had Division I and II.” The first 10 years of the boys tournament featured a doubleelimination tournament within a single division, followed by three years of a single-elimination format in one division. In 1987, the tournament was split into two divisions, which turned into a windfall for current Santa Clara Valley Athletic League members, as 10 of the next 12 Division II titles were won by a SCVAL school. Since 1998, Soquel is the lone public school to win a Division II

boys title. Sacred Heart has won the past six and 10 of the past 11 since Menlo went back-to-back in 2005-06. “It will affect us because it will be the first time we’re going to have WCAL schools in our division,” Sacred Heart Prep boys coach Brian Kreutzkamp said. “But we have been pushing for this a long time. It’s certainly time. The overall plan was also to add the NorCal tournament.” Gunn boys coach Peter Olson says it gives the sport a new look. “It’s more interesting because it’s definitely a change from the past,” he said. “It creates more of a high school experience across the board. It’s nice to have the Open Division. You get more teams (continued on page 59)

PREP FOOTBALL

Gators open PAL football season on the road Menlo hosts The King’s Academy; Woodside hosts Hillsdale

by Glenn Reeves acred Heart Prep, Menlo School and Woodside play league openers Friday after having had byes last week. Menlo-Atherton, Palo Alto and Gunn, who played their league openers last week, have byes this week. Sacred Heart Prep (1-3) begins its Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division schedule with a 7:30 p.m. game at Aragon (4-0). “Aragon has a lot of talent,’’ Sacred Heart Prep coach Mark Grieb said. “There’s a

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reason for that record. Defensively we’ve got to slow down their running game and challenge their top receiver.’’ The receiver Grieb references is Davion Cox, part of a talented pair of wideouts that also includes Donaven Robinson. Aragon, which has averaged 35 points per game in wins over Aptos, South San Francisco, Palo Alto and The King’s Academy, has also gotten outstanding production from (continued on page 59)

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