Palo Alto Weekly November 10, 2017 by Palo Alto Weekly

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Vol. XXXIX, Number 6

November 10, 2017

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Pulse 13 Transitions 14 Eating Out 24 Movies 25 Puzzles 39 Q Arts Palo Alto Players’ charming ‘Peter Pan’ soars Q Home The impact on real estate of Republican tax plan Q Sports Prep water polo teams head to the ﬁnals

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Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund Last Year’s Grant Recipients 10 Books A Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Abilities United. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Ada’s Café . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Adolescent Counseling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 All Students Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Bayshore Christian Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Building Futures Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 CASSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Community Legal Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 Community Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Downtown Streets Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 DreamCatchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Family Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Foundation for a College Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Friends of Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Grace Lutheran Preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 Health Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 Hidden Villa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Jasper Ridge Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 JLS Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Jordan Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Kara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 The Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 Marine Science Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Midpeninsula Community Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Mural Music & Arts Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Music in the Schools Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 New Creation Home Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 New Voices for Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 One East Palo Alto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Palo Alto Art Center Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Palo Alto Community Child Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Palo Alto Friends Nursery School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 Palo Alto School District Music Department. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Palo Alto Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Parents Nursery School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 Peninsula Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Peninsula HealthCare Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Project WeHOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 Pursuit of Excellence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Quest Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Ravenswood Education Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Silicon Valley Urban Debate League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 St. Francis of Assisi Youth Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 St. Vincent de Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000 TheatreWorks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Youth Community Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 Youth Speaks Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

City to draw up new vision for Ventura area Council prepares for planning process for 39 acres around Fry’s Electronics by Gennady Sheyner

alo Alto took the critical first step Monday toward the wholesale re-imagining and, ultimately, redevelopment of a large section of the city’s Ventura neighborhood — potentially paving the way for hundreds of new housing units in

a city that desperately needs affordable residences. By a unanimous vote, the City Council agreed Palo Alto should to develop a “North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan,” a process that will result in a new vision for the eclectic area currently filled with

single-family homes, corporations such as Groupon and Cloudera, retail services like Fry’s Electronics, automotive shops, small office buildings and a new higherdensity apartment complex. Officials agree that the 39 acres east of the Page Mill Road and El Camino Real intersection are particularly ripe for redevelopment, both because the area can accommodate multi-story housing and because of its proximity to public

transit along El Camino and California Avenue. If things go as planned, an 18-month-long process will identify the community’s preferred land uses and suggest zoning changes, infrastructure improvements and design guidelines. Roughly modeled after Palo Alto’s past plans for two neighborhoods south of Forest Avenue (SOFA and SOFA II), it’s expected to involve extensive collaboration

with neighborhood stakeholders and reviews by the Planning and Transportation Commission and the council. While the 12.5-acre Fry’s Electronics site, owned by The Sobrato Organization, makes up a good share of the area, the land to be studied is roughly bounded by Page Mill, Lambert Avenue, Ash Street and Park Boulevard (continued on page 9)

HOLIDAY FUND

Weekly launches 25th year of charitable-giving campaign Over the years, Holiday Fund has raised and donated more than $6 million to local nonprofit organizations by Palo Alto Weekly staff

Veronica Weber.

Ken Button shows fifth-grader Graham Sine the proper form for swinging a cricket bat while teaching students at Walter Hays Elementary the fundamentals of the game.

RECREATION

Palo Alto students test their skills at cricket School district adds sport to its curriculum by Alexandria Cavallaro

n a recent Thursday morning, fifth-graders at Walter Hays Elementary School flocked to the sports field to try their hand at cricket. For many, this was the first time they had played the English bat-and-ball game that spread to India and has gained popularity around the world in recent years. The game is both familiar and foreign enough to be engaging. Some students commented that cricket was “like baseball” in one way or another. “I don’t really play sports, but I like that (in cricket) everyone gets to do everything,” said Catherine Funtu, a student in Jennifer Ford’s fifth-grade class. Catherine and her classmates are among the first students in the Palo Alto Unified School District who have been given the

opportunity to try the game during P.E. class after the district officially adopted a cricket program at its elementary schools at the start of this school year. Ken Bunton, a P.E teacher at Walter Hays Elementary School, said the program has translated surprisingly well to his fifth-grade students. Everything about the curriculum and equipment is designed for younger learners. The equipment is specifically designed for children with regard to size and safety. The bats are smaller and made out of plastic, not wood, and the balls are softer. “Overall this curriculum has been amazing,” Bunton said. “It’s really included (all of) them.” Bunton said many of his students of East Indian heritage feel “so validated” and excited to

demonstrate their cricket skills to their classmates. Students of all backgrounds and skill levels already have expressed love for the sport, he added. The push to introduce cricket to Palo Alto schools came from parent Vineet Kataria, whose 10th-grade son at Palo Alto High School plays cricket through the Bay Area Cricket Alliance, where he has become a nationally ranked player. Kataria said his son has been playing for eight years even though the sport never made it into his high school curriculum. He wanted his daughter, Aavriti, who is a fifth-grader in the district, to benefit from a school program. Kataria teamed up with Suraj Viswanathan, president of the Bay (continued on page 11)

his week marks the start of the 25th Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund drive, a charitablegiving effort that annually raises about $350,000 for local nonprofit organizations serving children, families and those in greatest need. From now until mid-January, donations can be made to provide education, counseling, music and art programs, parenting classes, health care, legal help, environmental education, job training and other critical services to the Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View communities. Last year, 51 organization received grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000. One hundred percent of each donation goes directly to the nonprofits because the work of organizing the Holiday Fund is absorbed by the Palo Alto Weekly and the fund’s fiscal sponsor, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. One agency funded this past year was All Students Matter in East Palo Alto, a program that trains volunteers to tutor Ravenswood City School District students. Each week, some 230 tutors work in kindergarten to fifth-grade classrooms, a commitment they maintain for the entire school year. The $5,000 grant was to train the tutors with the skills to help students both academically and emotionally, All Students Matter Executive Director Carolyn Blatman said in April at a reception announcing the grants. “We’re tremendously grateful for this donation since our budget is so small,” Blatman said, referring to the group’s $50,000 annual budget. “Our greatest value is probably on the emotional side rather than

the academic side,” Blatman said. Forty percent of students in the Ravenswood district are homeless or in unstable living environments. She recalled helping one girl write a letter to her mother, who was in prison. “We are there to be nurturing, caring, mentoring adults. ... We don’t bring any curriculum; we don’t have any magic answers. We just roll up our sleeves and work in the classroom with the teachers to help the kids,” she said. The nonprofit partners with other organizations, such as youth mental-health agency CASSY, which also received a Holiday Fund grant. As in years past, the fund is benefiting from the generous contributions from local foundations and families. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are donating $25,000 for matching funds; and the Peery Foundation is contributing $10,000. Last year, along with other anonymous donations, a local family gave $100,000 for the fifth year in a row. “I’m enormously proud to be part of a community where people so consistently open their hearts to those around them,” Weekly Publisher Bill Johnson said. “We face in our local area tremendous challenges and deep and difficult needs, but through the many excellent nonprofits rooted here, we’ve been able to make a real difference in the lives of so many. I hope to see a similar outpouring of care and concern this year.” To learn more about the Weekly’s Holiday Fund, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/holiday_fund. Q

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Around Town

SALUTING HEROES ... Pomp and circumstance arrived to Palo Alto’s Council Chambers on Monday for the the city’s third annual Veterans Day recognition event, which drew more than 100 people to honor current veterans and those dating back to the Revolutionary War. The Honor Guard of Team Valkyrie, the U.S. Army’s 63rd Regional Support Command Colonial Color Guard Historical Recognition Team, stood before the audience dressed in uniform as soldiers from wars of past periods. Veterans from all branches of the military were present for the ceremony, where state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, and Mayor Greg Scharff presented proclamations. World War II veteran Joe Graham, a resident of retirement community Channing House, shared his journey in the military starting from when he enlisted as a 24-yearold. “We didn’t even know how to spell ‘Army,’” he said. Graham also shared memories from northwestern Canada, where he practiced tank-infantry attack tactics, and across the Atlantic Ocean to avoid U-boats, en route to Marseille, France. As the commander of the 781st Tank Battalion, Graham recalled long battles against the Axis powers in western Europe and a day in Italy when his war-tested soldiers united with the advancing U.S. 5th Army — an occasion the troops marked with celebratory swigs of German schnapps. Attendees also had an up-close look at memorabilia from Sgt. Wanda Pickney, who served with the Women’s Army Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Her badges, uniform, American flag and more will be donated to the March Field Air Museum in Riverside. PAY DAY ... With little debate or fanfare, the City Council approved on Monday night raises for the only four officials whom it directly appoints. City Manager James Keene and City Attorney Molly Stump each received a 5 percent raise, bringing their respective salaries to $313,477 and $284,253. City Clerk Beth Minor and City Auditor Harriet Richardson each earned a 4 percent bump and now have salaries of $146,804 and $187,533, respectively. While the

council’s approval was never in doubt, not everyone was thrilled about signing off on the raises. Councilman Greg Tanaka said he has heard an “incredible outcry in the community” about the raises, with a packet of letters arguing against the proposed raises and not a single letter supporting them. “The community I think has spoken,” Tanaka said. “This is something that there is a lot of concern about in the city.” Tanaka was the sole dissenter in the 8-1 vote to grant the raises, which he called “excessive.” Mayor Greg Scharff lauded the performance of all four council-appointed officers and argued that the raises were well-justified. Altogether, the raises will add about $55,000 to the city’s budget. Vice Mayor Liz Kniss said the council spends a long time reviewing the performance of its employees and puts a lot of thought into compensation adjustments. The new salaries, she said, are on par with what other cities pay. “Although it sounds like a lot when it gets in the paper, we’re kind of in the middle of the pack,” Kniss said. Scharff said he is proud to support the salary increases. “I think they earned their raises, I think they totally deserve them, and I’m proud that we’re giving these raises,” he said. “I think it’s important that we as a city treat our employees the way you’d want to be treated as an employee. IT’S ELECTRIC ... Palo Alto will become the first Bay Area city to use an electric refuse truck, making its public debut at 4:30 p.m. Monday at King Plaza. City contractor GreenWaste of Palo Alto will operate the vehicle that saves 6,000 gallons of diesel per year; 72 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents; and cuts nitrogen oxides by 0.0.237 tons per year, among other environmentally-friendly savings. It’s a standout in the waste-management industry as the first full-size truck with a fully automated side loader in North America. The truck can travel 65 to 75 mph on a full charge, which takes two-and-a-half hours. Keep an eye out for the white truck with electric bolts on its side during the one-year pilot, when it will run down garbage, recycling and compost collection routes throughout town. Q

Upfront HOUSING

Council unites behind idea of more homes near transit and jobs Palo Alto to explore zoning updates to encourage housing

embers of the Palo Alto City Council set aside their differences on the divisive topic of housing Monday night and agreed to explore more than a dozen changes to local zoning and parking regulations, all with the goal of promoting the construction of more housing in areas near public transit. In a vote that further underscored the growing urgency of what council members often refer to as a “housing crisis,” the council unanimously supported a wideranging memo from Councilman Adrian Fine, Vice Mayor Liz Kniss and Councilman Cory Wolbach that lays out the various areas of the local zoning code that could be reviewed and possibly changed. One proposal would create an inclusionary-zoning requirement for rental projects, thereby forcing developers of these projects

by Gennady Sheyner to offer a percentage of the units at below market rate. Another would raise the percentage of below-market-rate units that market-rate developments have to provide from 15 percent to 20 percent. Other policies include allowing greater height and density in projects that provide “substantially more” below-market-rate units than required; and establishing “housing minimums” for new developments (as opposed to the current standard of “housing maximum,” which limits projects in the RM-15 zone, for instance, to no more than 15 units per acre). Yet another proposal would scrap the housing-units-per-acre measurement altogether and evaluate projects based on a measurement of floor area. Fine, the lead author of the memo, said the proposals “chart a path to begin producing more

housing that is more affordable, less dependent on cars and better positioned for the future.” And by building residences in areas where public transit and jobs are plentiful, the memo advocates for what Fine called “the most environmentally and socially responsible way to add new housing.” Despite the council’s unanimous vote, the discussion was not without tension, coming just three weeks after the council splintered over a very different approach to addressing housing affordability. On Oct. 16, the council rejected the recommendations from Council members Karen Holman, Tom DuBois and Lydia Kou to explore rent-stabilization measures, including capping annual rent increases and prohibiting no-cause evictions. After a long and tense debate, the council voted 3-6 not to move ahead with their memo,

EDUCATION

AltSchool Palo Alto to close at end of year Parents look to take over ownership of alternative school by Elena Kadvany

acing the sudden, impending closure of AltSchool Palo Alto, a group of families is working with the education startup to find a way to take ownership of the alternative school. AltSchool, which former Google executive Max Ventilla founded in San Francisco in 2013 and expanded to campuses in Palo Alto and New York City, notified families via email last weekend that the 2-year-old Emerson Street campus in Palo Alto would close at the end of the school year. Parent Amy Kacher said Ventilla’s email indicated that the decision was made because it was too difficult to have its teachers — who also serve as pseudo product developers for the company’s software — far away from its engineers and designers in San Francisco. The company’s campuses, called “lab schools,” are used to test and refine the startup’s software platform in real time with students and teachers. AltSchool Chief Impact Officer Devon Vodicka also told the Weekly Thursday that the decision was driven by the Palo Alto’s location as a “geographic outlier.” Palo Alto was the first step in a grand expansion plan for the startup that never panned out. “The original approach with AltSchool was to open a giant network of micro-schools. At a certain

point the team realized that there was a more effective and efficient approach to achieving our ambition of enabling all children to reach their full potential,” he said in an interview with the Weekly at AltSchool’s Yerba Buena campus in San Francisco. The company now plans to focus its efforts on four “core” campuses, two each in San Francisco and New York City. Vodicka said the closure was not primarily a financial decision, since by design, none of the lab schools are self-sustaining financially. Tuition is about $28,000 a year, but as a startup, AltSchool relies more on funding from venture capitalists to drive its work. AltSchool has been spending about $40 million annually for what Vodicka described as a “research and development” phase for the schools. There are 62 students enrolled in AltSchool Palo Alto, which serves kindergarten through eighth grade. The school emphasizes whole-child, personalized learning through individualized learning plans that can be adapted or altered according to students’ needs. For the Palo Alto school’s earliest adopters — parents who were eager to embrace an innovative school for not only the benefit of their own children but potentially the education system as a whole

— the closure was shocking and saddening. Parents immediately launched an online petition asking for options to keep the school open. (Fifty-two people had signed the petition as of Thursday afternoon.) Parents said they were drawn to AltSchool’s ability as a wellfunded, up-and-coming company to execute on what is often hard to achieve in traditional school settings: personalization, real-world learning, strong connections between students and teachers and effective use of new technology. They chose AltSchool over local public schools and even private schools that they said didn’t measure up. Their children have blossomed within the AltSchool environment, which they said makes the closure all the more devastating. “Kids are not a product line,” said JingJing Xu, a Palo Alto resident whose daughter is in fourth grade. “For business, sometimes you shift your direction, change (your) product line we understand. But this is ... kids you’re talking about.” Xu is part of a group of parents talking with AltSchool about how they could assume operations of the school. They’re conducting a feasibility study to determine what that might look like. Xu said AltSchool is very supportive of the proposal, and a majority of elementary school parents she surveyed said they

with opponents arguing that the measures would distract from the more urgent task of encouraging the construction of new housing. Some of the friction spilled over into this week, with DuBois and Holman both recommending that city staff also explore measures for preserving existing housing. These include regulating Airbnb rentals and figuring out ways to limit “ghost houses,” or homes purchased for investment purposes that sit dormant for extended periods of time. “With the things that are left out — such as (a) short-term rental ordinance and addressing ‘ghost houses’ — it’s really missing a huge aspect of what the community wants addressed and how we can make housing that’s existing be used as housing,” Holman said, in lobbying for these measures to be included. “If we want something that’s popular and addresses the issues that the community cares about, I think it’s really important to include these things.” The council generally agreed that these issues, while important, are best addressed in a different conversation. The proposal to explore housing-retention strategies fell by a 4-5 vote, with the three memo authors joining Mayor Greg Scharff and Councilman Greg Tanaka to defeat it — an

outcome that Holman said left her “flummoxed” and “frustrated.” Holman’s proposal to better define “affordable market rate housing” fell by the same vote. In addition to housing-density ideas, Monday’s memo also recommends a series of strategies to encourage development in areas with public transit. These include reducing parking requirements for complexes that can offer significant “transportation-demand management” measures (incentives for residents to avoid driving) and expanding the “pedestrian transitoriented development” zones — a designation that grants density bonuses and other concessions to projects close to public-transit hubs. “To prevent urban sprawl and congestion, new housing is best located near transit, jobs and services,” the memo states. With its unanimous vote, the council directed staff to return with a work plan outlining a process for studying and implementing the memo’s proposals. After the council approves the work plan, the various proposals would be analyzed by staff and the Planning and Transportation Commission before returning to the council for adoption. 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 (Nov. 6)

Ventura: The council agreed to move ahead with a coordinated-area plan for the area in the Ventura neighborhood that includes Fry’s Elecronics. Yes: Unanimous 425 Portage Ave.: The council denied a request by the property owner of 425 Portage Ave. for a waiver from the city’s ground-protection ordinance but expanded the allowed uses for the site to include warehouses. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kou, Tanaka, Wolbach No: Fine, Kniss, Scharff Raises: The council approved 5 percent raises for City Manager James Keene and City Attorney Molly Stump and 4 percent raises for City Clerk Beth Minor and City Auditor Harriet Richardson. Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Kou, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach No: Tanaka

City Council (Nov. 7)

999 Alma St.: The council expanded the allowed uses for 999 Alma St. to include medical offices. Yes: Fine, Kniss, Kou, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach No: Filseth, Holman Absent: DuBois Speed limits: The council supported a recommendation to raise the speed limits from 35 mph to 40 mph at segments of Deer Creek and East Bayshore roads and to reduce them to 20 mph near local schools. Yes: Holman, Filseth, Fine, Kniss, Kou, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach Absent: DuBois

Board of Education (Nov. 7)

Stanford GUP: The board discussed a draft environmental impact report for Stanford University’s proposed general use permit (GUP). Action: None

Council Rail Committee (Nov. 8)

Menlo Park: The committee heard a presentation from Menlo Park officials about efforts to pursue grade separation at Ravenswood, Oak Grove and Glenwood avenues. Action: None

Council Finance Committee (Nov. 8)

HSRAP: The committee voted to approve the Human Relations Commission recommendation for distributing $311,118 in funds to nonprofits as part of the Human Services Resource Allocation Process. Yes: Unanimous

Historic Resources Board (Nov. 9)

Eichlers: The board discussed the city’s Historic Preservation website and heard an update on Eichler Design Guidelines. Action: None

would stay if given the option. AltSchool has also hired two consultants to help Palo Alto families find new schools for next year.

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Wrong-way drivers creating hazards, neighbors say Drivers are using oncoming lane on Park Boulevard to get around barriers by Sue Dremann rivers on Park Boulevard in of where wrong-way drivers have Palo Alto are using an on- crossed over the very impedicoming traffic lane to cut ments meant to prevent that action. Neighbors said they have seen around a road barrier, endangering other drivers and bicyclists on City of Palo Alto vehicles going the designated bicycle route, ac- the wrong way down the street. One sign about 450 feet away, cording to Evergreen Park neighnear Cambridge Avenue, warns borhood residents. The barricade, which has been drivers that Park is not a through in place between College and street going north. Many drivers Oxford avenues for more than 30 don’t seem to notice the sign. On years, consists of two “Do not en- Tuesday evening and Wednesday ter” signs and a small concrete is- morning, several cars drove past land with a tree. It was designed to the no-outlet sign and down to the prevent speeders and commuters barricade, then, seeing the road from cutting through the quiet resi- was closed, they made a U-turn. But head-on driving into the dential neighborhood northwest of California Avenue and southeast wrong lane happens every single of the Caltrain tracks. The barri- day, several residents said. “It’s been happening for years,” cade is followed by five concrete medians in the middle of the road, said Eileen Wall, who has lived on Park since the 1990s. separating the opposing lanes. “The really disconcerting thing But some drivers are maneuvering around the barrier, driving is they know they are doing somehead-on in the oncoming lane, thing wrong, so they do it fast. I’m then crossing over one of the con- surprised that no one had gotten crete islands to get back onto the hurt by now.” Wall said that quite often she northbound lane, nearby residents said. Multiple black tire marks on sees city trucks go the wrong top of the medians are evidence way, incidents confirmed by other

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nearby residents. She and other neighbors said such driving is especially dangerous because the street borders Peers Park and the bicycle route is bustling with riders, many of whom are children. “When my kids were little, I was super furious,” resident Amy Friedman said. “It’s never stopped.” It’s also dangerous for residents who are driving south and for those who are trying to get out of their driveways. Friedman said she encountered a head-on driver just this week. She lives on the north side of Park, near the islands, so to head south she must exit her driveway, go north and U-turn at the farthest concrete island. As Friedman made the turn, she faced a wrong-way driver. “I don’t expect to see a car in my direction,” she said. The other driver raised a hand as if to say “Sorry” or “OK,” she said. Residents living near the barricade said they aren’t sure how the city should remedy the problem. Some proposed the city install better signage; others said it would almost be better to open the street again. But they acknowledged that an opened road would lead to people speeding. They already do with the barrier in place. Wall recalled when a speeder plowed into her home 15 years ago. “He hit the barricade and skidded off and went through our wall between the house and our garage in the middle of the night,” she said. (continued on page 11)

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to appoint members to the Architectural Review Board, Historic Resources Board and the Planning and Transportation Commission and consider adopting the updated Comprehensive Plan and its accompanying Environmental Impact Report. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ...The committee plans to discuss the council’s legislative priorities for 2018; consider permitting and regulations for bike-share operators; and discuss the City Auditor’s recommendations for the Community Services Department fee schedule. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will discuss its Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), student data on A-G college requirements, the search for a new superintendent, a proposal to limit board member terms and draft a response to the county’s draft environmental impact report on Stanford University’s proposed general use permit (GUP). The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. CITY/SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ...The committee plans to meet at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to review the proposed art for Bowman School at 693/689 Arastradero Road; consider recommendations for deaccession of Digital DNA and Go Mama sculptures; consider artistic designs for a bike boulevards pilot project; consider approving Amy Landesbert as the artist for the downtown parking garage project; and consider approving the artwork design concept by Charles Sowers for the Junior Museum and Zoo expansion project. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE ...The committee plans to meet at 8:30 a.m. on Friday Nov. 17, in the district office, 25 Churchill Ave., Room A.

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— a neighborhood that is already undergoing significant changes thanks to numerous developments that recently won approval. According to a grant proposal written to secure funding for the planning process, alternatives that could be considered for the site “include repurposing existing buildings as well as complete redevelopment of the site with new construction.” “The purpose ... is to identify opportunities for transit-oriented housing and employment in a well-planned and designed mixed-use area of residential and commercial uses,” the grant application states. “Open space will also ... incorporat(e) pedestrian and bicycle connections to nearby transit services.” Councilman Adrian Fine, who made the motion Monday to move ahead with the plan, acknowledged the significance of the Ventura plan. “We’re kicking off a really important process for a really important part of town,” he said. For the council, the idea of transforming Ventura is far from new. The updated Comprehensive Plan, which the council hopes to adopt later this month, has a policy encouraging a new concept plan for the Fry’s area. And in July 2015, the council came close to launching a planning effort but chose to defer the project after The Sobrato Organization opposed it. Now, Sobrato is not only on board but is contributing money to the effort. The bulk of the funding will come from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which is providing a $638,000 grant. Sobrato has agreed to contribute another $112,000 to satisfy the grant’s requirement for matching funds, as well as an additional $138,000 for an environmentalimpact analysis. In the coming months, the council will solicit applications for a working group of community members to help guide the

Kirk was arrested on felony charges of conspiracy, and accessory after the fact. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Kirk was in the Camry or in the U-Haul with the two escapees. McClough and Bivins were both arrested in February on suspicion of stealing $64,400 worth of cellphones and other items from a Verizon Wireless store in Sunnyvale. Police said the two men forced the store’s employees to open the store’s safe, tied them up and locked them in a bathroom. The two deputies responsible for transporting the escapees haven’t been placed on administrative leave or suspension, sheriff’s officials said. They each have more than 20 years of experience in law enforcement. Anyone with information the location of McClough and/or Bivins is asked to call 911 of sheriff’s office tip line at 408-808-4431. Q

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process, appoint group members, select consultants and — if all goes smoothly — adopt a plan by the end of 2019. Some Ventura residents are already getting jazzed about the new vision. Ken Joye noted that one of the goals of the proposal is to comprehensively plan for neighborhood improvements — something that he said isn’t possible when development happens on a project-by-project basis. Becky Sanders, moderator of the Ventura Neighborhood Association, agreed and said her neighbors look forward to participating in the conversation about the area’s future. “With the development of the Fry’s site, Ventura really wants to enter into a true community partnership where everyone benefits and where we work together to build an environment that all Palo Altans can be proud of and all the neighbors can enjoy,” Sanders said. Council members shared her excitement. Some talked about the prospect of revitalizing the area, which according to the city’s Housing Element has a “realistic capacity” of 221 new housing units. Others pointed to this process as a model that the city can apply to other neighborhoods. Councilman Cory Wolbach, a longtime proponent of creating coordinated-area plans for different parts of town, fell into both camps. “What this is really about tonight is process, and that’s a process that is not simply developerled — which is frankly the way we usually do things. And we’ve been frustrated by that in a lot of ways,” Wolbach said. “This is more a process (that is) community-led, neighborhood-led, city-led.” Vice Mayor Liz Kniss called the proposed area plan “a win on many fronts.” “This is, I think, something we’ve waited a long time to see,” Kniss said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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separated themselves from the rest of the group, Sgt. Rich Glennon, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, told the Weekly. Despite being restrained by chains and handcuffs, they were able to escape through the courthouse’s emergency door at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, sheriff’s officials said. Investigators later found the discarded restraints and a handcuff

he Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $25,000 reward for anyone with information that leads to two inmates who escaped from the Palo Alto Courthouse on Monday morning. Tramel McClough, 46, and John Bivins, 47, both of East Palo Alto, were in the process of being moved, along with other inmates, and somehow

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arrested 54-year-old Hunt and booked him into county jail around 7 p.m. Tuesday for alleged conspiracy and being an accessory to the escape, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Hunt was described as a “known associate” to one of the escapees and made arrangements to bring the Camry used once the inmates left the courthouse, sheriff’s officials said. While there was a report on Monday afternoon about a possible sighting of one of the men in Mountain View, deputies have not been able to locate the inmates, who are both doing time for robbery, false imprisonment and other charges. According to the Sheriff’s Office, McClough and Bivins were inmates at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas. They were in Palo Alto as co-defendants in a trial.

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key outside the courthouse. McClough and Bivins ran across the street and hopped into a waiting Toyota Camry, which then drove a few blocks, where the pair and their accomplices ditched the Camry and got into a U-Haul cargo van, according to Sgt. Reginald Cooks. Marquita Kirk of Sunnyvale and Rene Hunt of East Palo Alto have been arrested for allegedly assisting the duo, who remain at large and are considered dangerous, sheriff’s officials said. Kirk, 44, was arrested at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday at her home in Sunnyvale, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. According to investigators, Kirk had been in a romantic relationship with McClough. “She rented the U-Haul and placed it in the area of the escape,” Glennon said. In addition, investigators

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Head of School Chris Bezsylko, whose own child attends AltSchool Palo Alto, said the closure was also a surprise for his staff. He said the parent effort to assume ownership is a testament to the fact that it’s “not about the school failing” but rather “a broader decision of AltSchool as a network.” Despite the shock of the planned closure, parents said it was not out of the blue given the company’s ultimate goal to proliferate its software beyond AltSchool walls. Don MacAskill, a Mountain View resident and one of the founding families at AltSchool Palo Alto, is also the CEO of a technology company. There have been many times in his career when new information shifted a company’s direction “and you have to make changes to chase that opportunity for the good of your company.” MacAskill said he made a “calculated risk” when he enrolled his three children at AltSchool — one that has paid off in dividends in the last two years. But the risk of staying to be part of a parent-run school is not one he’s willing to make. AltSchool’s next phase will focus on spreading its software to other schools, including public school districts. The software is currently used in three independent schools and one California school district, which the company declined to identify. Vodicka described the platform as an operating system that brings all

Cricket (continued from page 5)

Area Cricket Alliance, to bring the sport to Palo Alto after hearing about the group’s efforts to introduce cricket to other school districts. On Aug. 10, using curriculum provided by the International Cricket Council, Viswanathan trained district gym teachers and community members on how to introduce their elementary students to cricket, a sport similar to American baseball. Liz Pounders, a team leader of elementary physical education for the district who has worked at Fairmeadow Elementary for the past six years, explained that this curriculum is particularly exciting because of the way it is broken down by fundamental skills appropriate for each grade bracket. She said the fundamentals — bowling, throwing, catching and fielding a ball — allows it to build upon itself. The Cricket Alliance donated basic equipment to the district, which was then divided among the schools to run drills. Pounders said she hopes that by the time her students have learned enough of the fundamentals to play a full game, each school will have its own set of equipment. Until then, they’ll practice the stepping stones of skills and drills. Q Editorial Intern Alexandria Cavallaro can be reached at acavallaro@paweekly.com.

of a school’s tools and resources under one roof. Teachers, for example, can use it for planning, assignments, assessments, goal-setting and monitoring both qualitative and quantitative information about students. AltSchool parents now are looking ahead to where their children will go to school next fall. MacAskill is exploring private schools in the area. Kacher, whose daughter came to AltSchool this fall from Duveneck Elementary School in Palo Alto, said her daughter will return to the public school if the parents can’t find a way to continue AltSchool. Xu said although parents are “shocked and mad,” she credits Ventilla with taking a risk that has paid off for many families in search of a new kind of education in Palo Alto. “We’ve been teaching our kids to be risk takers. He took a risk and didn’t succeed, but because of him, that’s why we have this community,” she said. “He made a decision he had to make for his business.” Q

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Some residents suggested adding wrong-way spike strips, but others said that could be a hazard to bicyclists. Friedman said additional signs or a line across the southbound lane might help. Wall said she hopes the city will reconfigure the islands. Chief Transportation Official Joshuah Mello indicated a fix is not being considered. “From a design and signing/striping perspective, we’ve done all we can do out there. Increased enforcement is really the only additional tool that we could use at this point, and would have to be considered among competing enforcement priorities,” he said in an email. Palo Alto police had not responded to a request for comment as of the Weekly’s press deadline. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto Nov. 1-7

Violence related Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Rental scam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto burglary attempt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . . 7 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . 9 Vehicle accident/prop. damage . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Drunk in public/juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Minor possess alcohol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Firearm disposal request . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstance/annoying children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstance/sex crime . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Violation of a court order . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Menlo Park Nov. 1-7

Violence related Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . . 8 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Vehicle collision/injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . 3 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Missing juvenile/located . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prohibited weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

FOOTHILL-DE ANZA Community College District Board of Trustees seeks applicants for its Audit and Finance Committee

County of Santa Clara Planning Commission

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.

DATE: November 30, 2017, Special Meeting TIME: 7:00 PM PLACE: Palo Alto Arts Center Auditorium 1313 Newell Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Agenda In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Brown Act, those requiring accommodations in this meeting should notify the Clerk of the Planning Commission no less than 24 hours prior to the meeting at (408) 2996714, or TDD (408) 993-8272. Please note: To contact the Commission and/or to inspect any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to all or a majority of the Board of Supervisors (or any other commission, or board or committee) less than 72 hours prior to that meeting, visit our website at http://www.sccgov.org or contact the Clerk at (408) 299-6714 or 70 W. Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110, during normal business hours. Persons wishing to address the Commission on a regularly scheduled item on the agenda are requested to complete a request to speak form and give it to the Deputy Clerk. (Government Code Section 54953.3.) Individual speakers will be called by the Chairperson and are requested to limit their comments to two minutes. Groups of speakers on a ZWLJPÄJ P[LT HYL HZRLK [V SPTP[ [OLPY [V[HS WYLZLU[H[PVU [V H maximum of twenty minutes for each side of the issue. COMMUTE ALTERNATIVES: The Board of Supervisors encourages the use of commute alternatives including public transit, bicycles, carpooling, and hybrid vehicles. For public transit trip planning information, contact the VTA Customer Service Department at 408-321-2300 Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Schedule information is also available on the web at www.vta.org. Bicycle parking racks are available in the James McEntee, Sr., Plaza in front of the County Government Center building. If this Board or Commission does not meet in the County Government Center please contact VTA for related routes. Notice to the Public The Planning Commission may take other actions relating to the issues as may be determined following consideration of the matter and discussion of the recommended actions. Opening 1. Call to Order/Roll Call. 2. Public Comment: This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the Commission on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes, if there are 5 or fewer speakers; 2 minutes, if there are 6 to 14 speakers; and 1 minute, if there are 15 or more speakers. The law does not permit Commission action or extended discussion on any items not on the agenda except under special circumstances. Statements that require a response may be placed on the agenda for the next regular meeting of the Commission. Persons wishing to address the Commission on any item on the agenda are requested to complete a request to speak form and give it to the Deputy Clerk so that the Chairperson can call on you when the item comes up for discussion. 3. Receive public comment on the Stanford 2018 General Use Permit Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). File No. 7165-16P-16GP-16Z-16EIR. The Stanford 2018 General Use Permit DEIR can be viewed online at the following link: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/Programs/Stanford/ Pages/GUP2018_CEQA.aspx (ID# 89011) Adjourn 4. Adjourn. 11/10, 11/17/17 CNS-3069841# PALO ALTO WEEKLY

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: ࠮ ([ SHYNL YLWYLZLU[H[P]L In this capacity the Audit and Finance Committee will: ࠮ 9L]PL^ HUK TVUP[VY I\KNL[ HUK MPUHUJPHS TH[LYPHS HUK YLWVY[Z YLSH[LK [V MPUHUJPHS TH[[LYZ PUJS\KPUN IVUKZ JLY[PMPJH[LZ VM WHY[PJPWH[PVU HUK V[OLY M\UKPUN PUZ[Y\TLU[Z [V JVTL ILMVYL [OL Board of Trustees. ࠮ 4VUP[VY [OL L_[LYUHS H\KP[ ZLSLJ[PVU HUK LUNHNLTLU[ WYVJLZZ ࠮ 9L]PL^ PUKLWLUKLU[ H\KP[ YLWVY[Z HUK TVUP[VY MVSSV^ \W HJ[P]P[PLZ ࠮ (ZZ\YL H]HPSHIPSP[` VM [OL (\KP[ HUK -PUHUJL *VTTP[[LL TLTILYZ [V TLL[ ^P[O [OL )VHYK VM ;Y\Z[LLZ LHJO `LHY H[ [OL [PTL VM WYLZLU[H[PVU VM [OL L_[LYUHS H\KP[ [V [OL )VHYK ࠮ *VUZ\S[ ^P[O PUKLWLUKLU[ H\KP[VYZ YLNHYKPUN HJJV\U[PUN MPZJHS and related management issues. ࠮ 4VUP[VY VWLYH[PVUHS YL]PL^Z MPUKPUNZ HUK YLJVTTLUKH[PVUZ HUK MVSSV^ \W HJ[P]P[PLZ Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter detailing their qualifications, and noting which of the above categories they would represent, to any of the following: E-mail: chancellor@fhda.edu 4HPS! 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 -YPKH` 5V] For more information, please call (650) 949-6100 or email chancellor@fhda.edu

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Emerson Street, 11/1, 2:36 p.m.; domestic violence/violation of a court order. 700 block Emerson St., 11/4, 11:20 p.m.; battery/simple. Curtner Avenue, 11/4, 12:07 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. 400 block Lytton Ave., 11/5, 2:37 a.m.; arson/misc.

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1100 block Berkeley Ave., 11/1, 9:46 p.m.; spousal abuse.

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Donald James Douglas Donald James Douglas passed peacefully on October 18, 2017. He was a devoted husband and father, a doting grandfather & a good friend cherished by so many. Known for his fast wit, sense of humor, kindness & immense generosity, he had the gift of uplifting everyone he met with his fun-loving, delightful spirit. All of us are saddened by his sudden passing. Donald will forever dwell in our hearts, bringing joy and warm feelings to all whose lives he touched. CELEBRATION OF LIFE at the Bay Club, 200 Redwood Shores Parkway on 11/18. Obituary: https://paloaltoonline.com/obituaries/memorials/ donald-james-douglas?o=5172 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUYoZlEQRiE PAID

OBITUARY

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Saturday, Dec. 2nd, 1 - 4 pm

We are seeking pet therapy teams (handler and dog) to visit patients at the bedside, families in waiting areas and lowering stress levels among staff. If you feel your dog can demonstrate how to follow basic obedience commands, has the desire and aptitude to be around strangers and other animals, is comfortable in new environments and would pass a veterinarian health screening, your dog may be eligible to volunteer in many capacities. Adults are required to meet volunteer requirements.

For more information Visit the Stanford PAWS website at http://stanfordhospital.org/ forPatients/patientServices/ pawsGuestServices.html Page 14 • November 10, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Richard Arthur Bogard Palo Alto resident Richard (Dick) Arthur Bogard died on Oct. 25 surrounded by his wife, Iris, and his four daughters, Cindy, Kim, Sheri and Lori. He was 79 years old. Bogard was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on Dec. 16, 1937. He and then-wife, Judy and four small girls moved west in the 1960s and they have remained in the Bay Area ever since, his family said. Bogard’s early career was in computer sales before he devoted his time and money to helping those in need through a variety of causes and being involved in the investment community. He fell in love with his current wife, Iris Fraser, in the 1990s and they remained devoted to each other through many of their families’ milestones in the past 20 years. He is survived by her and their large, combined family of eight children and 12 grandchildren. Bogard is also survived by three brothers and one sister and was preceded in death by his parents and younger brother, Jerry. A celebration of his life will take place in December. Donations can be made in Richard Bogard’s name to Stanford Children’s Fund at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, www.supportlpch.org. Q

BIRTHS

Russell and Margaret Stewart of Menlo Park, a daughter, Oct. 19.

Volunteers Needed for Pet Visitation Program

RSVP required to attend this session Email Lyn Belingheri at labsite@sbcglobal.net. Location details will be sent to you via email.

Births, marriages and deaths

Antonio Fajardo and Lucia Barajas of East Palo Alto, a daughter, Oct. 13.

CALLING ALL DOGS!!!

Stanford Health Care, in conjunction with Pet Partners is holding a free information session (about one hour) on Saturday, January 6th, 2018 at 2:00 pm in Palo Alto. No pets please – humans only.

Transitions

Kyle and Katye Kobza of Palo Alto, a daughter, Nov. 2.

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Visualizing

hope Veterans Photo Recovery Project helps those with mental health issues redefine their trauma by Sue Dremann

could not ease her sense of survivor’s guilt. “I promptly buried that medal in the bottom of my parent’s closet in Mississippi because it only reminded me of the lives I didn’t save,” she said. The military trains soldiers to go off to war, but it doesn’t train a returning veteran for civilian life, she said. Smith recalled only receiving a questionnaire to assess her needs as she left the Army. “It’s just a piece of paper. Check ‘yes’ or ‘no’ if you want to talk to someone. I didn’t want to talk to anyone,” she said. Everyday sounds, such as a car backfiring, reminded her of war. But most of the time, she just couldn’t feel anything anymore because she was used to suppressing her emotions. “You can’t be emotional if a Humvee blows up. You can’t have emotion because another five Humvees are going to blow up after it,” she said. “The only emotion I had was anger. I’m actually a very sweet and compassionate person. But I did what vets do. Then I turned to drugs and alcohol.” Smith wandered the country in an RV, eventually landing in California.

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ometimes an image is all it takes to damage a soul. For Amanda Smith, multiple images of war, viewed for years as part of her job in military intelligence, led to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She viewed thousands of live video feeds of beheadings, images of soldiers blown up or being shot in the head for four years starting in 2001. She was an Army counter-intelligence specialist, working for the National Security Agency (NSA). She spent an additional nine years as a civilian working for the agency. She was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2010, where she endured more trauma in the form of daily rocket attacks. But it was the constant bombardment of images that had already begun her decline into mental illness, she said. Smith would not feel the full impact of these experiences until she returned home. “Everything you are trained to do is to keep going. I was pretty numb before I went to Kandahar. Then my PTSD hit a precipice. Six months after coming back, I ended up quitting my NSA job,” she said. Even a NATO Medal of Honor she received in 2010 for saving lives while stationed in Kandahar

Veteran Amanda Smith, who participated in the Veterans Photo Recovery Project, pulls up a picture she took while visiting the Mission San Juan Bautista. “I was so out of it that I’d park my RV on the street, and I slept on the street because I couldn’t find it. I went from making $120,000 a year to going around on the street with wet socks. I attempted suicide two times. I didn’t understand why I survived when there were so many beautiful people who didn’t,” she said.

Using photography as therapy mith, 40, a Palo Alto resident, could have been one of the estimated 22 veterans who die by suicide every day, according to statistics from the U.S. Veterans Administration. But instead she found salvation through the Veteran’s Administration’s Homeless Veteran Rehabilitation Program in Menlo Park, which

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Amanda Smith, outside of the Menlo Park VA, served in Afghanistan for 13 years and dealt for years with post-traumatic stress disorder, which led to substance abuse and homelessness. The Veterans Photo Recovery Project helped her overcome PTSD. Page 16 • November 10, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

provided her with the counseling you’ve got to be truthful and honand care she needed to get her life est with people. They need someone to bear witness to them,” she back on track. She was recommended for said. The same goes for traumaan innovative creative alterna- tized veterans, she added. In 2012, she started offering the tive therapy, The Veterans Photo Recovery Project, which helped four-week photo recovery class on Smith to feel again. The program the Menlo Park campus to clients helps veterans with PTSD and in the homeless veterans program other mental health disorders to and those struggling with subsubstitute the harrowing imagery stance abuse, depression, PTSD of trauma with images of hope and issues such as sexual trauma. and to reconcile their conflicting The participants are mostly refeelings through photography and ferred by photo project co-facilitator Ryan Gardner, a VA clinical prose. The photo rehabilitation project social worker. Photography works well as has helped 60 to 70 veterans since 2008. It was founded by VA reg- a therapeutic device because it istered nurse Susan Quaglietti. A helps a mind create order out of VA cardiology nurse for 25 years, disorder. “You have to think about Quaglietti sought to branch out in the composition. You have to foher nursing career and attended cus, frame and process,” she said. That’s also what the Menlo Park people also do in VA’s Psychotherapy, added Social Fellow- ‘You can’t be Quaglietti, who ship in Rehais now in mental bilitation from emotional if a health nursing 2008 to 2009. Humvee blows in the VA’s resiAfter the fellowdential-treatment ship, Quagile- up. You can’t have programs. tti studied for a emotion because The methodolmaster’s degree ogy of the Vetin humanities at another five erans Photo ReDominican University and grad- Humvees are going covery Project uated in 2012. to blow up after it.’ is simple: Take a cell phone or “I worked – Amanda Smith, former camera and go with a professor counter-intelligence out and shoot who was wellversed in the use specialist, U.S Army images of things that one likes. of using creative expression for developing a new Then review the photographs and see what stands out and what it narrative,” she said. Quaglietti also took photog- might mean. Where does one find raphy classes, which she loved, beauty? Where did one encounter and felt that immersing herself grace? Quaglietti has just one guidein picture taking was a powerful spiritual experience. Following line: Try to take pictures of things the model of art-therapy classes that give one hope. She focuses on traditionally used to help patients hope because it is the word veterprocess mental health issues, she ans bring up the most as they start thought that taking pictures would to process their feelings, she said. The veterans also choose be a way to help veterans reconnect with their feelings and find 10 words that have meaning for them — words such as meaning in life again. “As a cardiology nurse helping “strength,” “resilience,” “honor,” people at the end of life, I saw that “peace,” “change,” “perspective,”

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Rediscovering hope ast week, Quaglietti and Cubberley artists Conrad Johnson and Ernest Regna hung the photos on the

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“freedom” and “reflection.” Sometimes the veterans take photographs that are symbolic of the words; other times they later ascribe the word to a photograph while discussing the images with Quaglietti. They use the word in a sentence to describe the image, she said. Oftentimes, the chosen words change as the four-week process goes on. “It’s like getting glasses,” she said. “Does this look better? Or this?” she said, mimicking an optometrist flipping lenses back and forth until the eye-chart letters look clear. The veterans try on different words and photos, homing in on what makes them see their lives more clearly. As part of their therapy, the veterans work as a group and discuss what the photographs mean to them. Being together helps the participants build connections with other people and express thoughts and feelings, she said. The six to 10 veterans also receive individual help from an art therapist and staff as they develop their portfolios, deciding on which photos to include in personal “hope books.” In the end, they have a book of six images with captions that incorporate one word each from their list. Now until Nov. 18, for the first time, the photographs and words of 20 veterans will be on public exhibition at Cubberley Community Center.

Susan Quaglietti, creator of the Veterans Photo Recovery Project at the Menlo Park VA, sits in room U7 at Cubberley Community Center in south Palo Alto, where the veterans’ “Seeing Hope” exhibition is showing now through Nov. 18. whitewashed walls of studio U7. Twenty large picture frames each displayed a veterans’ six images and captions. Quaglietti — slender and animated, with wavy salt-and-pepper hair — said the veterans’ work never fails to amaze her. Recurring subjects have popped up in the photos over the years: the medications vets take to treat PTSD; tattoos; their children; and crushed buildings representing

personal destruction. A seedling sprouting between broken concrete and barren walls symbolizes new growth and new hope. Quagiletti talked about an image of a yellow flower missing a petal. It represents imperfection, the veteran had decided. Yet there was beauty in that imperfection, and from such recognition comes acceptance, Quaglietti said. Veterans often have issues reconciling their actions in war;

many have survivor’s guilt. Asking for forgiveness — from others or from oneself — is one of the most difficult things to do, she said. A stark image in the exhibit of a Beanie Baby mounted on a

machine gun presents an uncomfortable incongruity. Quaglietti discussed the photograph at the time with the veteran, and she suggested that he express himself (continued on page 19)

Courtesy Shelley Raab

Courtesy Amanda Smith

‘The honest acceptance of my barb wire past, my present commitment to service, and my future wings is heartfelt.’

Stability and BALANCE gives me hope I never had. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 10, 2017 • Page 17

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Tom Hurst: ‘Peace With Hope’ inding hope came slowly for Tom Hurst. Hurst, now 66, had joined the Marine Corps when he was 17, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972. He returned with post-traumatic stress disorder but didn’t seek help until his early 40s. “It was a constant battle to stay sober. At 60, I was busted for drugs,” he said. Eventually, he enrolled in the Veterans Photo Recovery Program. “I was supposed to take pictures of things I saw hope in. But I just took pictures. I never saw hope in them. Slowly, hope started rising out of nothing, and it got me to understand. Before, it was just a four-letter word that meant nothing,”

Dwayne Malone: ‘Sitting With Hope’

Hurst said. “I took pictures of things that reminded me of things that I liked, things I could make a story of,” he said. About two-thirds of the way through the program, he began taking pictures consciously. One image is of an empty chair. The chair “is for my brothers who are not here. It remains there for them until there is a place for me in heaven. Until I get there, there’s a part of me that will always be gone,” he said. Hurst, who said he’s made a comeback, now mentors veterans in drugtreatment court and lives happily with his family in Butte County. Q

eace and stillness infuse the photographs of former Army Specialist Dwayne Malone, who had dabbled in professional photography before attending the Veterans Photo Recovery Project. The program “helped me to share the world through my eyes. The theme of hope really helped me to share how I see the world. It helped me by getting me out of my head,” he said. Malone, 45, had served in the communications field, with most of his service stateside from January 1990 to February 1994. He was stationed in Somalia and did mostly humanitarian work, and he helped clean up in the U.S. after Hurricane Andrew. But childhood abuse had caused him to be angry. At 15, he began drinking to cope. He thought the military would help him change his life. “But it just put a bigger Band-Aid over my trauma,” he said.

Five years ago he started each morning by drinking whiskey. But now he has been sober for four months. A new graduate of the photo program, he said he looks for connections that bring peace and calm. That discovery is reflected in his choice of images: a stone Buddha juxtaposed with flower petals; a tiny stone elephant on a brilliant red sculpture in a garden. Below each image, prose explains his journey through the words that Susan Quaglietti coaxed out of him: “The reciprocation of PEACE ... you can’t be peaceful without peace around you. “CARING for self includes sobriety, mindful eating and feeding the soul.” “STRENGTH in being tough but tender.” “Like a rock in the sea, the wave comes and goes but STABILITY remains.” Q

Courtesy Dwayne Malone

Courtesy Tom Hurst

With a new seat, COMFORT will bring a safe haven.

I greet the rising sun, a LOYAL friend

Shelley R aab: ‘Finding My Higher Power’

opening petals, trees, reflections in water. Present in her images is a sense of spirituality. In one image a crow has its back turned to the viewer. The dark form is like a sentinel, watching and waiting. Raab, 59, said that crow, which she named Sober, was the beginning of her awakening. While she was living on the Menlo Park campus, the crow began to follow her — and kept following her for two years, even repeatedly hitting her on her head. “He guided me. He was part of my spiritual transformation. He would even know my car, and he would fly on the car next to me, looking at me,” she said. “I took it as a big blessing. I began to love myself again.” Raab is now working part time as a professional photographer and hopes to continue in the field. “I feel really rich inside. I have inner peace.” Q

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ir Force Sgt. Shelley Raab’s trauma came at the hands of her fellow soldiers, the same brothers she would have to depend on in war. “I was always very vulnerable, always dominated by men,” she said of her experiences while stationed in England for three years beginning in 1976. Raped by a superior and sexually harassed by other men, she developed post-traumatic stress disorder. She married a brilliant man who started a company, and they had three kids. But they divorced after 14 years of marriage. She burned through the settlement money by drinking and using drugs. “I was a millionaire, but when I entered the Homeless Veterans Rehabilitation Project, I had $200 to my name,” she said. The Veterans Photo Recovery Program rekindled her love of photography, a pursuit she began while in England. Raab’s pictures are about nature:

GUIDANCE came in the form of a spiritual guide.

Cover Story Smith recalled of that image last week. (continued from page 17) Though she said the photo program has helped her to find meanthrough a prayer. Quaglietti was ing and beauty again, such revstunned by what he wrote: “Grant elations didn’t happen overnight. me forgiveness for being absent, Smith first used photography for for my secrets, for the pain caused more practical reasons. PTSD has made it difficult to others, for deto remember struction, and events, times and for disregard of ‘It’s really easy to places. life.” “I took pic“For anyone focus on your past. tures of door to do that, that’s It’s a much, much numbers and really hard,” Quaglietti said harder thing to grasp business cards. I of asking for this idea of hope, of could look back at the pictures forgiveness. She turned to being in the present. and remember things because it a photograph had a time stamp that Smith took The photograph and date,” she one day while does that.’ said. sitting in Qua– Amanda Smith, former Photography glietti’s office. counter-intelligence also substituted Discussing how Smith was feelspecialist, U.S Army the horrific images of beheading at the time, Quaglietti had pointed to a T-shirt ings, shootings and rocket attacks the veteran was wearing, which with ones from the present and the seemed to sum up her emotions. future. “It’s really easy to focus on your Smith turned the camera toward her chest and took a haunting self- past. It’s a much, much harder portrait: an eagle is surrounded thing to grasp this idea of hope, by barbed wire, and Smith’s U.S. of being in the present. The photograph does that — the photograph Army lanyard is draped over it. “The honest acceptance of my captures the present. Because you barb wire past, my present com- took these pictures, it’s this undemitment to service, and my future niable truth. It’s not someone tellwings is heartfelt,” Smith wrote in ing you about hope,” she said. Smith has taken photos of clouds her caption. “I have this barbed wire around that looked like angel wings; flowmy heart and my emotions,” ers and trees and animals; color;

Visualizing hope

and herself in a Mardi Gras mask. There are images filled with light: a vibrant sunset over the VA campus; a blazing sun that appeared while rounding a trail at the Stanford Dish. “I started going out and having this thing called fun,” said Smith, who has sparkling blue eyes and sports a white, windswept, pixie haircut and fanciful reptile earrings. Many veterans ask themselves why they survived and why they experienced the things that have so changed their lives. Smith now realizes her experiences enable her to help others, she said. On Sept. 15, she was selected to work at the Homeless Veteran Rehabilitation Program as a health technician. “I am a walking example of the benefits of this program and the alternative creative therapies that the VA and people like Susan Quaglietti offer to veterans of the Homeless Veteran Rehabilitation Program and First Step (a residential program for treatment of addiction),” she said. “I’ve turned these shadows in my life around. I was asking, ‘God, why am I still here?’ Now I’ve turned that into: ‘Maybe I went through all of this for a reason — to help save other people’s lives.’” Conrad Johnson, who has volunteered to teach photography to the veterans, decorated the Cubberley exhibition space on Nov. 2 with American flags. A survivor

Veterans photography exhibit and events All events are free and will be held at Cubberley Community Center, Studio U7, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

Exhibit: Through Nov. 18 What: “Seeing Hope — Photographs from the Veterans Photo Recovery Project.” When: Thursday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Veterans Day events: Nov. 11 What: “Seeing Hope”: Susan Quaglietti discusses using photography and prose to assist mental health recovery, 10 a.m. “Writing With Heart”: Workshop with Barbara Leivent, 11 a.m. “Yoga Nidra”: Demonstration by Ellen Noon, 1 p.m. “Heart of a Soldier”: Photo workshop with Conrad Johnson, 2 p.m.

Film screening: Nov. 18 What: Closing reception and film: “Visions of Warriors,” directed by Ming Lai, a documentary about the Veterans Photo Recovery Project. When: Reception starts at noon; discussion starts at 3 p.m.; film screening at 4 p.m. More information is available at facebook.com/visionsofwarriors/

of childhood trauma who has PTSD, he reflected on how photography can move a life from a past of pain to a present and future of hope. He said he knows what the veterans are going through. “Our lives are a tapestry. ... PTSD hits this tapestry and tears and cuts and bruises the fabric of the soul. You end up with a weaving with all of these strands that snag you on the torn tapestry. That’s PTSD. “Photography reweaves and darns those strands of fabric. You’ll never be the same after the trauma; you can never weave

it back. But you can find ways to bring in new threads to weave into this tapestry,” he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com. About the cover: Veterans’ photos, clockwise from top right: Tom Hurst’s “Trees”; Shelley Raab’s “Reflection”; Dwayne Malone’s “Elephant”; and Amanda Smith’s “Green Hill.” Design by Kristin Brown.

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

PA Players soars with charming production of a classic by Karla Kane

THEATER REVIEW

Joyce Goldschmid

home as a newborn after hearing his parents discuss what he might do as a man. He refuses to grow up and leads a crew of “Lost Boys” on the mythical island of Neverland, where he flummoxes his nemesis, the dastardly pirate Captain Hook (Bisceglie again) and his mates. Peter, accompanied by his best friend, the sassy fairy Tinker Bell, has been sneaking around the Darling house in order to listen to Mrs. Darling’s bedtime stories. Wendy instantly develops a crush on this strange fellow, and Peter is smitten with her as well, although his wish is that she be his mother (yes, there are Freudian undertones aplenty). Wendy agrees to assume maternal duties for the Lost Boys, and she, Peter and her little brothers are soon flying to Neverland. There, they undergo all sorts of marvelous adventures and swashbuckling battles before making the difficult decision to return back to the real world. “Peter Pan” has been thrilling audiences since 1904, and with its revival of the 1954 Broadway musical, Palo Alto Players maintains the old-fashioned, pantomime vibe, which works wonderfully. The production also puts its own spin on things, such as giving Neverland a retro-futuristic steampunk look, and transforming the offensive “Indian” stereotypes (Tiger Lily, played with badass aplomb by Catrina Contini, and her tribe) into vaguely punkrock “warriors” (it’s still a bit cringeworthy, but the effort is appreciated). The soundtrack includes memorable numbers such as “I’ve Gotta Crow,” “I’m Flying” and “I Won’t Grow Up” as well as the famous audience-participation “Do you believe in fairies?” sequence. And you’re never too old to ooh and aah when characters suddenly take flight. The affection Palo Alto Players has for the material shines through, with an impressively Pan-experienced cast and crew. Director/choreographer Janie Scott, Pirate Smee (Shawn Bender) conspires for example, actually with Captain Hook (John Bisceglie). Page 20 • November 10, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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o you believe in fairies? Magic? Even if (or especially if) the answer is no, I recommend gathering up the children in your life and getting back in touch with your own inner child with a visit to Neverland, in the form of Palo Alto Players’ production of “Peter Pan” (I think I just maxed out my alliteration quota for this review). For more than a century, J.M. Barrie’s story of the boy who never grows up has stood with classics such as “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “The Wizard of Oz” in the pantheon (no pun intended) of English-language children’s fantasies that pass the test of time. You probably know it well, but in case you’re rusty on the basics: Wendy (Brittney Mignano), John (Amay Goel) and Michael (Billy Hutton) Darling live with their mother (Gwyneth Price) and blustering father (John Bisceglie) in the luxury of upper-middle-class Edwardian London. Prim-and-proper (some might say bossy) Wendy is on the verge of adolescence, nearing the end of her nursery days. The Darling children are looked after by their devoted Nana (who happens to be a dog), but when Mr. Darling decides it’s time for Nana (played by Eddie Standifer III) to spend the night outside, the nursery receives a nocturnal visitor in the flying form of Peter Pan (Corrie Farbstein), the legendary, spritely boy who ran away from

The Darling siblings (Amay Goel, Billy Hutton and Brittney Mignano) watch in amazement as Peter Pan (Corrie Farbstein) takes flight. made her Broadway debut in the 1979 revival. Contini has thrice played Tiger Lily, while Bisceglie has portrayed Captain Hook a whopping seven times. His performance is delicious: never too scary, just delightfully, and slightly campily, evil. The newcomers, for the most part, keep up well with the Pan veterans. Most importantly, Farbstein is absolutely fabulous in the title role, exhibiting Peter’s innocent charm and bravado as well as his clueless childhood selfishness, through both her voice and movements. Her singing, too, is perfection. Farbstein comes from a family of local theater folk (her sister is currently starring in Broadway by the Bay’s “Singin’ in the Rain, also reviewed by the Weekly this week), and she certainly does them proud here.

Some technical difficulties with the microphones or sound system at the performance I attended led to some unfortunate hissing and feedback and occasionally made it difficult to understand bits of dialogue. Presumably, that will be sorted out for future performances. The Players’ production is very brisk: good for keeping momentum up but the poignant ending did seem a bit rushed. I attended with my 4-year-old theater-critic-in-training and she gave it a rave review (Captain Hook was a favorite), as, judging by the enthusiastic cheers and applause surrounding me, did the many other children in the crowd. I was also honestly surprised by the emotional resonance I felt seeing it as an adult. It’s much more bittersweet than I remembered, as Peter cries out against having to

grow up and learn about “solemn things,” as Wendy nears the end of her childhood, as characters struggle with the complexities of parent-child relationships and the crocodile’s ticking clock of fate catches up with all of us in the end. Well, almost all of us. Charming and nostalgic, “Peter Pan” is a great choice for families seeking some good old-fashioned entertainment this season. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com. What: “Peter Pan” Where: Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. When: Thursdays to Sundays, through Nov. 19. Cost: $31-$46. Info: Go to paplayers.org.

Splashin’ on the stage Broadway by the Bay presents ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ by Karla Kane

ust in time for a much-needed rainy season on the Peninsula, Broadway by the Bay is concluding its 2017 program with a revival of the beloved musical “Singin’ in the Rain.” This is the stage adaptation of the classic film starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, which some consider the greatest movie musical ever made. “Singin’ in the Rain” offers a light-hearted satirical look at a key time in the motion-picture industry: the shift from silent films

THEATER REVIEW to “talkies.” In 1927, Don Lockwood (the Gene Kelly character, played in the Broadway by the Bay version by Ryan Blanning), is a debonair screen star with vaudeville song-and-dance-man roots. His on-screen partner and paramour is the glamorous Lina Lamont (Jen Brooks), a vain and conniving vamp whom he loathes in real life. The two are the toast of Hollywood, but when their

studio decides it needs to keep up with the competition by delving into “talking pictures,” the pair have a problem. Lina, it turns out, bears a most unpleasant voice and manner, can’t sing or dance, and is seemingly incapable of elocution improvement, making her unsuitable for the new world of talkies. Test audiences greet their new movie, “The Dueling Cavalier,” with ridicule. Enter Kathy Selden (Amanda Farbstein), the (continued on page 21)

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ingenue with a golden voice who harbors Broadway dreams, and Lockwood’s new crush. Don and his best pal and former dance partner Cosmo (Randy O’Hara), who works in the studio’s music department, hatch a scheme to save their latest film from disaster. If Kathy can overdub Lina’s lines and songs, they might just get away with transforming “The Dueling Cavalier” into a musical comedy, “The Dancing Cavalier,” and save their careers. But will Kathy ever get her moment in the spotlight? It’s fairly startling to realize that the 1952 film looking back at the “olden days” came out just 25 years after the events it depicts (so, like looking back to 1992 from today). Regardless of its age, the story and numbers are still fizzy and funny, and still delightful to modern audiences. Though it it was originally made as a self-referential movie celebrating and poking fun at its own Hollywood world, “Singin’ in the Rain” lends itself quite well to the stage. Broadway by the Bay’s home base, the beautiful Fox Theatre in downtown Redwood City is actually the perfect spot for it, as it was originally built in 1929 as a motion-picture house and still retains much of the look of a grand 1920s movie

palace. This production (directed by Alex Perez) does an excellent job with its movie segments (produced by Tracy Martin), projecting fantastic-looking clips of Don and Lina’s black-and-white films on the screen. I was also amazed by the production value of the title sequence, with real rain pouring down on the stage, and the costumes, by Leandra Watson, are divine. The choreography, by Robyn Tribuzi, a throwback to the classic age of Broadway (and Hollywood) musicals, is crowdpleasing. This is a show that by its nature requires a large amount of high-energy dance (much of it tap, which is the best kind of dancing, in my opinion), and the ensemble is put to good use throughout. Blanning and O’Hara put forth their best effort, but the uber-charismatic Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor (the film’s Cosmo) have, after all, pretty impossible dancing shoes to fill. Brooks has a ball in the standout role of Lina, which is probably the most fun character in the show to play (and, to be honest, more compelling to watch than goody-twoshoes Kathy, although Farbstein is suitably winsome). Some of the songs (by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) in “Singin’ in the Rain,” the title song included, were plucked from older musicals and movies, and

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The cast of Broadway by the Bay’s “Singin’ in the Rain” performs the splashy title number. thus bear only the thinnest tie to the plot, if at all. But it’s all such good fun that it doesn’t matter much, as old-timers and younger folk alike will get a kick out of hearing and seeing faithfully recreated numbers such as “Fit as a Fiddle,” “Good Morning” and “You Are My Lucky Star.” It’s easy to see the show’s influence on throwback homages, such as

last year’s movie musical “La La Land.” Take advantage of the beautiful Fox Theatre setting, come in the from the cold, and escape for a few hours into a glitzy golden age. And if it’s raining when you come out, feel free to kick up your heels and take a celebratory spin around a lamp post for good measure. It just feels good. Q

Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com. What: “Singin’ in the Rain.” Where: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City When: Weekends through Nov. 19. Cost: $44-$66. Info: Go to broadwaybythebay.org.

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German immersion

A German spread: obatzda, potato pancakes, Bavarian and smoked sausages and a soft pretzel.

Authentic beer, good cheer stand out at Gourmet Haus Staudt in Redwood City

by Monica Schreiber Photos by Michelle Le

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emütlich” has always been one of my favorite German words. It doesn’t have a precise English equivalent, but an establishment that is gemütlich is cozy and evokes a sense of belonging. It was a word I heard a lot growing up, usually when my German mother was reminiscing, misty-eyed, about life in Bavaria. Even if you don’t know the word, you feel the sentiment at Gourmet Haus Staudt. This delightfully original indoor-outdoor beer garden is tucked in the back of a 42-year-old German food and sundries shop in downtown Redwood City. It is the kind of place a middle-aged couple can walk into on a raucous Friday evening, squeeze into a long table occupied by a bunch of 20-something techies celebrating the end of another week of digital disruption and end up sharing some laughs — and maybe even a soft pretzel the size of a steering wheel. Speaking of techies, it was here in 2010 that an Apple engineer, seemingly undone by the generous

glasses of pilsner and lager, managed to leave behind a top-secret prototype of the iPhone 4 that he was field testing. “I underestimated how good German beer is,” he reportedly posted on Facebook. Tech website Gizmodo eventually got its gleeful hands on it and now Apple probably has a “no partaking of German beer” clause in its hiring contract. Proprietor Volker Staudt, whose immigrant parents Lucy and Lothar opened Haus Staudt as a flower shop in 1975, said the last thing he wanted was to profit from Apple’s misfortune. Still, the publicity storm, which included an article in The New York Times, helped put his little beer garden on the map. Happily, though, the backroom beer hall still feels like a secret hideaway, almost like a speakeasy. Decorated with posters, deer antlers and various Germanic knickknacks, with long tables designed for communal seating, it all feels cozy, quirky and welcoming. A couple of years before the iPhone brouhaha, Staudt and his wife Maryann had somewhat reluctantly taken over his parents’ Broadway Street shop. He appreciated the

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jars of imported goods, beer steins and advent calendars that had been the mainstay of his parents’ business for decades, but running an oldtimey imports store wasn’t exactly what he’d imagined for himself. So, the one-time construction superintendent thought he might try serving some beer and food out of the back room. Things took off from there. (Family matriarch Lucy was initially dubious, but she has since come around and continues to work a few days a week in the store and bar.) German beer is at the heart of Gourmet Haus Staudt. “We are proud of our traditional German food, but we don’t really consider ourselves a restaurant,” Staudt said. “We are a beer hall that happens to serve food.” Three fantastic German beers take center stage here and are always among the dozen or so rotating libations on tap. The Weihenstephaner vitus, a light single-bock beer made with fine yeast and given to a creamy foam, has been made for almost 1,000 years by one of the oldest breweries in the world, the Weihenstephan Monastery Brewery. A comparative upstart, the Köstritzer Schwarzbier has only been on the scene since the 1800s. This is a deep, dark beer with chocolaty undertones, but surprisingly smooth, without any of the charred bitterness of so many dark beers. The Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, also a dark lager, is another standout example of German monks doing what they do best. A host of other German beers make regular rotations at the tap, as well as a few local craft beers such as Monterey’s Alvarado Street Brewery. The beers are served in elegant, authentic glasses and are as delicious as the Apple engineer reportedly attested on Facebook. So make sure your phone is secured,

toast your new friends at the table and enjoy some of the best and hardest-to-find tap beers this side of Munich. Prices range from $6 for a small glass up to $11.75 for an Oktoberfest-worthy mug. Pork and sausage lovers will be in hog heaven here. The food doesn’t necessarily rise to the level of “gourmet,” despite the name of the establishment, but the wurst, schnitzel and other such offerings are authentic, meaty and offer the ideal culinary counterpoint to beer. Almost everyone orders one of the giant, housemade soft pretzels ($9). For an extra couple of dollars, you can get your pretzel with salami and cheese or with a plate of obatzda, a rich Bavarian Camembert cheese spread mixed with onions, paprika and garlic. Even with a Bavarian mother, I’d never had obatzda before and I’m not sure I will partake again, but the arteryclogging, pinkish lump of spreadable cheese did go strangely well with a glass of the vitus. The housemade pickle plate ($6) was delicious. Infused with habaneros and herbs, the crisp, spicy, ultra-fresh sliced pickles burned just enough and had us reaching happily for the cooling beers. The bockwurst plate ($12.50) comes with two pork and veal white sausages, a dab of sauerkraut and a mini fresh-baked pretzel. As with the other entrees we tried at lunch and dinner, it leaned a little to the paltry side in terms of serving size, but the pale sausages were as authentic as they come, flavored with salt, pepper and perhaps a dash of paprika. We also tried a bratwurst plate ($12.50), two highly seasoned pork sausages served with sauerkraut and a small mound of lightly dressed German potato salad. The potato salad was acceptable, but mom’s eggy version is better. The schnitzel

sandwich ($14) — tenderized pork loin, breaded and fried, served on rye bread with a small green salad — was meaty and hearty, but not particularly memorable. Vegetarians will be relegated pretty much to the pretzel and the French fries ($5 small; $7 large). We opted for a large during one visit and got a huge cone of fresh, hot fries that needed just a bit more salt. The curry ketchup was a nice change from the usual. Service is friendly and relatively efficient, with full wait staff tagteaming up to cover all the tables, so if you need another beer (and you will), just flag down the closest server. One of the most appealing aspects of Gourmet Haus Staudt is the wide-ranging clientele it attracts. Friday nights skew young and hip, but you might find yourself at a table with a family or a group of seniors. During Saturday lunches, a prime spot is reserved for the stammtisch, or “regulars table,” where a group of German speakers and friends have been meeting every week for years. Pull up a chair, raise your glass and feel the gemütlichkeit. Q Monica Schreiber can be emailed at monicahayde@yahoo.com. Gourmet Haus Staudt, 2615 Broadway St., Redwood City, 650-364-9232, gourmethausstaudt.com Hours: Mon. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (beer only); Tues. -Sat. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Sun. 1-7:30 p.m.; Lunch: 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; Dinner 5-8 p.m. Reservations

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Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell and John Lithgow star in “Daddy’s Home 2.”

Daddy issues Dopey ‘Daddy’s Home 2’ limps along on star power 01/2 (Century 16 & 20) “We’re back! With more daddies!” This trailer-ready line gets spoken early in “Daddy’s Home 2,” a lazy family comedy sequel (and is there any other kind?). Along with co-writer/director Sean Anders, the cast of 2015’s “Daddy’s Home” returns, now enhanced by an elder generation of stars. Co-dads Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg must contend with their own fathers, played by John Lithgow and Mel Gibson, respectively. The original movie, while hardly subversive, made hay from the chemistry of Ferrell and Wahlberg (first proven in 2010’s “The Other Guys”) and located some edge in its premise of a “dad vs. stepdad” competition for two children’s love. The sequel finds that situation curdled into a passive-aggressive acceptance, mischievously exploited by an otherwise grumpy and insecure granddad (Gibson’s

Kurt) who can see the resentments bubbling under the surfaces of Dusty (Wahlberg) and Brad (Ferrell). Brad’s dad (Lithgow) has buried his own problems yet deeper, promising his outsized, cheery demeanor will eventually yield to a manic emotional breakdown. The four find themselves stuck together when Brad suggests a “Together Christmas,” which turns into a wintry cabin getaway for Brad and Dusty’s respective families, plus, y’know, more daddies. The early scenes consciously repeat the structure of “Daddy’s Home,” with daily family life interrupted by a phone call, then a trip to the airport (and, sure enough, the same Spanish-speaking driver hanging out in the same spot). Once at the cabin, the plot falls into a pattern of set pieces — bowling alley (a test of Owen Vaccaro’s young Dylan), hunting (a test of Scarlett

Estevez’s young Megan), improv show, movie theater. Each piece is designed to hasten character dynamics and accommodate broad humor and slapstick. Approached on that basic level, “Daddy’s Home 2” isn’t unbearable for adults, and it’s likely to delight kids to no end as the adults act stupid and the kids get their triumphs. This is a big-budget four-quadrant comedy, cynically built to appeal to boys, girls, men and women (I guess there’s a tiny subplot about tension between moms Linda Cardellini and Alessandra Ambrosio). It’s comfort food for the trying Christmasshopping season, and the ads reassure you’ll get all of the above plus a stunt sequence involving a Christmas-lights disaster. Clearly, one of the most influential films of the modern era has been the twice sequel-ized “Meet the Parents,” with its big-scale, cartoonish but ultimately nonthreatening interfamilial clashes. These movies invariably suggest, after two hours of mockery, that those competing extremes of masculinity, sensitivity and toughness find their match in each other. While men work all this out, the women mostly stand by the sidelines. Only insurance premiums can say whether we’re in for a “Daddy’s Home 3” that adds Dick Van Dyke as Lithgow’s dad and Clint Eastwood as Gibson’s dad. But surely, the incontinence and flatulence jokes it could bring are the twinkle in the eye of some executive as we speak. Rated PG-13 for suggestive material and some language. One hour, 40 minutes. — Peter Canavese

MOVIES NOW SHOWING A Bad Mom’s Christmas (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. American Made (PG-13) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Battle of the Sexes (PG-13) 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. Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-13) +1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Florida Project (R) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. The Foreigner (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Geostorm (PG-13) 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. Jigsaw (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. The Lego Ninjago Movie (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Loving Vincent (PG-13) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Marshall (PG-13) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Only the Brave (PG-13) +++ Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Thank You for Your Service (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Victoria and Abdul (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. Wonderstruck (PG) +++ Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun.

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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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OPEN HOME GUIDE 37 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com

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

Home Front Real Estate Matters FREE GARDEN TOUR ... On the second Saturday of every month, including tomorrow, Nov. 11, Gamble Garden is open for docent tours of the 1902 house. Visitors can meet master gardeners and ask any plant question and visit the plant sale. Each month will typically have a special event in the Carriage House, too. Gamble Garden is located at 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. For more information go to gamblegarden.org.

FRUIT TREE CLASS ... Learn how to prune your fruit trees in this free 30-minute class at Summerwinds Nursery at 725 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. The event will be Sunday, Nov. 12, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Seating is limited, so reserve a spot. To register, go to summerwindsnursery.com. CAMELLIAS AND AZALEAS ... One of the leading experts on camellias and azaleas will be the guest speaker at the next San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society and the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society joint meeting. The event will be Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Avenue, Redwood City. The program will feature Tom Nuccio, of Nuccioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nurseries in southern California. Nuccio will bring camellias and azaleas, give information on these plants, and let us know how to care for them. The plants will then be raffled off to the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participants. For more information, go to camelliasfpcs.org or deanza-ars.com.

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A taxing future? Local real estate executive looks at Republican tax planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local impact by Michael Dreyfus

s a tax-reform bill gets debated in Congress, many of our buyers and sellers are asking our opinion on how these tax changes will affect local home values. With the caveat that everything on the table now is a proposal and subject to subMichael stantial negotiation, changDreyfus es or even outright failure, here are my thoughts on the parts of the bill that relate directly to home values and how their passage may play out in local real estate. There is an argument that two proposals will have a negative effect on local home prices. The first proposal limits the home mortgage deduction to $500,000 (current law allows mortgage interest deductions on homes up to $1 million). In the land of million-dollarplus mortgages, this provision goes right to the pocketbook of Bay Area homeowners. That being said, most of these homeowners with a full million-dollar mortgage are looking at somewhere around an $8,000-a-year loss of tax benefit (using a 4 percent mortgage and the highest tax bracket), and mortgage brokers Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked to donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see $650 per month affecting this crowdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home-purchasing power much. The rise in the number of mortgages over $1 million in our local real estate environment in the last 10 years shows buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; general

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willingness to continue to borrow over maximum deductible levels. Low interest rates definitely help reduce the bite on this change and higher future rates could make a difference, but the short-term effect should be more on buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; psyches than their ability to spend. The second proposal with a possible negative effect is the elimination of the state and local tax deduction. The current proposal calls for eliminating all but $10,000 of the deduction on property taxes paid on a home. A proposed Senate version announced on Thursday would eliminate all property tax deductions. This new rule hits the $1 millionplus home market square in the face. Generally speaking, every purchase over $1 million in California will carry a property tax that will not be deductible. This change, added to the loss of the mortgage deduction, may be enough to adjust some buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; purchasing power, reducing demand at upper-price levels. In any event, the psychological effect on buyers will probably be felt in the short term as they adjust to the loss of the benefit. In my 30 years in residential real estate, I can safely say nothing makes a buyer pause like the prospect of committing to a yearly property-tax payment on an expensive house. With the larger financial commitment, his or her leap of faith will be a lot more difficult. There is also an argument that these two changes coupled with a third could drive prices dramatically higher. Currently, homeowners

can exclude $250,000 ($500,000 for married couples) in capital gains from their primary residence if they have lived in the home two of the last five years. The new proposed rule changes that capital-gains exclusion to five of the last eight years and homeowners begin to lose that benefit on a $1 - $2 basis as their income exceeds $500,000. Much of our current rising home-price environment is due to lack of supply and many attribute that to the flat-out refusal of many potential sellers to pay capital gains on house sales. Tightening up the capital gains exclusion rules, creating an owner class with a grandfathered mortgagededuction benefit and making the prospect of a new higher property tax on your next house bite even harder gives three big-dollar reasons for people not to sell. Less inventory equals higher prices. Should you do anything now? Watch the effective-date timelines on these proposals. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a million-dollar mortgage but could, maybe you should arrange to get one now. Under the current proposal you are too late to do that, but the effective date (Nov. 2, this year) could change. If you prepare to move quickly, maybe you can slip your grandfathered status in before a negotiated end-of-year date. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about selling in the next couple of years and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have capital-gains exclusion status under the new rule, maybe you should try to get a sale done before the new rule becomes effective as well. Talk to your tax professional and ask him or her to keep on eye on whether the effective dates move as the guaranteed horse-swapping begins. Q Michael Dreyfus is a leading sales agent and president of the Silicon Valley region for Golden Gate Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Realty, with offices in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

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240 Pasteur Drive New accessible ramps and sidewalk across the street in preparation of new building. $100,000 146 Walter Hays Drive Modify drain system/sewer system. No work in public right of way. 3120 Middlefield Road Residential sewer replacement 30 feet trenched; add new cleanouts at house and property line. 322 University Ave. Maum: use and occupancy and interior work for a 1,600 sf tenant space. Scope of work includes changing exterior door hardware and adding interior decorative screen wall (100 sf). No work in the kitchen. $24,000 144 Kellogg Ave. Demolish existing 1,200-sf single-family home. 270 Davenport Way Install new roof. $18,000

3761 Grove Ave. Residential re-roof; existing deck to remain. $10,000 144 Kellogg Ave. New 2-story single family residence (2,030sf) and basement (1220sf).$633,000 144 Kellogg Ave. Demolish detached carport (200sf) 144 Kellogg Ave. New detached garage (200sf) $10,000 328 Oxford Ave. Repair 4-inch sewer lateral from spot in front yard to the city clean out in planter trip. 645 Lytton Ave. Install four airconditioning units for a four-unit apartment building 1750 Guinda St. Reroof main house. $17,890 240 Pasteur Drive Relocation of onsite utilities (water, sewer, electric, storm, fire) in preparation for construction of new building. Scope of work includes work in the public right of way. $100,000 2391 Sierra Court Temporary

power 545 Washington Ave. Replace windows on 2nd floor. $2,000 450 Bryant St. Demolish singlestory addition (2,600 sf) to the Avenidas building and interior non-structural demolition to the existing historic two-story building with basement (14,302 sf). 260 California Ave. Revision to add additional outdoor gas heater 3739 Middlefield Road Install electric vehicle charger on inside of garage 180 El Camino Real Pavillion 5 and site improvements associated with new shell commercial structures. $6,410,000 1211 Fulton St. Residential electric service upgrade to 200 amps. 856 Matadero Ave. New twostory residence, air-conditioning unit and tankless water heater. $600,000

1450 Page Mill Road Revision change from 125 amp over current device to 110 amps. 535 Ramona St. Tenant improvements for existing tenant “Nola’s” (600 sf). Scope of work includes relocating scullery, relocate walk-in cooler, new rooftop

exhaust fan, and tennis shop into oyster bar. $63,000 1482 Pitman Ave. Remodel bath (93 sf) scope of work includes infill window, relocate shower and remove two interior non-bearing walls. $22,500 972 N. California Ave. Install

new roof. $24,870 4172 Donald Drive Furnace and air-conditioning replacement 3487 Janice Way Install two mini split systems. 180 El Camino Real New core shell for commercial structure (33,500sf). $2,970,000

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280 Family Farm Road | 4bd/4.5ba Helen & Brad Miller | 650.400.1317 BY APPOINTMENT

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13531 Burke Road | 5bd/5.5ba John Forsyth James | 650.218.4337 BY APPOINTMENT

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96 Hillbrook Drive | 5bd/3.5ba Joseph Bentley | 650.867.0199 BY APPOINTMENT

MENLO PARK $3,650,000

SAN CARLOS $3,488,000

LOS ALTOS $2,595,000

PALO ALTO $2,498,000

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SUNNYVALE $1,588,000

HONDA $515,000

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COLDWELL BANKER Central Woodside | 6/5 | $10,995,000 Sun 1 - 4 307 Olive Hill Ln Exceptional 6 BR/5 BA Woodside Prop on over 3 sun-swept acres. Vinyard,garden, pool &More

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Portola Valley | 5/3.5 | $3,495,000 Sun 1 - 4 900 Wayside Rd Stunning views across SF Bay from Mt. Diablo to Black Mountain! www.900wayside.com

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Exceptional Woodside OPEN SUNDAY November 12, 1:00 – 4:00pm 3970 Woodside Road, Woodside • Exquisite Craftsman home completed in 2004 • Approximately 2 acres bordered by Wunderlich Park • 4 bedrooms, ofﬁce/study center, and 4.5 bathrooms • Library, media/recreation room, gym, billiards room, and

wine cellar • Approximately 6,700 square feet • Brazilian cherry wood ﬂoors and ﬁne wood millwork • 3-car attached garage • Tremendous wraparound porch at the front entrance • Outdoor kitchen and dining terrace • Pinot Noir vineyard • Manicured grounds with vast expanses of lawn • Award-winning Woodside School

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215 Collectibles & Antiques

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement LAH HOLDING COMPANY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN634710 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: LAH Holding Company, located at 900 Welch Road, Suite 103, Palo Alto, CA 94304, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): WANLING CHEN 27987 Via Ventana Way Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/06/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 06, 2017. (PAW Oct. 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10, 2017) NINA & HERB FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN634813 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Nina & Herb, located at 555 Byron Street, #107, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): LORI RACHEL STONE 482 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 NINA RUTH STONE 555 Byron Street, #107 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/02/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 11, 2017. (PAW Oct. 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10, 2017) BREAKTHROUGH SUSHI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN634911 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Breakthrough Sushi, located at 3790 El Camino Real # 1026, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KAZUHIKO MATSUNE 6400 Christie Avenue, Apt. 5217 Emeryville, CA 94608 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/01/2017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 13, 2017. (PAW Oct. 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10, 2017) DR. TIFFANY’S STUDIO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN635309 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Dr. Tiffany’s Studio, located at 171 Bangore Ave., San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JIAZI SHI 171 Bangor Ave. San Jose, CA 95123 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 24, 2017. (PAW Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017)

997 All Other Legals PUBLIC NOTICE ***NOTICE OF LIEN SALE*** NOTICE OF LIEN SALE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Safe Self Storage Facility (The Safe) intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien

imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The Safe will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Tuesday 11/14/2017, at 11:45 AM on the premises where said property has been stored and is located at 791 High Street, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, State of California, as follows: the property includes general personal and household goods, home and office furniture, computers, shelving, books and plastic containers. PEBBLE TECHNOLOGY – Rahul Bhagat Evelyn Boughton Neal Luczkiewicz Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Sales tax is applied to items sold. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between The Safe and obligated party. Auctioneer John Cardoza, Phone 209667-5797, Surety Bond #5860870. (PAW Nov. 3, 10, 2017) AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STEPHAN GEORG VOLKER GLOGE Case No.: 17PR182197 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of STEPHAN GEORG VOLKER GLOGE, STEPHAN GLOGE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: IGOR YAGOLNITSER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: IGOR YAGOLNITSER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 24, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert K. Roskoph Crist, Biorn, Shepherd & Roskoph 2479 East Bayshore Road, Suite 155 Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650)321-5000 (PAW Nov. 3, 10, 17, 2017)

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NCAA FIELD HOCKEY. . . Miami scored in the final two minutes to edge host Stanford, 2-1, in the opening round of the NCAA Field Hockey tournament. Stanford (13-8) opened the scoring midway through the first half. Frances Carstens laid a perfect pass across the circle that Kristina Bassi onetouched into the bottom left corner (continued on page 42)

ON THE AIR Friday College men’s basketball: Cal Poly at Stanford, 4 p.m., Pac-12 Bay Area College football: Dartmouth vs. Brown, 5 p.m., NBCSN College football: Washington at Stanford, 7:30 p.m., FS1

Championship matches set for Saturday Gunn, Menlo, SHP going for crowns by Rick Eymer

played in last season and led Stanford in nine categories, including scoring, rebounding, offensive rebounding (93, 3.4), defensive rebounding (146, 5.4), field goals made (176), field goal attempted (304), field goal percentage (.579), free throws made (118) and free throws attempted (181). He finished the year with nine double-doubles. “He’s best around the rim and making tough plays and getting fouled,” Stanford coach Jarod Haase said. “We want to make sure that’s still the end goal for the most part. But when he can balance that with some jump shots,

he best boys water polo team in the Central Coast Section has an address on Valapariso Ave. That was guaranteed when Menlo School and Sacred Heart Prep each won its respective CCS Open Division semifinal games Wednesday at St. Francis. Menlo won yet another onegoal contest, edging Bellarmine, 7-6, in the first game. Sacred Heart Prep beat the host Lancers, 10-5, in the nightcap. The two Atherton teams will meet for the title on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Independence High in San Jose. In Division I, Gunn advanced to the championship match with a 9-6 victory over Willow Glen. The Titans (18-11) play Leland (21-7) at 10:20 a.m. at Independence. The Knights (20-6) enter Saturday’s contest as the underdog, something that doesn’t seem to faze Menlo. Both schools play extremely difficult nonleague schedules to prepare for games like this. Menlo has won its last three games by one goal and is 6-1 overall in games decided by a single goal. “Our team’s goal is, ‘Be your best,’ and it has been since my first day here,” Menlo’s 18-year veteran coach Jack Bowen said. “The Open Division epitomizes that goal as it takes the best of the best and puts them in one tournament.” Sacred Heart Prep (23-4) is the six-time defending CCS Division

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CARDINAL SIGNINGS . . . Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer announced the signing of three players who will join the program next fall: Jenna Brown, Lacie Hull and Lexie Hull. The recruiting class is rated No. 8 by espnW HoopGurlz and No. 10 by Prospects Nation. ... Stanford wrestling coach Jason Borrelli and his staff have signed five promising high school seniors to wrestle for the Cardinal starting next season. FloWrestling rates the class No. 7 in the nation. The signees are Gabe Dinette, Tyler Eischens, Shane Griffith, Colbey Harlan and Real Woods. ... Stanford men’s basketball coach Jerod Haase announced the signing of nationally-ranked prospects Keenan Fitzmorris and Cormac Ryan to a National Letter of Intent. Fitzmorris, a four-star prospect and younger brother of Cardinal volleyball’s Audriana Fitzmorris, is regarded as one the top centers in the 2018 class and one of the top prospects in Kansas. A consensus four star prospect, Ryan is regarded as one of the best at his position nationally.

PREP WATER POLO

Stanford redshirt junior Reid Travis is the Pac-12’s leading returning scorer and rebounder.

Travis looks to expand his game A veteran group will lead the Cardinal into the season by Rick Eymer hen Stanford opens its men’s basketball season Friday at 4 p.m. against Cal Poly, expect to see a different Reid Travis. Recovered from off-season shoulder surgery and past the leg issues that plagued him for his first two seasons, health alone is enough to get excited about the first-team all-conference player and the Pac-12’s leading returning scorer and rebounder. “This is the best I’ve felt healthwise and I definitely feel like a lot of things are coming together,” Travis told the school’s website. “I feel like a totally different player. A lot more confident.”

That’s good news for the Stanford fans who watched him average 17.4 points and 8.9 rebounds last year. The redshirt junior has already tapped into his considerable potential and his stock is only rising. ESPN bought early, naming him a preseason All-American. He’s also on the preseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association to the national player of the year. Travis was previously named to the Karl Malone Award 20-member preseason watch list, honoring the top power forward in Division I men’s college basketball. Travis started all 27 games he

Saturday

PREP FOOTBALL

College men’s water polo: Santa Clara at Stanford, noon, Stanford Live Stream College wrestling: Cal State Bakersfield at Stanford, 3:30 p.m., Stanford Live Stream College women’s volleyball: Stanford at Washington State, 7 p.m., Pac12 Networks

CCS football playoff spots up for grabs Gunn hopes to finish season on a high note

Sunday College rugby: PAC 7s at California, 10 a.m., Pac-12 Networks College women’s basketball: Stanford vs. Connecticut, 10:30 a.m., ESPN College men’s basketball: Pacific at Stanford, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Bay Area

Tuesday College men’s basketball: Eastern Washington at Stanford , 8 p.m., Pac12 Networks

Wednesday Robert W. Dahlberg

College women’s volleyball: USC at Stanford, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Bay Area