Palo Alto Weekly November 3, 2017 by Palo Alto Weekly

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Vol. XXXIX, Number 5

November 3, 2017

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Could relaxed parking rules spur housing construction? Three council members propose eliminating off-street parking requirements for ‘car light’ projects by Gennady Sheyner

n the latest effort to ease Palo Alto’s housing crisis, three City Council members are proposing significant revisions to the city’s parking regulations, including eliminating parking altogether for “car-light” developments that offer public transit services or in-

centives to their tenants. That recommendation is one of more than a dozen in a memo from Councilman Adrian Fine, Vice Mayor Liz Kniss and Councilman Cory Wolbach, the council’s most vehement advocates for increasing the city’s housing

supply. While all three had alluded to the memo in recent weeks, the actual document wasn’t released until the end of last week. The proposals in the memo target a wide range of disparate regulations — including ones relating to floor area ratio (FAR), building heights and expanded “pedestrian transit-oriented development” zones, which allow developments near mass-transit hubs to be more dense and provide less parking.

When it comes to parking, the memo suggests the city could allow residential projects to consolidate their parking and alternatetransportation offerings with those of the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association, a new nonprofit charged with getting downtown employees to not drive to work alone. The memo also recommends that the city explore bringing “underutilized parking spaces into a public market,”

though it does not explain how the city would go about doing so. The three council members also recommend the city explore so-called “car-light” housing for tenants who do not own cars, and thus the housing would not be required to have any, or only few, parking spaces. That’s a strategy the city is already considering for a proposed development at the (continued on page 11)

PLANNING

City mulls ‘pedestrian only’ University Avenue City Council agrees to study plan to restrict cars on downtown strip by Gennady Sheyner

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The X factor Lining up at the downtown Palo Alto Apple Store for Friday’s release of the iPhone X, from left, David Casarez — who arrived late Tuesday evening to be first in line — David Eaton and Andrew Park (standing), who described himself as the “ultimate Apple fan.”

DISASTER

HP historical archives destroyed in wine country fires Letters, speeches and other irreplaceable documents burned in modular buildings by Sue Dremann

eysight Technologies has confirmed thousands of important papers related to Silicon Valley’s early history and stored in Santa Rosa were destroyed in the North Bay fires. The archives, which contained about 100 banker’s boxes of the writings, speeches and other materials by Silicon Valley pioneers David Packard and William Hewlett, were windows into their thinking and dated as far back as 1937, according to former archivist Karen Lewis, who assembled the collection for Hewlett-Packard Co. beginning in 1987. Lewis, who was the Harvard

University archivist prior to being hired for the HP archive, called the documents the record of California’s “second gold rush.” “It was a very exciting and wonderful collection. It’s a huge, huge loss,” she said. The papers burned on Oct. 9 when modular buildings at Keysight’s Santa Rosa headquarters were destroyed in the Tubbs Fire, Keysight said in a statement on Monday. Keysight previously declined comment on the loss on Oct. 13, citing a need to focus on finding and helping employees who had lost their homes in the inferno. The papers, which dated from

1937 to 1995, documented the evolution of technology globally and provided a road map to how Packard and Hewlett conceived building Silicon Valley. They discussed how little California companies would be able to crack into sales to the federal government and how they themselves developed their business model, which has become the cornerstone for Silicon Valley companies throughout the region today, she said. The discussions led to forming the West Coast Electronic Manufacturers Association in 1943, a (continued on page 10)

he idea of turning a section of University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto into a pedestrian-only zone picked up some steam Monday night, when the City Council unanimously agreed to explore it. The unexpected consensus came during the council’s wideranging discussion of the city’s new Comprehensive Plan, which provides a long-term vision that guides the council’s land-use decisions. The decade long update of the Comprehensive Plan is now in its final phase, with the council scheduled to approve the document later this month. The idea for a pedestrian zone arose out of the Planning and Transportation Commission, which discussed the Comp Plan over the course of six meetings this year and identified for the council more than a dozen “priority” areas that it felt warrant revisions. The commission had generally agreed that the city should pursue a concept plan for downtown — a vision document put together with extensive community participation that would propose new land uses and amenities in the area. Some commissioners, particularly Eric Rosenblum, also favored a study of designating a portion of University Avenue as pedestrian-only. Councilman Adrian Fine was among those Monday who supported this recommendation of a downtown concept plan. Working on a new vision for downtown, he said, would be a “nice way for the community to watch and participate as the wheels really hit the

road after we finalize the Comprehensive Plan.” Vice Mayor Liz Kniss likewise favored a downtown plan, pointing to the city’s 2003 South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) area plan, which served as the blueprint for that area’s redevelopment after the relocation of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. “I don’t know how we can get to a point to where we can look at dramatically changing downtown in some way without some type of area plan,” Kniss said. Others on the council showed less enthusiasm for launching into another complex and timeconsuming planning effort. Mayor Greg Scharff said he was surprised to learn that the policy for creating a downtown plan was already in the current Comprehensive Plan and suggested that the council remove it. The council will consider this issue at its next meeting. He was far more receptive, however, to the idea of a University Avenue for strolling on — a concept that he said should be considered apart from the broader plan. “I think a lot of people have said they’d like to see parts of downtown be pedestrian only,” Scharff said. “I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do ... but we should look at it.” The council unanimously supported studying the issue, even as it reserved its judgment on the downtown concept plan. Councilwoman Lydia Kou said she was worried about the prospect of (continued on page 9)

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A NEW PATH ... For a city that famously loves bicycles and has recently invested millions in new bikeways, Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort to establish a bike-share program stands out for all the wrong reasons. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first try at bike-sharing fizzled in 2015, when the city pulled the plug on a 37bike program that received very little usage. Undaunted, the city decided to double down (or, if you prefer, go 10X) on bike-sharing in 2016, when it began negotiations with the companies Social Bicycles and Motivate for a 350bike system, with more stations and GPS technology that would allow users to more easily pick up and drop off their bikes. That too went nowhere. Now, the city is weighing a new strategy: make up a regulatory framework and let the private sector go at it, with little investment from the city. Inspired by similar programs in Seattle and South San Francisco, the Palo Alto City Council will consider the new approach on Nov. 14. Planning staff is recommending that each vendor be required to provide at least 100 bikes, with an overall citywide cap of 700 bikes (electric bikes would be exempted because the city is trying to encourage an â&#x20AC;&#x153;electric bicycle fleet,â&#x20AC;? according to a new report from the Department of Planning and Community Environment). Planners are also recommending that no more than 50 percent of a vendorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;free-floating bicyclesâ&#x20AC;? (which do not require racks or corrals) be located in downtown or California Avenue so as to disperse them throughout Palo Alto. The new rules would be implemented under a pilot program that would expire in December 2018 under the staff proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The advantages of this market competition include the potential for faster deployment and more bikes being made available,â&#x20AC;? the report states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition, these companies are competing for ridership, creating an incentive for good customer service, keeping the bikes in good working order, offering competitive prices.â&#x20AC;? WAITING FOR IPHONE ... Gone are the days where everyone wanted a piece of the pie. But, even after a decade of

iPhones, many are still eager to get a bite of the Apple. Among them is David Eaton, a project manager from San Jose. He was the second person in line outside the downtown Apple Store on University Avenue on Wednesday afternoon awaiting Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release of the iPhone X â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a new model that boasts facial recognition, a full all-screen display and wireless charging (features available in Android phones two summers ago, though the Apple cult seems unphased by this fact, and ever loyal). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stores will have the iPhone X available for walk-in customers, who are encouraged to arrive early,â&#x20AC;? the company announced in a press release issued Oct. 24. A seasoned iPhone line veteran, Eaton has waited in line for eight of the 10 versions, and described each time as an experience. He described his plan to camp for two days and two nights in the November cold rather than the usual hit-or-miss September weather as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a new challenge.â&#x20AC;? It seems that Eaton, and many other customers, see this ritual as a strange, social bonding experience. The forced proximity of these lengthy lines brings people together in pursuit of their explicit common goal: some form of material fulfillment. There was a sense of camaraderie between these customers, like war buddies, huddled up in their lawn chairs for the long haul. GAINS AND LOSSES ... Palo Alto High School graduate Joc Pederson and the Los Angeles Dodgers had a roller coaster of a time in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Series that ended Wednesday night with a 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros. Despite the shortcoming, Pederson had a commendable performance in the tight series, hitting one home run each in games 2, 3 and 6. The outfielder also made strides in the postseason by making an extra-base hit in five consecutive games, a record that was previously made in 1953. The 25-year-old was drafted onto the MLB team right after graduating high school in 2010. His father played for the same team in 1985. Q

Upfront ANIMALS

Palo Alto shuts down spay and neuter clinic City attributes abrupt move at animal shelter to lack of staffing

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In this 2012 file photo, Leslie Graham and Loreto Jaca clean a dog’s teeth at the Palo Alto Animal Services clinic. The clinic, which has offered spaying and neutering since 1973, announced last week it is temporarily suspending the services. by Gennady Sheyner

iting a staffing shortage, Palo Alto abruptly shuttered last week the spay and neuter clinic that the city has been running at the municipal animal shelter on East Bayshore Road for more than 40 years. The move had not been discussed by the City Council or any of the council’s committees, surprising many in the community. With little explanation, the announcement of the clinic’s closure was posted on the Animal Services webpage late last week. Chief Communications Officer Claudia Keith said the suspension of services will be temporary and was caused by recent changes in personnel that are making it difficult to sustain the operation. The change comes at a time of transition for Palo Alto’s beleaguered animal-services operation, which has seen its revenues drop and its expenditures rise in recent years. The problem was exacerbated in 2014, when Mountain View withdrew from the partnership. Now, the city is in the process of transferring the operations of the shelter to Pets In Need, a Redwood City-based nonprofit that would take over sometime next year, if things go according to plan. Concurrently, the city and the nonprofit would raise money to build a new shelter to replace the existing facility, which a 2015 city audit deemed to be “outdated.” Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus, who is managing the animal shelter’s transition, said the clinic’s closure was prompted by two factors: the veterinarian’s absence for the next two weeks and uncertainty over the future of other shelter employees. According to the city’s budget, the animal services operation consists of 10 positions: a superintendent (a position that is currently vacant), four animal-control officers (one of whom is temporarily acting as the superintendent), a veterinarian, two

animal-service specialists and two veterinarian technicians. Under the proposal being negotiated between the city and Pets In Need, some animal-services jobs could be eliminated, though the city plans to continue providing animal-control services. This has created a rift between city management and shelter staff, who have argued against the contracting out of animal services to Pets In Need. The city has been entangled in negotiations with the Service Employees International Union, Local 521, since late 2016 over the potential elimination of five positions. While the animal shelter is dealing with employee shortages, Palo Alto officials are referring spay-and-neuter customers to the Pets In Need facility in Redwood City and other animal organizations in the area. The city’s announcement states that once the partnership between the city and Pets In Need is in place, “all animal-shelter services

will return to normal.” The sudden closure of the spay and neuter clinic came as a surprise to Carole Hyde, executive director of Palo Alto Humane Society, a nonprofit that has been involved in the city’s negotiations with Pets In Need and that expects to be involved in raising funds for Palo Alto’s new shelter. “We’ve had a lot of meetings with the city and Pets In Need and are very enthusiastic about the idea of a new shelter,” Hyde said. “The closure of the spay and neuter clinic was never mentioned in those meetings.” De Geus acknowledged that the city should have done a better job in communicating the pending changes at the animal shelter. He noted, however, that it’s not just the veterinarian’s temporary absence that is driving the decision. De Geus said the clinic is already booked solid through Dec. 8. And with the staffing plans in flux because of negotiations (various shelter employees are considering whether to retire or take different positions in either Palo Alto or another city), it’s hard for shelter management to commit to making new appointments for spay and neuter operations, he said. “We want to be careful that we’re not booking surgeries beyond what we’re confident that we have staff in place to perform,” he said. De Geus said the city plans to discuss with Pets In Need whether that organization can provide spay and neuter services in Palo Alto. He called the shuttering of the clinic a “situation of temporary inconvenience.”Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Oct. 30)

Marijuana: The council approved a ban on commercial marijuana operations. Yes: Unanimous Comprehensive Plan: The council reviewed a series of recommendations on the updated Comprehensive Plan from the Planning and Transportation Commission and approved some of these recommendations, which include an inclusion of “community indictors” to measure the city’s progress on traffic mitigations and greenhouse-gas-emission reductions Yes: Unanimous

Utilities Advisory Commission (Nov. 1)

Electricity: The commission heard an update on Smart Grid Assessment and Developing Utility Tech Roadmap; and discussed the proposed Distributed Energy Resource Plan. Action: None

Architectural Review Board (Nov. 2)

3045 Parks Boulevard: The board discussed a proposal to demolish an existing office building and construct a new two-story 29,120-square-foot research-and-development building. The board expressed concerns about traffic circulation at the proposed parking facility and voted to continue its review to a later date. Yes: Unanimous

News Digest Family of bullying victim sues school district The family of a special-education middle school student who was repeatedly bullied in 2016 has sued the Palo Alto school district for its failure to protect him from harassment, alleging this resulted in severe academic and emotional harm. The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court in July, asks the district to pay undetermined damages related to “incessant” bullying at Jordan Middle School. The student’s parents allege that he was bullied in person and online and physically assaulted, including by a student who brandished a knife at him. The Weekly is not identifying the student or his parents to protect their privacy. The lawsuit names as defendants the school district as well as specific administrators: former Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Scott Bowers; Juana Briones Elementary School Principal Tom Jacoubowsky, who was Jordan’s interim principal at the time of the bullying; Jordan Dean of Students James Lubbe, then an assistant principal; then-Vice Principal Jim Cox, who now teaches at Terman Middle School; and Jane Miller, a special-education aide at Jordan. The student’s parents allege the administrators failed to properly investigate and respond to their reports of the harassment. The administrators’ failure “substantially” disrupted the student’s academic performance and caused “severe emotional distress,” the lawsuit states. The student’s parents eventually decided to pull their son out of school, but he has since returned to the district, this time at Terman Middle School. His mother told the Weekly on Tuesday that he’s again experiencing bullying there. She said she decided to file the lawsuit after feeling unheard by the district for months. The prospect of reform and better treatment of children like hers, she said, is more important than any financial outcome. Interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks declined to comment on the litigation. Q — Elena Kadvany

Building owners seek ‘retail’ exemptions Citing economic hardships and an inability to land tenants, owners of two Palo Alto buildings are asking the council to waive the city’s rule requiring ground-floor retail. In a joint letter to the city’s Assistant Planning Director Jonathan Lait, property owners Robert Wheatley and Christian Hansen of Alma Street Partners have requested the exemption from Palo Alto’s recently enacted retail-protection ordinance after a nearly two-year search for a new tenant. The building at 999 Alma St. has been vacant since Anthropologie moved last year to Stanford Shopping Center. In a separate request, the company D&B Properties has requested a similar waiver for its property at 425 Portage Ave., which was most recently occupied by Pet Food Depot. The owners of the Alma building formally requested in July an exception from the ordinance, which mandates that all ground-floor spaces be used for retail. In their letter, they note that they had been “marketing the building to retail users for 19 months at an unpriced rental asking rate.” The partners also had no luck in marketing the 10,000-squarefoot building to smaller retail tenants. Given the lack of interest, they are requesting that the city allow them to use 5,000 square feet for the company’s office, as the zoning code had allowed before the city adopted its retail-protection law. Q — Gennady Sheyner

City outlaws marijuana shops Legalized marijuana may be a popular proposition among Palo Alto voters, but the City Council indicated on Monday night that when it comes to pot, it feels far more comfortable passing a ban than a blunt. By a unanimous vote, the council agreed to continue Palo Alto’s prohibition on marijuana dispensaries, as well as all commercial activities involving marijuana except deliveries. In doing so, council members effectively extended a ban that they passed a year ago and that was set to expire this month. The most significant difference between last year’s ban and the one that the council approved Monday revolves around outdoor cultivation of marijuana. The prior ordinance banned the practice. The new one removes this ban and defaults to state regulations, which already mandate the outdoor plants be locked, out of view and inaccessible to the public. Also, unlike the prior ban, the new one doesn’t have a sunset clause. Much like they had in prior discussions, council members agreed Monday that banning local marijuana dispensaries is a way to maintain local control. Members argued that the time isn’t right to allow dispensaries. Q —Gennady Sheyner www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 3, 2017 • Page 7

Upfront MENTAL HEALTH

County considers proposal for teen inpatient psych unit County-operated facility would also rely on local partnerships by Elena Kadvany

INSPIRING THE BEST IN OUR K-12 STUDENTS

anta Clara County could launch an inpatient psychiatric unit for teenagers at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose in several years, addressing a longstanding gap in the local mental health system. After unsuccessful efforts to encourage the establishment of a private inpatient facility, the county Board of Supervisors will discuss on Tuesday a proposal to build a $50 million to $70 million adolescent unit at the public hospital. The prospect of such a facility is a significant step forward in a county that for years has had no local inpatient options for adolescents in acute psychiatric crisis. Local elected officials and

parent advocates have been pushing for such a psychiatric center for several years. Santa Clara County youth who are hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts are sent to hospitals in San Mateo County and as far away as Sacramento, separating them from their families and primary health care providers. Each year, more than 600 youth are transferred from local emergency rooms to hospitals outside of Santa Clara County, according to Supervisor Joe Simitian, who has been at the forefront of the effort to address this problem. “It’s time to ask and answer this threshold question: Is our board and our county prepared to say,

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ...The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss a lawsuit against the city from Cal River Watch. The council will then consider a grant application for the North Ventura coordinated area plan; consider a request for a waiver from the retail-protection ordinance by the property owner of 425 Portage Ave.; consider amendments to the city’s employee contracts with the four council-appointed officers; consider a contract for a sidewalk-assessment study; and discuss a colleagues’ memo about promoting housing production near transit, jobs and services. The closed session will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 6, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Regular meeting will follow in the Council Chambers. CITY COUNCIL ...The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss potential litigation involving the Palo Alto-Stanford Fire Protection Agreement. The council will then consider a request from the property owner at 999 Alma St. for a waiver from the city’s retail-protection ordinance and consider a propose the increase the speed limits at Deer Creek Road and a portion of East Bayshore Road to enable radar enforcement. The closed session will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Regular meeting will follow.

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COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ...The committee plans to consider recommendations from the Human Relations Commission for $311,118 in funding through the Human Services Allocation Process. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee will hear a presentation from Menlo Park officials about their railroad grade separation project; consider an addendum to the Rail Committee Charter; discuss upcoming community roundtable discussions; and review the proposed community questionnaire and the Draft Rail Corridor Circulation Study White Paper. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to provide comments on a draft letter to Santa Clara County regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Stanford University General Use Permit application. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to discuss the city’s Historic Preservation Website and the Eichler Design Guidelines update. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss a resolution in support of refugee resettlement; consider the implications of state Senate Bill 54 and Senate Bill 31; discuss the commission’s priorities for fiscal year 2018; and discuss upcoming On The Table events and the commission’s Community Recognition Policy. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

‘Yes, this is a responsibility we want to take on?’” Simitian said. “I think we can and we should.” In February, the Board of Supervisors approved a stop-gap solution of sorts: a contract with San Jose Behavioral Health to offer a 17-bed inpatient psychiatric unit for 14- to 17-year-olds. The facility’s small size and location in south San Jose has made it difficult to fully meet the need for these services, officials say. According to the new proposal, the county would provide a stateof-the-art unit with an ideal location and setting for this kind of facility. Being at Valley Medical Center offers both a more central location and easy access to other medical services. With up to 36 beds, the unit would serve Medi-Cal, uninsured and commercially insured youth. (The highest percentage of Santa Clara County youth admitted to psychiatric hospitals in the 2017 fiscal year were on Medi-Cal, 56 percent, compared to 34 percent with commercial insurance and 10 percent with no insurance, according to the county.) The county hopes to partner with organizations like Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, El Camino Hospital, Kaiser and Uplift Family Services (which operates a 24/7 mobile service for teens in crisis and a short-term stabilization unit for youth in San Jose) to provide services, but the actual staffing for the unit has yet to be determined. The county is hopeful, however, that partnerships would enable patients to stay connected to their primary care providers and mental health physicians and also make sure they receive critical follow-up care after hospital stays. Laura Champion, Uplift Family Services’ Bay Area executive director, said that centralizing inpatient psychiatric care is “essential” and her organization hopes to be “heavily involved.” Christopher Dawes, president and CEO of Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Hospital, said his organization is “open to discussing any form of collaboration and we are committed to contributing our expertise in pediatric mental health.” Lucile Packard was among the organizations that responded to a request for proposals the county issued last year to develop an inpatient unit, which ultimately failed due to the cost. Paul Lorenz, Valley Medical Center’s chief executive officer, said he sees the new proposal, with both public and private

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Making meals that matter Ronald McDonald House’s Megabites program makes it easy for people to volunteer

t’s 3:30 p.m. and a synchronized kitchen ballet is taking place in the Ronald McDonald House in Palo Alto. A group of volunteers in aprons and gloves quickly divvy up responsibilities: Some start chopping tomatoes, others reach for recipe cards that are already set on the center island. Some are pulling out pots and pans, knives and cutting boards. The volunteers work together like a well-oiled machine. But like any smooth production, the reason it runs seamlessly is because a team of people is working in the background to support the endeavor: in this case, the staff of Ronald McDonald House’s Megabites volunteer meal program. They plan and facilitate the work of feeding the families who stay at Ronald McDonald House at Stanford, a nonprofit that provides a place to stay at little or no cost to families whose children are getting specialized medical treatments at nearby Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. With the completed construction of the Arrillaga Family Center in June, Ronald McDonald House, located on Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, went from housing 47 families to housing 123 families. The expansion meant that

Megabites had to adjust to meet the new demand. For the volunteers, feeding that many more mouths — now upwards of 200 — would be a far different organizational challenge. So Megabites partnered with Google Food, which provided a 21day menu, and Jay Marshall, a chef from Sysco, a leading food distribution company. Marshall offered his expertise in modifying the menu specifically for Megabites’ volunteers and community groups. Marshall helped to make the recipes simple and easy, noting when pre-chopped veggies could be used or when oven space would be needed for a meal, said Juan Hernández, family care manager at Ronald McDonald House. “If anybody understands the food-service line, it’s really Sysco,” Hernández said, adding that Sysco also supplies the program with fresh products. “(We wanted to make) it easy enough and enticing enough for the community groups ... especially those individuals that are, like, ‘I don’t know how to cook. How are we going to serve 200 servings?’ We wanted to make sure that we were supporting them correctly,” he said. Volunteers and community

groups are pivotal for the program. In fact, if a group does not sign up, a meal does not get made. Elmera Asadipour, a volunteer, said the Megabites program provided her group with simple, easy-to-use directions on how to prepare the meals. “They provided the food and ingredients and gave us a member of their staff to help with any questions during the process,” she said in an email. “Megabites creates a fun environment that makes its volunteers feel motivated to give back to the organization.” Wilbert Tom, a marketing associate at Sysco, said that the experience was his first time volunteering with Megabites, adding that he was grateful for the opportunity to do something to help others. In addition to providing families ready-made meals, the program is meant to take a financial burden off the families. When groups volunteer with Megabites, they are essentially donating the food to the families by paying a tax-deductible flat fee of $600, which goes toward procuring ingredients for the meal. The program is able to turn out meals at an average cost of $2 per meal to the program. Though Hernández said they rarely have any leftover food,

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goal of housing units produced), a commitment to get local employers to participate in the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association (a nonprofit that aims to reduce traffic) and the inclusion in the plan of “community indicators” — measures for gauging the city’s progress in areas such as vehicle-miles traveled, greenhouse-gas emissions and the jobshousing imbalance. The council accepted the bulk of the commission’s recommendations, including the addition of community indicators (the council will decide at its next meeting exactly which measures, exactly, should be included), stronger language on affordable housing (albeit, with no quantifiable goal)

and new wording on enhancing the city’s “community character.” On other issues, besides the downtown plan, council members were more skeptical. They voted down, for instance, a recommendation that the Comprehensive Plan include a stronger policy on encouraging infill housing, with only Councilman Cory Wolbach and Vice Mayor Liz Kniss voting in favor of it. Q

Staff are recommending the Board of Supervisors direct the county executive to develop detailed plans and a budget for a facility. Valley Medical Center has identified several existing sites that could be repurposed for the unit, a staff proposal states. If the board approves the proposal, Lorenz said Valley Medical Center would start on preliminary design and construction plans to get a firmer estimate of the cost. The hospital also plans to convene a group of its own experts

and staff as well as representatives from potential partners to work out operational details for the unit, such as staffing. If approved, the county estimates that operational and construction plans would come back to the Board of Supervisors within a year. The Board of Supervisors’ Nov. 7 meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. at 70 West Hedding St., San Jose. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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drivers switching to neighborhood streets to bypass the pedestrian zone, exacerbating traffic and parking problems in residential areas. “If it’s a study, I can go along with it, but I’m still greatly concerned about just making the (traffic) problem worse and pushing it off to other places,” Kou said. Other “priority” areas in the Comprehensive Plan that the planning commission forwarded for council review include a stronger emphasis on below-market-rate housing (including a quantifiable

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involvement, as a “financially viable model.” In the future, he hopes the unit will become a well-regarded, regional draw, akin to the hospital’s spinal cord and brain injuries center. Simitian estimated that a 36-bed facility would potentially serve hundreds of families annually given that the typical patient in such a unit stays for about six days.

TALK ABOUT IT Do you favor closing part of University Avenue to cars? Give your opinion and read other people’s on Town Square, the community discussion forum at PaloAltoOnline.com/square.

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Alicia Jager, center, and Ryan Conway, left center, and fellow MasterCard employees serve dinner to Yulissa Alvarez, left, and her children Andrea, 2, and Valeria, 4, and other families at the Taube Family Center at the Ronald McDonald House. The meal was prepared as part of the organization’s Megabites program, which pairs corporate teams with volunteer opportunities. when they do, food is individually packaged and placed in community refrigerators for the families. “Any families that are at the hospital and didn’t have a chance to come over that night, they’ll come over ... once the visitation hours are over, and they know where to get the food; they’ll reheat it,” he said. Hernández said that they’re hoping to expand Megabites so that the meal program can provide breakfast, lunch and dinner. Currently the nonprofit provides “grab and go” food options

for the families and maintains a full-stocked pantry with canned goods, cooking oil, instant soups, spices, pasta, beans, rice, tuna and chicken in a can. It also provides a continental breakfast that’s available at 5:30 a.m. Having a volunteer group every single day to make breakfast, lunch and dinner “would just make it so much easier for the families,” he said. Q Former Editorial Assistant and Intern Coordinator Anna Medina can be reaching at rosales@alumni.stanford.edu.

FOOTHILL-DE ANZA Community College District Board of Trustees seeks applicants for its Measure C Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee Candidates appointed to the independent, volunteer Measure C Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee review and report to the public on the district’s Measure C bond expenditures. Applicants must reside in the district’s service area, which includes the cities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and portions of San Jose, Santa Clara and Saratoga. Applicants may not be an employee, contractor, consultant or vendor of the district. The Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee bylaws are available at www.measurec.fhda.edu or by calling (650) 949-6100. Currently, one committee member is needed for two-year terms in the following category: ࠮ ;H_WH`LYZ HZZVJPH[PVU YLWYLZLU[H[P]L This committee is responsible for reviewing expenditures related to the district’s $490,800,000 general obligation bond, Measure C, approved by the voters on June 6, 2006. Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter detailing their qualifications, and noting the above category they would represent, to any of the following: E-mail: chancellor@fhda.edu Mail: Office of the Chancellor Foothill-De Anza Community College District 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 -H_! (650) 941-1638 *VTWSL[LK HWWSPJH[PVUZ T\Z[ IL YLJLP]LK I` W T >LKULZKH` 5V] For more information, please call (650) 949-6100 or email chancellor@fhda.edu www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 3, 2017 • Page 9

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David Packard, left, and William R. Hewlett launched their worldchanging company from an Addision Avenue, Palo Alto, garage.

nonprofit technology trade association that later changed names and merged with Information Technology Association of America to become TechAmerica. Lewis said the papers also highlighted Packardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enlightened management techniques of using teams of people to inspire each other rather than work under a topdown approach. The documents also revealed Hewlettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideas about technology, which remain fundamental to Silicon Valley.

PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp (TENTATIVE) AGENDA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; REGULAR MEETING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; COUNCIL CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 6, 2017 @ 6:00 PM

Closed Session 1. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY-EXISTING LITIGATIONSubject: Cal River Watch v. City of Palo Alto United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. C17-01126 MMC Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) Consent Calendar 3. Approval and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute Contract Amendment Number 1 With RMC Water and Environment to Extend the Term of the Agreement Three Additional Years to end November 9, 2020 for Professional Services Related to the Implementation of the Regional Water Quality Control Plant Long Range Facilities Plan CIP WQ-10001 ( WWYV]HS VM *VU[YHJ[ (TLUKTLU[ 5\TILY >P[O ;V^UZLUK 7\ISPJ (Ń&#x153;HPYZ MVY :[H[L 3LNPZSH[P]L 9LWYLZLU[H[PVU to Extend the Contract for Two-years Through December 31, 2019 and add $204,000 for a Total Not-toExceed Amount of $595,000 5. Approval of a Contract With Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. for Federal Legislative Advocacy Services for a Term of Four-years, From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022, for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $331,200 6. Approval of the Fiscal Year 2017 Re-appropriation Requests to be Carried Forward Into Fiscal Year 2018 and Approve Budget Amendments in Various Funds 7VSPJ` HUK :LY]PJLZ *VTTP[[LL 9LJVTTLUKH[PVU [V (JJLW[ [OL (\KP[VYÂťZ 6Ń?JL 8\HY[LYS` 9LWVY[ HZ VM 1\UL 30, 2017 Action Items 8. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for a Priority Development Area Grant for the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (CAP), Expressing Local Support and Committing any Necessary Matching Funds, and Stating Assurance to Complete the Project; and Approval and Authorization to the City Manager to Execute a Funding Agreement With the Sobrato Organization for Sobrato to Provide the Local Matching Funds and Additional Supporting Funds for Environmental Review in the Amount of $250,000; and Initiation of the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan Process. Environmental Assessment: Exempt Under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15262 9. PUBLIC HEARING/QUASI-JUDICIAL. 425 Portage Avenue: Council Review of an Approval of the Planning and Community Environment Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Determination to Authorize a Waiver From the Retail Preservation Ordinance. The City Council Will Approve, Deny or Modify the Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Determination. Environmental Assessment: Exempt in Accordance With the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) 10. Adoption of Annual Amendments to the Employment Agreements Between the City of Palo Alto and Council (WWVPU[LK 6Ń?JLYZ *P[` 4HUHNLY *P[` ([[VYUL` *P[` (\KP[VY HUK *P[` *SLYR 11. Approval of a Contract With Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd. (NCE) in the Amount of $191,300 for the :PKL^HSR (ZZLZZTLU[ :[\K` [V +L[LYTPUL 5L_[ :[LWZ -VSSV^PUN [OL *VTWSL[PVU VM [OL :PKL^HSR +PZ[YPJ[ Cycle for Capital Improvements Program Project PO-89003 (Continued from October 23, 2017) 12. Colleaguesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Memo Regarding Zoning Updates to Encourage Diverse Housing Near Jobs, Transit, and Services

â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had the most amazing partnership,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliance was in the management of ideas and people; Hewlett was prescient about what kinds of technology people would want and need.â&#x20AC;? Brad Whitworth, a former HP international affairs manager who also oversaw the archives until 2003, said they contained invaluable materials, including oral histories and speeches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some ways, this was the paper version of the HP garage at 367 Addison Ave. (in Palo Alto). It is like a presidential library losing all of its speeches and correspondence or ... Henry Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building laboratories. For Silicon Valley, it had that kind of value,â&#x20AC;? he said. Keysight staff stated the company is still evaluating the dollar loss of the collection. But Lewis said the destroyed archives, which were mostly composed of letters, speeches, oral histories and other correspondence by Hewlett and Packard, were valued at about $2 million based on a 2005 appraisal done for HP spinoff Agilent Technologies, which valued the entire archives at $3.3 million. Photographs, technical drawings, early Hewlett-Packard Journal magazines and early hardware rounded out the collection. Whitworth noted that some of the archival materials stored 200 yards away in Keysightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glass, concrete and metal buildings were not damaged. But because the papers were deposited in modular buildings, Lewis said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were toast.â&#x20AC;? The archives were originally stored in a special facility at HPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters at 3000 Hanover St. in Palo Alto, where they were kept under lock and key in a vault inside the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s center. The facility had a no-water-based fire-retardant system, humidity controls and ultraviolet light protection, Lewis and Whitworth said.

When HP created Agilent Technologies in 1999 to spin off its electronic measurement work, the archives were moved to Agilentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nonprofit foundation, where they were kept in a similar environment. When Agilent split off a separate electronic-measurement company, Keysight, in 2013 and 2014, the archives were stored at Iron Mountain, a company that stores and protects archival information. By 2014 they were moved to Keysight. Lewis said she had wanted the archives to go to Stanford University, from which Hewlett and Packard both graduated. An academic institution would also have experience and facilities for housing the archives. Keysight stated that other HP archival materials, such as historic products (hardware), product catalogs and manuals, some correspondence by David Packard and other company research collections, are safe because they are housed at other Keysight locations. Some archives had been previously saved digitally and also were unaffected by the fire. The company disputed claims that it had not adequately protected the papers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keysight met and exceeded the strictest standards for archival protection, including guidelines set by the United Nations and the Library of Congressâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took the most damaging fire in state history to thwart the appropriate and responsible steps we took to protect our company archives. The heat from the Tubbs Fire was so intense that many fire-resistant safes were melted and destroyed in this unprecedented firestorm.â&#x20AC;? Q To view the archives online, including many historical photos, go to history.keysight.com. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Historic Resources Board [HRB] 8:30 A.M., Thursday November 9, 2017, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Contact Robin Ellner at 650-329-2603, for information during business hours. Informational Report(s): 1. City of Palo Alto New Historic Preservation Website 2. Eichler Design Guidelines Update

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corner of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road, which would contain 60 small apartments and offer public-transit passes, bike amenities and other incentives. Another of the memo’s recommendations for spurring housing construction would establish “housing minimums”: New developments in residential zones that would be required to provide at least 80 percent of the units that the land-use designation can accommodate. This would be a marked departure from the existing policy of “housing maximums,” which mandates that a development in an RM-15 zone, for example, have no more than 15 units per acre. Another proposal in the memo suggests getting away from limits on the number of housing units altogether and instead using floor area ratio (a building’s square footage as a fraction of the size

of the property) as the standard where possible. Any one of these proposals would require extensive analysis and inevitably involve lengthy debates, though probably none more so than the proposed changes to parking, a subject that the council consistently picks as an annual priority. The memo argues that some of the city’s existing regulations “skew development away from reasonably priced housing” by incentivizing commercial development over housing, large units over small ones and pricier housing over the more affordable variety. “Of particular concern are our consistently low limits on numbers of units per-acre, low-FAR allowances for housing (including in mixed-use projects), requirements for more parking than is used, and requirements for on-site (rather than adjacent or nearby) parking,” the memo states. But the memo doesn’t call for radical changes. Any adjustments to zoning that the city makes, Wolbach said, should be “reasonable

Dr. Roy C. Sutton, III March 19, 1953 – October 23, 2017 Resident of Menlo Park Roy Clifton Sutton, III, MD, 64, went home after a courageous battle with cancer on October 23, 2017. He was born at DePaul Hospital, Norfolk, VA on March 19, 1953 and graduated from Lake Taylor High School. He received a bachelors and masters in chemical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. His Medical Doctor degree was awarded from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. At Stanford University he did a neurosurgery internship and residency. Here he also completed 2 years of neurosurgical research and published key articles about using carrier agents to deliver chemotherapy to brain tumors. At the University of Virginia, he completed a clinical and anatomical pathology residency and a neuropathology fellowship where he was a prestigious Rubinstein fellow. His proudest professional achievements included the numerous awards he received from medical school classes where he taught pathology and neuropathology. More significant, his groundbreaking work set the stage for treating gliomas using medication carriers. He considered his greatest achievements those of using what God had blessed him with, being a devoted and loving husband and father, and saving many lives with his surgical skills and expertise. He loved California and the Bay Area was where he left his heart. Jogging along the Stanford dish, through Rancho San Antonio and through the streets of San Francisco during the Bay to Breakers was one of his favorite activities. Studying physics and romantic languages were his lifelong pastimes. We are all just passing time here on earth and we each occupy our chair very briefly. The time we had with Roy was a gift and we are all better that he occupied his chair so well. He is survived by his wife, Sharon “Sherry” Sutton, a son, Patrick; a Masters of Fine Arts candidate at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, a daughter, Summer; a Masters in English candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA and a sister, Elyse Lemaire of Arlington, MA. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution via a check made payable to Stanford University, c/o Allie Gregorian, Stanford Medical Center Development, 3172 Porter Dr., Ste 210, Palo Alto, CA 94304. A funeral service will be held on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at 2:30 pm at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, 695 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306. PAID OBITUARY

and measured and should be thoughtful about the locations” to which they would apply. “Our memo tweaks the zoning code to facilitate more housing, especially of the types, sizes and price ranges which Palo Alto needs more of,” Wolbach said. He noted that the memo does not propose to raise the citywide 50-foot height limit — a topic of ongoing debate — though it does recommend allowing additional height and density in projects that provide more below-market-rate homes (provided the developments do not exceed the citywide limit). Though the memo aligns with a

prevalent view that the city needs more affordable housing, its proposals on parking are likely to spark some opposition. The latest National Citizens Survey, which was released in January, revealed residents’ anxieties about traffic and parking. Only 33 percent ranked the city “good” or “excellent” when asked about ease of public parking. One of the challenges that city staff and the council will face in implementing the proposals in the memo is easing the housing crisis without exacerbating parking shortages. Fine, the lead author of the colleagues’ memo, said their main

objective is to more closely analyze the various tools the city has at its disposal for encouraging housing development. The memo proposes that the city’s planning and legal staff return to the council with a “work plan” for evaluating the various ideas. “We might look and see that parking is a big lever — or density or (public) transit — we don’t know that information yet,” Fine said. “I’d like to see more information about what levers we have and which we should pull.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

Elinor Ann (Duncan) Wilner April 13, 1931 – October 11, 2017 Elinor Ann Wilner (nee Duncan) was born in Ashville, NC, April 13, 1931. The family was under stress, as her father drank excessively. When she was four, her mother took her and her two older siblings to live in New York City. They settled in the Bronx, in a third floor walk up. Her mother found employment in the garment industry. Elinor attended New York City public schools, and continued through NYU, working her way through college. After getting her degree in mathematics, and being inducted into the PHI BETA KAPPA honor society, she found employment with an insurance company. Los Alamos National Laboratory had shrunk greatly at the end of WWII. Then the Russians got the bomb, and the Lab was recruiting. Elinor responded to an ad; they needed mathematicians. She had never been west of Philadelphia, and NM was the Wild West. She signed up. All of the new, young employees were housed in the same area, and the Lab organized get-togethers. The work group to which she was assigned had a reputation that new arrivals married within a year. Her first boyfriend, Cosmo, was fun, but not husband material.She met Bruce Wilner when both were preparing to go on a rum-run to Mexico. After less than a year of dating, Bruce proposed. A date was set after Bruce’s birthday so ages on the marriage certificate would be the same. FOILED! The license was written out weeks before the ceremony. Elinor tired of the small town in the desert after a couple of more years, so Bruce took a job at Lockheed Missiles and Space in Palo Alto. This plodded along for three years. During this time they bought a house and had a son, Eric. Eric as infant and toddler was a difficult child There was a decision: “One child is not the ideal number, but it is too late to go back.” Eric was a smart kid, did well in school. When Eric went off to college, Bruce and Elinor started making international contacts. The first stage was joining an international

organization to put foreign teachers of English into US homes for a week, to exposed them to the US version. Then there was Friendship Force, exchanging home stays with couples in other countries (New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, Germany). Elinor and Bruce participated in Neighbors Abroad, the Palo Alto group for Sister Cities International. Elinor’s health held up through her 40’s; she took modest hikes in the hills; she played “hit and giggle” tennis with friends. Then she took a fall that needed surgery to unpinch nerves at the base of the spine. Then things began to pile up: Diabetes; Arthritis of both knees. She had her right knee replaced but wasn’t happy with it, so did not replace the left knee. As the cartilage in the left knee wore away, it got much worse (ow,ow,ow.) A big hit was about age 78, when she needed a heart valve replaced. In the recovery room, the team let her oxygen level get so low as to have the effect of a stoke, paralyzing her right hand. She had been right handed. With much therapy she regained a little use of the right hand. Then atrial fibrillation struck, causing other strokes. One of these destroyed all of the use regained in the right hand. These strokes left mental function more-or-less intact. She could still converse. In late August, 2017, she had some problems with mental function, spewing meaningless syllables instead of words and sentences. At first this came and went, but August 21, 2017, it took over and we called 911. At the hospital, they quickly identified a urinary tract infection and treated it with antibiotics. She was so agitated that they could not do an MRI scan for stroke. When the UTI was cleared up, she was released from hospital. She had not regained normal functionality, so came home to a hospital bed and care-givers. Sometimes she seemed rational, sometimes not. Her brain function deteriorated unevenly until October 11, when she became comatose and died. She is survived by spouse, Bruce, and son, Eric. PAID

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Mrs. Roberta M. Yee Mrs. Roberta M. Yee, beloved matriarch and pioneer, was one of the first Chinese-American women real estate professionals in Palo Alto and was known for her inspiring volunteerism in service to the community. She died on Oct. 15 at the age of 92. Service will be held at the First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave., Saturday, November 11 from 10:00am-12:30pm, reception after. RSVP: Challen Yee (650) 704-2008 voice/text; email: challenyee@yahoo.com For more info, go to: www.challenyee.com PAID

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Oct. 25-31 Violence related Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strong-arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/prop. damage . . . . . . 4 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. penal-code violation . . . . . . . . . . 3 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Tampering with vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Online scam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Recovered vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 F&W/misc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Menlo Park Oct. 25-31

Lucille Lanza Hagstrum May 26, 1928 - October 10, 2017 Mom, the granddaughter of Italian immigrants from Campania, Italy, was born Lucille Rose Rosalie and raised in Greenwich Village, New York. Her mom, Lizzie, and her dad, Tony, were wonderful, warm, loving parents to mom and her four younger siblings Andy, Frankie, Rosie, and Anne. There was always laughter, the smell of food cooking, and lots of people coming and going in the place where she grew up. Mom would keep things that way in every other place where she resided. She went to school in New York City and worked at Bayer Aspirin as an executive secretary in the late 1940s. In 1953 she married a returning soldier from World War II who was a fellow Italian American. Vince was six years her senior and had also grown up in the Village - just a few doors down from mom. After giving birth to 3 kids in Summit, New Jersey, Vince and Lucille ventured west to Atherton in 1959 to be part of a new startup company, Raychem. The Raychem clan became family and mom and dad were supremely happy in their new California home. Mom even convinced her brother, Frankie, and her sister, Anne, and family to move out west to the Bay Area. We vacationed every year on the beach in Southern California and delighted in doing so. It was dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s habit, having grown up in New York, when confronted with a balmy January day in his new California home, to turn to mom and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, Lu, looks like another sh***y day in paradise.â&#x20AC;? Mom never failed to laugh at that and dad was always rewarded with a big hug and a smooch. She made lots of friends and took up new interests. Notably she travelled every week to San Francisco with her best friend, Dorothy Gravelle, to learn metalsmithing. We all have beautiful boxes and other keepsakes which mom fashioned during those years (thanks, mom!). Tragedy struck in 1972 when dad was killed in a plane crash while traveling on Raychem business. The Raychem family rallied around mom and we all got through it. Mom was lucky in love and married Paul Hagstrum,

a gentle Swede from Minnesota, in 1977. She moved back to Minnesota with Paul and was ecstatic to have a new flock who loved her as much as she loved them. But lightning does occasionally strike twice. She lost the second love of her life to cancer in 1981. Perhaps love is like bocce ball and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to quit while one is ahead. So mom devoted the rest of her life to her interests and to her kids and her grandkids. Mom spent decades as a volunteer at the Stanford Museum. She was a board member of the Committee for Art, a founder of the Contemporary Collectors Circle, and she served tirelessly on the Treasure Market Committee. She loved traveling with her fellow volunteers to see museums and private art collections around the world. Mom was a natural at raising money. She and her longtime friend and neighbor, Esther Heslop, conceived of and threw the first Rodin by Moonlight event in the 1980s. Mom was proud that what she started has grown to become the signature fundraising event on the mid-Peninsula. Mom is survived by her sister Rosie (Rocky), her sisters-in-law Susie and Darlene, her three children with Vince: Doug (Anne), Drew (Jane) and Ellie (Richard), and her step children with Paul: Marilyn (Les) and Paul (Leda). At last count (and we had to count) she had 14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Mom took enormous pride that none of us divorced and that all five of us built happy families. We never tired of hearing her say that she had great kids. She laughed and lived well and healthy until the day she died, buoyed by her burgeoning family and the humor and good will that it provided. Our job was to keep mom laughing right to the end and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to report that we never failed in our duty. Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, as she wished it to be, was a swift and easy exit for one of the last great dames of Atherton. We love you, mom. The memorial service will be private. Contributions may be made to the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. PAID

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Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Driving under the influence . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Clark Way, 10/25, 6:25 p.m.; physical child abuse. Morris Drive, 10/27, 9:41 a.m.; physical

child abuse. Alma Street, 10/28, 2:18 a.m.; domestic violence with battery. El Camino Real, 10/28, 6:02 p.m.; strongarm robbery. Sand Hill Road, 10/30, 5:24 p.m.; domestic violence with battery.

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Editorial Home stretch for Comp Plan More than a decade in the making, updated long-range plan nears finish line

f time spent on a project were the measure of its import, the vision document for city decisions over at least the next 12 years, now in its final phase of City Council review, is almost twice as good as the one it will replace. The last time Palo Alto updated its Comprehensive Plan, in 1998, was after an unprecedented (at the time) six-year effort and was intended to be operational until 2010. The new, refreshed plan up for approval in the next few weeks is the product of an 11-year process that began so long ago (in 2006) that none of the current members of the council had even been elected. Along the way, the city manager, planning director and planning staff have turned over, as have members of the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission, the city body that was originally intended to lead the process and where the revision languished during the Great Recession. Long-range plans, intended to be updated as conditions in a community change — typically about every 10 to 12 years — are required by state law and are supposed to be a framework within which zoning, development, transportation and other policy decisions are made during that period. It’s an expensive, time-consuming process for any city, but especially in Palo Alto, where so much importance is placed on achieving broad community engagement and, when possible, at least some consensus. Concerned that the process had lost momentum and visibility with the public, in 2015 the council decided a re-set was needed and formed a citizens committee to work with staff to develop a draft document. After a few hiccups relating to the membership of the committee, the full group held 23 meetings and formed subcommittees that met 29 times over two years — all open to the public. It wasn’t easy and not everyone was satisfied, but all points of view were heard and, to a great extent, the outcome reflected the policy tensions of long-standing political divides in the community. In May, following sometimes cantankerous interim reviews by the City Council, the committee handed off its final draft, which was reviewed over the summer by the planning commission. A required environmental-impact report (EIR) has been completed, and now the council is in the process of its final review of the plan and the EIR. Mayor Greg Scharff is determined to have the council approve both by the end of the year. While there is plenty the council could continue to debate about the plan, we don’t think further delays can or will improve it to a degree worth the time or effort. History has shown that comprehensive plans aren’t nearly as influential in shaping future decisions as the herculean effort to create them would suggest. These plans attempt to identify broad needs of the community, such as constraining commercial development, pursuing new housing opportunities, and implementing transportation initiatives to ease congestion and encourage people get out of their cars, but the real policy decisions get made as specific projects or zoning proposals come before the city in the future. Nothing in this plan will truly constrain the decision-making of a future council. A comprehensive plan and its accompanying impact report are more tools for having a community conversation than they are proscriptive, and as we have seen over the last few years, council decisions in Palo Alto are far more influenced by the outcome of council elections than they are by specific provisions in the city’s Comprehensive Plan. Regardless of one’s political perspective, the unsung hero in this long process has been the city staff, which has had the challenge of providing continuity, structure and professional judgment to a process that is inherently political and vulnerable to criticism and secondguessing from all corners of the city. The quality and clarity of the staff reports, the patience shown by staff when faced with sudden surprise (and sometimes wacky) proposals by council members or others and the constant need to assess and recalibrate to the shifting views of the council deserve the community’s appreciation. Similarly, the Citizens Advisory Committee members remained engaged and committed until the very end of a difficult process. By its very nature, a comprehensive plan is a compromise document with which very few will be entirely satisfied. The perennial debate over what kind of community Palo Alto should be, its rate and type of growth, zoning requirements and most every other issue addressed in the plan will continue to occur as specific zoning changes and development proposals come before the community in the future. In this eleventh hour of the process, we urge the council to steer clear of re-opening controversial, already-debated elements or bringing forth new ideas or programs. After 11 years, it’s time to declare success. Q Page 14 • November 3, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Letters Straw man argument Editor, Recently we have seen signs in Old Palo Alto sponsored by CastillejaReimagined.org. The sign has a header “Castilleja” with the message “We support women’s education.” Presumably these signs are to counter those who oppose the expansion of Castilleja School at its current location. No one I know who opposes the expansion is against providing quality education and expanded opportunities to women. The message on these signs is a distraction from the central issue: the integrity of neighborhoods and whether the current site, situated in a residential neighborhood, is suitable for a larger private school. Many students at Castilleja do not come from Palo Alto. Castilleja does not provide any special benefits or programs to the neighborhood or to the city. The massive, disrupting construction project proposed and the potential to increase traffic at a busy intersection and along a major designated bike route are reasons the expansion is not suitable for the neighborhood. It’s time for Castilleja, if it wants to expand, to establish a second campus, as other major institutions that originated in Palo Alto have done. Richard D. Mamelok and Midori Aogaichi Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto

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Three council members urge relaxed parking rules to spur housing Posted by Eric Rosenblum, a resident of Downtown North, on Oct. 29 at 6:38 p.m. The concept of “car light” development has been studied pretty extensively and has produced some interesting results, both in terms of lower-cost housing and in terms of reducing reliance on automobiles (because the developer instead invests in alternatives for residents). Think about it this way: At the moment, people rent an apartment, and it always includes at least 1 parking space. You don’t have a choice. What if you could rent an apartment for $2,000/ month, and if you want a parking

space, it’s an extra $200/month. If you don’t get a parking space, you are eligible for a free Caltrain pass and $100 in monthly Uber credits. A lot of people would decide that their own car is just not worth it. The end result of this scenario would be a building that has fewer cars. Those who absolutely need a car (people who commute to a location that not convenient to transit, or parents with kids who need constant shuttling) would pay for a place (or decide that they want a different building, where parking is included). Those who don’t want a car would benefit tremendously. In neighborhoods that have Residential Preferential Parking, this should be a great choice: There is no chance of people cheating by parking in neighborhoods. Posted by Allen Akin, a resident of Professorville, on Oct 29 at 4:38 p.m. We live in an area where development was deliberately decentralized. Some of the reasons for that may no longer apply (e.g. threat of Soviet nuclear strikes), but some still do (valid life preferences that may differ from yours), and new ones have arisen (how many of our economic eggs should go into a basket that’s hyper-expensive, earthquake-prone, water-poor, and at risk from sea-level rise?). One can make very good arguments for investing in growth elsewhere, either not in Palo

Alto or not in the Bay Area, and those arguments deserve serious consideration. But if you’re dead-set that density must be increased here, then as the person making the claim, you are obliged to make concrete proposals for developing and funding transit, water supplies, schools, government services, and dozens of other things that will be essential to support that density. What I observe in the public discourse is (a) no acceptance of limits on commercial growth (therefore there are no limits on housing demand); (b) constant calls for housing affordability but no acknowledgment of the huge amount of housing that would be required to achieve that or of the role of demand in setting prices; (c) no concrete plans for developing and funding the services and infrastructure that would be required even in the short term, much less the long term; (d) no serious acknowledgment that these issues exist. For the specific case of residences without parking, at minimum you need to explain how to permanently prevent residents from owning cars anyway and imposing the resulting traffic and parking demands on the rest of us, disproportionately at our expense. If you don’t do that, you should accept that people have valid and rational reasons to object to that kind of project, not a knee-jerk resistance to “change.”

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Silicon Valley has entered a tsunami decade of retirements by Jay Thorwaldson

virtual tidal wave of retirements will occur between now and 2025 as older workers leave the workforce in Silicon Valley, the Bay Area and beyond, according to a comprehensive new report. Up to 300,000 workers will retire in Silicon Valley, opening a huge range of mostly non-tech jobs that may be difficult to fill with younger workers, the report states. The effects will be far-reaching, impacting nearly every aspect of the lives of residents and business operations, according to the 12-page report from the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies, which is affiliated with the industry-based Joint Venture Silicon Valley. (The report is available online at tinyurl.com/SVretire17.) “While tech gets top attention in discussing the Silicon Valley economy, many retirees come from vital non-tech occupations, including teachers, doctors, nurses, public safety workers, construction occupations and local government,” the report notes, citing California Employment Development Department projections. “Replacing these workers will pose challenges in both the private and public sectors,” it warns. “Challenges” often translates as “problems.” The report’s principal authors are Stephen Levy, senior economist for the Institute and director of the Palo Alto-based Center of

the Continuing Study of the California Economy, and Rachel Massaro, Joint Venture Silicon Valley vice president and senior research associate for the Institute. “There are two enormous barriers to replacing the retirees,” Levy said of the report’s broad implications in a recent telephone interview. The first is the widespread shortage of housing and the second is recent federal anti-immigration policies, he said. The Institute and Joint Venture issue regular reports on the area’s economic trends. Last July the Institute reported on a modest slowdown in job growth and on the continuing “housing crisis” in the Bay region. Joint Venture earlier warned of a “shrinking middle class” in Silicon Valley. Even though more workers 55 and older are working longer, retirements predictably will surge as the bulk of the baby-boomer generation moves into its 70s and beyond. “Baby boomer” is a loosely defined term usually applied to those born between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. While the retirements will create job openings and promotion opportunities for younger employees, there are downsides, including a loss of experience and knowledge. Because about three-quarters of job openings will be retirements, businesses will “need to focus on replacement needs in addition to new jobs and occupations,” the report notes. “These replacement openings provide the broadest and deepest source of jobs for new and existing workers looking to move up as these replacement openings will provide the largest source of middle-wage opportunities in the coming years.” The percentage of older workers staying on the job grew from 38.5 percent to 42.8

percent between 2007 and 2016, the report notes. Silicon Valley led the nation in the percentage of older workers staying on the job. The job rate for workers ages 25 to 54 is 85.4 percent, about double the over-55 rate. The report notes that if the stay-on-thejob rate continues increasing at its current (2016) level, the number of projected retirees would drop by about 6 percent, or close to 280,000, through 2025, rather than the higher 300,000. Big if. The retirement surge will continue beyond 2025, but at a lower rate, the report states. Where will the replacement workers live? The housing shortfall for replacement workers will be exacerbated because many retirees will remain in their Silicon Valley residences for some after retiring. Absent a massive housing expansion in Silicon Valley, that means more workers will need to travel from other areas, a problem for near-gridlock freeways and highways serving the region already. In 2015, more than 200,000 commuters traveled into Silicon Valley just from Alameda County, according to Joint Venture’s 2017 Index. Some relief can be expected from future “transportation investments,” the report notes. It cites an “expanded Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) service, the new BART stations opening in Fremont and south, and the possibility of high-speed rail service from the San Joaquin Valley into San Jose.” Those “all have the possibility of expanding where the Valley gets its workers. The commute-shed regions do, however, face the same demographic trends as Silicon Valley with an aging population and

workforce,” the report notes. The report includes a breakdown of 2025 retirees by current ages. The bulk (about 170,000) are currently ages 55-64. Another 70,000 are now in the 45-54 range, and 60,000 are currently in the 65-74 range. The report concludes with an “implications” section specifically “intended to stimulate discussion” about the workforce and economy. It projects that fully twothirds of job openings will be for replacement jobs. Replacement job openings will also occur in some categories where there is no actual job growth. Replacement job openings “are the opportunity side of the retirement wave in the sense that they provide a target for helping people move up while at the same time helping private- and public-sector employers fill critical positions,” the report states. “The challenge is that many retiring workers ... have skills and experience that cannot be easily matched by workers just entering the workforce. In the past, the Silicon Valley workforce has been aided by migrants from abroad and from other parts of the country. High housing prices and a less welcoming immigration policy, at least currently, make this solution harder in the years to come. “Population and job growth is slowing here and across the state and nation as boomers age, birth rates fall, and immigration has stopped increasing. While this may make it easier for Silicon Valley to address housing and transportation challenges, success here is not easily accomplished.” Is it ever? Q Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jaythor@well.com.

Streetwise

What do you think about making a section of University Avenue pedestrian-only? Asked at College Terrace Library on Wellesley Street, in Palo Alto. Question, interviews and photographs by Alexandria Cavallaro.

Katherine Porth

Jill Gee

Vicki Blayney

Ernie Tompkins

Scientist Norris Road, Fremont

Dietitian Olmstead Road, Stanford

Former Educator Stanford Campus

Retired Librarian Everett Avenue, Palo Alto

”If they can provide alternate areas for more parking, then I think it would be feasible.”

”I usually try to avoid that street anyway. It’s pretty crowded.”

”I think it’s an interesting proposal, but I wonder if it would be doable – I don’t think we’re there yet with public transit.”

”Even though parking is at a premium downtown, I think it would be a great idea (and) give people the edge over cars.”

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n a recent Sunday afternoon, players looking to pick up a game of lawn bowling streamed into the Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club, towing their bowls in colorful rolling backpacks.

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“pickupability” of the game. “It’s lots of fun and not too serious — well, there are a few who are serious but the rest of us are here to have a good time,” said Kevin O’Leary of Mountain View, who took up lawn bowling three years ago at the urging of his wife, a longtime player. O’Leary is among the newer players at the Palo Alto club who have taken up the sport, which has been around since the 13th century and traditionally has enjoyed wider popularity in the British Commonwealth countries. Tucked behind the Gamble estate on Embarcadero Road, the 84-year-old club has a long history in Palo Alto. The club welcomes newcomers as well as outside rental groups to try out the sport at its Old Palo Alto playing venue and has dropped some of the more traditional game etiquette — such

as wearing white attire — as part of its push to continuously attract more players. “We’ve got rid of of the old traditions of wearing white,” said John Hickson of Menlo Park, a past club president and transplant from England. “The formality turned a lot of people off and slowly it changed over a period of years.” Though some tournaments still call for white attire, Palo Alto lawn bowlers typically show up in slacks, jeans or shorts of many hues and patterns, polo shirts or Tshirts and sneakers — and always hats to protect against the sun. The casual aspect of the game is what attracted Christine Stafford to play. Stafford became a lawn bowler (continued on page 20)

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Imprinted in history Stanford Art Gallery celebrates its centennial with the art of Pedro de Lemos by Sheryl Nonnenberg he Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, located near the Main Quad on the Stanford campus, might be considered a step-sister to larger, more imposing and better-known art edifices like the Cantor and the Anderson Collection. Built in 1917 as a gift from the brother of university founder Leland Stanford, it was created to show off the younger Stanford’s art collection. Since then, the gallery, with its distinctive sky-light roof, has been the site for innumerable exhibitions of student- and faculty-art works. For its centennial celebration, however, the Gallery is displaying the colorful and innovative printmaking of Pedro de Lemos. “Lasting Impressions of Pedro de Lemos: The Centennial Exhibition” is on view until Dec. 3. Never heard of de Lemos? Most people have not, which is amazing when you become aware of his importance as an artist, art administrator, curator, writer and designer. De Lemos (1882-1954) was raised in Oakland and attended art school in San Francisco. In 1913, he went to New York to study under Arthur Wesley Dow (famous for being one of Georgia O’Keeffe’s mentors) at Columbia University. Upon returning to the Bay Area, he owned several printing and photography studios, which offered classes in everything from traditional printing techniques to working in copper and leather. De Lemos was a staunch advocate of the Arts and Crafts movement (active from 18801920), which celebrated the return to handcrafts and nature as a remedy for the anxiety/ isolation caused by industrialism. For those involved in the movement, there was a firm belief in Utopian societies in which the designer was also a craftsman and where simplicity reigned supreme. De Lemos became so proficient at printmaking that he began teaching it at the San

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Artist Pedro de Lemos’ sepia-toned etching “Art Gallery Entrance,” captures the Romanesque sandstone and tile architecture for which Stanford University is famous.

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From left to Right: De Lemos, a staunch advocate of the Arts and Crafts movement, uses simple lines and muted colors often seen in Japanese prints in this piece, “The Magic Cove — Pt. Lobos.” De Lemos used a woodcut to depict windswept cypress trees in this nature scene,”Seaside Sentinels.”

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Francisco Institute of Art in 1911. He helped to organize the print section of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, where he had five works on display. He soon moved into arts administration, directing the Institute of Art from 1914 to 1917. His association with Stanford University began in 1917, when he became director of the art museum and gallery. It was a position he would hold until his retirement in 1945. During his tenure, he curated countless exhibitions — all the while becoming known as a prolific author of books and magazine articles about art education. His best-known book, “Art Simplified,” was a popular elementary and high school textbook and was reprinted many times. Somehow, de Lemos also found time to get involved in cultural organizations (he was the first president of the Carmel Art Association) and helped found the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park. He wrote, “Art is not for the talented, nor is it a luxury for humanity. Art can be applied to everything connected with life’s needs and civilization’s comforts.” To that end, de Lemos and his wife Reta (also an artist) designed a 9,000-square-foot Spanish and Craftsman home in the Waverley Oaks section of Palo Alto. Completed in 1941, the “Hacienda” is on the National Register of Historic Places. “I knew he was a prolific artist, but it was not until I saw the large collection of his work at the Trotter Galleries in Pacific Grove that I truly understood the breadth of his talents,” explained exhibition curator Robert Edwards. Edwards, who has written a book about the art colonies of Carmel and Berkeley, organized the exhibition, which was mounted previously at the Monterey Museum of Art. The show is arranged to highlight the artist’s proficiency in a variety of print techniques: intaglio, lithography, relief

(woodcuts) and pastels. Didactic labels describe both his manner of execution and his philosophy about art. One quote seems prescient, given the current importance the University is placing on interdisciplinary education: “Art is a science and art students should know, just as in any form of science, the principle of order in art development.” Viewers can see these principles of order (which include naturalistic, geometric and abstract) at work in his prints. “Pt. Lobos” is comprised of simple lines, muted colors and the slightly cropped perspective that is often seen in Japanese prints. It is a dreamlike scene, in which details are hazy yet evocative. In Seaside Sentinels, a woodcut of wind-swept cypress trees, we see the basic outlines, as rendered in the key block, and then the final print with color applied. Solid areas of yellow comprise the hillside, while tiny white flowers bloom in the grass below the trees. Simplicity and a love for nature, as it is found, are hallmarks of his work. His sepia-toned etchings depicting campus landmarks, such as The Stanford Art Gallery, faithfully capture the Romanesque sandstone and tile architecture for which the university is famous. And we can see just how basic and fundamental the printmaking process is, thanks to displays holding etching plates and wood blocks, as well as an accumulation of printer’s tools — burins, chisels, knives and hammers — all of which are still used today. True to his Arts and Crafts ideal of art being

available to everyone, de Lemos invented his own leather stamping technique, designed to assist the home printer in creating art. So how can such an important and influential artist be so unrecognized? Gallery director Gabriel Harrison has a theory: “Art history, and the public, often dismiss artists who are working at the tail end of a movement.” Even though de Lemos was progressive in his views toward gender equality (a large percentage of his curated exhibitions featured art by women) he was firmly against the idea of Modernism because it did not celebrate the hand of the artist. In addition, de Lemos championed the work of Stanford students, with little recognition. “For three decades at Stanford University de Lemos promoted with exhibitions many young artists who went on to establish brilliant careers nationally, but are seldom remembered today,” Edwards said. Harrison noted that current Stanford art majors are visiting the gallery to study de Lemos’ prints and working method. The exhibition is a fitting tribute to an artist who had such a profound and lasting impact on the arts at Stanford. Said Alex Nemerov, chair of the Department of Art and Art History, “Thanks to the exhibition, the department gains a stronger sense of its historical foundations — of who this important predecessor was and how his presence can still be felt on campus.” Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com.

Arts & Entertainment The Anderson Collection at Stanford University is currently displaying 11 works by sculptor Manuel Neri that it recently received as a gift for its permanent collection. The exhibition, “Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure,” runs through Feb. 13, 2018, and features life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble as well as preparatory drawings. Photos Courtesy of the Anderson Collection

Anderson Collection expands its holdings of work by sculptor Manuel Neri by Sheryl Nonnenberg hree years ago, the Anderson Collection at Stanford University opened to much acclaim, both as a new addition to the arts district on campus and as an invaluable resource for the visual arts. The 30,000-squarefoot museum contains the private collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson (who prefer to be known as “Hunk” and “Moo”), which was cultivated over a 50year period. In a recent interview, Hunk Anderson explained that the gift reflected “the best of the best of what we owned.” That original gift is about to become even better, with the addition of 11 works by sculptor Manuel Neri. These pieces are featured in an exhibition, “Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure,” through Feb. 13, 2018. It should be noted that singledonor museums often tend to be static tributes to a collector. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, for example, precludes the display of art not originally purchased by Stewart herself. The problem for such museums is how to sustain interest, after the initial fanfare surrounding their premiere. During the three years that went into the planning of the building that houses the Anderson Collection at Stanford, both the donors and the architects were aware of such concerns. “The building is a dedicated museum for the Anderson Collection — that’s where it all starts,” Hunk said. But a space for borrowed works also was considered in the planning, explained Moo. “It’s a small space but we have had some great exhibitions,” she added, noting that the recent Nick Cave show generated a lot of positive response. And while the Anderson Collection does not actively solicit outside donations, sometimes things just come together and an offer that is too good to pass up presents itself. This was the case with the Manuel Neri gift of sculptures, reliefs and works on paper. Because the Anderson Collection already owned a significant work by Neri, “Untitled Standing Figure, 1982,” it seemed like a natural evolution to expand upon the holdings of the most

important sculptor in the Bay Area Figurative movement. According to a representative from the Manuel Neri Trust, the artist (who is 87 and no longer producing art) has been concerned about the distribution of works remaining in his possession for a number of years. For the past 15 years, there has been a concerted effort to gift works of art to museums around the country. The trust places art in institutions that already own work by Neri and strives to gift pieces that give “a sense of process.” To that end, gifts usually include both preparatory drawings and completed pieces. San Francisco painter Joseph Goldyne suggested to the trust that the Anderson Collection would be a fitting home for such a gift. The Andersons, working with director Jason Linetzky, selected the pieces. “We like to collect an artist’s work in-depth,” explained Hunk. For her part, Moo was thrilled to be able to choose several works depicting Joan Brown (once married to Neri), a Bay Area Figurative artist not represented in the Anderson Collection. She spoke excitedly of one piece, “Collage and Ink Figure Study No. 35 (Joan Brown), 1963.” “A collage — now that was a big surprise!” she said. The Neri gift, according to Hunk, is appropriate for the museum because “it is of high quality and fits the scope of the collection.” Neri, born in 1930, comes from humble roots. The son of farm workers, he was raised in the city of Sanger, near Fresno. He entered San Francisco City College in 1950, intending to become an engineer, but a chance exposure to a ceramics class changed his course. He attended several art schools in San Francisco and was there at a critical nexus of influences — from Mark Rothko and Clifford Still to artists who were rebelling against the constraints of Abstract Expressionism and returning to the figure. David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and Peter Voulkos would have an enormous impact on Neri, as he made the discovery that sculpture, not painting, was his natural medium. Because of financial constraints, Neri elected to work in plaster,

explaining “it was cheap and you could throw away your mistakes.” Like classical sculptors, he created fragmented torsos (almost always women) but added his own twist by gouging, slashing, sanding and filing the surface. Soon, he began to add color — bright, vivid slashes of pigment that seem to mirror the manner in which the abstract expressionists used paint. The combination of the traditional nude form with gestural painting made his work stand out, and soon he caught the attention of the art world. In 1981, art critic Hilton Cramer wrote, “No one else has carried out this complex heritage into sculpture with quite the energy or originality that Mr. Neri has brought to it.” Recognition via museum exhibitions around the country followed, but Neri was also an educator, teaching at University of California, Davis, from 1965 to 1990. When the artist found that plaster was too fragile, he began working in more durable materials such as bronze and marble. (For many years, Neri spent summers in his studio in Carrara, Italy — the same place Michelangelo worked). “Makida III, 1997,” is a lovely head study in marble, with finely rendered facial features. It is at once delicate and solid, with washes of pink and blue oil-based enamel adding an exotic touch. A series of marble-relief maquettes (dating from 1983) reflect the artist’s lifelong fascination with the female body. Although diminutive in size (around two feet), each reflects a sense of ethereal grace and perfection of form. Neri, who always sketched, explored on paper ways to translate two dimensional ideas into three dimensional objects. Using graphite, charcoal or gouache, the artist sometimes used his sketchbook as a diary, adding text that described his feelings or issues at the time. The drawings in the exhibition reflect the artist’s spontaneous approach, expressed in quick, dynamic strokes of pigment or charcoal. The three “Mujer Pegada (1984)” studies are fascinating in the way that Neri chose to cut away small sections around the figure, creating a sense of three

dimensions on a flat surface. Following the exhibition, the pieces will be rotated in and out of the permanent collection. Explained Linetzky, “They expand opportunities the museum has to teach from and allow students, faculty and the public to experience Neri’s work firsthand.” In addition to the Neri sculptures inside the museum, seven sculptures on loan from Hackett/Mill Gallery in San Francisco were scheduled to be installed outside the building in mid-October. A 350-page, fully illustrated

catalog, published by Stanford University Press, accompanies the exhibition. Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com. What: “Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure” Where: Anderson Collection, 314 Lomita Drive, Stanford When: Through Feb. 12, Wed.Mon. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (open until 8 p.m. Thurs.) Cost: Free Info: anderson.stanford.edu

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The latest comings and goings in the local dining scene

By Elena Kadvany

bringing fresh dining choices to both Palo Alto and Mountain View’s restaurant-heavy downtowns. Read on for the latest in each city, plus closures and other openings on the horizon.

Mountain View BARBECUE TIME ... Ribs, brisket, pastrami and other barbecue fare is on the menu of Quality Bourbons & Barbecue in Mountain View, which opened at 216 Castro St. in September. QBB, as it’s called, is the brainchild of Kasim Syed, who owns Palo Alto Brewing Company, The Rose & Crown and The Tap Room in Palo Alto, and Jon Andino, former general manager at Scratch in Mountain View. After several years of talking about opening a restaurant together, they settled on barbecue, hoping to fill a hole in the Mountain View dining scene. QBB’s menu is split into appetizers, sandwiches, salads, meat plates, “just the meat,” sides and dessert. It’s certainly a place for carnivores, from the “bacon explosion” appetizer (sausage that’s stuffed with cream cheese, then wrapped with bacon and cut into medallions) to pastrami, reuben and French dip sandwiches. The bourbon list is long and intriguing, with traditional, wheated, high rye and other types.

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DRUNKEN LOBSTER OUT, BAKERY IN ... After two years slinging East Coast seafood and later, pizza, at 212 Castro St., Drunken Lobster has closed. Owner Brian Langevin said the restaurant’s last day was Oct. 13. The longtime Bay Area chef sold the restaurant. “I had an offer for the business I could not refuse,” he wrote in an email. He said he plans to open a bar, but did not respond to further questions about his next venture. The new owners, husband-and-wife Laurent Pellet and Jelena Jovanov, plan to open a French bakery called Maison Alyzee.

GET YOUR BIRYANIZ ... An Indian restaurant specializing in biryani, a traditional rice dish served with meat, spices and other toppings, is now open in downtown Mountain View. Biryaniz replaced another Indian restaurant, the short-lived Shalimar Sizzle, at 246 Castro St. It’s connected to a local string of restaurants by the same name in Milpitas, Dublin and Rancho Cordova. Mountain View owner Sreeganesh Iyer said the Biryaniz owner is a “friend” and Iyer is operating locally as a “kind of franchisee.” The opening menu includes several biryani options, including with goat, lamb, chicken, paneer, shrimp and fish. There are variations from different regions, including Hyderabad, Vijayawada

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Isaias Cancino pulls St. Louis-style pork spare ribs out of the smoker at QBB as the restaurant prepares for dinner service. and Amaravathi. The biryani are served with raita, or yogurt, and salan (a Hyderabadi curry). There are also vegetarian curries; chicken tikka masala; a half chicken, marinated in yogurt and spices and then grilled in a clay oven; and appetizers such as samosas.

FAREWELL, KUMINO ... One of the Midpeninsula’s more unique restaurants, Kumino — run by a former Manresa line cook making Asian-fusion food

in a Mountain View strip mall — has shuttered. A sign recently appeared in the Rengstorff Avenue restaurant’s windows announcing the closure and an intent to find a new location. Owner Haochen Liu confirmed the news this week but declined to provide further details. Liu opened Kumino in October 2015, serving ramen, nontraditional baos and other dishes that reflected his high-end training in a lower-brow setting.

TUTS BAKERY & CAFE ... Coffee from Santa Cruz’s Verve, fresh-baked bread and tartines are among the menu items at the newly opened Tuts Bakery & Cafe at 535 Bryant St. in downtown Palo Alto. What used to be

French restaurant Bon Vivant has been transformed into light-filled space with white subway-tiled walls, globe pendant lights, hanging plants and a bar stocked with baked goods, per Yelp photos. There is both indoor and outdoor

Debora Ferrand, owner of Patiserrie Colette, places raspberry eclairs in the pastry display at Mademoiselle Colette.

seating. Beyond pastries, cakes and bread, an opening menu includes items such as a salmon tartine (smoked salmon with poached eggs and sautéed spinach on homemade sourdough toast), croque monsieur and Greek-style pancakes. There’s also a tartine topped with menemen, a traditional Turkish mixture of eggs, tomato, green peppers and spices. There are also lunch dishes, such as housemade meatballs, salads, soups and paninis.

MADEMOISELLE COLETTE NO. 2 ... The owner of Menlo

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new establishment focused on booze and small plates opened last week at 124 Castro St. Owner Chau Le took over the space after East Street Tapas recently closed. (East Street Tapas was the rebranded version of East Street Tacos, which was previously oyster bar Shell Shock.) Le also owns a Vietnamese restaurant, Kobe Pho & Grill, with locations in Dublin and Cupertino, as well as …Élyse Restaurant, a modern French-Vietnamese eatery he recently opened in San Jose. He said

he has long eyed Castro Street as an ideal location. Le said Chop & Pub’s focus is on craft cocktails with “California-style” tapas dishes such as grilled vegetables.

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akeries, barbecue and biryani — thanks to several openings, the Midpeninsula now has new options for all three. New establishments that have opened recently are

Park patisserie Mademoiselle Colette had a soft-opening of her second location in Palo Alto in early October. The 499 Lytton Ave. space has no kitchen, so this outpost will serve only pastries and to-go items, rather than the full menu of French salads, sandwiches, brunch dishes and other items available in Menlo Park, owner Debora Ferrand said. In Palo Alto, cold salads, quiches and sandwiches will soon be available to go. There will, however, be a larger selection of coffees and drinks in Palo Alto, Ferrand said. Ferrand, an Atherton resident who was born in Brazil but raised in France, opened the French bakery in downtown Menlo Park in 2015. She soon brought on a young French pastry chef, Orphée Fouano.

NOBU EYES EXPANSION ... A place to see and be seen, Nobu’s new Palo Alto outpost could soon expand. The restaurant, (continued on next page)

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located in the ground floor of The Epiphany Hotel at 180 Hamilton Ave., has submitted plans to the City of Palo Alto to demolish a space around the corner at 620 Emerson St. and build a two-story, 4,240-square-foot restaurant. Nobu confirmed the expansion,

but said “we do not have additional details at this time.” The city planner for the project, Samuel Gutierrez, said that Nobu has proposed to “expand the restaurant by connecting the ground floor” of the existing space to the new expansion at 620 Emerson. The project is subject to review by the Architectural Review Board

ShopTalk BANK OF ORIENT MOVING IN ... The new mixeduse building at the corner of El Camino Real and College Avenue has secured a first-floor tenant. San Francisco-based Bank of the Orient is opening its first Palo Alto branch at the three-story building at 2209 El Camino Real that the city approved in 2015, allowing for financial services on the ground floor, offices on the second and residential units on the third. Since its founding in 1971, Bank of the Orient has opened branches in San Francisco, Oakland and Millbrae, but not along the Peninsula. The office will mostly focus on construction and commercial loans, according to the leasing office. The bank will likely open the new 1,200-square-foot branch next spring after interior construction of the building is complete. “We haven’t got a final date (for opening) yet, because we are still working on the design and the layout,” developer Karen Kam said. — A.C. BEAM BOTS HEAD TO STANFORD ... Beam Store, the futuristic Jetsons’-like store staffed entirely by employees located in remote locations around the world who communicated with customers through mobile robots that roamed the floor, has closed its downtown location at 425 University Ave. Suitable Technologies opened the store three years ago as a six-month pop-up to demonstrate its Beam Smart Presence System technology first-hand by letting anyone visiting the store try out their telepresence robots. The site quickly became a destination for tech tours organized by local institutions and consulting groups for business leaders and students from around the world. Spokesman Tyler Hoffman said

and will require a public hearing, which Gutierrez said will occur in the coming weeks after the city sends formal comments to the applicant. Nobu opened Palo Alto, its first Northern California location, in the Epiphany Hotel this summer. Q Email Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@mv-voice.com

Suitable Technologies closed the store on Oct. 20 after the building’s property manager notified the company that it intends to renovate the building for other uses. According to an Oct. 16 ad in a Paly student magazine, the Beam robots have moved into the Microsoft store at Stanford Shopping Center. Hoffman said the company plans to bring its robots to more retail locations and will conduct demonstration tours of its products at its Palo Alto headquarters on Charlston Road. Stay tuned for more details at a later date. — A.C. ONLINE ‘UNDIES’ GET PHYSICAL ... Online underwear company MeUndies opened its first physical store at Stanford Shopping Center (across from Macy’s) on Oct. 25. The 1,729-square-foot popup shop is scheduled to remain open until February 2018, according to the company’s website. The new store will feature the same underwear, socks and lounge wear found on the company website, as well as newly released designs, seasonal items and other in-store perks, including exclusive discounts and weekly VIP events. Founded in 2011, the L.A.-based company has built an international following with its wide selection of super-soft underwear made from sustainable, micromodal fabric and a subscription program that delivers a new pair of underwear to members at the same time every month. Company founder Jonathan Shokrian experienced his “aha moment” that led to the launch the lifestyle brand six years ago after searching unsuccessfully to find a few pairs of comfortable underwear before a business trip. Since then, the company has delivered more than 1 million pairs of men’s and women’s underwear. — L.T. Compiled by the Weekly staff; this week written by Alexandria Cavallaro and Linda Taaffe. Got leads on interesting and news-worthy retail developments? The Weekly will check them out. Email shoptalk@ paweekly.com.

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FOOTHILL-DE ANZA Community College District Board of Trustees seeks applicants for its Audit and Finance Committee Candidates appointed to the volunteer Audit and Finance Committee shall act in an advisory role to the Board in carrying out its oversight and legislative responsibilities as they relate to the District’s financial management. Applicants must reside in the district’s service area, which includes the cities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and portions of San Jose, Santa Clara and Saratoga. Applicants may not be an employee, contractor, consultant or vendor of the district. The Audit and Finance Committee Board Policy 6401 (BP 6401) are available for review at http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/fhda/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9TTW3E835A8B or by calling (650) 949-6100. Currently, one committee member is needed for four-year terms in the following category:

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Thursday, November 9, 2017, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at: Mountain View Senior Center Social Hall 266 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040-1813 The RAB reviews and comments on plans for ongoing environmental studies and restoration activities underway at Moffett Field. Regular RAB meetings are open to the public and the Navy encourages your involvement. To review documents on Moffett Field environmental restoration projects, please visit the information repository located at the Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin Street, Mountain View, CA 94041, (650) 903-6337. For more information, contact Mr. Jim Sullivan, Navy Base Realignment and Closure Environmental Coordinator at (619) 524-4048 or james.b.sullivan2@navy.mil. Visit the Navy’s website: http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/brac_bases/california/former_nas_moffett_field.html

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Stanford Continuing Studies presents

History Changes Gears: The Russian Revolution of 1917 – A Centennial Lecture

The centennial of the Russian Revolution of 1917 serves as the occasion for this lecture, which will recount the broad sweep of events that led to the downfall of the Russian autocracy in the February Revolution and then, eight months later, the storming to power of the Bolshevik Party in the name of the Soviets—an event once celebrated as the Great October Socialist Revolution. In this lecture, Bertrand Patenaude will assess the role of individual actors on the scene, from the last Romanov Tsars to the first Soviet Commissars, as well as the social forces that propelled the revolution forward despite the efforts of the Provisional Government in Petrograd, the Russian capital, to hold back the tide. Key figures include Tsar Nicholas II, Alexander Kerensky, leader of the Provisional Government, and Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, the architects of Red October.

Tuesday, November 7 • 7:30 pm Cubberley Auditorium • School of Education Stanford University • Free and open to the public For more info: continuingstudies.stanford.edu/events

Sachal Ensemble In Pakistan, the musicians of Sachal Ensemble recorded and performed in secret. Now, for the first time ever, they’re touring the US. WED, NOV 15 7:30 PM BING CONCERT HALL

Sundays with the St. Lawrence Haydn-Fest at Bing Concert Hall

Stanford’s beloved resident quartet holds an all-Haydn afternoon performing all six of his Opus 20 string quartets—quite a feat. SUN, NOV 5 2:30 PM BING CONCERT HALL

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SEASON MEDIA SPONSORS

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Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) must team up to save the Asgardian civilization in “Thor: Ragnarok.”

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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Hulks out with action and laughs 000 (Century 16 & 20) behind “Hunt for the Comedy has alOPENINGS Wilderpeople” and ways been a good friend to the Marvel Cinematic the riotous “What We Do in the Universe, beginning with the Shadows” gets to play in the uniintroduction of Robert Downey verse’s biggest sandbox, and he Jr.’s “Iron Man” back in 2008. As doesn’t waste the opportunity. the DC Extended Universe has In his third (more or less) solo floundered in darkness (hoping outing, the god of thunder (Chris to rebottle the lightning of Chris- Hemsworth’s Thor) tentatively topher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” teams up with his half-brother, trilogy), Marvel has successfully the god of mischief (Tom Hiddoubled down on the laughs, dleston’s Loki), to protect their particularly with the “Guardians realm from their long-lost sister of the Galaxy” films. So it’s not — uh oh — the goddess of death exactly a shocker that the 17th (Cate Blanchett’s Hela). The fast-moving plot also alMCU film mashes up Thor, Hulk and the “Guardians of the Gal- lows for plenty of wry bouncing axy” sensibility for a rollicking around the universe, Douglas Adams-style. Much of the action comedy, “Thor: Ragnarok.” This brings us to New Zea- takes place on the planet Sakaar, land’s Taiki Waititi, a comedy a sci-fi Roman Empire where a director of increasing interna- Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) tional prominence. The man distracts from his tyrannical

elitism with gladiatorial contests, and a runaway Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson of “Dear White People”) exploits the system. Add the return of Anthony Hopkins as Asgardian ruler Odin, and you have another superhero movie bursting with riches: two Oscar winners, four Marvel superheroes (two in cameos I won’t spoil), three worlds worth of eyepopping production design, and enough gags to rule them all. Waititi brings a cartoon sensibility to the film, with jokes literally flung into the background and punctuated with funny sound effects. In brief bursts, “Thor: Ragnarok” achieves the kind of grandeur the first “Thor” film considered necessary (a slo-mo flashback to a Valkyrie battle, for example). If the film has a problem, it’s that the sheer volume of comedy renders the story nearly weightless despite the deaths of established franchise characters and the threat of the end of a world. Thematically, “Thor: Ragnarok” doesn’t have much to offer, but it does, like “Iron Man 3,” devote some effort to rounding off a trilogy of films while opening a door to future adventures for its lead character. Above all, Waititi revs up this vehicle for a wild ride, the sort of wide-eyed adventure likely to send Marvel’s giant core audience staggering out of the theater wearing a collective smile. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive material. Two hours, 10 minutes. — Peter Canavese

MOVIES NOW SHOWING 2017 League Of Legends World Championship Finals Viewing Party By Coke Esports (Not Rated) Century 20: Friday A Bad Mom’s Christmas (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. American Made (PG-13) +++ Battle of the Sexes (PG-13)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Blade Runner 2049 (R) +++1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Florida Project (R) The Foreigner (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Geostorm (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

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

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (R)

Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

The Lego Ninjago Movie (PG)

Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

Loving Vincent (PG-13) Marshall (PG-13)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Only the Brave (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. My Little Pony: The Movie (PG)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

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

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Thank You for Your Service (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Goodbye Christopher Robin (PG) Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. Happy Death Day (PG-13)

Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13)

Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

Victoria and Abdul (PG-13) Wonderstruck (PG) +++

Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun.

Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

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

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

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

Find trailers, star ratings and reviews on the web at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies

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Home&Real Estate

OPEN HOME GUIDE 42 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com

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

Home Front AMONG THE BEST ... Several Midpeninsula cities made WalletHub’s list of 2017’s Best Small Cities in America. With recently released U.S. Census Bureau data showing that suburban population growth outpaced city growth in 2016, the personal-finance website WalletHub looked at cities offering good quality of life and affordability. WalletHub’s analysts compared more than 1,200 U.S. cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 across 33 key indicators of livability. They range from housing costs to schoolsystem quality to restaurants per capita. Both Palo Alto and Los Altos ranked in the 99th percentile for most indicators. Mountain View was in the 95th and Menlo Park was in the 92nd percentile. A NEW KIND OF SPRINKLER ... It’s relatively easy to convert your existing sprinkler system to drip emitter lines, a new form of drip irrigation. Lyngso Garden Materials will offer a clinic on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon, to those interested in how to install and maintain a drip system. Participants will learn how to convert their existing sprinkler or drip system to emitter lines. The clinic will be at Lyngso, 345 Shoreway Drive, San Carlos. To register, go to lyngsogarden.com. LUNCH IN THE GARDEN ... Tickets are selling fast, but there are still seats available for the Gamble Garden Holiday Luncheon scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 5, from noon to 2 p.m. To make a reservation, call 650329-1356. The cost is $30 per person for members and $40 for nonmembers. REPAIR CAFE SUNDAY ... If you have an appliance or another home item that no longer works but you would like to get it fixed, come to Repair Cafe Palo Alto on Sunday, Nov. 5. The Repair Cafe is a volunteer-run community service dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email elorenz@ paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT

David Slone, his wife Barbara, and dog Neal live on aptly named Barbara Drive, only two miles from downtown Palo Alto.

A three-in-one neighborhood Embarcadero Oaks, Leland Manor and Garland Drive embrace their differences by Melissa McKenzie | photos by Veronica Weber

he oak and magnolia trees that line the streets in what may look like one neighborhood to those unfamiliar with the area is really three micro-neighborhoods — Embarcadero Oaks, Leland Manor, Garland Drive — each with unique characteristics and mix of new and longtime residents.

Embarcadero Oaks Embarcadero Oaks, a triangular neighborhood between Embarcadero Road, Seale Avenue and Middlefield Road, is an easy walk to the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo and Rinconada Park. Resident Michelle Zhang, who moved to the area from the East Coast in 2013, said she was drawn to the neighborhood’s family-oriented, friendly makeup. “For me, it is a very vibrant neighborhood as we are close to one elementary and one middle school,” said Zhang, whose two children go to Walter Hays Elementary School. “The community center, art center and two libraries are all within walking distance. We feel fortunate to live in such a community that is full of great resources.” Zhang said the neighborhood,

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lined with large oak trees, has a mix of young families, baby boomers and empty nesters that adds to its diversity, and she feels safe living there. Additionally, Zhang feels there are plenty of events that not only bring the Embarcadero Oaks neighborhood, but the entire community, together. “We love the events, such as summer concerts,” she said. “The library is a great place to be, with some interesting family activities.”

Leland Manor Directly adjacent to Embarcadero Oaks is Leland Manor, a rectangular segment between Louis Road, California Avenue, Middlefield Road and Seale Avenue bisected by Newell road. Midwest transplant Kevin

Carlson and his family moved into the quiet neighborhood three years ago. “I actually moved into our current home sight unseen, as my wife was the one who had been primarily traveling back and forth between Chicago and Palo Alto to look at homes,” he said. The neighborhood’s “phenomenal location” next to Walter Hays Elementary and Jordan Middle schools and his wife’s office at Palo Alto Square was a huge selling point, he said. “Neighbors are proud of — and consequently supportive of — the neighborhood schools,” he said. “Neighbors are friendly and outgoing. Since we’re a younger family, we use the community facilities regularly. There are great parks in almost every direction, and we’re a stone’s throw from the Palo Alto Art Center, Rinconada Library, the Children’s Theatre, the Rinconada Pool and the Children’s Library, all of which are staffed by exceptional people.”

FACTS:

Although moving to a suburban neighborhood was an adjustment from living in downtown Chicago, with the biggest change being that Leland Manor doesn’t have the same walkability to bars and restaurants, Carlson said the accessibility of safe bike routes makes it an even trade. Longtime resident David Slone said his street, Barbara Drive, is just over a mile away from a Caltrain station and the entire neighborhood is only two miles from downtown Palo Alto. When Slone and his family moved into the neighborhood 28 years ago, it was initially because they found a home that fit into their price range, but he said he’s happy living there, despite an increase in traffic over the years, and recommends the neighborhood to new home buyers, because of its proximity to amenities, as well as the plethora of relatively large lots. (continued on page 31)

CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOLS: First Congregational Church Nursery School, 1985 Louis Road; Parents Nursery School, 2328 Louis Road, Walter Hays Kids’ Club, 1525 Middlefield Road. FIRE STATION: No. 3, 799 Embarcadero Road. LOCATION: Embarcadero Oaks: triangle formed by Embarcadero Road, Seale Avenue and Middlefield road; Garland Drive: between Middlefield and Louis roads; Leland Manor: a rectangular segment between Middlefield and Louis roads, Seale and North California avenues. LIBRARY: Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road. PARK: Rinconada Park, 777 Embarcadero Road. POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave. PRIVATE SCHOOL: Hwa Shin Bilingual Chinese School, 750 N. California Ave. (Jordan Middle School); Stratford School, 870 N. California Ave. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Walter Hays Elementary School, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto High School. SHOPPING: Midtown.

Home & Real Estate SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton Total sales reported: 1 Sales price: $3,500,000

East Palo Alto Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $700,000 Highest sales price: $880,000 Average sales price: $813,333

Los Altos Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $817,000 Highest sales price: $4,025,000 Average sales price: $2,337,500

One of Leland Manor’s most distinguishing characteristics is its underground utilities, so wires and poles are out of sight.

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Leland Manor is “relatively quiet but near to main arteries so (you) can get to Bayshore Freeway and downtown fairly quickly,” he said. One of Leland Manor’s most distinguishing characteristics is its underground utilities, Slone said, which means that wires and telephone poles are out of the picture. Although the neighborhood is mostly made up of baby boomers and retirees, there has been a slight influx of younger families

moving in recently.

Garland Drive Magnolia trees and an unusually curvy street in a flat part of Palo Alto are two of the defining characteristics of Garland Drive, the third segment of the three neighborhoods. Most of the homes were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s and although many have been updated over the years, residents have done so thoughtfully to retain the neighborhood’s character. Roy Levin has lived on the street for nearly 35 years. He said at the time of his arrival, his

family was seeking a kid-friendly area close to schools, but over time he has gotten to know his neighbors — who have all resided on Garland Drive for years — and said the street holds an annual Fourth of July barbeque. “Garland has gone through several cycles as families with kids have moved in, then the kids have grown up and moved on,” Levin said. “At the time we moved here, families with young kids, like ours, were moving in. About a decade ago, most of the kids had grown up, but now the cycle is beginning again.” Levin said turnover of homes

Los Altos Hills

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $3,500,000 Highest sales price: $7,200,000 Average sales price: $4,783,333

Total sales reported: 11 Lowest sales price: $831,000 Highest sales price: $5,925,000 Average sales price: $2,648,000

Menlo Park

Portola Valley

Total sales reported: 8 Lowest sales price: $860,000 Highest sales price: $6,800,000 Average sales price: $3,113,500

Total sales reported: 1 Sales price: $4,300,000

Woodside Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $1,649,000 Highest sales price: $4,075,000 Average sales price: $2,491,333

Mountain View Total sales reported: 19 Lowest sales price: $630,000 Highest sales price: $3,100,000 Average sales price: $1,538,105

Source: California REsource

is low and neighborhood residents are close. Prior to this year, residents often complained of the street’s disintegrating asphalt but the city recently rebuilt the street and replaced the water and gas mains. The neighborhood also is near VTA bus routes on Middlefield and Louis roads and a mile away from a Caltrain station, making it an ideal location for public transportation-minded people who desire a more suburban lifestyle. Q Melissa McKenzie is a freelance writer for the Palo Alto Weekly. She can be emailed at melissa.r.mckenzie@gmail.com

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$7,998,000

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STANFORD

$5,350,000

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307 Olive Hill Ln Sun

Coldwell Banker

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Your Realtor & You SILVAR Earns Fifth NAR Platinum Award for Global Achievement For the fifth straight year, the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR) has earned the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Platinum Award for Global Achievement. The platinum award is the highest distinction presented by NAR to an association for having demonstrated through its global business council exceptional commitment to building member awareness of global and multicultural business opportunities in their local markets. SILVAR, a professional trade organization representing over 5,000 REALTORS® and affiliate members engaged in the real estate business on the Peninsula and in the South Bay, is the only association in Northern California to achieve platinum council status since the program's inception in 2011. NAR stated SILVAR’s global council “has shown the highest level of service to its global members by consistently providing them with the tools they need to handle international real estate in addition to connecting your council to the global community in your area.” “We are honored to receive the National Association of REALTORS® prestigious platinum award for five years in a row. The benchmarks for success over the past five years have been the commitment of SILVAR to think globally and provide our members with the proper tools that will help them expand and excel in their business here and abroad,” said SILVAR Executive Officer Paul Cardus. Under the leadership of 2017 SILVAR Global Business Council Chair Tess Crescini, a broker with Heritage Homes & Investments, the association’s global business council conducted

a number of activities and education programs to raise members’ awareness of global business in their local market, including programs on immigration and types of visas for foreign buyers and investors, a leadership program and workshop, NAR’s At Home with Diversity certification course, and the association’s sixth Certified International Property Specialist Institute. SILVAR partners with other real estate associations throughout the year to promote awareness and education in global real estate. As NAR Ambassador Association to the Philippines, SILVAR partners with the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders' Associations Inc., the largest real estate umbrella organization in that country. SILVAR recently hosted a trade mission composed of young professionals from Secovi, an organization composed of real estate agents, builders, developers and other professionals engaged in the real estate business in Brazil. SILVAR is one of a select few Platinum Councils in the country in 2017. Reaching the Platinum award level places SILVAR in the top 11 percent of councils operating nationwide. The prestigious award will be presented to the local trade association at a special international dinner during the Nov. 3-6 NAR REALTORS® Conference and EXPO in Chicago.

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

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Down 1 Parody 2 From Fiji or New Zealand, more broadly 3 Way in 4 Nuthatch’s nose 5 A flat’s equivalent 6 Like some 20th-century compositions 7 Titanic hazard 8 In ___ (in actuality) 9 Marshy area 10 “That’s good news!” 11 Verb functioning as a noun 12 “These aren’t the ___ you’re looking for” 15 “Not that!” sound 17 School opening? 20 Surname of “Captain America: Civil War” directors Anthony and Joe 25 1970s Cambodian leader with a palindromic name 27 Sideshow Bob’s former boss 29 Fixed a squeak

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30 Org. with leaked emails 33 “... and more” 35 Old NYC subway inits. 37 Get back together 38 Former “Today” co-anchor Curry 39 Election day survey 40 Excoriates 43 Fairground food on a stick 44 Lost concentration 45 Ultimatum phrase 46 Put up a struggle 48 It keeps your car in place, slangily 49 Apple or potato variety 52 Wild party 54 Twisted Sister frontman Snider 58 “Veni, vidi, ___” 59 Hydroxyl compound 60 Non-striking worker 62 “Illmatic” and “Stillmatic” rapper ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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ON THE AIR Friday College women’s swimming: North Carolina State at Stanford, 1 p.m., Stanford Live Stream College women’s soccer: Californioa at Stanford, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks College women’s volleyball: Oregon State at Stanford, 7 p.m., Stanford Live Stream

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CARDINAL CORNER . . . Stanford grad Chioma Ubogagu will get a chance to make her first career appearance with the United States senior national women’s soccer team next week as she was one of 23 players called into training camp. She’s joined by Cardinal senior Andi Sullivan, Sacred Heart Prep grad Abby Dahlkemper and Stanford grads Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press and Jane Campbell . . . Junior Grant Fisher earned Athlete of the Year honors and Chris Miltenberg was tabbed Coach of the Year, giving Stanford two prominent men’s awards among Pac-12 cross country honors. Fisher became the seventh Stanford men’s runner to win the individual title at the conference meet. Steven Fahy and Alex Ostberg joined Fisher on the first team all-Pac-12. Vanessa Fraser and Fiona O’Keeffe were named to the all-Pac-12 women’s cross country first team . . . Stanford freshman Catarina Macario earned her second consecutive Pac12 Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honor and freshman Kiki Pickett was named Defensive Player of the Week . . . Stanford outside hitter Kathryn Plummer earned Pac12 Women’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week honors. She is the reigning national Freshman of the Year . . . OAKS REPORT Olympian Kaylin Swart was named to the Golden State Athletic Conference women’s soccer all-league team, becoming the Oaks first three-time selection.Rachel McCloskey and Nina Lee were also named to the second team . . . Menlo College’s Efrain Bonilla, Jose Fimbres and Eric Hegmann were named to the Golden State Athletic Conference men’s soccer all-leagure team.

Gunn senior Zoe Banks has played with the USA national team program. She leads the Titans into the CCS Open Division tournament.

Gunn can Bank on its goalkeeper Titans, Sacred Heart Prep, Castilleja to compete in CCS Open Division

by Rick Eymer oe Banks still has the autographed picture she received from Betsey Armstrong, an Olympian and the most decorated goalie in international women’s water polo when she retired in 2014. It reminds her of the time she officially became a goalie. Banks, a senior at Gunn High, is one of the best girls’ water polo goalies in the Central Coast Section this year and there are many people who would put her on top of the list.

There are several female goalies in the area who have received praise, including Castilleja senior Georgia Lewis, Woodside’s Maya Srinivasan and newcomers Nellie McAdams of Sacred Heart Prep and Gillian Bressie of Menlo. Banks’ high school coach, Mark Hernandez, described her as the complete package. She’s tall, lanky, has the wingspan of an eagle and the fluidity of a cat. She works hard, listens to coaches and has a quirky, teddy bear-like personality that seems to exude confidence in her

teammates. Her smile is infectious and spreads quickly. “We know if we drop we can depend on her,” Titans Cooper McKenna said. Hernandez said Banks covers mistakes and allows the team to take chances at both ends of the pool. Gunn (16-11) received the seventh seed for the first-ever CCS Open Division, though there’s no guarantee of advancement into the first-ever Northern California tournament. The Titans need to win at least

once to advance and they’ll be significant underdogs to No. 2 seed Soquel (22-4) when they meet at Aptos High at 7 p.m. Saturday. Also in the Open Division, 10-time defending Division II champion Sacred Heart Prep (197) will not get the chance at No. 11. Instead the third-seeded Gators will look to start a different streak when they take on No. 6 Los Gatos (20-3) at 2:30 p.m. at Menlo-Atherton. Fifth-seeded Castilleja (21-6) (continued on page 47)

PREP FOOTBALL

College men’s water polo: UCLA at Stanford, 12:30 p.m., Pac-12 Los Angeles College football: Stanford at Washington State, 12:30 p.m., KTVU

Palo Alto playing for a berth in CCS playoffs

Sunday

Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo rivalry game still a big deal

Saturday

College women’s volleyball: Oregon at Stanford, 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks College men’s soccer: San Diego State at Stanford, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

Wednesday College women’s volleyball: Stanford at Washington, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

Thursday

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College men’s water polo: California at Stanford, 2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Networks College men’s soccer: California at Stanford, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks